As the days get shorter and the light lessens, I am grateful that Light Art Space is able to continue to share meaningful art with Silver City and our visitors. I appreciate your support and encouragement this past year and wish all of you a season full of love and compassion.
This Saturday is LOVE LOCAL small business Saturday! All purchases under $500 are tax-free! In addition, Light Art Space artists are offering a 10% discount on all our artwork (cards excluded). This is the perfect day to shop for gifts for your loved ones or yourself! We are open 11 – 5.
Stop by the gallery for the final week to view the Fiercely Independent exhibition featuring 23 independent artists from the Silver City Arts Association. Friday and Saturday 11 am. -5 pm and Sunday 10 – 2.
Our next exhibition, LAS TEN will feature the work of Light Art Space artists. The opening reception will be 5 – 7 pm on December 1st (also the First Friday at the Galleries).
I am grateful to have shared nine wonderful years with my beloved, Flash. He was the perfect gallery greeter and the best companion I could ever dream of. Flash spent the first 5 years of his life as a breeder dog in Phoenix, not an easy or desirable life. I feel so blessed to have found him and will cherish our time together. He is missed by many and will live on in my heart. I am sharing with you a few of my favorite photos of him.
Join us Friday, October 6th from 5 – 7 p.m. as we celebrate the opening of two new printmaking exhibitions.
H2O: Shifting Currents, a juried exhibition of handmade prints. Water is essential to life, without fixed form, reflective, a conductor, and wet. It can represent cleansing, purity, power, wisdom, an open heart and mind, and change. After three years of constant change and uncertainty involving much pain and loss, this call asked artists to consider water and what it can represent.
Juror Kristen Martincic chose 33 images by 23 artists from across the United States. This exhibition is part of the Silver City Print Fiesta.
Phoenix Ink: New and Eclectic Image,prints by Kim Boege, Wendy Willis, Marlys Kubicek, Paulette Olive, and Donna Atwood.
Exhibition dates for both:
October 5th – Nov. 4th, 2023
Friday, October 6th, 5 – 7 pm. Reception, Juror talk 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Also, on view at Light Art Space is work in various media by the Light Art Space Artists: Joel Armstrong, Joe Huebner, Karen Hymer, Kathleen Koopman, Rhonda Munzinger, Art Peterson, Susan Porter, Eric Renner, Nancy Spencer, Juan Velasco.
Join us tomorrow, Friday, September 29th from 5 pm – 7 pm as we welcome Taos Poet Lawrence Gregory. Lawrence will read a selection of pieces from his newest collection, Phenomena (2023, Shanti Arts), and answer audience questions, followed by a book signing.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Reviews of Phenomena:
“In this superb collection, Lawrence Gregory has come dancing into the light. The poems are full of eternal truths about nature, humanity, and finding peace amid the cacophony. Phenomenal.” – JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Nazaré
“Lawrence Gregory’s latest volume of poetry, Phenomena, reminds us again and again that the world and our lives are never ordinary, or to be taken for granted. Our lives are surrounded by scores of phenomena, if we only take the time to look. This collection pays close attention.” – David Dragone, Editor-in-Chief, Crosswinds Poetry Journal
This is the final week to view two amazing exhibitions…
The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art, juried by Diana Bloomfield.
And
First Light, Last Light: Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, Pinhole Photographs and Assemblages.
Join us Thursday – Saturday 11 am – 5 pm to experience these images.
Friday, October 6th is the First Friday at the Galleries! AND it is the start of the Southwest Print Fiesta!
Join us from 5 – 7 pm for the opening reception of the juried printmaking exhibition: “H2O: Shifting Currents” and “Phoenix Ink: New and Eclectic Images”, Prints by Kim Boege, Wendy Willis, Marlys Kubicek, Paulette Olive, and Donna Atwood.
Five years ago today Light Art Space opened with an exhibition of my work, Age & Seduction, hand-printed photogravures. It has been an interesting and rewarding journey! The pandemic was a major challenge but we have persevered thanks to support from the Silver City community, local collectors, the Light Art Space artists, and Main Street Programs. In our five years, we have featured over 60 exhibitions (most featuring work from across the United States and other countries), 30 workshops (many taught by out-of-town artists), and numerous other events. It has been a joy to collaborate with Silver City local organizations including the Silver City Clay Festival, the Southwest Print Fiesta, the Silver City Art Association, and the SW Festival of the Written Word. I want to thank my friends and family who constantly encourage me on this journey, all the Silver City artists/citizens who have participated in exhibitions and workshops, our local collectors, the tourists who have wandered in and recognized the quality of art on display, and everyone who supports the arts in Silver City. We continue to represent our fabulous local artists: Kathleen Koopman, Karen Hymer, Joe Huebner, Juan Velasco, Art Peterson, Rhonda Munzinger, Susan H. Porter, Nancy Spencer, Eric Renner, and Joel Armstrong, and always have their work on display. Onward we go…
Exhibitions
Tonight, from 5 pm – 7 pm, we are hosting a reception for the Silver City Red Dot Studio Tour exhibition. Stop in to view the work of artists who will be opening up their studios to the public tomorrow and Sunday. This is a great opportunity to see artwork and choose which studios to visit over the weekend or choose a piece in the gallery and take it home with you! Our wonderful community radio station, KURU, will be broadcasting live from the gallery giving voice to the arts!
