Augusta Savage Gallery. Gallery hours are Monday & Tuesday 1-7pm, and Wednesday through Friday 1-5pm while the University is in session.
Current Events || Past Events
 Young Artists: Images from Israel
Tuesday, September 24 - Friday, October 18, 2002
An exhibit of children's art coordinated by two Israeli teachers, Phyllis Gross and Haya Cohen. The children are presenting their visual images of war and peace in these challenging times.
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 Islamic Art: Peace and Beauty
Arabic Calligraphy by M.J. Alhabeeb
Monday, October 28 - Friday, November 22, 2002
Iraqi painter and UMass Resource Economics professor exhibits his works inspired by the ancient and breathtaking Islamic calligraphy traditions.
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 Such Sweet Thunder: Views on Black American Music
Tuesday, February 18 - Friday, March 14, 2003
An exhibit of photography documenting 11 years of UMass's Black Musicians Festival. This exhibit features 30 classic Black & White portraits of great names and faces from the years 1988-99.
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 Michael Coblyn: The Way I See It
Tuesday, March 25 - Friday, April 18, 2003
Coblyn refers to his work as "social Expressionism." When asked about the inspiration for this new body of work, Coblyn says he often looks to the past for visual resources. "This exploration has exposed me to the richness, craftsmanship and spirituality of the cultures of Africa and Ancient Mexico. The complexities of the present and the possibilities of the future are also a constant basis of imagery, concept and metaphor. The social history and current events of our world are such a powerful and compelling source of aesthetic guidance for me and I have attempted to use their influence."
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 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Diana Simard: Tableaus and Innuendos
Thursday, May 1 - Thursday, May 8, 2003
Inspired by the aesthetics of seventies video, and executed in a meticulous classic painting method, Simard's paintings deal with notions of intimacy and artifice.
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 Thesis Exibition - Michael O'Bannon
Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16, 2003
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 Twenty-six Ways of Looking at a Black Man
Thursday, September 25 - Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Augusta Savage Gallery is delighted to announce the op ening of the exhibition of poetry by Raymond R. Patterson (1929 - 2001) along with images and calligraphic text by artist, Benn T.F.Nadelman.
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 The Desert is No Lady
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
A film by Shelley Williams and Susan Palmer, looks at the Southwest through the eyes of its leading contemporary artists and writers. It features nine women from Pueblo, Navajo, Mexican American and Anglo backgrounds.
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 La Lucha Continua/ The Struggle Continues
Campesino Art from Solentiname, Nicaragua
Wednesday, October 29 - Tuesday, November 25, 2003
This exhibit of paintings and crafts from an archipelago of small volcanic islands celebrates the revolutionary vision of artists in their struggle for social change.
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 Judyie Al-Bilali
Thursday, October 30, 2003
New York-based actress, writer and Fulbright Scholar reads from her new works. Blending passion and process, she talks about her teaching method called Brown Paper Studio, and recent residency with South African youth, which was sponsored by the gallery's new Arts International Residency
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 Jin Hi Kim
Thursday, November 13, 2003
Recital and talk by acclaimed Korean-born and Connecticut-based Komomgo player. She brings together the new and the old, blending the sound of this traditional Korean instrument with exceptional talent as an adventurous new music improviser.
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 BFA Show
Patricia Siudut Rachel Allison Esancy
Monday, December 8 - Friday, December 12, 2003
Rachel Allison Esancy's For your Bitter Little Heart and Patricia Siudut's Nightscapes
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 Young Artists: A Moment in Tamulte
Tuesday, February 10 - Friday, March 12, 2004
This exhibit features photographs of family, friends and local scenes from a workshop with Mayan teens in Tabasco, Mexico. The workshop conducted by Michael O"Bannon , is part of the gallery's new Arts International Residency.
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 Three Bags Full
Thursday, March 25 - Friday, April 23, 2004
An exhibition of imaginative handbags featuring Marlene Housner, Amy Corey, and Rachel Pfeffer
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 Song Hee Lee
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
A demonstration of Korean ritual dance by Song Hee Lee, formerly a member of the Pusan Metropolitan Dance company and presently based in New York City.
