Art Tour

9/11 Artist: Joan Talty 2001, Acrylic on Canvas Location: 3rd Floor Zuhl Library Painted shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the three panels of the painting express Joan Talty’s initial pain and anger.. Trail to Anasazi Artist: I.M. Ruth Tobkin 1992 Location: 3rd Floor Zuhl Library Title: Three Jennies Artist: Patty Small Location: 1st Floor Zuhl Library Artist: Federico Armijo 1992, Alabaster Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library, Administration Office Home Artist: Kathryn Story 1992, Ceramic Tile Location: 3rd Floor Zuhl Library This work, created by an NMSU art student, reflects the NM landscape. The inner tiles were inspired by satellite photography of NM, while the outer tiles represent c Joy of Learning Artist: Grant Kinzer 1988, Bronze Location: Outside of Branson Library, North The Joy of Learning was Kinzer's first sculpture of this size, and his goal was to create a piece large enough for children to sit in the sculpture’s lap. Last Light Artist: Sallie Ritter 1994, Oil on Canvas Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library, Administration Office Donated by special friends of Lowell Duhrsen Artist: Federico Armijo 1992, Granite & Stainless Steel Outside Zuhl Library Author: the rocket-like column in the middle represents “how the thought process can be so fast” while the sphere symbolizes that “knowledge builds up... like infinity. Artist: Gary Price 1991, Bronze Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library Dedicated to Dr. Darrell S. Willey NMSU 1953-1989 Untitled Artist: Joan Talty 1992, Acrylic on Canvas Location: 3rd Floor Zuhl Library On loan from the artist Untitled Artist: Joan Talty Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library, Administration Office On loan from the artist Title: Conquistadores Artist: Tom Lea 1934, Oil Painting Location: 1st Floor Branson Library This mural depicts scenes that took place during New Mexico’s first one hundred years. Both Tom Lea murals were professionally restored in 1996. Old Mesilla, Tom Lea, 1934, Oil Painting, 1st Flr Branson Lib. Lea painted the two Branson Lib. murals as part of the New Deal public arts program. He was paid $40 a week by the WPA. Old Mesilla depicts the 19th century historical events that took pl Turtle Artist: Unkown Petrified Wood Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library Donated by Joan & Herbert Zuhl Untitled Location: 3rd Floor Zuhl Library Donated by Joan & Herbert Zuhl Windows I through VI Artist:Beth Kennedy & Kristin Oliver 1992, Mixed Media Location: 2nd Floor Zuhl Library Student art commissioned for the Arts in Public Places Program of the New Mexico Arts Division, Office of Cultural Affairs.