Station5
Micro-Gallery
The Station 5 micro-gallery (250 sq ft) on Lena St. is a platform for exhibitions and nuanced expressions that cultivates a refined connection between artists and viewers. This thoughtfully simple space embodies the essence of a small gallery while deviating from the grind of the commonplace.
Your host and guide, Elisa Keir, invites you to join her in shaping this space as she facilitates the people and ideas that present themselves. Artists are given personal attention, logistical support, and a Station5 certificate upon culmination of a showing.
A focus on the process and the product promotes a deeper understanding of what it means to create and generate. For participants this offers a bevy of both practical and esoteric benefits such as portfolio building, access to a crafted audience, and support during the process. Meanwhile, visitors will have a uniquely intimate viewing experience and direct access to the artists behind drafts, spirited experimentations, and finished work.
Station5 Micro-Gallery
1600 Lena Street #C20
Santa Fe, NM 87505
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Previous Event
GIFTED
December 14th, 12-5pm
At Station 5 Micro-Gallery in conjunction with the December Lena Street Holiday Market
A special holiday event with Curate Santa Fe
Station 5 Micro-Gallery & Curate Santa Fe invites you to participate in GIFTED, a special event art call with the December Lena Street Holiday Market. We invite artists and makers to participate in the ancient practice of gifting, which calls upon artists and makers to share a gift through their craft.
Come with a gift, or come as the gift! All are welcome! Enjoy delectable nibbles, replenish with seasonal elixirs, and hang out with your hosts, friends, art lovers, and artists.
How GIFTED Works
+ Bring one original creation (valued up to $50)
+ Experience the delight of gifting your work
+ Select a piece from a fellow artist
+ Contribute to this communal gift altar, a testament to the spirit of giving.
This is a one-for-one exchange celebrating creativity and connection, gifting and nurturing new and old bonds within our artistic communities.
Please bring your unwrapped reciprocity artwork on the day of. Upon your arrival, we will provide tags to display your name and other information. We will document and display selected works in a 2025 GIFTED exhibition that will be posted online.
Thanks to Christine Alexander for the original drawing.
Previous Exhibition
Come & Visit My Paper Garden
Hand-cut paper-cuts by Clare Dunne
POP-UP JULY 6th 12-5pm & July 7th 2-5pm
“…the power of the line… drawn or cut is the heart of my work.”
Artist Statement
Born and raised in England, Clare Dunne graduated from Edinburgh University in Scotland with an MA in History. She has made art throughout her adult life in her home, largely self-taught, in the midst of her family. Clare’s drawings and paper-cuts are in private collections in the UK and US.
Exhibitions at PhilSpace, Santa Fe, NM
Feathers and Fur, 2014
Wild Earth Guardians Benefit, 2017
My thanks to Elisa Keir, Sarah Potter, James Hart, and Sandy Goins.
Previous Exhibition
TIM JAG
POP-UP JUNE 1 ’24 12-5 PM
Pushing clipped images of animals into a dadaist environment, (ALF) is an ongoing collage series on wood panel, it’s up to about 1200 works in the series.
All paintings are made from 100% recycled materials.
Artist Statement
( ALF ) is an ongoing collage series on wood panel, it’s up to about 1200 works in the series.
Pushing clipped images of animals into a dadaist environment. Random colors, words and animals mix freely (Liberation) in a world turned upside down. Word meanings juxtaposed with the animal image create possibilities in reflection about the artworks. The series attempts to honor all wild and domesticated animals. I have strong feelings about all animals beyond humans, I believe they are far more important and sacred to our earth then the ongoing self-destructive human race.
Process involves, a gathering of thrift store buys of kid’s animal books, scrapped wood paneling, glue and junkyard acrylic paints. Its classic assemblage methods of glueing image and colors into mysterious narrative messages. With all materials in front of me, the process is automatic, mixing and matching to create images I like. I usually make a batch of collage paintings every couple of years, averaging about 60 to 80 paintings per session. These collage series I consider my street art, dirt cheap and available to the masses, operating outside of the pretentious gallery system.
Artist Information for Pop-ups
- The space serves as an outpost for artists to stage finished work, drafts, presentations, or spirited experimentations.
- Through heartfelt brainstorming, a sense of humor, logistical support, and collaboration, we can create your version of an exhibition together.
- Artists in a transitional phase can use the space to view their work or drafts outside of their studio. They can opt out of an exhibit that’s open to the public or hand-pick their viewers.
- Station5(aka Elisa) will provide 5 X 7″ color promotional postcards and an announcement on the website. I’ll promote viewings but won’t sell or try to create an audience. Viewers will emerge from my tiny inner circle and the artists’ circle.
- Openings can be on the first Saturday of each month, with a half day on Sunday.
- Insurance, archival documentation, and storage options are provided.
- A contract will stipulate general expectations and protect the artist.
- 100% of proceeds will be retained and managed by the artist. Should there be a need for Station5 to handle the administrative details for financial transactions, there will be a 20% service charge.
- The artist and Elisa will install and take down a show and run the opening together.
