Tinkertown Museum
121 Sandia Crest Rd., Sandia Park – 281.5233 -tinkertown.com
Come see the museum that took Ross Ward over 40 years to carve, collect, and lovingly construct.

The Old School Gallery
12504 North Highway 14, San Antonito – 281.1250 – theoldschoolhousegallery.com
Oils, pastels, and watercolors by Depy Adams and stoneware and earthenware pottery by Brianna Rickson.

Gallerie Imaginarium
286-9500 – GallerieImaginarium.com – Open by Appointment
Gallerie Imaginarium is reopening with selections from the largest private collection of Richard Maitland’s artwork in the United States.

For more details visit eastmountainartscrawl.com

High Desert Art & Frame
12611 Montgomery Blvd. NE Suite A-4 – 265.4066 – highdesertartandframe.com
Open House 5-8 pm
High Desert Art & Frame presents New Mexico Potpourri by Eric Jones. For almost 50 years, Eric Jones has been photographing New Mexico and the Southwest, specializing in images that depict the unusual beauty of New Mexico. Recently, Eric has been capturing the beauty of flowers and fauna.

Framing Concepts Gallery
5809 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE – 294.3246 – framingconceptsgallery.com
Opening and Artist’s Reception 5-8pm
Framing Concepts presents 2 ANSWERS TO ART. Two local and well known artists opening with new and recent paintings from each. Lyle Brown, a retired architect, paints mostly landscapes in oil and pastel with an occasional architectural object introduced to enhance the painting. Lyle is inspired by the ambiance of the landscape and strives to simplify the major elements to bring out the essence of color and line to create harmony. Dianna Shomaker renowned inventive painter who crafts primarily in acrylic and collage very often does not know what the end result may be. It may be a ballerina dancing, a pair of hands clasped together or ??? The point is enjoying the journey. The end result is usually unique and delightful to the viewer. She works in acrylic, oil, encaustic, ink and torn paper on rag board or canvas and all manner of mark-making bits.

Palette Contemporary Art & Craft
7400 Montgomery Suite 22 – 855.7777 – palettecontemporary.com
Reception 5-8pm
Palette is pleased to present Andrew Van Assche’s Enigma: Slab-Built Stoneware Clay
With over 35 years of experience in working with and creating crisp, graphic, and clean-lined ceramics, Andrew has developed an “enigmatic” compositional style which is unique to his body of work. Utilizing his “slab-built” approach to creating structural forms, he applies color and design to each form via the use of slips and underglaze pencil. Come see and decide for yourselves as to whether “enigmatic” is an appropriately-used description of Andrew’s pieces. Show continues through July 3.

Weyrich Gallery
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE – 883.7410 – weyrichgallery.com
Preview Artist Reception 5-8:30pm
Weyrich Gallery presents The Unique & Unusual new Wood & Gas Fired Ceramics by Judith Duff, and Crossing Over Mixed Media Paintings by Susan Zimmerman. Judith Duff was born in Macon, Georgia and in 1991 she established her studio, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Frequent studies in Japan have influenced her work. and she is one of the most recognized women in clay today. Susan J. Zimmerman says of Crossing Over, “Engaging in the creative process is a journey bridging the material world and the spiritual world. Layering is my method of choice. The physical layering of collage elements reminds me of layering in life-of time, experiences and relationships. The gallery will present a lecture: Shino Glaze & Video of famous Japanese potters, Saturday, June 22, 2013 1-3:30pm, open to the public. Show Closes July 26.

The Gallery ABQ
8210 Menaul Blvd. NE – 292-9333 – thegalleryabq.com
Artists’ reception 5–8pm
The Gallery ABQ presents Artistic Garden, featuring oil paintings by Maria C. Cole, jewelry by Marcia Glenn, and encaustics by Carol Lopez. The Salon features photographs by Andrew Kozeliski.

NOB HILL AREA

Johns’ Western Gallery
4009 Central Avenue NE – 246-2414 – johnswesterngallery.com
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
A Remuda of horse art by Victoria Mauldin, Calvin Toddy, Ralph Roybal and others. The horse in bronze and on canvas, two inexpensive ways to own a horse as they neither eat nor drink.

Matrix Fine Art
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 A – 268-8952 – matrixfineart.com
Reception and Awards Ceremony 5-8pm
Image New Mexico – A juried photography exhibition. For the first three years, this contest was only open to New Mexico residents. This year, organizers Tim Anderson and Patrick Berrett decided to open it up to an international pool of photographers, with images being accepted that were shot in New Mexico within the last four years. The opening reception on June 7 will give the public a chance to vote for their favorite piece! Jurors: Brigitte Carnochan, Cat Jimenez, Robert Farber, a panel of internationally known, award-winning and published photographers.

New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 B – 268-8952 – newgroundsgallery.com
Reception 5-8pm, artist’s demonstration from 6:30 to 7pm during the reception
Gravure-The Process Demystified-Diane Alire, Jorge Tristani, Jessica Weybright and Jim Coker. This exhibition will enlighten the viewer about how a gravure is made. Step by step, these four printmakers utilize photography as a basis for creating gravure prints. The show runs through July 13.

DOWNTOWN AREA

Hotel Andaluz (mezzanine level)
125 Second St. NW – 346.0011 – hotelandaluz.com
Come by the Hotel Andaluz to see the featured artists. This month brings us Anthony Abbate’s framed ink renderings from the Bird Series, Cactus Series, and Juicy Fruit Series; Sandra Colson’s mixed media photography and pastel; and Lisa Agaran’s mixed media work.

Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW – 842.1400 – sumnerdene.com
Artists’ Reception 5-9pm
Sumner & Dene is proud to announce a mixed media floral explosion featuring Mae Crauder Davis and Patricia Wyatt. Mae Crauder Davis developed her own technique of mixed media on canvas with copper panels, organic materials and gold leaf. Crauder Davis’ work has an Asian feel due to the use of ginko and maple leaves, moons, gold leafing, and silver beads. Patricia Wyatt colorful floral paintings are also mixed media on canvas. Wyatt’s subject matter is primarily out in the garden with flowers, birds and flowing ribbon.

OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave, SW – 247.1172 – offcenterarts.org
Opening 5-8pm
Put a Bird on it! is a show where submitting artists were encouraged to use any medium and make the work any size. Just put a bird on it, and it’s in the show! Exhibit up through June 29th.

Harwood Art Center
1114 7th Street NW – 242-6367 – harwoodartcenter.org
Reception 6-8pm
SURFACE: emerging artists of new mexico is an annual juried exhibition, professional development, and endowed cash awards program presented by Harwood Art Center in partnership with Albuquerque Art Business Association. The 2013 exhibition will feature work from the 15 exceptionally talented artists who were selected from a pool of 90 applicants. For a list of artists as well as an online exhibition catalog, visit http://www.harwoodartcenter.org.
IN TURN: a special exhibition celebrating the commitment, talent and vision of Sarah Dewey, Haley English and Tina Yara-Nieto – current participants in the Harwood Art Center Internship Program. We are pleased to offer these young artists an opportunity to share their work with the world.

OLD TOWN AREA

Purple Sage Galeria
201 San Felipe NW – 450.4059 – purplesagegaleria.com
Reception 5-8pm
A Sandia Summer works by Amy R. Peterson. The high desert beauty of summer is captured in a collection of original oil paintings featuring landscapes, florals & adobes. Small charming sizes. Show runs through June 30th.

Yucca Art Gallery
206 1/2 San Felipe NW – 247.8931 – yuccaartgallery.com
Open House 5-8:30pm
Yucca Art Gallery, the oldest co-op gallery in Old Town, spotlights Kate Palmo, mixed media and encaustic painting, Dorothy Hawkins, wood working, and Liz Huffman, jeweler. The gallery will also be featuring water media, oils, acrylics, pastel, ceramics, fabric art, wearables, metalworking, and jewelry by 37 additional artists. Come see the newly repainted and redecorated gallery and loads of fresh spring art.

Blackbird Gallery
323 Romero St. NW, Ste.16 – 243.9525 – BlackbirdGallery.Biz
Open House 5-8pm
Blackbird Gallery is celebrating it’s wonderful new location in Old Town with Grand Opening specials on all original paintings by Blackfeet artist Farrell Cockrum and local favorite Robert Perea. New works have been received by all our artists included amazing new pottery plates and bowls from Matthew Patton (Seattle), new jewelry from Navajo artist Cathy Sherman as well as a great selection of Baltic Amber jewelry, and new custom handcarved “Roadrunners” from Matthew Yellowman and Rita Juan. Come visit our new space!

Weems Gallery
303 Romero NW – 764.0302 – weemsgallery.com
Sally Bartos is self-taught, but I comes from a family of painters and photographers, sculptors, carvers, tailors, musicians, writers and archaeologists. She was fortunate enough to be raised on the Navajo Reservation in beautiful Arizona, so that was a great influence on her work as well. The landscapes and horses on her work are all recent inspirations given by her life here in the beautiful east mountains of New Mexico!

Leich Lathrop Gallery
323 Romero Street, NW, Suite 1 – 243.3059 – leichlathropgallery.blogspot.com
Open House 5-7:30pm
The Rubber Tomahawk Show
Gallery owner Chuck Lathrop says, “after I opened Leich Lathrop Gallery in Albuquerque’s Old Town a year ago I was told by several people that the gallery would not survive because it did not sell “rubber tomahawks” or in other words some tourist souvenir perhaps made in China and taken from the Southwest and Native American heritage. I have learned in this first year that to a degree this how Old Town Albuquerque is marketed and this is our answer.” The gallery will hold an Opening Reception on Sunday, June 9, 3-5pm. Show runs through July 3.

Studio 13
323 Romero St. Suite 13 – 247.2988 – sites.google.com/site/studio13site/
Open House 5-7pm
The work of Daniel Ramirez will be on display. Ramirez’ watercolors, acrylics, and drawings have won many awards including the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum.

High Desert Art & Frame

Framing Concepts Gallery
5809 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE – 294.3246 – framingconceptsgallery.com
Open House 5-8pm
Framing Concepts presents 2 ANSWERS TO ART. Two local and well known artists opening with new and recent paintings from each. Lyle Brown, a retired architect, paints mostly landscapes in oil and pastel with an occasional architectural object introduced to enhance the painting. Lyle is inspired by the ambiance of the landscape and strives to simplify the major elements to bring out the essence of color and line to create harmony. Dianna Shomaker renowned inventive painter who crafts primarily in acrylic and collage very often does not know what the end result may be. It may be a ballerina dancing, a pair of hands clasped together or ??? The point is enjoying the journey. The end result is usually unique and delightful to the viewer. She works in acrylic, oil, encaustic, ink and torn paper on rag board or canvas and all manner of mark-making bits.

Palette Contemporary Art & Craft
7400 Montgomery Suite 22 – 855.7777 – palettecontemporary.com
Reception 5-8pm
Palette is pleased to present Andrew Van Assche’s Enigma: Slab-Built Stoneware Clay
With over 35 years of experience in working with and creating crisp, graphic, and clean-lined ceramics, Andrew has developed an “enigmatic” compositional style which is unique to his body of work. Utilizing his “slab-built” approach to creating structural forms, he applies color and design to each form via the use of slips and underglaze pencil. Come see and decide for yourselves as to whether “enigmatic” is an appropriately-used description of Andrew’s pieces. Show continues through July 3.

Weyrich Gallery
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE – 883.7410 – weyrichgallery.com
Artist Reception with Judith Duff & Susan Zimmerman 5-8:30pm
Weyrich Gallery presents The Unique & Unusual new Wood & Gas Fired Ceramics by Judith Duff, and Crossing Over Mixed Media Paintings by Susan Zimmerman. Judith Duff was born in Macon, Georgia and in 1991 she established her studio, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Frequent studies in Japan have influenced her work. and she is one of the most recognized women in clay today. Susan J. Zimmerman says of Crossing Over, “Engaging in the creative process is a journey bridging the material world and the spiritual world. Layering is my method of choice. The physical layering of collage elements reminds me of layering in life-of time, experiences and relationships. Show Closes July 26.

