The Lea County Center for the Arts is filled with the voices of children two days a week during its After School Art Classes. The center offers two classes a week — Wednesday is for elementary-age kids and Thursdays, middle school-age youth take over — from 4 to 5 p.m. And, for both groups, it’s all about creating. “We do …

Barbara Dunford has a passion for art, one she’s shared with Hobbs residents for more than 40 years through regular art classes offered by the city. Growing up in Chicago the oldest of eight children, Dunford didn’t have a lot of time for art, she said. But she always had a love of the arts, taking whatever opportunities she could …