Library Schedule

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 […]

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"