“The Art of Nonviolence” is the third annual art competition for youth. Presented at the Encore Gallery in the Taos Community Auditorium the exhibit opens May 3 and runs through June 30th, 2013. A reception for the artists is Friday, May 3 at 4 PM.

Nonviolenceworks Inc. has been the engine behind this project that encourages young artists to involve their families and the community in recognizing their work.

This show is comprised of the best works of the children of Taos grades 6 through 12. All of the work is based on the theme of nonviolence. The mission is to explore the potential of art to express and process difficult personal and social issues in positive and nonviolent ways.

The Taos Center for the Arts is proud to be presenting these courageous images at the Encore Gallery. The artwork is not for sale and the artists agreed that the work may be photographed for use by Nonviolenceworks, Inc.

The overall mission of Nonviolenceworks Inc. is to inspire, train and empower all people to lead lives of nonviolence.
 

Artist Reception
Friday May 3, from 5-7

The Taos Center for the Arts and Caffe Renato have partnered to feature TCA member art in the dining rooms of the cafe’s restaurant. TCA Exhibits at Caffe Renato will feature a solo exhibition by Judy Van Heyst, titled “Mostly Collage”. The exhibition will include her plein air paintings, but mostly her collage works. Found elements, both natural and manmade, are recurring materials in her collages and as elements they must interest, excite or facinate in some way.
Judy utilizes scraps which she has found, collected, has specially created or transformed as the initial stimulus in the making of her artwork. Scraps of paper, some with partial text, some cut or torn from her notebooks, some of light tissue paper that she has transformed by layers of paint, encaustic and acrylic binders are overlapped and layered, partially revealing, partially concealing what lies beneath.

Surface texture can be created by the use of scraps of fabric, pieces of string and yarn, grasses, leaves, coffee grounds and sand. It is a process of making a unified whole from a grouping of fragmentary materials of different essences. These scraps, these objects taken from familiar surroundings and recombined toward an aesthetic purpose also bring their own associations along. Images are suggested and subtly implied but not defined. It is essentially a poetic activity.
Her work includes recent abstract works. The designs move between opposites of hard-edged geometrical shapes to soft flowing, atmospheric suggestions of a pictorial space.

Always influenced by where she lives, where her travels take her. Van Heyst creates notebooks filled with ink and watercolor sketches, notes, and clippings that lead her on various journeys of exploration. "In my recent Anasazi (Chaco) Series 1 saw designs on pottery dating back to 1000 A.D while camping in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. These were tight, precise designs using a sophisticated understanding of negative and positive spaces- -very hypnotizing and complex." She states that "I find that an expressive line drawing on site records places, people, details more useful to me than photos. I never forget a place, the feel, smell and sounds where I have done one of these drawings."
 

An intimate evening of song with New York native Stephanie Lee. Falling in love with the land and the people of Taos, Stephanie stayed to raise her kids. In New Mexico, Lee worked with fine musicians and engineers, did demos and studio work for fellow musicians and developed a regional following in spite of spinning around between genres for awhile. In the Santa Fe Reporter, Sarah Meadows said, “(Lee) is unapologetically a feminist, but above all, she’s assertively human. Her music blends elements of folk – fragmented, honest folk – with luscious jazz and funk.”

In 2012, Lee was nominated for Best Vocals by the HMMA (Hollywood Music In Media Awards) in Hollywood, California. "I felt deeply gratified to be nominated, because I have been really working on my vocals using a tutorial by Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson's vocal tutorials are the best vocal lessons I could have come across. In 2011 I hurt my pipes blowing too much air power through them singing soprano with the Taos Gospel Choir. I was very lucky they weren't permanently damaged, and have loved learning these techniques that add to the abundant joy of freely singing."

In 2013, Stephanie Lee is launching her new show with lots of new songs, and will be performing in New Mexico and California. She will also be recording her fifth album.
Beer and wine will be available for purchase from Taos Mesa Brewing. Tickets are $10 for TCA members and $12 general admission.
 

Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25
Screening in HD of the live performance of the National Theatre of London's "This House" a new play by James Graham.
It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.

It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

‘James Graham’s superb new drama held everyone enthralled throughout... Funny, touching and cliff-hangingly suspenseful.’ Daily Telegraph
'Aided by helmer Herrin's pedal-to-the-floor pace, Graham kicks off with the kind of action-packed exposition for which The West Wing was celebrated.' Variety

Tickets: $12 for TCA Members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students 18 and under. Call 758-2052

Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25
Screening in HD of the live performance of the National Theatre of London's "This House" a new play by James Graham.
It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.

