OLD TOWN & SAWMILL
ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY
328 B San Felipe St - 505.244.9195
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (5-8 pm)
Chasing the Storm ~ This First Friday, Sept 1, the Albuquerque Photographers’ Gallery brings you gallery member Jake Werth: Storm Chaser. Jake will talk about how he got into storm chasing, his adventures during the chase, and the stunning storm photographs that he captures after days and hours trekking down long, lonely roads and across states seeking the perfect storm. Join us for a rollicking good time this Friday!
AMAPOLA GALLERY
205 Romero St - 505.242.4311
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (4-7 pm)
10-5 Daily
Brenda Bowman and A. Tidrow Connely bring you “Earthly Visions” in their September Featured Artist presentation at Old Town’s Amapola Gallery.
GHOSTWOLF GALLERY
206-1/2 San Felipe St. NW STE 3 - 505.246.9653
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (5-8pm)
Open 11-6 daily
"Mike is a natural painter, he was born that way." -Willem de Kooning, 1966
Ghostwolf Gallery is delighted to bring the work of Michael Fitzhugh Wright to Old Town Albuquerque. An abstract expressionist painter, Michael is one of the few remaining members of the New York School, having been a friend and colleague to Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and David Smith in the famous days of the Cedar Bar and Eighth Street Art Club. Michael studied with Paul Brach, was an assistant to Willem de Kooning, and has had an impressive career spanning almost 70 years. Please join us for an evening with him this First Friday, September 1st! The evening will include a Q&A session. Exhibition runs through September 25th, 2023. For more information, visit: www.ghostwolf.gallery
Friday, September 1st (5-7pm)
Gallery Hozho will be open until 7:00 pm on Friday, September 1. If you haven't had a chance to see Fryes & Friends be sure to stop by to see the work of Kelly, Jacob, and Russell Frye along with Kurt Lomawaima, Duhon James, Boderra Joe, Alex Pena, and others.
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT PHOTOGRAPHY ART GALLERY
404 San Felipe St. NW, Suite #A1 - 505.515.5547 -or- 972.839.5500
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New AABA member Land of Enchantment Photography Art Gallery invites you to meet its two owners and exhibiting artists, Allen Bourne and Allen Morrison. Morrison will feature intimate landscapes of the Southwest, while Bourne will exhibit images from his series, Badlands in Black & White. Images are presented on infused aluminum, as traditional archival pigment prints, and as archival pigment prints mounted on Baltic birch panels. ARTScrawl visitors will receive a 10% off coupon!
YUCCA ART GALLERY
206 1/2 San Felipe NW STE 1 (Patio Market) - 505.247.8931
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (5-8pm)
First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1, 2023 (5-8pm)
Come enjoy rock and roll favorites with Bob Maus on his piano and meet our Featured Artists, Sharon Rutherford, oil painter, Sharon Patrick, gourd artist, and Myra Gadson, jeweler. Myra was recently the recipient of the "Local Treasures" award from the Albuquerque Arts Business Association. There will be yummy goodies and stimulating conversation as well as marvelous art work from 38 local artists. We look forward to seeing you there!
DOWNTOWN & MOUNTAIN ROAD
First Friday ARTScrawlHEIGHTS
THE GALLERY ABQ
First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (5-8pm)
Regular hours: 11:00am-4:00 pm Tuesday-Saturday
The Gallery ABQ presents the September 2023 Salon Show “Zero Scaping—the drought tolerant artwork, ready to plant--Show,” with Pat Carr, Janny Pezaro, and George (Hauie) Hayes. In the Main Gallery, the Featured Artists are George (Hauie) Hayes and Marlies Diels. Sponsored by Tractor Brewery. For more information, see the gallery website at www.thegalleryabq.com or Facebook@TheGalleryAbq.
NORTH VALLEY
GALLERY WITH A CAUSE
4901 Lang Ave NE - 505.828.3791
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First Friday ARTScrawl
Friday, September 1st (6-8:30)
The Architecture of Beauty – Works by Prominent NM Artists
Curated by Regina Held - featuring 360 works by 17 beloved New Mexico artists. Brandon Allebach, Karen Benelli, Michael Billie, Kevin Black, Tom Blazier, Donna Loraine Contractor, John DeSpain, David Douglas, Jaci Fischer, Tom Gavitt, Colleen Z. Gregoire, Dara Mark, Catalina Salinas, Nicholas Tesluk, Sondra Wampler, Alice Webb and Seoung Youn. Food trucks, refreshments, music, and door prizes! Forty-percent of each art sale goes to our patients in need. Runs through November 17, 2023. Gallery visits by appointment only: Regina Held, regina@gallerywithacause.org
ARTIST EVENT LISTINGS
KEVIN BLACK
First Friday Artscrawl, September 1 (6 – 8:30 pm)
The Architecture of Beauty – Works by Prominent NM Artists
Exhibition dates: August 22 –November 17, 2023
This exhibition, showcases 360 works of art by 17 well-known and beloved New Mexico artists working in a variety of genres and media. Forty-percent of each art sale is tax-deductible and goes to the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation supporting our patients’ non-medical needs during their battle with life-changing illness.
CORRALES
GLIMMERGLASS ART
4686 Corrales Road - 505.249.4592
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Sundays in the Village
Sunday, September 3rd (10-4pm)
Glimmerglass Art will be featuring A strait Painters, jewelry, fused glass and wood art!
