Deming is taking its first steps as an "art destination" with the arrival of four galleries and combination gallery/antique stores within the past year.
The town is catching some of the arts spirit that is the soul of New Mexico’s soul, and it is beginning to change the character of the town.
Deming’s accessibility one of its primary assets, say gallery owners. "It’s so easy to get off and on the interstate," says Janie Sherman, owner of the new antique shop/gallery called Antelope Alley.
Greg Jones of the Galleria on 8th thinks Deming will attract artsy people from other parts of New Mexico who, with rising gas prices, are not traveling as far as they used to.
The largest and probably the mosttraditional gallery is the Gold Street Gallery (546-8200) at 112 and 116 S. Gold run by Don and Lisa Ross. It’s very much a family affair: Even their littlest children do art in their studio and sell works such as "Bug Antlers." Sam, now 22, is becoming prominent with his painting and metal sculptures.
"The reason I came here is that I absolutely love Deming," Don says. "It’s a diamond in the rough." The 38 artists on display run from locals who have never shown before to Lee Marmon from Laguna Pueblo, whose portraits and landscape photography hang at the Smithsonian, and who will have a reception at the gallery later this year. Among the better-known artists are L.C. Crow, Paul Forster, and Glenn Hammock.
The Galeria 200 has a great locale on Deming’s main street (Gold ) and a very respectable array of art from southern New Mexico to Arizona. Lyn and Richard Orona had a successful jewelry business in California and have their works on display.
Galeria 200 art tends toward representational, quiet, luminous works that will grace the walls of a home. These include the paintings of Lyn Orona herself, the intimate people-scapes of local painters Jeff Cooper and Tim McAndrews, the western art of JaNeil Anderson that made it to the cover of the New Mexico Stockman in June, the still lives of Thomas E. Williams, the painterly quilts of Barbara Littlefield, and the gourd art of D. R. Nance. Call Richrd and Lyn at 200 S. Gold, 544-0417.
The Galleria on 8th is an wonderfully eclectic, hard-to-define collection of textiles and furniture from Ecuador, limited edition fantasy pieces like sequined boxes, animal statuary, and whimsical ornaments, antique Belgian lace from a convent, Chinese Opera costumes, Mata Ortiz pottery, second-hand jewelry, ecclesiastical vestments, Navajo rugs, and even a children’s toy store in the middle of it all. (200 S. Eighth, 544-9029)
Antelope Alley Antiques and Art is a fun collection of great retro-antiques and more serious art. They’re currently hanging landscape and still life paintings by prominent artist Gordon Dipple. (210 1/2 S. Silver St., 546-3320).
Be sure to check out Xi’an Antiquities too, which is an astonishing hodge-podge of museum-quality Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese religious and art objects at 109 E. Spruce Street (546-9223)
pengwen note: As a matter of fact, look around these pages and check out all the options: There’s food for your belly and food for your soul at Lifeways Health Shoppe andthe Campos family offers a vast array of foods for all tastes.
Oh, and while you’re there, tell them Steppin’ Out sent you, will you?
P.S. If you’ve never been to Faywood Hot Springs wjocj is near City of Rocks State Park close to Deming, well, as far as I’m concerned, you’re missing paradise on earth.
For more information about the arts in Deming, visit this page (http://www.zianet.com/deming/dac.html) and read this article (http://www.desertexposure.com/200602/200602_deming.html).
Accessibility, climate and hidden treasures draw artists to town
By Marjorie Lilly - Deming Reporter
© 2006 Marjorie Lilly - Reprint Permission Granted
Deming is taking its first steps as an "art destination" with the arrival of four galleries and combination gallery/antique stores within the past year.
The town is catching some of the arts spirit that is the soul of New Mexico’s soul, and it is beginning to change the character of the town.
Deming’s accessibility one of its primary assets, say gallery owners. "It’s so easy to get off and on the interstate," says Janie Sherman, owner of the new antique shop/gallery called Antelope Alley.
Greg Jones of the Galleria on 8th thinks Deming will attract artsy people from other parts of New Mexico who, with rising gas prices, are not traveling as far as they used to.
The largest and probably the mosttraditional gallery is the Gold Street Gallery (546-8200) at 112 and 116 S. Gold run by Don and Lisa Ross. It’s very much a family affair: Even their littlest children do art in their studio and sell works such as "Bug Antlers." Sam, now 22, is becoming prominent with his painting and metal sculptures.
"The reason I came here is that I absolutely love Deming," Don says. "It’s a diamond in the rough." The 38 artists on display run from locals who have never shown before to Lee Marmon from Laguna Pueblo, whose portraits and landscape photography hang at the Smithsonian, and who will have a reception at the gallery later this year. Among the better-known artists are L.C. Crow, Paul Forster, and Glenn Hammock.
The Galeria 200 has a great locale on Deming’s main street (Gold ) and a very respectable array of art from southern New Mexico to Arizona. Lyn and Richard Orona had a successful jewelry business in California and have their works on display.
Galeria 200 art tends toward representational, quiet, luminous works that will grace the walls of a home. These include the paintings of Lyn Orona herself, the intimate people-scapes of local painters Jeff Cooper and Tim McAndrews, the western art of JaNeil Anderson that made it to the cover of the New Mexico Stockman in June, the still lives of Thomas E. Williams, the painterly quilts of Barbara Littlefield, and the gourd art of D. R. Nance. Call Richrd and Lyn at 200 S. Gold, 544-0417.
The Galleria on 8th is an wonderfully eclectic, hard-to-define collection of textiles and furniture from Ecuador, limited edition fantasy pieces like sequined boxes, animal statuary, and whimsical ornaments, antique Belgian lace from a convent, Chinese Opera costumes, Mata Ortiz pottery, second-hand jewelry, ecclesiastical vestments, Navajo rugs, and even a children’s toy store in the middle of it all. (200 S. Eighth, 544-9029)
Antelope Alley Antiques and Art is a fun collection of great retro-antiques and more serious art. They’re currently hanging landscape and still life paintings by prominent artist Gordon Dipple. (210 1/2 S. Silver St., 546-3320).
Be sure to check out Xi’an Antiquities too, which is an astonishing hodge-podge of museum-quality Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese religious and art objects at 109 E. Spruce Street (546-9223)
pengwen note: As a matter of fact, look around these pages and check out all the options: There’s food for your belly and food for your soul at Lifeways Health Shoppe andthe Campos family offers a vast array of foods for all tastes.
Oh, and while you’re there, tell them Steppin’ Out sent you, will you?
P.S. If you’ve never been to Faywood Hot Springs wjocj is near City of Rocks State Park close to Deming, well, as far as I’m concerned, you’re missing paradise on earth.
For more information about the arts in Deming, visit this page (http://www.zianet.com/deming/dac.html) and read this article (http://www.desertexposure.com/200602/200602_deming.html).