La Posada Art Gallery & Main Street Gallery

Main Street Gallery

104 South Main Street 

Magdalena NM 87825

910.297.9904

Current Exhibits

• Louis De Mayo (1926 - 2016) Retrospective Exhibit of original 

signed Acrylic Paintings, Lithographs & Serigraphs 

A contemporary and friend of R. C. Gorman, De Mayo is  considered a trailblazer in the realm of contemporary  southwest art, abolishing the stereotypes of what the  viewing public considers Southwestern. 

• Exhibit of new works by Ricky Padilla

Ricky Padilla, Jr. was born on April 29, 1980 in Socorro, New Mexico. He is Navajo from Alamo, New Mexico and has lived there his entire life. Other than high school art classes, Ricky is a self-taught artist. 

La Posada Art Gallery and Studio

902 West 1st Street (West Highway 60)

Magdalena NM 87825

910.297.9904

Pleased to represent 

Fritz Kapraun

John Sakel

Eddie Tsosie

Sondra Schlotterback

Grace Maria Garcia Dobson

Mary Rose Pino

The gallery offers paintings, photographs, pottery, Zapotec Mexican rugs and Alamo Navajo rugs. Watercolor paintings by Fritz Kapraun, digital photographs by John Sakel and work by local artists are featured. 

Southwestern pottery includes historic &  contemporary pueblo pottery and Casas Grandes and Mata Ortiz pieces personally selected by Arturo Quezada, 

and mid-century vintage estate Mexican pottery, 

including double-necked wedding ceremony vessels. 

Pottery by Ben Owen III and Robert Ely, representing the North Carolina potters tradition, and 19th century Imari pieces complete the collection.

Textiles include hand-crafted tribal rugs from the Caucasus region of Russia, batik sarong and malong fabrics from the Phillipines, framed whimsical molas from Central America and geometric embroidery from Mindinao.