The Gallery ABQ
8210 Menaul Blvd. NE – 292.9333 – thegalleryabq.com
Open House 5–8pm
The Gallery ABQ presents Artistic Garden, featuring oil paintings by Maria C. Cole, jewelry by Marcia Glenn, and encaustics by Carol Lopez. The Salon features photographs by Andrew Kozeliski.

Show and Sale 6:30 to 9:30pm

Leich Lathrop Gallery is sponsoring a special one night event to support victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings. On Tuesday April 30 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM the gallery will mount a one day show and sale, then donate all proceeds to One Fund Boston. This special fund has been set up specifically to help the bombing victims. The gallery and several of its artists have strong ties to the Boston area.

Studio 13
323 Romero St. Suite 13 – 247.2988 – sites.google.com/site/studio13site/
Open House 5-7pm
The work of Daniel Ramirez will be on display. Ramirez’ watercolors, acrylics, and drawings have won many awards including the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum.

Leich Lathrop Gallery
323 Romero Street, NW, Suite 1 – 243.3059 – leichlathropgallery.blogspot.com
Opening Reception 5-7:30pm
Join us in welcoming Deborah Gavel, Marietta Patricia Leis & Joyce Shupe to Leich Lathrop Gallery. Each of the artists in their own way create work that is intimate in scale and subject whether it is old paper stencils once used to decorate kimonos (Gavel), impressions of time and space (Leis), or the exploration of line (Shupe).

Weems Gallery
303 Romero NW – 764.0302 – weemsgallery.com
Open House 5-8
Helen Gwinn’s art, expressed in watercolor, embossing & collage, reflects her life, including her love for the flora of the desert where she lives. To her, cactus plants represent survival and exquisite beauty in harsh environments. “I have favorite cacti,” she says, “which I have watched and have been inspired by the seasons of their lives & mine. I consider them old friends.”

Blackbird Gallery
323 Romero St. NW, Ste.16 – 243.9525 – BlackbirdGallery.Biz
Open House 5-8pm
Blackbird Gallery is celebrating it’s wonderful new location in Old Town with Grand Opening specials on all original paintings by Blackfeet artist Farrell Cockrum and local favorite Robert Perea.  New works have been received by all our artists included amazing new pottery plates and bowls from Matthew Patton (Seattle), new jewelry from Navajo artist Cathy Sherman as well as a great selection of Baltic Amber jewelry, and new custom handcarved “Roadrunners” from Matthew Yellowman and Rita Juan. Come visit our new space!

Yucca Art Gallery
206 1/2 San Felipe NW – 247.8931 – yuccaartgallery.com
5-8:30pm
Yucca Art Gallery has had a facelift!  Come see our newly redecorated gallery, lots of new artwork, and as always, great prices!  We are spotlighting the work of Nina Adkins, water media painter, Barbara Barnett, ceramicist, and Tricia Simmons, jeweler.  Also featuring watercolor, acrylic, oil, encaustic, pastels, woodwork, fiber art and wearables, gourds, glass, and a wide variety of jewelry by 39 local artists.

Purple Sage Galeria
201 San Felipe NW – 450.4059 – purplesagegaleria.com
Reception 5-8:30pm
Purple Sage Galeria presents Season Passages, new pastel paintings by Charles Stup.
Stup’s pieces are narrative impressions of art world painting experiences.

DOWNTOWN AREA

Harwood Art Center
1114 7th Street NW – 242-6367 – harwoodartcenter.org
Reception 6-8pm
Harwood Art Center presents I HAVE A QUESTION and there’s no one left to answer it. The exhibition was birthed more than a year ago when Harriette Tsosie and Evey Jones discovered they had both inherited precious journals, diaries, and love letters from their ancestors: Jones, her mother’s travel journals, and Tsosie her paternal grandmother’s diaries (1900 – 1968) and grandparents’ love letters (1906 – 1911). Jones opted for a non literal, abstract response to the theme, while Tsosie incorporated actual text and photographs for part of her exhibition and then responded with a series of three dimensional boxes, some representing family secrets.

OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave, SW – 247.1172 – offcenterarts.org
A silent auction benefitting OFFCenter will take place at Sumner & Dene. Please see the listing under Sumner & Dene for information.

Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW – 842.1400 – sumnerdene.com
Artist’s Reception 5-8pm
Sumner & Dene is proud to present Frank McCulloch:New Mexico Landscapes 2013. His oil paintings of the New Mexico countryside typically depict that magical time right before or right after a rainstorm when the atmosphere is thick with a calm intensity and dramatic color. Frank, the Grand-Daddy of the Arts of Albuquerque, turns 83 this Summer. He has received The Governor’s Award for the Arts, The Bravos Award, been recognized as a Local Treasure and had a retrospective at the Albuquerque Museum. He touched the lives of more than 9,000 students while teaching art at Highlands High School.

Also, Friday, May 3 at 5pm is the OFFCenter Little Houses Silent Auction. Over 125 established and emerging artists donate their unique “Albuquirky Little Houses” for this silent auction fundraiser for OFFCenter. It will be held at Sumner & Dene during Frank McCullough’s opening reception for his solo exhibit. Artists participating in the “Little House Auction” include Frank McCulloch, Angus Macpherson, Jeannie Sellmer, Bill Tondreau, David Snow, Michael Norviel, Ruth Morris, Dan Garrett, Stephanie Lerma, Melody Mock, Maria Moya, and more! The event is free to attend. Bidding starts at $25 and bidding for the silent auction is 5-8pm.

