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Spring/Summer 2013 Dolly Parton’s IMAGINATION LIBRARY COMES TO GRANT COUNTY Hidalgo Medical Services’ STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OPENS NAN Ranch Collection Comes Home WNMU Museum Steward of World-Renowned Mimbres Pottery and Artifact Collections SPECIAL ART ISSUE FEATURING Off The Beaten Path GALLERIES Great NEW Festivals Grant County MURALS
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SPECIAL ART ISSUE • Featuring: Off The Beaten Path Galleries, Great New Festivals & Grant County Murals. Look inside the WNMU Museum and the largest permanent display of Mimbres artifacts in existence. Our Medical Feature takes you inside Hidalgo Medical Services' new state-of-the-art community health center.
Transcript of Silver City Life Spring/Summer 2013
Spring/Summer 2013
Dolly Parton’s
IMAGINATIONLIBRARYCOMES TO GRANT COUNTY
Hidalgo Medical Services’
STATE-OF-THE-ARTCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OPENS
NAN Ranch Collection Comes Home
WNMUMuseum
Steward of World-Renowned
Mimbres Pottery and
ArtifactCollections
SPECIALART ISSUEFEATURINGOff The BeatenPath GALLERIESGreat NEW FestivalsGrant CountyMURALS
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Eyelash ExtensionsMassage Therapist
Viva New MexicoRestaurant Program
Goes StatewideInitially Launched in Grant andHidalgo Counties, the ProgramOffers Restaurant Patrons ‘Heart and Diabetes Friendly’Menu Options.
Viva New Mexico Area Partners
Women’s Care§ Prenatal
care & delivery§ Full scope of
OB/GYN services
Mental Health§ Service available
in the primary care setting
§ Adult group suites§ Child play
therapy areas
Health Care and Family Support ServicesWe offer a variety of health care and family support services to ensure our
patients receive the care they need - all at the same place. These services include:
Silver City § Adobe Springs Café§ Billy’s BBQ§ Diane’s Restaurant§ Grinder Mill§ Healthy Eats§ Jalisco Café § Kountry Kitchen§ Peace Meal Cooperative
§ Red Barn Steakhouse
§ Shevek’s & Co.§ Tre Rosat Café§ Vicki’s Eatery§ Wrangler’s Bar & Grill
Bayard§ Little Nisha’s § M & A Bayard Café
Hurley§ Gateway Grill
Mimbres§ Elks Xing Café
Lordsburg§ El Charro § Fidencio’s § Ramona’s Cafe
Rodeo§ Rodeo Café
For All Restaurants Interested in JoiningThis Free Program,Please Call Crystal
at 534-0248.
Hidalgo Medical Services is a non-profit Health Care & Community Development Organization that improves the quality of life of the peopleof Hidalgo County and Southwestern New Mexico.
Family Care§ Pharmacy§ Laboratory§ X-ray§ Men’s health
Pediatric & Adolescent Care
§ Immunizations§ Well-child visits§ Sports physicals
Dental Care§ Full scope dental services§ 10 Dental suites§ Digital diagnostic imaging services
Family Support§ Education (one-on-one &group sessions)
§ Enrollment services§ HMS Sliding Fee§ Medicaid§ Grant County Health Plan
§ Coordination of services
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Cliff/Gila Community Health Center415 State Hwy 211, Gila, NM 88038575-535-4384
Lordsburg Medical, Dental & Mental Health Center530 E. DeMoss St., Lordsburg, NM 88045575-542-8384 888-271-3596
Mimbres Valley Health Center2743-B Hwy 35N, Mimbres, NM 88049.575-536-3990
Copper Medical Health Center3185 N. Leslie Rd., Silver City, NM 88061575-388-3393
Community Health CenterMedical, Dental, Mental Health & Family Support1007 Pope St., Silver City, NM 88061575-388-1511 866-633-7773
School Clinic Locationsprovide full Primary Care and Mental Health Care
Cobre Schools Health Center1107 Tom Foy Blvd.Bayard, NM 88023. 575-537-5069
Lordsburg Schools Health Center501 W. 4th St., Lordsburg, NM 88045575-542-3389
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Judy Wuthrich is a writer, photographer and multi-media artist; which includes polymer clay and softsculpture art dolls on display at the Common Threadin Silver City. She is also a cosmetologist. Judy livesin Silver City with her dogs Spot and Gizelle.
Dr. Dale A. Zimmerman is an ornithologist, botanist,naturalist and Professor Emeritus of Biology atWNMU, where he taught for 31 years. He is also arecognized bird illustrator, nature photographer & au-thor with field experience on every continent.
Eugene Lewis began serious birding in easternKansas in the 1950s, eventually roaming the entirestate in his pursuit of the avian species. Upon re-tirement in 1991 he moved to Silver City, where hehas continued his lifelong quest.
Contributors
SPRING/SUMMER 2013
Features8 Hidalgo Medical Services. The new health
center on Pope Street offers state-of-the-artequipment and services for the entire community.
40 Custom Steelworks. Stuart Egnal’s companybuilt and erected Silver City’s newest footbridges,as well as solar car ports, bus shelters and eventhe columns for the downtown Gateway Arch.
42 WNMU Museum. Stewardship of the NANRanch collection of Mimbres artifacts, greatlystrengthens the university’s reputation as anarcheological research facility.
44 Silver City Murals. Forty-five murals throughoutSilver City and Grant County relate to the area’shistory, culture, resources and future.
47 Melinda Austin. “Winner of Professional Photogra-pher’s Best of Show and coveted Judge’s Choice.”
48 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Loren andBarbara Nelson join forces with thesinger/writer’s preschool program that typicallyprovides a positive boost to literacy.
Our CoverCarefully unwrapping a Mimbres pot from the recentlyacquired NAN Ranch collection are Mayor JamesMarshall and WNMU President Dr. Joseph Shepard.Monitoring the handling of this ancient artifact areWNMU Museum Assistant Director Phillip Cave andMuseum Director Dr. Cynthia Ann Bettison. The col-lection enhances the university’s research reputationand the city’s marketing power as a travel destination.
The SourceS1 Area AttractionsS2 Historic DowntownS4 Silver City MuseumS6 Big Ditch ParkS8 Historic Pinos Altos
S10 Gila Cliff Dwellings Nat’l. MonumentS11 Area EventsS12 Bayard, Hurley & Arenas ValleyS14 City of Rocks State ParkS15 DemingS16 Area MapsS18 Cliff & GilaS19 Glenwood & Mogollon Ghost TownS20 Rodeo & Hidalgo CountyS22 RED DOT Studio Tour & Gallery WalkS23 Art GalleriesS26 ShoppingS28 Health & WellnessS30 At Your ServiceS31 Salons & SpasS32 Index of Advertisers
Departments12 Financial. James Edd Hughs shares
tips on preparing for the cost of long-term care.
14 Legal Issues. Attorney Cathryn Wallace discusses estate plan giftsand benefits.
16 Happy Endings. Local residents’ dogs find happy adopted homes.
18 Out & About. Snapshots of recent local events.
20 Recycle. Keep six-pack plastic ringsout of landfills and oceans by turningthem into flowers.
21 New Faces In Business.
39 Summer Birding. Gambel’s quail arecommon to the Silver City area andtheir young are “just too cute fortheir own good.”
60 Advertisers Index.
Contents
50 Great New Festivals. Exciting monthslie ahead with RED DOT Weekends,CLAY Festival, Tamal Fiesta, MariachiWorkshops/Concerts and Fiber ArtsFestival.
54 Galleries Off the Beaten Path. Art galleries scattered across the region deliver a strong contribution to thearea’s designation as an art destination.
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SILVER CITYLIFETerri Menges
President & Managing Director
Joseph BurgessVice President & Photo Journalist
Arlyn CooleyStaff Accountant
Joseph BurgessJames Edd HughsLeAnne KnudsenEugene LewisCathryn WallaceJudy Wuthrich
Contributing Writers
Joseph BurgessPhotography except where credited
Arlyn CooleyLeAnne KnudsenBob PelhamDebra SuttonJudy Wuthrich
Dale & Marian ZimmermanContributing Photographers
Western New Mexico University MuseumThe NAN Ranch CollectionPhoto by Anthony Howell
Courtesy Photograph
Terri MengesDebra SuttonDesigners
LeAnne KnudsenAdvertising Sales
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Victor Acquista, MDTamera Ahner
Dr. Cynthia BettisonLinda BrewerSuzi CalhounPhillip CaveLois Duffy
George Julian DworinStuart Egnal
Juanita EscobedoLee GruberTell Hicks
HMS Community Health CenterLaura Howell
James Edd HughsMischa LarishMRAC Youth
Mural ProgramEugene & Eulalla Lewis
Diana Ingalls LeybaSherry LoganFaye McCalmontMayor James MarshallShirley MizeJulia MoralesDarrick NelsonBecky & Michael O’Connor Forrest OlsonJohn RohovecChristopher SaxmanDr. Joseph ShepardSilver City CLAY FestivalTracy SpikesSusan SzajerJoseph & Karin WadeCathryn WallaceCharmeine WaitAbe Villarreal
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“Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) has pulled together a highly qualified staff and employs state-of-the-art systemsand equipment,” states Chief Medical Officer and New Mexico Physician of the Year Darrick Nelson. “Our sliding feesystem allows us to provide care for anyone, regardless of ability to pay, and frankly, with the quality of service we dis-pense, HMS should be the top contender for everyone with primary care and family health needs.” HMS accepts allforms of insurance and many patients seen at HMS have private insurance.
“The new Silver City Community Health Center on Pope Street is truly ‘one-stop shopping,’” claims Workforce Man-ager Tamera Ahner. “Primary care physicians, dentists, mental health providers, community health workers and a di-etician are all housed under one roof. Addressing the specific needs of whomever walks through our doors is the goalof everyone in this building…and we do it well!”
“You will find the enthusiasm exhibited by our staff for what we do and how we care for people refreshing,” adds CEOForrest Olson. “Knowing that our services are vital to the community generates a feeling of fulfillment for all of us. Ourteam-based, patient-centered approach is real. If the dentist notes high blood pressure in a patient or a need for socialhelp, the team is available to address it. Without a doubt, the system works extremely well for the patient.”
Olson also notes that the close relationship with Gila Regional Medical Center is important to both organizations.“Our Family Support staff shares electronic information, our administrative staffs meet quarterly and Dr. Nelson sitson the GRMC Board of Trustees. The hospital graciously works with HMS for recruiting and retaining staff and is verysupportive of our family medicine residency program.”
HMS employs 200 people at 11 locations in the Grant/Hidalgo area, all of which are 100 percent electronically con-nected and coordinated. HMS handles approximately 78 percent of Hidalgo County’s medical needs and 58 percent
WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE BURGESS
Hidalgo Medical ServicesOne Stop Shopping
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of Grant County’s – around 68,000 visits peryear. The new Silver City facility includes 22medical exam rooms, two procedure rooms forminor surgery and 10 dental operatories. Thereare family exam rooms for interactive consul-tations and a modern kitchen for teachinghealthy food preparation. HMS serves patientsfrom the prenatal through geriatric life spanand employs a psychologist, psychiatrist and li-censed mental health counselors.
The new structure was designed specificallyto facilitate the type of family services providedat HMS. The freedom and flexibility to de-velop cutting edge and innovative programs
opposite: The new HMS building on Pope Streetis a state-of-the-art health care facility. above:CEO Forrest Olson states that the HMS team-based, patient-centered approach works ex-tremely well for patients.
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The jewels of the HMS system are the com-munity health workers, affectionately calledpromotores. They work with patients, free ofcharge, to determine the patient’s physical andsocial needs, help patients coordinate and fa-cilitate necessary services. As intermediaries,they reduce barriers between the patient andprovider, thereby improving the quality andcultural competence of service delivery. Pro-motores help with enrollment in state and fed-eral programs, disease prevention andmanagement classes, smoking cessation assis-tance, obtaining free or low-cost medications,shopping and eating healthy and accessing linksto other community programs.
