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The Doña Ana Arts Council is an arts non-profit organization dedicated to empowering creative expression in the New Mexico Southwest region since 1971.
We are currently situated in the downtown area of Las Cruces, New Mexico within walking distance to the Las Cruces Farmers Market and other local cultural attractions.
Our building features an open gallery space where we host a breadth of creative media, events, workshops, and lectures.
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In our Main Gallery and Stazewki Gallery, we provide a dynamic and inclusive platform for artists to showcase their work, fostering creativity, diversity, and community engagement. It is a versatile exhibit space made for a wide range of artistic mediums for rotating exhibits and events.
We aim to empower community members of all ages to explore, create, and connnect through the arts. The DAAC also collaborates with local schools, non-profits, and arts insititutions to amplify impact and recources.
At the DAAC we host a spectrum of events from small live concerts, dance performances, artists talks, creative poetry speaking, and more in our gallery! We are also organizers of the city-wide Renaissance Arts Festival! Each event is community-driven to enhance local buisnesses and creative industries.
ON VIEW:
Jo Mata, Mare Nostrum: A Look Into an Artist’s Visions
11.08 - 01.03.24
Jo Mata is a self-taught mixed media Dominican artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She explores the human experience and the female body from a sociopolitical, philosophical and identity point of view. Creating thought-provoking art in which sensual and powerful human figures appear to be immersed in some reverie. Other times, these figures are depicted going through turmoil, tussling, and strife. At times, they exhibit a penetrating gaze towards the viewer, as if wanting to establish a connection or dialogue.
Curated by Natalia Martinez
