Gallery News
Carl McCraven Gift Shop
Dedicated to Carl C. McCraven for his relentless fight for the dignity of everyone, especially the most vulnerable of us all. 10% of sales from the gift shop are donated in Carl’s honor to our local mental health provider here in Taos, Tri-County Community Services.
We are converting the office space into a new venue for affordable art. Sometimes by our regular artists and sometimes by surprise.
Nathan Chappell, our local gallery lighting professional told me an old Spanish saying. Basically, translated into English, “Your heart cannot feel what your eyes cannot see”. Needless to say, here they are installing lighting in the new Carl C. McCraven Gift Shop.
September Glass Art Exhibit
The glass will be arriving soon and we will be busy painting pedestals and getting a feel for how the show will be presented. Should be interesting as some of the work is still in production.
The reception will be from 5 – 7 pm and many of the artists will be present.
The show continues through October 7.
Homage to San Francisco de Asis Mission Church
David Mapes pays homage to this beautiful and historical church with this new piece of furniture:
New Mexico Deco Furniture
Wood, Tin Plate
60″w by 18″d by 36″ tall
San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a church built between 1772 and 1816. It is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos, itself a historic district named Ranchos de Taos Plaza, about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico.
Construction on the church began around 1772 and was completed in 1815 by Franciscan Fathers and its patron is Saint Francis of Assisi. It is made of adobe as are many of the Spanish missions in New Mexico. It is located a few miles south of Taos Pueblo and has inspired among the greatest number of depictions of any building in the United States. It was the subject of four paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, and photographs by Ansel Adams and Paul Strand. Georgia O’Keeffe described it as, “one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards.”
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is also designated as a World Heritage church.