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Albuquerque Museum Exhibit American Jewelry in New Mexico includes Metalsmithing and Jewelry Professors, Julia Barello and Motoko Furuhashi
American Jewelry From New Mexico Both of our department’s Metalsmithing and Jewelry Professors, Julia Barello and Motoko Furahashi have been included in a large survey representing the history of jewelry as well as contemporary artists working in this discipline in New Mexico at the Albuquerque Museum. This video, Alchemy of Jewelry Gallery, produced for the exhibit, American…
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Fulbright Professor Rachel Stevens Lecture
Returning from a Fulbright in Ukraine, Professor Rachel Stevens will share her research, journey, and the three projects that explored different elements of Lviv, Ukrain’s Jewish heritage. From January-June of 2018, Rachel Stevens lived in Lviv, Ukraine and focused her research and creation on Lviv’s former Jewish community, which once exceeded 160,000 people, but was destroyed during the Nazi occupation…
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Art Students Receive Vivien B. Head Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students in the Music, Theater and Art Departments. This year the Department of Art is proud to announce two of our students, Katherine Chudy, a third year graduate student and Angelica Jones, an undergraduate student, have been awarded just over $4,700 each for the upcoming academic year. To apply for…
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Dr. Margaret Goehring Publishes Article, “Painted Ambitions: The Masonic Murals in the Elisha Gilbert House”
Associate Professor of Art History, Margaret Goehring, has published her article—“Painted Ambitions: The Masonic Murals in the Elisha Gilbert House” in the current issue of Journal of Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism, pp. 148-195 ( https://doi.org/10.1558/jrff.27087)
Alum Designs Electronic Caregiver Logo
Audra Lamoreaux is an employee of SameDay Security, the parent company for Electronic Caregiver. Audra had an opportunity to put her graphic design skills to practice in her field when asked to give the company’s logo an update. Here’s Audra had to say when I asked her about the opportunity: “At the time I…
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Alumni, Cody Jimenez chosen for Mexicanx Initiative, WorldCon 76
BFA Alumni, Cody Jimenez was invited by John Picacio to attend WorldCon 76 in San Jose this August 16-20. He is the first Mexican Guest of Honor and set up the MexicanX initiative to fund memberships for 50 Mexican creative people who are fans of sci-fi and fantasy. Cody was quoted as saying, “There are…
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Learn the Basics of Using a Laser Cutter
Laser cutting can open up possibilities for design projects with its ability to create finely detailed designs through its technology. MFA Candidate, Saleha Butt will be leading this laser cutting workshop on Monday, April 23rd from 5:30 – 6:30. The workshop is open and free to anyone on campus and is sponsored by the Department…
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2018 Open House is Around the Corner!
The Department of Art at New Mexico State University is pleased to host our 2018 Open House on Friday, April 27th from 5-8:30pm and Saturday, April 28th from 10am-4pm in D.W. Williams Hall, Williams Annex, Wells Hall, and the University Art Gallery on the Las Cruces Campus. The Department of Art will open its doors…
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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY and NEW BLOG
It’s finally become real! The parking lot just west of our present building, will serve as the location for our new building. HB Construction, out of Albuquerque, will be the lead contractor for our new building and has already broke ground. We would like to invite you to our groundbreaking ceremony for the new art…
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Art in Public Places for the HJULC Building Made Their Final Selection!
Architect, Christophe Zeller (left) with Dept. of Art Head, Julia Barello (center) and MFA Candidate, Jeff Erwin (right) Members from the Art in Public Places Committee announced their final selection for the Hardman and Jacobs Undergraduate Learning Center Commission. In a meeting last Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, the chosen artwork from a highly competitive field…
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