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opposite, top: Medical Director Darrick Nelsonwith Eric Ahner. opposite, middle: Mental HealthDirector Neal Bowen. right, top down, left to right:Dental Director William Rasband with staff mem-ber Jessica Thompson; Darrick Nelson, M.D. andRadiology Technician Steve Tecca; HMS LaVidastaff Donna Sandoval, Marsha Rippetoe, YvonneGomez, Barbara Montes, Cassie Arias and Direc-tor of Community Organization and DevelopmentCarmen Maynes; Dietician Debbie Smith givingdemonstration to staff; Kristan Diaz, M.D. withstaff member Lacy Brown; Don Johnson, M.D.with staff member Teresa Carrasco; Medical As-sistant Crystal Rodriguez with Eric Ahner; Pedia-trician Michele Pahl with Medical Assistant KevinAmador; demonstration of high-tech equipment forstaff; Dental Hygienist Richard Deaton withMelissa and Madilynn Hall; studio apartment forvisiting students/residents; Radiology TechnicianSteve Tecca; Clinic Coordinator Michael Larish;Kristan Diaz, M.D. with Lori Wallin; front desk staffFelicia Sanchez and Rachel Sheahan.
nity is its federal designation as a TeachingHealth Center. Nine universities worldwide,including Western New Mexico University andUniversity of New Mexico send students andresidents from 11 disciplines for rural trainingexperiences as part of their curricular experi-ence. Future healthcare professionals learn howto care for all comers in the rural communityinstead of in a city environment. Three loftapartments in the HMS building allow themimmediate access to their work and easy accessto the downtown area for meals and shopping.
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FINANCIAL FOCUS
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR
LONGTERMCARE COSTS?COURTESY OF JAMES EDD HUGHSAT EDWARD JONES®
Whether you are entering or re-enteringthe work force, changing jobs or starting anentirely new career path, this checklist canhelp keep your financial strategy on track asyou transition. Like everyone else, you hopeto remain physically and financially inde-pendent your entire life. And you may wellachieve this goal. Nonetheless, the future isnot ours to see, so you’ll want to prepareyourself for as many contingencies as possi-ble — one of which is the high cost of long-term care.
As you may know, long-term care primarilyrefers to nursing home expenses, but it alsoincludes services provided in your own home.In either case, though, it could be expensive.
The national average rate for a privateroom in a nursing home was more than$87,000 per year in 2011, according to the2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-TermCare Costs. The same survey found that theaverage private-pay hourly rates for homehealth aides and homemaker companionservices were $21 and $19, respectively.
With luck, of course, you won’t need toworry about these types of expenses. Butconsider this: People who reach age 65 havea 40% chance of entering a nursing home,according to a study by the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services. And about10% of those who enter a nursing home willstay there five or more years.
Clearly, if you take no steps to prepareyourself for the potentially devastating costsof an extended nursing home stay, you couldbe jeopardizing the assets you’ve worked sohard to accumulate. Even worse, if you runthrough your money, you might end up creat-
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ing a financial and emotional burden for yourgrown children.
Unfortunately, many people assume thata federal or state government program willhelp them pay for their long-term care ex-penses. However, Medicare pays only asmall portion of nursing home costs, and tobe eligible for Medicaid, you would likelyhave to divest yourself of most of your fi-nancial assets. Consequently, you’ll proba-bly need to find another way to pay forlong-term care.
Fortunately, there are investment or pro-tection vehicles designed specifically tohelp you meet long-term care expenses.Your financial advisor can help you pick theoption that’s most appropriate for your indi-vidual situation.
Having the ability to pay for long-termcare is obviously important. But other issuesmay also enter the picture. For example, ifyou need to enter a nursing home, you maybe suffering from a physical or mental dis-ability that might prevent you from handlingyour own affairs. This impairment couldprove disastrous to your finances — whichis why you can’t afford to take that type ofchance. Instead, consult with your legal ad-visor to determine if you can benefit from adurable power of attorney — a documentthat lets you delegate your financial deci-sions to a relative, close friend or anyoneelse you might choose.
None of us like to think about spendingtime in a nursing home or needing round-the-clock care in our own homes. However, life isunpredictable. But even if you can’t avoid theneed for long-term care, you can take stepsto help reduce the financial strain it cancause you and your family.
Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisorsare not es-tate planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. You shouldconsult with a qualified taxspecialist or legal advisor for pro-fessional advice on your specific situation.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use byyour local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
James Edd Hughs, AAMS®
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LEGAL ISSUES
ESTATE PLAN
GIFTSAND BENEFITS
BY CATHRYN L. WALLACE
Many of us contend with financial challenges in life. A very few among us experience the challenge of having hadsuch good fortune as to wonder how togive it all away as part of an estate plan.Gifts can, of course, be made to spousesand family. Another alternative is to makecharitable gifts to religious, educational, orarts organizations. And some strategiesmay provide considerable tax advantagesduring a donor’s life.
One approach – which only takes effectafter a donor’s death – is a gift made via aWill. Here, a donor designates a gift in theirWill as either a fixed amount or percentageof the estate; and a donor can maintaincontrol by making a gift contingent upon aspecific future event, either as it relates toothers they wish to provide for, or con-cerning the organization’s status or events.
Other types of gifts can be made – andtax advantages realized – during a donor’slifetime. A Charitable Remainder Trust(CRT) lets donors place cash or propertyinto a tax-exempt trust that pays them oranother beneficiary an annual income. Adonor receives an immediate tax deductionfor the property’s value when the gift ismade and, after death or when the giftvests, the remainder of the trust transfersto the recipient charity.A Charitable Lead Trust (CLT) is like a
CRT, but here a donor gives cash or prop-erty to a trust that pays income to a char-ity for a specified period. After this, theassets revert to the donor or his estate, or
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are given to other beneficiaries. Unlike aCRT, a CLT is not tax-exempt.
A Life Estate occurs when, rather thanmaking an outright gift of a home or farm adonor retains use of the property for life.The donor may then claim a tax deductionequal to the value of the charity's remain-der interest in the property.
When a donor gifts retirement assets(like a 401-k account or pension) she canavoid the heavy taxation levied if gifted toan heir: these taxes do not apply to chari-table donations.
Giving a life insurance policy can offeranother simple way to make a gift while en-joying tax benefits during one’s life. Whena donor names a charity as owner and ir-revocable beneficiary of a life insurancepolicy he receives a tax deduction for thelesser of the policy’s cost or fair marketvalue. If the policy is paid up, the donor re-ceives an immediate tax deduction; if not, adonor can claim tax deductions on premi-ums paid directly to the charity.
These are a few of the basic charitablegiving strategies that can offer tax benefitsnow as well as helping to ensure the futurefinancial well-being and success of a fa-vorite organization.
opposite: Cathryn Wallace, a private practice attorney withLopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C, shares thoughts on estate plangifts and benefits.Lopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C.1311 N. Grant StreetSilver City, NM 88061 (575) 538-2925 www.LDPLawFirm.com
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pets
Whether you have a dog, cat, hamster or other form of pet, some simplegrooming is necessary. Baths are not usually a favorite amongst our pets butit can make them more pleasant in which to cohabitate.
Lori Skinner and Kris Deem at the Spoiled Rotten Animal Health Spa sharedsome pertinent information on basic grooming needs. “Two important toolsare a metal comb and a slicker brush,” says Kris. “When bathing your ownpet, always brush them out first. If you don’t, any mats will be impossible tocomb out later,” said Lori. Another bathing tip is to use conditioner reducingstatic in our dry climate and it keeps mats from forming.
All grooming is easier if started while your pet is young. If you choose tohave your dog professionally groomed, it is best but not impossible when it isa puppy. The dremel is a great tool to use on the toenails, but also best to startwith a young pet.
Simple GroomingJudy doing Spot’s nails with a dremel tool.
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Ted DeemKris was driving out to a trail in the
Black Range with her friend Lori and sawa bruised and bloodied heeler mix puppysitting next to the highway waiting for aride. She gave him one. Kris didn’t con-sider herself a suitable owner for a high-energy breed with a strong work ethic,but Ted had other ideas.
Ted became a staff member at SpoiledRotten six years ago and helps keepthings running smoothly at the groomingshop. “I don’t know what my life wouldbe like without him,” said Kris.
Dusty WilkersonSherelle Wilkerson wanted a fluffy mutt.
A friend who volunteers at the local animalshelter told her they had the perfect dog.Sherelle went to the shelter and took Dustyfor a walk to get to know him. “He justwanted to be held,” said Sherelle.
Dusty was found in a box at one of theveterinary clinics and is now afraid to be inan enclosed environment. Being in a crate isout of the question!
“He’s a sweet guy. He’s found his for-ever home,” says Sherelle.
Me dePedroJudy and Bert dePedro made an improptu
stop at the local animal shelter. Their dognamed Shadow needed a friend. The dePedrosadopted a male Lab looking puppy. The newpuppy became ‘Me’ to complement Shadow.Me started herding Judy’s horses and shethought it was odd because Labs retrieve, notherd. A DNA test was performed and the re-sults were: ½ Australian Shepherd, ¼ Lab and¼ Chihuahua. What a combination!
Judy took Me to puppy obedience class andreunited with his littermate, Ellie. Judy andCharmeine Wait, Ellie’s human companion, areneighbors so the dogs see each other oftenfor play dates.
Ellie WaitCharmeine Wait saw a couple of Labrador
Retriever looking puppies in the monthlyDesert Exposure advertisement for adopt-able pets at the local animal shelter. Sheadopted the female but felt sad she couldn’ttake both dogs, and she left the male.
Charmeine took Ellie to a puppy obedi-ence class where she saw another Labpuppy and Ellie recognized her brother fromthe shelter. “It was serendipity that theyfound each other again,” said Charmeine.
Ironically, Ellie and her brother, Me, arealso neighbors and have frequent play datestogether. Even though they were separatedat the shelter, fate decided they should al-ways be together.
Gizelle WuthrichAn animal control officer picked Gizelle
up from beside the road. She was uncon-scious and thought to be dead. She wasstill breathing so he put her on the seatbeside him in the truck. Gizelle regainedconsciousness at the animal shelter andthey thought she must have been hit by acar or thrown from a car but just knockedout. No one claimed her and she was putup for adoption.
Judy Wuthrich went to the animal shel-ter to adopt a dog she had seen in theDesert Exposure. That dog had alreadybeen adopted but Judy met Gizelle andcouldn’t resist that cute little face.
Suki, Heddy & Lolo Chase
Lolo wandered into the yard and intoKimberlee Chase’s life 9 years ago. Heddywas at a rescue organization in Alam-ogordo and thought to be about 7 weeksold. She was also thought to be a Schnau-zer but as she grew taller, it was apparentanother breed was involved.
Suki is the newest arrival after being infoster care for 4-5 months. She is veryfearful of other people but with Kimberlee’spatience and guidance, Suki is slowly be-ginning to trust again. “She loves to be infront of the fireplace,” says Kimberlee.
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“Red Desserts” – the 26th annual fundraiserfor the Glenwood Community Center is heldfirst Saturday before Valentine’s Day. It is spon-sored by the Glenwood Women’s Club, cele-brating 60 years of community service. JohnDunn was among guests, Cathy Murphy andMargaret Nuñez were among the raffle winnerswith music by Bucky Allred, Dee Ford andRoger Skaggs. Photos by Judy Wuthrich.
The 2012 Silver City Gallery AssociationRED DOT Studio Tour invited the Silver Citycommunity and out of town visitors into pri-vate art studios to observe artists at work.During the four day event, visitors connectedthe dots on the provided tour map and tooka self-guided tour through the Arts and Cul-tural District and rural Grant County. Photos byLeAnne Knudsen.
Randi Halperin-Olsonat the spinning wheelwhile Melissa Bradyand Julliana Alber-shardt looked on andKaren Porter demon-strates 10,000 year olddrop spindle method ata Spinning Demon-stration at the SilverCity Museum’s “It’s aWrap” exhibition. Pho-tos by Judy Wuthrich.
