In our Gallery
Telling of Tales: five artists
Field Goal by Orlando Najar
Exhibit runs June 18 – July 31, 2010
Reception to meet the Artists: Friday, June 18, 2010, 5:00-7:00 pm
Featured Artists: Casey Ferguson, Doreen Navarette, Ian Donaldson, Orlando Najar and Ralph Gonzales
Free admission
The Spring 2010 Day Arts Biannual group show presents small bodies of work by five VSA Day Arts artists whose work explores a range of images rich in character, color and environment.
Ian Donaldson paints a peopled world of color and shapes in fluid motion. Casey Ferguson presents scuba divers, hula dancers and musical fish in fantastical settings. Orlando Najar's portraits reflect his favorite interests—superheroes and wrestlers. Ralph Gonzales makes deeply layered compositions of environments of movement and color. And Doreen Navarette shows a wonderful series of vigorously painted images in her first exhibit of work created at VSA arts of New Mexico.
The work is mesmerizing in its diversity and intensity. There is something here for everyone to explore.
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TWO WORLDS EXHIBITION
Photographs by students at the Native American Community Academy (NACA)
untitled composite; NACA photography 2010
Exhibit runs August 6 – September 5, 2010
Reception to meet the Artists: Friday, August 6, 2010, 5:00-7:00 pm
Free admission
Students at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) teamed with VSA AmeriCorps volunteers and created a series of photographs for a third year of collaboration. VSA AmeriCorps volunteers Stephanie Graner and Dusty Conley spent five months teaching drawing, graffiti, and photography techniques to middle school-aged students at NACA. The photographs selected for the exhibition focus on the dramas of being in middle school. The three series are riddled with playful images, some staged and others candid. The portrait series plays with the idea of “War Paint,” using projected drawings as a light source, the result being a suite of stunning, color-splashed images. The next series portrays the landscape and physical space of NACA while also exposing the playful and/or moody nature of teenagers. The third series displays masculinity and proving one’s manliness during the developmental years. These colorful and vibrant photographs, taken by students, offer an intimate glimpse into the daily life at NACA.