Opening Reception Thursday May 17, 4-6:00pm at The Historic Taos Inn

Asmus paints in a representational style. He works in oils with a palette knife on birch panel, giving his images a painterly, colorful, impasto finish. His subject matter ranges from contemporary Taos scenes of people at work and play to imagined Taos historical scenes. Many of the paintings include animals interacting with people and places. Asmus’ desire to document historical and iconic architecture, especially the many churches and capillas which dot the landscape, should also be noted. The Taos Pueblo is a favorite subject for Asmus. Without painting from photographs, he can replicate from memory the wonder and splendor of the many ceremonies he’s attended over the years. Asmus’ paintings show a deep love for Northern New Mexico and its people and Taos in particular, all of which he wants to share with his viewers.

In one painting, a dog waits expectantly in the grass for his master and mistress, hoping the recess bell outside a two-room rural schoolhouse will ring very soon. Another painting depicts a small adobe chapel in the mountains near the town of Taos welcoming Christmas Eve worshipers on a moonlit night. Asmus imagines horseback riders from the Picuris Pueblo as they wend their way home in the snow along the rim of the beautiful and mysterious Rio Grande gorge. Asmus’ populated landscapes invite the viewer to linger and interpret the story in his or her own terms aided, perhaps, by the stories Asmus provides for most of his paintings as his inspiration.

The humor in Asmus’ paintings is most obvious in his Police Blotter paintings. Taken from the Taos News, Asmus embeds the caption on the panel, paints his version of its meaning, and then completes the concept with an insightful title. For example, a Police Blotter caption reads, “Caller reported there were some bulls walking down Solomon Lane. The caller guided the cattle back in the fence and mended it.” Asmus places the scene at the Taos Library. Recreating the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, a bull charges past a matador with his red cape. Following are more bulls and a host of participants in a chaotic scene. The Blotter is aptly titled, “Mayhem.” Another, captioned, “Notaburger,” reads: “Caller reported people in the Lotaburger parking lot were throwing rocks at crows; they claimed that a crow had attacked them.” Again, Asmus colorfully and literally recreates a chaotic scene. The Taos Inn library will be devoted entirely to the Police Blotter paintings.

Sketchbook # 30 is representative of the way C Marquez approaches the art experience.The sketchbooks are notations that culminate in the sculptures that honor vulnerability, impermanence and cycles of life on our planet. Pigments and pastes used in the artist’s sketchbooks are made from daily existence: carbon, rust, coffee, berries, sage, tumbleweeds and wheat.

Marquez says, “Drawing practice is the backbone of my sculpture and a place to abstractly interpret visual and sensual expressions of my engagement with my physical and emotional surroundings.The work is grounded in continuous research and supported by detailed documentation of the processes.”

An off and on resident of Taos for eight years, Marquez recently completed an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

The Taos Book Arts group is open to anyone interested in book arts and meets the third Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Millicent Rogers Museum.

Have you noticed the exceptional art that has been exhibited on the small wall in the right hand vestibule leading into the auditorium? If not please have a look. This wall is curated by artist Theresa Gray and changes with each exhibition in the Encore. Currently on exhibit is:

Peter Halter
Sisters
Gelatin Silver Prints
NFS
 

Taos Watercolor Society annual Stables Exhibit, featuring the works of it members. Meet the artists at the Opening Reception August 16th, 4:30pm to 6:30pm, withentertainment by Melody Romancito.

Preview the exciting work of artists participating in the 2018 Labor Day Weekend Open Studio Tour. The tour and this show feature the work of both established and emerging artists in a variety of techniques and medium, including painting, sculpture, glass, photography, jewelry and quilting.

The following artists' works will be exhibited in the Encore Gallery: Peggy Griffey, John Staple, Jeanine Borree, Sylvia Luftig, Dennis Luftig, Jeremy G Landau, Erica Wendel-Oglesby, Kathryn A Hayden, Nicki Marx, Mari Hawkes, Lydia Johnston, Bill Binger, Krysteen Waszak, Claire Haye, Inger Jirby, Katherine Bensusen, Floyd Archuleta, Debbie Schultz, Susan Utley, Cher McMacken, Donna Gorsky and Don Wallis.