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 Miya Masaoka
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Performance by improvisational Koto player from Japan
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Student Shows (TBA)
Monday, May 3 - Friday, May 7, 2004
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Mario Avila
INTERIORS
Monday, September 20 - Friday, October 15, 2004
INTERIORS features luscious, detailed, abstracted views of Mexico City. Using oil paints on paper, Mario Avila offers us a perspective rarely seen. He says: "The world is chaotic and only by choosing its components do we give it form and name it."
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 Maria Mitchell
Monday, September 27, 2004
7:00 pm Maria Mitchell's presence on the stage is mesmerizing! Her expressive style, fierce energy, and sensitive timing display an impressive range of influences on her work, including modern and jazz techniques, traditional West African movement, the healing arts, and a long-standing passion for African American literary work.
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 Henry Grimes
Thursday, October 14, 2004
7:00 pm Henry Grimes will perform a concert of bass music in the jazz tradition. His skills and credentials as a master bassist are unsurpassed, but his story is unique and complex. Missing from the music world since the late '60s,Grimes has made an unprecedented comeback after receiving the gift of a bass to replace the instrument Henry had given up some 20 years ago. Miraculously, he is playing at the very height of his artistic powers today. Still in his sixties, healthy and strong, his courageous story has inspired all those privileged to know him and hear him.
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 Anchor House
After Dibutade: Four Women from the Anchor House of Artists
Wednesday, October 27 - Tuesday, November 23, 2004
This show features work by Genevieve Burnett, Wendy Chicoine, Virginia Harlow, and Deborah. Neoclassic poets once attributed the origin of picture making to a legendary Corinthian woman named Dibutade. She traced her lover's shadow on the wall so that her lover's form would then be with her while her lover was gone abroad. Four women from the Anchor House of Artists, the collective atelier and gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts that represents artists living with mental illnesses, cling to the same spirit of remembrance in their art.
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 Ras Jahn Bullock
Thursday, February 10 - Friday, March 11, 2005
Portrait drawings of renowned musicians.
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 Carlos Santiago Arroyo and Angel Sanchez Ortiz
Masks and Santos:The Earthly and the Holy in Puerto Rican Popular Culture
Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 22, 2005
Sculptures of saints by Carlos Santiago Arroyo, and festival
masks by Angel Sanchez Ortiz.
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 The Ahisma Ensemble
Rahul Roy and Bob Weiner
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
7:00 pm Hailed as "mesmerizing", "hypnotic", and "visionary," their music is truly original. The Ahisma Ensemble is comprised of Rahul Roy and Bob Weiner: two passionate and committed musicians, who bestow their audiences with a unique auditory experience.
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 Jose Gonzales and Conjunto de Bomba
An evening of performances
Thursday, April 14, 2005
7:00 pm Jose Gonzales and Conjunto de Bomba offer a sensational evening of Puerto Rican music and dance! Don't miss it!
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 Carmen Leonor Rivera-Lassen
lecture on contemporary Puerto Rican artisans
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
7:00 pm Ms. Rivera-Lassen gives a lecture on contemporary Puerto Rican artisans. Using a small exhibition of work as well as a slide presentation, she will give a history of the development of Puerto Rican crafts from the original inhabitants from the 19th century, to their contemporary forms.
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 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Emma Weisman and Jennifer Dardano
Monday, April 25 - Friday, April 29, 2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition of paintings by Emma Weisman and Jennifer Dardano.
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 BFA Thesis Exhibition
Alexia Cota and Tyler Jacobson
Monday, May 2 - Friday, May 6, 2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition of Paintings and Digital Images by Alexia Cota and Tyler Jacobson
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 BFA Thesis Exhibition
James Adelman and Sundai Bestman
Monday, May 9 - Friday, May 13, 2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition featuring paintings by James Adelman and Sundai Bestman.
