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�ORALE! KINGS AND QUEENS
OF COOL
September 20, 2014-January 25, 2015
This month the Harwood Museum of Art debuts �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, a four-part exhibition focusing on the Post-Pop or Lowbrow art movement that grew out of West Coast surfer, street and car cultures. In addition to exploring the West Coast roots of this genre, �Orale! will showcase the contemporary expressions of Hispano, Lowrider and street culture in Northern New Mexico. Each of the Harwood Museum of Art's changing exhibition galleries will focus on a different aspect of this genre. Go here for links to the four exhibitions.
�ORALE! OPENING CELEBRATIONS
Director's Circles & VIP Exhibition Preview Reception Thursday, September 18, 5-7 p.m.
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Mark Ryden, Grotto of the Old Mass
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Members of the Harwood Museum of Art's Director's Circles will preview the �Orale! exhibitions. Not a Director's Circles member? Go here to learn about this wonderful group of museum supporters, and to join them!
Harwood Museum Alliance Members' Exhibition Opening Reception Friday, September 19, 5-7 p.m.
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Ricardo Isles, Cruisin
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Members of the Harwood Museum Alliance will celebrate the �Orale! exhibitions. Not an Alliance member? Go here to learn more about the Harwood Museum Alliance, and to join!
�Orale! Ledoux Street Block Party and Drive In Opening Celebration
Saturday, September 20, 4-9 p.m. Harwood Museum of Art and Historic Ledoux Street
Join us for the opening celebration of İOrale! Kings and Queens of Cool.
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Museum admission will be free all day, and classic cars will begin lining historic Ledoux Street at 4 p.m. The cars will include Jeff Brock's Bombshell Betty, a 1952 Buick Super Riviera landspeed racer that has broken the world speed record in its class at Bonneville - twice! Enjoy a Glam Trash Fashion Show in the Harwood's courtyard at 6 p.m., live music with Big Swing Theory from 5-7 p.m., a performance by singer-songwriter Adrienne Braswell at Black Mesa Tasting Room 6-9 p.m., and a lecture by the legendary Billy Shire at 7 p.m. All events are free except the Billy Shire lecture, which is $8 Alliance Members* and $10 General Admission. Special thanks to Black Mesa Tasting Room, Stella's Italian Restaurant, Taos Cyclery, Taos Art Supply, Nicole Kowalski and Jean Nichols of Glam Trash Fashion, and Inger Jirby Casitas for their support of this event.
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WELCOME NEW MUSEUM LEARNING & PUBLIC PROGRAMS STAFF MEMBERS!
We're thrilled to announce that the Harwood's Department of Museum Learning and Public Programs has created two new positions to support the Museum's dynamic programs for K-12, youth and family audiences.
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Marianne Estornell has been working with children with special needs for over 15 years in private and public schools, as well as in a church education setting. She has training from Parent's Place of Maryland as a Special Education Parent Education and IEP partner. She is also the parent of two awesome young adults with special needs and disabilities. Marianne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration and a Master of Arts in Teaching.
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Katie Winter
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Katie Winter came to Taos via New York, where she started and directed the Education Rights Project for homeless families in Brooklyn. Katie also served as Grants Manager at Columbia University's Community Impact, a program that aides young adults and recent immigrants in workforce development and in continuing their education. Before New York Katie lived in Seattle, where she was part of the innovative Educational Advocacy Program at Treehouse, which fights for the educational success of youth in foster care. Katie holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Kansas and a Master of Artsin Education Foundations, Policy and Practice from the University of Colorado.
We are very grateful to have the professional staff required to sustain the extensive high quality programming that the Harwood regularly offers to our community. Welcome, Marianne and Katie!
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HELP KEEP ART IN THE SCHOOLS!
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We love the beginning of the school year, because it means that the Harwood's galleries and the Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center will once again be filled with the sights and sounds of children learning from and making art during the Museum's innovative Art in the Schools program.
