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SUMMARY:Opening Reception\, Where We Ended Up: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:“Where We Ended Up: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition” features artworks by two NMSU Department of Art MFA Candidates\, Arch Jones and Ezekiel Martey. This exhibition opens on May 1\, 2026 with an opening reception from 5:30–7:30 pm and will be on display through May 16\, 2026. \nThis two-person show showcases the culmination of both artists’ individual research and development during their time in the NMSU Department of Art graduate program. Where We Ended Up: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition features a variety of media and processes from ceramics and paintings\, to found objects and immersive installation.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/opening-reception-where-we-ended-up-2026-mfa-thesis-exhibition/
LOCATION:NMSU Art Museum\, 1308 East University Ave\, Las Cruces\, NM\, 88003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Opening: WORD TO IMAGE: A REVERSE EKPHRASTIC POETRY EXHIBIT AND READING
DESCRIPTION:What happens when a poem becomes a painting? \nThe Mad Hatter Gallery is reversing the ekphrastic poetry tradition. Instead of poets writing about art\, it has invited fourteen Las Cruces artists to create art inspired by Las Cruces poets. \nTo experience poetry and art from a new perspective\, join the opening reception to hear the poems read live alongside the art they inspired on Friday\, May 1\, 5PM to 8PM. \nWord to Image is on view May 1 to June 13. \nThe Mad Hatter Gallery\, located at 221 N. Main Street\, Las Cruces\, NM\, is open Wed.-Fri.\, 11AM to 5PM\, Sat.\, 10AM to 2PM\, and by appointment.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/exhibition-opening-word-to-image-a-reverse-ekphrastic-poetry-exhibit-and-reading/
LOCATION:The Mad Hatter Gallery\, 221 N Main St\, Ste C\, Las Cruces\, NM\, 88001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Performance: NMSU Wind Symphony: Hope and Peace
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, April 21\, the NMSU Wind Symphony will present its last concert of the season\, “Hope and Peace\,” featuring international trumpet player Jens Lindemann as a soloist on two pieces. This performance will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Atkinson Recital Hall on the NMSU campus and is free and open to the public. \nThe concert will center on themes of celebration\, hope\, loss and peace. The program includes pieces by Joan Tower\, Morten Lauridsen\, Jay Chattaway\, Michael Markowski and Peter Meechan. Meechan will also be present at the performance.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/performance-nmsu-wind-symphony-hope-and-peace/
LOCATION:Atkinson Recital Hall\, 1075 N. Horseshoe St.\, Las Cruces\, 88003
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SUMMARY:Performance: MVJBS Monthly Gathering with Knight Life Jazz Experiment
DESCRIPTION:Knight Life Jazz Experiment\, a seven-piece jazz combo made up of Organ Mountain High School students\, will be the featured ensemble at the Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society’s April gathering. \nThe ensemble is led by Roman Cipriani\, a longtime Las Cruces music educator and frequent MVJBS performer. The jazz combo came to fruition in the fall of 2025 when a core group of musicians from OMHS’s Jazz Band 1 showed interest in expanding their jazz education. \n“All the students were eager to improve their skills in both jazz style and improvisation\,” Cipriani says. \nKnight Life musicians meet three times a week during their lunch hour and perform during MVJBS’s monthly jazz jam at Boba Café and Cabaret. April’s monthly gathering performance will be the ensemble’s first full concert on their own. \nMusicians include:\nDiego Gonzales\, alto saxophone\nNorah Talbot\, baritone saxophone\nLucas Montoya\, trombone\nJosue Ortega\, trombone\nEdward Remondini\, piano\nGavin Escandon\, bass guitar\nDeMario Medrano\, drum set
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/performance-mvjbs-monthly-gathering-with-knight-life-jazz-experiment/
LOCATION:Alma d’Arte Charter High School\, 402 W. Court Ave.\, Las Cruces\, 88005
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SUMMARY:Performance: NMSU Brass Day
DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles-based trumpet player Jens Lindemann will join the New Mexico State Music Department this weekend for Brass Day\, then will perform with university music students in a concert Tuesday. \nThe NMSU Music Department is hosting Brass Day on Sunday\, April 19 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Music Center\, located on the university’s main campus. The event is free\, open to the public and will include a group warm up\, masterclasses\, performances and a Q&A session. Bring your brass instrument!