516 ARTS
516 Central Ave SW – 242.1445 – 516arts.org
Open House 5-8pm
Flatlanders & Surface Dwellers is a group exhibition featuring diverse visual art media that explore the intimate and exotic realm of surface texture which evokes visceral, multisensory responses. Artists include: Ivan Boyd, Jessica Kennedy, Steve Budington, Alex Kraft, Phillip Carrier, June Lee, Jennifer Cawley, Noelle Mason, Cristina de los Santos, Andrew McPhail, Nicole Dextras, Zach Meisner, Jessica Drenk, Inés Molina Navea, Gregory Euclide, Timothy Nero, Marla Fields, Rusty Scruby, Blake Gibson, Peter Voshefski, Melissa Gwyn, Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky, Marie-Michèle Jasmin-Bélisle, and Jim Wilsterman.

Hotel Andaluz (mezzanine level)
125 Second St. NW – 346.0011 – hotelandaluz.com
Come by the Hotel Andaluz to see the featured artists. This month brings us Anthony Abbate’s framed ink renderings from the Bird Series, Cactus Series, and Juicy Fruit Series; Sandra Colson’s mixed media photography and pastel; and Lisa Agaran’s mixed media work.

NOB HILL AREA

Inpost Artspace at Outpost
210 Yale Blvd. SE – 268.0044 – outpostspace.org
Opening reception 5-8pm
Erin Parker captures the delight in the unexpected. As a seasoned traveler and photojournalist, Parker’s journeys have taken her around the globe and across six continents. Near & Far is a collection of images arising from Parker’s innate curiosity as a photojournalist along with explorations of her life behind the camera lens.

Peacecraft
3215 Central Avenue NE – 255.5229 – peacecraft.org
Open House 5-6pm
Peacecraft, Albuquerque’s Fair Trade Store, now carries an unusual and diverse collection of local art. Peacecraft is constantly bringing in new artists. Offerings include: Clay, New Mexican, holiday ornaments; fine jewelry; beaded jewelry; wood prints; photography; watercolors; wearable art; textiles, and a grand collection of handmade greeting cards. Contributing artists: Adabel Allen, Fatima Lopez, Patty Jafari, RG Wakeland, Tamara Trejo-Perez, Susan Hunt, Naz, Carol Chamberland, Carol Mullen, Lisa Page, Trina Dunbar, Marie Gore, Michelle Victoria-Delon, Phillip Cornelison, Avery Kalapa, Brenda Williams, Caroline Hess, Jamala Mackin, Page Nall, Nicole Gard, Marti Reed, Terra Reed, Rita Sutcliffe, Serena Stone and Natalie Meyer.

Matrix Fine Art
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 A – 268-8952 – matrixfineart.com
Artscrawl Reception: 5-8pm
Matrix presents Likely Stories-Paintings by Laura Wacha. Laura Wacha’s paintings tell stories that linger in the mind like an unanswered question. Her work is full of cartoon-like creatures on brightly patterned backgrounds that leave an impression that brings one to go back to a piece multiple times. Wacha’s images are of the domestically mundane and globally tragic or vice versa. The creatures in her paintings are fantastical; they are reminiscent of science fiction characters in unusual situations and places. The compositions of Wacha’s pieces give the viewer an opportunity to “fill in the blanks”, so to speak, and create their own story based on their life experiences.

New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 B – 268-8952 – newgroundsgallery.com
Artscrawl Reception: 5-8pm
New Grounds brings us Transitations-Gravure and Monotypes by Adabel Allen. As a printmaker and photographer, Adabel Allen creates images inspired from her dialogue and encounters with birds and nature. Paralleling the natural world’s tendencies with her own is crucial to storytelling in her work – using birds and nature as symbols and metaphors for the transformation, transition and transience she is experiencing in life. Utilizing the camera to capture fleeting moments in nature plays an important role in how Allen created this body of work. This “Transitational” period is an exploration of self, relationships and the environment. “Feeling like a forest having been burnt to the ground, sprouting with new life”, Allen gives us a glimpse into her experiences of life through nature.

NORTHEAST HEIGHTS AREA

The Gallery ABQ
8210 Menaul Blvd. NE – 292-9333 – thegalleryabq.com
Open House and Artists’ Reception and Demo 5-8pm
The Gallery ABQ presents Eyes of the Beholder featuring Sandra Baca’s unique jewelry pieces made from semi-precious stones, antique and ethnic beads; also, Fran Ryan’s watercolor paintings reflecting the Northern New Mexico landscape, and Patricia Klomborowski Williams’ works that play with realism in watermedia. Artist watercolor demonstration by Fran Ryan. Sculptor Tim Gifford’s works in bronze will be featured in the Salon.

Weyrich Gallery
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE – 883.7410 – weyrichgallery.com
Artist’s Reception 5-8:30pm
Mixed Influences is a solo exhibit of Marcia Truell Newren’s kiln worked glass. Marcia Truell Newren holds an MA in anthropology from the University of Colorado, specializing in prehistoric architecture, and was involved in archaeological excavations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Newren, states, “The distinctive cultures of the world often develop in isolation but become diluted with external contact which blurs boundaries. Being fluid, they change. By extension, these mixed influences and collisions cannot help but be mirrored in the work of those seeking any form of expression which pushes beyond sheer mimicry.”

Palette Contemporary Art & Craft
7400 Montgomery Suite 22 – 855.7777 – palettecontemporary.com
Opening Reception 5-8pm
Palette Contemporary Art presents Time’s Up! featuring a collection of vintage and contemporary wall, table, and alarm clocks. Palette’s collection of clocks range from mid-century key-operated German clocks with kitchen timers to Italian clocks with lots of artistic pizzazz. The show runs through May 31.

High Desert Art & Frame
12611 Montgomery Blvd. NE Suite A-4 – 265.4066 – highdesertartandframe.com
Show 5-8pm
Paralyzed Artist Mitzie Bower’s Scratchboard, Pen and ink & Ballpoint pen exhibition comes to us in Living My Childhood Dream. At the age of 17, Mitzie Bower had an unfortunate fall from the balance beam that paralyzed her from the shoulders down. Her loss of physical expression evolved into a passion for visual beauty. A prosthetic brace liberates and animates her hands with the graceful dexterity and movement to create vivid imagery.

