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Abstract artists are set apart from the realistic crowd in April's art exhibit at Placitas County Library. Painting, photography, collage, and mixed media by: Roberta Begaye Lisa Chernoff Jeanette Cook Connie Falk John A. Holley Valorie Livesay NC Magnusson David S McKee Bobbye Middendorf Wayne Mikosz Carol Mullen Steve Palmer Jonn Salovaara Geri Verble P.K. […]
Abstract artists are set apart from the realistic crowd in April's art exhibit at Placitas County Library. Painting, photography, collage, and mixed media by: Roberta Begaye Lisa Chernoff Jeanette Cook Connie Falk John A. Holley Valorie Livesay NC Magnusson David S McKee Bobbye Middendorf Wayne Mikosz Carol Mullen Steve Palmer Jonn Salovaara Geri Verble P.K. […]
It’s that time of year again. November’s rapidly chilling winds and the retreating sun once again battle for attention. Folks dress warmly for a late autumn stroll only to begin stripping away layers of clothing as the sun’s rays cancel the impact of the cold blustery wind. These conditions echo Aesop’s fable “The North Wind […]
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Winter is the season of contrasts, days rich with striking juxtapositions. Grey skies offer brilliant crystalline glints when the sun peeks through. Loved ones cuddle near a warm fireplace, hot drink in hand to ward off the frigid chill. For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, it is the coldest, darkest season, […]
Creatures - Judith Roderick According to Kermit, “It’s not easy being green.” But while it’s hard to argue with the world’s most famous frog, his plaint offered a welcome challenge to artists whose work appears in “Verde: The Color of Life,” the March/ April exhibition at the Placitas Community Library (PCL). The exhibit features nearly […]
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Sigmund Freud said it best. “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” Accordingly, the Placitas Community Library Art Committee is excited to offer an opportunity to observe a host of fascinating felines at rest and at play. Beginning July 7 and continuing through August 27, this PCL exhibit will be available for the first time […]
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,” wrote John Gillespie Magee, Jr. in his oft-quoted poem High Flight, “and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings…put out my hand, and touched the face of God.” The entire poem appears on the back of the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery proving yet […]
Think of this exhibition as lemonade. You know, like when life gives you lemons and you make something delicious out of them. In the “before-times,” Placitans frequently gathered at the library en masse to hear marvelous lectures on myriad topics, chairs set up front to back and side to side in the Collin Meeting Room […]
When life gives you lemons.... As you are no doubt aware, the 2020 Placitas Studio Tour was canceled due to the pandemic. What was to be the first exhibit in Placitas Community Library’s new Gracie Lee Community room featuring 2020 PST artists’ work became a virtual exhibition because of delayed completion of that space. So […]
Mellow Yellow? Yellow Submarine? Yellow Bird, Yellow Moon? Yellow Rose of Texas? Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree? Musicians have an extensive history of celebrating the color yellow. And now, artists, it’s your turn. The focus for the August/September exhibit is the color yellow. Whether your take is positive (think sunshine and sunflowers!) […]
Collin Meeting Room featuring “Wayne Jones’ Placitas: There Was a Time” Doris Fields, PhD The Collin Meeting Room is being reinvigorated with a new, special purpose, evolving as an education space for Placitas History. Periodically, PCL’s Collin Meeting Room (CMR) will focus on various areas and eras of Placitas History, including but not limited to […]
Gardens and artwork are similar in that they are composed in harmony with a series of shapes, forms, colors, and textures. The Placitas Garden Tour has invited a select group of local artists to showcase their work at Garden Tour Exhibit held in the Gracie Lee Community Room. The following artists will join us: Barbara […]
Stop in after touring the gardens to view and purchase additional artwork created by the guest artists of the Garden Tour. While there, take your chances on a raffle for a basket full of garden delights.
