Saturday Artist Talk

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.

 

Artist talk this Saturday

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.

 

December Greetings!

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

Sex, Lies, and Pinhole Photography

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

Heart Pinhole Camera

 

Have your Portrait made 19th Century Style!

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!

Portraits make great gifts…

Reception This Saturday

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.

sneak preview>>>>

Thank you to our Sponsors…and correction

A big Thank You to
Freestyle Photographics and 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

November 16th and 17th

sponsored by
Freestyle Photographics and
Sprint Systems of Photography
https://lightartspace.com/product/pinhole-and-zone-plate-workshop/


Correction:  Reception for the WNMU Student Art Exhibition will be Saturday, November 2nd (not the 1st)

 

November Exhibitions, Workshops and Events

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


Wet Plate Photography Workshop
with Kevin Black

Sunday, November 10th
https://lightartspace.com/product/tintype-photography/


Pinhole and Zone Plate Photography Workshop
Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner

November 16th and 17th

sponsored by
Freestyle Photographics and
Sprint Systems of Photography
https://lightartspace.com/product/pinhole-and-zone-plate-workshop/


Exhibitions


Western New Mexico University Student Art Club

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

Fall excitement…

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/

Fall Workshops!

Light Art Space is pleased to announce 4 exciting upcoming workshops!   
Photogravure with Karen Hymer, October 13th.  Exquisite Corpse Print/Book with Maria Lee and Jo Anderson, October 13th. Wet Plate Photography with Kevin Black, November 10th. Pinhole and Zone Plate Photography with Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner, November 16th and 17th.

October 13th
Exquisite corpse print/book workshop with Maria Lee and Jo Anderson.
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/

 

Diana Bloomfield August Tricolor Gum workshop