The Open Space Visitor Center Gallery
(See below for a schedule of shows)
ATTENTION ARTISTS:
- If you are interested in submitting your work to the gallery, please review our Gallery Submission Form.
If you are having any trouble opening the attachment, please click here for another version of the Gallery Submission Form. - Download the Prospectus for the 2012 Little Gems Gallery exhibit.
The 2012 Gallery Schedule
January 2012Trees, Rocks and Dirt Volcano Vista HS, La Cueva HS Opening Jan. 7th 3-5pm High School Art Students respond to the value of Open Space within their city. A variety of media and interpretations are expected to express the dialog these students have with Open Space properties such as the Petroglyph Monument, views of the West Mesa , the Bosque and Foothills. |
February 2012Trees, Rocks and Dirt Volcano Vista HS, La Cueva HS See January for description Closes Feb. 28th |
March 2012A Good Place To Stumble Upon Open call for Haiku Poetry hosted by Open Space Open for viewing March 6th Opening Reception April 7th 3-5pm Open Space in collaboration with Poet/Co-organizer Gina Marselle will request submissions of Haiku Poems that embody The City of Albuquerque’s Open Spaces. Accepted Poems will be placed on display at the Open Space Visitor Center for the months of March and April and will be published in our annual Haiku Zine project. |
April 2012A Good Place To Stumble Upon Open call for Haiku Poetry hosted by Open Space See March for description Closes April 29th |
May 2012New Deal- NM Statehood Centennial Event The National New Deal Preservation Association Opening May 20th 3-5pm The New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the US between 1933 and 1943 by FDR as a response to the Great Depression. NM benefited from these programs in many ways, including the commission of many mural paintings, weavings and public work projects. This show is a collection of photographic documents of the artistic fruits of The New Deal. Open Space will host these photographs in commemoration of New Mexico’s 100 years of State hood. |
June 2012New Deal- NM Statehood Centennial Event The National New Deal Preservation Association See May for description Closes June 30th |
July 2012Begin Again A Group Show by The Luna Project Opening July 7th 3-5pm There was a fire at the Open Space Visitor Center the summer of 2010. The Luna Project intends to use the charcoal and various results from that fire to express the regenerative properties that often occur after a destructive force, such as fire, influences the land. This show will include a gallery show and a collaborative site work. |
August 2012Begin Again A Group Show by The Luna Project See July for description Closes Aug. 28th |
September 2012A View With Room & Little Gems Open Space Landscapes Plein Air and Studio Painters Opening Sept. 9th 1-4pm Painters will focus their creative talents on the many Open Space Properties found in and near Albuquerque. |
October 2012A View With Room & Little Gems See September for description Closes Oct. 30th |
November 2012Enchanted Fiber NM Art Quilters Opening Nov. 3rd Opening Reception Nov. 10th 3-5pm “Images that demonstrate the ability of today’s fiber artists to express themselves through the medium of needle and thread, with special emphasis on the geography and culture of the mountain west.” |
December 2012Enchanted Fiber NM Art Quilters See November for description Closes Dec. 30th |
ATTENTION ARTISTS: If you are interested in submitting your work to the gallery, please review our Gallery Submission Form. If you are having any trouble opening the attachment, please click here for another version of the Gallery Submission Form.
PAST GALLERY SHOWS:
The 2011 Gallery Schedule
January 2011Trees, Rocks and Dirt Volcano Vista HS High School Art Students respond to the value of Open Space within their city. A variety of media and interpretations are expected to express the dialog these students have with Open Space properties such as the Petroglyph Monument, views of the West Mesa and the Bosque, all located near to the school. |
February 2011Trees, Rocks and Dirt Volcano Vista HS See January for description |
March 2011
Haiku Poems that embody the City of Albuquerque’s Open Spaces. Poems will be placed on display at the Open Space Visitor Center for the months of March and April. |
April 2011See March for description |
May 2011Urge to Wander Photographs of New Mexico “I have always found the greatest sense of presence in abandoned and unpopulated places. This feeling of 'presence' comes upon me even in places that have no obvious evidence of past or current occupation. It is a great irony to me that places which feel so desperately lonely are also where I feel the most alive.” |
June 2011Urge to Wander Photographs of New Mexico See May for description |
July 2011Signs Of The Past The New Mexico Silk Painters’ Guild An exhibition that explores the recent and distant past of the Rio Grande Valley and what it means to be its current users, observers and caretakers. |
August 2011Signs Of The Past The New Mexico Silk Painters’ Guild See July for description |
September 2011Invited Artists in the Gallery and "Little Gems," Small Paintings by area artists Prospectus for 2011 “Little Gems” Juried Art Exhibit. |
October 2011Invited Artists in the Gallery and "Little Gems," Small Paintings by area artists See September for description. Prospectus for 2011 “Little Gems” Juried Art Exhibit. |
November 2011Birds of New Mexico Paul Rodenhauser Meticulously painted imagery of birds that use the Middle Rio Grande as a migratory flyway, Paul Rodenhauser believes his art works to “serve as a stimulus for discussion that can lead to leaning not only about the variety and characteristics of mammal, bird, reptile and insect species but also about the delicate balance between their health and the health of their habitats over which humans have ultimate control- and responsibility.” |
December 2011Birds of New Mexico Paul Rodenhauser See November for description |
The 2010 Gallery Schedule
January 2010Placitas: A Place for Horses David Cramer A wild horse photographer and a wildlife biologist with a specialty in equine behavior will educate attendees on the lives and behaviors of the wild horses living in and around the Placitas Open Space. |
February 2010Placitas: A Place for Horses David Cramer See January for description. |
March 2010Open Space Antiques Open Space Staff and Volunteers Over the years the Open Space Division has accumulated unique relics from the past as we clean, investigate and enjoy the land we help to maintain. We think of these relics as “Open Space Antiques.” & Katy Cannon MFA Thesis Show Katy Cannon Sculptures which consider the way a human being sees and emotionally responds to nature and offers an aesthetic manifestation of the experience. |
April 2010Open Space Antiques Open Space Staff and Volunteers & Katy Cannon MFA Thesis Show Katy Cannon See March for description. |
May 2010Pollination New Mexico Wax This diverse group of artists will demonstrate a variety pigmenting, mark making, and textures that can be derived from the ancient art of Encaustics. |
June 2010Pollination New Mexico Wax See May for description |
July 2010Convergence 2010, The Bauhaus Tradition Rebecca Mezoff James Koehler Cornelia Theimer Gardella “The aim (of Bauhaus) was to produce work that unified intellectual, practical and aesthetic concerns through artistic endeavor and the exploitation of new technologies.” by Klaus Labuttis The tradition continues in tapestry. |
August 2010Convergence 2010, The Bauhaus Tradition Rebecca Mezoff James Koehler Cornelia Theimer Gardella See July for description. |
September 2010A View With Room
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October 2010A View With Room See September for description |
November 2010Opening our Eyes– to wildlife in Open Spaces Pat Malcolm The exhibit will feature works about the plants and animals of New Mexico, in three different media: oil paintings, egg tempera and drawings. |
December 2010Opening our Eyes– to wildlife in Open Spaces Pat Malcolm See November for description |