Deming, NM – Deming’s reputation as a growing art community got a recent boost with an article and accompanying pages in New Mexico Magazine. The complementary article (written by Steppin’ Out’s area representative Marjorie Lilly) details many of the fine shops that are opening their doors to visitors and residents. Indeed, as Ms. Lilly wrote not even a year ago, 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 is one of its primary assets, say gallery owners. 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.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/galeria200.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Galaria 200">Among the fine shops we hope you will visit while in the area are:
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)
Be sure to check out Xi’an Antiquities, a tiny show which holds an astonishing hodge-podge of museum-quality Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese religious and art objects at his new location, 121 E. Spruce Street (546-9223).
Just across the street, you can get your favorite cup of coffee and sandwiches at Joe Perk Coffee Shop. The corner store has a great patio area and sometimes hosts music on summer evenings.– so check their schedule.
Down the street a couple of blocks, you’ll find the newest coffee shop: Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea, at 214 S. Copper, is open at 7 am Monday through Saturday. The shore is a new venture by Page Hewitt at Lifeways Health Shoppe, so you know her products are good and good for you, too. Give her a call at 546-5974.
Oh, and while you’re there, tell them Steppin’ Out sent you, will you?
For more information, visit www.cityofdeming.org (http://www.cityofdeming.org/)
Marjorie Lilly & pengwen
© 2007 Steppin' Out<br><br>
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/lynoronacover.jpg align=center hspace=3 border=1 alt="Lyn Orona painted which was the Steppin' Out cover for Feb/March, 2007"></center>
Deming, NM – Deming’s reputation as a growing art community got a recent boost with an article and accompanying pages in New Mexico Magazine. The complementary article (written by Steppin’ Out’s area representative Marjorie Lilly) details many of the fine shops that are opening their doors to visitors and residents. Indeed, as Ms. Lilly wrote not even a year ago, 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 is one of its primary assets, say gallery owners. 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.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/galeria200.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Galaria 200">Among the fine shops we hope you will visit while in the area are:
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)
Be sure to check out Xi’an Antiquities, a tiny show which holds an astonishing hodge-podge of museum-quality Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese religious and art objects at his new location, 121 E. Spruce Street (546-9223).
Just across the street, you can get your favorite cup of coffee and sandwiches at Joe Perk Coffee Shop. The corner store has a great patio area and sometimes hosts music on summer evenings.– so check their schedule.
Down the street a couple of blocks, you’ll find the newest coffee shop: Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea, at 214 S. Copper, is open at 7 am Monday through Saturday. The shore is a new venture by Page Hewitt at Lifeways Health Shoppe, so you know her products are good and good for you, too. Give her a call at 546-5974.
Oh, and while you’re there, tell them Steppin’ Out sent you, will you?
For more information, visit www.cityofdeming.org (http://www.cityofdeming.org/)