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2/23/08 - 8/10/08
EXHIBITION- Caminos Distintos: Patrocinio Barela and Edward Gonazles in New Mexico
Caminos Distintos celebrates the work of Nuevomexicano artists Patrocinio Barela, a Taos sculptor, and Edward Gonzales, an Albuquerque painter and printmaker. Each artist in his own way blazed trails both locally and nationally, helping to dispel stereotypes of Hispanics and their art.
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Date: 2/23/08 - 8/10/08
Time: Gallery hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm
Address: National Hispanic Cultural Center
Admission: adults $3, senior $2
Location: Barelas/South Valley
Phone: 505-246-2261
http://www.nhccnm.org
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Description:
The exhibition features the recent donation to the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Permanent Collection of 55 sculptures by Patrocinio Barela and 32 paintings and prints by Edward Gonzales. This timely and generous gift marks the 75th Anniversary of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the federal programs created during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. Barela was an artist on the Federal Art Project and Gonzales has been influenced by historical photographs taken during the 1930s ad 1940s. Additionally, the exhibition highlights other important New Mexican artists and writers inspired by Barela including Luis Tapia, Glen Gunderson, James Jimenez and members of the Barela family.
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8/16/08
FESTIVAL- 4th Annual Salsa Fiesta
Taste-test and vote for “Best Salsa” in three categories, Hot, Medium and Specialty. Entrants will include salsas sold or served commercially in the Albuquerque area. Taste delicious wines in courtyards and buy a bottle or two. Enjoy live music and dance entertainment throughout all of Old Town and on Mountain Road. Enjoy the visual and tactile arts in galleries and shops. Join in fun activities for the kids. Be there! “A Hot Time in Old Town,” the Salsa Fiesta has rapidly become one of the most popular events for the summer. Details and an entertainment schedule will be out in a few weeks.
General Admission: FREE
Tickets for the Salsa Competition tasting are $5.00, Wine Tasting $2.00, and a combination ticket is $6.00. Show a receipt from an Old Town merchant in the amount of $25.00 or more and tickets are FREE.
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Date: 8/16/08
Time: 2-7 pm
Address: Old Town Albuquerque
Location: Old Town
Phone: 505-822-1662
http://www.cabq.gov/crs
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Live salsa music throughout the day and evening, a chile roast at the San Felipe de Neri courtyard that will also feature delicious homemade Mexican specialties for sale, lots of fun activities for children and the opportunity to stroll and shop throughout the entire Old Town area will attract thousands of area residents, as well as visitors to our community.
The event will open at 2:00 p.m. with live music at the Gazebo and other locations throughout the Old Town area. Great entertainment for kids is planned—face painting, music and dance and more. Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to taste and compare dozens of salsas, chile and hot sauces, as well as enjoy lots of delicious foods, the wonderful aroma of chile roasting and discounts from participating merchants.
One very popular feature from last year, a wine tasting, will be expanded to additional locations throughout Old Town this year. Plans are underway to include several area wineries.
Tiguex Park will be the site of more activities for kids and grownups alike, and all along Mountain Road art galleries will welcome visitors to an expanded “arts crawl.” Live music and delicious foods will be available throughout the entire area. A special film, “Viva New Mexico” will be shown at the Natural History Museum’s Amphitheater.
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6/8/08 - 9/7/08
EXHIBITION- In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein
This exhibition celebrates the life and art of Ernest Blumenschein (1874-1960), one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists and one of the most accomplished of the group. In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein features paintings, illustrations, and sketches, from early academic through mature works exploring concepts of modernism. The exhibition was organized by The Albuquerque Museum, the Denver Art Museum and the Phoenix Art Museum.
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Date: 6/8/08 - 9/7/08
Time: Tues.-Sun. 9 am-5 pm
Address: Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
Admission: adults $4, seniors (65+) $2, child (4-12) $1
Location: Old Town
Phone: 243-7255
http://www.cabq.gov/museum
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Ernest Blumenschein (1874-1960), one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists and one of the most accomplished of the group. In Contemporary Rhthym will present about 60 major painting, as well as illustrations and sketches, is organized by The Albuquerque Museum, the Denver Museum of Art, and the Phoenix Museum of Art.
The story of Ernest Blumenschein begins in 1898 when a fateful painting trip to New Mexico found a young Blumenschein and fellow artist, Bert Phillips, stranded with a broken wagon wheel outside the remote village of Taos. So impressed were the two by their adventures they made plans to make it home. While Phillips would return the following year, it would take Blumenschein over twenty years to settle permanently. In the intervening years an art colony developed and eventually formed into the Taos Society of Artists.
Blumenschein is remembered for his appealing, life-like paintings of New Mexican landscapes and people. But he was also an artist engaged with current trends. He challenged himself artistically whether it was writing a review of the most important modern exhibition of his time, forming a group of experimental painters, or exhibiting alongside the period’s modern American artists.
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