Mountainair - If you’re tired of the mud and wind this March, come to Cibola Arts Gallery in Mountainair to get out of the weather and enjoy “mudpies” with the local artists on March 3rd during the opening of “March Mudness,” a group show running through April 29th.
Since Cibola Arts only showcases local artists, these New Mexico artists have had plenty of experience with the muds of March and created art to express that experience.
http://sonewmex.com/images/marchmudness_tracks.jpg
Ann Adams captured this photo of tracks in the mud
Cibola Arts Gallery is home to many fine ceramicists, and the gallery has added some additional guest artists for this show. With this theme, all the ceramic artists were eager to participate in the show. Jude Wasechek creates not only brilliantly glazed functional ceramics, but also raku wall art. Doris Burton-Minnick is particularly known for her whimsical garden ceramics which include teapot bird houses and toad houses as well as many functional art pieces. Ron Minnick is both a talented ceramic artist and a sculptor, creating partial wall busts from clay as well as raku sculptures. Finally, Rob Drexel will display his horsehair and pit fired pottery.
One of Cibola Arts newest members, Celeste Simons, is a multi-media artist. She has created some new ceramic crosses as well as other multi-media art that has ceramic components.
Given the number of opportunities to photograph and paint the mud of New Mexico in all its form including the traditional adobe structures, many of the other artists of Cibola Arts will participate in the show including Marilyn Conway’s giclee prints of her handpainted pinhole photography, Addie Draper’s oil and pastel Southwestern landscapes, Lois Minnick’s and Shirley Simmon’s New Mexico landscapes in oil, and Ann Adams’ nature photography.
Even Anne Ravenstone, a tin and barnwood artist, promises to incorporate a mud theme in her new work, with wood artists Chris Tegard and Ann Adams offering additional art in the form of turned wood bowls, wooden pens, key chains, and bottle stoppers.
With a broad palette of colors to chose from, jewelry artists Mary Schultz and Doris Minnick will use this mud theme to create eye-catching jewelry from fused glass, wire wrap, and intricate combinations of beads from around the world.
While many people may think of mud as a messy, ugly substance, the artists of Cibola Arts have created art to change your attitude about mud. You’ll never look at that mix of earth and water the same again. Cibola Arts Gallery is located at 217 W. Broadway in Mountainair. Food and drink will be served during the opening. Gallery hours are 10-5 Tuesday through Sunday. For more information call 847-0324 or visit the Cibola Arts web site at: www.cibolaarts.com (http://www.cibolaarts.com/).
By Ann Adams - For Cibola Arts Gallery
Mountainair - If you’re tired of the mud and wind this March, come to Cibola Arts Gallery in Mountainair to get out of the weather and enjoy “mudpies” with the local artists on March 3rd during the opening of “March Mudness,” a group show running through April 29th.
Since Cibola Arts only showcases local artists, these New Mexico artists have had plenty of experience with the muds of March and created art to express that experience.
http://sonewmex.com/images/marchmudness_tracks.jpg
Ann Adams captured this photo of tracks in the mud
Cibola Arts Gallery is home to many fine ceramicists, and the gallery has added some additional guest artists for this show. With this theme, all the ceramic artists were eager to participate in the show. Jude Wasechek creates not only brilliantly glazed functional ceramics, but also raku wall art. Doris Burton-Minnick is particularly known for her whimsical garden ceramics which include teapot bird houses and toad houses as well as many functional art pieces. Ron Minnick is both a talented ceramic artist and a sculptor, creating partial wall busts from clay as well as raku sculptures. Finally, Rob Drexel will display his horsehair and pit fired pottery.
One of Cibola Arts newest members, Celeste Simons, is a multi-media artist. She has created some new ceramic crosses as well as other multi-media art that has ceramic components.
Given the number of opportunities to photograph and paint the mud of New Mexico in all its form including the traditional adobe structures, many of the other artists of Cibola Arts will participate in the show including Marilyn Conway’s giclee prints of her handpainted pinhole photography, Addie Draper’s oil and pastel Southwestern landscapes, Lois Minnick’s and Shirley Simmon’s New Mexico landscapes in oil, and Ann Adams’ nature photography.
Even Anne Ravenstone, a tin and barnwood artist, promises to incorporate a mud theme in her new work, with wood artists Chris Tegard and Ann Adams offering additional art in the form of turned wood bowls, wooden pens, key chains, and bottle stoppers.
With a broad palette of colors to chose from, jewelry artists Mary Schultz and Doris Minnick will use this mud theme to create eye-catching jewelry from fused glass, wire wrap, and intricate combinations of beads from around the world.
While many people may think of mud as a messy, ugly substance, the artists of Cibola Arts have created art to change your attitude about mud. You’ll never look at that mix of earth and water the same again. Cibola Arts Gallery is located at 217 W. Broadway in Mountainair. Food and drink will be served during the opening. Gallery hours are 10-5 Tuesday through Sunday. For more information call 847-0324 or visit the Cibola Arts web site at: www.cibolaarts.com (http://www.cibolaarts.com/).