Owners Leroy and Tammy Garcia discuss Blue Rain Gallery's evolution from contemporary Native American to Contemporary, and its role in expanding glass art collecting in the Southwest. Tammy Garcia and Shelley Muzylowski Allen discuss their personal evolution as artists working in glass.

Collector Lee Dirks and Japanese print expert, author and gallerist Joan Mirviss (Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., New York) take you through the history, art, and connoisseurship of Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo period (1618-1868). Hear how one serious collector and one longtime dealer came to an appreciation of and expertise in the growing field of ukiyo-e, from its earliest practitioners to masters such as Sharaku, Hiroshige, and Hokusai. Moderated by Laura Addison, the curator of the New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition Kimono: Karen LaMonte and Prints of the Floating World.

IS THIS REAL?
Seeking Authenticity

Specialist in ancient and historic art from Africa, Asia and the Americas, Douglas Dawson discusses how to determine authenticity and why we seek it in contemporary art, tribal art, found art, or experience.  Dawson is owner and founder of Douglas Dawson, Chicago, IL.

Art and Non-Art Materials

John O’Hern is an independent curator, critic and writer, and former director of the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY. He now resides in Santa Fe. Artist Ted Larsen is represented by Eight Modern, Santa Fe.

What is Outsider Art?

A question and answer session between Santa Fean Eugenie Johnson, regarded collector of outsider and folk art, and Cleo F. Wilson, Executive Director, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL.

A panel discussion on the topic of glass as an aesthetic medium and its increasing popularity in the Southwest, presented by Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA and moderated by Pilchuck’s Executive Director, James Baker. Panelists have international art reputations as well as a Santa Fe connection: 

• Artist James Drake has exhibited at both the Venice Biennale and the Whitney Biennial. The New Mexico Museum of Art will have a major exhibition of Drake’s work this fall, curated by Laura Addison.
• John Torreano, artist and professor of studio art at New York University, has exhibited widely in museums and galleries of national and international standing and is the recipient of numerous grants and awards.

Artist Rick Beck (Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, OH) discusses the evolution of his large-scale glass sculpture, and the concepts, artists and artistic movements that have been seminal in the development of the works.

Julia Barello: Interior Views
Julia Barello will discuss the combination of recycled medical imaging films with form drawn from nature is explored in her work and elaborate upon her search for materials, the conceptual and metaphorical underpinnings of her pieces and her creative and technical processes.

Charon Kransen Arts, booth 405

Lisa Smith: Treasures Within
Lisa Smith shares personal aesthetic and discusses the spirituality of her handbuilt ceramic figures. 

Thomas R. Riley Galleries, booth 206

Mark Yale Harris:
From Business to Stone to Bronze
Mark Yale Harris will cover his evolution from being a businessman interested in art to an artist retired from business.  His early work in stone has stimulated him to a mastery of bronze patinas which simulate stone finishes.

Thomas R. Riley Galleries, booth 206

Randy Strong:
The 44 Year Journey of a Glass Artist through Sand into Glass

llyn strong gallery, booth 108

Adam Brown: Creating an Inner Landscape in Photography
Photography is so much about the 'reality' of what we see. It is a medium that records. In this talk, Adam will reflect on how his landscape photography has been transformed as he learned new digital technologies and how a window has opened for him to depict his inner world of experience in landscape work.

Charon Kransen Arts, booth 405

The Other African Art:
The ‘New’ World of African Ceramics
Long overlooked and underappreciated, traditional African ceramics are now recognized as yet another manifestation of African creative genius.  Gallery owner Douglas Dawson will explore the issues of collecting – the market, prices, authenticity, connoisseurship and the delight of exploring a ‘new’ world of clay. Complimentary catalogs will be distributed to attendees.

Douglas Dawson Gallery, booth 300

Adam Aaronson: The Landscape Revisited
Artist Adam Aaronson will talk about the relationship between his glass work and Carol Naylor’s textiles, their inspirations and the process behind the work.

ZeST Gallery, booth 607

Nuala O'Donovan Flow Gallery

Yvonna Demczynska: Contemporary Irish Crafts
Gallery director Yvonna Demczynska will discuss the inspiration for contemporary crafts, in particular the landscapes and shores of Ireland in the work of three Irish artists on view at Flow Gallery.

Flow Gallery, booth 500