YOUR GIFT CAN HELP INSPIRE THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY
Thanks to generous donors like you, we have already raised 65% of the funds  needed to continue Art in the Schools during the 2014-15 school year. We must now raise an additional $15,500 so that Art in the Schools may continue to partner with Enos Garcia Elementary School, Taos Integrated School of the Arts and 11 other area schools to bring approximately 1,400 youth, teachers and aides to the Harwood this year. Your donation will allow children to visit the Harwood multiple times during the school year for visits that include experiences with original works of art in the galleries, followed by related art-making projects in the art studio.
Contact Director of Development Juniper Manley at 575-758-9826 x 116 or [email protected] to learn how you can make a difference in the lives of Taos' children. Every gift makes a difference.
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VOLUNTEER AT THE HARWOOD!
 Are you looking for a great way to meet interesting new people? Would you like to be part of the events happening at the Harwood this fall? Consider volunteering at the Harwood!
We'd love to welcome you on board. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.
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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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FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Susan Longhenry
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Dear Friends,
Over two years ago Harwood Curator of Exhibitions Jina Brenneman began working with a deeply committed consortium of artists, art enthusiasts and community members on a series of exhibitions celebrating the Post-Pop, or Lowbrow, art movement. In particular, the group was inspired by - and committed to celebrating - the manifestation of this movement in Northern New Mexico. This month those efforts culminate in �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, a series of dynamic and creative exhibitions and events in which I hope you'll all participate. The Harwood may never be the same!
On another note, this is the last week to see the Highlights from the Gus Foster Collection and John Connell: Cheap Secrets of the East exhibitions. Both exhibitions are view through this Sunday, September 7. If you haven't seen them, don't let the opportunity pass you by! And if you have, enjoy a repeat viewing - you'll be glad that you did.
See you at the Harwood!
Susan Longhenry
Director
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IN THE ARTHUR BELL AUDITORIUM
FILM: ALIVE INSIDE
Friday, September 5, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 6, 2 p.m.
 Th is stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Writer/Director/Producer Michael Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of personalized music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin (Don't Worry, Be Happy).$6 Alliance Members*, $8 General Admission
LECTURE: THE ARTIST AND THE GARDEN
Sunday, September 7, 3 p.m.
 The Harwood is proud to collaborate with The Couse Foundation on this special lecture by Art Historian May Brawley Hill. Ms. Hill specializes in American Art, and has a keen interest in gardening. She is the author of Furnishing the Old Fashioned Garden: Three Centuries of American Summerhouses, Dovecotes, Pergolas, Privies, Fences & Birdhouses as well as numerous other books on artists' gardens.The Virginia and Ernest Leavitt Summer Lecture Series is generously funded by an Anonymous Donor. $8 Alliance Members* and Couse Foundation Affiliates, $10 General Admission
CONCERT: TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS RHAPSODIC REVERIE
Saturday, September 13, 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 14, 5 p.m.
 The twenty-second season of the Taos Chamber Music Group opens with music for winds and piano, featuring Beethoven's Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, Schumann's Three Romances, Joseph Jongen's Rhapsodie and Hypnosis by Ian Clarke. Nancy Laupheimer, flute; Kevin Vigneau, oboe; Keith Lemmons, clarinet; Scott Temple, horn; Toni Lipton, bassoon; Robert Tweten, piano. TCMG is the Resident Chamber Music Group of the Harwood Museum of Art. Advance tickets $18 Alliance Members*, $22 General Admission. Tickets at the door $22 Alliance Members*, $25 General Admission. $12 children under 16.
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ORALE! TEEN NIGHT
Wednesday, September 24, 5-8 p.m.
Free!
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Douglas Johnson, Chevrolet Cabriolet
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The Harwood Museum of Art is proud to partner with PASEO for a Teens of Taos Event! Teens will experience the four exhibitions comprising �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool,Sound Bending Light by Sasha Raphael vom Dorp, an interactive D.J. station with Miles Bonny, and music by PO.10.CEE. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.
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TAOS FALL ARTS FILM FESTIVAL:
Honoring our Land
Saturday, September 27, 7 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2 p.m. Free!
