Please join the Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art in celebrating the opening of Claude W. Smith III's exhibition, Passion in Clay: process, inspiration and collection. Claude W. Smith III is Professor Emeritus at WNMU and a celebrated artist. The opening will be Saturday, August 2, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00...
Western New Mexico University Museum and the Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art will be the joint venues for Neo-Mimbreño 2014, a Silver City Clay Festival exhibition, on Saturday, August 2. Neo-Mimbreño 2014 is a juried fine art exhibition of contemporary works influenced or inspired by designs of the ancient Mimbres potters of the Southwest. Artists entering the exhibition were encouraged to creatively reinterpret, personalize, or carry the Mimbreño vision into new formats and media. A special addition to this year’s Clay Festival exhibitions is a presentation of the work of WNMU Professor Emeritus, Claude W. Smith III. The Claude W. Smith III exhibition will open at McCray Gallery on Saturday, August 2, 2014 concurrently with the Neo-Mimbreño 2014 exhibition from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Neo-Mimbreño 2014 awards will be presented at Western New Mexico University Museum at 4:15 p.m. Neo-Mimbreño 2014 will run from August 2 through August 30, 2014, and...
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