Winter Greetings
Winter Greetings!
The light is low, the air is cold, the year is almost gone.
We thank you for your support and encouragement throughout 2022.
Light Art Space will be closed December 24 and 25. The final week of 2022 we will be open Thursday – Saturday 11 – 5.
We are closing January and February with plans to reorganize and rejuvenate.
Flash and I send love and light your way!
Karen Hymer
Nancy Spencer
Rhonda Munzinger
Kathleen Koopman
Eric Renner
Juan Velasco
Art Peterson
Joel Armstrong
Carmen Ruiz
Craig LeCroy
Flash
December Exhibitions
December Greetings!
Our final 2022 exhibitions opened this week. My new photographic work is featured in Navigating The Internal and One of One by Carmen Ruiz is on view in the Flash Gallery. We hope you can stop in soon to experience the work. Both exhibitions will be on view through December 31st.
Gallery hours are Thursday – Saturday 11am – 5 pm, Sundays 10am – 2pm, and by appointment.
We will be closed December 24th and 25th.
Light Art Space will be closed January and February of 2023.
Reception Tonight!
Light Art Space and the Silver City Art Association Independent Artists invite you to Fiercely Independent, a group exhibit of their artwork. A variety of media will be on display by 23 artists, including painting, sculpture, jewelry, and photography.
Reception: Tonight, November 18th, 2022. 5 pm – 7 pm
Exhibition Dates:
Thursday, November 17th – Sunday, 27th, 2022
Participating Artists:
Anne Alexander, Joel Armstrong, Franky DeAngelis, Sandy Feutz, Stacey Gagle, Mary Gates, Bryan Hyde, Kelly Johnson, Hilary Klein, Kathleen Koopman, Susan Mach, Rhonda Munzinger, Felix Norero Jr, Susan H. Porter, Gay Scheibl, Jo Thomas, Sally Tilton, Marcia Tinker, Tom Vaughn, Mariah Walker, Myron Weckwerth, Kit West, Val Weston
Upcoming exhibitions:
December 1 – 31st
Reception Friday Dec. 2nd, 5 – 7 pm
Artist talks 5:30 pm
Book Signing
Join us for a book signing this Saturday at 3 pm in the North Gallery at Light Art Space. Photographer, Dale Taylor, will present his recently released coffee table book, “A Personal Williamsburg”. The book is Dales’s personal portfolio of the restored colonial town in which he worked and lived. Books will be available for purchase.
In the Galleries:
Also on Display, Work by Light Art Space artists Carmen Ruiz, Joel Armstrong, Art Peterson, Eric Renner, Nancy Spencer, Juan Velasco, Karen Hymer, Kathleen Koopman, and Craig LeCroy.
ArtPetersonKaren Hymer
Juan Velasco
Joel ArmstrongEric Renner
Carmen RuizKathleen KoopmanCraig LeCroyNancy Spencer
Weekend at the Galleries & SW Print Fiesta!
This is a great weekend to visit Silver City! Friday evening join us at LAS for a public reception for two new printmaking exhibitions.
Push & Pull, juried by Frank Rose director of Hecho a Mano gallery in Santa Fe, features hand-made prints by 19 artists from across the United States. Don’t miss the amazing work. Exhibiting Artists: Paul Acevedo Gomez, Justin Barfield, Stephanie Berrie, Douglas Bosley, Nancy Dodd, Joshua Flores, Raluca Iancu, Mario Kiran, Julianna Kirwin, Stephanie Koply, Lujiang Li, David Manje, Peter Nickel, Mike Pennekamp, Abigail Ranic, Anders Sandstrom, Roxanne Sexauer, Diane Vera-Ureño, Sharon Whitham.
Pressed: Five Printmakers in the Southwest present a variety of processes including collagraph, woodblock, monotype, drypoint, transfers, cyanotype, handmade books, silkscreen, and 3D constructions.
Work by Jo Andersen, Cristina Cardenas, Jamie Karolich, Carmen Ruiz and Glory Tacheenie-Campoy.
The dates for both exhibitions are October 7th – November 12th, 2022.
Reception: Friday, October 7th, 5pm – 7pm.
Weekend at the Galleries takes place Saturday 10 am – 7 pm, and Sunday 10 am – 3 pm. Stop in to see new work and demonstrations, and enjoy refreshments. Pick up a map/brochure at Light Art Space. The Silver City Art Association creature auction fundraiser will also take place on Saturday at the makers Market downtown. Come bid on your favorite Javelina, Raven, or Gila Monster.
AND Don’t miss the Southwest Print Fiesta vendor market, steam roller printing in the street, and other events from Saturday – Monday.
For more information visit https://www.southwestprintfiesta.org/
Plus there is a wine festival on Saturday – wow!
