The Ray Drew Gallery is located on the first floor of Thomas C. Donnelly Library. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and when class is in session Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please enjoy the live and virtual art shows and direct comments or interest in art to karlenemartinez@nmhu.edu (Virtual shows can only be viewed here.)
Currently at Ray Drew Gallery

Past Exhibitions
Creative Quest from an Empty Nest


March 7 – April 18, 2022

Interpretations of Nature

Flora-Fauna and Somewhere In Between


2021 National Day of the Cowboy

Facundo Valdez School of Social Work Student Art Show

2021 Northern New Mexico Devotional Art Exhibition









“Masks and Artifacts from the Congo” features ceremonial masks from the Republic of Congo, as well as masks created by Robertson High School students and inspired by these original artifacts.
Artist Reception Wednesday, May 30 from 4-6 PM
October 12 – November 21, 2017
Opening Reception
Thursday, October 12, 5 – 7 p.m.
with performance and lecture at 6 p.m.
An interactive exhibition that examines concepts of health and medicine among contemporary American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawai’ians and features interviews with more than one hundred tribal leaders, healers, physicians, educators, and others.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) developed and produced Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness. The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in partnership with NLM, tours the exhibition to America’s libraries.
Exhibit Co-sponsored
New Mexico Highlands University Libraries
Ray Drew Gallery
The Native American Center
The Peoples Center for Indigenous Knowledges
B.F.A. Exhibitions
Kimberly Schlosser
Reception 5-7 pm, Friday, May 5
Artist’s Talk ~ 6 pm.
Separation Distress by Martina E. Gallegos
Artist’s Reception ~ Friday, April 7th from 5-7 p.m.
Artist’s Talk ~ Friday, April 15th from 6 p.m.
April 3 – 21, 2017
CLOSING RECEPTION AND ARTIST’S TALK
Sunday February 19, 2-4 p.m.
DAGGER AND CATHEDRAL: Portraits and Landscapes from the Republic of Georgia”
Photography by Stuart Gelzer
The exhibition runs from January 18 – February 19, 2017.
Art Works
By Paul Maurer & Nancy Culmone
Paintings & Calligraphy
November 6 to December 7, 2016
The Past Beyond the Purple Brick Road
Highlights from New Mexico Highlands University’s
History from the Thomas C. Donnelly Library Collection
September 26 to October 30, 2016
Reception – Friday, September 30, 2016 from 5-7 p.m.
Whimsical Expressions in Wood by Terry Mossman
August 15 to September 18, 2016
Artist’s Reception, Friday, August 19, 2016
Paintings from Highland University’s Dr. Robert Bell and Dr. Stirling Puck Fine Art Collection June 6 – July 25
B.F.A. Exhibitions
Harley Godinez, April 9 – 18, 2016
Artist’s Reception ~ Friday, April 15th from 4-6 p.m.
Alexis Hustito, April 21 – April 30, 2016
Artist’s Reception ~ Friday, April 29th from 4-6 p.m.
Patricia Ortega, May 3 – May 13, 2016
Artist’s Reception ~ Friday, May 6 from 5-7 p.m.
2016 Northern New Mexico Devotional Art
February 26-March 30, 2016
Artist’s reception ~ Friday, February 26th from 4-6 pm
Modern European Prints
Works by Marcel Gromaire, Alberto Giacometti, Marc Chagall & Joan Miro
January 12 – February 13, 2016