Gallery Schedule | Stonecarving Workshops | Essential Artists Self-Guided Tour
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Our gallery represents regional and Japanese artists, and our facility hosts annual workshops in stonecarving, as well as occasional workshops in other art-related subjects with world class instructors.
Named for the dramatic Rio Grande rift valley, Rift Gallery is located in Rinconada, New Mexico.
We are on the main road joining Santa Fe and Taos, adjacent to Southwest Stoneworks and the stone shop/studio, and are open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 to 5.
A Multi-media Invitational Show Curated by MARK SAXE
Adams State College in Alamosa, CO
March 31 - April 18, 2008
A Collaboration: Isabella Gonzales and Betsy Williams
May 31, 2008 - July 1, 2008
Mark Saxe
Kazutaka Uchida
Betsy Williams
Kari Rives
Michelle Goodman
Isabella Gonzales
Alan Powell
Erica Lohan
Ebby Malmgren
Gallery owner, Mark Saxe, is a stone sculptor, and speaking of his art says, "My work expresses my love, commitment, and relationship with stone. The forms I create are the result of experience, contemplation, intuition, and chance. The methods and techniques I use reflect the forces in nature." Mark is also represented in Santa Fe by LewAllen Contemporary
in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kazutaka Uchida, guest artist at our annual stonecarving workshops, brings his exquisite Japanese aesthetic and 40 years of carving experience to bear as he unlocks the inner beauty of the stone. He is also represented in Santa Fe by LewAllen Contemporary.
New Mexico artist, Kari Rives, works in clay with varying degrees of abstraction. Tom Collins of the Albuquerque Journal describes her animal miniatures and wall-hung pieces as "fast, loose and amazingly affecting evocations...."
Isabella Gonzales works in ceramic sculpture using both wheel-thrown and hand-built forms which she assembles to create larger pieces of work. She recently completed a site-specific installation at the University of Texas El Paso.
Michelle Goodman is a mixed media artist whose primary interest is in drawing. Her investigations into the nature of drawing include collage, ink, pencil and woven wire constructions. She has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 27 years.
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