Events Archive - Western New Mexico University

Milner Women in the Arts Lecture and Exhibit: Diane Marsh – A Merging of Worlds

October 14, 2021

Lecture: 6:30 Parotti Hall Exhibit Opening and Reception: 7:30 McCray Gallery (Runs through 11/11/21) The paintings of Diane Marsh have evolved over 40 years to portray universal issues which are both deeply personal and profoundly human. They encompass a dedicated search for truth, beauty, and emotional honesty, while ultimately revealing images of pain, the sorrow of loss, hope, healing, and transcendence. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Marsh was in graduate school at the University of Buffalo (1976-78) during a period of dynamic expansion in media arts, film, and photography. Fellow students Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, and Charlie Clough founded the alternative space, "Hallwalls," and the Albright Knox was a rich source of information and inspiration. In 1979 Marsh received a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, moved to New York, and set up a studio in Lower Manhattan. In 1980 Marsh was invited by artist Harmony Hammond to particiapte in an exhibition...

Read for the Record With WNMU Faculty and Staff

October 28, 2021

By Jennifer Olson

Western New Mexico University, along with KRWG Public Media/NMSU and Freeport McMoRan, is joining Jumpstart and Simon & Schuster to Read for the Record in support of early literacy. On Thursday, October 28, 2021, the university is offering live and video readings of “Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon,” a Simon & Schuster book written by Kat Zhang and illustrated by Charlene Chua. WNMU first lady Valerie Plame is doing a reading from 5 to 7 p.m. at the campus’ J. Cloyd Miller Library, and WNMU faculty and students will do video readings available through our website. Each year, Read for the Record brings together millions of adults and children as they read the same book on the same day, building an intergenerational community through the power of reading. To date, the campaign has amassed 22 million participants worldwide and has facilitated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of books to children in underserved communities. Promoting the power of reading...