Reception for the artist on Thursday, September 20, 4-6:00pm.

A native of Taos, but raised in Denver, David Gary Suazo has lived and worked in Taos since 1987.

Suazo began his painting career using the empty pages in his mother’s encyclopedia set. In his sixth grade art class, the teacher, who knew of the Taos Society of Artists, introduced him to southwest art.

While attending high school in Denver, Suazo took the highest level art classes available by the time he was a junior. He started out with pencil on paper doing wildlife drawings. His father taught him how to sketch using free sketch technique, which is drawing without looking at the sketchpad. Suazo is also a self-taught artist in the mediums of monotypes painting, drawing and pastels.

After graduation, Suazo attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe. Influences in his life include his parents, grandparents, and also his great-grandfather; who was a model for E.L. Cause and Joseph Sharp. Suazo became serious about painting and started using canvases with pencil-like paints. He experimented with sizes ranging from miniature to large size canvas.

In the early years after moving back to Taos, Suazo was employed by artist Frank Howell in Santa Fe; working for his gallery doing tasks that included delivering paintings and mixing colors for artists who worked in the same medium.

Suazo has entered shows and has won awards for his paintings. Some of which include the Eight Northern Pueblos, the annual market SWAIA Indian Market, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Millicent Rogers Museum, and many other places in the country. His pieces have also traveled around the world, shown in places such as England and Italy, and have been purchased by clients throughout the world.

Suazo’s paintings have a quiet, peaceful feeling and leave out all the noise of the modern world. An architect with color and texture, he uses paint to build the uneven wall, the layers of stone, the very ground of the Taos Pueblo. “We use whatever nature has to offer to make the homes we live in,” states Suazo.

This Book of the Month, historic rather than new, goes back a good number of years when the “Taos Read In" was based on Rudolfo Anaya’s classic book, Bless Me Ultima.

This book explores the spiritual stories of a number of animals, the raven, the polar bear, the coyote, the owl, the tiger and the road runner. Book artist Sara Jean Gray, a charter member of the Taos Book Arts Group, painted their pictures and told their stories in a simple folded book form.

The Taos Book Art Group meets at 3 o’clock the third Tuesday of every month at the Millicent Rogers Museum. Experienced as well as those interested in learning new skills are welcome.

Meet the artists and cast your vote for the People's Choice self portrait at the opening reception Thursday, January 10th from 4pm to 6pm

Approximately 30 Taos artists express themselves through various media including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed media. Their art reflects personality, life stories, and feelings. A juried exhibition.

The exhibition will be installed Monday, January 7th and will be on display through March 3rd.

January 13-19 EXTRA SCREENINGS!
Sun 2pm, Mon- Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm
Director: Steve McQueen, USA, Runtime 2hrs 8min, Rated R, Drama/Mystery, 2018
Stars: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson

Steve McQueen, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, brings us Widows. Within the opening moments of this elevated thriller, it's evident that we're witnessing something made by a true master of his craft. An engaging movie with hard-hitting drama and strong acting from all of the cast, it’s a heist story, but focuses more on the other elements involved -- politics, corruption, greed, revenge and empowerment for women.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

January 13-19 EXTRA SCREENINGS!
Sun 2pm, Mon- Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm
Director: Steve McQueen, USA, Runtime 2hrs 8min, Rated R, Drama/Mystery, 2018
Stars: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson

Steve McQueen, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, brings us Widows. Within the opening moments of this elevated thriller, it's evident that we're witnessing something made by a true master of his craft. An engaging movie with hard-hitting drama and strong acting from all of the cast, it’s a heist story, but focuses more on the other elements involved -- politics, corruption, greed, revenge and empowerment for women.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

January 13-19 EXTRA SCREENINGS!
Sun 2pm, Mon- Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm
Director: Steve McQueen, USA, Runtime 2hrs 8min, Rated R, Drama/Mystery, 2018
Stars: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson

Steve McQueen, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, brings us Widows. Within the opening moments of this elevated thriller, it's evident that we're witnessing something made by a true master of his craft. An engaging movie with hard-hitting drama and strong acting from all of the cast, it’s a heist story, but focuses more on the other elements involved -- politics, corruption, greed, revenge and empowerment for women.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words
January 20-23
Sun 2pm, Mon- Wed 7pm
Director: Tom Volf, France, Runtime 1hr 53min, Rated PG, Documentary, 2017

An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words. Tom Volf's debut documentary uses archived TV interviews and scenes of "paparazzi" swarms, but keeps a sharp focus on Callas’ accomplishments from the early 50's until her untimely death in the mid 70s. It also displays her temperament towards the harsh reality of the Opera world as a booming recording industry and its societal hierarchy. A must-see for Opera lovers, truly amazing!