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/performance-nmsu-brass-day/
LOCATION:NMSU Music Center\, 1075 N. Horseshoe St.\, Las Cruces\, 88003
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SUMMARY:Concert: Monthly Jazz Jam
DESCRIPTION:Calling all jazz and blues enthusiasts! Head over to Boba Café and Cabaret on Espina Street every third Thursday of the month for Mesilla Valley Jazz and Blues Society’s monthly jazz jam. Audiences will enjoy a mix of seasoned and advancing musicians playing and singing with the house band. \nAll are welcome to join the jam or sit back with the audience. Interested musicians are encouraged to sign up by emailing MVJBSjazzjam@gmail.com.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/concert-monthly-jazz-jam/
LOCATION:Boba Cafe and Cabaret\, 1900 S. Espina St.\, Las Cruces\, 88001
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SUMMARY:Aritist Talks: What does it take to collect a performance?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Megan Metcalf speaks on Jamie Isenstein’s exhibition “Cameo”\, on view now at the University Art Museum. Dr. Metcalf teaches contemporary art history in the Department of Art at NMSU. She has previously held positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, UCLA\, ArtCenter College of Art and Design\, and Otis College of Art and Design. Her first book\, Collecting Choreography: Simone Forti and Performance in the Contemporary Art Museum\, will be published by University of California (UC) Press in January 2027.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/aritist-talks-what-does-it-take-to-collect-a-performance/
LOCATION:NMSU Art Museum\, 1308 East University Ave\, Las Cruces\, NM\, 88003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Cameo
DESCRIPTION:The University Art Museum is excited to present “Cameo”\, an interactive exhibition developed via collaboration between the NMSU Department of Art students and faculty\, the UAM\, and Portland-based visual artist Jamie Isenstein. The exhibition features a brand-new work by Isenstein\, “Still Life with Flowers” (2026)\, in her signature format: a sculptural performance showcasing parts of a living human body. \nA hand grips a bunch of flowers. Gleaming objects rest in a pool of light. A sheet of paper is crumpled by an invisible hand. Which of this is real? Which of this is fake? How can we trust what we see? These simple questions are at the root of art history and museums. And they are central to current debates about artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence. This spring\, NMSU students and the University Art Museum’s broader community are invited to reflect on these ideas through an exhibition that playfully engages viewers as an essential part of the experience. “Cameo” opens March 27\, 2026 and will be on display through July 18\, 2026.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/opening-reception-cameo/
LOCATION:NMSU Art Museum\, 1308 East University Ave\, Las Cruces\, NM\, 88003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Jamie Isenstein
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the NMSU Department of Art\, the University Art Museum invites you to an Artist Talk with Jamie Isenstein\, March 26\, 2026 at 5:30pm on the Bleachers in Devasthali Hall. \nJamie Isenstein’s solo exhibition Cameo is on display in the UAM from March 27–July 18\, 2026. Isenstein’s artwork plays with the slippery distinctions between subject and object\, animate and inanimate\, fact and fiction\, artifice and nature\, life and death. Whether using sculpture\, performance\, painting\, video or photography\, central to Isenstein’s work is an examination of how we perceive and understand our world and ourselves. Isenstein has shown her work nationally and internationally\, including at The Whitney Museum of Art\, New York City\, The Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles\, Tate Liverpool\, UK\, PS1\, New York\, Palais de Tokyo\, Paris and ICA Chattanooga. She lives in Portland\, Oregon. \nThis program was made possible with support from The Southwest and Border Cultures Institute.
URL:https://southwestcontemporary.com/event/artist-talk-jamie-isenstein/
LOCATION:NMSU Art Museum\, 1308 East University Ave\, Las Cruces\, NM\, 88003\, United States
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