About Mosaic Traditionally, mosaic is a style of art where a larger image is created by arranging and attaching bits of clay, glass, stone or other materials directly to non-flexible surfaces with cement and mortar to last through the ages. Today, polymer cements, silicone, and other glues are frequently used as adhesives. In New Mexico, […]
Mosaic is a style of art where a larger image is created by arranging and attaching bits of clay, glass, stone or other materials directly to non-flexible surfaces. The resulting surfaces, whether smooth or rough, brilliantly hued or somber in color beg to be explored by human hands, and these sturdy materials have the power […]
Join friends and family for an indoor stroll through a festive German town reimagined at Placitas Winery, where halls will be decked with hand-crafted, holiday-style gifts. Come share in the joy of the season while benefitting our community library. Enjoy authentic German and European tasty treats, such as bratwurst with sauerkraut, latkes, pretzels, and more! […]
Beaded Wonders! Sparkling, shimmering, red and azure, twisted threads and ornate pendants. The Bead Society of New Mexico presents a “Celebration of Color Fantasy” using the color wheel as inspiration. Member artists were encouraged to think outside the box to create a color fest of fanciful, fantasy-inspired wearable art pieces appropriate for the holiday season—or […]
Assembled by members of the Jardineros Photography Club, the exhibit entitled “Life in Focus” reflects a broad spectrum of photographic intent and technique. This manifests in the effort of these dedicated local photographers to push the medium beyond making a record of personal history and toward “an interpretation of reality, not a documentation of reality,” […]
This retrospective exhibition was mounted in celebration of the 90th birthday of Roger Evans, one of Placitas’s most cherished and colorful long-time residents. Assembled by the PCL Art Committee, the exhibit includes examples of the architectural illustrations that helped support Evans’s early life in Placitas and models for a unique forward looking community envisioned by […]
Lost loves, lost opportunities, lost in space! New found knowledge, new found friends or found objects! Artists are encouraged to define and explore the experience of loss and the joy of new discoveries. Whether your focus is on a personal or communal experience, consider employing repurposed, rescued and reclaimed materials to enhance your narrative with […]
In the digital age of "Kindle" reading and "Audible" listening, many of us yearn for the days of picking up a book and "Turning the Pages." There is something about the feeling and artfulness of holding a book, browsing through the beautifully illustrated art, and beginning the journey of reading. Literature is the inspiration for […]
Twenty-four years ago a small group of artists in Placitas, New Mexico organized the first Placitas Studio Tour. Celebrating its 25th year, this event has become one of the most highly anticipated studio tours in New Mexico on Mother’s Day weekend. The PCL is honored to present work by the 76 artists of this year’s […]
COLLABORATION The action of working with someone to produce or create something. Making art is, for the most part, a solitary process. Artists toil alone in the studio and, if they’re lucky, find fellow “makers” with whom to share ideas and from whom they occasionally solicit feedback. The Surrealists overcame their solitude by playing “Exquisite […]
"Life's Fabric Holds Many Stories" ~Evey Jones and Donna Dowell
The color RED has the potential to touch all our senses: the taste of a tart cherry, the brilliance of a flaming sunset, the sound of an explosion, the smell of a rose, the tingle of passion and seduction or perhaps the sensation of a slap across the face! For our July/August exhibition, artists […]
Image by: Lani Hitchens - "Pomegranates"
"The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart." Judy Garland Life’s Hidden Treasures can be found in the friends and family that surround us every day; those wonderful destinations that provide solace and renewal or surprise us with the unexpected. There are the life changing moments that illuminate and elevate our […]
Explore the Art of Fiber Fiber or textile art is considered the oldest form of art. The first fiber was plain and created only to solve a utilitarian need. But a plain “canvas” sparked artist to embellish and decorate it. Artist have been using fibers obtained from plants, animals, and insects to create since prehistoric […]
"Window" Pat Gould
Welcome to Dianna's art world. We invite you to view and become acquainted with her work and what it means to her, and further your appreciation for the abstract art that has evolved in tandem with her life. Not all of her work is abstract, as is also true of other artists. Dianna is an […]
