Couse-Sharp Historic Site invites you to join us for a Curator's Exhibition Talk and Historic Site Open House.

At 1 pm, we host a talk by Davison Packard Koenig, Couse-Sharp Historic Site executive director and curator, in The Lunder Research Center. He will discuss the current exhibition of abstract art On Which It Rests

From 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., you can go next door to tour the historic homes and studios of E. I. Couse and J. H. Sharp, two of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists, and enjoy a delightful stroll through Virginia Couse’s vintage garden. Docents will be present in every room providing in-depth knowledge of the E. I. Couse home and studio, the Kibbey Couse laboratory and machine shop, the Couse Mobile Machine Shop, the exhibition J. H. Sharp: The Life and Work of an American Legend in the 1915 Sharp Studio.

A special treat is the exhibition Julius Rolshoven: A Cosmopolitan in Taos in the 1830s Luna Family Chapel, which Sharp used as his first Taos studio.

Concurrently, CSHS is holding a Bonanza Book Sale 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on the back portal of the research center; find out more here!

These events are open to the public with free admission; donations encouraged. Parking available a half block east in the municipal lot on Kit Carson Road, with free parking for those with disabled permits available on site.

Please note: Because of the site’s nature as a place of historic preservation, most buildings and grounds are not ADA accessible, but The Lunder Research Center is accessible.