Community Calendar

“Mixed Media Assemblage Art & Photography” is the title of the January, 2026, Exhibit at Deming Art Center. It will feature the artwork of Vickie Voiers Morrow and Diane Alire. Vickie is a former Deming resident who specializes in assemblage art, bringing pieces that will be reminiscent of her life in Deming and also her Guardian Angel pieces among other things. Diane Alire, a photographer and print maker, has lived in New Mexico since 2001 and has her own Gallery, Gallery 925, in Las Cruces. She has a Masters in Photography and has taught Photography and Print Making in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Diane is attracted to the more gritty subjects for her photography – juxtaposing images in a way to provoke and leave interpretation to the viewer. Her latest works are black and white photographs which are then hand colored with transparent oils, pan pastels and colored pencils.

The exhibit will be on display from January 3-30, 2026. There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, January 4, from 1-2:30PM.

The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S. Gold, Deming NM, and is open from 10AM-4PM Monday – Friday and 10AM – 1PM on Saturday.

For more information call 575-546-3663, visit our website at www.demingarts.org or see our FB page.

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Drawing from the University Art Museum's extensive collection of over 2,200 Mexican retablos, Trinities of Heaven and Earth explores the spiritual and cultural importance of these sacred images. Retablos, small devotional paintings traditionally displayed in Mexican homes, served as vital expressions of Catholic faith and values within the household. The imagery of the Holy Family conveys blessings related to family life, while depictions of the Holy Trinity invoke divine guidance. Together, these themes explore the connection between sacred devotion and earthly life, bridging the divine and the domestic.

The exhibition will open on March 21, 2025, at 5:30 pm in the Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery, and will be open until March 7, 2026.

Have you ever wanted to be a DJ, or host your own radio talk show? Perhaps you were even a professional DJ in the past, but you were forced to play what the programmer told you to play, not the music you loved. Or, you might be someone who wants to help behind the scenes at a radio station.

Did you know an opportunity exists here in Las Cruces for you to fulfill your dreams? We are KTAL-LP 101.5 FM, Las Cruces’ Community Radio Station. If you are curious about what it takes to have your own show, please join us for one of our monthly information sessions. The first one will be September 15th, 6pm at KTAL-LP.
Check us out! 101.5 FM or LCCOMMUNITYRADIO.ORG

Join us for our monthly volunteer gatherings, held on the second Tuesday of every month from 9:30AM -10:30AM at the Asombro Institute for Science Education office at 401 E College Drive, Las Cruces. This is a great opportunity to meet other volunteers who have worked in the education and STEM realms, have a shared interest in promoting science among K-12 students in our local schools, and have a passion for contributing to the great community we live in! We work on a variety of tasks such as prepping materials for Asombro's education programs, compiling kits for teacher workshops, assembling items for classroom science experiments, and whatever else is needed to increase natural science literacy through engaging, place-based education!

“Mixed Media Assemblage Art & Photography” is the title of the January, 2026, Exhibit at Deming Art Center. It will feature the artwork of Vickie Voiers Morrow and Diane Alire. Vickie is a former Deming resident who specializes in assemblage art, bringing pieces that will be reminiscent of her life in Deming and also her Guardian Angel pieces among other things. Diane Alire, a photographer and print maker, has lived in New Mexico since 2001 and has her own Gallery, Gallery 925, in Las Cruces. She has a Masters in Photography and has taught Photography and Print Making in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Diane is attracted to the more gritty subjects for her photography – juxtaposing images in a way to provoke and leave interpretation to the viewer. Her latest works are black and white photographs which are then hand colored with transparent oils, pan pastels and colored pencils.

The exhibit will be on display from January 3-30, 2026. There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, January 4, from 1-2:30PM.

The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S. Gold, Deming NM, and is open from 10AM-4PM Monday – Friday and 10AM – 1PM on Saturday.

For more information call 575-546-3663, visit our website at www.demingarts.org or see our FB page.

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

We meet monthly to learn about topics of interest to the group and to learn about the most recent legislation which concerns retirees in New Mexico.

Drawing from the University Art Museum's extensive collection of over 2,200 Mexican retablos, Trinities of Heaven and Earth explores the spiritual and cultural importance of these sacred images. Retablos, small devotional paintings traditionally displayed in Mexican homes, served as vital expressions of Catholic faith and values within the household. The imagery of the Holy Family conveys blessings related to family life, while depictions of the Holy Trinity invoke divine guidance. Together, these themes explore the connection between sacred devotion and earthly life, bridging the divine and the domestic.

The exhibition will open on March 21, 2025, at 5:30 pm in the Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery, and will be open until March 7, 2026.

Winter is the season when ducks, geese, and other waterfowl fly south to enjoy our warmer ponds and rivers. To help you enjoy this annual migration, the Mesilla Valley Audubon Society will teach a waterfowl identification class on January 13, 2026.

The class will start at 6:30 p.m. and run about 90 minutes.

It will be held in the Creative Arts Room of Las Cruces Village.

An optional overnight field trip to Bosque del Apache, January 17 and 18, to practice identification skills is included.

The class is appropriate for beginner and intermediate birders. To reserve your spot, email mesillavalleyaudubon@gmail.com.

Al-Anon is for family and friends affected by someone else's drinking or drug use.

“Mixed Media Assemblage Art & Photography” is the title of the January, 2026, Exhibit at Deming Art Center. It will feature the artwork of Vickie Voiers Morrow and Diane Alire. Vickie is a former Deming resident who specializes in assemblage art, bringing pieces that will be reminiscent of her life in Deming and also her Guardian Angel pieces among other things. Diane Alire, a photographer and print maker, has lived in New Mexico since 2001 and has her own Gallery, Gallery 925, in Las Cruces. She has a Masters in Photography and has taught Photography and Print Making in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Diane is attracted to the more gritty subjects for her photography – juxtaposing images in a way to provoke and leave interpretation to the viewer. Her latest works are black and white photographs which are then hand colored with transparent oils, pan pastels and colored pencils.

The exhibit will be on display from January 3-30, 2026. There will be a time to meet the artists on Sunday, January 4, from 1-2:30PM.

The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S. Gold, Deming NM, and is open from 10AM-4PM Monday – Friday and 10AM – 1PM on Saturday.

For more information call 575-546-3663, visit our website at www.demingarts.org or see our FB page.

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.