Doodle 4 Google – At Three Western Museums from adobeairstream.com

The Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming has been chosen to team up with Google for the fifth annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest. On February 25, 2012, from 1-4 p.m. students of all ages can drop by the Discovery Center and doodle around during this special event. Students nationwide, from kindergarten through 12th grade, are…

The kinesthetic vision of blind sculptor Michael Naranjo from Arts Perspective Magazine

Sculpting is dimensional, physical, even touchable (though we rarely get to run our hands over an object). Michael Naranjo, however, encourages viewers to touch his sculptures. To caress the smooth ebony finish of his bronze figures. To detect the bark of a tree or the wings of a bird. Feeling provides meaning and allows viewers…

Libby Lumpkin Picks Urbane and Quirky Art for New Mexorado from adobeairstream.com

This kind of juried exhibition provides the opportunity to better know some of your scattered neighbors—to learn more about all those loners, hippies, socialites, cowpokes, scientists, and retired generals living at the end of some dirt road, some of whom are developing as artists, and a couple of whom might actually be waiting for that space ship, Lumpkin said.

Southwest artists, but no Southwestern art

Media Credit: Courtesy of Albuquerque Museum “Swoop” by Julia Barello, featured at the second annual Biennial Southwest exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum. The second installment of Biennial Southwest at The Albuquerque Museum, features 83 works from artists in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. Artists competed for cash awards totaling $10,500 in a variety of categories.…