August 19-22
Sun 2pm, Mon-Wed 7pm
Director: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, USA, Runtime 1 hr 26mins, Not Rated, Documentary, 1982

This is a new 4K restoration (in 2016 the film was selected for preservation in the United States' National Film Registry by the Library of Congress) with no narration other than that provided by historical clips. It justly states how ludicrous the idea of nuclear war was, and is. The producers spent years going through declassified governmental film archives to find some of the most chilling -- and hilarious -- footage ever taken. Loved the clip of the guy who invented a lead-lined suit, put it on his son, and then had him try to ride a bike. It's propaganda on propaganda -- and highly entertaining.

Admission is $7 for TCA Members, $8.50 for non-members and $5 for Youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

Join Taos artists at their opening reception and preview works that will be included in the 2018 Labor Day Weekend Open Studio Tour. The tour and this show feature the work of both established and emerging artists in a variety of techniques and medium, including painting, sculpture, glass, photography, jewelry and quilting.

The following artists' works will be exhibited in this exhibition at the Encore Gallery through September 4th: Peggy Griffey, John Staple, Jeanine Borree, Sylvia Luftig, Dennis Luftig, Jeremy G Landau, Erica Wendel-Oglesby, Kathryn A Hayden, Nicki Marx, Mari Hawkes, Lydia Johnston, Bill Binger, Krysteen Waszak, Claire Haye, Inger Jirby, Katherine Bensusen, Floyd Archuleta, Debbie Schultz, Susan Utley, Cher McMacken, Donna Gorsky and Don Wallis.

The wonderful MFAF Young Artists are featured prominently in this program, opening with two great works for solo flute – the haunting Syrinx by Debussy and the amazing virtuoso work by Ian Clarke The Great Train Race. The extended techniques used in the Clarke very effectively evoke the sounds of old trains! The newly written work by Andrea Clearfield that was premiered on August 22 in Angel Fire will be offered for a second hearing, and the program closes with one of the greatest works for this combination, the quintet for piano and winds by Mozart featuring members of the Triacanthos Quintet.

Tickets are available here

Opening Reception Saturday, August 25th from 4pm to 7pm -- vote for People's Choice!

Always a favorite show for Taosenos and out-of-towners alike, the 18th annual Artes de Descartes is a juried exhibition showcasing works of art and fashion crafted by local artists out of 90% recycled materials. Artists are encouraged to create masterpieces out of old, used materials. Enjoy the show daily in The Stables Gallery through Sunday, September 9th.

The 100th Anniversary of the birth of the great American maestro and composer Leonard Bernstein is the centerpiece of this program, represented by arrangements from perhaps his most beloved work, West Side Story. The ever creative Composer-in-Residence Andrea Clearfield will present her work, Tse Go La, a suite inspired by Tibetan music. Festival favorite, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott will be featured in a chamber version of a passionate and powerful Mozart Piano Concerto.

Tickets are available here

August 26-29
Sun 2pm, Mon-Wed 7pm
Director: Bo Burnham, USA, Runtime 1 hr 30mins, Rated R, Drama/Comedy, 2018
Stars: Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Hamilton

Bo Burnham shoves you headfirst into the world of Gen X adolescence. The story follows Kayla, a girl almost finished with her 8th grade year at school. The film touches on the ideas of insecurity, hormones, fitting in, and everything in between.
If you have a child of these ages, see this film and learn what they're going through. If you're in these years, see this film ASAP.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for non-members and $5 for Youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

KCEI, Cultural Energy Radio 90.1FM brings David Barsamian to the TCA stage to celebrate 2 years of broadcasting in Taos.

One of America's most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio—now in its 32th year—and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His forthcoming book with Noam Chomsky is Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy. He lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media, the economic crisis and global rebellions.

David Barsamian is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. In 2017 the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. He has collaborated with the world-renowned Kronos Quartet in events in New York, London, Vienna and elsewhere.

Barsamian was deported from India due to his work on Kashmir and other revolts. He is still barred from traveling to "the world's largest democracy.” David Barsamian serves on the Board of Directors of Cultural Energy and Taos Local Televison.

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 Taos Center for the Arts office during those same hours.

KCEI will also host a reception for David Barsamian from 5pm to 6:30pm before the TCA lecture at Cultural Energy Studios, 112 Civic Plaza Drive.

