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PERFORMING MABEL/
WRITING MABEL
Saturday, November 2,
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Mabel Dodge Luhan House
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Nicolai Fechin,
Portrait of Mabel Dodge Luhan, 1927, courtesy
The Anschutz Collection
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Please join us for a vintage "Mabel Dodge" salon that will stimulate controversy and conversation about the New Woman who put modern American Art and Culture on the map of New Mexico. Actress and dramatist Leslie Dillen will perform an excerpt from her sparkling one-woman play about Mabel. Dillen will then engage in conversation with Mabel's biographer Lois Rudnick about what drew each of them to Mabel as a subject, as well as some of the challenges in writing about and performing her. The evening is the benefit launch for Mabel Dodge Luhan & Company: American Moderns and the West, a traveling exhibition co-curated by Lois Rudnick and MaLin Wilson-Powell and scheduled to open at the Harwood Museum of Art in May 2016.
$20 Alliance Members*
$25 nomembers
www.mabeldodgeluhan.com
*Individual level and above
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THE MUSEUM STORE
Shop & Learn Trunk Show
Reception with Robert Parker
Saturday, November 2
Noon-2 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Join Taos artist Robert Parker for this free reception during which the artist will discuss his techniques in the amazing world of glass. Parker's beautiful work will be on view and for sale in the Harwood Museum Store throughout the month of November.
For more information, please contact the Museum Store at 575-758-9826 x 102 or [email protected].
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KIDS AND FAMILIES
Saturday, November 23, 11 a.m.
PUPPET AND OBJECT THEATRE PRESENTS BILLY GOAT BALLAD
 Puppet and Object Theatre is back with a new show! Join us for a special FREE family performance celebrating the Harwood's 90th anniversary. Families will travel with Billy Goat on his hilarious and magical adventures in this ingenoius production by the Loren Kahn Puppet and Object Theatre, featuring Isabelle Kessler.
Monday, November 25, 10 - 11:30 a.m. HOMESCHOOL ART 
Homeschool families are invited to explore the Harwood's
diverse collection, and then create art in the museum's inspiring Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center. Although the program is designed for kids 4 - 12, all ages are welcome. Parent participation is required. Contact [email protected] for more information. |
CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP
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Jill Pridemore
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The Harwood's Curatorial Department is pleased to announce that the 2013-2014 Charles Strong Curatorial Fellowship award has been granted to Harwood Curatorial Intern Jill Pridemore.
The goal of the Harwood's Curatorial Fellowship program is to provide Fellows with a unique professional curatorial experience in a museum setting. The Fellowship provides a creative, experimental learning environment that prepares Fellows for the next generation of museum leadership, and the requirements of new museum audiences. The Curatorial Fellowship is awarded to a Harwood intern who has demonstrated a commitment to the museum field.
Jill Pridemore's strong business background informs her interest in helping non-profit institutions be more self-sufficient and sustainable. For the past five years Pridemore served as Studio Manager for a large photography and digital art archive on Maui, Hawaii. She is also founder of the educational non-profit Jungle to Jungle, which connects students internationally in jungles around the world through social media, original student generated video content, and direct video telecommunication. Jill will work with the Harwood's Curatorial team on finalizing the museum's Rights and Reproduction policies, on the IMLS-funded collections management project, and on a research and writing project of her choice.
Contact [email protected] for more information about the Harwood Museum of Art's Curatorial Fellowship program.
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THE HARWOOD IS HIRING!
 Are you interested in working in a dynamic, creative environment with a fantastic team of people? We're looking for motivated, committed people to fill the following positions.
Fiscal Services Technician This position maintains records of fiscal and budgetary controls, ledgers, and/or other related transactions. S/he processes routine financial documents and fund transactions, reconciles financial records, and analyzes routine financial data. The position assists in the development, coordination, and maintenance of unit budgets, as appropriate. It also originates all Human Resource documentation related to hiring, terminations, and payroll. More information and online application at this link.
Coordinator of Special Events
This position coordinates the administration and implementation of a range of public programs including films, concerts, and lectures. Administrative responsibilities include developing and managing presenter contracts, preparing revenue and expense reports, collecting and analyzing program evaluation data, and developing and disseminating program marketing materials. Contact [email protected] for more information.
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90TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONS
 THE PAINTINGS OF BURT HARWOOD
Mandelman-Ribak Gallery This exhibition showcases the paintings of Elihu Burritt (Burt) Harwood (1855-1922).
SINGLE LENS REFLEX: 
THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BURT HARWOOD
George E. Foster, Jr. Gallery of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
The Harwood Museum of Art's collection of Burt Harwood's photographs features his images of the daily life of Taos: parades, festivals, notable artists, Taos Pueblo, and the surrounding Pueblos.
THE TAOS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS HISTORIC ART COLLECTION
Peter & Madeleine Martin Gallery
Gallery: Curator's Wall Please visit to learn more about our current exhibitions.
