OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Sunday September 8th at 2 pm: SC September Meeting: “My Favorite Painting” Sunday October 13th at 2 pm: SC October Meeting: “Creating the Ovine Suite: From Photos to Framing” ALTERNATE SPACES
Exhibit runs July 1 - September 1, 2019 Business hours: Sunday –Monday 11 am – 9 pm - - Closed on Tuesday
Contact Paul Vakselis vakselis[at]gmail.com 575-496-6400 with any questions. Painting by Nancy Tipton| (above) and Richard Harris. NMWS SIGNATURE MEMBERS SHOW A good number of Southern Chapter members will have paintings hanging at the Signature Member show at Los Lunas Museum: Pat Bonneau-White, Johnnie Gubanski, Mayanna Howard, Rebecca Johnson, Linda Keener, Marie Siegrist, Paul Vakselis, and Laurel Weathersbee. The Museum's address is 251 Main St. SE, Los Lunas, NM 87031. The show runs until September 9, 2019. NEW GALLERY (with SC Members!)
Agave Artists is the latest gallery to open in Mesilla and three of the Southern Chapter artists are showing there: Laurie Churchill and Mary Diesel (co founders along with others) and Paul Vakselis. You’ll find the Gallery at 2250 Calle de San Albino in the historic town of Mesilla, or through the old blue gate just off the patio of Josefina’s. https://agaveartists.com/ DONA ANA ARTS COUNCIL Opportunities: The gallery at Dona Ana Arts Council is hosting a free Open Studio for artists to work together every Thursday from 10-12. If you are interested in teaching a 2-hour Get ArtRageous! art class and/or a 1 or multiple day workshop at the DAAC Arts & Cultural Center, please send a brief proposal to manager@daarts.org For more information phone 575-523-6403.
2020 SPRING SHOW! The 2020 SC Spring Show will be at the Branigan Museum April 3 - May 23. For those of you that plan and paint early, here's the description to get your artistic juices flowing... “Rough and Tumble: Life in a Desert Town”. The desert can be a rough place: think thorns, goatheads, scorpions, rattlesnakes, the blistering sun baking the land or tumbleweed blowing in fierce winds. For centuries people have lived and thrived here. This theme speaks to the human history of survival in this region, and the wonder of this place (and not only in delicate flowers emerging from a hostile land). We are thrilled by jagged peaks of rocks against a blue sky, carved out areas of mining-created “beauty”, or smooth river rocks in a dry riverbed, tumbled by flash floods and ice. Indoors or outdoors, life in a desert town can be rough and tumble, and the artwork will inspire artists to respond creatively to this multi-faceted topic.
DVD LIBRARY
The new DVD Librarians are Paul Vakselis and Joy Calvert. Contact them to suggest titles for her to purchase for our library.
together and socialize. Desert Sunrise Studio is at 537 N. Alameda, Las Cruces. Read about her new studio in the Jan 2019 Desert Exposure or on her blog | SUPPORT OUR ARTISTS: Shows and Workshops
FROM SWEEPING VISTAS TO UP CLOSE NATURE STUDIES A SOLO EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY MARIE SIEGRIST, NMWS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT DONA ANA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY 1740 CALLE DE MERCADO, MESILLA GALLERY HOURS 9:00 TO 5:00, MONDAY TO FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M., REFRESHMENTS
ONE DAY WATERCOLOR & WATERCOLOR PENCIL* WORKSHOP TO COINCIDE WITH MARIE’S SOLO EXHIBIT AT DONA ANA ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY Tuesday, September 17th, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Dona Anna Arts Council Gallery, 1740 Calle De Mercado, Messilla, NM Phone: 575-523-6403 Workshop Fee: $65.00 This Workshop is about using traditional watercolor techniques in combination with the use of watercolor pencils*. Watercolor pencils are water soluble, blendable, and can be used successfully as a drawing tool, an adjunct to a watercolor painting, and for making a finished painting. They are also easy to carry, with a brush or two, for painting while traveling. All in all they are a fun tool to have in the watermedia kit.
SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP with LAUREL Mounting Watercolor Paintings on Deep Cradled Panel Offered by SC Signature Member Laurel Weathersbee Date: Friday, September 20, 2019 Time: 10:00-4:00 Cost: $60 SC Signature Member Laurel Weathersbee will offer a one-day workshop on mounting watercolor paintings on deep cradled panel. Participants will need to bring an 11" X 14" OUTSIDE MEASURE OF PAINTING to mount. Cost covers workshop and materials (deep cradled panels will be provided to participants, along with spray sealant, acrylic medium and brushes to accomplish the mounting). Lunch available from Good Sam's kitchen. Contact Laurel with questions, or to register: laurel.weathersbee@gmail.com.
LET'S PAINT!!! WATERCOLOR WITH During the Fall/Winter/Spring Marie usually hosts classes Wednesday Mornings, 9:30 a.m. to noon each week. There is a demonstration each Wednesday morning with plenty of time for painting after the demonstration. Class members are welcome to paint along with Marie or they might decide to bring their own projects on which to work during class. For more information contact Marie at 575-647-1193 or msiegrist2[at]comcast.net  FRAMING HELP: |
We are hosting our 3rd annual ”Alternate Spaces” exhibit at Salud! de Mesilla, 1800 Avenida de Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM. .jpg)
Enjoy yummy food and beautiful watercolors by artists in Southern New Mexico and West Texas.
WATERCOLOR WITH MARIE SIEGRIST