Free Gallery Talk with juror Andrew Connors, Curator, Albuquerque Museum of Art.

Saturday, July 24, 1 – 2 PM

This presentation is in conjunction with the following exhibition:
Photo New Mexico 2010

Now in its third year, this show features the pinnacle of New Mexico photographic talent in this ongoing collaboration between an Albuquerque gallery and curators of New Mexico museums.


Show runs through July 31!

Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9 – 6; Tuesday 10 – 4; Closed Monday

Witty Gallery Talk with Katharine Ware

Katharine Ware has been curating photography for many years now and has a lot of experience. She is relatively new to the digital world and loves how you can make photography look “hyper-realistic”, as she called it. She chose Glenn Craley’s photograph, “Dilemma” for the juror’s choice award. Ms. Ware found the photo interesting and she liked how it told a story. She said she could see the green bush hopping across the image to go out the door.

Glenn Craley

Dilemma

Digital Inkjet Print

We had a good turn out. Many photographers came to the talk and the ones who were in the show each had a chance to tell us why and what they photograph.



The gallery talks are always informative. I have learned something new every time I go to one.



Katharine Ware has a great sense of humor. She says that each show she curates, she can see herself in them. After she has chosen the images and goes to see the physical work hung in the gallery, she is blown away. It is so different in person than looking at a tiny image on the computer. Ms. Ware did give credit to the people who work in the galleries and to the photographers. She is not a photographer; she leaves that up to other people. Ms. Ware’s background is in Art History.

Thank you to everyone who showed and to the photographers who helped us put on a fantastic 2009 Photo NM show!
Photographs courtesy of Tanya Landin

Gallery Talk with Juror Katharine Ware

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Free Gallery Talk with juror Katherine Ware Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.

Saturday, July 11, 1 – 2 PM

Now in its second year, this juried show features the pinnacle of New Mexico photographic talent in this first-ever collaboration between an Albuquerque gallery and the New Mexico Museum in Santa Fe.

This presentation is in conjunction with the following exhibition:
Photo New Mexico 2009

Show runs through Aug. 1st!

Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9 – 6; Tuesday 10 – 4; Closed Monday

Location: 3812 Central Ave. SE.- 2.5 blocks east of Carlisle between Solano and Aliso next to New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery.

Gallery Talk with Juror Katharine Ware

News Release

Free Gallery Talk with juror Katherine Ware Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.

Saturday, July 11, 1 – 2 PM

Now in its second year, this juried show features the pinnacle of New Mexico photographic talent in this first-ever collaboration between an Albuquerque gallery and the New Mexico Museum in Santa Fe.

This presentation is in conjunction with the following exhibition:
Photo New Mexico 2009

Show runs through Aug. 1st!

Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9 – 6; Tuesday 10 – 4; Closed Monday

Location: 3812 Central Ave. SE.- 2.5 blocks east of Carlisle between Solano and Aliso next to New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery.

“The Quiddity of Clay” by Sara D’Alessandro

I really enjoy gallery talks when I am able to attend them. Since I work here it makes it convenient to go to the talks that are scheduled. Sara D’ Alessandro talked about what she liked about working with clay. She loves the plasticity of clay versus other media; e.g. marble, steel, wood, etc. Plasticity is the ability to retain a shape attained by pressure deformation (Wikipedia). She enjoys that clay can be molded and holds its shape. Sara likes putting layers of texture on clay to give the piece history. Clay has been around for thousands of years and she likes to record history in her sculptures.

Sara uses slab and coil techniques to create her pieces. She is influenced by nature and does not have any 90 degree angles in her work. She recently started forming sculptures out of solid pieces of clay that weigh over 1,000 pounds, then hollowing them out to fire. The terra cotta that she uses for her pieces are low fired and under glazed. Sara is not a fan of shiny glazes. Her pieces are meant to be viewed in an outdoor setting and a shiny glaze would not be ideal in sunlight. The terra cotta sculptures will last more than a lifetime outdoors as long as they do not sit in a pool of water, they are raised off the ground and water does not drip on them constantly.

If you missed the show it is still on view through Saturday, March 28!

Tanya Landin

Gallery and Workshop Assistant

Sara D'Alessandro gives a Gallery Talk

A World View
Indoor/Outdoor Terra Cotta Sculpture
27 x 36 x 13"

Come join us on Saturday, March 21st for a talk given by Sara D'Alessandro. "The Quiddity of Clay" will give you background information on the artist and the techniques she uses to make her terra cotta sculptures.





MATRIX Fine Art


3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100


Albuquerque, NM 87108


director@matrixfineart.com


505-268-8952


http://www.matrixfineart.com/

New Vision - Paintings by Frank McCulloch and Terra Cotta by Sara D'Alessandro

Nube de Lluvia

Oil on Canvas

24 x 30"

McCulloch is one of Albuquerque’s most well-known landscape artists. He recently was awarded the title “Local Treasure” by the Albuquerque Art Business Association. He describes his lush oil paintings as "landscapes of the mind," and they never fail to enchant. D'Alessandro has had a long career as sculptor. Originally from New York, she finds inspiration in the raw New Mexico landscape. Her organic clay shapes bring the outdoors inside, but they are also very comfortable in a garden setting.

Exhibition dates: March 6 – 28
(Early Bird Preview: March 3 to 6)

First Friday Artscrawl Reception: March 6, 5 – 8:00 PM

Gallery Talk by Sara D'Alessandro: The Quddity of Clay, Saturday, March 21, 1-2 PM

Gallery hours: Tuesday 10 - 4, Wednesday - Sunday, 9 - 6

Contact person: Regina Held, 268-8952
Cost of event: Free

Herself

Terra Cotta Sculpture

39 x 19 x 19"