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 Petri Dishes and Arthrax
Tuesday, September 20 - Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Local artist Edgar Sabogal returned to his homeland of Medellin, Colombia in 2004 as part of Augusta Savage Gallery's new Art International Residency Program where he worked and lived with gallery partners for one month. Upon his return, he began work on an exhibit that would tell a story about his experience. While in Medellin, Sabogal reflected on politics and "the sarcastic reality of recent plastic and duct tape scare tactics." This exhibit is his reaction to the recent anthrax scares.
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 Leroy Jenkins
Renowned violinist
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
7:00 pm Leroy Jenkins has been a pioneer and influential figure in the world of improvised music for over three decades.
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 Magdalena Gomez
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
7:00 pm Local award-winning theater artist in a bold and passionate solo performance
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 Kalaparush
Thursday, October 6, 2005
7:00 pm Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre is a multiple reed specialist who has appeared throughout the world in festivals and clubs, at colleges and universities, and on television and radio.
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 Dark Descendants
21 Days in Rodenbosch, South Africa
Wednesday, October 26 - Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Louisiana-born painter Donald Boudreaux spent three weeks in South Africa in January 2004 as part of Augusta Savage Gallery's Arts International Residency Program (AIR). During his time there he visited artists and youth and experienced the challenges and victories of this post-Apartheid nation at such an important time in its history. This exhibit is a way of sharing what the artist learned.
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Africaura
Curated by Joseph Danjie
Monday, December 12 - Friday, December 16, 2005
Paintings by university students in Cameroon, West Africa explore the notion of progress and development through imagery and text.
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 Colors of My Soul, Textures of My Spirit
Artist Kiran Bhowmik
Thursday, February 9 - Thursday, March 9, 2006
Kiran Bhowmik is a local Shutesbury artist who earned her B.A. at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Raised in this area, she is now emerging into her full creative expression and speaks confidently about her path as an artist, explaining that the role of art in her life is for the expression of beauty, sadness and awe of the world.
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 Watching With My Ears
Cartoonist and painter Jorgo Schäfer
Monday, March 27 - Saturday, April 22, 2006
Jorgo Schäfer is a painter and cartoonist - and he loves free jazz. For the past five years, he has traveled to New York City. While there, he attends the cutting-edge Vision Festival, where he sits at a table within the audience and paints improvising musicians who perform throughout the week. This exhibit at the gallery features some of these recent watercolors.
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 The Makanda Project
a tribute to the late Makanda Ken McIntyre
Monday, April 3, 2006
7:00 pm This remarkable tribute is comprised of unrecorded works by the Boston-born saxophonist. John Kordalewski the arranger and coordinator of the project has arranged unrecorded compositions for 6 horns.
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 Kim Clarke and Tim Siciliano
Bassist and Guitarist Duo
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
7:00 pm Kim Clarke performs on the Acoustic Bass, Electric Upright and four and five-stringed Electric Bass Guitar as the situation demands. Her electric bass playing has been described as soulful and rich, and she has been touted internationally as "the only well-know woman bassist in Jazz -of her generation." Guitarist Tim Siciliano has been a fixture on the New York Jazz scene since the 1980's.
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 Lenelle Moise
a evening of spoken word with poet/performer Lenelle Moise
Thursday, April 6, 2006
7:00 pm Lenelle Moise creates personal-political texts about the spirits in sexuality, maculinities, being bicultural, and the intersection of race, class, gender, and resistance.
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 My Own Prison: My Own Escape
photographs by Brianna Lamke
Monday, April 24 - Friday, April 28, 2006
A compilation of photographs celebrating the successes of, and exemplifying the struggles, facing a diverse group of women who have broken societal expectations to become respectable individuals.
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BFA Thesis: Valerie Nyby and Whit Rigali
Monday, May 1 - Friday, May 5, 2006
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BFA Thesis: Jason Forrest and Mike Kopson
Monday, May 8 - Friday, May 12, 2006
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 Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows
Artist Frank Diaz Escalet
Monday, September 18 - Friday, October 13, 2006
Exhibition of bold, vibrant paintings by Puerto Rican born artist. Colorful depictions of precious moments.
