Works by Gallery Artists
Joel Armstrong, Valerie Galloway, Art Peterson, Mimi Calise Peterson, Carmen Ruiz, Eric Renner, Nancy Spencer and Eugene Starobinskiy
Please join us for an artist talk by Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner on January 4th, 5pm. This event marks the closing of Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography. The first workshop of the new year will be introduction to Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer on January 25th.
Please join us for an artist talk by Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner on January 4th, 5 to 7pm. This event marks the closing of Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography. The first workshop of the new year will be introduction to Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer on January 25th.
Light Art Space is full of great art by gallery artists and Pinhole Photography experts Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner.
If you missed the reception for Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography there is still time to experience this unique exhibition.
Through January 5th.
Here is what is coming up this month and into the new year:
Saturday, December 14th, 5 to 8 pm
Luminario Walk and Second Saturday Art Walk Canned Food donations accepted for Grant County Food Pantry
Join Light Art Space Gallery Artists and experience new work and Holiday Cheer
Saturday, January 4th, 5 to 7 pm
Exhibition closing event, Gallery Talk by Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner
January 6 thru February 6th Light Art Space will be Closed
February 7th thru March 8th Joao Galera
Silver City Artist in Residence Reception Saturday, February 8th, 5 to 7 pm
March 13th thru April 19th Provocation of Place
Juried exhibition for Paperworks Members
Reception Saturday, March 14th, 5 to 7 pm
Workshops and Classes:
January 25th, 2020 Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer
February 15th and 16th Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer At Art Intersection in Gilbert, Arizona
Tuesday evenings February and March Life Drawing Classes with Joel Armstrong
Details to come!
Joel Armstrong with his drawings and painting
Carmen Ruiz with her prints and sculptures
Work by Gallery Artists
Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer
Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography exhibition
Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner
Opening reception this Friday, November 15th, 5 to 7 pm
Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography is an exhibition of the pinhole photography and assemblages of Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner who have worked individually and collaboratively for decades.
Images from many bodies of work will be exhibited, both black and white and color.
Spencer and Renner are known internationally for their pinhole artwork and as the co-directors of Pinhole Resource, a non-profit dedicated to furthering information about pinhole and zone plate photography. Renner is the author of “Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application”,
now in it’s fourth edition. They founded and co-edited “Pinhole Journal” for 22 years.
Spencer and Renner have exhibited their work internationally and have taught pinhole and zone plate workshops throughout the world. They live in Mimbres, NM.
Exhibition dates: November 15 – January 5th
Light Art Space Hours:
Thursday – Sat. 10am – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 3pm, 2nd Saturdays open until 8pm, some Mondays 10- 5
Also by appointment
Visit Light Art Space this Saturday between 1 pm and 6pm to experience the magic of Wet Plate Photography
Kevin Black from Santa Fe Wet Plate will be making wet plate portraits to order.
Each portrait is unique and one of a kind!
Watch Kevin in action with his large format camera (think Ansel Adams) and his portable mobile darkroom.
Kevin was recently highlighted in Shadow and Light magazine as the featured portrait artist in the September/October issue.
You can make an appointment (karen@lightartspace.com) or just stop in!
Please join us for a reception this Saturday 4 to 7pm, November 2nd, celebrating art work by students of Kaleidoscope, the Western New Mexico University Art Club.
Robert Arias, Jodi Bevill, Jon Bjornstad, Martha Blacklock, Doreen Buchan, Henry Chavez, Abby Egge-Ogas, Izzy Garza, Annabella Gomez, Elijah Goodall, Ned Haw, Wyatt Hawkins, Tasha Marshe, A.S. McBroom, Raven Myers, Drew Ohlrich, Beryl Raven, Magnus Amelia Waters, J. Waters, Blythe Whiteley.
A big Thank You to Freestyle Photographicsand Sprint Systems of Photography who have sponsored the upcoming Pinhole and Zoneplate Workshop with
Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner. https://sprintsystems.com/ https://www.freestylephoto.biz/
Pinhole and Zone Plate Photography Workshop Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner
Two new exhibitions will open at Light Art Space in November. On Saturday the 2nd, work by the Western New Mexico University Art Club will open with a reception 4pm to 7pm in the West Gallery. Sex, Lies and Pinhole Photography, work by Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner, will fill the North and Flash galleries November 15th – January 5th, with a reception on Friday the 15th, 5pm – 7pm. Stop in on Saturday November 9th and have your Wet Plate photographic portrait made by Kevin Black from Corrales, NM. Register now for the following event and workshops…
Wet Plate Portraits by Kevin Black Saturday, November 9th, 1 to 6pm
Have your portrait made in this one of a kind silver and light experience!
