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Meet the Artist - May 3, 2019 from 4-6pm

Afton Love is known for work that explores landscape and human relationship to time and scale. Her immersive installation-sized drawings and exploratory sculpture reference the body in environment. Like imprints of the landscape around us, these meticulously crafted drawings reveal multiple impressions. The scale of these works invites the viewer to stand back, taking in the overall image, tha...read more

Heart of the Gila, New Mexico Wild and Center for Biological Diversity present a screening of the 'work in progress' documentary film by New Mexico filmmaker David Garcia: Hearts on the Gila.  Folowed by a discussion of Wild and Scenic protection for the Gila, & Q&A w/ filmmaker & cast.
Run time: 90 minutes
Tickets are $10 for general and $8 for museum members

This is a panel discussion that will include all Lynda Benglis’s collaborators in the Bird’s Nest edition. These pieces are on exhibit in the Lee Ellis Gallery until May 12. This team of art experts collaborated to create a “variable edition” of ceramic objects that used new technology and ancient materials. It began in 2014 when fine art publisher Paul Limperopulos of Benefit Print Project in New York City, ap...read more

TCMG’s annual program highlighting younger musicians and newer music features 24-year-old violist Allie Norris in works by her favorite living composer, Kenji Bunch. She joins TCMG stalwarts for Robert Schumann’s immortal Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 47 and Eric Ewazen’s 2006 Bridgehampton Suite for flute and strings, inspired by Mozart. Also on the program will be Mozart’s Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564.
Elizab...read more

Francisco Cantu, author of "The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border" details his experiences as a border patrol agent from 2008-12 in the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Cantu illuminates issues of border crossings/immigration/sanctuary seekers and the toll in human lives; both physical and emotional. He will read and present a Q & A session.
Tickets are: $20, general public and $16 for SOMOS, Taos...read more

Opening reception: Sunday, June 2, 2019 – 3:00-5:00pm

On Alicia Stewart (1999-2017): "… her paintings reflected both the hope of finding joy in nature, animals and other human beings and the angst of growing up in a world where bad things might happen. Her paintings often featured a young woman trying to break out of her human form and transform into something lighter and faster, like a butterfly or a rabbit". - ...read more

Community reception: Sunday, June 2, 2019 – Noon to 5:00pm

Judy Chicago collaborated with more than 150 needle workers between 1980 and 1985 to create dozens of images combining painting and needlework that celebrate the birth process – from the painful to the mythical. Sometimes witty and always original, this series celebrates the birth-giving capacity of women along with their creative spirit. Birth Project works have be...read more

In conjunction with The Couse Foundation's biennial Gala, Dr. Marie Watkins will present a lecture on the life and work of J. H. Sharp, focusing on his years painting in Montana.

Doors open at 9:30 and seating is limited. Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for museum members.

Save the Date! The Harwood's third annual fundraiser at The Blake in Taos Ski Valley is sure to be a great event in 2019. Surrounded by The Blake's private collection of Taos art, guests will dine, dance, and bid on art objects, wine lots, experiences and more during silent and live auctions. Tickets will be available in spring 2019. Be sure to put June 22 on your calendar.