Artist Lecture with Gail Wight

Join us for "Ostracod Rising" an artist lecture by Gail Wight, on February 29, from 5PM - 6PM at the UNM Art Museum.  Gail Wight has taught in the Art Practice program at Stanford since 2003, focusing on Experimental Media. Wight holds an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute where she...

Mindful Looking with Justine Andrews

Justine M. Andrews, PhD, leads a series of guided exercises designed to help participants slow down, look closely, and experience works of art in a whole new way. It’s fun, easy and relaxing, requiring nothing more than a pen or pencil and a sheet of paper.   This program is ideal for anyone who loves art...

Hemisphere Symposium

We are hosting a symposium in celebration of the 15th Volume of Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, an annual publication produced by graduate students affiliated with the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico (UNM). The opening remarks will be by Chief Editor of Volume 15, Beth Wilson Norwood. The symposium will...

Gustave Baumann Art Day 2

Join us for a second art day celebrating the work of Gustave Baumann, on Saturday 3/9 from 10 AM - 12 PM. In the Center of Fine Arts lobby, museum staff will lead a printmaking workshop open to all ages. Guests will be able create to an original linocut print based off of Baumann’s Morning Sun,...

Student Advisory Council Meeting 4

The UNM Art Museum Student Advisory Council is a group of undergraduate and graduate students from all across the University of New Mexico dedicated to promoting an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming UNM Art Museum space for all University students. Together, SAC members plan student events inspired by the UNM Art Museum, its collection, or broader...

Student Advisory Council Meeting 5

The UNM Art Museum Student Advisory Council is a group of undergraduate and graduate students from all across the University of New Mexico dedicated to promoting an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming UNM Art Museum space for all University students. Together, SAC members plan student events inspired by the UNM Art Museum, its collection, or broader...

Student Gallery Talk

In collaboration with Hindsight Insight 4.0 the museum will install self-portraits taken by undergraduate students from Art Practices II classes, with professors jessamyn lovell and Ellen Babcock. The photographs are displayed in the Van Deren Coke Gallery as part of one section of Hindsight Insight 4.0, titled A Sense of Self: Performing Identity for the...

Swimming In It Opening Reception

The UNM Art Museum presents The University of New Mexico Department of Art’s 31st Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition. The exhibition, titled Swimming In It, features the work of fifteen artists currently enrolled in the MFA Program and working in all mediums – painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, sound and video installation. Artworks were selected by jurors...

Mindful Looking with Justine Andrews

Justine M. Andrews, PhD, leads a series of guided exercises designed to help participants slow down, look closely, and experience works of art in a whole new way. It’s fun, easy and relaxing, requiring nothing more than a pen or pencil and a sheet of paper.   This program is ideal for anyone who loves art...