Citizen bike races held inhistoric downtown SilverCity during the DowntownCriterium of the Tour ofthe Gila offer area adultsand kids a chance to com-pete on the race course ofchampions. Photos byLeAnne Knudsen.
The Silver City Museum invites you to visit the exhibit "It’sa Wrap." The exhibit continues through July 28, 2013. "It’sa Wrap!" showcases the work of the Southwest Women'sFiber Arts Collective, a regional group of contemporary ar-tisans who found time in their busy schedules to createunique, hand-made garments including rebozos, ruanas, se-rapes, shawls, wraps and ponchos for the exhibit. Photos by Charmeine Wait and Judy Wuthrich.
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Silver City’s third annual Home & Garden Expofeatured home building, home products and realestate vendors - Hunt & Sons Building Develop-ment Inc., Mule Creek Adobe, United CountryMimbres Realty, Southwest NM Green Cham-ber of Commerce, Structure Metal Roofing, Bo-hart Inspections, Cross Unlimited, and manyothers. Gardening activities and supplies werealso available along with Silver City Food Co-op’s “Seed Share”. Photos by LeAnne Knudsen.
Victor Acquista, MD,Chief Medical Officer atFort Bayard MedicalCenter and founder ofPathways Integral Healthand Wellness, signscopies of his book,“Pathways to Health –An Integral Guide-book,” for J. J. Wilsonand Ana Castillo. Thesigning was held at theSilver City Museum.
Visitors and Silver Citians took a delightfully de-licious stroll “Along the Milky Way” through his-toric downtown Silver City at Mimbres RegionArts Council ‘s Annual Chocolate Fantasia.Chocolate lovers descended upon shops, gal-leries, restaurants, coffee houses and busi-nesses to choose and sample tasty treatscreated by chefs, caterers, bakers, WNMU stu-dents, and chocolate crafters putting their culi-nary skills to the test.Photos by LeAnne Knudsen.
Tamal Fiesta judges were Ted Garcia, Chairman of theState of New Mexico Tourism Commission; BuckBurns, local artist and co-owner of Manzanita Ridge;Lawrence Rael, president of the New Mexico GreenChamber of Commerce. Danza La Flor del Tepeyac, tra-ditional matachine dancers from Mexico performed.Photos by Judy Wuthrich.
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In March, a group of young athletes, ages 15-18trained in Silver City for Tour of the Gila. They are par-ticipating in a program called Slipstream Sports thatdevelops professional bicycle racers. Following Tourof the Gila, they will train for three months in Europe.
At the 2013 Santa FeLegislative Session,the Silver Stompersperformed and werephotographed withDiane Hamilton, BrianBentley and ChristyMiller. Photos courtesySilver Stompers.
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Plastic six-pack rings are only a smallpart of the plastic pollution effecting ourlandfills and oceans. Ninety percent ofthe floating trash in the ocean is plastic.Eighty percent of that plastic originatedfrom land. Plastic takes about 450 yearsto break down, but in the meantime,some particles are consumed by oceandwellers. Sea turtles think six-pack ringsare their favorite food, the jellyfish, andswallow them or get them caught aroundtheir necks.
To lessen the impact of six-pack ringwaste, let’s make flowers out of them.You will need several six-pack rings, scis-sors, wooden skewers, spray paint andassorted other flowers and a vase. Cutthe rings into individual rings. Skewereach ring on one side. Then, fold overthe ring and skewer it on the other sideforming two loops. Scoot this loop downthe skewer and keep adding rings untilthe desired length of flower is achieved.This type of flower resembles a hyacinthso I used two shades of purple spraypaint. Feel free to use any shade of spraypaint, though. Arrange your newly madehyacinths with other various flowers in avase and admire your handiwork.
Since plastic takes so long to decompose, theseplastic flowers are great for outdoor flowerarrangements. They may be used as accent flowersin your favorite decorative pot. Another creativeuse of this art form could be to memorialize thegravesite of a loved one. A plastic or metal skewermay be a better choice than the wooden skewer ifyou choose to put your flowers outdoors.
There is an area in the Pacific Ocean betweenJapan and Hawaii where currents converge. In thisaccumulation area, plastic pollution is twice thesize of Texas weighing 3.5 million tons. Let’s makeflowers instead of islands of trash in the ocean.
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Bringing 20 years of business manage-ment and advertising experience to the po-sition, George states “Silver City hasmuch to offer, starting with the peoplethemselves. My intention is to develop acollaborative organization – building part-nerships in the community for economicdevelopment and cultural enhancement.”He notes that the area’s broad base of at-tractions includes its arts and cultural ven-ues, great festivals and events, beautifularchitecture and history, wonderful restau-rant and lodging opportunities and, ofcourse, 3.3 million acres of natural beauty.“The cumulative result is a strong enginefor development.”
The focus of George’s career has beenthe development and creation of brandidentity, multi-media advertising and mar-keting campaigns. He has serviced corpo-rate, institutional, non-profit and smallbusiness clients nationally and held posi-tions from executive management to salesand service. An artist and outdoor enthusi-ast, George moved his digital printmakingstudio to Silver City two years ago.
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“The opportunity to become director of anaccredited museum was exciting and once Ivisited Silver City, I put my heart into the in-terview,” recalls Tracy Spikes, Silver CityMuseum Director since April 2011. “Cur-rently, we continue to gather feedback tohelp determine what exhibits and programswill encourage broader community participa-tion, keeping the museum alive and vital tothe entire city. I strongly believe Silver City’sdiverse cultural experience should be cele-brated by everyone in the community.”
“Silver City’s history doesn’t end at thecity limits,” Tracy continues. “Evolving storiesfrom the entire region continue to overlap – itjust makes sense to involve surroundingcommunities. The museum will continuesearching for stories from the Apache, Span-ish and early Mexican and Anglo eras as wellas recording generational family stories of thearea’s current residents.”
Tracy’s 20-plus years of museum experi-ence includes accreditation efforts, buildingrestoration, exhibit development and educa-tional programming.
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HISTORY OF THE SILVER CITY AREA SPANS THE ERASFROM THE ANCIENT MOGOLLON CULTURES TO THE people of today’s technology age. The Gila Cliff Dwellings Na-tional Monument and visitor center are perhaps the strongestattraction in the area, providing a visual showcase of how theseancients lived. The Mimbres River Valley, though once inhab-ited by pithouse dwellers is now a scene of orchards, hay fields,cattle and horses. The pride of large-scale mining operations isthe Chino open pit copper mine on NM 152.
The 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest provides many ofthe reasons for both visiting the area and for making a com-mitment to live here. Lakes in the immediate region includeLake Roberts and Bear Canyon, Bill Evans and Snow Lakes.Additional attractions include the Catwalk National RecreationTrail and the scenic gold mining ghost town of Mogollon, bothnear Glenwood, and City of Rocks State Park between SilverCity and Deming.
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Index of AdvertisersArt Gallery/ArtistsArt and Conversation 5 S24Azurite Gallery 7 S24Copper Quail Gallery 136 S25Fierro Canyon Galley, The 229 25JW Art Gallery 47 S25Lloyd Studios 220 S24Lois Duffy Art 55 S24Molly Ramolla Gallery & Custom Framing 181 S25
Original Prints & Drawings 109 S25Seedboat Center for the Arts 82 S24The Common Thread 25 S22The Cottage Stained Glass & More 225 S10
Victoria Chick - Cow TrailArt Studio 109 S25
Victoria J. West 123 S23Wynnegate Gallery & Studio 221 S24AttorneyLopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C. 56 S5Automotive Sales & ServiceSpeed Wrench Garage 160 S30Banking / FinancialFort Bayard Federal Credit Union 35 S12Chamber of CommerceLordsburg Hidalgo CountyChamber of Commerce 165 S21
Contractors & BuildersJ & S Plumbing & Heating 46 S8R.S. Masonry, Inc. 228 S32CPA’sStone McGee & Co. CPA’s 93 S31Thomas H. Laws, CPA, CVA 98 S31Developmental DisabilitiesLife Quest 166 S29Eco / Natural ProductsSuper Salve Co. 94 S29EntertainmentLULAC Mariachi Workshops& Concerts 227 S11
Mimbres Region Arts Council 62 S5General Store / Food Co-opRiver Ranch Market S7Silver City Food Co-op 144 S3GiftsCup of Grace 90 S27Home Products / ServicesManzanita Ridge 57 S27Syzygy Tile 95 S26Windows, Etc. 116 S31InsuranceFarm Bureau Financial Services 222 S31LodgingBear Creek Motel & Cabins 10 S9Bear Mountain Lodge 184 C2Casitas de Gila Guesthouses 17 S18Holiday Inn Express 44 C4
Painted Pony Resort 216 S21Palace Hotel, The 68 S3Whitewater Motel 114 S19MedicalAngelwings Coordinated Care 132 S29Silver Rexall Drug 90 S28MuseumChiricahua Desert Museum 215 S20Silver City Museum AdobeDynamics 101 Workshops 86 S6
Silver City Museum Store 86 S4Office SuppliesWestern Stationers Office Supply99 S7OrganizationAmerican Legion 191 S9Silver City MainStreet Project 85 S2Real Estate, DevelopmentsProperty ManagementSmith Real Estate & Property Mangement 92 S9
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XYZ Ranch Estates 151 S13Restaurant Bakery / CoffeeJalisco Cafe 48 S3Masa y Mas Tortilleria & Restaurante 142 S27
Millie’s Bake House 212 S7Vicki’s Eatery 210 S3Yankie Creek Coffee House 209 S3RetailBlackwell’s Antiques & Gifts 214 S26Conner Fine Jewelers 26 S26Dandelion Wish 155 S26Furniture Gallery, Inc. 36 S30Gila Hike & Bike 39 S27Hester House Candy & Gifts 43 S26Kris’s Krafters’ Kreations 141 S27Morning Star 65 S1Raven’s Nest 203 S27The Old Post Office Variety Store 226 S7
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SILVER CITY SPRANG TO LIFE DURING THE SUMMERof 1870. The discovery of silver brought thousands of miners, andmerchants followed in their footsteps. The town's founders decided Silver City would be “built tolast.” In 1880, an ordinance was passed requiring masonryconstruction for new buildings. This left behind solid commer-cial buildings, brick Victorian homes, and adobe structures.Devastating floods between 1890 and 1910 washed away theoriginal Main Street and all but one of its handsome brick build-ings. The stately Warren house is the sole survivor. What usedto be Main Street is now known as the Big Ditch.
The Silver City Visitor Center and Big Ditch Park providegateways into Historic Downtown for visitors and residents. Sil-ver City MainStreet Project has provided comprehensive down-town revitalization services since 1985. This vibrantaward-winning district has over 200 entities including retail andservice businesses, art studios, government services, non-profits, churches, and schools. It’s a treasure of a downtown!
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LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC 1881 MANSARD/ITALIANATEHOME OF H.B. AILMAN, THE SILVER CITY MUSEUM ISone of 13 museums in New Mexico recognized by the Amer-ican Assn. of Museums. Founded in 1967, the museum is fo-cused on the regional history of Southwest New Mexico withover 20,000 related objects. Photo collections depict SilverCity from the 1870s and include a significant collection fromthe 1930s and 40s.
Native American artifacts from the Mimbres, Mogollon andCasas Grandes peoples number over 500 pieces, and thereare exhibits from more recent Navajo and Apache groups. Ex-tensive mining exhibits, early Anglo and Hispanic settler cloth-ing, furnishings and even firearms are displayed. There is alsomemorabilia from native son Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, former as-tronaut and U.S. Senator.
It is open every day except Monday, and is located at 312West Broadway. The Museum Store features books and giftsdepicting or influenced by local history and cultures.
