• Exhibit: Celebrating 25 Years – Placitas Studio Tour Artists

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    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 […]

  • Author Talk Martha Liebert

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Martha Liebert, founder and namesake of the Bernalillo Public Library and past president of the Sandoval County Historical Society will be speaking about her book, "Bernalillo Between the River and a Hard Place". Come listen to Martha talk about the Sandoval County Historical Society and the making of the book about the history and stories […]

  • Heirs, Acequias & Parciantes

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Ms. Rebecca Correa Skartwed and Land Grant historian Dr. Jacobo Bacawill educate us about heirs, acequias (community-operated watercourse), parciantes, the phenomenal land Grant activities that have been taking place in Placitas over the past 10 years, and about the history and purpose of Land Grants overall

  • Exhibit: Collaboration

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    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 […]

  • Reception: Collaboration

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    "Life's Fabric Holds Many Stories" ~Evey Jones and Donna Dowell

  • Exhibit: Shades of Red

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    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 […]

  • Reception: Shades of Red

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Image by:  Lani Hitchens - "Pomegranates"

  • Exhibit: Life’s Hidden Treasures

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    "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 […]