Murals 101

Name: Murals 101
Start: 2024-11-14T17:30:00-07:00
Location: 1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003

Schedule

Thu Nov 14 2024 at 05:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1308 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88003 | Las Cruces, NM

What does it take to paint on a monumental scale? Join us at The Bleachers at Devasthali Hall on November 14 at 5:30 pm to learn from muralists and arts administrators as they share their experiences in creating murals and public artworks. Carlos Rosales-Silva, Norma Hartell, and Ceci Vasconcellos will discuss the steps involved—from proposals to completion—and elaborate on the cultural significance that murals bring to communities.
Learn more about each panelist:
Ceci Vasconcellos graduated from NMSU with a BA in Journalism/Advertising. Her first career was working in the music industry in Los Angeles in artist and public relations. Vasconcellos moved back to Las Cruces in 2007 and was Executive Director at the Dona Ana Arts Council for a few years before joining the City of Las Cruces. She is currently the Public Art Coordinator in the Public Art Program under the Quality of Life Department.
Born in Mexico, Norma Hartell and her family moved to the United States when she was only seven. While being raised in the US/Mexico border she gained an interest in learning about her roots. In 2010, Norma graduated from NMSU with BFA and graduated with an MA in Anthropology in 2016 where she focused on highlighting the visual arts of Southern NM. On May 26, 2015, she listed Chope’s Town Café and Bar on the National Register of Historic Places. Norma is the founder of Murals of Las Cruces project and several other public art projects along the border. Norma has worked as a curator for several cultural institutions on the US/Mexico border including the City of Las Cruces Museums System, the El Paso Museum of History, and New Mexico State University Museum where she also taught introduction to museology. She is currently working with Hispanic Access Foundation as a Community Navigator and Native Bound Unbound project helping identify objects related to the indigenous enslaved.
Carlos Rosales-Silva, received his Masters in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and is currently represented by both Sargent's Daughters in Los Angeles and New York City, and Ruiz-Healy Art gallery in Texas. He has exhibited extensively in the United States and Mexico, with recent shows at NYU, Texas Tech, Penn State, and Beverlys, in NYC. Most recently, he completed a residency at the Bemis Center in Omaha, NE, after previous residencies at Abrons Art Center, Residency Unlimited in NY, and Artpace in San Antonio, Texas.