AMoCA News June - September
Neo Trio Jazz Concert at AMoCa
James Emery, played the Anderson Museum with his Neo Trio on August 23rd. Co-founder of the pioneering chamber jazz ensemble The String Trio of New York, Emery is a virtuoso guitarist and composer who has received international recognition for his distinctive and highly original approach to both improvisation and composition. Emery has been very active as a performer and composer on the international jazz and contemporary music scene since 1975 with over two dozen CDs as a leader or co-leader and live performances in more than 25 countries worldwide.
Joining Emery were John Funkhouser on bass and Alex Murzyn on saxophones.
Emery has been touring and recording worldwide for 45 years, and relocated to Santa Fe in 2022.
Read the article previewing this concert in the Roswell Daily Record
Æmen Ededéen (Josh Hagler, RAiR 2017-18) and Maja Ruznic Artist Talk
Æmen Ededéen (Josh Hagler, RAiR 2017-18) and Maja Ruznic returned to Roswell to give a thoughtful, aesthetically engaging artist talk, cataloguing their last eight years in New Mexico, which began during Josh’s RAiR residency and continues as they have relocated to Placitas, NM. Josh has had solo exhibitions in the last few years in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and London and has a book coming out soon titled Nihil: Joshua Hagler in New Mexico. Maja has had solo shows recently in Berlin, New York, Los Angeles and Taos, was in the 2024 Whitney Biennial and is currently showing in the Site Santa Fe International Once Within A Time.
Raúl Sisniega (RAiR 2024-25) Artist Talk and Opening Reception
Raul Sisniega (RAiR 2024-25), from Mexico City, gave an artist talk on July 25 to over 100 attendees at the Anderson Museum. Raúl spoke about his career to date, including a mural he painted on the full height of a 13-story building in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Raúl Sisniega (RAiR 2024-25) paints a mural on the wall in the North Gallery where his solo exhibtion was held.
Sisniega’s opening reception spilled out into the Northeast Gallery at AMoCA.
AMoCA Tours
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D-NM) Washington DC staff were in Roswell and made a visit to the Anderson Museum where they were given a short presentation about the museum and the residency program. Artists-in-residence Laurie Fader (RAiR 2025-26) and Raúl Sisniega (RAiR 2024-25) also delivered remarks to the staff members.
Fourth-graders from the Roswell Independent School District Gifted Program sketch characters from a painting by Cristina Gonzalez (RAiR 1998-99). The students were some of the hundreds that visit the museum annually. Students are all given age-appropriate activity books to complete using art from the museum collection to engage with their creativity.
Update on NEA Funding for RAiR Foundation
The NEA Grant that RAiR applied for has come through in the original amount of $45,000. This grant will support the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program by providing 12-month residencies for visual artists. The artists on the grant will receive direct benefit from the NEA via monthly stipends.
For more information on the NEA’s granting guidelines visit arts.gov/news.
New Museum Storage System
The Anderson Museum of Art has installed a new storage system to store 2D artworks from the RAiR Collection on rolling panels. It may be surprising that the museum has art in storage, since there are more than 500 works from our permanent collection on display at all times in the museum galleries. Additionally there are more than 200 artworks at any time in the RAiR Collection that are not being shown. Artworks do change locations and are occasionally rotated in and out of the galleries.
