Art League News

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New Mexico Art League Receives

2025 Creative Bravos Legacy Award

The City of Albuquerque's 40th annual Creative Bravos Awards were presented in March, and New Mexico Art League was honored with the special Legacy Bravos Award this year, presented by the Department of Arts and Culture. The Creative Bravos Awards recognize "work that makes a significant impact on the lives of residents, neighborhoods, and/or communities."

Thank you to the Department of Arts & Culture, and Thank you to all the people who make the work of the Art League happen.

View the video below to see an interview with Buffy Nelson, the Art League's Executive Director from 2013 until she retired in March 2025.  

In 1929, fine arts professors and students at the University of New Mexico founded the New Mexico Art League; and it thus constitutes one of the oldest art organizations in the United States. The Art League has provided common ground for artists with regional, national and international recognition, such as Raymond Jonson, Ernest L. Blumenschein, Bert Phillips, Walter Ufer, Peter Hurd, Henriette Wyeth and Wilson Hurley.

Visit the New Mexico Art League YouTube Channel to see interviews, demonstrations, and more!

New Mexico Art League YouTube Channel

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New Mexico Art League’s

‘Black & White’ exhibit

returns online and in-person

BY KATHALEEN ROBERTS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER  
PUBLISHED: SUNDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2023 AT 12:02AM
UPDATED: SUNDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2023 AT 1:15AM

CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE

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Wesley Pulkka in the August 5, 2018 edition of the Albuquerque Journal writes that Art League exhibit Howard Wexler and Siegfried Hahn—A Retrospective "...is of a general high quality that would be the envy of many small musuems"! 

Read the review here.

The New Mexico Art League goes back to school!  

In early May, Art League instructor Denali Brooke and Art League member Vicki Morgan presented a one hour portrait drawing demonstration to 50 students at John Adams Middle School. 

Vicki narrated while Denali drew a student who had been chosen to be the model. The demo was one in a series of talks to inspire the students and to have them learn about various careers.  The Art League was thrilled to be a part of the program.

Wesley Pulka in the March 18 edition of the Albuqeuerque Journal calls our "Objects of Desire" show..."the bees’ knees in local exhibitions"!

 Read the review here. 

Our own Buffy Nelson was interviewed on February 10 on Spencer Beckwith's Saturday morning "On the Arts" show on KUNM! 

http://kunm.org/post/community-space-making-art

The New Mexico Art League​ is about "giving access to people who would typically not have the opportunity to take an art class -- folks who always wanted to explore that part of themselves," says Executive Director Buffy Nelson.

In the Sunday, September 17 edition of the Albuquerque Journal, Wesley Pulkka writes that our exhibit "Quench: Water in the Desert "...is a knock-down, drag-out success that should quench most realist art lovers’ thirst for excellent landscapes." 

Read the review here.

Wesley Pulkka reviewed our "LIMITED EDITION" exhibit in the Sunday, August 6 edition of the Albuquerque Journal! Click here to read it.

After lauding works by Ruth Cohen, Dennis Liberty, Dinah Swan, Mary Sundstrom, Mary Sweet and  Fred Yost, he said, "There are even more walls full of well-rendered ideas, real places, things, people and flights of the    imagination. 'Limited Edition' is a    solid exhibition." 

"The Art of the Flower" exhibit and our own J. Waid Griffin were featured on KRQE news on June 7! Watch it below.

Tony Ryder's February 25 demonstration "Painting the Portrait in Oil" was illuminating and inspirational! Thank you Tony. View slideshow here.

 Opportunities!

and Events Around Town

City of Albuquerque Public Art has opportunities for artists and designers. Check them out here: 

https://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/public-art/for-artists/opportunities-for-artists

Faculty and Member News

Neecy Twinem was one of the New Mexico writers featured in the Albuquerque Museum's 2018 Author Festival, Saturday November 3, 2018! Neecy was part of a panel discussion about "What it Takes to Get a Children's Book Published"> 

Art League member KARYN DeBONT was featured in the March issue of Southwest Art Magazine! Check it out here: http://www.southwestart.com/…/arti…/artist-note-karyn-debont