"Serious Sweet Peas" - Dianna Shomaker
Escribiente, Albuquerque’s Calligraphy Society, celebrates its 45th anniversary with a member exhibition of calligraphic art. “The Love of Calligraphy” showcases a diversity of styles and techniques from delicate ornate flourishing to abstract mixed media art. Drop by the library on Saturday, February 25, 2–4 pm and take home a personalized bookmark created by Escribiente calligraphers. […]
Magical, enchanted, complex and at times tragic....New Mexico's history and environment is as diverse as its inhabitants. Inviting artists to contribute their interpretation and sense of place in their chosen medium. Exhibit submissions CLOSED. Coordinator: Margaret Bruch Image: John DeSpain "Saint's Preserve Us!" Pastel $400
"Juniper Rock" - Colleen Gregoire
The Annual Placitas Studio Tour Preview Exhibit will be on display in the Gracie Lee Community Room prior to and during the annual studio tour May 13-14, 2023, traditionally held over Mother’s Day weekend. The exhibit will feature artwork by each artist on the tour, and will be organized by neighborhoods to allow visitors to easily locate the […]
While you might never do a "Thelma and Louise" but secretly envy that unrestrained streak of adventure they followed. Do you fantasize about getting a bike and joining a club to head out on the highway in a fearless leather motorcycle jacket - decked out and ready to rumble? We all have a bit of […]
"Gone with the Wind" - Tatiana Klimov
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." --Ecclesiastes How do artists come up with ideas, conjure images and produce something new? Where does inspiration originate? Often it comes from other artists, contemporaries or historical figures, artists from similar cultural backgrounds or […]
Artists on Display: Meg Leonard: Oil, Pastels Mary Lou Skelton: Gourds Jude Rudder: Watercolor, Oil Sabina Turner: Watercolor, Oil PK Williams: Mixed Media Erica Wendell-Oglesby: Mosaic, Jewelry, Photography Coordinator: Sue Ortiz “Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as the paint and the soil and sky as canvas” -Elizabeth Murray
“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.” —Shirley Chisholm Mother, daughter, wife, partner, friend, dreamer, dancer, scientist, sportswoman, artist, performer, leader, legislator, litigator, adventurer, goddess, warrior, mystic, and muse. Over time women have embodied all of these roles and more, either […]
Image: "Georgia" by Mike Kimball
The New Mexico Gourd Society is thrilled to display our decorated gourds and showcase the remarkable talents of our members. Many techniques have been used such as wood burning, carving, painting and adding embellishments to enhance the natural characteristics of this unique Cucurbitaceae family of fruits. Art forms include decorative bowls, ornaments, spirit dolls, teapots, […]
Gourd Artist: Ginger Larkin
A retrospective featuring works by longtime Placitas residents Mary and Karl Hofmann will begin the Placitas Community Library’s 2024 exhibition series in the Gracie Lee Community Room. The couple is being celebrated for their collaborative efforts throughout the nearly fifty years they’ve lived and worked together in New Mexico producing ceramics and sculpture, paintings, pastels, […]
As displaced persons of the African Diaspora, upon birth we are inundated with tainted notions of other’s perceptions of who we are, can be, will be, and won’t be. Because we are born of Spirit-power, from a soul level we continuously, actively, no matter how arduous the journey, identify and embrace our true individual and […]
“Our America” is a tapestry of cultural diversity bound together by the unique weft and warp of stories and experiences of all people representing various backgrounds and origins of the American landscape. Through the lens of art, we can explore and celebrate the richness and complexity of our collective identity. Artists are invited to reflect […]
Artist Reception: August 2, 5:00 -6:30 pm Chaco Culture National Historical Park is considered to be the sacred ancestral homelands of the Hopi and Pueblo people. Las Placitas Association sponsored an artists’ adventure in Chaco Canyon in late 2023. Sacred Places will feature works inspired by that trip, and is open to any artists similarly […]
Photography by David Haigh
The Placitas Community Library exhibit - "Native Visions" celebrates Native American artists. This art exhibit showcases Native American artistic talents in painting, pottery, basketry, jewelry and other art forms. Coordinators: Geri Verble & Margaret Bruch
Coordinators: Geri Verble and Margaret Bruch