 The Harwood Museum of Art is proud to collaborate with the Taos Fall Arts Festival on the presentation of a short film festival. The festival's theme is Honoring Our Land, referencing the globally relevant subject of our environment - our air, water and land. Any film addressing the environment may be entered.The Festival is open to all people, in any country, all ages. Submissions from amateurs and professionals alike are welcome, and there is no entry fee. A jury will select ten films that will be screened in the Harwood's Arthur Bell Auditorium during the opening weekend of the 2014 Taos Fall Arts Festival. Go to this link for more information. Film submission deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, September 5.
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AGNES MARTIN GALLERY YOGA
Wednesdays, 8:30-10 a.m.
September 10, 17, 24
 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 Alliance Members* (Alliance Members may also purchase a class card of 8 classes for $40)
$10 General Admission
*Individual level and above
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2014-15 GOVERNING BOARD
 The Harwood Museum of Art is governed by a Governing Board reporting to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico. This unique partnership - which acknowledges the important role that the Harwood plays in the Taos community - is described in a University of New Mexico Board of Regents Resolution available at this link.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to the following individuals, who agreed to serve on the 2014-15 Governing Board:
- Marcia Winter, Chair
- David Farmer, Vice Chair
- Wynn Goering (UNM), Treasurer
- Dora Dillistone, Secretary
- Tim Larsen
- Amy Wohlert (UNM)
- Lucile Grieder
- Kymberly Pinder (UNM)
- Linda Warning
We extend special thanks to Linda Warning for her just-concluded tenure as Chair of the Harwood's Governing Board, and a warm welcome to new Chair Marcia Winter! Meetings of the Harwood's Governing Board are always announced on the Harwood's web site calendar, at this link
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HARWOOD MUSEUM ALLIANCE: MEMBERSHIP KEEPS THE HARWOOD ALIVE!
 The Harwood Museum Alliance is the membership organization of the Harwood Museum of Art. If you're not a member of the Alliance, now is the time to join! Member benefits include unlimited free Harwood admission, free admission to our partner museums in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, invitations to exhibition opening receptions and the Harwood's annual meeting, and more. Go to this link for more information!
To learn more about the Harwood Museum Alliance organization - including the relationship between the Harwood Museum Alliance and the Harwood Museum of Art's Governing Board - go here to read the Memorandum of Agreement between the Harwood Museum Alliance and the University of New Mexico Board of Regents.
During the Harwood Museum of Art's 2014 Annual Meeting held on August 19, Harwood Museum Alliance Members elected the following Board Members for the 2014-15 year:
- Linda Warning, President
- Dora Dillistone, Vice President/Treasurer
- Karen Lievense, Secretary
We thank both the Harwood Museum Alliance Board of Directors and the 730 members of the Harwood Museum Alliance for their ongoing, critically important support of the Harwood Museum of Art.
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2013-14 IN REVIEW
On August 19, the Harwood Museum of Art's leadership team presented highlights of the recently completed 2013-14 fiscal year to Harwood Museum Alliance Members. Information highlights included:
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In FY14 The Harwood served 24,723 people through exhibitions and programs - a 33% increase since FY10. We hosted visitors from all 50 states and 30 countries!
- FY14 revenue exceeded projection by 4%, and expenses were 9% less than budgeted.
- Thanks to our generous donors, The Harwood exceeded its FY14 fundraising goal by 25%. $238,835 was raised for operating expenses associated with exhibitions, learning initiatives, public programs, and unrestricted museum support.
- Major grants for special projects were awarded in FY14 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services ($150,000) and the Henry Luce Foundation ($100,000).
- A $316,000 exterior repair project conducted during FY14 was funded through a $125,000 capital outlay from the New Mexico Legislature and funds from the University of New Mexico.
- In FY14 The Harwood acquired the Gus Foster Collection and the Gustavo Victor Goler Collection.
- In FY14 The Museum achieved Core Documents Verification from the American Alliance of Museums, the first step towards AAM accreditation.
It takes a village to make this kind of institutional progress, and we thank every single donor, volunteer, staff member, and other supporter who contributed to these accomplishments. Now, on to FY15!
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