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BFA exhibition Rooted

BFA Graduating Exhibition ROOTED

BFA Graduating Exhibition ROOTED

Brian House and Lucia Monge Lecture

Brian House and Lucia Monge Lecture

Brian House and Lucia Monge lecture - March 17, 6 pm

John Dickinson

John Dickinson Showcased at Art Exhibit

Dinghy Rig welcomed John Dickinson for a solo show in the Directions Gallery.

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Deeper Paper Cut Zine Show

NMSU art graduate student Arch Jones will be apart of a Group Zine Exhibition with Cruces Creatives on March 7th from 6pm-9pm.

Muscle Memory

Professors Bree Lamb and Josh Clark showcase "Muscle Memory"

Professors Bree Lamb and Josh Clark show 2 works from their collaborative body of work titled “Muscle Memory” in the 2025 International...

Yalet Yanar, Take a Walk

NMSU Artists chosen for 2025 City of Las Cruces Art Stop Public Art Exhibit 2025 City of Las Cruces Art Stop Public Art Exhibit

NMSU Artists selected for the 2025 City of Las Cruces Art Stop Public Art Exhibit. The city has made large prints of our selected work to be...

Allyson Hays

Allyson Hays shows her amazing work at SNAG

NMSU Department of Art Alumni Allyson Hays shows her amazing work at SNAG in conjunction with the Tucson Gem and Mineral show.

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NMSU Metals club have a table at MesuemROCKS! Gem & Mineral show

Students from the NMSU Metals club will have a table at the Las Cruces MesuemROCKS! Gem & Mineral show. Be sure to stop by and see their...

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Department of Art Undergrad Kayla Blundell Awarded Commission from the City of Las Cruces!

We are proud to announce that Kayla Blundell, BFA student, competed for and received a commission from the city of Las Cruces for the Buena Vida...

Erotica 2025 Exhibition

Matthew Galey accepted in to Erotica Twenty Twenty Five Exhibition

Matthew Galey accepted in to Erotica Twenty Twenty Five Exhibition

Department of Art professor Craig Cully Showing at local Gallery!

Department of Art professor Craig Cully Showing at local Gallery!

Professor Craig Cully is exhibiting works created in collaboration with fellow artist Kelly Leslie at The Mad Hatter Gallery in Las Cruces. The...

Casting Workshop

Casting Workshop

Casting Workshop, February 1, 10:00am-1:00pm, 3206 Harrelson St, Las Cruces

Department of Art Undergrad Kayla Blundell Awarded Commission from  the City of Las Cruces!

Department of Art Undergrad Kayla Blundell Awarded Commission from the City of Las Cruces!

We are proud to announce that Kayla Blundell, BA Studio Art student, competed for and received a commission from the city of Las Cruces for the...

NMSU Department of Art students participate in The National Day  of Racial Healing Mural

NMSU Department of Art students participate in The National Day of Racial Healing Mural

The Borderlands and Ethnic Studies Department it's third borderlands mural. This mural is rooted in ancestral knowledges about three watershed...

The Passing of a Beloved Teacher  and Friend

The Passing of a Beloved Teacher and Friend

Professor Julie Fitzsimmons (1948-2025) was a beloved faculty in the Department of Art and the Conroy Honors College. Friends, students and...

Guinivere at Université de Montréal

Undergraduate Student Studies Abroad in Montréal

NMSU undergraduate student, Guinivere Mayse, studies abroad at the Université de Montréal

Dept of Art Open Studio Event

Department of Art Open Studios Event, Nov 9th

The Department of Art is hosting an Open Studios Event, November 9th, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00p.m. Please join us for music, student artwork sales,...

Dept of Art 42nd Annual Jewelry Sale

Department of Art 42nd Annual Jewelry Sale

The 42nd Annual NMSU Jewelry Sale will be held on Monday, October 28th, from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm. at the NMSU Bookstore, 1400 E....

Metals Guild Exhibition

NMSU Student Participate in Metals Guild Exhibition

NMSU Student Participate in Metals Guild Exhibition at THE HOOD October 11th- November 9th, 6:00-9:00pm

Ebitenyefa Baralaye Watershed

Visiting Artist Lecture Ebitenyefa Baralaye, October 7th

Ebitenyefa Baralaye is a ceramicist, sculptor, designer, and educator. His work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of...

Carolyn Salas Five Ways to Reverse a Curse

Visiting Artist Lecture Carolyn Salas, September 26th

Carolyn Salas crafts multidimensional chromatic sculptures that oscillate between geometric abstraction and figuration. Drawing inspiration from...

Yeohyun Ahn artwork- Hope

Yeohyun Ahn- Visiting Artist Lecture

Yeohyun Ahn is an award-winning graphic designer, educator, and researcher in collaboration with creative coding, diversity, and global leadership....

Metals Students at SNAG

NMSU Students Attend SNAG

Professor Motoko Furuhashi and several of her students met at the Society of North American Goldsmiths' annual conference in San Diego...

juried student show

Annual Juried Student Show Opens at the University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

ANNUAL JURIED STUDENT SHOW OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY (NMSU)

Palooza

Learn - A - Palooza 2024

Learn-A-Palooza We’d like to thank everyone who attended the Learn-A-Palooza event Saturday morning at Preciado Park. We had over 400 people...

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NMSU Art Booth at The Museum ROCKS! Gem and Mineral Show

The NMSU Art Department will have a booth at the Museum ROCKS! Gem and Mineral Show this year. NMSU students in metals will demonstrate various...

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El Paso Museum of Art 2024 Border Biennial

The El Paso Museum of Art is featuring NMSU art and faculty students in their 2024 Border Biennial opening on Friday, December 15th.

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday 2023

Giving Tuesday 2023

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NMSU Mexican Retablo Collection: New Acquisitions 2019-2023

NMSU Mexican Retablo Collection: New Acquisitions 2019-2023

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Celia Alvarez Munoz: Breaking the Binding

Celia Alvarez Munoz: Breaking the Binding

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NMSU Art Alumna Dina Perlasca Permanent Collection at Roswell Museum

NMSU Art Alumna Dina Perlasca Permanent Collection at Roswell Museum

Craig Cully

Professor Craig Cully's Works Featured in Upcoming Exhibitions

Professor Craig Cully's Works Featured in Upcoming Exhibitions

night at museum

Night at the Museums

Night at the Museums

jewelry

41st Annual Jewelry Sale

41st Annual Jewelry Sale

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Open Studios 2023

Open Studios 2023

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NMSU Alumni participate in Publication

NMSU Alumni participate in Publication

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Wild Pigment Project

Wild Pigment Project

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Cara Despain: Specter Opening on June 22

Cara Despain: Specter Opening on June 22

Spring awards

Spring Student Awards

Spring Student Awards

Meditation

Agnes Martin and Karen Yank: Meditations on Mentor and Student

Agnes Martin and Karen Yank: Meditations on Mentor and Student

mapping the city

Mapping the City: A Zine Making Workshop

The Zane Bennett Collection Study Room (RM 106) in the University Art Museum

scholarships

Department of Art Scholarships Awardees 2023

Department of Art Scholarships & Awards

art performance

The Art of Performance

The Art of Performance

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Radical Expansion: A Civic Dialogue Through Art and Education

Radical Expansion: A Civic Dialogue Through Art and Education

spring sale

NMSU Metals Spring Sale on April 7th

NMSU Metals Spring Sale on April 7th

Icons Retablos

Icons & Retablos Opening Friday March 10th

Icons & Retablos Opening Friday March 10th

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PEEKSHOW Coming to NMSU on February 21-22

PEEKSHOW Coming to NMSU on February 21-22