Purple Sage Galeria

Yucca Art Gallery
206 1/2 San Felipe NW – 247.8931 – yuccaartgallery.com
5-8:30pm
Come help us celebrate our new spring look-fresh paint and decorations, new art and wonderful prices! We’re spotlighting the work of Midge Aragon, iconographer, Bob Curtis, metalwork artist, and Tricia Simmons, jeweler. Also featuring watercolor, acrylic, oil, encaustic, pastels, ceramics, fiber art and wearables, gourds, glass, and a wide variety of jewelry by 39 local artists.

Blackbird Gallery
323 Romero St. NW, Ste.16 – 243.9525 – BlackbirdGallery.Biz
Open House 5-8pm
Blackbird Gallery is celebrating it’s wonderful new location in Old Town with Grand Opening specials on all original paintings by Blackfeet artist Farrell Cockrum and local favorite Robert Perea. New works have been received by all our artists included amazing new pottery plates and bowls from Matthew Patton (Seattle). New jewelry from Navajo artist Cathy Sherman as well as a great selection of Baltic Amber jewelry. New custom handcarved “Roadrunners” from Matthew Yellowman and Rita Juan. Come visit our new space!

Weems Gallery
303 Romero NW – 764.0302 – weemsgallery.com
open house 5-8
Helen Gwinn’s art, expressed in watercolor, embossing & collage, reflects her life, including her love for the flora of the desert where she lives. To her, cactus plants represent survival and exquisite beauty in harsh environments. “I have favorite cacti,” she says, “which I have watched and have been inspired by the seasons of their lives & mine. I consider them old friends.”

Hanging Tree Gallery
416 Romero NW – 842.1420 – collectorsguide.com
5-8:30pm
Subjects of Old Town and Beyond
Hanging Tree Gallery features artists Eason Eige and Anne Sandry. Eason showing original paintings of Old Town from his perspective, cactus, cowboy hats and other interesting subjects of the area. He lives in Old Town, is a retired museum curator and has Lived in Albuquerque for the last 15 years. Anne Sandry, originally from France, has a continuous showing of original French pastoral settings, enchanting landscapes and castles from Bordeaux, France.

OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave, SW – 247.1172 – offcenterarts.org
Studio Reception & “Find the Quirk” Drawing 5pm
Self-guided House Tour 11am-4pm, Tickets $25
Take a self-guided house tour of three uniquely artistic, quirky homes in Albuquerque while giving to a great cause. There will be refreshments & musical entertainment at each house. The homes and sculpture gardens part of this year’s tour range from a violin maker’s shop/home overtaken by story-high dragons, an artist/hairdresser’s shop/home laden with murals and mosaics to a multi-media artist/collector’s home splashed with colored walls, artwork, mosaics and more! The Albuquirky House Tour is preceded the night before by our Little Houses Silent Auction held at Sumner & Dene Creations in Art. Proceeds from both the auction and house tour ticket sales benefit OFFCenter Community Arts Project, a local social-profit (501(c)3) which provides a group open studio space, materials, and skill-building workshops in the visual, literary and musical arts to the entire public – free of charge. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the following locations:
On-line at www.offcenterarts.org or by calling (505) 247-1172 or in person at:
OFFCenter Arts: 808 Park Avenue, SW
Bookworks: 4022 Rio Grande Boulevard, NW
Robinson & Sons Violin Shop: 3201 Carlisle Blvd., NE
Sumner & Dene Gallery: 517 Central Avenue, NW
Shampoo Alley: 116 Girard, SE (in alley behind Walgreen’s)

Harwood Art Center
Event at Wells Park on 6th St. NW and Mountain Rd. NW
242-6367 – harwoodartcenter.org
Children’s Art Carnival noon-2pm
Creative Roots offers free, in-depth after school art classes to elementary students in partnership with Community Centers across Albuquerque. The Art Carnival is the culmination of the students’ work and will involve student-created games, murals, and a photo wall where families can take fun pictures. There will be art projects to participate in and the games will be run by high school students from the community. Prizes will be art supplies and goodies to decorate. This event is free thanks to the generous support of the Albert I Pierce Foundation, The Albuquerque Community Foundation, and Bernalillo County.

Weyrich Gallery
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE – 883.7410 – weyrichgallery.com
Artist Talk 1-2pm
Mixed Influences is a solo exhibit of Marcia Truell Newren’s kiln worked glass. Marcia Truell Newren holds an MA in anthropology from the University of Colorado, specializing in prehistoric architecture, and was involved in archaeological excavations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For eight years, she was the studio assistant to an internationally recognized glass sculptor. In 1996 and 1998, she attended Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, and in 1999, studied at the studio of the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, New York. She has taken classes in studio arts, and Art History at the University of New Mexico: and in lithography at La Corta della Miniera near Urbino, Italy. In 1999, she was nominated for the Corning Award through Pilchuck Glass School. Newren, states, “The distinctive cultures of the world often develop in isolation but become diluted with external contact which blurs boundaries. Being fluid, they change. By extension, these mixed influences and collisions cannot help but be mirrored in the work of those seeking any form of expression which pushes beyond sheer mimicry.” 

May 5

Leich Lathrop Gallery
323 Romero Street, NW, Suite 1 – 243.3059 – leichlathropgallery.blogspot.com
Opening Reception 3-5pm
Join us in welcoming Deborah Gavel, Marietta Patricia Leis & Joyce Shupe to Leich Lathrop Gallery. Each of the artists in their own way create work that is intimate in scale and subject whether it is old paper stencils once used to decorate kimonos (Gavel), impressions of time and space (Leis), or the exploration of line (Shupe).

