This is the last of three workshops that are free to participants and sponsored by a $100,000 grant from the New Mexico Creative Industries Division in the state's Economic Development Department. Doña Ana County is one of 18 New Mexico municipalities awarded the grant to create activities, programs or events that help advance the Creative Industries business sector. 

Guest presenters include local, regional and statewide experts, artists or administrators in the fields of creative industries, cultural and arts organizations, tourism and economic development.

Workshop #3 - Art is in the "Eye of the Beholder" Meet with leaders and artists in public art who produce, purchase, fund and exhibit the best public art in Southern New Mexico in public and private venues. View examples of the public art in the county; discuss what public art is - monuments, memorials, murals, sculpture and site-specific art, along with street or graffiti art. Who funds public art and how does the community select it?

To register, please contact Creative Industries Artistic Director, Irene Oliver Lewis at iolewis@icloud.com