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 Steve Tracy
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
7:00 pm UMASS Afro-American Studies professor and harmonica player shares his passion for Blues. Performing with members of local Blues favorites, The King Bees.
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 Pablo Yglesias
Thursday, October 5, 2006
7:00 pm Slide presentation and talk to celebrate "Cocinando! Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art" by local author Pablo Yglesias. His book draws together the most beautiful, sexy, colorful, innovative, and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin music.
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 Ravish Momin
Friday, October 6, 2006
7:00 pm New York-based drummer leading his ensemble, Trio Tarana, rooted in the musical language of improvisation and experimentation.
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 On Being...and Finding Voice
Artist Charlotte Hill O'Neal
Tuesday, October 24 - Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Exhibition of inspired mixed media works by artist, community activist and former Black Panther.
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BFA Thesis Exhibit
Ian Moore and Jose Reynoso
Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8, 2006
Ian Moore and Jose Reynoso present their BFA Theses.
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BFA Thesis Exhibit
Dana Bergstrom and Alla Lazebnik
Monday, December 11 - Friday, December 15, 2006
Dana Bergstrom and Alla Lazebnik present their BFA Theses.
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 Desplazamientos
Watercolors by local artist, Mercedes Taylor
Tuesday, February 13 - Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A series of watercolors developed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, abstract images capture the artist's bi-cultural experience and her quest for home.
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 Myths and Moments
Assemblages by Shawn Farley
Monday, March 26 - Friday, April 20, 2007
Works in wood, oil, acrylic paint, and found objects find their inspirations in dreams and the mysterious hidden places of the mind.
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 Ron Welburn
A poetry reading exploring the worlds of the American Indian and the African American
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
7:00 pm Poetry reading by UMass English professor expoloring what he calls "Native American and Black color line". He will read from his sixth book of poems, 'Coming Through The Smoke And Dreaming' (2000)
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 Herb Robertson
NYC based trumpeter leads a trio in performance / Mark Helias, bass; Chis Lough, bass
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
7:00 pm An evening of music by NYC-based trumpeter leading his trio. This soulful and original player defies all catagories.
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 Avery Sharpe
Solo bass performance
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
7:00 pm Honesty, clarity, and dignity are words that come to mind when you hear the music of this Georgia-born player.
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Keli Stewart
Reading by poet, playwright and Afro-American Studies doctoral student
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
7:00 pm Her unpublished poetry collection entitled "Womanish" celebrates girl/womanhood and growing up in Chicago.
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 Andrea Assaf
Reading of recent works by New WORLDTheater director
Thursday, April 5, 2007
7:00 pm Offering intensity, focus, and commitment to visions of a new world.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition
Dylan Goettlich and Liza Lynch
Monday, May 7 - Friday, May 11, 2007
Dylan Goettlich and Liza Lynch present their BFA Thesis.
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BFA Thesis Exhibition
Rosanna Cipriani and Chloe Pollack-Robbins
Monday, May 14 - Friday, May 18, 2007
Rosanna Cipriani and Chloe Pollack-Robbins present their BFA Thesis.
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 AmericAura, Part 1
Tuesday, September 25 - Friday, October 19, 2007
First exhibition of three-part group show of 25 works on paper. For more information on Part 3, see Hamden Gallery.
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 AmericAura, Part 2
Friday, October 26 - Tuesday, November 20 2007
Second exhibition of three-part group show of 25 works on paper. For more information on Part 3, see Hamden Gallery.
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 the the the is
Installation by local artist Ryan McDonnell
Monday, December 3 - Friday, December 7 2007
An installation inspired by John Coltrane, the shape of broccoli, Jean Micheal Basquiat, and Mohandas K. Ghandi.
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BFA Thesis
Monday, December 10 - Friday, December 14 2007
Mariettos and Martins complete their BFA career with this exhibition of their senior theses.