Portraits make great gifts… Reserve a time or just show up. Karen@lightartspace.com
Light Art Space is please to exhibit visual art by the Art Club at WNMU A variety of media will be shown including ceramics, photography, drawing, painting and sculpture
November 1st thru 10th
Reception Saturday November 2nd, 4 to 7pm
Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography
This exciting exhibition of the pinhole photography and assemblages features the work of Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner two artists who have worked individually and collaboratively for decades. Images from many bodies of work will be exhibited, both black and white and color.
Spencer and Renner are known internationally for their pinhole art work and as the co-directors of Pinhole Resource, a non-profit dedicated to furthering information about pinhole and zone plate photography. Renner is the author of “Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application”, now in it’s fourth edition. They founded and co-edited “Pinhole Journal” for 22 years. Spencer and Renner have exhibited their work internationally and have taught pinhole and zone plate workshops throughout the world. Spencer and Renner live in the Mimbres Valley, 45 minutes from Silver City, NM.
November 15th thru January 5th
Reception Friday, November 15th, 5 to 7pm
This weekend, October 11 thru 14th is a great time to visit Silver City. The Red Dot Gallery Walk and the Southwest Print Fiesta provide wonderful downtown activities for all ages. Light Art Space will be featuring 3 new exhibitions and two workshops. Read on for more details…
The Silver City Art Association is pleased to present the Red Dot Weekend at the Galleries on October 11th – 14th, 2019. Located in historic downtown Silver City, this annual event is in its 21st year and continues to grow in popularity. Twenty-five unique art galleries will feature the work of over 100 artists working in a variety of media. Experience this self-guided tour of fine-art exhibitions, art demonstrations, and musical happenings where you can meet the artists, purchase local art, enjoy fine dining and celebrate all that is uniquely Silver City.
This exhibition features the work of 5 female printmakers from Tucson, Arizona. Jo Andersen, Penny Batelli, Norma Galindo, Maria Lee, and Glory Tacheenie-Campoy present a variety of techniques including mono-prints, etching, linocuts, letterpress and solar plate printing in two and three-dimensional forms.
Exhibit dates: October 11th – November 10th Reception Friday, October 11th 5 – 8pm
Obsession: A Juried Exhibition of hand-pulled prints Presented by Light Art Space sponsored by the Southwest Print Fiesta
OBSESSION is an exhibition of hand-pulled prints responding to the idea of a compulsive preoccupation with an object, idea, person, place, memory, phobia, pattern, thought, image, shape, word, and more. This exhibition will highlight the many visual guises that infatuation can take and challenge the viewer’s relationship to their own habitual fixations and proclivities.
Exhibition on view October 11- November 10, 2019
Reception Friday, October 11th 5 – 8pm
Ambos Lados International Print Exchange
“Ambos Lados” means both sides. This print exchange was organized from both sides of the border by Manuel Guerra of Horned Toad Prints in El Paso, and by Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas of Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila, Oaxaca. The 158 prints are fairly evenly split between the two countries – with 72 from Mexico, 80 from the United States, and 6 from other countries, Australia, Canada, Cuba & Ireland.
Exhibit dates: October 11 – Nov. 10th Reception Friday, October 11th 5 – 8pm
WORKSHOPS!
October 13th Exquisite corpse print/book workshop with Maria Lee and Jo Andersen. https://lightartspace.com/product/exquisite-corpse-print-book-workshop/
October 13th
Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer
https://lightartspace.com/product/photopolymer-gravure-workshop-october-13th/
November 10th Wet Plate Photography with Kevin Black https://lightartspace.com/product/tintype-photography/
November 16th and 17th Pinhole and Zone Plate Photography with Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner https://lightartspace.com/product/pinhole-and-zone-plate-workshop/
Work by Gallery Artists
Heart Pinhole Camera
