South Central New Mexico News & Events
In honor of National Public Lands Day, the Bureau of Land Management - Las Cruces District will be hosting an Archaeology Fair this Saturday, Sept. 24 at Dripping Springs Natural Area's Ice Canyon ✨In honor of National Public Lands Day, we will be hosting an Archaeology Fair this Saturday, Sept. 24 at Dripping Springs Natural Area's Ice Canyon. Come out and enjoy FREE entry and parking and experience a variety of events and hands-on activities for all ages. #NPLD Visit Las Cruces, New Mexico
We're so excited for fall in South Central New Mexico! ✨Change is in the air!
Leaves changing colors are one of the indicating signs of the autumn season. Here at White Sands, the bright green leaves of the Rio Grande Cottonwood (Populus deltoids wizlizenii) turn to vibrant colors of orange and yellow. Fall into your National Parks this season and experience cooler temperatures and beautiful scenery!
#FallColors #FallInToAdventure #FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque
Image description: A yellow leaf of the Rio Grand Cottonwood.
Socorro Fest starts TONIGHT in Socorro, New Mexico ✨Socorro Fest is this weekend!!! Come on out for a great time with live music, local vendors, food, cocktails, and of course beer🍻🍻
The festivities begin Friday (9/16) evening & go all day Saturday (9/17) as well.
PLUS we will be releasing a brand new beer! It's called Miner Transgression and is a delicious, malt forward & easy drinking Amber Ale.
Join us for a weekend full of entertainment and supporting our local community!
Art Hop in Truth or Consequences is THIS SATURDAY, September 10th! ✨RioBravoFineArt, located at 110 N. Broadway Avenue in Truth or Consequences, NM will feature “Trying to Catch the Wind” by Roy van der Aa. This collection of new mixed media paintings, which van der Aa calls “a re-imagining of landscape painting” will be displayed during the Art Hop on September 10 th from 6-9pm. The show will run through October 28 th. Traditional landscape is a static snapshot which freezes a scene. As a kid drawing in the backseat van der Aa noticed that clouds moved, light moved and ebbed and flowed. When he sketched and painted outdoors wind blew and bugs flew into the paint. Not only that – the artist moved and his mood changed as well. Images flowed into each other and he wanted to find a way to express that.
At an exercise in late 2017 with an art discussion group, each participant did a fast torn paper collage and used it to interpret an assigned quote. Van der Aa received the William Plover quote, “Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” This resonated with him and he overpainted copies of his collage in unique variations finding connections between different elements in various ways. This meant choosing a different dominant color in each piece and enlarging or reducing elements.
The variations are almost musical in nature – van der Aa states a theme and then expands on it thoughtfully and immediately. In time he developed a vocabulary of white shapes and dotted lines to act as counterpoint in the composition. Twenty of these are enlarged and painted in a 22” x 17” size. These works are quirky, moody and self contradictory. Roy van der Aa was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1956 and he grew up in Montreal, Canada. His formal education includes 2 years of Fine Art specialty at John Abbott College, and 3 years at Concordia University studying printmaking and archaeology. He moved to the US in 1989. He has had over 118 solo and group shows in The United States, Canada and Europe.
www.riobravofineartgallery.com/soloexhibition.html
Amazing events happening in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument this September! ✨
The inaugural Hillsboro Street Market is happening on September 3rd in downtown Hillsboro, NM! ✨We are two weeks away from our inaugural Hillsboro Street Market in downtown Hillsboro, NM!
The street will be full of local vendors selling their art, live music downtown, local business’s and open studios. Several food options will be available including our friends @farm_to_taco who will be dishing up tasty tacos.
Stay tuned this week to see which artists, musicians and food vendors that you can look forward to seeing there!
Come on out to enjoy and enjoy the day with us!
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Live music this afternoon in Truth or Consequences! ✨This afternoon from 4-6pm at Truth or Consequences Brewing check out the Rockin' Blue Geckos jam classic country, rock and blues!