Family After Hours
Thursday, October 28 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public

Families are invited to attend Family After Hours, a free evening of hands-on visual and performing arts activities presented by Roswell ISD’s Arts Connect staff at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Programming will be centered around whimsical displays of color, motion and sound inspired by the museum’s current exhibition A Lucky Escape: The Wild World of William Goodman. Geared towards grades K – 6, activity stations will include making kinetic sculptures, marble paintings, homemade wind chimes, jingle hand bells and more. Family After Hours will be held outdoors in the outdoor courtyard and behind the museum on 11^th Street, which will be tented and closed to traffic for the event. All activities will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

Holiday Artisan Market: Call For Entries
Deadline November 1
Market runs December 3-18

The Roswell Museum and the RMAC Foundation, in partnership with the Pecos Valley Potters Guild invite artists, artisans, contemporary craftspeople and makers to apply to be a part of the first annual Roswell Museum Holiday Artisan Market. The Market is a juried art exhibition and sale to be held at the Roswell Museum showcasing more than 40 artists, artisans and makers from around the region. Works will be arranged exhibition style with multiple items by each participating artist on display in a gallery with a corresponding label about their background. Click here to learn more and apply online. The event will run December 3 through 18 with a festive opening night reception.

Lorene Johnson Gratton Workshop
Linda Lomahaftewa: Painting & Collage in a Pandemic World
Artist Lecture Friday, November 5 at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adults of all artistic experience levels are invited to participate in a two-day workshop with Santa Fe-based artist Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi-Choctaw) exploring individual responses to current and personal life events through painting and collage. Based on need, students may take the workshop free of charge or pay up to the suggested donation of $125. All materials will be provided. The Gratton Endowment supports similar access to quality art education for adults, continuing a museum tradition of making art a regular part in the lives of the citizens of Roswell. Artist lecture on Friday is free for members to attend, non-members are welcome with price of admission. Learn more and register »