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Copyright © 2003-2009 Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
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Upcoming
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NWNMAC meeting
Monday, June 28 6pm – Farmington Public Library
At last...Summer Art Walk 2010 is calling your name. From 5 to 9 pm on Friday, June 11 make your way to downtown Farmington and enjoy the many art festivities...
Andrea Kristina's Bookstore and Kafe (218 W. Main) will host the second annual art walk fundraiser themed "Coasters". There will be a silent auction for the 12"x12" pieces donated by local artists with a minimum bid of $50 on each piece until 9:30pm. All proceeds from sales will go to the expense of marketing future art walks. The Wines of the San Juan will be in house with tasting and sales...so...have a glass a wine...and...keep those bids coming in. WE NEED YOU! Also, enjoy tasty hors d'oeuvre provided by the Andrea Kristina's kafe crew.
Artifacts (302 E. Main) will hold a reception for artists participating in the invitational show "Wondrous Water". sounds pretty satisfying on a hot summer day... Come experience the art, meet the artists, and enjoy the good eats that are sitting out on that table.
Artists exhibiting work in downtown businesses include: Gary and Jacqui Jacobs, Catherine Thomas Kemp, Herb Platero, Steve Bernacki, Jinx and Dick Bolli, Karla Hackman, Victoria Halphen, Anita Dotson, Anthony Emerson, Denise Lucero, Steve Straight, Nancy Tso, Daisy Yazzie, Kelly Anglin, Ed Lawrence, Jim Magee, Jesse Russell, Lou Mancel, Richard Rollins, Karen Ellsbury, David Fosdeck, Eliza Bird, and Shirley Pelot. Also included in the art walk are "Young Artists Series" featuring students from Piedra Vista High School,... photos by amateur photographers from the community at The Arc of San Juan County (200 W. Broadway),...the Anasazi Foundation and Sandstone Productions in Orchard Park,...and live music by Nohow On at the Totah. Pick up a map at any participating location.
"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible." Paul Klee
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Amateur People's Choice *$100: Myles Leo Garnanez
sponsored by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council |
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Arts Council Meeting - March 15 at 7:00 pm at the Farmington Public Library |
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2010 Gateway to Imagination: A National Juried Art Competition. The show will take place at the Farmington Museum from May 7 to July 10, 2010. The Northwest New Mexico Arts Council will provide two awards for $200.00 each at the awards reception. |
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HIGH DESERT FINE ART FESTIVAL
February 26-28, 2010
Location: Indoors at the Henderson Fine Art Center at San Juan College
Date and Hours
Friday, February 26………. 6pm to 9pm
Saturday, February 27…….10am to 6pm
Sunday, February 28………12noon to 5pm
Contact: Michael Bulloch at 505 716-6057
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Event Dates: 5/29/2010 – 5/30/2010
Indoor, juried, fine art fair to be held in conjunction with the 25th annual Riverfest. Thousands of visitors attend this annual celebration along the Animas River in Farmington, NM. Open to all artists residing in NM, CO, UT, or AZ. The fair promotes original art in various mediums with all artists on site to engage visitors. Apply to be a part of this fun event!
Questions? Call (505) 716-6057
October 22, 2009
Lights on Afterschool art contest winner, Ashley Brooks
[Click here to download poster pdf]
October 22, 2009
Pumpkin Carving at the Boys & Girls Club and pumpkin carving display at the Farmington Public Library
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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Past Events |
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Gateway to Imagination - A National Juried Art Competition May 9, 2009
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| NWNMAC Choice Awards at the Farmington Museum |
Inviting All Poets
Community Poetry Slam
Andrea Kristina’s - March 14 at 7pm
2nd Annual HIGH DESERT FINE ART SHOW
Best Western Inn and Suites
Friday, February 6… Opening Champagne Reception & Live
Auction
7 to 9pm $10.00 tickets at the door
Free Admission on Saturday, February 7th – 11am to 6pm
Free Admission on Sunday, February 8th – 12 noon to 5pm
Perpetuating Navajo - November 13, 2008
Four Dine Women Speak - An Evening of Poetry
NWNMAC meeting October 20, Farmington Public Library 7pm
October 16, 2008 – Lights on Afterschool Pumpkin Carving from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, Farmington Public Library Tailgate Party
NWNMAC meeting September 8, Farmington Public Library 7pm
2008 FOUR CORNERS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
WE'VE BEEN TELLING STORIES FOR OVER 1,000 YEARS!
Click here for information!
