The Ocotillo Past & Future |
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The Ocotillo Today |
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In 2001, the Arts Council purchased the old Ocotillo movie theatre at Roselawn and Main Streets in downtown Artesia. The theatre was built in 1935 and converted to a cafeteria in the 1950's. In 2003, we stabilized the building and installed new heating, cooling and electrical systems. In 2005, the Arts Council purchased the adjacent building at 314 West Main Street with the idea that it could serve as back-stage space for our theatre. In 2006 the Arts Council hired Devendra Contractor of Albuquerque as architect for the Ocotillo remodeling. Actual construction work supervised by Jaynes Corporation of Albuquerque, began in September 2007 with scheduled completion in August 2008. |
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| A goal of the Arts Council is to have entertainment at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center (Opac) every week of the year except for a break at Christmas. five community Theatre productions will consume at least ten weeks of the year. We want to have out-of-town performers about twenty of the remaining weeks plus local talent the other twenty weeks. The Arts Council will not reach this goal in 2008, but we should be able to approach this level of Opac activity in 2009. | |