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Roswell Artist-in-Residence: Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby Karen Aqua (1954-2011): Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Peter Rogers: A Painter's Progress Garo Antreasian: Lyrical Geometries New Mexico: 20th Century Visions Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Robert H. Goddard Collection of Liquid West of Beyond:
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Roswell Artist-in-Residence: Radio Sebastian
Marshall and Winston Gallery March 3 - April 22, 2012 Radio Sebastian approaches artmaking with the idea that every individual is capable of being, in a lifetime or in any given moment, the epitome of what is good about being human. The artist takes this notion, labels it shine, explores it, studies it, and constructs black ink memorials to people, living and dead. The upcoming exhibit at the Roswell Museum and Art Center will show a number of these memorials more... |
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Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby
Russell Vernon Hunter Gallery February 17 - April 29, 2012 Photo historian and distinguished author Beaumont Newhall wrote, “The remarkable photographs by Craig Varjabedian are not only beautiful but also extremely valuable documents of architecture, culture, and lifestyle of Northern New Mexico. His work is extremely valuable from both artistic and historical viewpoints.” more... |
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Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos
Spring River and Hunter Galleries January 6, 2012 - January 6, 2013 Roswell: Diamond of the Pecos opens on statehood day, January 6. This is a joint exhibition about Roswell's history that is being curated by staff from the RMAC and the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico. Art and artifacts from both museums will be on view at the RMAC throughout the Centennial year. more... |
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Karen Aqua (1954-2011): Animal Vegetable, Mineral
Marshall and Winston Gallery December 17, 2011 - February 19, 2012 On January 13, the RMAC and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art will collaborate on an evening of tribute and memorial for animation artist Karen Aqua who died from cancer on May 30, 2011. Aqua, from Boston, was a fellow with the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program (1991-1992 and 1995) more... |
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Peter Rogers: A Painter's Progress
Patricia Gaylord Anderson Gallery June 18, 2011 - January 29, 2012 An artist’s life is one that many romanticize but very few people choose for their life’s occupation. It is a journey that at the best of times is arduous, balancing the material and aesthetic worlds and being responsible to one’s family and to the demands of the work in the studio, yet there are those individualsthat make the conscious choice to lead a creative life of discovery. They are compelled to move forward through more... |
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Garo Antreasian: Lyrical Geometries
Horgan and Graphics Galleries June 11, 2011 - February 19, 2012 Roswell native Harold Lee Jones had his first adventure in photography when he was a sophomore at Goddard High School in the 1970s. This early interest in photography stayed with Jones throughout the intervening years. It was around the time of his fortieth birthday that the passion for creating photographic images returned. more... |
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New Mexico: 20th Century Visions
Donald B. Anderson and Entry Galleries This exhibition features the work of noted artists and artisans who lived and worked in northern New Mexico, especially around the art colonies of Santa Fe and Taos. Some of the most prominent New Mexico modernists are featured including Georgia O’Keeffe, Stuart Davis, Victor Higgins, Jozef Bakos, and B.J.O. Nordfeldt. more... |
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Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Collection
Founders' Gallery Peter Hurd (1904-1984) was raised in Roswell where his father worked a small ranch southwest of town. Roaming the countryside as a youth on horseback earned Hurd an intimate understanding of the hills, prairies, and arroyos that configured the surrounding landscape. These experiences helped shape his artistic sensibilities and cemented his personal bond with the landscape and people of New Mexico. more... |
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Robert H. Goddard Collection of
Liquid-Propellant Rocketry Goddard Galleries and Workshop Recreation In 1898, a teenage Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945), captivated by the realism of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, “…imagined how wonderful it would be to make some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars.” more... |
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West of Beyond:
The Rogers and Mary Ellen Aston Collection of the American West Aston Galleries Aston, who was born in Iowa in 1918, developed a keen interest in the West during time spent on his family’s various ranches. When nearly forty, he began casting bronzes, using his collection as prop material for the creation of sculptures portraying poignant moments in the history of the American West. more... |
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