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words
January 20-23
Sun 2pm, Mon- Wed 7pm
Director: Tom Volf, France, Runtime 1hr 53min, Rated PG, Documentary, 2017

An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words. Tom Volf's debut documentary uses archived TV interviews and scenes of "paparazzi" swarms, but keeps a sharp focus on Callas’ accomplishments from the early 50's until her untimely death in the mid 70s. It also displays her temperament towards the harsh reality of the Opera world as a booming recording industry and its societal hierarchy. A must-see for Opera lovers, truly amazing!

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words
January 20-23
Sun 2pm, Mon- Wed 7pm
Director: Tom Volf, France, Runtime 1hr 53min, Rated PG, Documentary, 2017

An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words. Tom Volf's debut documentary uses archived TV interviews and scenes of "paparazzi" swarms, but keeps a sharp focus on Callas’ accomplishments from the early 50's until her untimely death in the mid 70s. It also displays her temperament towards the harsh reality of the Opera world as a booming recording industry and its societal hierarchy. A must-see for Opera lovers, truly amazing!

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words
January 20-23
Sun 2pm, Mon- Wed 7pm
Director: Tom Volf, France, Runtime 1hr 53min, Rated PG, Documentary, 2017

An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words. Tom Volf's debut documentary uses archived TV interviews and scenes of "paparazzi" swarms, but keeps a sharp focus on Callas’ accomplishments from the early 50's until her untimely death in the mid 70s. It also displays her temperament towards the harsh reality of the Opera world as a booming recording industry and its societal hierarchy. A must-see for Opera lovers, truly amazing!

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for nonmembers and $5 for youth 17 and under. The box office opens 45 minutes before each screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Explore the extraordinary living culture of the blues with two artists grounded in both tradition and contemporary experimentation.

Tickets are $22 and $27 (including all service charges) and may be purchased via Hold My Ticket by clicking here. They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.

Corey Harris is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader who has carved out his own niche in blues. A powerful singer and accomplished guitarist, he has appeared at venues throughout the North America, Europe, Brazil, The Caribbean, West Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He began his career as a New Orleans street singer, traveling throughout the southern U.S. In his early twenties he lived in Cameroon, West Africa for a year, which had a profound effect on his later work.

One of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco (Louisiana French) music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist & songwriter with seemingly unlimited potential.

Originally from San Felipe, TX (population 868), Cedric made his first appearance at the age of 19 at the Zydeco Jam at The Big Easy in Houston, TX. Just two years later, he moved to south Louisiana, quickly immersing himself in French music and language. Over the next several years, Cedric performed French music in 17 countries and on 7 full-length albums with various groups, including the Pine Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, Les Amis Creole with Ed Poullard and J.B. Adams, and with his own group, Bijou Creole.

Corey and Cedric met in Louisiana when they were both recording with Boubacar Traoré and experienced an immediate common musical bond. Cedric will accompany Corey on blues fiddle and do several solo numbers. Both artists will be performing together during the majority of the show.

Click here to view the trailer!

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars Sienna Miller alongside Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney.

On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gathers at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Brick and Maggie dance around the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the truth is real – and which will win out?
★★★★
"A bold reimagining…innovative and powerfully acted"
Sunday Times
★★★★
"A brilliant, lacerating account of the play… unforgettable"
The Independent
★★★★
"Miller and O’Connell get to a raw and naked truth"
The Metro

Runtime is 3 hours and 15 minutes including a 25-minute intermission.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for General adult admission and FREE for youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the box office, which will open 45 minutes before the screening, or click here to buy online (Note: additional fees apply to online purchases).