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WITH ALL IT HAS TO OFFER, IT IS NO WONDER SILVERCITY, NM WAS VOTED ONE OF THE 50 BEST PLACES TOlive by National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Lookingfor a health food store, a new workout routine or vegetar-ian eatery? Silver City's got it. There are numerous healthfood stores with a variety of products for your dietaryneeds. Want a workout? Try a new type of yoga in one ofthe quaint yoga studios downtown. If you're looking forsomething more upbeat, join a dance class at one of thehealth clubs in town or the University. At any one of SilverCity's gyms, there are a variety of exercise classes avail-able whether you're looking to try dancing, water aerobics,a step class, or a simple treadmill routine. With a gym tomatch your personality, there are unlimited ways to keephealthy and fit in this small town.
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WHEN SILVER CITY’S FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED THETOWN SITE IN THE LATTER 1800S, THEY LAID OUT THEgrid like those of many eastern cities – with the streets run-ning due north, south, east and west. They did not realize thatthe new town’s proximity to a north/south running slopewould encourage a natural disaster to occur.
In 1895 and again in 1903, flash floodwaters roared downSilver City’s Main Street, gouging out a huge ditch with a bot-tom some 55 feet below the original street level. As rainscontinued to feed the creek in the years that followed, cot-tonwood trees grew, providing shade.
The town’s Main Street was gone, but every adversity car-ries with it the seed of an opportunity. Working together, localbusinesses, residents and civic organizations created a beau-tiful and unique downtown park.
Big Ditch Park can be accessed via the footbridge at theSilver City Visitor Center parking lot.
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FREE Workshops with Pat Taylor, Historic Preservation Consultant, on the preservation & restoration of adobe buildings.(must pre-register at Silver City Museum 538-5921 • silvercitymuseum.org)
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YADA YADA YARNEverything for knitters new and old! Wool, cottonand fun yarns. Open daily 11-5.Open knitting Sun.12-3
614 N. Bullard St.388.3350www.yadayadayarn.com
DANDELION WISHUpscale selection of eclectic an-tiques, collectibles & consignmentmerchandise. Something for every-one’s taste and budget. We handleestate and moving sales. Tues.-Sun. 11ish-6ish • Random Mondays
109 N. Bullard St. • [email protected]
CONNER FINE JEWELERSSouthwest New Mexico's leadingjeweler and gem expert. Diamonds,Fine Watches & Gifts.
410 N. Bullard St.538-2012 • 388-2025
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BLACKWELL'S ANTIQUES & GIFTSAuthentic Antiques and ElegantGifts. Consignments Encouraged.Punkie Garretson, Owner.
218 N. Bullard St.388-1737
SYZYGY TILENationally recognized handmade tilecompany, dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing clay tile in thecraftsman tradition. Also, metal,glass, stone, concrete and importedtile. Tours available.
106 N. Bullard St. • 388-5472www.syzygytile.com
HESTER HOUSEDelicious fudge, truffles & choicecandies. Southwest gifts & edibles,baby gifts, cards. Free gift wrapping.
316 N. Bullard St.388-1360
Blackwell's Antiques & Gifts
Syzygy Tile
Hester House
Yada Yada Yarn
Dandelion Wish
Conner Fine Jewelers
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EXCEPT FOR THE ASPHALT ON ITS MAIN STREET, DOWN-TOWN PINOS ALTOS LOOKS MUCH LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE appeared nearly 150 years ago, when it was inhabited by thelikes of Judge Roy Bean. The town’s amenities, however,have greatly improved in the last century or so. They includea museum, an ice cream parlor, dining establishments andan authentic western bar.
Gold was first discovered in the area by Spanish and Mex-ican miners. Anglos rediscovered the metal in 1859/60, andfor a while the town was called Birchville after the first man tofind “color.” Nearly abandoned due to constant fights withthe Apaches, it was re-established in 1866 under its originalSpanish name.
Pinos Altos is located along the Continental Divide, sixmiles north of Silver City on NM Highway 15.
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2815 Pinos Altos Road P.O. Box 656 Silver City, NM 88062575-538-2973License #018637
Serving Silver City since 1981
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VICTORIA CHICKContemporary painter & printmaker fo-cused on expressing emotion throughthe action of human & animal subjects.Represented by JW Art Gallery, HurleyCow Trail Art StudioOpen Mondays or by appointment.
760-533-1897•VictoriaChick.com
ORIGINAL PRINTS ANDDRAWINGS - Etchings, Woodcuts,Linocuts and Drawings by 19th and 20thCentury American Artists. Representedby Cow Trail Art Studio. Open Mondays or by appointment.
119 Cow Trail • 760-533-1897VictoriaChick.com
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JW ART GALLERYFine Art, Bronze & Wooden Sculp-ture, Custom Picture Framing, GiftShop, Historic Hurley Museum.W.-F. 9-5 • S-Sun. 10-5
99 Cortez Ave.,Hurley • [email protected]
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THE FIERRO CANYONGALLERYTake a drive up Fierro Canyon andvisit our gallery in the middle of theHistoric Mining District. Fine art andscenic photography. Thur.-Mon. 10-5Just past the Hanover Post Office 388-2646www.fierrocanyongallery.com
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COPPER QUAIL GALLERYAn extraordinary selection of finearts and quality hand-crafted piecesfor your home and yard, created ex-clusively by local artists.211 A N. Texas St. • 388-2646
MOLLY RAMOLLA GALLERY& CUSTOM FRAMINGFine art, sculpture, prints, customjewelry, unique one-of-a-kind imaginary creations. Mon.-Sat. 11-5Framing by Daniel 654-0334307 N. Texas St.538-5538 • 800-985-6564www.RamollaArt.com
Victor ia Chick • Cow Trail Art Studio
Original Prints And Drawings
JW Art Gallery
The Fierro Canyon Gallery
Copper Quail Gallery
Molly Ramolla Gallery & Custom Framing
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Fabulous getaway nestled inthe tall pines of Pinos Altos.• Crackling Fireplaces• Secluded Balconies• Relaxing Porches• Telephone• Satellite TV• Barbeque Grill• Hot Tub in Cabana•Meeting Room•Cabins with kitchens are available.
Conveniently loca ted just7 miles north of Silver Cityon NM Hwy. 15.
575.388.4501888.388.4515
Make reservations & view availability online
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LOIS DUFFY STUDIOThought provoking surrealist and realistcontemporary paintings, giclee prints,and hand signed cards. OpenSaturdays 10am-4pm and by appointment.
211 C N. Texas St. • [email protected]
YA N K I E S T R E E T SEEDBOATCENTER FOR THE ARTSFine Art & Craft Gallery and LivePerformance Space located in theArts & Cultural District in HistoricDowntown Silver City. Recording Studio available.214 W. Yankie St. • 534-1136www.SeedboatGallery.com
WYNNEGATE GALLERY & STUDIOFeaturing Southwest & Impressionistpaintings, and scenic photography byJane Grant and Roy Adams.110 W. Yankie St.214-957-3688www.WynnegateGalleries.com
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ART & CONVERSATIONContemporary craft gallery featuringJaney Katz’s Critters from the “Hood”cut from old trucks & Suzi Calhoun’scolorful pottery.Open daily 11-5.
614 N. Bullard St. • [email protected]
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AZURITE GALLERYDesigner Jewelry by LindaBoatwright, Featuring Paintings byLocal Artists, Fine Wood & CopperLamps. Wed.-Sat.10-5.
110 W. Broadway • 538-9048 www.azuritegallery.com
LLOYD STUDIOSCustom Knifemaking, Antler Art &Sculpture, Damascus Knives & Swords- all hand carved originals in antler,bone, horn, and ivory by William & Elizabeth Lloyd. Wed.-Sat. 11-7, Sun. 12-5
306 W. Broadway303-378-0926 www.lloydstudios.com
Lois Duffy Studio
Seedboat Center For The Arts
Wynnegate Gallery & Studio
Art & Conversation
Azurite Gallery
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ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE TRAIL OF THEMOUNTAIN SPIRITS NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY IS THE533-acre Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Here youcan see the homes and catch a glimpse into the lives ofNative Americans who lived here between seven and eighthundred years ago. Along with the ancient ruins, themonument features a visitor center and museum.
From Silver City there are two ways to travel to themonument. The first is to go north past Piños Altos on NM 15, a winding, mountain forest road. Here, trailers overtwenty feet long must take an alternate route on NM 61/35.
The other route is through the Mimbres Valley north fromNM 152 off US 180 east of town. This route is 25 mileslonger, but easier and takes the same amount of time –about two hours. Call ahead for hours and road conditions;(575)536-9461.
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WHILE OUR AREA IS STEEPED IN THE RICH HISTORIES ANDTRADITIONS OF RANCHING AND MINING, IT IS ALSO Aplace of vast cultural diversity. This assertion is demonstrated by the fact that Silver City, Billy the Kid’schildhood hometown, has been named one of the “100Best Art Towns in America” by John Villani in his well-known guidebook of the same title.The arts are aliveand well here, thanks to the promotional efforts of the Mimbres Region Arts Council and the numerous gallerieswith locations stretching from downtown Hurley to downtown Silver City. Every style and type of artworkimaginable is represented here, and many galleries offerthe rare opportunity to meet and talk with the artists themselves. Most of the downtown Silver City galleries areconveniently located within walking distance of each other,as well as numerous other kinds of shops and excellent dining establishments.
Colorful and richly layered watercolorstill life settings with aSouthwestern theme. Represented by Gallery400 on North Arizona St.in historic downtownSilver City.
Westwind Studiosby appointment575-388-4775On display at Adobe Springs Cafe
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Paintings & Prints by Narrie Toole
Metalwork by Jimmy Head
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RED DOT Studio Tour
THE RED DOT STUDIO TOUR IS A PROJECT OF THE SILVERCITY GALLERY ASSOCIATION. THE TOUR PLACES ARTlovers in unique and personal studio spaces ranging fromwarehouse size buildings to household rooms dedicated toart production. Artists work in a wide variety of mediums andtechniques. Oil, acrylic, and watercolor painters; ceramicartists; photographers; printmakers; fiber artists andweavers; mixed media artists; jewelers; fine furniture mak-ers; woodworkers; makers of unique books; and sculptorswho weld, cast, sandblast glass, or use mosaic are all artistswho have created a specialized space open to visitors. Stu-dio locations range from downtown Silver City to the lesstraveled communities of Hurley and Fierro, and other rurallocations making the Studio Tour an adventure.Driving or walking to Studios is the perfect way to view thegreat art for which Silver City is known and to get to knowthe artists and understand their work better.
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Area EventsMayMay 1-5 Annual Tour of the Gila. 5-day
stage race. 575-538-3785.tourofthegila.com
24-26 Silver City Blues Festival. Oneof the Southwest's premier musicfestivals, drawing musicians andmusic fans from around the world.A FREE evemt in Gough Park.575-538-2505 mimbresarts.org
JuneJun 5-8 Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo.
Southwest Horseman’s Arena.High-flying bull riding, fast ridingand roping and much more! 575-534-5030
JulyJul 4 Independence Day Festivities.
4th of July parade though down-town Silver City, followed bymusic and vendors in GoughPark.Weather permitting fireworks dis-play at dusk. 1-800-548-9378www,silvercity.org
Jul 20-22 Hummingbird Festival. Pro-grams by renowned hummingbirdspecialists, including hummingbirdbander Bill Talbot plus other pre-sentations on hummingbirds andwildlife, along with music and artexhibits. Little Toad Creek Inn &Tavern. 575-536-9649
20 Big Ditch Day. Downtown SilverCity. Music, educational tours,historical re-enactors, conserva-tion demonstrations, and theFarmers’ Market. Local arts,crafts, and food. Local artists andinventors will display their con-traptions, inventions, and innova-tions in SilverCity’s Makers Fair!silvercitymainstreet.com
27-Aug 4 Silver City CLAY Festival.Celebrates clay at various ven-ues. Offerings will showcase tile,pottery, adobe and natural build-ing processes.CLAYFestival.com
August16-17Copper Country Cruizers Car
Show. Vintage vehicles of all kindsin Gough Park. 575-388-3468
24 Fort Bayard's 147th BirthdayCelebration. 575-388-4477
31 Chicano Music Festival. 9am-4pmCar & Bike Show, Booths, LiveMusic Old James Stadium; 4-7pmPhoto & Memorabilia Exhibit Mc-Cray Gallery, Reception in Court-yard; 7-10pm Documentary andlive performance featuring GrantCounty musicians Fine Arts CentreTheatre; 10:30pm-2am Dance.
