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Markings from Fire is an exhibition of wood-fired ceramics, charcoal drawings, 3-D printed flasks, and a sound installation by multimedia artist and former United States Forest Service firefighter Avi Farber. In this exhibition, Farber brings his experience of working in the burn scar of the most devastating fire in New Mexico’s history, the 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire, and its aftermath, to form & concept to better understand humanity’s role within the natural world. Through ceramic works made from prehistoric minerals, ruins, locally sourced clays, and wood preserved using a burning technique similar to the Japanese practice of shou sugi ban, Farber creates a portrait of fire’s direct and obtuse impacts on public land, private residences, and natural and man-made landscapes. Together, these works invite viewers to reflect on themes of impermanence and existential meaning on various scales of time, from a single human’s experience of a tragic event to Earth’s genesis and its eons of environmental transformation that impact us all and call for deep collective reflection.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library displays art exhibits, with 20% of any sales going to benefit the library. We thank all our community artists for exhibiting with us! In Sept-Oct, we feature Chris Cashiola's oil paintings of the beautiful Southwest.

Cashiola found his inspiration in the European Impressionist and the Post Impressionist movements, taking to heart the words of Claude Monet who said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a field . . . . . Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own impression of the scene.” Chris tries to always leave something for the imagination of the viewer when painting his landscapes, which he often does plein air, finishing the canvas in the studio. Oil painting, he says, has given him the way to fuse his art to his passion for the natural world and landscapes of New Mexico.

"The beauty of painting is that you always develop and learn new things," Cashiola says.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library displays art exhibits, with 20% of any sales going to benefit the library. We thank all our community artists for exhibiting with us! In Sept-Oct, we feature Chris Cashiola's oil paintings of the beautiful Southwest.

Cashiola found his inspiration in the European Impressionist and the Post Impressionist movements, taking to heart the words of Claude Monet who said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a field . . . . . Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own impression of the scene.” Chris tries to always leave something for the imagination of the viewer when painting his landscapes, which he often does plein air, finishing the canvas in the studio. Oil painting, he says, has given him the way to fuse his art to his passion for the natural world and landscapes of New Mexico.

"The beauty of painting is that you always develop and learn new things," Cashiola says.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library displays art exhibits, with 20% of any sales going to benefit the library. We thank all our community artists for exhibiting with us! In Sept-Oct, we feature Chris Cashiola's oil paintings of the beautiful Southwest.

Cashiola found his inspiration in the European Impressionist and the Post Impressionist movements, taking to heart the words of Claude Monet who said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a field . . . . . Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own impression of the scene.” Chris tries to always leave something for the imagination of the viewer when painting his landscapes, which he often does plein air, finishing the canvas in the studio. Oil painting, he says, has given him the way to fuse his art to his passion for the natural world and landscapes of New Mexico.

"The beauty of painting is that you always develop and learn new things," Cashiola says.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library features art exhibits, with 20% of any art sales going to benefit the library. We thank the community artists for supporting us. In October and November, we feature jeweler Janice St. Marie.

When Janice St. Marie was 12 years old and living in a small town in Minnesota, her father would drop her off at the flea market where she would set up her jewelry on a little card table and create custom necklaces and earrings for the locals as they browsed through the market. “I have never stopped making jewelry,” she laughs. “In fact, I have some beads from so long ago that they could now be considered vintage!”

Through the years St. Marie has sold to retail stores and had private showings. She uses turquoise, amber, coral, and semi-precious stones as well as a variety of other beads to create unique necklaces.

She has lived in Santa Fe since 1985.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library displays art exhibits, with 20% of any sales going to benefit the library. We thank all our community artists for exhibiting with us! In Sept-Oct, we feature Chris Cashiola's oil paintings of the beautiful Southwest.

Cashiola found his inspiration in the European Impressionist and the Post Impressionist movements, taking to heart the words of Claude Monet who said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a field . . . . . Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own impression of the scene.” Chris tries to always leave something for the imagination of the viewer when painting his landscapes, which he often does plein air, finishing the canvas in the studio. Oil painting, he says, has given him the way to fuse his art to his passion for the natural world and landscapes of New Mexico.

"The beauty of painting is that you always develop and learn new things," Cashiola says.

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library features art exhibits, with 20% of any art sales going to benefit the library. We thank the community artists for supporting us. In October and November, we feature jeweler Janice St. Marie.

When Janice St. Marie was 12 years old and living in a small town in Minnesota, her father would drop her off at the flea market where she would set up her jewelry on a little card table and create custom necklaces and earrings for the locals as they browsed through the market. “I have never stopped making jewelry,” she laughs. “In fact, I have some beads from so long ago that they could now be considered vintage!”

Through the years St. Marie has sold to retail stores and had private showings. She uses turquoise, amber, coral, and semi-precious stones as well as a variety of other beads to create unique necklaces.

She has lived in Santa Fe since 1985.

Each month, Vista Grande Public Library displays art exhibits, with 20% of any sales going to benefit the library. We thank all our community artists for exhibiting with us! In Sept-Oct, we feature Chris Cashiola's oil paintings of the beautiful Southwest.

Cashiola found his inspiration in the European Impressionist and the Post Impressionist movements, taking to heart the words of Claude Monet who said “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a field . . . . . Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own impression of the scene.” Chris tries to always leave something for the imagination of the viewer when painting his landscapes, which he often does plein air, finishing the canvas in the studio. Oil painting, he says, has given him the way to fuse his art to his passion for the natural world and landscapes of New Mexico.

"The beauty of painting is that you always develop and learn new things," Cashiola says.

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.