It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

‘James Graham’s superb new drama held everyone enthralled throughout... Funny, touching and cliff-hangingly suspenseful.’ Daily Telegraph
'Aided by helmer Herrin's pedal-to-the-floor pace, Graham kicks off with the kind of action-packed exposition for which The West Wing was celebrated.' Variety

Tickets: $12 for TCA Members, $15 for the general public and $10 for students 18 and under. Call 758-2052

Country: Chile/France/USA, Laguage: Spanish with English Subtitles, Runtime: 118 Min.
Rated R for language

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Country: Chile/France/USA, Laguage: Spanish with English Subtitles, Runtime: 118 Min.
Rated R for language

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Country: Chile/France/USA, Laguage: Spanish with English Subtitles, Runtime: 118 Min.
Rated R for language

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

The Taos Poetry Festival, May 30-June 1, envisions a community in Taos where conversing in verse is a learning tool, a cornerstone of cultural and individual identity, and a means of social dialogue. We aspire to contribute to the arts economy, create connections between poets, and build new audiences. The Taos Poetry Festival invites you to be part of this poetic conversation. Everyone is welcome. Join us.Made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the department of cultural affairs and the National Endowment for the arts.Visit 

for venue and ticket information

Sunday, June 2 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 3 & 4 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/India, Language: English, Runtime: 74 min.

In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, turning down the chance to record as lead singer for the band soon-to-be the Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of Long Island to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba. "One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das"  follows his journey to India and back, witnessing his struggles with depression and drug abuse, to his eventual emergence as Krishna Das, world-renowned spiritual teacher and chant master. Featuring interviews with Ram Dass (LSD Icon Richard Alpert), Rick Rubin (Grammy Award winning Producer), Sharon Salzberg (NY Times bestselling author), Daniel Goleman (two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee), as well as a musical score by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) & Devadas, this is the inspiring story of how one man’s heart-expanding journey continues to transform countless lives.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sunday, June 2 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 3 & 4 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/India, Language: English, Runtime: 74 min.

In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, turning down the chance to record as lead singer for the band soon-to-be the Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of Long Island to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba. "One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das"  follows his journey to India and back, witnessing his struggles with depression and drug abuse, to his eventual emergence as Krishna Das, world-renowned spiritual teacher and chant master. Featuring interviews with Ram Dass (LSD Icon Richard Alpert), Rick Rubin (Grammy Award winning Producer), Sharon Salzberg (NY Times bestselling author), Daniel Goleman (two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee), as well as a musical score by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) & Devadas, this is the inspiring story of how one man’s heart-expanding journey continues to transform countless lives.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sunday, June 2 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 3 & 4 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/India, Language: English, Runtime: 74 min.

In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, turning down the chance to record as lead singer for the band soon-to-be the Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of Long Island to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba. "One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das"  follows his journey to India and back, witnessing his struggles with depression and drug abuse, to his eventual emergence as Krishna Das, world-renowned spiritual teacher and chant master. Featuring interviews with Ram Dass (LSD Icon Richard Alpert), Rick Rubin (Grammy Award winning Producer), Sharon Salzberg (NY Times bestselling author), Daniel Goleman (two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee), as well as a musical score by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) & Devadas, this is the inspiring story of how one man’s heart-expanding journey continues to transform countless lives.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., Larry Martinez Jeweler, The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Creative Framing and Crating, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

The Taos Center for the Arts is proud to present ARCOS Dance. ARCOS is a professional contemporary dance company based in Austin, Texas. The company combines cutting-edge choreography with equally evocative music, video, and theater elements to push past the lines that separate artistic disciplines and to innovate distinct new forms.

ARCOS Dance concert features new works and existing choreography by Artistic Director Curtis Uhlemann and Associate Artistic Director Erica Gionfriddo, the performance includes dance members from Austin Texas and the Northern New Mexico region.

Tickets are $15 for TCA members, $20 general admission and $10 students 18 and under.

Carmen – Georges Bizet
Original transmission date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Richard Eyre’s hit production stars El?na Garan?a as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," the director says about Bizet’s drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking."
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Richard Eyre; Barbara Frittoli, El?na Garan?a, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

Il Trovatore – Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 30, 2011
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

Armida – Gioachino Rossini
Original transmission date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. Director Mary Zimmerman describes the work as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”

Conductor: Riccardo Frizza; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dimitri Hvorostovsky

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets call 575-758-2052
 

THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE Auditions
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) production of THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE on Monday, July 29 from 9:00 AM Sharp Those auditioning should arrive at 9:00 AM and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.

Among the roles to be cast are the wise Tortoise- Coach Shelley Bowlback , the conceited Curly Hare, Esther and her daughter Little Bonnie Bunny, the rascally Weasels, the singing service station Ferrets and the scaly Reptiles. Other roles include the Thespian Troupe, Curly’s Posse, the TV Crew and the rowdy Curly Hare Fan Club. Students, ages entering 1st through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant Directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage responsibilities.

The Missoula Children's Theatre touring productions are complete with costumes, scenery, props and makeup. The MCT Tour Actor/Directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM each day.
THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE will be presented on Saturday August 3 at the Taos Community Auditorium at 3:00 & 7:00 PM. The Missoula Children's Theatre residency in Taos is presented locally by th Taos Center for the Arts.
For more information please email tca@tcataos.org.