Archive for May, 2009

Who: State of New Mexico museums in Santa Fe
What: Open and free Memorial Day weekend
When: Memorial Day weekend, 2009
Where: The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the New Mexico History Museum
Contact: (505) 476.1162

To celebrate the grand opening of the New Mexico History Museum, the four state museums in Santa Fe will be open, admission free, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Memorial Day weekend.  The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the New Mexico History Museum will be open. The Rail Runner will also be operating to Santa Fe all three days, on a Saturday schedule. To see what is on view at the museums go to www.museumofnewmexico.org.

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Who: New Mexico History Museum
What: Grand opening
When: Noon on May 24, 2009
Where: New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue, just north of the Santa Fe Plaza.
Contact: (505) 476-1141, www.nmhistorymuseum.org

With the installation of exterior signage today, the New Mexico History Museum took another step toward its May 24 grand opening. Workers affixed the words “New Mexico History Museum” and “Pete V. Domenici Building” over the Museum’s main entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue, just north of the Santa Fe Plaza.

“It’s beautiful,” said Dr. Frances Levine, Museum director. “Now it looks like the Museum it’s quickly becoming on the inside. We’re in a final flurry of activity to mount exhibits and we’re looking forward to letting visitors experience the stories our staff, volunteers and contractors have worked so hard to bring to life.”

The Museum has been a long-sought dream of supporters for more than 20 years.  Archaeological work began on the site in 2002, and ground was officially broken in 2004. A combination of $44 million in state and federal money, plus private donations, has brought it to the brink of completion.

The 96,000-square-foot Museum takes visitors on an interactive journey through more than four centuries of stories in its core exhibition, Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now. It also features a Changing Gallery, with a premiere exhibition, Fashioning New Mexico.

Two free days of family activities will herald its grand opening at noon on May 24. For a full schedule of events, log onto www.nmhistorymuseum.org.

The New Mexico Rail Runner will operate its Saturday schedule (http://www.nmrailrunner.com/schedule.asp) on May 24 and 25 to accommodate opening-weekend visitors. In addition, all four of the state’s Santa Fe-based museums will have free admission on both days: the Museum of Art (http://www.nmartmuseum.org/); the Museum of International Folk Art (http://www.internationalfolkart.org/); and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (http://www.indianartsandculture.org/).

For more information about the New Mexico History Museum, including a selection of user-ready high-resolution photographs, log on to http://media.museumofnewmexico.org/nmhm.  More than 8,000 additional, high-resolution photographs illustrating the history of New Mexico are available by keyword search at www.palaceofthegovernors.org (click on “Digitized Collections”). Most requests for scans from this site can be delivered the same day, and usage is free for publicity purposes only.

For more New Mexico information visit www.new-mexico-visitor.com

Who: Meyer Gallery
What: Oil paintings by landscape artist Douglas Fryer
When: Now through June 25th, 2009
Where: Meyer Gallery located at 225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe
Contact: (505) 983-1434, www.meyergalleries.com

All events will take place at Meyer Gallery located at 225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501.  Unless otherwise noted all events will take place on a Friday from 5pm to 7pm.  Events are open to change.

Douglas Fryer was born in Salt Lake City , Utah, and was raised in Illinois and California. In 1988 he received a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in Provo Utah, and later returned to BYU for further study toward an MFA in Painting and Drawing, completing the degree in 1995. Douglas has taught fine art and illustration at several universities and art schools, including BYU, The University of Hartford in Hartford Connecticut, and at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Although he works mainly in oil, Douglas enjoys working in a variety of mediums including watercolor, printmaking, and digital. His love of landscape stems from having lived in many beautiful areas of the country, including seven years in rural Vermont, and most recently central Utah.

His personal works are moving images of places, objects and people that have simple, yet profound significance to him. He hopes that those who view his paintings will sense his love for his subjects and his pleasure in working with his materials.

The close date for this show is June 25th, 2009.

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