Current Events Sponsored By CAS

Special Event:

Wednesday, June 16, 5:30pm
LAND/ART Book Launch Party with Radius Books at 516 ARTS

CAS members are encouraged to attend the launch party for the new book LAND/ART New Mexico ($45, Radius Books), a comprehensive documentation of the events and exhibitions from 2009’s widespread project of the same name. The book includes an introduction by Bill Gilbert and Kathleen Shields and essays by William L. Fox, Lucy Lippard, Nancy Marie Mithlo, and MaLin Wilson-Powell. CAS was a founding organization of LAND/ART and provided funding for one of the essays in this exciting chronicle of a monumental project. Quantities are limited.

516 ARTS is located downtown at 516 Central Ave. SW, between 5th and 6th St. (www.516arts.org)

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June

Tour of FLUX Contemporary

Sharon Schwartzmann
Sleeper
Oil on canvas
44 x 42 inches 

FLUX Contemporary is one of Albuquerque's newest galleries. Located in the New Mexico Design Center, FLUX is a limited liability corporation of Albuquerque artists, and operates as an artists' cooperative, governed by a board of directors.

This member’s only event will include introductory remarks by Katrina Lasko, artist and current director of FLUX, and four artists will display and discuss their works. John Davis is a sculptor who takes his inspiration from ‘the machine in the landscape.’ Lasko, who vacillates between abstract and figurative work, states, “I see moments in time like a snapshot, and they, and the accompanying feeling become the artworks.” Suzanne Marshall is a painter and printmaker who works in monotypes and uses many different mediums to enhance the prints. Sharon Schwartzmann has painted the female figure for 40 years! She writes, “It remains vital to my visual expression. Each figure is a metaphor for my inner self.” Harriette Tsosie previously studied with noted painter Jules Kirschenbaum. She is a founding member of FLUX and president of the Encaustic Art Institute.

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July

Santa Fe Day Trip

3 columns (detail of Floating Column)
Susan York
Lannan Foundation

This exclusive event includes a visit to the studios of landscape painter Patrick McFarlin (www.mcfarlinoil.com) and minimalist sculptor Susan York (www.susanyork.com), and a tour of the private collection of curator and former President of the Board of Directors of SITE Santa Fe, Bobbie Foshay, as well as a visit to the home and studio of artist/collectors Barbara & Michael Ogg, co-founders of CAS and whose home was designed by CAS board member and former President Robert Peters.

This members-only event does require a reservation. The cost is $40 per person to cover the cost of the vehicle.
To make a reservation, send payment to CAS, PO Box 50331, Albuquerque, NM 87181-0331. All payments must be received by July 2. Your payment is your reservation. Without payment you do not have a reservation and you do not have a seat on the bus.  Please register and send your payment early. To check availability, or for more information, call 505-244-8777 or email us at casartnm@gmail.com

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August

Corrales Studio Visits: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Holly Roberts, and Bob Wilson

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is internationally known as an artist, curator, lecturer, printmaker, professor, and is an enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Indian Nation. She holds four honorary doctorates and her work is in collections at the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Walker, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Frightened Child
Holly Roberts
Oil on silver print
20 x 24 inches

Holly Roberts works intuitively, painting an abstract landscape on a panel before applying her signature photo fragments…to create images that are filled with humor, irony and mythology. She exhibits internationally and was the recipient of multiple NEA grants. For more information visit www.hollyrobertsstudio.com

As part of LAND/ART New Mexico, Bob Wilson was selected by a committee to install a permanent public work at the Open Space Visitor Center. However, after many months the contract is yet to be approved by the city. Bob will be speaking to us about his designs, the application process, and the ensuing bureaucratic entanglement.

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We are also pleased to announce the grand re-opening of one of Albuquerque’s most well loved galleries, Exhibit 208, which was co-founded by CAS board member Kim Arthun. The spacious new location, at 208 Broadway SE, has been completely remodeled to house multiple galleries. It is scheduled to kick off with a group show in August.

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In other news, we would like to inform our members about the planning stages of a Trip to Chicago this fall. More information will be made available when details are complete. In the short term, we can promise that the trip will involve visits to galleries and several major art museums, including a day trip to Wisconsin to see the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Johnson Wax Museum. Please remember to save the date for this exciting excursion to one of America’s great art and architecture venues. In the meantime, to help with our planning, those who are interested should pre-register so that we will have a working figure for negotiating the various events.

The trip will take place from October 14-17. To pre-register, please call or send an email. 505-244-8777 or casartnm@gmail.com

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CAS is a membership supported non-profit arts organization, so we encourage you to join today. Membership allows you to participate in this unique group’s exclusive tours of artist’s studios, guided museum and gallery visits, as well as trips to out-of-town exhibits and major art centers. If you'd like to join please go to our Membership page for detais.