31-Sep 3 Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Show. Museum qualitymineral specimens, jewelry, andarts crafted from rock and gemsas well as "rough" stones. GrantCo. Business & Conference Cen-ter. rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com
September13-15 Pickamania! Free music festival
celebrating the close of summerfeaturing buegrass, folk, andAmericana. Great festival in theheart of southwestern New Mex-ico. Gough Park. 575-538-2505
19-22 9th Annual Gila River Festival.Four days of exceptional speak-ers, guided hikes, kayak trip,workshops, and more! KennethBrower, writer and environmental-ist will the the keynote speaker.www.gilaconservation.org. 575-538-8078
20-21 Fort Bayard Days. Learn moreabout Fort Bayard and the set-tling of the West. The day in-cludes info on the buffalosoldiers, military re-enactments,Native American history and somuch more. It ends with theBuckles and Bustles Military Ball.575-388-4477
17-18 RED DOT Studio Tour. A free,self-guided weekend tour ofartists' studios, providing an up-close and personal look into theunique creative process of areaartists.www.silvercitygalleries.com.575-313-9631
25-29 Cliff Gila Grant County Fair.Outstanding animal and craft exhibits from schools and civicgroups across the county. Cliff, NM 575-388-1559
12-14 Mariachi Workshop & Concert.Celebrating Hispanic HeritageMonth, WNMU FACT.575.519.9042 or 575.574.8728
October12-14 Red Dot Gallery Walk. Current
works by regional artists in morethan 20 galleries in historic down-town Silver City and nearby areas.www.silvercitygalleries.com. 575-313-9631
Ongoing EventsFarmer's Market 8:30 am - noon, Satur-days through October. Main Street Plaza,Enter at 7th/Bullard. 575-534-1704First Fridays Downtown Galleries andshops stay open late in historic downtownSilver City. Enjoy dinner, take an art walk,or explore our eclectic shops. Look for artopenings, special offers, family activities,and more. silvercitymainstreet.comWalking Tour of Historic Fort Bayard 9:30 am on the SE corner of the ParadeGrounds. Saturdays May-September.Walking tours last about 2 hours and arefree. 575-536-3161Silver City's Saturday Art Market 9 am - 2pm, Saturdays Apr. 23 through October 29.703 N Bullard St (across from the FarmersMarket). 575-313-6468.
Celebrating the Unity of Cultures through the UniversalLanguage of Music during Hispanic Heritage Month
Ticket OutletsAmBank (all branches), 1st New Mexico Bank,
Silver City Visitor Center, Smoke Shop,Food Basket in Bayard & Silver City,
Scholarship fundraiser for LULAC Council #8003
For more information contact Juanita Escobedo 575-519-9042
or Lynn Baca 575-574-8728
Music Workshops with Mariachi Raices de America
Sept. 12-13, at WNMU Parotti Building (times to be announced)
Music Concerts with Mariachi Raices de America, Antonio Reyna & Ballet Folklorico Paso Del Norte
Sept. 14 • 2pm &7pmat WNMU Fine Arts Theater, Tickets - $15 2272 5
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MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING HAVE BEEN THEDRIVING FORCES OF BAYARD AND HURLEY SINCE THEearly 1900s, while Arenas Valley has developed into a smallbusiness district and community midway between the miningdistrict and Silver City. With vistas of the kneeling nun andthe mammoth Santa Rita open pit copper mine, as well as theheadframes of historic underground mining operations, thearea provides visitors visual insights into the state’s richestmineral districts. As the number of people involved in miningoperations fluctuates, the communities are focusing more ontheir festivals, the arts and the tourism side of the historicmining operations. In the case of Arenas Valley, uncompli-cated country living is the predominant draw…and a fewunique businesses. Bayard has its coffee and tortilla compa-nies and Hurley boasts a southwest fine arts gallery housedin its historic “company store.” Mining and reclamation stillcontribute significantly to local economies.
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For more information, contact: Lordsburg - Hidalgo County Chamber of Commerce
575-542-9864 • [email protected]
206 Main Street • Lordsburg, NM 88045
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EMBRACED BY CLEAR SKIES AND OPEN SPACE, HIDALGO COUNTY CELEBRATES ITS ESTABLISHED ARTSvenues, unique birding destinations and its Old West heritage.Rodeo, New Mexico, in the state’s bootheel, is home to theChiricahua Art Gallery, The Painted Pony Resort and the Chir-icahua Desert Museum housing the work of international wildlifeartist, Tell Hicks and the largest live collection of rare rat-tlesnakes in existence. Birding opportunities thrive in GuadalupeCanyon and the Chiricahua Mountains near Rodeo and alongthe Gila River north of Lordsburg, the latter providing access tosome 170 species of birds.
The Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum captures the city’sbeginnings as a railroad, agriculture and mining town, highlightsthe landing of Charles Lindbergh during his cross-county flightand displays a nationally-recognized collection of prisoner of warmemorabilia. Just two miles south of town lies Shakespeareghost town, a National Historic Site once roamed by some ofthe West’s most notorious outlaws.
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Learn about the area mining historyfrom a knowledgeable guide
while aboard a Corre Caminos bus.
Learn about the area mining historyfrom a knowledgeable guide
while aboard a Corre Caminos bus.
2nd Tuesday of Each Month
Tour departs at 10am sharp from Bayard City Hall800 Central Avenue,
Bayard, NM
2nd Tuesday of Each Month
Tour departs at 10am sharp from Bayard City Hall800 Central Avenue,
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LOCATED JUST 34 MILES SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, THE CITYOF ROCKS STATE PARK IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR Afun-filled day trip or picnic with the entire family. The park fea-tures giant monoliths that were formed from the eruption ofan ancient volcano and eroded by the wind over an extendedperiod of time. These huge, unusually shaped boulders areperfect for sightseeing or climbing.
For some, the park resembles a medieval village; for othersit is a collection of misshapen, albeit benign, giants. Essen-tially, it is a flat-lying sheet of reddish lava jointed along verti-cal rather than horizontal planes creating the likeness of a citywith streets and buildings. There are formations which read-ily suggest giants’ chairs, prehistoric monsters, or creaturesof imaginative myth.
Complete with a desert garden, the park offers picnickingand camping spots. Adjacent to the formations rises TableMountain, a perfect example of a mesa.
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THE CATWALK NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL IS SITUATEDIN WHITEWATER CANYON NEAR GLENWOOD. THE catwalk is a metal bridge secured into the canyon walls thatleads through some of the most beautiful parts of thecanyon. This 250-foot metal causeway clings to the sides ofthe boulder-choked Whitewater Canyon, which in someplaces is only 20 feet wide and 250 feet deep. There aremany spots where a hiker can leave the steel causeway andrelax on the grassy banks of the sycamore-shaded stream.The original catwalk was a gravity-fed slurry line for a localmill. The mines above the canyon were worked from theirdiscovery in 1889 until 1942 (Billy the Kid’s stepfather,William Antrim, was a blacksmith at the town called Graham).As of April 2013, the steel catwalks are being prepared forre-hanging, so only the sycamore-shaded picnic area and firstquarter mile of trail are open. Call 575.539.2481 for updateor check online: Glenwood Ranger District.
The CatwalkRecreation Trail
Faywood Hot Springs is a unique geothermal oasis well-known for its healing waters. Relax and rejuvenate in one of our outdoor public or private mineral soaking pools.
www.faywood.com • 575.536.9663 • 165 Hwy 61 • Faywood, NM
Tent sites for camping • Pull-through RV sites with full hook-ups • Private furnished cabins
Located midway between Silver City and Deming near City of Rocks State Park.Visit our website for resort information:
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DemingBy Brett Ferneau
DEMING HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE ITS BEGIN-NINGS AS A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE RAILROAD TOWN INthe old west. Situated 33 miles north of Mexico beneath themajestic Florida Mountains, today’s Deming is rapidly grow-ing, while retaining its friendly small town ambiance. Claimingto be the green chile capitol of the world and the source formost New Mexico wines, Deming also boasts a vibrant artscommunity, unique museums, live music venues, a year-roundgolf course and a host of first-class restaurants. Its recentlyexpanded transit system provides easy, affordable travelaround town and connections to Lordsburg and Silver City.Deming hosts many community events and special occa-sions, such as the famous annual Deming Duck Races andDeming Onion Festival. The city straddles Interstate Highway10. It is a natural rest stop between El Paso, Texas and Tuc-son, Arizona, and a jumping-off point for Rockhound, PanchoVilla and City of Rocks state parks.
STRADDLING THE GILA RIVER, CLIFF ON THE NORTH SIDEAND GILA ON THE SOUTH, THESE TWO SETTLE-ments together total perhaps 500 habitants and are closeenough that the newcomer might see them as blending intoone town. Don’t be fooled. Each has its own post office, zipcode, and defenders. Cliff has the café, filling station, andschool (K-12); Gila has the grocery, feed store, and senior cen-ter. Both retain an attachment to a rural ambiance based on ir-rigation agriculture that is uncommonly lovely, increasingly rare,and takes you back in time as you drive the Gila Valley, up-stream or down, on either side of the river. True tales are stilltold here. Tom Lyons’ LC Ranch, based in Gila, was New Mex-ico’s largest at 1.5 million acres circa 1900. Along nearby RainCreek, Carl and Blue Rice killed New Mexico’s last grizzly bearin 1931. Meanwhile, the bucolic agricultural vistas will have youin a reverie of settling down on your own green parcel, withhomegrown food, 5 acres, and independence.
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ne of the fun birds to see isthe Gambel’s Quail sitting ontop of a fence post or yucca
and keeping watch while theothers of its clan are gleaning
the area for bits of food. Theyoften sound off to keep the family
feeling safe - - - or maybe to alertme to its presence so I can oohand aah over its beauty. Whatever
it is, they keep in contact with eachother while they are on the ground andthat makes it easy to know they are in thenearby area even though they might notbe easy to see. They will soon flush andscoot out of cover for a distance beforelanding and running to some other shelter.
When they have young, the little onesare rather easy to see since they do bet-ter with their running along open ground,especially a dirt trail or roadway. I can’tbelieve how those little guys and gals canmake their tiny legs work so fast. They willsometimes run before my car for a hun-dred feet or so before finding the rightplace to turn off. Of course I go veryslowly so as not to over-exert them andfrighten them into flight.
The Gambel’s Quail is the most com-mon of that species in the immediate vicin-ity of Silver City, with 305 being found onthe December 2012 Christmas BirdCount. The count covers the area of a cir-cle with a radius 71⁄2 miles centered on thedowntown area.
Another quail found on the ChristmasBird Count was the Montezuma. This quailis hard to find and doesn’t announce itselfas much as the Gambel’s likes to do. Onlytwo Montezuma Quail were seen. Proba-bly the best way to see that species is tofind someone who has them coming totheir yard for feeding. That is the way I sawmy first ones almost 20 years ago. I’ll nottry to describe what that bird looks like be-cause you wouldn’t believe me. Just findan illustration and you will understand. It isindeed a fascinating bird.
The Scaled Quail is also in our generalarea but usually outside the circle. Theycan be found in more open places and areoften easy to see since they don’t seemto be as skittish as other quail. At leastthat has been my finding. One other quailis in the state, the Bobwhite, but that is inthe northeast corner of the state. At leastthat is where I have found them.
Have fun with the quail while you areout, and in the spring and summer look forthe little ones. They are just too cute fortheir own good.
The Gambel’s Quailis the most commonof that species in theSilver City area.
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tuart Egnal, owner of Custom Steelworks located at the end of Bullard Street,works on metal projects large and small. Some of his larger projects includethe two newest bridges in Silver City.
