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Farm & Ranch museum features watercolor artists from around state

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The talent of the New Mexico Watercolor Society (NMWS) will be on display in a new art show at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, the museum said in a news release.

“Seasons of Enchantment: Painting the New Mexico Farm and Ranch” features 28 works of art by members of the society. The show, at 4100 Dripping Springs Road, will be on display in the museum’s Arts Corridor through July 30.

Entry is free to this reception and the art show only.

The watercolor paintings to be displayed “celebrate the daily life of New Mexico farmers and ranchers and their families, evoking a sense of time and place,” the museum said. “They elevate the ordinary to extraordinary and reflect the wonder of the landscape and its people.”

The paintings include rural landscapes, livestock, farming and ranching scenes and wildlife.

Artwork from members of both the NMWS Albuquerque and Las Cruces chapters have been selected. The society honors and celebrates the medium of watercolor through the support of highest aesthetic standards, education of the public, promotion of community engagement and facilitation of member development. The Albuquerque chapter began in 1969 and the Southern Chapter celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

The artists whose works were selected for this show include NMWS members John Glass, Laurel Weathersbee, Barbara McGuire, Susan Davis, Patricia Black, Jay Leutwyler, Junko Nakao, Robert Highsmith, Richard Harris, Penny Thomas Simpson, Tina Little, Dorian Clouser, Mark Cirzan, Dave Cook, Tina Stallard, Rachel Murphree, Bonnie Deming, Rebecca A. Johnson and Nancy Frost Begin.

The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission to see the rest of the museum is $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children 4-17. Call 475-522-4100.

For more information, visit www.nmwatercolorsociety.com. Also visit www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org.


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