Laura Robbins
Laura Robbins creates mosaics primarily with weather proof glass and ceramics. She has permanent mosaic installations at the Albuquerque Zoo and the Botanic Garden’s Dragonfly Sanctuary. Her work can also be seen locally at The Range Cafes, Rust Medical Center Chapel and other businesses, schools, developments and private homes in New Mexico.
A long time Placitas resident, she is a founding member of Mosaic New Mexico and Wild Hearts Gallery, both collaborative ventures. She co-facilitated the seventy foot long Placitas Community mosaic mural, Protect Our Wildlife Corridors and co-authored Mosaics of Central New Mexico - A Self-Guided Tour with friend, Cirrelda Snider Bryan. She helped to found the art program at Bosque Preparatory School in Albuquerque. Laura became a full-time professional mosaic artist in 2003. - She received a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University.