One of the bridges is located over Silva Creek behind Jose Barrios Ele-mentary School and replaces an old, unsafe bridge students would cross on theirway to school. A collaboration between the New Mexico Department of Trans-portation and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership program provided thefunds to build a bridge connecting Virginia Street and Little Walnut Road. These twoorganizations work to provide children safe passage to their schools. Students walk-ing or riding their bicycles to Jose Barrios wanted to avoid Highway 180 and so a newer, safer bridge was constructed.The Wellness Coalition and students from the Aldo Leopold School teamed up and created a botanical garden on theVirginia Street side of the bridge.
The second bridge connects a section of the San Vicente trail route. It is located behind the Public Safety building andspans over San Vicente Creek to the Big Ditch Park. The New Mexico State Parks awarded Silver City funding throughthe 2010 Recreational Trails Program for the San Vicente Bridge to help develop and maintain this recreational trail.
Larger projects include the two newestbridges in Silver City.
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opposite, bottom: The new Silva Creek foot bridgeprovides safe passage for Jose Barrios elementarystudents. insets, above and opposite: Large steelfabrications are often moved to sites at night toavoid traffic.
It is an odd sight to see a bridge beingdriven down Bullard Street in the weehours of the morning but this is the besttime to avoid traffic while transporting abridge. “It was maybe a month of cuttingand welding,” said Stuart. “Small projectsor big projects. It doesn’t matter, it’s justcutting out parts and putting them to-gether.” A much smaller bridge was fabri-cated for the Grant County Child CareCenter. “It was so small, we could set it byhand,” said Stuart.
Another project Custom Steelworks hada hand in are the columns for the Down-town Gateway Arch located at the begin-ning of Broadway Street. These columnswere made from old light posts. CustomSteelwork’s talents may be seen all overtown from the Visitor Center’s solar carportto the Corre Camino bus shelters andmore. To learn more about Custom Steel-works you may view their website athttp://custom-steelworks.com.
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vernight, the acquisition of the NAN Ranch Collection turned WNMU into the research leader for prehistoricMimbres culture. The WNMU Museum has long been the keeper of the ancient spirit, housing the largestpermanent display of Mimbres artifacts in existence. In the world of archaeology, the addition of the NAN Ranch
Collection will trigger an element of clout for the university, and the depth of the permanent display will create anew destination factor for the community of Silver City.
“The NAN Ranch Collection promotes our museum to a level of international prominence,” notes Western New Mexico Uni-versity President Dr. Joseph Shepard. “We should celebrate not just as a university, but also as a community.” Silver City MayorJames Marshall adds that he and the City are “proud to see this magnificent collection come home to the Silver City area.”
“The movement in archaeology,” states WNMU Museum Director and Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) Dr. Cynthia Ann Bettison, “is to use existing collections in museums for masters'
theses, dissertations, and research. This outstanding collection already hasseveral researchers clamoring to get started on the collection. In the fall, themuseum expects to have a curator of archaeology, who will be in charge of
the collection and overseeing researchers."The university museum’s focus on the Mimbres cultureis important for a number of reasons. All of the arti-
facts left behind were scientifically excavated anddocumented. Dwelling construction, communitylayouts and burial practices were carefully detailed.The intricate geometric designs and creative de-pictions of insects, animals and humans fired into
their pottery will forever fascinate visitors, artistsand researchers alike. Museum Assistant Director,
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above: Three piecesshow the diversity ofthe collection: a Style III,Classic Mimbres black-on-white flowerpot formwith differing geometricdesigns on the exterior andinterior, an early Style II black-on-white bowl with a dragonflywith Tlaloc eyes, and a texturedMimbres brown ware mug. op-posite, top: Assistant Direc-tor/Curator of Education &History Phillip Cave, MayorJames Marshall, WNMU Pres-ident Dr. Joseph Shepard, andMuseum Director Dr. CynthiaAnn Bettison review the acqui-sition. Dr. Bettison holds thecollection logo bowl, a MimbresPolychrome with a turkey bodywith a diamondback rattlesnakeas its head. The large ClassicMimbres fully corrugated jar isthought to have been used tobrew corn beer. right: A tour ofthe new NAN Ranch interpreta-tive exhibits is led by PhillipCave for WNMU studentsMichael Rand, Katelyn Dean,Patty Young and Luis Figueroa.
Photograph Courtesy of Western New Mexico
University MuseumThe NAN Ranch Collection Photo by Anthony Howell©2013 WNMU Museum
WRITTEN BY JOSEPH BURGESSPHOTOGRAPHY BY ANTHONY HOWELL AND JOSEPH BURGESS
NAN Ranch Collection Comes Home to Museum
Phillip Cave summarizes, “Having a collection that is not looted, but based on 35-yearsof education and research, enables us to give our visitors a better understanding of theMimbres way of life and culture through our exhibitions.”
The journey began 37 years ago at the NAN Ranch archaeology site with a phonecall from the late Margaret Hinton, owner of the property, to Dr. Harry J. Shafer whoinitiated the excavations and who continues to conduct research and publish on thecollection. Dr. Bettison’s involvement with the NAN Ranch project began in 1981 asa Masters student needing field experience. “It completely changed my life,” she shares.Her continuing research into the Mimbres culture and long-standing commitment todeveloping a prominent and permanent display of the artifacts made WNMU a viableoption as steward of the collection.
Mrs. Hinton had considered a number of prestigious universities, but in the end,it was her decision that the collection needed to go home to Silver City. Doing so cre-ated the truly world-class display and research opportunity at Western New MexicoUniversity. WNMU thus became the undisputed guardian of Mimbres culture andherald of the Margaret R. Hinton legacy.
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Committee members atthe “Many Hands Mural”in Penny Park includeFaye McCalmont, KarenCarr, Diana Ingalls Leyba(Directing Artist), LeeGruber, Buck Burns,Molly Alvarado, and Eu-gene and Eulalla Lewisopposite. “Fort BayardHistory” mural at The Hubin Historic Downtown.
Mimbres Region Arts Council
Youth MuralProgram
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ow many have you seen? As of mid-sum-mer, 2013, there are 45 murals scatteredthroughout Silver City and the communi-
ties of Bayard, Gila and Santa Clara.Each of those 45 represents a broad commitment toenhancing the communities, a focused collaboration,intense decision-making and planning efforts, major fi-nancial, material and site support from local busi-nesses, exhaustive contributions by local artists, thevitality and talent of community youth groups and awhole lot of love!
Each of the Grant County murals tells a story, notjust any story, but one that is important to the history,culture, resources and future of Grant County. The GilaRiver, mine workers, war veterans, children at play andart that simply makes you feel good are among themany subjects.
The program is directed toward Grant County youth,encouraging them to meet the basic qualifications andto stick with a difficult and sometimes tedious projectto completion. The young people help design, fabri-cate, paint and apply locally hand-made tile and othermaterials, directly supervised by seasoned artists. Par-ticipants gain respect for the arts and a better under-standing of their own capabilities. Their names are alsoinscribed, legally, on the murals for future generationsto appreciate.
Artists who work with the program are Diana IngallsLeyba, Marilyn Gendron, Cecilia Stanford, CarleneRoters, Kate Brown, Fred Barraza, Beth Menzcer,Kathryn Allen, Melanie Zipin, and Zoe Wolfe. The mu-rals are a program of the Mimbres Region Arts Coun-cil (MRAC). “We understand the importance ofensuring our future generations have a grounded andwell-rounded appreciation of how the arts affect our
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everyday lives,” states Arts Council Director Faye McCalmont. “Withfunding from New Mexico Arts, the National Endowment for the Artsand Local Sponsors, MRAC has embarked on several programs thatare dedicated to the youth of Grant County and the sur-rounding region.”
Check out the latest mural at the12th Street Bridge.
above, top down: “Grant CountyBottling” mural on the old CocaCola bottling plant on SilverHeights Blvd. “Chihuahua HillHistory” on the ManzanitaRidge building on BullardSt. “Bless Me Ultima –The Big Read” onthe Silver City Pub-lic Library. left:“Transportation inthe 30s, 40s and50s at The Hub onBullard St. right:Dome Skull at theSilver City SkatePark.
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The photo industry is continually changing but Georgeand Melinda Austin are keeping up by purchasing current
equipment, offering web-based services and honingtheir photography skills. They started their original
business 19 years ago, Silver Imaging, which hasevolved into the Silver Portrait Studio while still offering 1-hour photo services, quality frames and,of course, portraits. They also do passport photos.
George and Melinda are active members and office holders of the Professional Photographers of
America (PPA). While attending the PPA conventions,they take workshops to perfect their art of photography
and enter the competitions. The judges at the competi-tions are very scrutinizing and the Austin’s have taken
their abilities as photographers towhole new levels.
Melinda’s print, ‘The Scoop’,won Best of Show, People’sChoice Award, Best Children’sPortrait and most honorable ofall, the Judge’s Choice Award.Rarely do judges give a print aperfect score, but Melinda received a score of 100 on‘The Scoop.’ The judgesscores are based on excel-lent lighting, a sharp image,the photo has to tell a story,
it has to be presented properlyand it has to have a good name.“The storytelling part is the hard-est,” says Melinda. ‘The Scoop’shows a reporter in the ‘40’s inParis tired and resting with a cupof coffee while in deep thoughtabout his latest reporting ‘scoop.’George’s print, ‘Searching forFreedom’ received the honor ofBest Senior Portrait. As theAustin’s accumulate merits on
their submitted photos, they are well on their way to claiming the statuses ofMaster Photographers.
The Austin’s are excited about their newest, state-of-the art inkjet printer.“Besides the basic print sizes, this one does 10x36 prints and also 2-sidedprints,” says George. “With the digital era, we’ve had to move on. This indus-try is so creative and a lot of fun.”
George &Melinda AustinPhoto Contest WinnersWRITTEN BY JUDY WUTHRICH, PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE AUSTIN
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Dolly Parton’sImagination LibraryComes to Grant County
oren and Barbara Nelson of Silver City joined forces with Dolly Parton’s organization, the Imagina-tion Library, and started the Grant County chapter: www.imaginationlibrarygc.org. “We’re both retiredteachers and grandparents,” said Barbara. “We want to give back to the community.” The Nelsonswant to make sure each child receives one book a month from birth until kindergarten. Each month
the child will receive an age-appropriate book of excellent quality. All you have to do is registeryour child; all the Imagination Library asks in return is that you agree to read to your child.
Dolly Parton is best known in the entertainment industry, and for her theme park Dollywood, but the Imag-ination Library is quickly gaining popularity. Dolly started it in 1995 in her hometown in Tennessee. She real-ized the importance of reading and being read to as a child and the positive benefits as the child becomes anadult. Sitting with your child and reading to them is an excellent form of bonding. Reading to your child showsthem the basics of reading, like how to read from left to right, it boosts their language and speech skills, de-velops attention spans and they generally become better students and are more likely to go to college.
The Nelsons are aware of studies that show over one-half of New Mexico children are not reading at theirgrade level. Thousands of these children were not given early childhood head-starts like reading to them. An-other study shows if a child in the third grade cannot read at a third grade level, they are most likely to dropout of school at some point. “We feel these statistics would drastically improve if everyone took advantageof the Imagination Library reading program,” said Loren.
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opposite: Loren and Barbara Nelson initi-ated the Grant County chapter of DollyParton’s Imagination Library. above:Youngsters from birth through kinder-garten benefit from the age-appropriatereading program.
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Harry Benjamin1945-2013
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ocals – mark your calendars to take advantage of Silver City’s adventuresome Red Dot weekends. Visitors – thereis no better time to pursue the depth and quality of art in Silver City than the 2013 Red Dot Studio Tour and Gallery
Weekends. This fall, art grabs the focus on two separate and exciting dates. September 20-22 - 2013 RED DOT, Studio Tour. Enjoy this free self- guided tour of artist’s studios providing an up-
close and personal look into the unique creative process. View a demonstration at each studio.October 11-14 - RED DOT Gallery Weekend spans four days of Columbus Day Weekend. There will be gala recep-
tions at all galleries from 4:00 to 7:00 pm on Saturday. Meet the local artists and attend free lectures and surprise events.The 2013 RED DOT, theme is “Different Countries of the World” and you can enjoy specially-prepared food, music
and exhibits along the gallery walk and throughout the historic downtown district.Visiting Silver City anytime is visually and gastronomically rewarding – not to mention a breath of clean, fresh moun-
tain air. On the RED DOT, weekends, the artists are pumped up and ready to explain their work and there will be demon-strations. The galleries will be bulging with the best work the region has to offer, from fine art to carvings, gourd art andpottery, jewelry and photography. The entire Historic Downtown will be involved – from its unique shops and museumsthat house the artwork of centuries past to the ultimate in coffee shops and cuisine.