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 He's Covered All His Tracks
mixed media by musician, poet and visual artist Oliver Lake
Wednesday, February 13 - Wednesday, March 12 2008
Oliver Lake is a true renaissance man. Poet, painter, performance artist and creator of theatrical works, Oliver is best known for his enormous contribution to the world of contemporary music. His mixed media works are an extension of a lifelong affair with improvisation: energetic, daring, playful, and provocative. Short performance by Oliver Lake during Opening Reception, February 13, 5-7pm.
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 Showcase
Poets and Writers of the MFA program
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
7:00 pm A reading featuring several graduates of the MFA program for poets and
writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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 Charles "Teenie" Harris: Rhapsody in Black and White
Tuesday, April 1 - Saturday, April 12 2008
Co-curators - Deborah Willis and Ronald K. Brown bring 31 works of the late Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908-1998) in a photographic exhibition mounted in collaboration with the FAC Center.
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 Background Stories
Heike Fescharek
Tuesday, April 15 - Saturday, April 26 2008
Paintings by visiting German artist
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 Beginning Again
An evening of poetry and music with Dr. Frederick C. Tillis
Monday, April 21, 2008
7:00 pm Reading from his most recent book of poetry, this Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts brings us reflections and a celebration for those meaningful moments in life. Dr. Tillis, a native of Galveston, Texas is an accomplished poet, composer, saxophonist, professor, and administrator. He has published numerous books of poetry; and his music catalog is extensive, including more than 125 compositions and commissions, spanning both jazz and classical European traditions in various media - orchestral, jazz, instrumental, choral, chamber music, and vocal works.
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 Jaguar Dreams: Each Day, A Lifetime
Reading by local poet and playwright
Tuesday, April 22 2008
7:00 pm
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 Keli Stewart
Reading by Amherst based poet and playwright
Wednesday, April 23 2008
7:00 pm
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 Shades of Jazz on Noir
Wednesday, April 23 2008
from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm A film featuring classic film noir excerpts, accompanied by live, improvised music.
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BFA Thesis
Works by Jessica Pollard
Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9 2008
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BFA Thesis
Jenna Faden and Jessica Horton
Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16 2008
Faden and Horton exhibit their senior theses to wrap up their BFA career.
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 I Wish
Hayden Denny
Saturday, May 17 - Friday, May 23 2008
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 Sermons and Serenades
Collaboration by Ellen Eisenman and Marianetta Porter
Wednesday, September 24 - Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sermons and Serenades is both a tribute and an acknowledgement of the artists' indebtedness to the past. Through photography, sculpture, and mixed media arts, they mine history, materials and imagery and transform these resources into new expressions of power and promise.
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 Ikarus
Randy Chung Gonzales
Monday, October 20 - Friday, November 7, 2008
7:00 pm In 2002, Randy Chung Gonzalez experienced his first session of ayahuasca, the Amazonian psychotropic plant brew. This experience introduced him to ‘another reality" and radically changed his life and work. His way of seeing the world was no longer the same and his painting underwent a profound metamorphosis.
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 Cyn Horton
Reading by Northampton poet
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
7:00 pm Reading works from a new release by Booksmyth Press entitled, To a Careless Sailor, Cyn J Horton cites black & white television, cowboys and spies as her early influences, spicing her work with a film noir flavor.
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 Transporting: oil, water, arteries and veins in the Amazon
Installation by Patty Bode and Ecuadorian Artists
Monday, November 17 - Friday, December 5, 2008
This exhibit features paintings by artists from the Secoyan community in Ecuador, and artist / educator Patty Bode. This collaborative show transports us to the Amazonian rainforest at the intersection of indigenous life and global oil production, consumption and contamination.
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 Gems in the Valley: A Toast to Nelson Stevens
Opening Reception Monday February 9, 5-7pm
Monday, February 9 - Friday, March 13, 2009
The exhibit will showcase works by renowned painter and long-standing member of the Pioneer Valley, Nelson Stevens. Featuring a range of styles and mediums dating back to the 1970s, his works on paper, canvas, doors, board, album covers, prints in magazines and calendars attest to Stevens" prolific career as a visual artist, teacher, arts activist, and cultural ambassador. Some works in this show are on loan by collectors, while others have been part of the Augusta Savage and Afro American Studies permanent collections.
