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August 2018 Newsletter
ARTsmart Community Studio Closed For Renovations Due to Flood Damage Rainfall fell overnight on Monday, July 23, in what The Santa Fe New Mexican described as “a hellacious deluge that nearly washed away the City Different.” The flood turned roadways into rivers and...

FLOODED: Record Santa Fe Rainfall Closes ARTsmart Community Studio
The ARTsmart Community Studio is CLOSED until further notice. Dear Friends of ARTsmart, We love the monsoon season here in Santa Fe but Monday, July 23rd's rains proved to be too much for our...

July 2018 Newsletter
Announcing New ARTsmart Board Member: Jacob Martinez ARTsmart is delighted to welcome our newest Board of Directors Member Jacob Martinez. Martinez, a long-time volunteer for ARTsmart, joined the board in May and hit the ground running by co-chairing ARTsmart’s Edible...

June 2018 Newsletter
ARTsmart President Connie Axton Retires, Passes Torch to Vice President Patrick Gendron Connie Axton, ARTsmart president, stepped down in May to serve as an active board of directors member going into the future. Vice President Patrick Gendron has assumed the new role...

May 2018 Newsletter
Amy Summa Retires After 19 Years of Service For over 19 years Amy Summa has been Arts Coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) and an integral part of ARTsmart programs. This month she will retire from SFPS. We interviewed her to tap into what it was like...

April 2018 Newsletter
Spring Break ARTcamp Was a Blast - Summer ARTcamp Registration Open Now Twenty-five kindergarten-3rd graders enjoyed ARTsmart’s Spring Break ARTcamp, Folk Art Festival!, in March. Instructor Vanessa Gonzalez prepared lessons with a focus on global folk art and...

March 2018 Newsletter
ARTsmart’s Annual Dinner & Auction -Success… Harvey Girls Style
ARTsmart thanks all who attended our annual dinner & auction with the theme: “You Will Be Served… Harvey Girls Style.” The auction was a success with works of art-offerings from Santa Fe Public School students and fine art galleries. La Fonda On the Plaza’s impeccable wait staff served up a delicious feast created by Chef Peter Vigil that would have made Fred Harvey himself proud.

February 2018 Newsletter
ARTsmart and Milagro Students Unveil Mural at Meow Wolf Thank you to our “valentines” who attended the Mural Unveiling Reception at Meow Wolf on February 14th. Milagro Middle School students with the help of Meow Wolf artist Sahaih Escobedo and ARTsmart staff Mariel...
January 2018 Newsletter
Rebecca Chornenky Named ARTsmart Program Director ARTsmart is thrilled to announce Rebecca Chornenky as our new Program Director. She began as an art instructor with ARTsmart in 2014 and taught with Fine Arts for Children and Teens (FACT) since 2010. “Rebecca is an...

Sam Scott Donation Matching Challenge: Bid Today!
The Season of Giving has been extended: ARTsmart is excited to announce that one of our donors and past Honorary Artist (2010), Sam Scott, has graciously offered his 24" x 30" oil painting, "Earth Air Water Sky VIII" (above) for our March 3, 2018 Dinner & Auction,...