February 27, 2024
Las Cruces Museum of Art
491 N Main St., Las Cruces, NM 88001
“The Museum of Art features juried, invitational, and traveling exhibitions with artwork by nationally and internationally known artists. Through the Studio Program, the Museum offers professional art instruction for youth and adults in drawing, painting, ceramics, and other media.” - newmexico.org
The Las Cruces Museum of Art is a small museum. When I visited there was only on exhibition. “The Desert was Red and Red the Dust Was Raised takes abstraction as its foundation and uses the literal landscape as the thread that connects the exhibition’s five artists—either as reference, as language, or, simply, as location.” The exhibition featured five artists, each with a different style. While the museum and exhibition were small there were some nice pieces.
Two nice things about the Branigan Cultural Center, the Museum of Art, and the Museum of Nature and Science: the three are all next to each other, and the admission was free. The trio provided a nice way to spend a couple hours.
Title of the one exhibition in the museum.
"22,575"; Laura Turon; 2023; Colored pencil on paper.
"21,495"; Laura Turon; 2023; Colored pencil on paper.
A close-up of Turon's work where she uses tally marks to define her drawings.
"Wheel in the Sky Without End"; Zoe Spiliotis; 2023; Digital drawing on metal with mixed media and acrylic elements.
"Mongoh"; Amy Vensel; 2023; Pigment and acrylic polymer on canvas.
"Feyt"; Amy Vensel; 2023; Pigment and acrylic polymer on canvas.
Scrolls by Isadora Stowe; 2023; Rice paper, wood, varnish, ink, acrylic, thread, light strips.
Close-up of Scroll 3 by Isadora Stowe.
"Into the Borderland"; Sharbani Das Gupta; 2023; Resin, paper, clay, ink.