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A mother and
daughter team are the featured artists for the month of May
in the gallery at Eagle Ranch. Jeannie Elliott may be
remembered as the tap and ballet teacher for pre-schoolers
at Vivian’s School of Dance on Cuba Ave. Patti taught
school for 29 years with some of that time teaching at La
Luz Elementary.
Both ladies are retired and pursuing artistic endeavors.
Jeannie
grows her own
flowers, dries them, and arranges them in old, antique
utensils. She also works with fabrics and woods.
Patti Elliott was raised in Alamogordo, graduated from
Alamogordo High School and went on to ENMU to obtain her
teaching degree. While there, she was introduced to
ceramics and throwing pots on the wheel. Taking more
pottery classes at UNM, she bought her own potter’s wheel
and kiln, and has been having fun making pots and playing
with glazes ever since.
She uses mostly low fired clays and glazes, but is also
venturing in to the higher temperatures. She is also
experimenting with micaceous clays which are the clays used
by the Taos Indians for centuries. This clay contains chips
of mica and works great for bean pots and other ovenware.
The show runs from May 2nd through May 31st.
A reception to meet the artists will be held on the opening
day, May 2nd, from 7 PM to 9 PM in the gallery.
Easy to find, Eagle Ranch is located at 7288 Hwy 54/70, mid
point between Alamogordo and Tularosa. Hours are 8 AM to 6
PM, Monday thru’ Saturday, and 9 AM to 6 PM on Sunday. |
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