And, by the way, it’s an excellent time of the year to cruise through Silver City’s three-million acre forest playgroundand check out ancient lifestyles and historic moments at the local museums and Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
You ain’t seen it all till you’ve connected the red dots in Historic Downtown Silver City!More info at www.silvercitygalleries.com
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front row from left: Marcia Stout, Cindy Lindhorn, Alexandra Todd, Lee Gruber, Victoria Chick, Jessica Thetford.back row: David del Junco, Stephen Fox, Patrick Hoskins, Tim Lindhorn.
he 2nd annual Silver City CLAY Festival is scheduled for July 27-August 4 and starts this year with a Texas Hold’empoker tournament at the old Elks Lodge ballroom on Texas Street. Why poker for a clay festival? Clay was the ma-terial of choice for poker chips made between the 1880's and the late 1930's. The most expensive clay composition
poker chips were made in Cincinnati, OH from 1907 to 1939. This type of poker chip was composed of a circular litho-graph, embedded into the clay, with a seal of a polyurethane type liquid, over the entire surface. Poker chip aficionadosprefer clay chips.
“We want to help build the economy from the ‘ground’ up. What better way than with ‘clay?’ says Lee Gruber,owner of Syzygy Tileworks and organizer of the CLAY Festival. “We want to incorporate as many other local busi-nesses and venues as possible.”
There will be two juried exhibitions. “A Tile and A Vessel” where artists must create a clay vessel existing in uni-son with a tile. A Neo-Mimbreno vessels exhibition called “Two Museums, One Exhibit” will feature two- or three-dimensional media of a vessel inspired by the prehistoric Mimbreno culture.
Several workshops will be available, such as; creating your own pot using techniques of Mata Ortiz pottery, mak-ing your own tile, helping build a labyrinth, creating an ocarina flute and many more clay related workshops.
Attendees will have the option of tours to the Gila Cliff Dwellings with lunch at the Little Toad Creek Inn & Tavern,Whitewater Mesa Labyrinth, Historic Mining District, Syzygy Tileworks Factory and Mimbres Archeological Sites.
Clay events will be available for children, as well. There will be a pinch pot demonstration, a flute making class, Clay-mation films and recreating history in clay.
For more information on the Silver City CLAY Festival, go to: www.clayfestival.com
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amal Fiesta y Más was originally called “The Tamale Festival” but com-munity members pointed out that tamal is the proper singular word fortamales. During the festival, many kinds of tamales are available, ranging
from traditional corn-husk wrapped red-chile pork and green-chile chicken varietiesto tamales wrapped in banana leaves. There are sweet tamales made with raisins,pecans, and other fillings. Judges have the savory task of determining the tastiestentries. But tamales are not the only food at the fiesta . . . you can sample Hispanic-heritage holiday treats including biscochos, capirotada, posole, and more.
The Southwest New Mexico Green Chamber organized the first event in 2011with input from local Hispanic community organizations. Although the fiesta beganas a celebration of Hispanic heritage through foods, other cultural activities suchas folk art, music, dancing, and bilingual storytelling are featured. Performers haveincluded Rosas del Desierto, an award-winning all-girl mariachi group from Dem-ing; matachines dancers from Chihuahua; and bands from the Grant County Chi-cano Music Project. Children and adults can participate in fun heritage workshopsat the Silver City Museum.
Tamal Fiesta y Más continues to grow in popularity. The committee plans to ex-pand the folk art component and expects more vendors and tamal contest en-trants. 2012 attendance was estimated at 400-500 people. Griffin’s Propane andMi Ranchito Foods are the event sponsors. The Grant County Chicano Music Proj-ect is partnering with the Green Chamber to produce the December 7, 2013 event.To participate, contact Tamal Fiesta y Más at 575-538-4332 or [email protected], or visit www.tamalfiestaymas.org for more information.
Tamal Fiesta y Más
elebrating the unity of all culturesthrough the universal language of mariachimusic,” states organizer Juanita Es-
cobedo, “is the primary purpose of the2013 Mariachi Workshop & Concert. Theevent reaches out to area youth and commu-nity members aspiring to become mariachimusicians or simply striving to better under-stand the music and culture of the Hispanicpeople. Equally important, it nurtures thegrowth of gifted musicians of all back-grounds.”
Included again this year is Mariachi Raicesde America under the direction of BryantChaffino. Bryant designed the three-day work-shop and the group’s master musicians will beproviding instruction in guitar, trumpet, violin,guitarron and voice.
Also among the concert performers will beCharro Antonio Reyna, well known for his mari-achi vocals throughout the U.S. and Mexico.The brilliant dance routines of Ballet Folklorico
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he Fiber Arts Festival is a two day celebration of all things fiber related and issponsored by the Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective. This Collectiveoperates a fiber arts gallery, The Common Thread, and showcases handmade
fiber items made by its members. The Fiber Arts Festival will feature vendors of hand-made fiber art and fiber art making supplies. A variety of special exhibits showcas-ing many different fiber art items and classes will be available. The ‘make it and takeit’ workshops will allow you to learn how to make an item and take it home. The fes-tival is free and donations are encouraged at the door to help their nonprofit fundrais-ing efforts.
Several special exhibits will also be featured at the festival. These exhibits include;mosaic tile influenced designed quilts by Jean Biddick, red and green antique quiltsfrom the collection of Maureen Craig, silk painted items from five silk painters in NewMexico, fun and funky handmade dolls, unique baskets, hand woven, knitted, or cro-cheted items, a spinning display, hand hooked wool rugs from the Adobe Wool ArtsGuild in Albuquerque, contemporary art quilts from members of New Mexico StudioArt Quilt Associates, a wide variety of Fiber Art pieces made by members of theSouthwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective, and a judged special Invitational MiniatureQuilt Challenge with the theme of “What Inspires Me!“ featuring miniature quilts by4 local quilting groups.
The 2013 Silver City Fiber Arts Festival will be on Friday, November 15th and Sat-urday, November 16th from 10am-5pm at the Grant County Business and Confer-ence Center at 3031 Hwy 180 East in Silver City, NM. Major community sponsorshipfunding for the festival is from Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, Inc. and othercommunity members and is gratefully appreciated by members of the SouthwestWomen's Fiber Arts Collective.
Paso del Norte will be a highlight and, ofcourse, a performance by the mariachiworkshop participants themselves.
“The event brings together a multicul-tural audience of all ages and backgroundsfrom our community,” explains Juanita,“enhancing support for researching, pre-serving and interpreting the history, cultureand traditions of the peoples of southwestNew Mexico and the surrounding neigh-bor states. It has an added educational di-mension of keeping alive one of thetraditions of our diverse population by per-petuating and celebrating the experiencesof its ancestors. We are thankful for thesupport of local businesses, the universityand the population as a whole.”
Held at Western New Mexico Univer-sity Fine Arts Center Theater during His-panic Heritage Month, the workshop isscheduled for September 12-14, followedby concerts on the 14th. Workshop in-struction is open to beginning, intermedi-ate and advanced students. All proceedsgo to high school senior and college stu-dent scholarships for those who meet therequirements of Lulac Council #8003.
For more information, contact JuanitaEscobedo at 575.519.9042 or Lynn Baca575.574.8728.
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AnthonyHowellPhotographer with a Mission
Since the advent of photographicprocesses, photos have becomethe visual recordings of man andnature. In the 1860s, Congressbegan sending photographers likeWilliam Jackson and Tim O’Sullivanto photograph the West. In 1906,J.P. Morgan financed Edward Cur-tis to document the traditional cul-ture of the North American Indian.
Local landscape photographer,Anthony Howell, became intriguedby the rock etchings of prehistoricindigenous cultures in the South-west, and despite no Congres-sional funding or high financeoffers, committed himself to pho-tographic documentation.
Anthony began his career as anartist, with shows in New York,Dublin and Paris. Sale of his work in New York galleries paid his tuition for a Masters De-gree from Pratt University. He moved to Silver City 23 years ago from Hoboken, NewJersey to teach expressive arts and later photography at Western New MexicoUniversity. When it came time to advance his teaching career by applying toa larger university, he had fallen in love with the Silver City area and choseto devote himself exclusively to his own landscape photography.
His photo excursions revealed the extensive petroglyphart of the region’s prehistoric groups, which in time wouldbe destroyed by Mother Nature or the nature of modernman. As an asset management volunteer with the ForestService and Bureau of Land Management, Anthony hasrecorded numerous sites for posterity. His patience for capturing the perfect lightand composition in his photographs has made his recordings of the ancient art formsand dwellings artistic accomplishments in themselves.
He recently volunteered at Western New Mexico University to produce the exceptionalphotographic reproductions of its Mimbres pottery. The artifacts are placing the universityin an international spotlight, aptly highlighted by Anthony’s passion for detail and quality.
Anthony concluded, “My volunteer work with the Forest Service and the BLM allowsme to photograph the back country of southwest New Mexico and help preserve the re-mains of prehistoric cultures – that’s important to me.”
GalleriesOff the Beaten Path
Just barely off the beaten path to Silver City is the JW Art Gallery in Hurley. Owners Joe and Karin Wadeperformed an amazing transformation of the Old Hurley Store into a gallery that is impressive by anyone’sstandards. The bright, spacious viewing area showcases oil, acrylic, watercolor and mixed medium onboards and canvas; various print media; ink-sketch continuous line art; collage; photography and sculptureof bronze and wood by artists from throughout the region and across the nation.
The gallery also features Joe’s own oil paintings and prints. He had been represented in galleries andshows in the Phoenix area prior to the Hurley move. When Karin retired from the book publishing businessin Phoenix, they spent hours of Internet time searching for the best region and community to locate a galleryof their own. Once they researched and visited the region surrounding the arts community of Silver City,they concluded that theOld Hurley Store hadmore than sufficientspace and character tohouse a first-classgallery and gift shop,their living quarters,print making and pictureframing equipment andfor conducting work-shops. The Wadesmoved into the buildingin 2005 and opened thegallery in April 2006.
The building itself isabsolutely worth pullingoff US180 for a visit.The connected struc-tures, one of which isthe original 1910 com-pany store for theChino Mining Company, totals 18,000 squarefeet, about 1800 square feet of which is occupied by the fine artgallery, printmaking workshop and picture framing facility. The com-plex also encompasses the Wades’ renovated living space, art stu-dio and storage area with a working,hand-pull freight elevator. There is a smallgift shop and a display of smelter photosand memorabilia in the museum, as wellas free WIFI and RV access.
JW Art GalleryKaren and Joe Wade, Hurley
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Occupying a wooded transition from Sil-ver City into the national forest, Blue DomeGallery at the Lodge displays its contempo-rary fine craft and art in an inspiring setting.
Originally opened in Silver City’s historicdowntown district in 1999, artist LindaBrewer and John Rohovec relocated BlueDome Gallery to Bear Mountain Lodge in2010. Work from some of the region’s topartists is displayed in the gallery, throughoutthe lodge and on the grounds of this historicand scenic eco resort. Painters, sculptors,jewelers, furniture makers, glass artists, andpotters are represented.
“Most of my kids have four legs,” Lindamuses about her own artwork on display atthe gallery. Born on a farm, her sculpturesreflect the expressive nature she sees in theanimals she loves. With multiple layers ofcolor and glaze, each piece is formed fromthe ground up using coil slab and pinch tech-niques. Horsehair and other elements com-plete their personalities.
