Exhibition coming soon

Cruces: New Acquisitions from the NMSU Permanent Art Collection
June 5 - August 20th, 2025
Opening: June 5, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30 pm

The University Art Museum (UAM) is delighted to announce the opening of CRUCES: New Acquisitions from the NMSU Permanent Art Collection, an exhibition highlighting recent donations and acquisitions to the NMSU Permanent Art Collection. The exhibition will open on Thursday, June 5th at 5:30 pm in the University Art Museum, and will be open until August 20th, 2025.

CRUCES presents a vibrant selection of recent acquisitions to the New Mexico State University Permanent Art Collection, showcasing works added to the collection since 2018. This exhibition brings together an eclectic range of media—including photography, sculpture, video, and even piñata paper and wild pigments—highlighting the diversity of the collecting practices and introducing contemporary artistic practice of artists from New Mexico and beyond. 

The exhibition also proudly showcases select NMSU student artwork acquired during the annual Juried Student Show through the Mary Lawbaugh Purchase Award and the UAM Purchase Award, supported by the NMSU Foundation. These acquisitions recognize outstanding creative achievement by NMSU students and reinforce UAM’s commitment to nurturing emerging artists and integrating their work into NMSU’s Permanent Art Collection.

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 Image caption: Justin Favela, Cruces, 2020, Tissue paper with glue on board, 36 x 50 x 2 in. Courtesy of the NMSU Permanent Art Collection.

E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon
June 5-August 20, 2025
Opening: June 5 from 5:30-7:30 pm

The University Art Museum (UAM) is proud to partner with Santa Fe-based mobile artspace Axle Contemporary to present E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon. This exhibition features over 800 portraits taken by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman during their 2024 journey across South-Central and South-Western New Mexico in Axle’s solar-powered mobile gallery. Visitors to the mobile studio sat for portraits while holding objects of personal significance, contributing to a growing visual tapestry that celebrates both individual identity and shared community. The UAM exhibition presents this powerful culmination of Axle’s six-part statewide project, showcasing the complete set of portraits, images from the road, a life-size photo of the mobile studio, and the project's final composite image, which layers all 800 faces into a single unified form.

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E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon
5 de junio - 20 de agosto de 2025
Apertura: 5 de junio de 5:30 a 7:30 pm

El museo de Arte Universitario (UAM) se enorgullece de asociarse con Axle Contemporary, un espacio artístico móvil con sede en Santa Fe, para presentar E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon. Esta exposición presenta más de 800 retratos tomados por los artistas Matthew Chase-Daniel y Jerry Wellman durante su recorrido de 2024 por el sur-centro y suroeste de Nuevo México, a bordo de la galería móvil de Axle impulsada por energía solar. Los visitantes del estudio móvil posaron para los retratos mientras sostenían objetos de significado personal, contribuyendo a un tapiz visual en constante crecimiento que celebra tanto la identidad individual como la comunidad compartida. La exposición en el UAM presenta esta poderosa culminación del proyecto estatal de seis partes de Axle, mostrando el conjunto completo de retratos, imágenes del viaje, una fotografía a tamaño real del estudio móvil y la imagen compuesta final del proyecto, que superpone los 800 rostros en una sola forma unificada.

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