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News • New Mexico • United States • 2012-01-30

For the Love of Art Month February 1-29 in Las Cruces and Mesilla

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - February is for the Love of Art Month in Las Cruces . This year, in addition to the many exhibits and performances throughout Las Cruces and Mesilla, there will be a studio tour and an art show and sale that the Las Cruces Convention Center .

The celebration kicks off with the opening of the ArtForms Member Exhibition at the Branigan Cultural Center Friday, February 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of the monthly Downtown Ramble. And in addition to the art on display at various galleries along Main St , there will also be a free performance by renown Native American flutist Randy Granger at the Branigan Cultural Center beginning at 5 pm.

ArtForms and Las Colcheras Quilt Guild will be holding the Art Show & Sale at the Las Cruces Convention Center February 10-12, 2012. the Show will features paintings, watercolors, sculpture, photography, jewelry, metal, wood, fiber art, fractals, gourd art, and much more. The Las Colcheras Quilt Guild\'s Century of Enchantment show includes over 200 judged quilts, a merchant\'s mall, an antique quilt display, quilt appraisals, and door prizes. There will also be quilt workshops on February 12 and 13 by Kimberly Einmo, master quilter, judge, teacher, author and quilt designer.

Artist studio tours will be held the weekends of February 18-19, and 25-26 and will feature a wide range in the working environment of many local artists.

For more information about events taking place during For the Love of Art Month, download this year\'s event guide.

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