Next Members' Meeting
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 9 am - Noon
(UNMCE will be closed Saturday, January 18 for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.)
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
February Educational Program Presenter
Karen Halbert: Dynamic Symmetry and Composition
How dynamic symmetry might help your compositions: What is dynamic symmetry? What is it not? Karen will be analyze paintings by iconic, historic New Mexican artists to work by Halbert and Handell using dynamic symmetry.
Halbert became a full-time artist after careers as a professor of mathematics, a computer programmer, and then as a technical Wall Street executive in New York City. She moved to Santa Fe in 2005 and has thrived in the artist-rich community. Karen was represented by the Marigold Gallery on Canyon Road until the pandemic. Soon afterwards she joined the Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery in Los Alamos. Since 2012 Karen has also served as the webmaster for the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico. During the pandemic she took the opportunity to reach back to her mathematics’ training, doing a deep dive in dynamic symmetry. Halbert has been honored to join forces with Albert Handell for several workshops, including an upcoming workshop in August 2026, sponsored by the Bluebird Studio of Santa Fe.