May’s Flowers: We’re in full CREATIVE bloom at The Harwood!
The month of May brings a great line up of Art School classes and workshops. If you’re looking for a reason to play with paint, scissors, graphite, resin, thread, or the sun, you are in the right place!
Painting Beyond the Rectangle
Art with Cast Resin (This weekend!)
Encaustic Painting
Photopolymer/Solar Plate Etching
The Human Figure: Drawing From the Model
Introduction to Papel Picado
Continuing Colcha Embroidery
Encaustic Painting is already full.
Harwood Members receive $10 discounts on all classes! And National Hispanic Cultural Center Members receive discounts on our Traditional Arts offerings. Visit the Art School online today.
Kids have ALL the fun!
If it’s really true that all people grow and learn through playful explorations, then shouldn’t everybody be eligible for Art Camp? Hmm… It really is heart wrenching to see the envy that splashes across parents’ faces when they pick their kids up from a dynamic day of Art Camp. We feel your pain.
Over here at The Harwood we’re brainstorming ways to offer you, our adult friends and members, the same sort of colorful and diverse immersion that we bring to kids each summer. Just imagine spending nurturing weeks in the company of talented artists, sharing techniques, making new friends, and basking in the glow of your creative process. Sounds dreamy doesn’t it?
Well, until we start running Art Camp for-the-rest-of-us, please remember the value of selfless gift giving and send a 1st-6th grader to Art Camp. Friday May 1st is the LAST day to receive our early registration discount. Call now! 505-242-6367 or visit us online to register your kids for Summer Art Camp.
May Gallery Receptions: THIS Friday May 1st!
We are very excited to open our Gallery doors this Friday for four great and talent-rich exhibitions. Stop by during our Evening Reception to see:
Gripped, by Cathy Wysocki
Maisons Interieures, by Myriam Tapp
Forgotten Shadows by Richard Cutshall
F:Stop, by Rio Grande High School’s Photographers
Opening Reception:
Friday May 1st, 6-8 pm
Shows run: May 1 – 28, 2009
> Preview our exhibits here.
> Community Programs
> We are booking so many community-organized events around here that we’ve dedicated a feature “button” on our website to help you learn about these growing events. (Look for the ducks and you’ll be on your way)
> All of the events are open to you, so please take advantage of these wonderful opportunities to get involved with your creative community. This weekend the 505 Youth Film Festival will be workshopping in our Cafeteria. On Mother’s Day artists Becky Holtzman and Valerie Roybal will be leading you in a book making workshop. That same week, Lisa Gill is hosting a Write-to-Heal poetry evening. To see what else is happening, click the link. (Remember, look for the ducks!)
> The Harwood’s Emerging Artist Awards are one of many gratifying ways that we are able to support emerging artists. Each year we manage the application and award process for three different awards, and it just so happens that we have some winners to announce.
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> The Madonna Daniel Award is offered each year to a talented artist (or artists) working in sculpture, drawing or painting. This year we are proud to announce Travis J. Farnsworth (a recent graduate from UNM Fine Arts Program) and Katherine Zoie Kinnick (a Sophomore at Sandia Prep) as our winners. Congratulations to you both!
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> To donate to any of our Emerging Artist Award Funds, or to learn how you can apply for your own award, please contact Wade Patterson, wade@harwoodartcenter.org.
> Coming up in June
> Enroll now for the Summer. Classes are filling up! Continuing Papel Picado, with Catalina Delgado Trunk
> This class continues where the first one left off, but the first class is not a prerequisite. Learn more intricate designs, hone your cutting skills, and make exciting works of art that celebrate your own life or events!
> Loosen Up! Intuitive Art Making, with Lea Anderson
> Stuck in a rut? We’ll change your outlook! Explore exciting new ways of tickling your imagination, and expanding your vision.
> Japanese-style Woodblock Printing, with Mary Sweet
> This is a workshop designed to teach woodblock printing by hand with Japanese techniques. We use kento marks for registration, barens and watercolors for ink. No press needed so one can continue at home.
> Painting Out of Your Head, with Wayne Hopkins
> Use your imagination as a source for information and inspiration to create paintings. With either oils or acrylics, you will paint the subject matter of your choice, realistically, or in the abstract.
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> Come check out what all the fuss is about. We promise not to tell you what we’re eating for lunch.
> Studios
> Looking for a place to create? The Harwood has 39 artist studios for rent, with 24/7 access. If you are interested in joining our on-site friendly and creative community, please visit our Rentals web page.
> Host Your Event at The Harwood
> Are you planning a workshop, a celebration or a fundraising event? Do you need a venue in which to teach a new class? We have multiple spaces available for rent. Please contact Kathy Meidell at 505-242-6367 x118 to learn more.
> Gallery Hours
> Monday-Friday
> 10 am – 4 pm
> 1st Friday Receptions
> 6 – 8 pm
> 3rd Friday Evenings
> 6 – 8 pm
