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Call for Artists

The Southside Library, at 6599 Jaguar Drive, is accepting applications from artists interested in showing their work for one month. Applicants should live in the City of Santa Fe or Santa Fe County and be eligible for a Santa Fe Public Library Card.

Please pick up and return the forms at the Southside Reference Desk.

Please contact Christina Dunkin at 505-955-2823 for more information.

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February Exhibits

Main Library

Hearts and Flowers
Acrylic Paintings
by Spencer Kimball

La Farge Library

Rock Art
by Janice Irvin

Southside Library

Luscious Living Landscapes
Oil & Acrylic Paintings
by Joshua Lance

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Applications for Exhibits

The Santa Fe Public Library is accepting applications from local artists for consideration for exhibits. All applicants must be eligible for a Santa Fe Public Library card and live in the city of Santa Fe or Santa Fe County.

Artists wishing to exhibit their work at the Southside Library may pick up an application at the Southside Reference desk. The Art Committee will set a date to review and schedule art displays for 2010. For more information, call Christina Dunkin at 955-2823.

Artists wishing to exhibit their work at the Main Library may bring their work to the Library's Pick Room the first Wednesday of every month. Artists are asked to bring three representative pieces of their work for review. Paintings as well as photographic exhibits will be considered. The Library also has glass cases for three dimensional work. Call 955-6720 for more information.

La Farge Branch Library is seeking artists for a locked and lighted display case. It is approximately five feet wide, three and a half feet tall, sits on a two foot base, and eighteen inches deep. The case can be used with or without two acrylic shelves. Displays begin on the first day of each month and end on the last. Interested artists can contact Susie Sonflieth at the Oliver La Farge Branch Library, 505-955-4866, to fill out an application.

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Sculpture at the Main Library

The Main Library is delighted to accept the loan from artist Destiny Allison of her sculpture, Finding Center. The loan was made possible by the City of Santa Fe's Art Commision and Arts in Public Places Program and may be viewed at the front of the Main Library, 145 Washington Ave.

Finding Center

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About the Storyteller Horse

"Storyteller", by artist Ellen Alexander, is one of the Painted Ponies from New Mexico's Trail of Painted Ponies, a statewide Public Art fundraising project featuring life-size Painted Ponies. She was auctioned off for the benefit of the Santa Fe Seniors Activity Fund Corp., and the purchasers have kindly offered to let her stay on display at the Main Library.

picture of Storyteller Horse in the Southwest Room closeup of Storyteller Horse

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City of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Public Library
is an agency of the
City of Santa Fe,
Community Services Department.

Santa Fe Public Library
145 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 955-6780
library@santafenm.gov

Last update: January 27, 2010.