Galleries

ALBUQUERQUE OPENINGS

Thursday

OASIS Institute/OASIS Albuquerque, 3301 Menaul NE, just west of American Home Furnishings’ rear entrance on the north side of Menaul, hosts a presentation titled “Life in the Slow Lane: Confessions of a New Mexico Art Critic,” by Albuquerque Journal art critic Wesley Pulkka, from 1-2:30 p.m. Admission is $8. To register, call 844-4529.

Saturday

Sumner and Dene, 517 W. Central, hosts an open house for “New Mexico Landscapes,” by Frank McCulloch, from 1 to 4 p.m. McCulloch is a Governor’s Award winner, Bravos Award winner, University of New Mexico Distinguished Alumnus of the Year and a “Local Treasure” designee. McCulloch taught art to more than 9,000 students at Highland High School. He is also known as a singer and musician. Call 842-1400.

Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith NE, hosts an open house for a visit with the artists, an open studio session, live art, a demonstration and gallery talk from 1-5 p.m. Call 508-0820.

SANTA FE OPENINGS Friday

Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, 200-B Canyon Road, opens an exhibit for figurative sculptor Eric Boyer and abstract painter Carlos Ramirez from 11 a.m.4 p.m. The two-person show runs through June 4. Call 505-984-2111.

New Concept Gallery, 610 Canyon Road, hosts a reception for “Changes and Continuity,” photography by Steven A. Jackson, from 5-7 p.m. The solo exhibition runs through June 26. Call 505-795-7570.

Ventana Fine Art, 400 Canyon Road, hosts a reception for “International Attraction” by English landscape painter Frank Balaam and Scottish still-life painter Angus from 5-7 p.m. Both painters are U.S. residents and have shown at Ventana Fine Art for five years. The show runs through May 31. Call 505-983-8815.