Current First Friday
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First Friday Artscrawl, Citywide, February 3 at 5pm     
for a printable map, click here.

 

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High Desert Art & Frame
www.highdesertartandframe.com
12611 Montgomery Blvd. NE - 265.4066
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in the Northeast Heights
This month’s featured is Caroline C Blaker. Her show is entitled Windows. She will be in the gallery for the month of February. Blaker’s maintains three bodies of artwork in Oil, Latex and Twitterscapes.

Framing Concepts Gallery                                 Listed in Error - Not participating 2/3
www.framingconceptsgallery.com
5809 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE - 294.3246
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in the Northeast Heights
Framing Concepts Gallery presents Six Pack O’ Pastels. This exhibition is featuring six prominent local pastel artists with new and recent pastel paintings from their works.  The artists included are Lyle Brown, Marilyn Drake, Terry Lawson Dunn, C. Bud Edmondson, Lee McVey, and Seung Youn.

Palette Contemporary Art & Craft
www.palettecontemporary.com
7400 Montgomery Suite 19 - 855.7777
First Fridays from 5-8PM in the Northeast Heights

PALETTE Contemporary Art and Craft features artist, Aki Takemoto and her show Tsuzureori. Her jewelry pieces are considered to be mini-representations of her sculpture since Aki's novel patterning and palette are present in all her work, large and wearable.

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Nob Hill Gallery
www.nobhillartgallery.com
7400 Montgomery Suite 19 - 268.9969
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in the Northeast Heights

Stay tuned for all the new Nob Hill Gallery, as its new name is coming soon! Come stop by the gallery for their open house and ask them about their exciting transition!

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Weyrich Gallery/The Rare Vision Art Gallerie            
www.weyrichgallery.com
2935 D Louisiana Blvd. NE - 883.7410
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in the Northeast Heights

Featured this month is an exhibition titled: The Roy Rogers Series by painter Eason Eige. Eige received the local treasure award. Eason's subject is the massive cactus in front of the church in Old Town where he continually renews his approach to creating fresh and powerful images.

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The Artistic Image
www.PhotoArtNM.com
312 Adams Street SE -554.2706
First Fridays from 5:30-10:00PM in Nob Hill
During February, they will be hosting a special show by Kim Ashley; Bridging two worlds, portraits of Native American youth.  These images were taken over five years in 22 villages in New Mexico and Arizona.  These images were taken in conjunction with Futures for Children which is a nonprofit organization that guides these children providing educational and leadership training.  A portion of the print sales profit will be donated to this fine organization. 

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New Grounds Print WS   
www.newgroundsgallery.com
3812 Central Ave – 268.8952
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Nob Hill

Featured in February is exhibition titled: Charismatic Megafauna -Etchings by Ray Maseman. Maseman’s colorful and quirky etchings feature anachronistic modes of travel and incongruous characters. Maseman’s works could be characterized as children’s stories, but they are more for adults (or the child within us) than for children. Whether you are an adult or a child, Maseman’s etchings will bring a smile to your face.

 

Matrix Fine Art       
www.matrixfineart.com
3812 Central Ave SE, Suite 100 A – 268.8952
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Nob Hill

Red is the color of love and passion in the Western World, of good luck and fortune in Asia and of Royalty in the Old World. This exhibition of paintings and some ceramic celebrates the beauty and intensity of this amazing color. Participating artists: Marilyn Dillard, Deborah Donelson, Raul Dorn, Liz Fritzsche, Sarah Hartshorne, David Koch, Matthew Lutz, Jacob Matteson, Kuzana Ogg, Laura Robbins and Laura Wacha.
(image by Frank Lutz)

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Peacecraft       
www.peacecraft.org
3215 Central Avenue NE – 255.5229
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Nob Hill

Peacecraft, Albuquerque’s only Fair Trade store expands our beautiful line of Fair Trade product to include local art. Contibuting artists:  Adabel Allen, Patty Jafari, Richard Ward,  RG Wakeland, Creighton Burson, Benton Yazzie, Tamara Trejo-Perez, Susan Hunt, Naz, Carol Chamberland, Lauren Fisher, Carol Mullen,  Lisa Page, Lance Ryan, and Vonnie McCormick.

