Opportunities for Artists, Designers, Musicians, Entertainers

from Creative Albuquerque ("fabulous" edited out of message on general principles)

... upcoming opportunities for artists, designers, musicians and entertainers. Coincidentally, each of the following requires an expression of interest by next Monday, October 4. 

• Design the Creative Bravos Award. For now, we just need you to indicate that you want to be considered. A little future perk? The selected artist/designer will receive $1,000!
• Perform on the Civic Plaza Stage. Bernalillo County is looking for musicians and entertainers to perform during Taste of New Mexico. Those chosen to participate will receive stipends and (of course) the privilege of playing on the Plaza.
• Sell your artwork at Taste of New Mexico. Bernalillo County is also hosting an Artists' Tent during the Taste festivities. In support of County-artists-as-entrepreneurs, there is no fee to participate. 

If you don't presently receive our weekly e-newsletter, Creativity Matters, in which many of these opportunities (among other useful things) are featured, you can sign up on our website.

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Community Mural Workshops

. . . at Mountainair's Salinas Pueblo Mission National Monument Visitors Center, start this Thursday, September 30, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

photo by Chris Hall, from Mountainair collection on Flickr

Workshops for the next MMAC Mural Project, large panels on the Broadway facing exterior wall of the Visitors Center, will run for ten weeks and are open to the public. Artists, community volunteers, students and history buffs are invited to attend.

Workshops are free. Some paid compensation is available for experienced artists.

Learn the basics of painted and mosaic mural-making. Be part of an innovative historic community mural project that will enhance Mountainair's aesthetic environment.

Contact Tomás Wolff at 505 847-2444 or by e-mail at: wolff.clayworks@gmail.com

Open Garden Day, Saturday Sept 25

Come by the Mountainair Community Garden anytime between 10am and noon. The garden is behind Mojave Rose Studio at 314 S. Corbett.  Visit, look around, ask questions, have refreshments, sign up for our mailing list, take home some seeds. That's what an Open Garden day is for. Tell your friends.

Recreation and camping fees waived

"In celebration of National Public Lands Day, National Forests and Grasslands are waiving recreation fees as well as overnight camping fees at all campgrounds on the Cibola National Forest and the Black Kettle and McClellan Creek National Grasslands for the night of September 25 only. This includes areas such as Sandia Mountains, Manzano Mountains, Apache Kid and Withington Wilderness areas."

Recreation fees waived for one night only | East Mountains News

Everybody Eats: September gardening calendar

Albuquerque Master Gardeners, September gardening information

Call for Submissions

Submit art for 2 new OFFCenter exhibits. "Petite 4 - miniatures" entries  accepted Set 24-29. Show opens Oct1. "Embrace the Shadow" - Unmasked, entries accepted Oct 22-27. Show opens Nov 5.

Call for Submissions! via OFFCenter Community Arts Project

20 Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

from National Geographic's Intelligent Travel blog

20 Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off Wednesday, September 15, with the commemoration of the independence of five Central American nations (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). The celebrations continue with the marking of Mexico's Bicentennial this week and Chile's today. Special events, art exhibits, and lively fiestas are scheduled throughout the month around the country. Here's a glimpse of upcoming events in six major U.S. cities that celebrate the peoples, history, culture, and contributions of the U.S.'s 48.4 million Hispanics.

thoughts on calendars and events briefly noted in passing

Mayan Calendar

Fall calendars fill up, events large and small fill up all the fair weather time available ... summer heat is past and winter cold yet to arrive. Just keeping calendars updated gets hectic. Local, county and community interest events go on the online Mountainair Community Calendar ~ also available here as well as on Mountainair Announcements, Town of Mountainair, Chamber and Mountainair Net pages.

State Fair and Balloon Fiesta aren't local but are on the community calendar because they are events that define the community. Hispanic Heritage Month should go on it for the same reason. Globalquerque, Renaissance Faire and a multitude of literary events go on either the Arts & Letters calendar (underway but not yet ready for prime time) or the Poets & Writers Calendar. So why am I telling you all this? To remind you to check the calendars, subscribe to an rss feed for updates in your reader or mailbox. So I don't hear any more, "but I didn't know about it. Nobody told me," whinging.

ongoing.... GED returns to Mountainair via Torrance County Distance Education Program (Open House today at Dr Saul Community Center) as noted on Community and other Calendars, Renaissance Fair, National Hispanic Heritage Month, New Mexico State Fair. Way more to come on GED, Hispanic Heritage month (because I love collecting graphics from across Hispanidad) and probably the State Fair.

Everybody Eats: NM Farmers Markets

September newsletter, News from New Mexico's Farmers; Markets, featuring EBT/SNAP program, new markets around the state, a great sunflower picture (yes, I'm still collecting them), recipes, guide to locally grown foods, the (groan) ubiquitous summer squash, and more. Blogged to post while it's still September, to inform and educate, to keep the Farmers Market torch going and as an excellent gap-fill

Mountainair Wired: Blogging like ...

Great fun According to text analysis software, when I blog, I write like...

Below are the results of analysis of my text. Analyze your text?

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I write like
Chuck Palahniuk

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. 

Analyze your writing!

But sometimes I write like David Foster Wallace, among others. I Write Like checks what famous writer you write like by analyzing your word choice and writing style and comparing them to those of the famous writers.

Learn what writer you write like!

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Everybody Eats: sale on great gardening books

Order by September 30: $15.00 - Save 25%. University of California gardening publications on sale!  Annual September Garden & Landscape Sale

 

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California Master Gardener Handbook
Use the guide the Master Gardeners use! At over 700 pages, no other California gardening guide contains this depth of information. Chapters cover soil,fertilizer, and water management, plant propagation, plant physiology; weeds and pests; home vegetable gardening; specific garden crops including  grapes, berries temperate fruits and nuts, citrus, and avocados. Also included is information on lawns, woody landscape plants, landscape design and developing problem-solving skills. Order by Sept 30: $22.50 - 25% off