New For 2022
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Outdoor Sketch Club - First and Third Saturdays starting February 5 (Ages 16+)
Join a group of people wanting to improve their drawing skills and try out new materials while enjoying the outdoors and sharing ideas. Allow an immersion into nature to boost your engagement and enlarge your focus. Bring a sketchbook, a favorite pen/pencil and any other drawing materials you'd like to try. Each session will be at a different location.
Two-Day Monoprints Workshop - March 26 and 27 (Ages 16+)
Come play with texture, color and line using water-based pigments. We will experiment with stencils, positive/negative space, and Chine collé if time permits. Bring your creativity and sense of fun, along with any supplies you may have if you’ve taken the class before. Beginners welcome!
Click the links above to learn more and sign up online. You may also register in-person at the museum (10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily) or over the phone at 575-624-6744.To receive the class discount, become a museum member prior to registering. Unsure of your status? Contact Amber Smith, Operations Manager, at 575-500-0363 or ad.smith@roswell-nm.gov.
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Second Saturdays
Leave Your Mark
Saturday, February 12
Free All-Ages Art Activities 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Free Planetarium Screening of ONE WORLD, ONE SKY at 11 a.m.
Free museum admission for Roswell residents 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
How do you make art without a paintbrush, pencil or pens? How would you create an image with the random things in front of you? Sometimes manufactured tools just don't work for a certain project or because they are looking for a way make their own, distinct marks. Handmade tools allow for to a much wider and more unpredictable range of visual qualities. Come try out our alternatives and handmade tools, make your own and put your mark on the world... (or just on the paper supplied, please).
Second Saturdays are generously supported by the RMAC Foundation.
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New Community Meetups
Informal group activities
Sew Crafty Pin Pals
Every Wednesday, 1 - 3 p.m.
Seniors 60+ and Members free | Non-members $5
No RSVP required
This adult-centered group is open to everyone making anything with a needle whether it is crochet, knitting or sewing. Casual gathering for like-minded makers, swap stories, techniques and get feedback from others. Informal, bring your own projects and enjoy the company.
Table Top Games Day
First Saturdays starting February 5th, 1 - 4 p.m.
Members and children 15 and under free | Non-members $5
No RSVP required
Join local game designer/master Matt Bromley (Wildbird Games) at the table each month for a new adventure. Learn a new game or hone your skills with like-minded folks and players of all ages. Host's table games will vary each month, one table will be designated for DnD, and additional tables will be available for bring-your-own-game setups.
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Call for Teaching Artists and Volunteers
Education programs are gearing up!
We have some great programs in the works and would like to bring in some new faces and ideas to enhance our offerings. There are a variety of options to become involved in our learning community. See the following list or propose your own:
- Arts and crafts teachers (all media considered)
- Adults, children or a mix
- Weekends/weekdays, Second Saturdays, after school, Tuesday or Thursday evenings
- Can be short workshops, weekly meetings, camps (spring/summer vacation)
All ideas considered, class and materials development assistance available. Pay is per contact hour. Choose the age range you are comfortable with, days/times available and length of commitment. We are also seeking volunteers to help out at Second Saturdays and other educational events. Please share with your network, even individuals outside Roswell. For more information, contact Jessica Parham, Museum Educator at 575-500-0352 or j.parham@roswell-nm.gov.
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Sunday Yoga Sessions
Start your week off right
February 13 and 27, 2 - 3 p.m.
Members free | Non-members $5
No RSVP required
On select Sundays at 2 pm, come by the RMAC for an all-levels gentle yoga class in the Bassett Auditorium. Sessions are taught by 200-hour certified instructor Alice Buck.
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February Film Schedule
Robert H. Goddard Planetarium
Adults $5 | Children 4-15 $3 | Members and children 3 and under free
FREE admission on Second Saturday at 11 a.m.
1 p.m.: SEEING! A PHOTON’S JOURNEY ACROSS SPACE, TIME, & MIND
Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone's retina.
3 p.m.: SUNSTRUCK
Explore the sun in all its glory. SUNSTRUCK takes us on a journey to discover the wonders of our magnificent sun and investigate how our star has supported life on Earth for millennia.
5 p.m.: THE ZULA PATROL: DOWN TO EARTH
While on a routine fossil-hunting expedition, The Zula Patrol turns up evidence that the villainous Deliria Delight has been travelling back in time to Earth's prehistoric past to illegally dump her company's toxic trash.
Fridays at 7 p.m. and Second Saturday at 11 a.m.: TWO SMALL PIECES OF GLASS
The film traces the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy.
Use 11th Street planetarium entrance for Friday evening shows.
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New and Current Exhibitions
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Decades: The 1970s
January - Spring 2022
Spring River and Hunter Galleries
It is necessary to occasionally look back to better understand where we are now. Decades: The 1970s is a continuation of the Roswell Museum’s look at artistic output on a ten-year basis reflecting on how artists grappled with the changing times. All works presented in this exhibition are from the museum’s permanent collection. Learn more »
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Relocations
Work by Roswell Artist-in-Residence Marie Alarcón
January 15 – February 27, 2022
Marshall and Winston Gallery
Alarcón's work draws on personal and communal experiences of place and its production and the speculative cultural memory of displacement and diaspora. Working with light and shadow, reflection and projection, their materials consist of detritus, with industrial domestic materials treated as textiles, and videos that blur the distinction between the dream and the document. Learn more »
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Barbara Latham: Lifetime Artist
December 2021 – Spring 2022
Donald B. Anderson Gallery
Pictorial artist and illustrator Barbara Latham (1896-1989) was a Roswell Artist-in-Residence (RAiR) 1967-1968. Latham and her husband, fellow artist Howard Cook, helped create what became the RAiR program that continues to this day. The 20 works from the Roswell Museum’s collection displayed here represent only a small amount of output by an artist who spent her entire life employing her artistic skills in documenting the people, places, and things she encountered. Read more »
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Michele Borque Sewards: Flora & Fauna
December 2021 – Summer 2022
Entry Gallery
Pictorial artist Michele Bourque Sewards was a Roswell Artist-in-Residence (RAiR) 1973-1974. Many of the works featured in this exhibition were created during that time. Bourque Sewards credits her experience in the RAiR program as a major catalyst in her artistic career, opening doors to further opportunities she would not have had without her Roswell residency. Read more »
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Museum Store Spotlight
Valentine's Day
From beautiful cards and handcrafted jewelry, the Roswell Museum Store has many ways to say "I love you."
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