Performance: NMSU Brass Day
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. […]
April 20, 2026
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Performance: NMSU Wind Symphony: Hope and Peace
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 […]
April 20, 2026
Concert: Monthly Jazz Jam
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 […]
April 10, 2026
Aritist Talks: What does it take to collect a performance?
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. […]
April 09, 2026
Performance: MVJBS Monthly Gathering with Knight Life Jazz Experiment
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 […]
April 03, 2026
Exhibition Opening: WORD TO IMAGE: A REVERSE EKPHRASTIC POETRY EXHIBIT AND READING
What happens when a poem becomes a painting? The Mad Hatter Gallery is reversing the ekphrastic poetry tradition. Instead of poets writing about art, it has invited fourteen Las Cruces […]
April 02, 2026
Artist Talk: Jamie Isenstein
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 […]
March 23, 2026
Opening Reception: Cameo
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 […]
March 23, 2026
Opening Reception, Where We Ended Up: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition
“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 […]
March 23, 2026
Artist Talk: Artist 101
Do you have questions about applying to the JSS or other exhibitions? Are you curious about what artists do when they are not working in the studio? Hear from artists […]
January 30, 2026
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Field Report: Las Cruces
Your complete art guide to discover Las Cruces, New Mexico's hidden art scene, with local galleries, craft markets, outdoor adventures, and authentic dining.
May 23, 2025
New MexicoStudio VisitVol. 11 The Hyperlocal
Eva Gabriella Flynn: Borderlands Drifter
Las Cruces–based artist Eva Gabriella Flynn's meticulous maps and flags hover in an uncertain space between two nations, to playful and political effect.
March 07, 2025
Say Their Names: Artists Reflect on Nuclear Injustice in New Mexico
Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing—A People’s Perspective at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, showcases the work of seventeen artists to shed light on nuclear injustice.
August 18, 2023
Two Las Cruces Exhibitions Explore the Fallout of Nuclear Weapons Testing
Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico at the NMSU Art Museum and Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing at Branigan Cultural Center examine nuclear fallout impacting local Indigenous and settler communities.
August 17, 2023
Country’s Largest Mexican Retablo Collection, Once Stored Underneath Bleachers, is Paired with Contemporary Devotional Works
Contemporary Ex-Votos at NMSU Art Museum sheds light on the understudied iconographic and ideological aspects of retablos depicting miracles on tin and found materials.
October 18, 2022
