EnvisionIn Junior year, Visual Arts students at NMSA experiment with media and concepts of their own choosing in the Junior Conceptual Concerns spring semester course. This exploration is guided by project research, open prompts, and a deepening of their self-awareness and personal expression. “Envision” provides a platform to share this initial innovative work. The group […]
“Drawing Space” celebrates the Visual Art Department’s freshman year foundation learning by integrating the design, craft, and skill experienced in 2-D, 3D, and Drawing courses at NMSA. In solo and collaborative projects, students develop technique with new materials while gaining awareness of how to utilize the visual elements and principles of design in intentional compositions. […]
NMSA's CW&L and VA students enjoyed a poetry workshop with Santa Fe Poet Laureate Elizabeth Jacobson in Fall 2020 (virtually) to draft poems. Then, students selected their own poem excerpts to design a T-Shirt graphic. Youthwork's David Sloan printed the shirts and Axle Contemporary's Jerry Wellman and Matthew Chase Daniel instructed students on good design […]
Senior Thesis Exhibition (opens April 30, 5 pm)Visual Arts students conclude their years of exploration and study in visual communication at NMSA with a culminating thesis group exhibition. Each senior presents a personally proposed and developed project that they have researched, revised, and developed alongside and with the assistance of their senior cohort and Visual […]
Senior Visual Artists each share a brief presentation on their thesis exhibition artworks, inspiration, and process. Followed by Q & A.This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Senior Visual Artists each share a brief presentation on their thesis exhibition artworks, inspiration, and process. Followed by Q & A.This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.