Linda has been a full-time artist since col-lege graduation in 1972. John, a native NewMexican and micro-biologist in fish diseases,retired early to allow their move to SouthwestNew Mexico, where years earlier, they hadfallen in love with the Gila National Forest.
The chance to participate in the BearMountain Lodge was an opportunity theycouldn’t pass up. Originally homesteaded in1910 and opened as a school in 1928, thelodge has served as a hotel and country club,dude ranch and event center. Myra and FredMcCormick operated the facility for 41 yearsand donated it to the Nature Conservancyin1999. The Conservancy renovated the fa-cility and operated it for 10 years.
“The Lodge provides a sensual presenta-tion of visual arts against some of MotherNature’s finest work,” Linda states. Coinci-dentally, it offers 178 secluded acres with anentrance to the forest for her other passion– horseback riding.
Blue DomeGallery at the LodgeLinda Brewer & John Rohovec
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Leave your tranquilizers in the city, you are entering the “stress-free zone!” Near the community of Gila northwest of SilverCity lies The Art Gallery at Casitas de Gila owned by Becky and Michael O’Connor. Located on 265 acres of rugged beautyjust below Aldo Leopold’s jewel of the Southwest – the Gila Wilderness, the O’Connors built modern casitas and establishedtheir own adjoining nature preserve with marked hiking trails and excellent birding and photo opportunities. Star gazing fromthe facility is, in a word, incredible. And yes, it is very quiet and peaceful.
Featuring unique creations from around the region, you will be delighted with the gallery’s decorated gourds and hand-paintedgourd ornaments, copper and whimsical driftwood art, walking sticks and devil’s claw critters, wildlife rock art and pottery. Italso carries items such as homemade soaps, Gila Valley Lavender, Mimbres art prints, caps and tee shirts, Zapotec rugs fromMexico, books on local history and culture and CDs by local pianist Gretchen van Auken..
The gallery is also a showcase for Michael’s original oil paintings and Becky’s handcrafted turquoise and gemstone jewelry.As a geologist with training in Arizona, New Mexico and Montana, Michael has always been drawn to nature and now directsthe flow of its ever-changing moods onto canvas. Sharing Michael’s interest in rocks, Becky’s passion is for capturing the playof colors and textures in stones for the creation of her distinctive jewelry.
Following a seven-year stint in Ireland, the O’Connors were ready for some sun. They began searching New Mexico for aplace to relocate, ending abruptly in the region above Silver City. “With the incredible forest and wilderness and lack of popu-lation,” states Becky, “there was simply no need to search any further.” The facility has been included in Sunset Magazine Top10 Romantic Cottages and Fodor’s Great Places to Escape to Nature.
The Art Gallery at Casitas de Gila Becky & Michael O’Connor
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Chiricahua DesertMuseum & GalleryTell Hicks, Rodeo
Add this to the top of your “go to” list, because the Chiricahua Desert Museum is an experience ap-propriate to, yet totally unexpected in New Mexico’s bootheel. Unexpected, because it is a world-classfacility complete with rare reptile collection, a desert botanical garden and wildlife artwork second to none.Bob and Sheri Ashley opened the 8,000 square foot facility located at the junction of NM80 and PortalRoad in 2009.
If you have any interest at all in reptiles, there may not be a more impressive collection and ex-hibit…anywhere. There are around 50 species on exhibit including some of the most rare and endangeredanimals native to the Southwest, along with many intriguing snakes and lizards from adjacent Mexico.
If snakes aren’t your thing, the artwork of southwest wildlife and creatures from across the globe byinternationally acclaimed UK artist, Tell Hicks, is absolutely worth the trip. The rich vivid colors, depth andattention to minute detail in his wildlife reproductions could serve as a centerpiece in any home or busi-ness. “We have known Tell for years,” Sheri relates, “and as his U.S. representative, frequently pur-chase entire runs of his prints.” His work is for sale in the museum store, as well as Mata Ortiz pottery,Native American jewelry, ECO caps, reptile shirts, cookbooks and field guides.
“Our goal is to introduce our reptile collection and the positive aspects of reptiles to as wide of an au-dience as possible,” Sheri continues, “and the gallery helps us accomplish that.” Open daily, the museumalso includes a reptilian-related beer and wine collection and a life-size wooden Komodo Dragon Lizardfrom Bali. Everyone photographs the rattlesnake tail sculpture outside the building that was designed byHicks and constructed by Charles Painter, state herpetologist and a metal sculptor in his own right.
Area galleries, studios, birding opportunities and lodging are plentiful.
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“I’m pushing photography as an art form with a tendency toward the abstract,” statesChristopher Saxman, owner of Fierro Canyon Gallery. He turned the old Hanover Store intoan impressive gallery that aptly displays his work and currently that of photographer MarkMason. “I use my camera to express the art form,” shares Christopher, “through the cre-ative use of light, color, texture, rhythm, form, and balance.”
Fierro Canyon GalleryChristopher Saxman
The Fierro Canyon Gallery is considered by Christopher to be a bridge be-tween the photo artist and the viewer. He and his colleagues are committedto promoting an awareness and appreciation of a most powerful and creativemedium – photography.
Entering the warmer months of 2013, his work was on display at West-ern Bank and Shevek & Co. Restaurant. He is involved in area studio tours
and every three-four months as he hangs his latest work, he hosts an openhouse. Additional marketing for his relatively isolated location is being accom-plished through his web site and print media.
Christopher left the state of Washington and his architecture/constructionbusiness in search of more sunshine. He visited Silver City and concluded thatit has more of a community feel than others he had considered. He hoped to find
a building that would serve as both gallery and living space and spotted the oldHanover Store structure in Fierro. A lot of remodeling was required, of course, andhis landscape efforts have remained consistent with his surroundings. He haseven snagged a few mine artifacts with a little help from local mine personnel.
As his other artistic endeavor, Christopher designs and builds furniture andsmall decorative boxes. Ask to see photos of his wood-working projects.
The official slogan for Fierro Canyon Gallery – “Where the Coffee is Hot andthe Art is Cool!”
60 – SILVER CITYLIFE
Spring/Summer 2013
Index of AdvertisersAmBank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
American Legion . . . . . . . . . . .S9
Angelwings Coordinated Care .S27
Art and Conversation . . . . . .S24
Azurite Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .S24
Bayard Historical Mining Tours .S13
Bear Creek Motel & Cabins . .S9
Bear Mountain Lodge . . . . . . .C3
Belleza Salon & Tanning . .C2,S31
Blackwell’s Antiques & Gifts . .S26
Bright Funeral Home . . . . . . . .22
Carson Insurance Agency . . . .21
Casitas de Gila Guesthouses . .S18
Cassie Health Center
for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Chiricahua Desert Museum . .S20
Conner Fine Jewelers . . . . . .S26
Copper Quail Gallery . . . . . . .S25
Cup of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27
Dandelion Wish . . . . . . . . . .S26
Edward Jones-
James Edd Hughs . . . . . . . . .13
Farm Bureau Financial Services .S31
Faywood Hot Springs . . . . . . .S14
Fierro Canyon Gallery, The . . .S25
Finishing Touch Home
Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S20
Fort Bayard Federal
Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . .S12
Frumpy Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Furniture Gallery . . . . . . . . . .S30
Gila Hike & Bike . . . . . . . . . .S27
Gila Regional Medical Center . .9
Gila Regional Medical Center C4
Griffin’s Propane/
Fuel Centers Plus . . . . . . . . .20
Hester House Candy & Gifts . .S26
HMS Hidalgo Medical Services . .1
Holiday Inn Express-
Silver City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C3
Horizon Home Health . . . . . . .13
Horizon Hospice . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Hunt & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S31
J & S Plumbing & Heating . . .S8
Jalisco Cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . S3
JW Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .S25
Kris’s Krafters’ Kreations . . .S27
Life Quest New Mexico . . . .S29
Lloyd Studios . . . . . . . . . . . .S24
Lois Duffy Art . . . . . . . . . . . .S24
Lopez, Dietzel & Perkins, P.C. . 15,S5
Lordsburg Hidalgo County
Chamber of Commerce . . . .S21
LULAC Mariachi Workshop . .S11
Manzanita Ridge . . . . . . . . . .S27
Manzano’s RV Park . . . . . . . .S13
Masa y Mas Tortilleria
& Restaurante . . . . . . . . . .S27
Melinda’s Medical Supply . . .10
Millie’s Assisted Living Center . .22
Millie’s Bake House . . . . . . . .S7
Mimbres Region Arts Council . .S5
Mirror Mirage . . . . . . . . . . . .S32
Molly Ramolla Gallery
& Custom Framing . . . . . . .S25
Morning Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S1
Mule Creek Adobe . . . . . . . . .41
Murray Ryan Visitor’s Center . .45
Original Prints & Drawings . .S25
Painted Pony Resort . . . . . . .S21
Palace Hotel, The . . . . . . . . . .S3
Prudential Silver City
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
R.S. Masonry . . . . . . . . . . . .S32
Raven’s Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . .S27
Re/Max Silver Advantage . . . .41
River Ranch Market . . . . . . . .S7
Satellite Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Seedboat Center for
the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S24
Silver City Arts & Cultural . . .45
Silver City Food Co-op . . . . . . S3
Silver City
MainStreet Project . . . . . . .S2
Silver City Museum Adobe
Dynamics 101 Workshops . .S6
Silver City Museum Store . . .S4
Silver Health CARE . . . . . . . . . .7
Silver Rexall Drug . . . . . . . . .S28
Smith Real Estate
& Property Management . . .S9
Southwest Bone
& Joint Institute . . . . . . . . . .10
Speed Wrench Garage . . . . .S30
State Farm Insurance -
Chuck Johnson . . . . . . . . . .49
Stone McGee & Co. CPA’s . .S31
Super Salve Co. . . . . . . . . . .S29
Syzygy Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S26
The Common Thread . . . . . . .S22
The Cottage Stained Glass
and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S10
The Old Post Office
Variety Store . . . . . . . . . . . .S7
Thomas H. Laws, CPA, CVA . .S31
United Country
Downtown Real Estate . . .S15
United Country
Mimbres Realty . . . . . . . . . .15
UPS Store, The . . . . . . . . . . .S30
Vicki’s Eatery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S3
Victoria Chick-Cow Trail
Art Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S25
Victoria J. West . . . . . . . . . .S23
WNM Communications . . . . . .2
Western New Mexico
University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Westen New Mexico
University Museum . . . . . . .43
Western Stationers
Office Supply . . . . . . . . . . . .S7
Whitewater Motel . . . . . . . .S19
Windows, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . .S31
Wynnegate Gallery & Studio . .S24
XYZ Ranch Estates . . . . . . . .S13
Yada Yada Yarn . . . . . . . . . . .S26
Yankie Creek Coffee House . .S3
The Cottage Stained Glass & MoreShirley Mize, Mimbres“Creating stained-glass artwork has been my passion for almost 25 years,” states Shirley
Mize, owner of The Cottage Stained Glass & More. She learned the techniques while attend-ing a demonstration held at nearby Camp Thunderbird and has devoted her spare time to hon-ing her skills. Following her retirement as director of the Cardio-Pulmonary andNeuro-Diagnostic Department at Gila Regional Medical Center, her dream of opening an an-tique business and gallery finally came true in September 2012.
Located in the picturesque Mimbres Valley about a mile north of Camp Thunderbird (just offNM 35), the gallery features Shirley’s stained-glass work as well as stained-glass crosses, oilpaintings, metal work, engraved walking sticks, Mimbres painted gourds, and Mimbres,turquoise and beaded jewelry by area artists. “We have gathered together a wonderful groupof artisans,” relates Shirley, “and much of the work here is not found in Silver City galleries.”There’s a lot of talent on display, such as the jewelry of Judy Menefee whose work has beenshown at the Smithsonian.
The name of the gallery came from the design – a little English cottage with a pergola. “I lovehaving the opportunity to share this space with friends and to chat with visitors touring thearea. I’ve met so many interesting people stopping to see the art and antiques and sitting fora spell for coffee, homemade pastries and good conversation.” The gallery is open Fridays,Saturdays, Sundays and by appointment.
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