Inpost Artspace at the Outpost
www.outpostspace.org/inpost
210 Yale SE – 268.0044
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Nob Hill

Come explore Free Sea-Monkeys! : A Pop Cultural Odyssey, paintings by Jenny Berry. ABQ artist Jenny Berry's quirky, culturally subversive work has recently been featured on Saturday Night Live and in the upcoming Three Stooges Movie. Her paintings have been collected by thousands of people around the world.

Oro Fine Art Gallery
www.orogallery.com
20 First Plaza Galeria Ste 73- 243.1599
First Fridays from 5-7:30PM Downtown
ORO Fine Art Gallery will be open for the Citywide Artscrawl until 7:30 p.m. Come in for 20% off select Fine Art as well as special discounts on jewelry and leatherwork for your Special Valentine

Gallerie Imaginarium
www.GallerieImaginarium.com
301D Central Avenue NW

First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Downtown
Visit Gallerie Imaginarium on 3rd Street a few steps North of Central Avenue to experience the opening for Patrick Carr's Inner Constructs. This ongoing exhibit runs through March 31st.

 

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Sumner & Dene           
www.sumnerdene.com    
517 Central NW - 842.1400
First Friday & Artist Reception from 5-9:00PM in Downtown

Sumner & Dene is proud to present Mark Horst and Embrace, which runs from February 3-25. Embrace his powerful brushwork!!  Embrace the human figure!!  Embrace the human spirit!!  Albuquerque impressionist painter Mark Horst paints the human body with his own unique brush stroke and color palette.

Offcenter                  
www.offcenterarts.org
808 Park Ave., SW - 247.1172
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Downtown

OFFcenter hosts, Dump Site Grotto. Dump Site Grotto will feature works from OFFCenter's ReEnVision series of recycled art workshops as well as other emerging artists who are cleverly reinventing new uses for discarded items.

Bright Rain Gallery
www.brightraingallery.com206 1/2 San Felipe St. NW - 843.9176
First Fridays and Opening Reception from 5:30-8:00PM in Old Town
Bright Rain Gallery will feature Robert Redus, jeweler and artist, during the February Artscrawl, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This show which runs thru March 1st, features a series of acrylic paintings derived from landscape as well as his distinctive and unique jewelry.

Blackbird Gallery         
www.BlackbirdGallery.Biz      
111 Romero Street NW - 243.9525
First Fridays from 5-8:00PM in Old Town

Featured this month are new works by Blackfeet artist Farrell Cockrum, a Native Modernist, as well as New Mexico landscapes by Robert Perea. Wonderful new handmade ceramic fountains by Kathy Shiplett and Michael Cramer as well as the charming “Bad Kitty” pottery designs from Santa Fe’s Kathryn Blackmun. New Baltic amber and southwestern handcrafted jewelry is featured. African baskets; metal sculpture; woodfired pottery; and Matthew Yellowman handcarved Roadrunners.

Weems Gallery
www.weemsgallery.com
Old Town Plaza Don Luis 303 Romero NW-764.0302
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in Old Town

Artist Adair Peterson features her eclectic artwork this month. She will present her award winning Egg Tempera paintings.

Studio 13
sites.google.com/site/studio13site/
323 Romero NW #13247.2988
First Friday from 4pm to 7:30PM
Studio13 presents the newest original paintings of Native American Artist Daniel Ramirez, co-owner of the gallery. In this show, his newest works in watercolor from his series on Sisters: the story of the Shawl Dancer are exhibited. Come by and check it out!

Johns’ Western Gallery
www.johnswesterngallery.com
411 Romero Street NW, Ste. B - 246.2414
First Fridays from 5-8:30PM in Old Town

Featured this month is an exhibition of 20th century work.

The Outsiders Art Gallery     
outsidersartgallery.com 
413-B Romero NW - 246.2002
First Fridays from 5-8pm in Old Town
The Outsiders Art Gallery welcomes you to come by and check out all their featured artists!

Hanging Tree Gallery
collectorsguide.com/hangingtree       
416 Romero NW - 842.1420
First Fridays from 5-8pm in Old Town
Join Reggie and Kay for a First Friday Artscrawl Open House!

Harwood Art Center                        
harwoodartcenter.org    
1114 7th Street NW- 242.6367
First Fridays from 5-8pm Downtown
Harwood features in their Main Gallery: Art Street presents Heart of the Issue. ArtStreet, a program of Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, which is a community-based project and collective open studio space where art is used as the connection for community-building for those without and those with homes. In their front Gallery they feature, Diptych: Part Two by Evey Jones and Harriette Tsosie.

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