Agave Rosa Gallery — 905 Noble (next to the International Museum of Art). Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery features paintings, sculpture, jewelry and photography by area emerging artists. Information: 533-8011 or agaverosagallery.com. Amado Peña Gallery – Renowned artist Amado M. Peña Jr.’s gallery is at 12790 Alarcon Road in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Information: 851-8400 or sanelizariopenagallery.com. Showing Feb. 1-28: “Visions of the Southwest,” works by Bert Saldaña. Artist reception is 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Art Avenue Gallery — The new gallery space in Union Plaza is at 518 W. San Antonio, Suite F. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information: 213-4318 or theartave.com. The debut exhibition, “Heritage: The Legacy of Francisco Lascurain Labadie,” runs through Jan. 31. The exhibit highlights works of Francisco Lascurain (1926-2013) whose warm and richly colored canvases depict his memories of the typical urban workers of the ‘30s and ‘40s. Born in Mexico City, Lascurain was trained in architecture, however, his real passion and fascination was painting the common worker in Mexico. Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio Street in Marfa. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Gallery Closed Dec. 24-25, and Dec. 31-Jan 1.Information: (432) 729-3700, ballroommarfa.org or on Facebook. Showing through Feb. 22: Artists’ Film International Exhibit featuring Nicole Miller. Organized in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery, London, Ballroom Marfa presents the sixth season of Artists’ Film International, a pro- gram that showcases international artists working in film and animation. This year in the north and south galleries Ballroom Marfa will feature two video works, “David” (2012) and “Death of a School” (2014), by Los Angeles-based artist Nicole Miller. Bert Saldana Art Gallery — The new gallery featuring Southwestern Art is at 1501 Main Street in the San Elizario Arts District. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Information: 851-0093 or bertsaldana.com. Saldana’s works also will be on display in February at the nearby Amado Peña Gallery, 12790 Alarcon Road. Chamizal galleries — Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Franklin G. Smith Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; weekends by request. Abrazos hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham/. Showing through March 24: in the Franklin G. Smith Gallery are works by local artists Francisco Romero and Daniel Padilla. Showing in the Abrazos Gallery is “Monumental Men for Monumental Times.” A temporary exhibit explains the connections between American President Abraham Lincoln and Mexican President Benito Juarez. The exhibit is in conjunction with plans to place a statue of Benito Juarez near the Visitor Center. Showing in the Cultural Center Lobby is “Art From the Heart,” art by Diego Alvarez, Jose Manuel Romero, Leonardo Cancerous and Sebastian Rodriguez. Chinati Foundation — Marfa, Texas. Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati Foundation houses one of the world’s largest collections of permanently installed contemporary art. The collection is open for guided tours throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5 for students, seniors). Full tour is $25 ($10 students). Information: (432) 729-4362 or chinati.org. Free winter art classes for ages 4-13 are Dec. 29-30 and Jan. 2-3. Call for details. Crossland Gallery — The El Paso Art Association’s gallery is at 500 W. Paisano (in the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Information: 5347377, [email protected] or CrosslandArtGallery.com. Showing Jan. 16-Feb. 14: “con.FIGURE.ation,” show and sale, with judge Craig Cully. Deadline to submit work is Jan. 6. Gala opening is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16. Submissions are being taken through Feb. 8, for the annual Western Impressions Art Show and Sale. This year’s theme is “How the West was ONE/WON.” El Paso Artisan Gallery — The gallery is in the El Paso Exploreum, 320 W. San Antonio. The gallery features works for sale by local painters, jewelers, crafters and photographers. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information: 533-4330 or elpasoexploreum.org. El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free for most exhibits. Tickets for “Renoir to Remington” are $5 (free for age 12 and younger, EPMA members and active duty military and their family with ID). Information: 532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org. Showing through Feb. 1: “Renoir to Remington: Impressionism to the American West.” The exhibit explores the variety of ways Page 32 El Paso Scene in which artists of the American Southwest extended the Impressionist vision, including earlier practitioners such as Frederic Remington and later figures such as Fremont Ellis. The exhibition will compare examples of French and international Impressionism from Tacoma Art Museum in Washington (almost 25 works by Boudin, Pissarro, Renoir, etc.) with numerous works of the American Southwest borrowed from local collections and selected from the holdings of the EPMA. The first in the “Modern Masters Series: Highlights from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum” is “Paul Cézanne and Pablo Picasso: Birth of Cubism,” showing through Feb. 1. The exhibit will highlight a pair of powerful works by Cézanne and Picasso, who have frequently been described as two of the most crucial figures in the development of modern art. Showing through April 26: “Body Art: Contemporary El Paso Jewelry.” The exhibit celebrates contemporary local expressions of the jeweler’s art. UTEP’s Metals Program has been and remains the principal center of jewelry production and training in the area. Rachelle Thiewes, who just retired as the program’s director, has become celebrated internationally for her jewelry making. The exhibition will include several pieces by Thiewes, along with selections from 14 other area jewelers, including Susan Eisen, Margie Melby and Helen Ellison-Dorion Showing through May 3: “Mexican Devotion on Tin and Copper: Selections from the McKnight Collection.” For more than 20 years Sarah and Frank McKnight collected retablos from Northwestern Mexico that they later sold in their El Paso art gallery. The McKnights retained some of their favorites and in 2007 their collection of 71 retablos was given to the El Paso Museum of Art by their children. Includes paintings of saints, the Virgin and Christ, martyrs, apostles, angels, the Pieta and ex-votos from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Dave Phelps begins his Artists on Art featured Dave Phelps. Phelps’ art is a commentary on “the overwhelming barrage of information and material goods that confronts us every day.” His repetitive use of everyday materials such as barcodes emphasizes how much technology plays a role in people’s lives. Showing through December 2015: “Drink Up! The Art and Culture of Beverages.” The EPMA World Cinema Series is 2 p.m. Saturdays in the auditorium, presented by the museum’s Art Algur H. Meadows Library. Admission: $3 free for ages 12 and younger and museum members. Age restrictions apply on some showings. Please see Page 33 January 2015
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