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works

 

This film explores the remarkable life and influential works of a patron saint of environmental activism.
The film discusses the connection nature and spirituality, using the life and wisdom of John Muir, ecological preservationist and
founder of Yosemite National Park, as a catalyst for how being outside in nature affects the lives of everyday people right now.

As America’s most famous naturalist and conservationist, Muir fought to protect the wild places he loved, places we can still visit today.

Several Taos community members participated in the filming including Cody Mirabal.

Runtime: 70 minutes. Director Michael M. Conti will be in attendance for a short Q & A after the film, and will be joined by producer Heather Boyle.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052 Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm, or in person at the TCA Administrative office during those hours, or click here to purchase online (note: additional fees apply to online ticket purchases).

One performance only! Sunday, January 27th at 6pm!

The Age Between Sage and Fool was David Garver’s third original one man show, a comedy about a series of men in the throes of mid-life,. The show was critically acclaimed and played to sold out audiences in Taos, Santa Fe, Denver and ABQ. His newest version, Sage and Fool Part II, includes characters from the original production with the addition of three brand new pieces.

There’s the unemployed actor-turned-hit-man. The loquacious baseball manager in the twilight of his career. The spiritual sex guru for men. A singer-songwriter giving the painful motivation behind the first song he learned as a child. A single father confronting his teen age daughter’s first date. A country bumpkin re-inventing himself as an Elvis impersonator. A working actor gives advice and tells stories of success and rejection. An audition for a Shakespeare company.
The show includes live musical performances, film vignettes and video transitions.

Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052 or click here to buy online (NOTE: additional fees apply to online ticket purchases).

David Garver has been on the Taos music and theatre scene for 35 years. He was the leader of the well known Taos band The Boheims in the 80’s and 90’s. As a singer/songwriter, his solo CD, Blind Artist, was nominated for Rock CD of the Year in the 2009 New Mexico Music Awards. His song Tennessee won Americana Song of the Year. For the past three years he was the lead singer/songwriter and guitarist for the popular Taos rock band Bones of Romeo. He is currently the front man for the The Blackfields Band from Illinois. He just completed a brand new CD, Songs From the Ghost Tree. He has been a member of Working Class Theater of Taos and Sage Theater Company and has done over fifty shows since 1983. He is also a television and screen actor. He has appeared in the t.v. shows Longmire, In Plain Sight and many others. On the big screen he was recently seen in the critically acclaimed film Sicario. He is the founder of Sage and Fool Productions, which produces music, concerts, theater and short film and videos. He wrote, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed one man show, The Age Between Sage and Fool. His company also produced the short film, The Walking Shadow of Danny O’Shea. With his wife Aura, he is co-owner of Aurafitness, a yoga, training, and special events studio in Taos.

“A unique multi-media live theater event! Poignant, funny and profound! Garver’s best show ever! A must see!”
Brad Hockmeyer KTAOS Radio

“Garver emerges as the quintessential wise man, and quintessentially hilarious as well. A one-man masterpiece.”
Mirabai Starr, author and translator, Dark Knight of the Soul, Caravan of No Despair.

“Raw and very funny. Entertaining and visceral. Not to be missed.”
Arron Shiver, actor, Cortez, Boardwalk Empire.
 

Artwork by Laurie Celine Balliett hangs throughout the Inn's public areas.

Reception for the artist on Thursday, January 31, 4-6:00pm

Laurie Celine Balliett conveys her excitement about living in astounding places with her contemporary landscapes. Her expressive representational paintings evoke passion about nature. Laurie began painting in college while studying environmental philosophy. An extended trip to Taos in 2009 propelled her into painting plein-air landscapes. When not painting outside on location, she paints in the studio, where she blends the memory of her emotion in the environment, with her intuitive sense of color harmony and composition. Her canvases present her passion about nature and wild places, while sometimes bringing in evidence of human existence. She is the great great great granddaughter of the Hudson River School Painter, Jasper Francis Cropsey.

