In this exhibit, you will learn about women’s clothing from the pioneer days of the 1870s to the Depression Era of the 1930s. The exhibit focuses on clothing worn for “everyday” as well as special events like weddings, funerals, and baptism. Under garments are included, as well as accessories such as hats and gloves. Lots of dresses and lots of historic photographs.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.  575-522-4100.  www.frhm.org

Monday through Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm.
Sunday: Noon to 5 pm.
Daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The barns close at 4 p.m. each day, but visitors may still walk to see the livestock until 5 pm.
Admission rates
Adults: $5
Senior citizens (60 and over): $4
Children 4-17: $3
Active U.S. military & veterans: $2
Children 3 and under and museum members with card: Free* New Mexico seniors are admitted free on Wednesdays.
* Admission rates may differ for special events

The exhibit will be in the Museum’s Legacy gallery through August 25, 2019.

Exhibit:  Animals of the Southwest at New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.

575-522-4100.  www.fhrm.org

Featuring a collection of pastel paintings of animals by Dinah Swan. Exhibit through August 4, 2019.

Monday through Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m.
Daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The barns close at 4 p.m. each day, but visitors may still walk to see the livestock until 5 p.m.

Admission rates:

Adults: $5
Senior citizens (60 and over): $4
Children 4-17: $3
Active U.S. military & veterans: $2
Children 3 and under and museum members with card: Free* New Mexico seniors are admitted free on Wednesdays.

* Admission rates may differ for special events*

Exhibit runs July 1 – August 20, 2019.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd. Mon–Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. $2-5. 575-522-4100. frhm.org

Saddles and saddle makers are an important part of ranching history in New Mexico and the Southwest. The saddle was the most critical tool of the cowboy; it was one of the most expensive purchases he would make, so he wanted a good, durable saddle that was specific to the work he was doing – whether it was riding the range on a cattle drive, roping and branding calves, or at the rodeo. Cowboys sought out particular saddle makers for their custom orders and based their selections on the makers’ reputations for making exactly what the cowboy needed and used. It would be impossible to talk about all of the important saddle makers in the Southwest. Instead, we will focus on four individuals whose saddles are representative of the many well-known southwestern saddle makers.

This exhibit also provides a leather-stamping activity for children.

Bonnie, originally from California, has lived in Las Cruces for 6 years. Her interest in making art tile began in Tucson where she spent 10 years learning the craft with Santa Teresa Tile Works on many projects of public art.  Today she is devoted to making both wall art and small tables for the locals.

Lori works with gemstone jewelry.  Originally from Chattanooga, TN, she moved to Las Cruces in 2013. She has taken classes in jewelry making in Santa Fe, NM, Asheville and Bryson City, NC and Tucson, AZ. Her greatest thrill is to have someone fall in love with a piece of her jewelry and love it as much as she does.

Gallery hours Mon-Sun 10 am to 5 pm.  For more information, call 575-522-2933 or visit our website: www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com

The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery located at 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, across from the Fountain Theatre, will feature two local artists for the month of July, Bonnie MacQuarrie and Lori Shalett and also welcomes it’s newest member Jan Severson.

Bonnie, originally from California, has lived in Las Cruces for 6 years. Her interest in making art tile began in Tucson where she spent 10 years learning the craft with Santa Teresa Tile Works on many projects of public art.  Today she is devoted to making both wall art and small tables for the locals.

Lori works with gemstone jewelry.  Originally from Chattanooga, TN, she moved to Las Cruces in 2013. She has taken classes in jewelry making in Santa Fe, NM, Asheville and Bryson City, NC and Tucson, AZ. Her greatest thrill is to have someone fall in love with a piece of her jewelry and love it as much as she does.

The Gallery’s newest member, Jan Severson, is a fiber artist. She prefers the colors of nature using colorful reeds, yarns, wood objects and beads in her weavings. The beauty of New Mexico often serves as an inspiration for her art.

First American Bank, Mesilla, is well represented by gallery members who rotate their artwork on a monthly basis.

In addition, the 30 artists of the Gallery offer art in various media, which include original paintings, oil, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, fused glass art jewelry, unique one of a kind woodturnings, stained glass, photography, ceramics, mixed media, unusual decorated gourds, handmade textile weavings, art tile, affordable quality natural gemstone jewelry, handcrafted basket weavings, pencil, charcoal and ink drawings, prints, cards and miniature paintings.

Gallery hours Mon-Sun 10 am to 5 pm.  For more information, call 575-522-2933 or visit our website: www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com

Runs July 1 – September 13 – Drawn to the Land:  Peter Hurds NM Exhibit.

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd. Mon–Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. $2-5. 575-522-4100. frhm.org

“Drawn to the Land: Peter Hurd’s New Mexico” features 24 paintings and some of the artist’s belongings, including one of his palettes, a pair of chaps, sombrero, guitar, and polo helmet and mallet.

The show, which includes loans from the Hurd La Rinconada Gallery in San Patricio, N.M., and the El Paso Museum of Art, also features a video about Hurd (1904-1984).

“A Universe of Stories” Adult Summer Reading Program.

“A Universe of Stories” is the theme of Thomas Branigan Memorial Library’s 2019 Adult Summer Reading Program. Explore the wonders of our universe and learn about the solar system. Patrons are invited to try something new: learn new facts about space, read a new book, try a new craft, meet new people, and much more!

Summer reading programs aren’t just for kids; adults of all ages are welcome and encouraged to join “Planetary Possibilities,” the adult summer reading challenge. All you have to do to participate is read books, verify your reading with feference staff, and win prizes, what could be better than that?
Every Wednesday in June and July we will feature a different speaker from 2– 3 p.m. in the Roadrunner room. Each program will help the audience learn more about the universe in which we live and will offer new information gained through ongoing research and discovery. While presentations are geared for an adult audience, all interested parties are welcome to attend. All programs are free and are part of the library’s Summer Reading Program.
• July 3—City Museums, “Human Space Flight.”
• July 10—Genealogy, “Discovering a Universe of Family DNA.”
• July 17—Space Mural Museum, “What the Museum Offers to the Public.”
• July 24—Astronomical Society, “Viewing the Milky Way from the New Mexico Sky.”
• July 31—NMSU, “The View from Outer Space.”

For more information about these programs, contact the Reference Department at 575/528-4005 or library.reference@las-cruces.org