Library Newsletter

YOUR UNM-Taos Library is starting a new chapter in the next few weeks, and we’re excited to share with you the news. Our goal by the Fall semester is to have the college library open for business at the Klauer campus where we will be readily accessible to the students and faculty, and still be able to welcome community members. We must thank Dr. Kate O’Neill, UNM-Taos’ Executive Director, and Dr. Randi Archuleta, Dean of Instruction, for having the vision and drive to find a way to get the library resources and services on the main campus at Klauer.  And thanks also to the Taos Municipal Schools for working with UNM-Taos to set-up the portables at the campus. The students and faculty have had to travel seven miles north of the campus to access their library resources for the past few years as the Klauer campus has been built out in stages. This is a new chapter in the story of YOUR UNM-Taos Library…moving to a building close to the students…but it’s not the end of the story. We may be closer to the students but the amount of space may still not be adequate to serve all of the needs of our students, faculty and community. The goal is still to build a learning center to accommodate a full-fledged academic library space, a learning lab for computers with software to assist students with varying learning abilities and professional staff to mentor them, plenty of quiet study space and room for group study, and a media/theatre/presentation room for coursework as well as community events. The Southwest Research Center which provides historical and genealogical materials not just for students and faculty but for writers and researchers from right down the street to across the globe, will also be housed in this new building. Student success is the name of the game, and the UNM-Taos administrators continue to keep their eye on that goal. Having YOUR college library in the middle of the campus can clearly contribute to the success of our students by not only having easy access to the books and journals but by having the ability to work with the dedicated and trained library staff. We will miss this historical building on Civic Plaza Drive that has housed YOUR college library for the past 17 years, with its hand-hewn vigas, adobe walls that kept the books cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and the most recent addition of George Chacón’s mural but again, student success is the name of the game.  The more success stories that come out of UNM-Taos, the better off our community will be. UNM TAOS Library Has A Lot To Offer Branch Campus Databases Each day, more and more content is published globally. Students of the University of New Mexico have access to a remarkable collection of research and media that is available online. There is a world of images, video, and audio that have been collected, organized and prepared for students just like you. Visithttp://library.unm.edu and click on the databases tab above the search window. Each database listed with a green tree to the side is available to Taos students. Career Options Sometimes it can be a bit confusing figuring out what kind of work will make you happy in life. Sure, there are several careers that pay well, but what about a career that will reward you in other ways? The best kind of job is one that suits you. Luckily, there are two sites that you can visit that will help you explore your career options. eChoices and COIN offer a questionnaire that explores your personality and work style. http://www.unm.edu/~unmtlib/test Two Tips Looking for a way to plan your career and find the level of education you need to succeed?  Take a 10 minute survey that will match you with a career and education path. It is free, easy, and available at YOUR Library! Navigate to the link below and login. At the bottom of the screen choose from “eChoices” or “COIN.”http://www.unm.edu/~unmtlib/test Looking for your professor’s contact information? You can find their office phone number and email address by searching the UNM directory. http://directory.unm.edu/ Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend

Benefit Concert featuring Vanilla Pop!

Please join us on Friday, July 27th for a benefit concert at KTAOS Solar Center featuring Vanilla Pop!  All proceeds will go to benefit the UNM-Taos Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.  There will be also be a 50/50 Cash Drawing!

 

4:00 pm Station Bar Opens

7:00 pm Doors open

8- 10pm Vanilla Pop

 

Tickets- online or at the door

$8 - general public
$6 - UNM-TAA members

 

Purchase tickets online at the KTAOS website http://holdmyticket.com/event/118566   www.unmtaa.com (your tickets will be held on the will-call list under your name at the door)

 

Hope to see you there!

 

For more information:
Louis 575-737-3737

Anita 575-737-6227

www.unmtaa.com

www.vanillapop.com

www.ktaos.com

2012 Fiestas de Taos!

Greetings UNM Students, Faculty & Staff,

Join us in celebration of the 2012 Fiestas de Taos!  UNM-Taos Student Government will once again have a float entry in the Historic Parade which takes place Sunday, July 22^nd at 12:00 p.m.  The theme for this year’s Fiestas is “100 Years of Statehood/ Everyone is Someone”. 

Join us at the next Fiesta Parade Committee Meeting, this Friday 13^th at 5:30 p.m.to help plan the decoration of the float around the theme as well as the mission of UNM-Taos.  We have come up with some initial ideas but we’d love your input!     

If you can’t make the meeting but want to help, we invite you to help decorate the float on the morning of Saturday 21^st and on the day of the parade to finalize decorations and ride in the parade!  If you or your children are interested in riding the float, please contact us for details! 

