Currently on view at the New Mexico Museum of Art through September 5, 2021, the exhibition "Breath Taking" showcases contemporary artists’ interpretations of the physical and symbolic act of breathing using materials including clay, paper, ink, earth, video, photographs, and watercolor.

Ms. Ideal's process is both intentional and accidental. An unplanned shape or tone can appear and affect the entire work. The tension of rejection and acceptance is simultaneous. An accident is not necessarily a mistake.

Mr. Parker does not describe his process as intentionally historical, but rather spontaneous and intuitive. Yet its intimate tie to quilters of the past cannot be denied.

Santa Fe artist Debra Baxter is a jeweler, a sculptor, a naturalist, an historian, and a scientist. Her works are compendia of creative talent, scientific knowledge, and intense spirituality – all ingredients for a recipe of beauty.

The two works, painting and engraving, attempt to portray the pre-eminence of faith as the basis of belief, while artistically emphasizing dramatic physical details and intense emotionality.

What do a Victorian mathematician and a Modernist painter have in common? How are an English author of the 19th to 20th centuries and a professional French translator of the 20th to 21st centuries thematically related?

Alcoves 20/20 No. 1 related intrinsically to the original purpose of the St. Francis. It is fitting that the original ethos of the physical and spiritual connection between human beings and the animals of land, sea, air are emphasized in the portraits of Diane Marsh which were on exhibit in Alcoves No. 1.

Both the world wide web and the wood wide web are templates for connections and communications. The world web connects humans and the wood web connects trees. Together they are essential for sustenance, support, and solace. Together they are the basis for the visual art of Marietta Patricia Leis and the verbal art of Robert Macfarlane.

Heather McGill, whose works are on display in ALCOVES NO. 2 at the New Mexico Museum of Art until February 9th, 2020, is a master of reconciling such opposing concepts of: fact and fabrication, individual and mass produced craftwork, conventional female and male artistic expressions, history and modern technology.

Do you know a living artist or arts organization in New Mexico who you would like to nominate for a lifetime achievement award? Nominate between now and April 5, 2019 for the 2019 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.