May 11-12

Wright’s Indian Art
2677 Louisiana NE – 266.0120 – wrightsgallery.com

Wright’s Indian Art announces its new location and 106th Anniversary!The celebration includes an Outdoor Art Show, Special Exhibits and Performances And an Auction to Benefit First Nations Community HealthSource (Albuquerque, NM) — Wright’s Collection of Indian Art, the oldest continuously operating Indian art gallery in Albuquerque, will commemorate its newest location and 106th anniversary with a festive celebration on Mother’s Day weekend, May 11-12, 2013

When Wright’s opened in 1907, the New Mexico territory had a population of just 327,000 and was still five years from statehood. Sheep farming was the territory’s most lucrative industry. A young adventurer named Charles Wright, who had been working for the Fred Harvey Company, left the hotel chain to open his own business: Wright’s Trading Post and Curios. It was headquartered downtown in a landmark adobe pueblo-style building at 4th Street and Gold Avenue.

As Albuquerque has evolved from dusty frontier town to cosmopolitan city, Wright’s has changed with it, from a rustic trading post to its new, sophisticated gallery. Over the years, Wright’s has represented the most significant Native American artists of its day, from Pablita Velarde and Maria Martinez to today’s multiple award-winning artists such as Jennifer Curtis, Caroline Carpio, Alfred Joe, Joe & Althea Cajero, Cliff Fragua and many, many more.

Remarkably, the business has remained in the hands of just two families — the Wrights and the Chernoffs. “We’ve lasted 100 years by representing the best of the Native American community — and our upcoming art market is our way of thanking our artists and our customers,” says gallery director Wayne A. Bobrick.

The celebration will kick off on Saturday, May 11, at 10 am, with a ceremonial blessing by a Native medicine man and a ribbon cutting.  Over the weekend, there will be flute playing by sculptor/musician Adrian Wall, dancing by World Champion Hoop Dancer Nakotah LaRance – recently returned from Cirque de Soleil, an informal fashion show by Navajo designer Penny Singer, and more.

Outside in the parking area, booths will be set up for an Indian Artist Market, where the public can meet and buy directly from dozens of leading artists in various media. A few who have confirmed their presence are jewelers Arland Ben (Navajo), Jennifer Curtis (Navajo), Marian Denipah (Navajo), Don Dewa (Zuni), Michael NaNaPing Garcia(Pascua Yaqui), Tommy Jackson (Navajo), Al Joe (Navajo), Steve LaRance (Hopi), Eric Othole (Zuni/Cochiti), Myron Panteah (Zuni), Lyndon Tsosie (Navajo), and Leo Yazzie (Navajo); Zuni fetish carvers Lena Boone and Herbert Him; potters Caroline Elliot (Santa Clara), Glendora Fragua (Jemez), Jennifer Moquino (Santa Clara),Bernice Naranjo (Santa Clara), Dusty Naranjo (Santa Clara), Wallace Nez (Navajo), Dominique Toya (Jemez), Maxine Toya (Jemez), and Kathleen Wall (Jemez); painters Silvester Hustito (Zuni), Ben Nelson (Navajo), Bennie Yellowman Nelson (Navajo), Chris Peshlakai (Navajo) and Alice Yazzie (Navajo); and sculptors Adrian Wall (Jemez) and Kathy Elk Woman Whitman (Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara).

Indoors, to honor all of the Native artists who have supported Wright’s over the years, a Silent Auction with a wonderful variety of items will raise money for First Nations Community Healthsource, a nonprofit organization that serves the local urban Native population as well as other underserved populations, such as the homeless.  First Nations integrates a wide range of services – primary care, dental, substance abuse prevention, behavioral health, diabetes prevention, social services and more – with traditional values to enhance the physical, spiritual and mental well-being of its patients.

Also indoors: a trunk show of vintage jewelry and fetishes by Southwest Zuni Connections, a very special appearance by Navajo master jewelers Carl & Irene Clark, with their legendary micro-mosaic jewelry, and artist demonstrations by Maxine & Dominique Toya (pottery),  and Alice Yazzie (pastels).

Wright’s Indian Art currently offers a vast array of American Indian jewelry, pottery, paintings, sculpture, fetishes, kachinas, folk art, masks, and textiles. Every single item is handmade, and selected with rigorous standards. Says Bobrick, “Indian art has evolved; what hasn’t changed is the trust inspired by the honesty of our dealings with both artists and collectors.”

High Desert Art & Frame
12611 Montgomery Blvd. NE Suite A-4 – 265.4066 – highdesertartandframe.com
Open House 5pm – 8pm
High Desert Art & Frame presents Please Do Touch The Artwork: Textured Works by Tara Miller. Tara Miller says, “Please DO touch the artwork. Texture is my thing. It evokes the sense of thought and the feeling of touch. I strive to create a lot of dimension in my work. Most pieces have a 3D effect. If you have the urge to reach out and touch one of my pieces, then I feel I have succeeded in my artistic quest. Often there is no focal point because the whole piece is the main attraction. Look from afar, then up close, revealing an entirely different world and seeing new layers and dimensions.”

Framing Concepts Gallery
5809 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE – 294.3246 – framingconceptsgallery.com
Open House 5-7pm
Mixing Pigments is a successful blend of artists and their choice mediums of watercolor, pastels, and oils. The headlining artists are titans within their professions; Charles “Bud” Edmondson watercolorist and pastel artist, Nora de Aragon  pastels and J.Waid Griffin oil landscape artist. This collaborative show mostly has an outdoor theme. From homesteads of a forgotten era by “Bud” to exquisite home grown backyard beauties by Nora Aragon to the wild
and wide landscape of the Southwest by Waid Griffin, “Mixing Pigments” offers it all until April 30th.

Palette Contemporary Art & Craft
7400 Montgomery Suite 22 – 855.7777 – palettecontemporary.com
Open House 5-8pm
Visitors to Palette Contemporary Art & Craft will continue to have a chance to view the vibrant and intriguing acrylic creations of abstract artist Stefan Geissbühler. The show, entitled Groupies, will highlight a handful of paintings from his “mini” series; but what this body of work lacks in size, it makes up for in texture, liveliness and imagination. A selection of Geissbühler’s larger paintings will also be on display through April 12.

