Community Calendar

“Sounds in Place” is a master class of storytelling and a truly soulful and enriching experience. Through musical melodies, archival materials, and autobiographical features, Delbert Anderson intertwines the personal narratives of Native band leaders and jazz artists with the history of the Navajo people, demonstrating how, generation after generation, art has been born out of relationships with the land and community. The entire experience is a crescendo, building to a culminating performance that blew me away but also made me feel the history and heritage beneath my feet.” – Rose Eason, gallupARTS Executive Director

Sounds in Place consists of trumpeter Delbert Anderson and keyboard player Robert Muller (keys). Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpet artist, composer, and educator, stands at the forefront of a vibrant Native American jazz scene. His work, deeply rooted in his Diné heritage, seamlessly integrates Navajo “spinning songs” of love, healing, and courtship with jazz, funk and hip-hop. His compositions are inspired by Navajo Nation landscapes, historical events, and the desire to preserve and educate about Diné history. Anderson’s notable projects include “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days,” a poignant composition reflecting on a critical period in Navajo history, and “Manitou,” which fuses ancient Native American melodies with jazz and funk. The Delbert Anderson Trio (DAT) showcases DAT jazz standards and original tunes, capturing the essence of his musical beginnings. His commitment to community and education is evident through his “Build A Band” educational program, which teaches jazz improvisation to young students through a Diné and family curriculum, wellness programs, and community outreach initiatives aimed at evoking change for the well-being of all humans. Anderson’s achievements have garnered awards from Chamber Music America, the Cultural Capital Fellowship from the First Peoples Fund, and the Jazz Road Program at South Arts. His contributions to music and culture have been featured in prominent outlets like The New York Times, JazzTimes, Grammy.com, and NPR.

During December and January The Eldorado Fiber Artists will display handmade gift items for you and yours including hat/glove/scarf sets, tree ornaments, baby booties, shawls, décor items, and more. Possible special pop-up sale on Dec. 6 from 1-3 pm--Check the library website and calendar for updated information.

As always, 20% of sales during the exhibits benefits the library. We thank our community – artists and patrons – for continued support of VGPL.

John Ninnemann’s photography, “Archaeoastronomy: Sky Watchers of the Ancient Southwest,” provides a window into the sophisticated culture of the Ancestral Puebloans who once lived on the Colorado Plateau. It’s clear that the people tracked time, creating calendars based on sunrise/moonrise movement of the sun and moon in relation to both natural and human-caused features on the landscape. This knowledge was essential for agriculture as well as for guiding architectural orientation and ceremony. The exhibit documents sky-watching locations in Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Culture NHP, Chimney Rock, and Yucca House National Monuments.

Samples of Ninnemann’s work are available his website.

During December and January The Eldorado Fiber Artists will display handmade gift items for you and yours including hat/glove/scarf sets, tree ornaments, baby booties, shawls, décor items, and more. Possible special pop-up sale on Dec. 6 from 1-3 pm--Check the library website and calendar for updated information.

As always, 20% of sales during the exhibits benefits the library. We thank our community – artists and patrons – for continued support of VGPL.

John Ninnemann’s photography, “Archaeoastronomy: Sky Watchers of the Ancient Southwest,” provides a window into the sophisticated culture of the Ancestral Puebloans who once lived on the Colorado Plateau. It’s clear that the people tracked time, creating calendars based on sunrise/moonrise movement of the sun and moon in relation to both natural and human-caused features on the landscape. This knowledge was essential for agriculture as well as for guiding architectural orientation and ceremony. The exhibit documents sky-watching locations in Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Culture NHP, Chimney Rock, and Yucca House National Monuments.

Samples of Ninnemann’s work are available his website.

Prospective students are invited to explore the Respiratory Care Program at SFCC. Come and meet the faculty and staff, ask questions, see our amazing state-of-the-art equipment, and learn about the amazing career opportunities for Respiratory Therapists in New Mexico.

There will be three opportunities to join us! All events are in classroom 433:

Noon-3 p.m. October 30, 2025
10 a.m.-noon November 17, 2025
10a.m.-noon and 3-5 p.m. December 3, 2025

For Piet's Sake is an exhibition of oil paintings from the late 1970s to the 1980s, more recent and new panels by Robert Storr, along with the inaugural print portfolio of ZB Editions, which features eight prints based on drawings by Storr and produced by master printer James Bourland. Storr's paintings span forty-six years and bracket the decades of exceptional curatorial and professorial influence, over which he has now privileged his artistic lifework. The inaugural print portfolio, Celebesstraat, is based on a series of diaristic drawings by Storr that explore the infinite variation of line- and mark-making.

Invisible is a journey across cultural borders that features mixed media paintings, watercolor on paper, and ceramics adorned with found objects by New Mexico-based artist Bunny Tobias. This exhibition presents landscapes, collaged improvisations, and unpredictable associations informed by Tobias's study of Eastern literati such as Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa, and Laozi; Western literary figures, such as Jack Kerouac, Fernando Pessoa, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf; as well as her experience as a pioneer of San Francisco’s psychedelic surrealist movement (1960s–70s).

During December and January The Eldorado Fiber Artists will display handmade gift items for you and yours including hat/glove/scarf sets, tree ornaments, baby booties, shawls, décor items, and more. Possible special pop-up sale on Dec. 6 from 1-3 pm--Check the library website and calendar for updated information.

As always, 20% of sales during the exhibits benefits the library. We thank our community – artists and patrons – for continued support of VGPL.

John Ninnemann’s photography, “Archaeoastronomy: Sky Watchers of the Ancient Southwest,” provides a window into the sophisticated culture of the Ancestral Puebloans who once lived on the Colorado Plateau. It’s clear that the people tracked time, creating calendars based on sunrise/moonrise movement of the sun and moon in relation to both natural and human-caused features on the landscape. This knowledge was essential for agriculture as well as for guiding architectural orientation and ceremony. The exhibit documents sky-watching locations in Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Culture NHP, Chimney Rock, and Yucca House National Monuments.

Samples of Ninnemann’s work are available his website.