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Visit Las Cruces marks National Travel and Tourism Week by highlighting area

In celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW), which takes place now through Friday, May 9, Visit Las Cruces will highlight the tourism industry in our community with a... read more →

May 4, 2020
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01mar10:00 am31(mar 31)4:00 pmExhibit: Rural Life in New Mexico: Paintings by Carlitta Harvey

01mar10:00 am31(mar 31)4:30 pmExhibit: “Gaspar Enríquez: Chicano Pride, Chicano Soul”

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Join us for a new retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Art, Gaspar Enríquez: Chicano Pride, Chicano Soul. Gaspar Enríquez is a nationally recognized Chicano artist from El Paso, Texas, who uses an airbrush to created hyper-realistic portraits. The exhibit is on view February 3 through May 6, 2023.

Gaspar Enríquez is a self-defined Chicano artist who has been at the forefront of the national Chicano art movement for over fifty years. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, he uses his hyper-realistic, airbrushed portraits to show the humanity of the El Paso Chicano community and the tensions they face when living in a two-culture environment. Enríquez’s Chicano heritage is a consistent thread that ties together his work, which reflects his life experiences, the urban environment, and the people of his hometown. His compassionate nature allows him to capture his subject’s humanity and forces the viewer to look deeply at his subjects.

Gaspar Enríquez was born in 1942 and raised in the Segundo Barrio of El Paso, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Art from University of Texas, El Paso in 1971 and a Master of Art from New Mexico State University in 1985. Enriquez was an art teacher at Bowie High School in El Paso for 32 years. Since his retirement, he has focused on his artwork and renovating adobe structures in the historic downtown of San Elizario, Texas. His artwork is in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, the El Paso Museum of Art, and other prominent institutions.

The museum is located at 491 N. Main St. and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm and Saturday 9am to 4:30pm. There is no admission fee. The museum is accessible from RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1 Stop 1. For additional information, visit the website at https://www.lascruces.gov/museums or call (575) 541-2137

Time

1 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - 31 (Friday) 4:30 pm

Location

Las Cruces Museum of Art

491 N. Main Street

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10mar(mar 10)10:00 am31(mar 31)4:00 pmIcons & Retablos: The Blessings of Christ on Home Altars Exhibit

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The NMSU University Art Museum (UAM) is excited to announce the opening of Icons & Retablos: The Blessings of Christ on Home Altars in the Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery at the UAM on the campus of NMSU. Guest curated by Dr. Elizabeth Zarur, this exhibition, created in collaboration with the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts, invites visitors to see devotional works iconic to both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity.

In these joint exhibitions, both the UAM and the Museum of Russian Icons will display portions of each other’s significant collections.
Concurrent running exhibitions at the UAM and the Museum of Russian Icons were curated by Dr. Zarur to explore these two styles of
devotion through diverse materials, themes, and artistic expressions.

The Museum of Russian Icons and the UAM are both caretakers of two important collections, portraying religious subjects which conform to theological guidelines and traditional iconography. The NMSU Art Museum houses the largest collection of Mexican retablos in the U.S. Meanwhile, the Museum of Russian Icons is the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to Russian icons, and houses the largest collection of icons outside of Russia. The UAM’s Icons & Retablos: The Blessings of Christ on Home Altars and the Museum of Russian Icons’ Icons & Retablos: Images of Devotion encourage visitors to compare these sacred paintings, not only within each altar space but also “across the aisle.”

Dr. Elizabeth Zarur holds a BFA in Printmaking and Drawing, an MFA in Fiber Arts, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Art. During her 30-year
career teaching art history at New Mexico State University and Wheaton College in Massachusetts, she published extensively and curated
several exhibitions. Her research focuses on the arts and culture of Latin America and Portugal with the publication of books and articles
on the nineteenth-century Mexican retablo, the colonial architecture and religious rituals of Brazil, women artists in baroque Portugal,
and the feather art of the Indians of Central Brazil. She has curated several national and international exhibitions accompanied by
comprehensive catalogs; and attended conferences and delivered lectures in Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, and the United States.

Icons & Retablos: The Blessings of Christ on Home Altars. The exhibition will be on view March 10 through August 26, 2023 in the UAM’s Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery. More information about associated programming will be available on the UAM’s website. Click for more information

The NMSU Art Museum is located at 1308 E. University Avenue in Las Cruces, in Devasthali Hall at the intersection of E. University Ave. and S. Solano Drive. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Designated gallery parking is available, and general parking on the NMSU campus is free on weekends and after 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

For more information, please visit our website at: uam.nmsu.edu or contact Art Museum Coordinator Jasmine Herrera directly (575)-646-2545 or artmuseum@nmsu.edu.

Event Address/location: NMSU Art Museum. 1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88003

Admission: Free

Event Phone Number: 575-646-2545

Event Website: uam.nmsu.edu

Time

10 (Friday) 10:00 am - 31 (Friday) 4:00 pm

Location

University Art Museum

1308 E. University Avenue

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30marallday31alldayAerospace Industry Night at Mesilla Valley Mall

30mar6:00 pm10:00 pmThe Space Between Us

31maralldayNMSU Aggies Men's Tennis vs. Seattle U

31mar10:00 amNMSU Aggies Women's Tennis vs. Sam Houston

31mar12:00 pm1:00 pm100 West Café Lunches - Southern

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100 West Café is a food laboratory for students in our HRTM 363 and 413 classes.

We offer fixed-price lunches on Wednesdays and Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 PM beginning March 1st. The meals are $15 per person for your choice of soup or salad, entrée, dessert, and iced tea, water, or coffee. There are always vegetarian items available. Please note that menu items may change from those listed on the website due to availability/supply chain issues.

We provide inside dining and carryout services. Due to our limited seating, we highly recommend making reservations. Reservations and pre-orders for carryout are taken on lunch days starting at 9 AM. For reservations or carryout services, please call 575-646-5805.

While we appreciate your support of our program, we ask that you not tip the students. However, if you would like to make a donation to the program, please see someone in the HRTM office.

Spring 2023 Dates
For the Spring 2023 semester, lunches will be served Wednesdays and Friday, March 1st to May 5th. Each week, the meals have a different theme. Below are the themes and menus for this semester.

Southern MENU:

Lunch List: https://100west.nmsu.edu/events/lunches.html

School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
PO Box 30003
MSC 3HRTM
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-7324
Fax: 575-646-8100
Email: hrtm@nmsu.edu
URL: http://hrtm.nmsu.edu

Time

(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

100 West Cafe - Gerald Thomas Hall

940 E. College Drive

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31mar4:00 pm6:00 pmNMSU Aggies Softball Team vs. Grand Canyon (DH) @ 4 pm

31mar5:30 pm7:30 pmMission at the Challenger Learning Center

31mar6:30 pm8:30 pmNMSU Aggies Softball Team vs. Grand Canyon (DH) @ 6:30 pm