Mina S. Collins

las_cruces, nm

Events:

Animal Encounters

Where: Las Cruces Museum of Natural History

Date: 2007-10-27 16:00:00

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The Las Cruces Museum of Natural History presents Animal Encounters on Saturday, October 27th at 4:00 pm. Nature Center Staff and volunteers will be available to answer questions you may have about the animals and will also have Nature Center residents on hand for your first snake experience or turtle adventure. Come and be part of the action. For more information, please call (505) 522-3120. Free. Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of lcms.

Registration Opens for Summer Museum of Art Studio Classes

Where: Las Cruces Museum of Art

Date: 2007-04-20 08:00:00

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Registration will open at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 20, for Summer Session art classes for children and adults at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., downtown mall. For information, pick up registration forms at the Museum starting April 2, call 541-2160, or visit the website: http://museums.las-cruces.org. Classes for young artists will include a variety of experiences with drawing, painting, ceramics and mixed media. Morning and afternoon classes are scheduled in one-week increments beginning the week of June 4 8 and ending the week of July 30 Aug. 3. No classes will be held the week of July 2 6. Age groupings are 4-5, 6 8, and 9 12 year-olds. The Saturday Studio for Kids will continue throughout the summer every Saturday from 10 11:30 a.m. for children ages 5 12; $5 per child. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The class is limited to 10 participants. Sessions for teens ages 13 15 include a 2-D Studio involving experiences with drawing, painting and printmaking, June 18 22, and ceramics, July 16 20. Classes are held from 1 2:30 p.m. daily. Classes for adults include ceramics (beginning to intermediate level) June 5 July 25; drawing and painting (all levels) June 5 July 24; and workshops in digital photography fundamentals (June 6, 13, 16, & 20) and creative photographic composition (July dates TBA). Weaving classes will resume in the fall.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of lcms.

Photographer Al Weber to Give Free Lecture on Ansel Adams

Where: Las Cruces Museum of Art

Date: 2007-07-14 11:00:00

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Photographer Al Weber, colleague and friend of Ansel Adams, will give a free lecture about his relationship with Adams and the current exhibit, Ansel Adams: The Man Who Captured the Earths Beauty, at the Las Cruces Museum of Art on Saturday, July 14 at 11 a.m. Seating will be provided. The Adams exhibit will run through Saturday, Aug 4. Weber, whose photography is included in the Museums companion exhibit, American Photography; West Coast Visions, worked with Adams instructing photographic workshops at Yosemite National Park and in Carmel, CA with the Friends of Photography. Nationally recognized as a landscape photographer and art educator, he currently teaches workshops at the Photographers Formulary in Montana. He comes to Las Cruces following the opening of an exhibition of his work in Reno, NV. Weber has also loaned several photographs from his personal collection, including his own works and photographs by Morley Baer, Pirkle Jones, Geraldine Sharpe and Hal Halberstadt for the exhibition. The Las Cruces Museum of Art is located at 501. N. Main St. in the downtown mall. Museum hours are 10 am 4 pm Monday through Friday and 9am 1 pm. Saturday. Exhibits are accessible and free of charge. Call 505-541-2137 for information or visit the website museums.las-cruces.org.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of lcms.

Sky Safari

Where: La Llorona Park

Date: 2007-04-21 20:00:00

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View the night sky with the Las Cruces Museum of Natural History on Saturday, April 21st at 8:00 pm at La Llorona Park. We furnish high-powered telescopes and expert guidance from the NMSU Astronomy Department. Instructors are funded by the Southern New Mexico Natural History Foundation. For more information, please call (505) 522-3120. Free.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of lcms.