CNM Art Department

03/27/2025

Attention Comic artists and hope-to-be professional Comic Artists! CNM students (with CNM ID) get 50% off admission (already only $5) to ths Southwest Comic Book and Creator Showcase April 5-6 in Albuquerque!

You can browse all of the comic book vendors, meet artists and comic industry professionals, share a portfolio of your art (physical art or examples on a tablet) for artistic feedback and get career advice! If this is something you dream about, go to this showcase with lots of questions and learn all about it! All the info here:

03/25/2025

Food always seems to tell a story, doesn’t it? What stories are these pieces telling you? These intriguing PASTEL Drawings were just completed by the artists of Spring 2025 CNM Westside Drawing II with instructor Lea Anderson. “Fascinating Food”was our prompt.
Oil or Soft pastel on Colourfix sanded pastel paper, 20”x28”.

03/21/2025

SAVE THE DATE!
*Refreshments will be served and all are welcome ☺️

03/21/2025

So happy to have a guest speaker today on Art and Taxes for Rachel Popowcer’s Portfolio Development class.
The students asked excellent questions!

02/08/2025

We had a packed Opening Reception tonight for the CNM Art & Art History Faculty Exhibition at our beautiful gallery…thank you to everyone who came out for the show, it was so good to see you all! ✨

02/01/2025

I (Rachel Popowcer) organized a CNM Art & Art History Faculty Exhibition as a hanging exercise for my Portfolio Development class before they have their own show at the end of the semester.
They did a great job curating and hanging the work today! We have the best students. ☺️
The Opening Reception is next Friday the 7th from 5-7pm. Info on the flyers and the FB invite. Feel free to share.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1PaC5jqNv7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

01/30/2025

Wonderful field trip today with Rachel Popowcer’s Art Practices I class. ✨
Thank you to Assistant Curator of Art William Gassaway for the informative tour!

01/04/2025

Hello and Happy New Year!
There are still several seats available in Visualizing Ideas, a course that builds on the skills and knowledge of photography learned in Intro to Photography. So, if you took the intro course in the past and want to hone your photography skills and learn more about this important artistic medium, please sign up for VISUALIZING IDEAS this spring. It will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 12 until 2:45 at Montoya campus.

Visualizing Ideas (201) ARTS2420_SPR2025_86082

12/06/2024

Thanks to these fierce Drawing I students for such an outstanding semester! It was really great learning and collaborating with you.🌹This final drawing is so beautiful and symbolic!

For their Final Project, each of the 14 students made two 12”x12” drawings using WHITE chalk on BLACK paper, then we assembled the drawings into a single collaborative drawing. The total size of full drawing is 4’x7’. (This drawing is based on an original photo by CNM Art Studio instructor Lea Anderson)

“WHITE ROSES”
Collaborative Drawing by the Artists of Drawing I, Fall 2024

White roses symbolize many things, including: Peace and calm. Purity, innocence, and loyalty. Deep respect and admiration. Honesty, fidelity, and a spiritual connection. Eternal love and new beginnings. Commitment and undying love. Sympathy. Trust, respect, and remembrance.

“In the garden of white roses, time surrenders to the eternal. Each bloom invites contemplation. Like a silent prayer spoken to the stars, these flowers embody the essence of hope, reminding us that even in the darkest of nights, beauty persists, unfurling its petals in quiet defiance.” -Brittany Benko

12/05/2024

Amazing photographs, some by dual-credit students! Here's to an inspiring photo class!

12/05/2024

It’s finals week, and today was the critique for the last few projects in Rachel Popowcer’s Art Practices I class.
What a great group of students and a wonderful last class! I wasn’t able to get pics of everything, but this is some of the work today.

11/25/2024

https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/article_d28a25d2-a7bc-11ef-891d-5f8f138810c6.html #4

Come see the works of up-and-coming artists during "Storytellers." The exhibition features pieces by 13 students enrolled in the Capstone Portfolio Development class that is part of the art program at Central New Mexico Community College. The art show can be viewed from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. through Tues...

11/16/2024

So many people came to the Opening Reception for the Portfolio Development students’ STORYTELLERS show last night in the CNM Art Gallery!
It’s the main focus of our class (basically the business of being an artist) and it’s a lot of work, so it makes me (Rachel Popowcer) so happy when students experience a great reception.
Thank you to everyone who came by to support our amazing art students!
Thank you to my students for doing a wonderful job! ✨

11/11/2024

The Portfolio Development students in Rachel Popowcer’s class this semester have done a wonderful job hanging the show for the opening this Friday.
Come support our amazing CNM Art Studio students and bring your family and friends for food, drinks, and Art! All are welcome.
Please share the flyer 🙂

OPENING RECEPTION:
This Friday, November 15th, 4 - 7pm
CNM Art Gallery, KC (Ken Chappy) Building, Room 103, Main Campus
Parking is free after 4pm

11/07/2024

Nice to get lost in colors and shapes for just a little while as the world crazily spins around 🌎🌀😵‍💫
Here is this year’s group of “Pattern Paintings” by CNM WS Art Practices I students with instructor Lea Anderson. In this project, students began with a basic pattern, they sectioned it off and did a LOT of color mixing, different in each section - matching original color, mixing complementary colors, opposite values, and opposite intensity/saturation. In summary, working with a somewhat limited palette and then exploring many variations of those colors. 16”x20” acrylic on panel. This was hard work! And beautiful work.✌🏽🫶🏽🤩

11/02/2024

Shots of a model for a film noir movie set. I love my Cinematography for Photographers students!