artspring! (7 artists)
The 10th Annual Stonecarving Workshops
Owned by two artists, Rift Gallery represents exceptional artists working in a wide range of media. Off the beaten track, Rift Gallery offers visitors a chance to enjoy great art in a spectacular setting along the the Rio Grande rift valley.
Behind the gallery is a dramatic ascent in stone - a great place for a hike.
Adjacent to the gallery is the work area and shop of sculptor and gallery owner, Mark Saxe, and the grounds of Southwest Stoneworks, which specializes in the sale of carving tools and a wide variety of stone. Each summer, Southwest Stoneworks hosts annual workshops in stonecarving, as well as occasional workshops in other art-related subjects with world class instructors.
Rift Gallery is located in Rinconada, New Mexico, on the main road joining Santa Fe and Taos, adjacent to Southwest Stoneworks and the stone shop/studio. The gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 to 5.
For additional directions, please call (505) 579-9179.
May 22 and 23, 2010
Come see what we've been up to!
are scheduled for July 12-18, 2010 (Session 1) and August 7-13, 2010 (Session 2).
During the summer of 2010, the gallery will focus on Artists' Tools, with a show highlighting the work of Ebby Malmgren and other Gallery Artists. Check this site again for more information.
DIXON STUDIO TOUR
Saturday NOVEMBER 6 from 9am to 5pm
Sunday NOVEMBER 7 from 9am to 5pm
Our biggest event of the year!
Mark Saxe
Kazutaka Uchida
Betsy Williams
Kari Rives
Michelle Goodman
Erica Lohan
Ebby Malmgren
Gallery co-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.
Betsy Williams is Mark's partner. She is a full-time ceramist and the gallery director.
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...."
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.
Erica Lohan's intricate paintings with graphite details of natural phenomena reveal her interest in the pattern, variety, and intricacy of the organic natural world. Says Lohan, "I am working to define and display the fluidity of life using patterns derived from leaves, blossom and seed pods."
Artist Ebby Malmgren is a print maker, potter and writer who divides her time between
Annapolis and Taos. Her abstract work mingles oceans and beaches,
bays, rivers, creeks, marshland and Eastern woods with mid-continent
prairies and the mountains, high mesas, deserts, pueblos, clouds, chamisa
and sage of the West.
Rift Gallery is proud to represent these artists. Come by and see the gallery in person. There's always free parking and a friendly face, and we're conveniently located between Santa Fe and Taos.
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