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The March "Shop and Learn" Trunk Show at the Harwood Museum of Art features handmade "lampwork" glass beadwork by Taos artist Hannah Rosner.
"Lampwork" or "Flamework" is the term used to describe glass beads made by melting glass with a torch and wrapping it around a steel rod. The technique dates back to ancient Egypt.
Rosner became enamored with the technique after a stint as a graduate school costume designer. Frustrated by her inability to find bead colors and styles to match and to fit her designs, she decided to learn how to make her own beads.
Working with semi-precious stones, metals, and borosilicate glass, Rosner creates one-of-a-kind jewelry in traditional and non-traditional styles, including seed beadwork.
Ms. Rosner's trunk show runs through the end of March. For more information contact Shop Manager, Carolyn Hinske, at 575-758-9826 x 102 or email chinske@unm.edu.
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Mary Cassatt, The Letter, 1891, etching, drypoint, aquatint
On Friday, March 26 The Harwood continues its series of lunchtime seminars on printmaking with noted collector, philanthropist and lecturer, Dr. Robert Bell. This month's presentation, using original prints from his collection, explores The Prints of the Impressionists and affords an excellent opportunity to examine rare prints and learn about artists and their printing techniques.
Due to class size, advanced registration is required. This program is free to Harwood Museum Alliance members. $8 to non-members. The series will continue through May.
Also for adults in March, "The Book Arts Series" takes place every Saturday afternoon focusing on specific book-making and book design techniques with artist instructors Maggi Younger, Jamie Ash and Jill Rounds.
To reserve your space for either of these programs, please contact Carolyn Hinske, at 575-758-9826 x 102 or email chinske@unm.edu.
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Photo Credit: Doc Rand
Momentum builds daily toward the end-of-year completion of the Harwood expansion!
The placement of the structural steel is all but complete and concrete has been set in the gallery floor. The framing of the north and west walls has begun and even the "rough in" of plumbing and electrical is underway! Can the masonry walls be far behind? Kudos to construction supervisor Doc Rand and his Flintco team!
Click on the YouTube logo for an updated video of our ever-changing construction site.
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The Harwood is now on FACEBOOK.
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NEWS
The Harwood Launches New Web Site
The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico is proud to announce the launch of its completely redesigned web site. The site features a more intuitive design, more images, more information about our collections and an events calendar that can be sorted by programs for adults, teens or kids. The new site premieres just months after the launch of The Harwood on FaceBook and YouTube.
Check it out at www.harwoodmuseum.org
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LEARN
For a museum its size, The Harwood is unrivaled in its educational outreach to children and their families.
Every Saturday in March, from 10-11:30 am, The Harwood presents the return of its free "Saturday Arts for Families" program.
On March 13 the program will focus on ledger drawings in the style of artist Dwayne Wilcox, whose show "Skipped the Light Fandango," is now on exhibit. Using colored pencils and lined paper, participants will learn the techniques of this historical art form that has special significance to Native American peoples.
On March 20 and 27, Jayne Schell presents two "Art and Movement" classes, integrating a kid-sized yoga session with an art activity.
The "Saturday Arts for Families" programs are free and designed for all ages. Parent participation is mandatory for children under six. No reservations required.
Also ongoing, every Sunday in March, from 1-4 pm, the museum presents a brand new program, "Family Play Date," a free drop-in art activity held in the Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center. "Family Play Date" incorporates the creative use of materials with parent and sibling collaboration. Activities each week focus around a different theme. Designed for all ages and all skill levels, no reservations are necessary.
For more information about either of these programs, contact Lucy Perera at 575-758-9826 x 105 or lperera@aol.com.
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EXHIBITS
Two major exhibitions are now on display through June 6th
Rebecca Salsbury James: "Paintings and Colchas" features more than a dozen pieces that employ the technique for which she was best known, oil reverse on glass; also some 20 colchas embroideries; several journals and scrapbooks; and a dozen photographs by her first husband, Paul Strand; and one very special image of the intimate friends, Ms. O'Keeffe and the then Mrs. Strand, by Alfred Stieglitz.
Rebecca Salsbury James: Paintings and Colchas
Joyce and Sherman Scott Gallery of Late 20th Century Art
Through June 6, 2010
 Rebecca Salsbury James, circa 1932, gelatin silver print by Paul Strand
And Dwayne Wilcox: "Skipped the Light Fandango" features 21 works made with colored pencil on antique ledger paper. Mr. Wilcox's work gives us a glimpse into the historical form of ledger art and the pointed musings of a contemporary Native American artist. Using biting satire while addressing long-standing issues of social justice, Wilcox creates work that is thought provoking and darkly comic.
Dwayne Wilcox : Skipped the Light Fandango
George F. Foster Jr. Gallery for Prints,
Drawings and Photographs
Through June 6, 2010
Dwayne Wilcox with Susan Longhenry, Director of the Harwood at the opening of "Skipped the Light Fandango" February 19, 2010.
The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico, 238 Ledoux Street, Taos, NM. Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5. $8, Free on Sundays to NM Residents, always free to Harwood Alliance Members and the UNM Community. Phone: 575-758-9826; www.harwoodmuseum.org
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