Laurie has exhibited in New Mexico, Colorado, and Massachusetts and her paintings hang on collectors walls in St. Maarten (Deutsch), Canada, California, Texas, New Jersey, Colorado, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Mexico. She grew up in Texas and Colorado, and as a child spent summers in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Before going to Mount Holyoke College, Laurie moved from Colorado to the art colony, Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Since then, she has lived in New Mexico, Vermont, Colorado, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts where she still returns to paint. In 2013 Laurie moved to Taos, New Mexico where she finds solace in painting and writing. In addition to her art career, she is also a journalist and photographer and has worked for many newspapers and magazines.

Laurie Celine Balliett

Taos, NM

Exhibitions

2019 Taos Center for the Arts Juried Solo Show, The Taos Historic Inn January - May.

2018 Farmhouse Cafe and Gallery solo show, January - March

2017 Millicent Rogers Museum Miniature show, January-February, Taos, NM

2016 Farmhouse Cafe and Gallery solo show, December 2016 - February 2017

2016 Taos Open, Fall Arts Festival, September 2015

2015 Taos Artist Collective, May, June 2015

2015 Taos Select, Taos Fall Arts Festival, September 2015

2015 Millicent Rogers Museum Miniature show, January-February, Taos, NM.

2014 - 2018 Desert Dolphin Art Studio, El Prado, NM

2014 Taos Community Arts, Quick Draw and Auction, Taos, NM

2014 Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos Open, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Taos, NM

2014 Charles Collins Gallery, Taos, NM

2013, 2012, 2011 Laurie Balliett Fine Art Studio, Eastham, MA

2013 Solo show: Salt Pond Visitors Center, Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, MA

2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 Orleans Medical Center Gallery, East Orleans, featured artist.

2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA

2013, 2012 Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA, Plein Air Paint Out Shows and Receptions

2012, Moab Utah Plein Air Paint Out, Quick Draw, and Group Show, Moab, UT

2012 Dancing Turnip Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2011 Cotuit Arts Center, Cotuit, MA, “Wild Things” Juried Show

2010 Three Fish and a Ram, Mashpee, MA

2010 Solo Show, Rockland Trust Bank: “New Paintings by Laurie Balliett”

2009 Solo Show, Brewster Ladies Library, “High and Low Altitude Landscapes of New Mexico and Cape Cod”

2009 Anna Karin Gallery, Truchas New Mexico, “Taos Paintings”

2009 One World Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, “Mud Season Expressions”

2009, 2008 Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA, various member shows.

2006, Dairy Center for the Arts, group show, Boulder Colorado

Affiliations

Oil Painters of America 2014 - present

Taos Plein Air Painters 2014 - present

Provincetown Art Association, Artist Member 2008 - present

Cape Cod Arts Foundation, Juried Artist Member, 2009 - 2014

Cape Cod Art Association, juried artist member 2008 - 2013

Education

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, BA Philosophy, 1994

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, MA Philosophy, 1998

The real thing, people.
—Billboard

On Thursday, January 31st at 7:30pm, Martin Sexton returns with what Rolling Stone calls his soul-marinated voice, acoustic guitar, and a suitcase full of heartfelt songs.

This tour will feature Martin trying out new material, as well as reinventing his own classics for these critically-acclaimed solo performances.

Still fiercely independent and headlining venues from The Fillmore to Carnegie Hall, he has influenced a generation of contemporary artists. His songs have appeared in television series such as Scrubs, Parenthood, Masters of Sex and in numerous films, though it's his incendiary live show, honest lyrics, and vocal prowess that keep fans coming back for a new experience every time.

Chris Trapper is a storyteller. With his soulful, honeyed tenor, sly humor and an uncanny knack for melody, Chris has traveled the world over, performing to a dedicated and ever growing fan base with nothing but his guitar and his songs. Raised on Prine and Kristofferson, Trapper's first foray in the music industry was as frontman of the critically acclaimed alt-rock band The Push Stars. Over the past decade, Chris has become a modern day acoustic troubadour, performing over 150 dates a year as a headliner and sharing the stage with the likes of Colin Hay, Martin Sexton and even John Prine himself.

Tickets are $35 (including all service charges) and may be purchased by clicking here. They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.

Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langrée share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere.

