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Taos, N.M.—“Agnes Martin: Before the Grid,” opens Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Harwood Museum of Art and will remain on view through Sunday, June 17. Concurrently, the museum presents “Agnes Martin:  Works on Paper,” a companion exhibition of her later works on paper.  The Harwood Museum of Art is home to the Agnes Martin Gallery, a permanent exhibition of seven large scale paintings donated by the artist in 1997.  

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Saturday, December 10, 5-7:30 p.m. marks the 15^th December that families from northern New Mexico and visitors to Taos  will gather downtown for an annual holiday tradition — the Lighting Ledoux. The event kicks off at 5 p.m. with a parade down Ledoux Street led by the Taos Volunteer Fire Department’s historic truck Maria.

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR 
Susan Longhenry

When you want to see cutting-edge exhibitions and great films, or spend an afternoon doing hands-on art activities with your children, the Harwood Museum of Art is your place.  We'll celebrate the one-year anniversary of the state-of-the-art Arthur Bell Auditorium on Saturday, December 3 by screening for Alliance members some of the most popular films shown throughout the year. In addition, the Museum Store will offer a double discount to all Alliance members December 1 through December 3. This special treat gives Alliance members a 20% discount on all their holiday shopping.  Our current exhibitions include "Oli Sihvonen: The Final Years," and "Black Mountain College and New Mexico," both on view through mid-February. "Agnes Martin: Before the Grid" opens February 24 & 25 with never before seen work of the late, world-renowned Agnes Martin.  Come join the excitement at the Harwood Museum of Art!   

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Harwood Art in the Schools Harwood Art in the Schools brings 22 classes of students from Enos Garcia Elementary School to the museum monthly throughout the school year to learn about art and have an opportunity for artistic expression. This program, now in its third year, works with children from pre-K up to 3rd grade.  "The 3rd graders have become very keen, savvy and sophisticated museum visitors," says Lucy Perera, Curator of Education and Public Programs. "They share insights and ideas about artwork in the Harwood's collection and exhibitions which, in my opinion, is on par with some college level art history majors. We encourage any Harwood friends to experience this program, either as a volunteer or just to see the excitement of this important program in action."  To arrange a visit, please contact the Education Department at education@harwoodmuseum.org. "Harwood in the Schools" is generously funded in part by New Mexico Arts.

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The Harwood Museum of Art will screen Judith Pearlman’s film “Bauhaus in America,” in the Arthur Bell Auditorium, Saturday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. The film is shown in conjunction with the current exhibition “Black Mountain College and New Mexico,” on view through February 2012.  

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The Harwood Museum of Art’s “Halloween at the Harwood,” Saturday, Oct. 29, 10-11:30 a.m., celebrates all things spooky and is free and open to the public.  

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Once-in-a-lifetime show features photographs, newspaper articles and historical objects, including the pen President Richard Nixon used to sign the legislation into law

Exhibition opens December 15th, forty years to the day of the bill’s White House signing
 

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Series of special events planned for December 9, 10, 11, 2010

Festivities will culminate with public ribbon-cutting on December 11,
Coinciding with Taos’ yearly holiday event, Lighting of Ledoux

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The Harwood Museum of Art encourages both emerging artists and artists with established reputations residing within the boundaries of NEW MEXORADO (1-70 in Denver to I-40 in Albuquerque) to participate in the exhibition New Mexorado:  Artists Living & Working in the Albuquerque-Denver Corridor.  Work may include paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, video installation, sculpture, glass, multi-media, and virtual presentations. The exhibition will be held March 5 - June 19, 2011. Deadline to submit is November 1, 2010. Works will be juried by Libby Lumpkin. 

New Mexorado is presented in collaboration with the 2011 Taos Shortz Film Fest.   

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The auditorium included in the Harwood Museum of Art's expansion project, opening in November 2010, will be named the Arthur Bell Auditorium in honor of a generous gift from the Arthur Bell Youth Foundation. 

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Nationally recognized expert on the ‘visitor experience’ begins tenure during a period of ambitious growth

Ms. Longhenry was most recently the Director of Museum Learning and Public Programs at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

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 Essay On The History and Political Significance of Dwayne Wilcox's Native American Ledger Art

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The Harwood Museum of Art is proud to announce its acceptance into the Conservation Assessment Program.  Administered by Heritage Preservation and supported through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the program will provide funds with which to assess policies, practices and conditions affecting the care and preservation of the Harwood's art collections and historic building.  More information about the program is available at the Heritage Preservation web site.

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