NMMOA | September 2024

The New Mexico Museum of Art invites you to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Vladem Contemporary and the new rotation of Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000 on Friday, September 27th with Beyond the Stars: A Sci-Fi Celebration! Come dressed to impress in your favorite sci-fi costume from steam punk to atomic punk. Musical guest Rhythm and Blues artist Elizabeth Wise and videos by Magnetic Laboratorium. Celebration starts at 7 p.m.

Join us ahead of the celebration on Friday, September 27th to learn more about Constance DeJong and her work as she presents about her artistic career. This Final Friday Program at the Vladem Contemporary is part of a series of artist talks in conjunction with the exhibition Off-Center.

Photo courtesy of the artist.

Constance DeJong is a contemporary visual artist whose work often defies classification between sculpture and painting. Metal and light are prominent mediums in her practice, which is demonstrated by her piece in Off-Center. She is a Professor of Sculpture at the University of New Mexico, and her work can be found in the collections of institutions such as Fisher-Landau Center, Long Island City, NY, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KA, Albuquerque Museum, NM, Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ, and Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, WV. DeJong received an NEA Visual Artist’s Fellowship in 1982, and she had a retrospective at the Albuquerque Museum in 2003/4 (Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, a Retrospective).

Off-Center: New Mexico Art 1970-2000 features a diverse array of New Mexican artists who were active during this pivotal period. Join us for an engaging artist talk, where you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the artists who helped shape contemporary art in our state. Don’t miss this chance to delve into their creative processes and inspirations.