Runtime is 3 hours 21 minutes including 1 intermission.

Tickets are $20 for TCA Members, $25 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works

 Live at Taos Community Auditorium, don't miss pianist George Winston! One night only, Tuesday, February 5th at 7:30pm.

Tickets are $39 in advance, $43 day of show (including all service charges) and can be purchased here. They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.

Please join us in support of a local food bank by bringing a donation of canned food to the concert. There will be collection baskets at the entrances.

George Winston grew up mainly in Montana, and also spent his later formative years in Mississippi and Florida. During this time, his favorite music was instrumental rock and instrumental R&B, including Floyd Cramer, the Ventures, Booker T & The MG's, Jimmy Smith, and many more. Inspired by R&B, jazz, blues and rock (especially the Doors), George began playing organ in 1967. In 1971 he switched to the acoustic piano after hearing recordings from the 1920s and the 1930s by the legendary stride pianists Thomas "Fats" Waller and the late Teddy Wilson. In addition to working on stride piano, he also at this time came up with this own style of melodic instrumental music on solo piano, called folk piano. In 1972, he recorded his first solo piano album, Ballads and Blues 1972, for the late guitarist John Fahey's Takoma label.

Since then, George has released thirteen solo piano albums: Autumn (1980), Winter Into Spring (1982), December (1982), Summer (1991), Forest (1994), Linus & Lucy—The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996), Plains (1999), which was inspired by his Eastern Montana upbringing, Night Divides the Day—The Music of The Doors (2002), Montana—A Love Story (2004), Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions—A Hurricane Relief Benefit (2006), Love Will Come—The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Vol. 2 (2010), Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 2—A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit (2012), and Spring Carousel—A Cancer Research Benefit (2016). The songs from Spring Carousel were composed in 2013 while Winston was recovering from a bone marrow transplant.

This concert will feature George's Winter Show, which will include melodic fall and winter type songs, some of Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts pieces, pieces inspired by the New Orleans piano and the stride piano traditions, and songs from his upcoming albums.

BAFTA Award-winning actress Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea).

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.

This new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London.

Runtime is approximately 1 hour 45 minutes including intermission.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for General Adult admission and FREE for youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis,” with its nine high Cs. Alessandro Corbelli and Maurizio Muraro trade off as the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts.

Runtime is 2 hours 35 minutes including one intermission.

Tickets are $20 for TCA Members, $25 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the live stream begins.

Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare's famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

Director Simon Godwin returns to National Theatre Live screens with this hotly anticipated production, following broadcasts of Twelfth Night, Man and Superman and The Beaux Stratagem.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley sings Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts.

Runtime is 4 hours 55 minutes including 2 intermissions.

Tickets are $20 for TCA Members, $25 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by callong (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the live stream begins.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works

Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast in cinemas in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse.
Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.

The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.

Tickets are $15 for TCA Members, $18 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast to cinemas.

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision.

What’s involved in sacrificing your private life and your piece of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare?

Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as ‘the premiere political dramatist writing in English’. His other work includes Pravda and Skylight, broadcast by National Theatre Live in 2014.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works
 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress.

Runtime is 3 hours 9 minutes including 1 intermission.

Tickets are $20 for TCA members, $25 for non-members and FREE for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the theater box office, which opens 45 minutes before the live stream begins.

Thank you to our TCA Sponsors:

Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Chris Espinosa Excavation, Cid's Food Market, ClaireWorks, Common Fire, Community Against Violence, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, FEEL Design Associates, Five Star Burgers, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, Hillcrest Bank, John Dunn House, KNCE, Knight Financial, Lambert's, Martyrs Steakhouse, Metric Motors, New Mexico Arts, Northern New Mexico Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (Kellie Harris), Nusenda Credit Union, Phoenix Mechanical, Pieces, Private Label Select, Rio Grande Ace Hardware, Rivera-Hanlon Funeral Home, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Salon Marjorie, Siriusware, Straight Teeth Ltd., Taos Community Foundation, Taos Inn, Taos Lifestyle featuring Sleep Sanctuary, TaosNet, Taos Opera Guild, Taos Roasters, Wolfgang's Spa Works