August 26-29
Sun 2pm, Mon-Wed 7pm
Director: Bo Burnham, USA, Runtime 1 hr 30mins, Rated R, Drama/Comedy, 2018
Stars: Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Hamilton

Bo Burnham shoves you headfirst into the world of Gen X adolescence. The story follows Kayla, a girl almost finished with her 8th grade year at school. The film touches on the ideas of insecurity, hormones, fitting in, and everything in between.
If you have a child of these ages, see this film and learn what they're going through. If you're in these years, see this film ASAP.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for non-members and $5 for Youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

August 26-29
Sun 2pm, Mon-Wed 7pm
Director: Bo Burnham, USA, Runtime 1 hr 30mins, Rated R, Drama/Comedy, 2018
Stars: Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Hamilton

Bo Burnham shoves you headfirst into the world of Gen X adolescence. The story follows Kayla, a girl almost finished with her 8th grade year at school. The film touches on the ideas of insecurity, hormones, fitting in, and everything in between.
If you have a child of these ages, see this film and learn what they're going through. If you're in these years, see this film ASAP.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for non-members and $5 for Youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

Music from Angel Fire presents their annual gift of music to the public, for listeners young and old to enjoy. A free event.

August 26-29
Sun 2pm, Mon-Wed 7pm
Director: Bo Burnham, USA, Runtime 1 hr 30mins, Rated R, Drama/Comedy, 2018
Stars: Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Hamilton

Bo Burnham shoves you headfirst into the world of Gen X adolescence. The story follows Kayla, a girl almost finished with her 8th grade year at school. The film touches on the ideas of insecurity, hormones, fitting in, and everything in between.
If you have a child of these ages, see this film and learn what they're going through. If you're in these years, see this film ASAP.

Admission is $7 for TCA members, $8.50 for non-members and $5 for Youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

 Taos Center for the Arts announces Spirited Images – new works by Taos/Dallas artist Susan Barnett, in the Encore Gallery September 4th to October 7th with an opening reception Thursday, September 6th from 4pm to 6pm.

Spirited Images offers one series of collages using handmade Tibetan paper, as well as two series which utilize simple geometric elements based upon an underlying mathematical progression. In addition, the largest piece in the exhibition (Topkapi Grid, 2016, 44”x52”) is part of another series on a pattern taken from the Topkapi Scrolls and reinterpreted at different scales, allowing the underlying pattern to appear in different forms.

Ten years ago Susan Barnett taught painting at SMU at Fort Burgwin and fell in love with Northern New Mexico. She and her husband Bill now spend six months a year in Arroyo Hondo and six months in Dallas. Susan holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from SMU. She studied cognitive psychology and art in college, had a career in nonprofit management with the American Heart Association, and has shown her art at Conduit Gallery in Dallas since 2008.
 

Taos, New Mexico will again be the gathering place for the internationally renowned event, Pecha Kucha, during Pecha Kucha Night Taos. The theme “Fall Arts” includes Paseo artists as well as traditional artists, painters, sculptors and photographers who are involved with the 43rd annual Taos Fall Arts Festival.

The term “Pecha Kucha” is Japanese, and refers to the sound of “chit chat.” The gist of Pecha Kucha is that presenters are given an opportunity to showcase and present 20 images of their work, with images changed every 20 seconds. The whole presentation is 6 minutes and 40 seconds per artist.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052 Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm or at the TCA office behind Donabe during those same hours.

In this Volume 28, artists from The Paseo 2018 will present.

Tickets are $10 and purchasing in advance is strongly recommended -- call (575)758-2052.

Work by David Gary Suazo of Taos Pueblo hangs throughout the Inn's public area.

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

Soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her formidable rival Amneris. Aleksandrs Antonenko is the warrior Radames, and Nicola Luisotti takes the podium for the Met's monumental production.

Runtime is 3hrs 56 minutes.

Tickets are $20 for TCA members, $25 for non-members and free for youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Institute) and may be purchased by calling (575)758-2052 MOnday through Friday, 9am to 5pm or at the TCA office during those hours.