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Susan Longhenry
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Dear Friends, During this month of Thanksgiving, my thanks are with the many people who contribute their time,energy,expertise, funds, ideas and insights to the Harwood Museum of Art. For the last ninety years the Harwood Museum of Art has served as a center of Northern New Mexico's intellectual, artistic and cultural life. The impulse inspiring the formation of the Harwood Foundation in 1923 - and the gift of that Foundation to the University of New Mexico in 1935 - is now carried by the volunteers, donors, Alliance Members, staff members, and other supporters who work to "Bring Taos arts to the world, and world arts to Taos." I thank each and every one of you for your commitment to our extraordinary museum. Over the past few years the Harwood has experienced an exciting transformation marked by a 43% increase in attendance, a 30% increase in Alliance membership, and recognition for professional excellence from the American Alliance of Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. But we can't keep this momentum going without you! When you receive our annual giving letter this month, please consider supporting the Harwood Museum of Art at whatever level is comfortable for you. Every gift counts. Together we can write the next chapter in the remarkable story of the Harwood Museum of Art. Sincerely, 
Susan Longhenry
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IN THE ARTHUR BELL AUDITORIUM
Sunday, November 3, 3:00 pm
FILM: To Spring From the Hand:
A Documentary of the Life and Work of Paulus Berensohn
 This films follows the life and work of acclaimed craft artist Paulus Berensohn. His early career was on the stage as a dancer, studying with greats Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham and appearing in major Broadway productions. Paulus transformed from dancer to potter when he asked himself, 'How do you dance in life?' He rapidly established a major reputation as a ceramic artist and published Finding One's Way with Clay, now in its forty-second year of production. Paulus has been recognized by the James Renwick Alliance as a "Distinguished American Educator." This is a free film.
Friday, November 8, 7:00 pm
FILM: Cutie and the Boxer
 A reflection on love, sacrifice, and the creative spirit, this candid story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned "boxing" painter Ushio Shinohara and his artist wife, Noriko. As a rowdy, confrontational young artist in Tokyo, Ushio seemed destined for fame, but met with little commercial success after he moved to New York City in 1969, seeking international recognition. When 19-year-old Noriko moved to New York to study art, she fell in love with Ushio - abandoning her education to become the wife and assistant to an unruly husband. Over the course of their marriage, the roles have shifted. Now 80, Ushio struggles to establish his artistic legacy, while Noriko is at last being recognized for her own art-a series of drawings entitled "Cutie," depicting her challenging past with Ushio. Spanning four decades, the film is a moving portrait of a couple wrestling with the eternal themes of sacrifice, disappointment and aging, against a background of lives dedicated to art.
2013 Sundance Film Festival - Best Director (Documentary)
$8 Alliance Members,* $10 nonmembers
Saturday, November 9 &
Sunday, November 10
5:00 pm
Taos Chamber Music Group
Twilight
 Music with nocturnal themes includes John Harbison's Twilight Music for violin, horn & piano; Chen Yi's Night Thoughts for flute, cello & piano; Arnold Schoenberg's Verklaerte Nacht (piano trio version); Katherine Hoover's Summer Night for flute, horn & piano; and Kenji Bunch's Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac for violin, cello & piano with photography by Geraint Smith.
Debra Ayers, piano; David Felberg, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; Nancy Laupheimer, flute; Scott Temple, horn; Geraint Smith, photography
Advance tickets $16 Alliance Members*, $20 nonmembers. Tickets at the door $18 Alliance Members*, $22 nonmembers. $12 youth under 16.
The Taos Chamber Music Group is the Resident Chamber Music Group of the Harwood Museum of Art.
Friday, November 15, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 2:00 p.m.
FILM: Frances Ha
 Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. Frances Ha is a modern comic fable in which director Noah Baumbach explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.
"Grand, romantic and generous." - Joy Dietrich, The New York Times
"One of the most surprising, endearing, funny and uplifting films of the year. Greta Gerwig is a revelation." - Julie MacArthur, The Huffington Post
"Beautiful. A fleet-footed, black-and-white New York story about a young woman in crisis that turns self-consciousness into an exalted form of authenticity." - A.O Scott, The New York Times
$8 Alliance Members*, $10 nonmembers
Friday, November 22, 7:00 pm
TAOS BIG READ: The Mexican Way of Death
 Renowned Taos artist Anita Rodriguez will explore the Mexican conceptions of death and refedlct on the way that these themes emerge in the stories of Sun, Stone and Shadows. This fascinating multimedia presentation is a must-see.
This free program is presented in collaboration with SOMOS.
*Individual level and above
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AGNES MARTIN GALLERY YOGA
Wednesdays, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
November 6, 13, 20, 27
 A special meditative Jivamukti Yoga program with certified instructor Jayne Schell in the Agnes Martin Gallery. The class is open to all levels, and yoga mats are provided. $8 Harwood Museum Alliance Members* (Alliance Members may also purchase a class card of 8 classes for $40),
$10 nonmembers.
*Individual level and above
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We appreciate your comments, and hope that they will encourage new museum guests to visit us as well. Thank you for your time - we look forward to seeing you again soon!
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