About the Fiestas de Taos

Las Fiestas de Santa Ana y Santiago are a centuries old tradition, celebrating the gathering of generations to enjoy delicious cuisine, traditional music, and fellowship, while honoring the cultural uniqueness of Taos.  The Taos Fiesta Council proudly invites you to join us for this year’s 2012 Fiestas de Taos from July 20-22 on the historic Taos Plaza. www.fiestasdetaos.com

For more information contact: 
Israel “Izzy” Torres  575-737-6225 itorre01@unm.edu

Anita Bringas 575-737-6227 abringas@unm.edu

¡QUE VIVAN LAS FIESTAS!

ALCHEMY: An Exhibition of Three Taos Artists

 ALCHEMY:

Cooper . Carlyle . Bonesteel

An exhibition of three Taos artists

Alchemy has been defined as “any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.”  Alchemy is the art of turning lead to gold.

An artist takes on the role of alchemist by transforming things like paint and canvas into visual poetry.

This is the theme of an upcoming exhibition of paintings at the Stables Gallery in Taos which will include the works of Conrad Cooper, Adeana Carlyle, and Peter Bonesteel.  While they each explore a different aspect of painting, all three build universes of their very own out of the simple elements that are paint and canvas, shaped by vision and imagination.    

(Opening reception Friday June 8, 5-8 p.m. Stables Gallery, 133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, in front of the Taos Community Auditorium, Taos NM.  Show runs June 8, 9, 10)

Conrad CooperArtist Statement

It is more important to me that a painting raises questions than answers them. When I am drawn in to a painting, be it mine or someone else's creation, and find myself wondering, marveling, and puzzling, I feel engaged by the piece. I like to feel included in an imaginative dialogue with an artwork rather than merely be a passive reader of the imagery. Often, the most alluring aspects of an artwork for me are areas that are indistinct, blurry, or lost in shadow, where my mind tries to fill in the blanks.

As an artist I have always sought to find harmony between the creative forces that drive me: a balance between precision and abandon, between technique and vision.
Rediscovering my essence and being honest about what I find exciting visually and symbolically are what drives my work today. 

Humor is an aspect of my paintings which serves as an invitation to draw people in to the painting to share the mood, mystery, and composition which are the real meat of the work.

Merging 'High Art' with 'Low Art' is deeply satisfying for me. To borrow figures from famous paintings and juxtapose them with images from the popular culture of my childhood is to show a real analogue of the kind of things that spark my imagination. Both worlds are important and exciting to me. I love the paintings of Velasquez. I also like vintage sci-fi robots. Why not put them on the same plate? My plate doesn't have compartments to keep the gravy from running together with the dessert. Those collisions are where them magic happens for me.

Oil paint is fun! You can build flesh out of it. You can make fire out of it. You can forge

butcher knives out of it. Build robots, giant tomatoes, and vampires. You can steal from the Old Masters! It's truly magical stuff! It’s alchemy in a tube applied with a brush! I love the stuff.

Although I embrace traditional techniques in oil painting and drawing, I do not isolate myself from the digital age. I love the ability to search the internet for photo reference! If in need to know exactly what a diving helmet looks like, I can get a trove of images in a matter of seconds! What used to take me loads of time tracking down an image, I can now reach out and find any reference I need instantly. 

The two most common questions I hear about my paintings are: "What is it called?" and "What does it mean?" It may sound trite, but my usual response is, "Well, what does it mean to you?" Once my painting is varnished, framed, and hung on a wall, it is, to a large degree, out of my hands. I said what I needed to say within the visual confines of the canvas. It must speak for itself. In a painting, I hope I have built a worthy springboard for your imagination and have sowed the seeds of mystery to flower in your mind.

A child of the Southwest, I graduated from Parsons School of Design and The New York Academy of Art in New York City, where I learned the skills of painting, drawing and sculpting. 

-Conrad Cooper MFA

www.conradcooper.com

Peter Bonesteel,

Artist Statement:

I have always been in and around the Rocky Mountains and the
southwest.  The power of the mountains and the sweeping vistas have made a
deep impression on my visual senses.  My art has evolved through and with
this connection.  Its style followed modern trends and has settled into a
decorative mode "art deco southwest".

Adeana Carlyle

Artist Statement

I began the process of developing an artist statement by examining the stated motives and rationales of other artists.  As I undertook to contemplate my own artistic motivations, searching for noble purposes, I came to the realization that for me, I have no greater

truths to be revealed.  My true motivation is much more selfish:  I just like to create art.  The process of making any kind of art provides me with a deep level of satisfaction and enjoyment and that suffices.  I do, on some level, wish I had insights to those greater truths that clarify the mysteries of life; however, for me, the basic truth is that certain images, from landscapes to figures, inspire me and I find immense personal joy in the creation of art related to those inspirations.  That I love doing it is enough.  I do find that other’s enjoyment and evaluation of my completed efforts adds an additional level of satisfaction; however, that is a bonus, not a requirement for me to have a complete and positive experience.  And, it is cheaper than paying a psychiatrist.

Adeana Carlyle

www.adeanacarlyle.com

Conrad Cooper will be teaching painting 2 at UNM Taos this Fall