Tickets are $8.50 general admission, $7.00 for TCA Members and $5.00 for youth 17 and under.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Burt CPA, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa, Five Star Burgers, Friday Motors, 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, 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, Ziggy’s Frozen Yogurt
 

Opening reception - Thursday October 11 from 4:00 to 6:00pm
Artist talk is Thursday, Oct 25 at 4pm.

Dreaming the Land exhibition features recent abstract oil paintings and works on paper by William Stewart and Brian Shields.Their work inspired by the landscape they each embrace allows one to experience intimate permeations of landscape in lyric conversation via complimentary abstract expressions.

Shields has been in the Taos area since 1969, Stewart since 1983. Together they have 80 cumulative years of painting the Taos landscape – both as plein air landscape painters and currently as abstract artists with cheerfully distinct sensibilities. Both artists spend periods of time painting in foreign landscapes – Stewart returns to Oaxaca where he first traveled in the 70s and now maintains a studio, Shields returns annually to his homeland in Cataluña, Spain.

When young and part of the 60’s -70’s avante garde scene in New York City, Stewart showed at O.K. Harris Gallery – one of the first SoHo galleries – and went on to exhibit at the Rudolph Zwirner Gallery in Koln, Germany, and at the Paris Biennale. He left NYC in the mid 70’s in search of connection with the landscape and began painting from nature. He traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, where he lived for four years before moving to Taos in 1983. Excited by the beauty of the landscape of Northern New Mexico, he painted plein air for many years. Stewart has also taught at UNM-Taos, since it’s beginnings in 1993. “My recent abstract work is rooted in nature, the landscape of Oaxaca , the Taos valley, my garden, and travels to the sea. Dreaming the Land will feature oil paintings, watercolors and lithographs painted last winter that I call the Oaxaca Series.” For a review of Stewarts’ recent abstracts see: https://hamptonsarthub.com/2017/05/15/reviews-art-review-william-stewart-commits-to-abstraction-in-watermill-center-show/ and
https://www.instagram.com/wsoaxaca/

Shields’ formative years were spent in Barcelona, Paris, New York City, and San Francisco. He came to the Taos area to teach art, and with characteristic passion became intimately familiar with the wildest places in the Southern Rocky Mountains, both as a mountain and river guide and as an environmental advocate. Shields says of his art practice: “I paint what I have absorbed, what has become a part of me. The imagery that is revealed comes from my love for and interactions with landscape, with the sea, with life. The act of painting is a process of emotional and intellectual ardor, sometimes resulting in upheaval, but more often than not waking me up to a grateful co-existence with the unknown.” See: http://www.brianshieldsart.com.

Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast to cinemas.

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).
Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.

Runtime is approximately 3 hours including an intermission for lunch. An a la carte selection will be available in the lobby, or patrons may bring a sack lunch.

Please Note: this production includes the use of strobe lights.

Tickets are $15 for TCA Members, $18 for non-members and $10 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.
 

203 FINE ART will feature the TAOS MODERNS at the STABLES GALLERY as a fundraiser for the STABLES

A fine selection of works by the early modern artists of Taos, the Taos Moderns,some of whom created the original Stables Gallery as an artist cooperative for
the newly created Taos Artist Association in the mid 50s.

The Stables Gallery,an actual converted stable, was a bastion and important showcase for modern art in Taos, and had a lasting influence on the art market here for almost 30 years,finally closing in 1980. Pressed into existence by artists Emil Bisttram, Cliff and Barbara Harmon, Ted Egri and others, these artists and the works of many Taos Moderns will return to the Stables this fall for a major three day exhibition.

This Stables Gallery Pop-Up exhibition will be a fund raiser for the TCA, to set aside funds to remodel the Stables Gallery. A portion of the sales will go into a
special account set aside for that purpose. In addition, Saturday Oct. 20th, at 2pm, there will be a series of oral histories provided by Cliff & Barbara Harmon
and others to be announced.

