Exhibits
The Lowrider Bike Club was envisioned as a safe place where youth could gather and work in unison with community leaders and law enforcement to better improve relations, increase protective factors and improve truancy and graduation rates. Local artists stepped in and provided workshops about art, murals, color theory, pinstriping and fabrication.
The participants worked to create beautiful and dynamic works of art. The kids, mentors and staff invested their time, effort and resources in a project that required teamwork, dedication and sacrifice.
They made beautiful artwork learning from wonderful mentors. They had to have the resolve to finish and develop perseverance to see their project through to the end. The Española Lowrider Bike Club was a beautiful experiment that changed the team all for the better. The participants made some life-long bonds and friendships that will hopefully change the lives of the youth, teens and mentors for the positive.
The Lowrider Bike Club was envisioned as a safe place where youth could gather and work in unison with community leaders and law enforcement to better improve relations, increase protective factors and improve truancy and graduation rates. Local artists stepped in and provided workshops about art, murals, color theory, pinstriping and fabrication.
The participants worked to create beautiful and dynamic works of art. The kids, mentors and staff invested their time, effort and resources in a project that required teamwork, dedication and sacrifice.
They made beautiful artwork learning from wonderful mentors. They had to have the resolve to finish and develop perseverance to see their project through to the end. The Española Lowrider Bike Club was a beautiful experiment that changed the team all for the better. The participants made some life-long bonds and friendships that will hopefully change the lives of the youth, teens and mentors for the positive.
Generations of Imagination: What Lies Behind the Vision of Chimayo Weavers curated by 8th-generation Chimayo Weaver
Emily Trujillo
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Emily’s prize-winning work has long dazzled the attendees of Spanish Market, but it was more recently that we have all been made aware of her efforts to carry on and teach the traditional weaving of her family. Her work and art exemplify the mission and future of SCAS, and we are excited and pleased to be able to work with her
on her upcoming exhibit.
New Mexico Stories
The first exhibition in this series highlights the Santa Fe Style of our historic house museum. Immediately after the Americanization Period and statehood in 1912, the Santa Fe boosters sought to redefine Santa Fe with regionally appropriate architectural styles.
On Long-Term Display throughout the Galleries
Pueblo-Spanish Revival Style The Director’s Residence and the Architecture of John Gaw Meem.
The first exhibition in this series highlights the Santa Fe Style of our historic house museum. Immediately after the Americanization Period and statehood in 1912, the Santa Fe boosters sought to redefine Santa Fe with regionally appropriate architectural styles.
Past Exhibits
How Trade Transformed the Art of Spanish New Mexico
The Eileen Wells Gallery in Honor of Ina Sizer Cassidy, as well as the Norman and Lynn Brown Gallery in honor of Lois Field, are dedicated to housing art and objects from the SCAS permanent collection to illustrate how trade and cultural convergence transformed the art of Spanish New Mexico.
Grow and Flourish: Spanish Colonial Arts Society New Acquisitions
Grow & Flourish: Spanish Colonial Arts Society New Acquisitions is at home in the Alan and Ann Vedder Gallery, sponsored by the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation, and showcases a selection of items that were acquired by the SCAS museum in the past few years. From unpainted bultos to hide paintings, historical to contemporary, the very small to the very large, please visit these works to celebrate how our beautiful collection continues to grow.