Come eat, drink, and enjoy unique art!
Printmaking Workshop in October
Things With Wings!
Linocut/ collaborative accordion book workshop
Saturday, October 8th
9 am-4:30 pm
$95 includes all supplies and equipment
Sign up for this fun workshop with Tucson artists Jo Andersen and Vanessa Dearing.
No experience is needed, ages 12 and up are welcome.
Register at: https://lightartspace.com/product/things-with-wing…on-book-workshop/
Part of the Southwest Print Fiesta! October 7th – 10th
More workshops and events at:
https://www.southwestprintfiesta.org/
Paul Hotvedt Artist Talk
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, September 15th, at 6 pm (MT time) for an Artist Talk on Facebook. Paul will discuss the paintings in his current exhibition, Intimations of Immortality, in the Flash Gallery at Light Art Space. Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/paul.hotvedt.painting
News…
September is here and it feels like fall! Temperatures in Silver City are cool and perfect now for hiking, roasting green chili, and visiting Light Art Space. Here is what is happening…
Tuesday, September 6th at midnight (mountain time) is the
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT to Push & Pull, handmade prints Part of the 2022 SW Print Fiesta!
Submit at:https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=10495
We are pleased to present Intimations of Immortality, recent paintings by Silver City artist, Paul Hotvedt. September 9th – October 1st in the Flash Gallery. The opening reception is Friday, September 9th from 5pm – 7pm. Join us!
Paul will present an artist talk live on facebook Thursday, September 15th from 6pm – 7pm mountain time.
Through the Body, an exhibition of figurative work using alternative processes continues through October 1st.
There are some amazing images in this exhibition – don’t miss it.
Jim Allen, Rebekah Alviani, Anne Auld, Ray Bidegain, Diana Bloomfield, Ally Christmas, Dennis Collins, Kendra Connally, Walter Duddington, Julie Enos, Vallarie Enriquez, Frani Evedon, Blair Friederich, Rheana Gardner, Stephanie Gerhart, Nicholas Gialanella. Elizabeth Kelly, Colin Knight, Kathleen Koopman, Lance Larson, Chantal Lesley, Michael McFadden, Angel O’Brien, Robert Oehl, Monica Paez Espinosa, Carmen Ruiz, Kris Sanford, Shelley Socolofsky, Brianna Taylor, Marcia Tinker, Jacob Wachal, Jake Whalen.
WORKSHOPS
We still have space in these two upcoming workshops. Register at lightartspace.com
***There seems to be a problem on my website right now – so send me an email if you wish to register. karen@lightartspace.com
Photopolymer Gravure with Karen Hymer, September 25th
Linocut/Accordion books with Tucson artists Jo Andersen and Vanessa Dearing,
October 8th
Happy September!
News – Correction!
Correction: the upcoming reception is on Friday, August 5th (not the 6th)…
This is the final week to view the CLAY exhibitions: Reflections in CLAY, a juried exhibition, and House of Judgment, work by Jamie Bates Slone.
Stop by Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 am – 5 pm. Our next exhibitions, Through The Body, and Causation, open with a reception on Friday, August 5th, 5 pm – 7 pm. Juror, Michael Puff, will speak about the jurying process at 6pm. Joe Huebner will speak about his work at 6:30.
CALL FOR WORK: Push & Pull, handmade prints. Part of the 2022 SW Print Fiesta!
The deadline to submit is September 6th. Submit at:https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=10495
Congratulations to the following artists whose work was accepted into the Though The Body juried exhibition:
Jim Allen, Rebekah Alviani, Anne Auld, Ray Bidegain, Diana Bloomfield, Ally Christmas, Dennis Collins, Kendra Connally, Walter Duddington, Julie Enos, Vallarie Enriquez, Frani Evedon, Blair Friederich, Rheana Gardner, Stephanie Gerhart, Nicholas Gialanella. Elizabeth Kelly, Colin Knight, Kathleen Koopman, Lance Larson, Chantal Lesley, Michael McFadden, Angel O’Brien, Robert Oehl, Monica Paez Espinosa, Carmen Ruiz, Kris Sanford, Shelley Socolofsky, Brianna Taylor, Marcia Tinker, Jacob Wachal, Jake Whalen.
CALL FOR WORK
Hand Made Prints
The deadline to submit is September 6th, midnight mountain time
WORKSHOPS
There is still space in the following workshops:
August 22nd – Experimental Printmaking without a Press with Carmen Ruiz
September 25th – The Beauty of Land and Water – one-day photopolymer gravure with Karen Hymer, Sponsored by Hahnemühle and the Gila River Festival
Register at: https://lightartspace.com/workshops-classes/