Weyrich Gallery
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE – 883.7410 – weyrichgallery.com
First Friday Citywide Event 5-8:30pm
“Numinous Transmutations: Selected Art Works of Marlene Zander Gutierrez”, the work of the late artist Marlene Zander Gutierrez. will be on exhibit at Weyrich Gallery. The exhibit consists of three of the artist’s eleven sections of work; the “Inner Child Series”, the “Sacred Earth (Geode) Series” and the “Wound Series.” All the artworks in these (and Marlene’s other) series manifest in different and often challenging ways with the artist’s drive not only to transform her material, but to do so to achieve a level of what might be called iconoclastic and holy ennoblement. Stop in to see this magnificent show.

The Gallery ABQ
8210 Menaul Blvd. NE – 292-9333 – thegalleryabq.com
Artists’ Reception and Demo 5-8pm
The Gallery ABQ presents Artist Storm featuring expressive, contemporary works in watermedia by Nina Adkins, fantasies in egg tempera by Eliza Schmid, and pottery by Marlies Diels who merges color and beauty in her functional pieces. Artist demo in acrylics by Nina Adkins.

NOB HILL AREA

Peacecraft
3215 Central Avenue NE – 255.5229 – peacecraft.org
Open House 5-8pm
Peacecraft, Albuquerque’s Fair Trade Store, now carries an unusual and diverse collection of local art.  Peacecraft is constantly bringing in new artists. Offerings include: Clay, New Mexican, holiday ornaments; fine jewelry; beaded jewelry; wood prints; photography; watercolors; wearable art; textiles, and a grand collection of handmade greeting cards.  Contributing artists:  Adabel Allen, Fatima Lopez, Patty Jafari, RG Wakeland, Tamara Trejo-Perez, Susan Hunt, Naz, Carol Chamberland, Carol Mullen,  Lisa Page, Trina Dunbar, Marie Gore, Michelle Victoria-Delon, Phillip Cornelison, Avery Kalapa, Brenda Williams, Caroline Hess, Jamala Mackin,  Page Nall, Nicole Gard, Marti Reed, Terra Reed, Rita Sutcliffe, Serena Stone and Natalie Meyer.

DOWNTOWN AREA

Harwood Art Center
1114 7th Street NW – 242-6367 – harwoodartcenter.org
Opening Reception 6-8pm
Harwood brings us “That Sound Under the Floor Is the Sea: an exhibition of paintings and other artifacts from the Far North” by Cedra Wood (2012 recipient of the Marion & Kathryn Crissey Award, a Harwood Emerging Artist grant) and “Nature Lover: New Works by Ann Hart Marquis” by Ann Hart Marquis. Exhibitions run through April 25th

516 ARTS
516 Central Ave SW – 242.1445 – 516arts.org
Open House 5-8pm
Flatlanders & Surface Dwellers is a group exhibition featuring diverse visual art media that explore the intimate and exotic realm of surface texture which evokes visceral, multisensory responses. Artists include: Ivan Boyd, Jessica Kennedy, Steve Budington, Alex Kraft, Phillip Carrier, June Lee, Jennifer Cawley, Noelle Mason, Cristina de los Santos, Andrew McPhail, Nicole Dextras, Zach Meisner, Jessica Drenk, Inés Molina Navea, Gregory Euclide, Timothy Nero, Marla Fields, Rusty Scruby, Blake Gibson, Peter Voshefski, Melissa Gwyn, Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky, Marie-Michèle Jasmin-Bélisle, and Jim Wilsterman.

Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW – 842.1400 – sumnerdene.com
Artist’s Reception 5-9pm
Sumner & Dene is honored to present “Mark Horst Figure Show & More” Known primarily for his striking figurative work comprised of bold palette knife and colorful brush work, this exhibit will encompass more including landscapes and New Mexico churches. Mark states that painting the figure is a process, the body is evocative and narrative with energy, a push and pull.  He lets the brush have some freedom, letting it dance around the canvas. The show runs through April 27.

OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave, SW – 247.1172 – offcenterarts.org
Opening Reception 5-8pm
Re-Style/Free-Style  is an exhibit and sale displaying creative, upcycled wearable forms of art. Artists are invited to submit unique hair ornaments, aprons, purses, dresses, spring frocks, jewelry, accessories, clothing, spring fashions recreated from our free box or your favorite thrift store, yarn craft from yarn scraps, hand painted shoes, embroidered old jeans, let your upcycled imagination go wild.

OLD TOWN AREA

Yucca Art Gallery
206 1/2 San Felipe NW – 247.8931 – yuccaartgallery.com
Open House 5-8:30pm
Yucca Art Gallery, the oldest co-op gallery in Old Town, spotlights Stacie Ferguson,
watercolor painter and Terri Helmer, jeweler. Yucca Gallery also features water media,
oils, ceramics, fabric art, wearables, metal weavings and jewelry by 38 additional local
artists.

Blackbird Gallery
323 Romero St. NW, Ste.16 – 243.9525 – BlackbirdGallery.Biz
Reception 5-8pm
Old Town’s most unique and fun gallery will feature incredible new work from Native American contemporary modernist Farrell Cockrum of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana. A 2010 “Local Treasure”, Cockrum has turned up the color in these amazing new pieces. Also featured will be new landscape work from Hispanic artist Robert Perea; spectacular new heishi jewelry from Gallup’s Kathy Sherman (Navajo); new cottonwood hand-carved ‘Roadrunners’ from Matthew Yellowman (Navajo); baltic amber jewelry; and new handcrafted pottery from Kathryn Blackmun (Santa Fe) will be highlighted.

Weems Gallery
303 Romero NW – 764.0302 – weemsgallery.com
Weems Gallery presents the work of Dennis Chamberlain. In his never ending quest to capture the true spirit and the varying moods of the Sandia mountains, photo artist and musician Dennis Chamberlain uses the latest photography techniques, some of which he personally developed. The primary technique he uses is panorama stitching, which involves taking parts of the mountain in separate photos and piecing them together. The purpose of doing this is to generate an image that is so large that it will be very sharp in large format prints, some up to ten feet across.

