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Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, the 2024 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist at The University of New Mexico Department of Art, will host an artist talk to discuss her unique painting techniques and an open studio event in Albuquerque. Zuckerman-Hartung, the...

For the first time since its inception, all six Frederick Hammersley Artist Residency recipients ̶ Maja Ruznic (2022), Henni Alftan (2021), Ellen Lesperance (2020), Danielle Orchard (2019), Luke DuBois (2018), and Matthew Shlian (2017) ̶ will be...

Fox Hysen has been selected by The University of New Mexico Department of Art as the 2022 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist. The artist residency honors the late Hammersley, an abstract artist and former UNM teacher. She will be in residency at UNM...

Paula Wilson has been selected by The University of New Mexico Department of Art as the 2021 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist. She is an African-American mixed media artist creating works that examine women's identities through a lens of cultural...

Over a year ago, Tamarind Institute at The University of New Mexico invited artist Ellen Lesperance to be the 2020 Frederick Hammersley Artist in Residence. The timing seems eerily synchronistic; Lesperance creates intricate paintings based on garments...

Beginning in 2017, through a generous gift from the Frederick Hammersley Foundation, The University of New Mexico's Department of Art launched a program that invites prominent contemporary painters from around the world to live and work in...