Exhibition runs for three days only: Oct. 19, 20 and 21.
Opening Reception: Friday, Oct. 19, 5 to 8 pm
Saturday at 2 pm, there will be an oral history of the Stables Gallery by Cliff & Barbara Harmon, as well as other guest speakers to be announced.
Hours: Friday 11 to 8 pm, Saturday 11 to 7 pm and Sunday 12 to 5pm

A fine selection of works by the early modern artists of Taos, the Taos Moderns,some of whom created the original Stables Gallery, as an artist cooperative for
the newly created Taos Artist Association in the mid 50s. The Stables Gallery, an actual converted stable, was a bastion and important showcase for modern art
in Taos, and had a lasting influence on the art market here for almost 30 years,finally closing in 1980. Pressed into existence by artists, Emil Bisttram, Cliff and
Barbara Harmon, Ted Egri and others, these artists and the works of many Taos Moderns will return to the Stables this fall for a major three day exhibition.

This Stables Gallery Pop-Up exhibition will be a fund raiser for the TCA, to set aside funds to remodel the Stables Gallery. A portion of our sales will go into a
special account set aside for that purpose. In addition, Saturday Oct. 20th, at 2pm, there will be a series of oral histories provided by Cliff & Barbara Harmon,
and others to be announced.

When mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of Carmen at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites for another sensual French opera in the title roles of Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila. Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2014 for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, makes his Met debut directing a vivid, seductive staging, featuring a monumental setting for the last-act Temple of Dagon, where the hero crushes his Philistine enemies. Sir Mark Elder conducts the first new Met production of the work in 20 years.

Estimated runtime is 3 hours and 4 minutes including 2 intermissions.

Tickets are $20 for TCA Members, $25 for General Adult admission and free for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052.

Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, PhD. and Oscar Tang

Additional funding from The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa, Five Star Burgers, The Gorge Bar and Grill, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, 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, 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.
 

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov also sings some performances. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts.

Runtime is 3 hours 22 minutes including 2 intermissions.

Tickets are $20 for TCA members, $25 for General Adult admission and Free for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa, Five Star Burgers, The Gorge Bar and Grill, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, 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, 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.
 

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

Revival a gift of Rolex.

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts.

Estimated runtime is 2 hours 52 minutes including 1 intermission.

Tickets are $20 for TCA members, $25 for General Adult admission and Free for Youth 17 and under (thanks to Taos Opera Guild) and may be purchased in advance by calling (575)758-2052.

Thank You to our TCA Sponsors:
Arjuna Capital, BeyondTaos Art Calendar, Casa Gallina, Chevron Mining, Cid's Food Market, DeStefano Law Firm, Diane Enright - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Taos Real Estate, El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa, Five Star Burgers, The Gorge Bar and Grill, Green Builders, High Country Real Estate, 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, 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.
 

Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera

Music by Nico Muhly, libretto by Nicholas Wright, based on the novel by Winston Graham

By special arrangement with Universal Pictures

Production a gift of Andrew J. Martin-Weber

Additional funding from the Francis Goelet Charitable Trusts and Dr. Coco Lazaroff

New paintings by J. Matthew Thomas

Reception for the artist on Thursday, December 13, 4-6:00pm.

Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl, Skyfall, Hamlet) and Michelle Fairley (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) play Brutus and Cassius, David Calder (The Lost City of Z, The Hatton Garden Job) plays Caesar and David Morrissey (The Missing, Hangmen, The Walking Dead) is Mark Antony. Recorded at The Bridge Theatre, London.

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital.

Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.

Runtime is approximately 2 hours 45 minutes, including an intermission for lunch. An a la carte menu will be available for patrons, or you may bring your own sack lunch.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for General Adult admission and $10 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 prior to the performance.
 

Captured live in 2011 from the National Theatre stage in London, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) as the mad doctor Victor Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) as his creation.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.

Runtime is approximately 2 hours 45 minutes, including intermission.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for General Adult admission and $10 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.
 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love.

Runtime is 3 hours 7 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 calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening.

Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first time at the Met—the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion.

The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała as Adriana's lover, Maurizio. The principal cast also features mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and baritone Ambrogio Maestri. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.

Sir David McVicar's staging, which sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theater, premiered at the Royal Opera House in London, where the Guardian praised the "elegant production, sumptuously designed ... The spectacle guarantees a good night out."

Runtime is 3 hours 33 minutes including two 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 calling (575)758-2052. Tickets will also be available at the box office, which opens 45 minutes before the screening begins.

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 intermission.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $18 for General adult admission and $10 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.

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

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

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.

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 $10 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.
 

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 $10 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.
 

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.

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 $10 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.
 

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 $10 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.
 

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.