Leich Lathrop Gallery
323 Romero Street, NW, Suite 1 – 243.3059 – leichlathropgallery.blogspot.com
Opening Reception: 5-7:30pm
Andy Moerlein: Identifying Birds & Relationships. Please welcome New Hampshire sculptor Andy Moerlein as he makes his solo show debut in New Mexico. This show features Moerlein’s ceramic birds, wood sculpture and prints. Moerlein’s work has a storyteller’s attitude – that tightrope walk between naturalism and symbolism. Ceramic birds fill branches and stones with a communication that is evident yet ambivalent. Some snuggle together; others turn their backs to each other. The birds seem ordinary – an embodiment of stillness – frozen in place. Yet each conveys a gesture that implies movement. These birds are prone to startle and fly at any moment. Moerlein’s birds are a mix of authentic and exceptional. Real feathers festoon the rather generic small birds. Wood “stones” and complex branches complete a scene that suggests the interruption of an event. “My birds are steeped in presence. I express my human story with small birds as my actors.”The prints selected to hang with this show are similarly avian predicaments. The birds are often familiar, some even authentic in colors and pose, but they have an attitude that suggests dialogue. There is no doubt that Moerlein has observed birds closely, but the images suggest his focus is on human relationships.

Studio 13
323 Romero St. Suite 13 – 247.2988 – sites.google.com/site/studio13site/
Open House 5-7:30pm
The work of Daniel Ramirez will be on display. Ramirez’ watercolors, acrylics, and drawings have won many awards including the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum.

Page Coleman Gallery

Inpost Artspace at Outpost
210 Yale Blvd. SE – 268.0044 – outpostspace.org
Opening Reception 5-8pm
Portraits, Objects & Environment: Bosque School & Sandia Prep Photographic Collaboration
High School students from Bosque School and Sandia Prep use photography to explore concepts of personality, identity and notions of self through portraiture. Using the Bosque as both a shared experience and neutral surrounding, the students collaborated with partners they had just met to photograph themselves/each other using objects of personal significance to facilitated their examination of assumed or superimposed personalities. Exhibition runs through April 26.

Matrix Fine Art
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 A – 268-8952 – matrixfineart.com
Reception 5-8pm
Likely Stories- Paintings by Laura Wacha. Laura Wacha’s paintings tell stories that linger in the mind like an unanswered question. Her work is full of cartoon-like creatures on brightly patterned backgrounds that leave an impression that brings one to go back to a piece multiple times. Wacha’s images are of the domestically mundane and globally tragic or vice versa. The creatures in her paintings are fantastical; they are reminiscent of science fiction characters in unusual situations and places. The compositions of Wacha’s pieces give the viewer an opportunity to “fill in the blanks”, so to speak, and create their own story based on their life experiences. Show runs through May 25.

New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 B – 268-8952 – newgroundsgallery.com
Reception 5-8pm
Transitations – Gravure and Monotypes by Adabel Allen
As a printmaker and photographer, Adabel Allen creates images inspired from her dialogue and encounters with birds and nature. Paralleling the natural world’s tendencies with her own is crucial to storytelling in her work – using birds and nature as symbols and metaphors for the transformation, transition and transience she is experiencing in life. Utilizing the camera to capture fleeting moments in nature plays a major role in how Allen created this body of work.  This “Transitational” period is an exploration of self, relationships and the environment. “Feeling like a forest having been burnt to the ground, sprouting with new life”, Allen gives us a glimpse into her experiences of life through nature. The show runs through May 25.

Park Fine Art
20 First Plaza NW – 764.1900 – parkfineart.com
Opening Reception 5-8pm
New artists and new artwork from Korea. The show include artists from Korea; Ahn, Hyun-Gon; Gi, Yong-Joo; Cho, In-Hee; Red Joo; Koo, Tae-Hoe; Yoo, Seon-Hyung; You, Jae-Bok and local artist Rex Barron.

Concetta D Gallery
20 First Plaza NW – 243-5066 – concettadgallery.com
Open House 5-8pm
Spring open house and group show with new works by gallery artists.

516 ARTS
516 Central Ave SW – 242.1445 – 516arts.org
Open House 5-8pm
Flatlanders & Surface Dwellers is a group exhibition featuring diverse visual art media that explore the intimate and exotic realm of surface texture which evokes visceral, multisensory responses. ARTISTS INCLUDE: Ivan Boyd, Jessica Kennedy, Steve Budington, Alex Kraft, Phillip Carrier, June Lee, Jennifer Cawley, Noelle Mason, Cristina de los Santos, Andrew McPhail, Nicole Dextras, Zach Meisner, Jessica Drenk, Inés Molina Navea, Gregory Euclide, Timothy Nero, Marla Fields, Rusty Scruby, Blake Gibson, Peter Voshefski, Melissa Gwyn, Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky, Marie-Michèle Jasmin-Bélisle, and Jim Wilsterman.

Sumner & Dene
517 Central NW – 842.1400 – sumnerdene.com
5-9pm
Sumner & Dene is honored to present “Mark Horst Figure Show & More” Known primarily for his striking figurative work comprised of bold palette knife and colorful brush work, this exhibit will encompass more including landscapes and New Mexico churches. Mark states that painting the figure is a process, the body is evocative and narrative with energy, a push and pull.  He lets the brush have some freedom, letting it dance around the canvas.  Sumner & Dene, located Downtown Albuquerque at 517 Central NW, is open weekdays 10-6, Saturdays 10-5, Sundays 12 noon-4.  For more information call 505-842-1400 or go to: www.sumnerdene.com

OFFCenter Community Arts Project
808 Park Ave, SW – 247.1172 – offcenterarts.org
Performance 6-8pm
It’s time for another OFFCenter Coffeehouse presentation. This Friday will feature the highly revered and popular Jimmy Abraham. Expect a night of fine songs sung by an able and charming storyteller. No cover. A Pass the Hat Production.