MOTHER'S DAY ART SALE
Friday, May 2, 6 to 9 pm
wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres
Saturday, May 3, 11 am to 5 pm
 FINE ART SHOW at Riverfest
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT (indoor)
Saturday, May 24, FINE ART SHOW AUCTION
at 6:30pm
Saturday, May 24 from 10-7
Sunday, May 25 from 11-5
Sponsored by ConocoPhillips
ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW outdoors at Berg Park
Saturday, May 24 from 10-7
Sunday, May 25 from 11-5
Fri. Sat. Sun. Feb. 8, 9, 10, 2008
High Desert Fine Art Festival at the Best Western Inn & Suites, Farmington, NM
Monday November 19, 2007
NWNMAC Meeting at 7pm at the Farmington Public Library. Please join us if you would like to help with the arts in San Juan County.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
NWNMAC Meeting at 7:00pm
Farmington Public Library
Friday, October 19, 2007
Poetry at the Totah Theatre
7pm
Books from the authors will be on sale. The event is free.
Sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation and New Mexico Arts
October 20 & 21
Renanissance Faire
(Look for the NWNMAC booth)
Berg Park – Free Event
Sponsored by the Farmington Museum
March 21, 2007
 Ojo Amarillo
Anthony Emerson Chee, Author and Artist
Songs of the Shiprock Fair Workshop
Registration Closed
April 14, 2007
Farmington Public Library, 2101 Farmington Avenue
Noon Poetry Reading - Free
River of Words Poetry with the New Mexico Center for the Book
Local Awards sponsored in part by the Farmington Public Library;
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council and ConocoPhillips
Poetry Slam for Teens - Free
5pm Workshop
6pm to 8pm Hip Hop and Poetry Slam featuring Curbside Poets and
Laguna Pueblo
Sponsored in part by Northwest New Mexico Arts Council; ConocoPhillips
and the Farmington Public Library Teen Zone
April 30, 2007
Farmington Public Library
6pm to 8pm
El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros
Free family celebration for the whole family. Poetry, crafts,
reading and celebration.
Drawing for gift certificates!
May 5, 2007
Navajo Jewelry Talk & Workshop
Farmington Civic Center
10am to 3pm
$30.00
Throughout the history of mankind, human have adorned themselves
with materials from the earth including, rocks, minerals, shells,
plants and animal bones, for the Navajo people of the southwest
this is also true. This day long workshop will explore the historical
and cultural significance of tribal people’s adornment practices
including the symbolism involved in such activity
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Perpetuating
Navajo I
Contemporary Dine Poets Poetry Reading
September 28, 2006 from 7 - 9:00 pm
San Juan College Little Theater - Farmington NM
For more info 505-324-1751 or 505-686-1388
Poets are:
Esther Belin, Durango CO
Sherwin Bitsui, Tucson AZ
Tina Deschenie, Farmington NM
Venaya Yazzie, Farmington NM
Sponsored by the Northwest New Mexico Arts
Council and San Juan College
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Journey into Navajo Jewelry Adornment Workshop by Venaya Yazzie
On
July 29, 2006 a "Native American Navajo Jewelry Making" workshop
will be held at the Aztec Public Library, sponsored by the Northwest
New Mexico Arts Council of Farmington. This workshop will present
an historical look at traditional Navajo jewelry adornment and will
look at the cultural and symbolic significance of various types
of Navajo jewelry and natural materials used such as turquoise,
heishe, shell varieties, silver and others. Participants will get
the opportunity to make their own Navajo cultural jewelry during
the afternoon session. This workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and
end at 3:00 p.m.
Keynote and Workshop will be presented by N.M. resident artist:
Venaya J. Yazzie. Venaya is a Two-Dimensional Artist whose painting
style of work is considered Contemporary Abstract, who inter-mingles
techniques of Realism and Expressionism wherever she has the opportunity.
She has presented programs and workshops across the Four Corners
area, including the Navajo Nation. Such presentations include: Beading
classes (Plains Indian style) and Jewelry making (wire jewelry,
earrings, necklace, and choker jewelry). She received an A.A. at
the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Arts in Santa
Fe, N.M. and a B.A. in English at Fort Lewis College in Durango,
CO. She is currently working toward an M.A. in Education at the
University of New Mexico;, she plans on teaching 3rd grade on the
Navajo Reservation in the future.
Sponsored
by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
PO Box 2235,
Farmington, NM 87499
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Nikki
Smith Oil Painting Workshop
On
August 5, 2006 bring your painting supplies for an oil painting
workshop at San Juan College East in Aztec, New Mexico. Sponsored
by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council of Farmington, the fee
is $25.00 and only 15 will be admitted for the workshop from 9:00am
to noon.
Bring the
supplies needed: Table easel, optional oil paint, blk. wh., blue,
yellow, red, brown, other colors are optional. 2 sm jars linseed
oil and turpentine paper towels; pencils; 16x20 canvas or canvas
panel; palette; Brushes.....lg. med sm. Flat soft... med soft
angle, med, sm round, bring what brushes you have also. Please
email Nikki at nikki_smith87401@yahoo.com
for more information
Sponsored
by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
PO Box 2235,
Farmington, NM 87499
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