Friday, June 8, 7 p.m.                                                  

Opera Unveiled: The Conflict of Love & Duty with Desiree Mays                                                           

The Harwood Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera and the Taos Opera Guild, presents an evening with Santa Fe Opera's resident speaker Desiree Mays.   Mays will discuss this year's Opera season as well as her recently published book Opera Unveiled 2012, the 14th in a series of books focusing on the seasons of the Santa Fe Opera.  A book signing and reception will follow Mays' talk.
$8 Alliance/Taos Opera Guild members, $10 non-members 

Saturday, June 9, 7 p.m.                                           William Kentridge: Anything is Possible             This compelling film gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of William Kentridge, the South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, shadow plays, mechanical puppets, tapestries, sculptures, live performance pieces, and operas have made him one of the most dynamic and exciting contemporary artists working today. With its rich historical references and undertones of political and social commentary, Kentridge's work has earned him inclusion in Time magazine's 2009 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  The documentary features exclusive interviews with Kentridge as he works in his studio and discusses his artistic philosophy and techniques. Kentridge talks about how his personal history as a white South African of Jewish heritage has informed recurring themes in his work-including violent oppression, class struggle, and social and political hierarchies. Additionally, Kentridge discusses his experiments with "machines that tell you what it is to look" and how the very mechanism of vision is a metaphor for "the agency we have, whether we like it or not, to make sense of the world." We see Kentridge in his studio as he creates animations, music, video, and projection pieces for his various projects, including Breathe (2008); I Am Not Me, the Horse Is Not Mine (2008); and the opera The Nose (2010), which premiered earlier this year at New York's Metropolitan Opera to rave reviews.   This program is presented in collaboration with ART21.  $8 Alliance members, $10 non-members

Thursday, June 14,  7 p.m                                        Getting Down With the Grid - a lecture with Ann Landi                                                                       Join art historian and arts writer Ann Landi for a lecture examining the work of Agnes Martin in the context of her contemporaries.   Landi, a contributing editor of ARTnews, also writes for The Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post.  Her lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Agnes Martin:  Before the Grid.  $8 Alliance members, $10 non-members 

Saturday, June 16, 7 p.m.                                                   La Fille Mal Gardee by the Royal Ballet of LONDON
The Harwood Museum of Art, in collaboration with Emerging Cinemas, presents a high-definition screening of La Fille Mal Gardee by the Royal Ballet of London.  With its origins in a work first seen in Bordeaux in 1789, La Fille Mal Gardée has been staged by several choreographers in the 19th century. Frederick Ashton brought the work into the 20th century and created an instant classic which has never left The Royal Ballet's repertory. The simple story of Lise, her suitor Colas and Lise's larger-than-life mother, the Widow Simone, who tries to marry her off to the simpleton son of a rich neighbor, is full of delicious comedy but also wonderful, characterful choreography. One of the greatest pleasures of Fille is the way in which the steps, though at times devilishly difficult, never get in the way of the natural, easy storytelling. The virtuoso roles of Lise and Colas combine dazzling technique with tiny, intimate details that makes their romance touching and real, while the humor of Widow Simone and the innocent Alain, more interested in his red umbrella than Lise's charms, is delightful.
$12 Alliance Members; $15 non-members. 

Saturday, June 23, 7 p.m.                                              PORTRAIT of Wally, a film by Andrew Shea,  distributed by Seventh Art Releasing
"A cinematic masterwork about a painted masterpiece." - E. Nina Rothe, Huffington Post
"A surprisingly engaging account of a landmark case that shook up the art world." - indieWire

Portrait of Wally, Egon Schiele's tender picture of his mistress, Walburga ("Wally") Neuzil, is the pride of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. But for 13 years the painting was locked up in New York, caught in a legal battle between the Austrian museum and the Jewish family from whom the Nazis seized the painting in 1939.  The documentary PORTRAIT OF WALLY traces the history of this iconic image - from Schiele's gesture of affection toward his young lover, to the theft of the painting from Lea Bondi, a Jewish art dealer fleeing Vienna for her life, to the post-war confusion and subterfuge that evoke THE THIRD MAN, to the surprise resurfacing of "Wally" on loan to the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan in 1997.

Saturday, June 16, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
Taos Farmers Market, Town Hall  

The Harwood Museum of Art is pleased to partner with the Taos Farmers Market to present a free art-making activity.  Have fun at the Farmers Market, and create something wonderful using recycled materials.  Designed for all ages.