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Artist 101 portraits

 

Artist 101
February 5, 2026
5:30 PM
The Bleachers in Devasthali Hall

Do you have questions about applying to the JSS or other exhibitions?  Are you curious about what artists do when they are not working in the studio? Hear from artists and arts administrators to become familiar with the basics for applying to shows, speaking with gallerists, negotiating prices, and more! Join us for a casual conversation and Q & A with professionals working in the creative field.
Panelists include NMSU Department of Art professors John Dickinson and Craig Cully, alongside UAM Staff Jasmine Herrera and Eva Gabriella Flynn.

About the Panelist

John Dickinson received his bachelor’s degree in art and philosophy from Colorado State University in 2008 and his MFA from Southern Methodist University in 2010. His work explores questions regarding the relation between image and object, and negation’s effect on signification. He has exhibited at various venues, including Grounds for Sculpture, Salt Lake Art Center, The Sculpture Center, The Dayton Contemporary, and Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center. He lives in Las Cruces, NM and teaches at New Mexico State University.

Craig Cully grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia where some of his earliest influences came from the area’s long-standing tradition of realist painters. He graduated with a BFA degree from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and earned an MFA from The University of Arizona. Cully’s work has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the United States and in Mexico. His work is part of the permanent collection of The Boise Museum of Art, The Tucson Museum of Art, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, the University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma, the Lore Degenstein Gallery at Susquehanna State University and the Museum of Art at Texas Tech University. Being committed to the power of the visual image, and the desire for art-making to be embraced and respected, he is also a Professor of Painting and Drawing at New Mexico State University.

Jasmine Herrera is a native New Mexican originally from Tularosa, New Mexico. She currently serves as the Art Museum Manager at the University Art Museum at New Mexico State University, where she has worked for over a decade in roles spanning exhibition management, coordination, and financial planning. With a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from NMSU, her work centers on supporting contemporary curatorial practice, large-scale exhibition production, and mentoring emerging artists and museum professionals. She has managed and produced numerous exhibitions featuring regional, national and international artists and has helped secure significant support from organizations including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 2021, she has also taught a specialized Art Museum Internship course each spring, guiding undergraduate students through hands-on museum experience, exhibition best practices, and the professional realities of working in art institutions rooted in New Mexico and the borderlands.

Eva Gabriella Flynn is an artist and educator whose work weaves historical narratives and personal experience into the landscapes of the American Southwest. Eva Gabriella received a BFA in Studio Arts and a BA in Foreign Languages from New Mexico State University. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Eva Gabriella’s work has been exhibited at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (WI), Zhou B Art Center (IL), SITE Santa Fe (NM), Field Projects (NY), and Instituto de Lorenzo Medici (Florence, Italy). She works as the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the University Art Museum at NMSU where she develops and coordinates accessible educational programming for the Las Cruces community. 

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