Visual arts calendar:
What’s happening where
Window artists announced
Vital Spaces, in collaboration with 516 Arts and The Paseo Project, launched Windows on the Future in May – inviting artists to come up with visionary installations for windows about town in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos. There were nearly 200 entries statewide and 60 artists (20 per city) were selected. Taos winners are: Sarah Hart, J. Renee Tanner, Anaïs Rumfelt and Nina Silfverberg, Heather Bergerson, Mandy Stapleford, Sarah Bush and Tawni Shuler, Julie Lake, Tlacaelel Fuentes, Laurel Taylor, Toby Morfin, Jodie Herrera, Ileana Alarcon, Nadine Lollino, Gregory A. Waits, Jessica Fitzgerald, Benjamin N. Ortega, Emily Schumacher, Anita Rodriguez, Deborah Lujan and Betil Dagdelen. Watch Tempo for upcoming samples of their installations.
Margaret Nes benefits relief funds
A resident of Taos since 1969, artist Margaret Nes has asked her Santa Fe gallery, Ventana Fine Art, to announce a benefit promotion of selected paintings, to be offered at substantial discounts, with her share of the sale proceeds to be donated to the buyer’s choice of three designated relief organizations. Seven of the paintings were purchased within the two weeks of the special offer, with all buyers designating the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund, which also benefits the Hopi Nation. On June 19, Ventana Fine Art made an online donation of $10, 465 in Nes’ name. Contact Wolfgang Mabry at (505) 216-2919.
Circus arts group wins grant
Wise Fool New Mexico will receive a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for circus training and performance. Kristen Woods, co-executive director of Wise Fool, said in a statement: “Wise Fool believes that the circus arts are more important now than ever. We have seen over quarantine that the arts have played a pivotal role in making life enjoyable and sustainable. Circus connects us, brings a spark to life and helps us work through feelings and heal. As we are able to practice together, we are excited to share the benefits of circus with our community.” Check out the group at wisefoolnewmexico.org.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
• “Art in Solidarity from Taos” offers Taos Center for the Arts’ Encore Gallery as a space for the community to express solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement, for people, for protests and for the widening civil rights movement that affects all of us. TCA invites artists to drop off their work on July 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Encore Gallery, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. Criteria: 8.5-by-11-inch-sized paper, unframed, 2D – pen/paper, pencil, watercolor, paint, photo collage, mixed media collage. TCA anticipates this show to be open to limited and scheduled viewing sometime in July and through Aug. 23.
Visit tcataos.org or call (575)758-2052 for questions.
• Arte de Descartes XX is seeking artists for its 20th-annual juried recycled art show to be held at Stables Gallery Aug. 29-Sept. 6. Deadline for entries is Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. Work should be made of mostly recycled materials: metal, wood, paper, plastic cloth, etc. Prospectus and entry form can be found at whollyrags.org or call (575) 751-9862 for more information.
• Coronavirus Story Quilt square still needs artists. Make a square of cloth 13-by-13 inches and sew on your image of the coronavirus itself or how the lockdown has affected your life. Submit squares to Wholly Rags, 1337 Gusdorf Road #L, by July 1. We will sew it all together to be presented and displayed at the Arte XX show in August (see above).