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.

Meredith’s interest in fabrics and fiber started early, when she first learned to sew. She experimented with painting and drawing through her youth and early adulthood. After some time designing and fabricating costumes for the No Strings Theatre Company, she decided to work with fabric and fiber as an artistic media. She uses primarily recycled fabric, yarns, beads and leather, along with found objects and decorative items from thrift stores.
Kay is an award winning, local artist who was born in South Korea and has lived in New Mexico since 1997. She was trained in traditional watercolor (Sumukhwa) in Korea but she works in all mediums now.  Desert and Southwest landscapes are her favorite subjects and she also enjoys painting still life using a modified pallet knife technique of her own creation.  She has traveled to many countries but has found no comparison to the Land of Enchantment.

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

Runs August 1 – September 1 – 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).

Through October 2019, for From the Ground Up XXIX, a biennial juried ceramics show, co-hosted by the Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces. This show features 38 regional artists, including Jan Archey, Vincent Burke, and Suzanne Kane.

Enjoy the exhibit’s opening reception on Friday August 9, 2019. The juror for this year’s show, Naomi Clement, will provide a lecture about ceramic arts from 4:30pm to 5:30pm in the Shannon gallery at the Branigan cultural Center, and the awards ceremony will follow at 6pm to 7pm at the Museum of Art.

The museum is located at 491 N. Main Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm, and Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm. For the 2019 summer months, the museum is open until 8pm Wednesdays. For additional information, visit the website at: http://las-cruces.org/museums or call 575.541.2137.

2019 Music on the Plaza Series – Free Admission

The City of Las Cruces Parks & Recreation Department is expanding the popular Music in the Park Series for June with the addition of Thursday Night Music on the Plaza.

The series will feature a mix of music including Jazz, Rock-a-Billy, Classic Rock, Blues, and Contemporary, and will feature all local artists.

Thursday Night Music on the Plaza

August 22
Zach Heckendorf-Alternative Folk-Denver, CO
Chris Baker-Americana, folk, rock-Las Cruces

For information on the Music in the Park Series, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 575/541-2550.