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The Art of Devotion at OFFCenter Community Arts Studio

February 5, 2010 from 5pm to 8pm

OFFCenter's St. Valentine's Month show -- Six weeks of Art, Poetry and Music opens Feb. 5. Exhibits and performances showcasing artists' devotion at one of Albuquerque's most unique community arts centers. First Friday ArtsCrawl Exhibit Opening / P…

February 5

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Rainbow Artists Group Show "Celebration" at OFFCenter Community Arts Studio

January 15, 2010 from 5pm to 8pm

Celebrating 20 years since the founding of Rainbow Artists, a New Mexico based, multiracial, multicultural, multigenerational women's art collective organized in 1990. Featuring solo guitarist Abel Lemus. Refreshments will be served. The show goe…

January 3

Mary Tafoya is attending neal copperman's event

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (movie) at Guild Cinema

January 10, 2010 from 7:30pm to 10pm

AMP is pleased to collaborate with the Guild on their presentation of the film "Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love," a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man's voice to inspire change. One of Time magazine's 100 most influential…

January 3

Mary Tafoya replied to Kitson Harvey's discussion 'Success on Etsy: That Hobby Looks Like a Lot of Work' in the group Craftacular Albuquerque

Great article! Thanks for sharing that. I have known two Etsy artists who crashed and burned after their Etsy success. One created a popular, low price point item that was so successful it was blatantly copied by a bunch of other Etsy sellers, and a…

December 17, 2009

Mary Tafoya is attending OFFCenter Community Arts Project's event

Make & Take Earring Wires Class at OFFCenter Community Arts Project Studio

August 15, 2009 from 11am to 1pm

Come and learn how to make your own no-solder earring wires! You'll learn several styles that will help you save money and give your earring designs a custom, handmade finish. We'll practice with brass and sterling silver wire and learn to make…

July 28, 2009

Mary Tafoya commented on Mary Tafoya's blog post 'Stephanie Anderson, in memoriam'

This is SO true of her, Hannah, thank you. 8-)

July 5, 2009

Hannah commented on Mary Tafoya's blog post 'Stephanie Anderson, in memoriam'

I got to know Stephanie at OC. I have an art group that meets there, adults with developmental disabilities....she was always so kind, and her talent was huge. She always took time to visit, always ready with a smile. She was so humble when it came…

July 5, 2009

cathyray commented on Mary Tafoya's blog post 'Stephanie Anderson, in memoriam'

god bless her

July 2, 2009

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Where I Live:

West Old Town

About Me:

I'm an artist, teacher, and writer. Yeah!

Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:

Old Town, the North Valley, and all the bead stores!

Relationship Status:

Married

My Website:

http://www.seriousbeader.blogspot.com

What I'm Reading:

Hey I'm in grad school I'm reading whatever they tell me to read. 8-)

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Stephanie Anderson, in memoriam

The news is gradually migrating around town that long-time OFFCenter artist Stephanie Anderson was the cook who was murdered in the Denny's robbery a couple of Saturdays ago. She was a mandala artist and bright-spirited, open hearted friend to many here in the Duke City.

My… Continue

Posted on July 1, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

OFFCenter video

http://offcenterarts.ning.com/video/what-is-offcenter-arts

Check out this video by Holly -- lots of folks making art at OFFCenter and participating in the annual Folk Art Festival

Posted on April 3, 2009 at 12:59pm —

OFFCenter's Website has a Fresh Face

http://www.offcenterarts.org

Whew, we finished freshening up the website and there's more to come, but for now, we've got a new design by Mary Lambert, some new photos, and best of all (for us) and hopefully easy (for donors) some Paypal donation buttons. Just testing the buttons before we went live, we got about a dozen donations! This is so good!

The calendar is the same as before -- it's a Google calendar updated right from the OFFCenter studio, so… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 12:36pm — 2 Comments

Call for Art: The Exquisite Corpse

Origins of The Exquisite Corpse:

"Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each… Continue

Posted on February 27, 2009 at 8:10pm — 1 Comment

Gallery Talk with Delilah Montoya

Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:00pm - 6:00pm
516 Arts, 516 Central Ave SW

Delilah Montoya, artist and curator of the show Chicana Badgirls, will give a gallery talk at 516 Arts, for all OFFCenter artists. Reception afterwards at OFFCenter, followed by a guided studio tour for Delilah… Continue

Posted on February 16, 2009 at 8:49pm —

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At 4:29pm on March 13, 2009, Spring Griffin said…: I can't believe that I'm so far behind in welcoming folks to the Art in ABQ group so...welcome to Art in ABQ. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions and thanks for joining the group! It's good to see you here, Mary.