Reception: Fri, Nov 1 from 5-9pm
Exhibition open by appointment: Nov 1-Dec 21, 2024
Coiling lesson: Sun, Nov 10th from 2-4pm Preregister here
2765 Boldt St., Las Cruces, NM 88005
The artwork in “Cawing”…Transformative Power focuses on Robin Przybysz’s fascination with crows (her ‘spirit animal’), bones, and their symbolic meanings. Przybysz’s contemporary fiber art studio practice consists of wrapping, coiling, and stitching her materials into a continuous line contour of sculptural forms. Visit to learn more about the artist's influences and approaches.
Parking is available across the street from Chala's. The map below provides two routes to travel from the parking area to the destination location.
Contact us directly at ceciliaclv (at) gmail (dot) com to arrange for special needs parking, or to schedule a visit.
Celebrating the City of Las Cruces’ 175th Anniversary and Dia de Los Muertos
Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 11am - afternoon
Klein Park, 155 N Mesquite St, Las Cruces, NM 88001
Join us for a ceremony to kick-off the event, followed by a performance representing the founding of Las Cruces and honoring Los Primeros and subsequent residents. There will be a chalk replica of the 1849-53 Plat of the Las Cruces Original Townsite and a celebration of Dia de los Muertos including a community altar.
Stay for an afternoon of music, ballet folklorico dancing, a no-host picnic, as well as personal remembrances, and reflections on the community altar.
Interested in volunteering? Contact mesquitestreetamigos@gmail.com
The Mesquite Street Amigos present this event, part of a years’ worth of outreach events, tours, and depictions celebrating the City’s 175th anniversary.
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Mesquite Street Amigos is an informal organization of associates, neighbors, and friends interested in promoting the preservation of cultural lifeways in the Mesquite Street Original Townsite District. In 2024, they got together to create a years’ worth of outreach events, tours, and depictions celebrating the City’s 175th anniversary.
On Saturday morning, November 2, 2024, there will be chalk replica of the 1849-53 Plat of the Las Cruces Original Townsite on the basketball court at Klein Park. The plat will have the streets, the blocks, the church, the plaza, the cemetery, etc...labeled as they are on the original plat.
At 11:00 AM they will start the event ceremony with a blessing from, and land acknowledgement to, local Piro-Manso-Tewa, and other indigenous tribal members, as they are the first inhabitant peoples represented.
The main act of this performance art is an audience-engaged representation of the founding of Las Cruces in an artistic-set piece. Actors will portray the founding of our city by Doña Ana Alcalde Don Pablo Melendrez, along with Lieutenant Delos B. Sackett and calvary who platted and staked the Original Townsite of Las Cruces in 1849. An Emcee/ Conductor/ and Narrator will relate historical anecdotes, events and subsequent history of Las Cruces.
As the finale, people will be called to literally occupy their original home sites on the chalked plat map and to stand on their lot, as successive residents are called to the map in 25-year increments.* They will start with pre-1849 and the 1850’s Los Primeros (the First Founding Charter citizens of Las Cruces).
The closing of the ceremony is a Farewell/Despedida to the departed spirits in a celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Participants are encouraged to stay through the afternoon for music, ballet folklorico dancing, a no-host picnic, as well as personal remembrances, and reflections on the community altar.
This is an educational opportunity to commemorate the individual and collective heritage of the first families, and to acknowledge the contributions, diversities, and continuity of those who now live in the Original Townsite, Mesquite Street Historic District. Reverent reflection of past lives is expected, but the event focus is to revitalize memories and energies of the people who chose and choose to live along the Camino Real. This intergenerational, family event will strive to be FUN for all.
*To accommodate residents that can’t stand the entire 25 minutes, there will be chairs for them to be seated at their Block/Lot.
