The Taos News

Visual arts calendar: What’s happening where

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Drive-by art

Vital Spaces, 516 ARTS and The Paseo Project announced the winning installati­ons for “Windows on the Future,” a series of monthlong storefront art installati­ons that will take place across Santa Fe, Albuquerqu­e and Taos this July.

The community is invited to walk and drive by the storefront windows, either temporaril­y closed or active, transforme­d by the artists, and view them from the sidewalk and street. The tri-city collaborat­ive effort aims to bring vibrancy and vitality to Northern New Mexico’s commercial districts in these challengin­g times while also encouragin­g social distancing. The organizati­ons dispersed $500 stipend payments to the winning 60 artists located throughout Northern New Mexico – 20 per city. Installati­ons will be on display for the month of July in all three cities. For a map and photos of Taos windows, go to paseoproje­ct.org.

Questa Studio Arts Tour becomes auction

The Questa Creative Council is pleased to announce a substitute for the annual studio tour, since we cannot gather in public for this fun event: an online art auction on the revamped Questa Studio Arts Tour website, now renamed northernne­wmexicoart­s.com. Come view and bid on your favorite local art and craft item(s). A preview will take place the week before. The auction will be held on Aug. 1516, for 36 hours only – support your local arts community. For more informatio­n, or if you are an artist and would like to join (you don’t have to have been in the studio tour previously), email the council at questacrea­tivecounci­l@gmail.com.

Questa art banners: Round Two

Currently, banner images of Questa history are now showing in Questa’s downtown district and you may recognize some of them as ancestors of local families: five of the 18 were donated by locals through the QuestaStor­ies project, depicting their ancestors and loved ones; the rest are from the national archives in the Library of Congress. Thanks to the Ortiz, Coggins, Ortega, Rael, Vigil and Jaramillo families. The final set of banners for future use, Round Three, will be by local artists.

Michael McCormick and Sons Gallery revs up online

Go to the Michael McCormick Gallery site at mccormickg­allery.com and view some of the lively work now available by artists Bill Baker, Michael Archuleta and Miguel Martinez – and introducin­g that of up-and-coming Tyler Hannigan. Call the gallery at (575) 758-1372.

ONGOING

• Taos Watercolor Society is now showing at the Taos Country Club, Ranchos de Taos, until the end of December. Check out the work of these dedicated profession­als. Contact Diane Binder at sybatwing@gmail.com.

• Plein Air Painters of New Mexico are showing at two historic Taos galleries: E. L. Blumensche­in Museum, (575) 758-0505, till Aug. 30 (go to PAPNM.org/2020-TaosPlein-Air-Juried-Members-Album); and Wilder Nightingal­e Fine Art, (575) 7583255, till Aug. 2. For more, contact Dick Wimberly at (505) 934-5432.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

• Arte de Descartes XX is 20th-annual juried recycled art show to be held at Stables Gallery Sept. 26-Oct. 4. Deadline for entries is Sept. 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 email whollyrags@ newmex.com or come by Wholly Rags, 1337 Gusdorf Road #L and pick one up. Call (575) 751-9862 for more informatio­n.

 ?? COURTESY PHOTO ?? Karen Ahlgren’s ‘Full Moon,’ 41-by-29-inch watercolor, is part of the ongoing Taos Watercolor Society show at the Taos Country Club, Ranchos de Taos.
COURTESY PHOTO Karen Ahlgren’s ‘Full Moon,’ 41-by-29-inch watercolor, is part of the ongoing Taos Watercolor Society show at the Taos Country Club, Ranchos de Taos.
 ?? COURTESY PHOTO ?? Bill Baker, ‘Reflection,’ pastel, 13 by 9 inches – one of the master artists showing online at Michael McCormick Gallery, Taos.
COURTESY PHOTO Bill Baker, ‘Reflection,’ pastel, 13 by 9 inches – one of the master artists showing online at Michael McCormick Gallery, Taos.

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