DOWNTOWN
SUMNER & DENE
517 Central Ave NW - 505-842-1400
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MEET THE ARTIST
Saturday, September 2nd (4-6pm)
Regular hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-4
Sumner & Dene presents
Jana Lee Aspin & Todd Tibbals
Todd Tibbals has been painting 'cubist' watercolors for the past 40 years, combining landscapes, architecture and figures. Jana Aspin brings her mixed media and acrylic landscapes and fun ravens to her first exhibit at Sumner & Dene. Exhibit runs September 1-30. For more information, call 505-842-1400 or visit: sumnerdene.com
516 Arts
516 Central Ave. SW - 505.242.1445
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516 ARTS' presents Fluid Gaze, curated by Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné), which features the work of 13 artists from various creative practices and 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, presenting Indigenous, non-Indigenous, and Latinx perspectives. The opening reception will be on Saturday, September 30, 6–8 PM, with music by DJ Anjo a special performance piece at 6:30pm from exhibiting artist José Villalobos, who challenges, subverts, and protests the "toxicity of machismo" culture through provocative transformations of vaquero (cowboy) iconography.
HEIGHTS
WEEMS GALLERY & FRAMING
5935 Wyoming Blvd NE - 505.293.6133
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Meet the ArtistFriday, September 8th (5-7pm)
BC Nowlin
Join Weems Gallery in September for BC Nowlin's Solo Exhibition- and meet the artist on Friday, September 8th, from 5 to 7pm. Learn about the inspiration for his works. Nowlin’s paintings are notable for their vibrant and intense colors, and his pieces most often illustrate mankind on a spiritual journey – riding toward an ever-present, distant light. Purchase a piece of BC's artwork during the Opening, and 20% will be donated to New Day Youth and Family Services. See BC's newest art during September at Weems!
NORTH VALLEY
NORTH FOURTH ART CENTER
4904 Fourth Street NW Albuquerque - (505) 345-2872
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Meet the Artists
Friday, September 8 (5-8pm)
Through the Mind’s Eye over Time
Placitas printmaker Evey Jones and sculptor Sara Lee D’Alessandro of Cuba, New Mexico, are featured artists in N4th Gallery for September and October. The subtle colors of the exhibit provide commonality in what is otherwise an exhibition of contrasts in both media and scale. The show includes an ancillary exhibit in Gallery X of the artists’ earlier works and latest explorations. Opening reception on September 8; on view through October 28.
PLACITAS
WILD HEARTS GALLERY
221-B State Highway 165 - 505.361.2710
www.wildheartsgallery.com/- map
Meet the Artist
Saturday, September 9th (1-4pm)
Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas presents Laura Robbins: Toward Water featuring mosaics created with unique, hand formed ceramics along with fused, cast and cut glass. This body of work was created before and after a recent visit to the Big Island of Hawaii. Exhibit dates: September 5-October 1 with an artist’s reception Saturday, September 9, 1-4 pm. A percentage of Robbins’ sales during the exhibit will be donated to Hawaii Community Foundation: Maui Strong.
ARTIST EVENT LISTINGS
KELLI JUDKINS-COOPER
Kelli Judkins-Cooper has been busy preparing for her solo show entitled “For the Birds”. It will be held at O’Niell’s Pub Nob Hill Location and is opening September 24. It will be Chock-full of her poignant whimsical birds as well as two huge collaborative pieces she created with Maewyn Padilla. You won’t want to miss this show.
In addition to her show at O’Niell’s Pub, Kelli will have several pieces of work on the walls of the Orpheum Hub Community Center for Artwalk September 8 in the Burque Bombshells Pin-Up Art Show. This will also be an event not to miss with great art, music, and food.
JANET BOTHNE
Janet Bothne will open her studio doors for the North Valley Studio Tour Sept. 16th & 17th from 10am-5pm each day. She welcomes guest artist Rita Noe at stop #11 on the tour— 6601 4th St. NW Ste. L. See the complete map at www.northvalleystudiotour.com
SANDIA HEIGHTS ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR
Saturday & Sunday September 9th & 10th
The Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour will be held September 9 & 10, 2023 in the Sandia Heights neighborhood located near the intersection of Tramway and Paseo Del Norte (follow the signs). Fifty accomplished artists will participate at 15 locations in a compact neighborhood nestled in the foothills.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of this free event, and it is bigger than ever. The artists, many of whom are award-winning, will show their work big and small ranging from pottery to painting, woodworking to wearable creations, and jewelry to algorithm art, just to name a few. Come with curiosity and leave surprised at the range and quality of the artists. You might find an irresistible piece to enhance your home, to gift, or even to immediately wear! The Sandia Heights artists proudly support La Mesa Arts Academy, a free after-school program for students at La Mesa Elementary School. For more information (or to download a brochure), visit: www.sandiaheightsartists.com
BLUE PORTAL
2107 Church St Albuquerque- 505.243-6005
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Blue Portal in Old Town is already balloon ready with cards, fabric items, ornaments, bird houses and more. Visit soon 2107 Church Street NW, next to Church Street Cafe!
HOTEL ANDALUZ
125 Second Street NW - 505.242.9090
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In cooperation with the AABA, the Hotel Andaluz hosts quarterly exhibitions that showcase work from local galleries. The hotel gallery is on the mezzanine alongside the Ibiza Lounge, one of three hotel dining experiences. The third exhibition in 2023 features select works by Amy Michelle Ditto, Gwen Entz Peterson, Rene Marz Mullis, Roberta Parry, Sarah Blumenschein, and Tom Cassidy. This exhibition is on view through October 17. Street, garage, and valet parking are available at the Copper Avenue entrance to the hotel.
GHOSTWOLF GALLERY
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