For more information about Nelson Stevens visit: www.nelsonstevens.com
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Showcase
Poets and Writers of the MFA program
Thursday, March 12, 2009
7:00 pm A reading featuring several graduates of the MFA program for poets and
writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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 Nomad: Women On the Move
Opening Reception Wednesday April 1, 5-7pm
Wednesday, April 1 - Friday, April 10, 2009
Through video, photos, audio materials, and objects, these artists will research in the cities where they live among the many women who are affected by migration. They leave their land, their families, their cultural roots and face an usually hard welcome in those rich promiseland nations.
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 Art from the Heart
Opening Reception Thursday April 16, 5-7pm
Thursday, April 16 - Thursday, April 30, 2009
A solo exhibition of recent works by Yusef Lateef. Lateef's trees, created in the last two years since his retirement from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are far from conventional, as one might expect, giving us yet another glimpse into his fully engaged life.
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Beginning Again
An evening of poetry and music with Dr. Frederick C. Tillis
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
7:00 pm Reading from his most recent book of poetry, this Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts brings us reflections and a celebration for those meaningful moments in life. Dr. Tillis, a native of Galveston, Texas is an accomplished poet, composer, saxophonist, professor, and administrator. He has published numerous books of poetry; and his music catalog is extensive, including more than 125 compositions and commissions, spanning both jazz and classical European traditions in various media - orchestral, jazz, instrumental, choral, chamber music, and vocal works.
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Plein Air: New Mexico
Opening Reception May 3, 5-7pm
Sunday, May 3 - Thursday, May 14, 2009
Three east coast artists explore the enchanting New Mexican desert.
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BFA Thesis
Opening Reception May 4, 5-7pm
Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8, 2009
Student Elliott Rufo, exhibits his Senior Thesis.
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Student Exhibition
Opening Reception May 11, 5-7pm
Monday, May 11 - Friday, May 15, 2009
Moonlight Davis exhibits his photography.
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Student Exhibit
Opening Reception May 18, 5-7pm
Monday, May 18 - Friday, May 22, 2009
Exhibition by student artists from Greenfield Community College
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 My Journey Through Line:paintings and drawings by Carolyn Mae Lassiter
Opening Reception: September 14, 5-7pm
Monday, September 14 - Friday, October 2, 2009
Carolyn Mae Lassiter was raised in Ahoskie, North Carolina where her family worked as sharecroppers until she was twelve years old. Picking cotton, tobacco and peanuts alongside her family, she spent little time in school. Carolyn developed her interest in art during the early 1970's when she lived in Mexico with a family of indigenous artists. A self-taught artist, she began drawing in 1989. Her artwork is critically acclaimed at shows internationally. Carolyn's work includes various types of multi-media art inspired by dreams, spirituality, life in the country, family, and animals.
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 Who Does She Think She Is?
A woman still has to choose between what she loves and who she loves. What if she didn't?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
7:00 pm Screening of the film "Who Does She Think She Is?" cosponsored by Everywoman's Center and Women of Color Leadership Network.
For more information call (413) 545-0883.
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 POP: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood; Featuring photography by Carol Ross
Opening Reception: October 7, 5-7pm
Wednesday, October 7 - Wednesday, October 28, 2009
As both a photographer and former actor Carol Ross has always maintained a position in front of and behind the camera. Based on her first book entitled POP: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood, this exhibit features photographs of devoted fathers. Since its unveiling her book POP has been featured in Essence, Heart & Soul, O Magazine, Baby Talk, ABC Chicago, Oprah & Friends Radio and countless publications. Ross says: "In my work I seek to challenge angles and break conventional technical rules, always searching for new ways to view and interpret the world--sometimes with humor, always with compassion."
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 Inside the Outside/Paintings by Three Outsider Artists: Jay Dickens, Arnold Nelson, & Floyd Nelson
Opening Reception: November 2, 5-7pm
Monday, November 2 - Friday, November 20, 2009
These three outsider artists from New Mexico live with developmental disabilities, have experienced confinement in an institution, and have come into their own individual artistic paths later in life. Like many Outsider Artists, Jay Dickens, Arnold Nelson, and Floyd Nelson have developed artistically without any preconceived notions or limitations regarding art. Collectively, their work illustrates the triumph and strength of the human spirit.
