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Watering the Garden Within by Daniella Willett-Rabin

Best of Show, ¡Encantada! 2025

The Rio Grande Art Association (RGAA) is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to the education and promotion of fine art in New Mexico. Our focus is on creativity and originality. Traditional, classic, contemporary, or avant-garde artists in all media at all levels are welcome!  Our focus is on creativity, originality, and the development of personal expression! 
RGAA Bylaws (approved January 29, 2025)

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Our monthly educational programs are held on the third Saturday of each month (except July and December) at UNM Continuing Education Conference Center, North Building, Classroom D, 1634 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Guests are welcome!


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MasterWorks of New Mexico 2026
28th Annual Juried Standard Fine Art Show & Sale


RGAA is proud to sponsor the Oil and Acrylic Standard Fine Art Division for the 28th year!

EXPO NM Hispanic Arts Gallery
300 San Pedro Dr NE (Gate 3)
Albuquerque, NM 87108

Exhibition Open to the Public: Friday March 27 - Sunday April 19, 2026, Tuesdays - Sundays, 10 am - 5 pm
Opening Celebration and Reception: Friday March 27, 2026, 5 - 8 pm

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Azucar de Sandia by David Pagani

First Place, Oil/Acrylic Division, MasterWorks 2025

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Next Members' Meeting

Saturday, March 21, 2026, 9 am - Noon

UNM Continuing Education, North Building, 1634 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Parking/ADA Access: Park in east lot behind building; enter through north door

Meetings are free, and no registration is required. We welcome artists in all media at all levels and guests!

Agenda

  9:00 – 9:30 am: Check-in at greeting table     9:30 –10:00 am: Business meeting and announcements
10:00 – 10:15 am: Mini Drawing Lesson
10:15 – 10:30 am: Show-n-tell and door prize drawing
10:30 – Noon: Educational Program 

Educational Program Presenter

Cynthia Inson
It’s All About Relationships but Keep Your Distance

Painting with intention is all about combining the relationships between color, value, line, form, size, and position. However, it is a challenge to “keep your distance” to able to adjust and improve your works. 


Cynthia Inson is an artist devoted to capturing moments of awe and transforming them into vivid, emotionally resonant paintings. Inspired by skies, mountains, roses, and water, she creates work that stops viewers in their tracks and invites them to experience the same joy and wonder she felt. Her paintings reveal new details over time, encouraging viewers to linger and rediscover them again and again. Cynthia holds degrees in Art History, Studio Arts, Anthropology, and Archaeology from Wichita State University and is represented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe. WEBSITE 

Mini Drawing Lesson Instructor

Dave Cook: Creating a Composition Study

 

Dave will provide a brief demonstration of composing, drawing, and using values in a composition study. Artist and architect, Dave creates vivid, shape-driven watermedia paintings—landscapes with architectural influences, expressive cityscapes, portraits, and animals—blending realism and abstraction with spontaneous energy. WEBSITE

 

 

Bring your notebook, sketchbook, and drawing supplies




RGAA is seeking educational presenters for our monthly programs (90 minutes) and artists for drawing lessons (15 minutes) at our monthly meetings. Both educational presenters and drawing instructors receive honorariums.  If interested contact Kirsty Kilpatrick


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What We Do

  • Promote fine art within New Mexico through education, outreach, and exhibitions
  • Sponsor an annual Fall exhibition ¡Encantada! with cash prizes
  • Sponsor Oil and Acrylic Standard Fine Art Division of MasterWorks of New Mexico  
  • Provide exceptional exhibitions, shows, and workshops for our members
  • Publish The Palette, our informative monthly newsletter
  • Present professional demonstrations, lectures, lessons, and collaboration our monthly member meetings

 

Membership Benefits

  • Qualifying for entry into MasterWorks, ¡Encantada!, and other RGAA-sponsored exhibitions
  • Ten inspiring educational meetings per year (no meetings July or December)
  • RGAA-sponsored educational programs and workshops
  • The Palette newsletter published ten times per year (no issues July or December)
  • Member website listing on the RGAA website
  • Virtual membership card access on the RGAA website