Also on view is the juried exhibition: The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art. These handmade photographs are extraordinary in both technique and content.
Lynn Bianchi, Claudia Hollister
Call For Work
Sunday, September 3rd is the final day to submit to H2O: Shifting Currents, a call for handmade prints printed by the artist using traditional printmaking and/or photographic processes and created in the last 5 years.
Save the Date!
A reception for the upcoming Exhibition, First Light, Last Light, Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, Pinhole Photographs and Assemblages, will be held on Friday, September 8th from 5 – 7 pm. The exhibition will be on display from September 7th – October 1st.
Workshops
We have three exciting workshops coming up. Register at www.lightartspace.com or stop in the gallery to sign up.
Mural Project
Finally, there is a new mural on the West side of Light Art Space: Contemplating the Past: Women of Silver City.This mural, intended as an art piece, recognizes and celebrates women from the past, representing six different ethnic groups. View it from Broadway Street and pick up an educational brochure at the gallery.
Top left-right: Lozen, Rosa Betancourt Hernandez, Sue Lew Lime
Bottom left-right: Matilda R. Koehler, Rosa Borenstein, Anita Scott Coleman
The Crew: Kaitlyn Hopwood, Joe Huebner, and Karen Hymer
Call for work! Submit your handmade prints to H2O, Shifting Currents.
Juror Kristin Martincic.
All printmaking processes are welcome along with Handmade photographic prints. Deadline to submit is September 3.
Exhibition dates are October 5 through November 4.
Join us for a reception this Friday from 5 pm – 7 pm as we celebrate two new photography exhibitions.
Light Art Space is pleased to present:
Unexpected: New Photographic Images by Silver City artist, Janey Katz
The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art
Juror Diana Bloomfield chose 49 images from 35 artists from across the United States. Each work on display was created by the artist using hand-made photography processes, many of them from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Exhibition dates: August 4th – September 30th
Enjoy the work of Light Art Space Artists: Joel Armstrong, Joe Huebner, Karen Hymer, Kathleen Koopman, Rhonda Munzinger, Art Peterson, Susan Porter, Eric Renner, Nancy Spencer, and Juan Velasco.
Join us for a reception this Saturday 6 – 8 pm as we celebrate all things CLAY. Grace: Expressions Through Clay features clay work from across the United States and Mexico. Juror George Rodriguez chose 34 exceptional pieces by 27 artists.
Shapeshifters in the Flash Gallery is a solo exhibition by George Rodriguez. These large scale clay sculptures are not to be missed!
George will be speaking at the reception on Saturday at 7 pm. Both exhibitions will be on view through July 30th. Sponsored by the Silver City International CLAY Festival and Light Art Space.
The gallery is also flush with work by the Light Art Space artists: Joel Armstrong (drawings and collages), Kathleen Koopman (assemblages and boat sculptures), Art Peterson (wood tables, mirrors, and sculptures), Nancy Spencer (zone plate photography), Eric Renner (pinhole photography), Juan Velasco (wood sculptures), Karen Hymer (alternative process photography), Joe Huebner (paintings and drawings), Susan H. Porter (fiber arts), and Rhonda Munzinger (jewelry).
Our hours are Thursday – Saturday 11 am – 5 pm, Sunday 10 am – 2 pm, and by appointment.
George Rodriguez
George Rodriguez
Athena Calvillo, Heather Kaplan, and Hugh Remar
Diego Gerardo Valles Trevizo
Athena Calvillo
Zoe Wolfe
Alan Cano Juarez
Charlotte Ownby
Flash, surviving the heat…
(would rather be at the beach)
Light Art Space will reopen this Friday evening with a public reception featuring two CLAY exhibitions.
Grace: Expressions in Clay, is the 2023 Silver City International juried clay exhibition.
Juror George Rodriguez chose 34 clay art pieces by 27 artists from across the United States and Mexico.
In the Flash Gallery, we are pleased to feature Shapeshifters, the sculptural clay work of George Rodriguez. Both exhibitions are sponsored by the 2023 Silver City CLAY Festival and Light Art Space.
The exhibition dates for both are July 1 – 30th.
The Clay Festival reception will be held on Saturday, July 15th, 6 – 8 pm with the Juror talk at 7 pm.
George Rodriguez
This Friday, June 30th, is the final day to submit to The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art. North Carolina master gum bichromate printer, Diana Bloomfield, is the juror.
Wow, where did the month of May go? June will be a month of travel and relaxation at Light Art Space We will be open in June by appointment only Contact karen@lightartspace.com to make an appointment There are many exciting exhibitions and workshops coming up in the summer and fall…
Top left-right: Lozen, Rosa Betancourt Hernandez, Sue Lew Lime
The Crew: Kaitlyn Hopwood, Joe Huebner, and Karen Hymer
Karen and Flash, Arenas Valley
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