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 It's a Flea Market World: New Works by Kelly Moore
Opening Reception: February 11, 5-7pm
Thursday, February 11 - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Fully-engaged and totally original, Santa Fe artist Kelly Moore paints on canvas and paper, as well as on other more unlikely surfaces such as used tubes of paint, discarded paint brushes, wooden boxes, and electrical wiring. His dolls, hung along the sides of his flea market vendor's booth, pop up between paintings of faces, crows, hillsides, and a range of references, marks and gestures that emerge from deep places inside him. His works have a poetic quality, giving back to us what we bring to them.
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 Energetic Revelations: Paintings and Drawings by Deborah Garner
Opening reception May 2, 5-7pm
Sunday, May 2 - Thursday, May 6
Inspired by nature, her work feels like spontaneous self-forming calligraphy
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 Balam Soto: Digital Transition
Opening Reception: September 13, 5-7pm
Monday, September 13 - Monday, October 4
Featuring the award-winning artist from Guatemala in an exciting transition from traditional to new media.
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 John Anthony Kendrick: "An Artist at Rest"
Opening Reception: October 7, 5-7pm
Thursday, October 7 - Thursday, October 28
Honoring a promising artist who died suddenly at the age of 29, this series of compelling drawings and paintings is curated by his sister who is publishing a book about Kendrick's work and life.
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 Umlando - Through My Father's Eyes
Free public screening of film
Tuesday, October 12
6:30 pm "Umlando - Through My Father's Eyes" featuring legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela and his American-born son Salema, an ESPN reporter for FIFA World Cup. Together they explore the people, culture and inspiring landscape of South Africa and the nation's history. This 10 part series was featured during 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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 An Untouchable Reaches Out: The Dalit Art of Savi Savarkar
Opening Reception: November 2, 5-7pm
Tuesday, November 2 - Tuesday, November 23
Exhibiting prints from renowned Indian artist and activist, this show is curated by Amherst-based Art historian Gary Tartakov.
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 Poetry Prose Performance
Maureen Buchanan Jones
Monday, November 8
7:00 pm What is untouchable within each of us? Grief, fear, joy, confusion. What is unsayable? Experience and emotion sit at the edge of what is verbal. Explore how art frees us to touch what we are. Enjoy a reading with Maureen Buchanan Jones.
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 Poetry Prose Performance
Pat Schneider
Tuesday, November 9
7:00 pm Join the poet, playwright, librettist, and author of nine books in a reading from her forthcoming book, How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice.
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 Poetry Prose Performance
Michael Earl Craig & Natalie Lyalin
Tuesday, November 16
7:00 pm a reading by visiting writers co-sponsored by the MFA Poets & Writers Program
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 Poetry Prose Performance
Lenelle Moise
Thursday, November 18
7:00 pm “Be/Holding Home,” an evening of words and music about place, compassion & resilience with Haitian-American powerhouse Lenelle Moise
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 Earth Radiance: Max Armen's Plein Air Painting
Opening Reception: December 6, 5-7pm
Monday, December 6 - Friday, December 17
Through this exhibit of exquisite images, the artist investigates the New Mexico landscape as a tangible living being with the ability to silently communicate. This exhibit is sponsored by our Arts International Residency (AIR) Program.
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 Clean Slate: New Paintings by Anne LaPrade Seuthe
Opening Reception: February 7, 5-7pm
Monday, February 7 - Monday, February 28
Beginning with disgarded maps, then adding new layers, the artist's process parallels an internal one: a clean slate - a chance to start over.
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 Shahid Al-Bilali: A Mirror For My Children
Opening Reception: March 3, 5-7pm
Thursday, March 3 - Thursday, March 31
Showcasing carved wood doors by Kentucky-born visionary African American artist, this exhibit invites the viewer into an extraordinary world.
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