Otero College AIM Grant to Present Lex Nichols on Wed. April 12

The Otero College AIM Grant Case Manager, Monica L. Martinez, is pleased to announce that Lex Nichols will be their guest performer on Wed. April 12 at 10:30 a.m. in the Ed Stafford Theatre in the Humanities Center on the Otero College campus. All community and campus members are invited at no cost.

Lex Nichols was born and raised in Rocky Ford, Colo., Lex’s musical journey took off when he began playing the guitar at the age of nine. After 42 years of playing, Lex had developed a musical ear because he could not read music. As Lex Nichols continued with his music, he learned how to play drums and bass and has sat in as a session player for many different bands. Nichols also is a self-taught Native American flute player and maker. In 2014, Nichols was the only non-Native American flute player to win a Native American Music Award for his album The Long Road. Though Nichols plays many instruments, his passion is Finger Style acoustic guitar. Lex’s music has been featured on Echoes Radio, NPR and the PBS Documentary “The Arkansas River”. In 2019 Nichols released his 9th album titled Turning Point, a percussive Finger Style acoustic album. Lex is also a professional photographer whose passion is capturing lightning and the landscapes of the Southwest. Lex’s work has been featured in numerous prominent publications, more notably; Cowboys and Indians, Balloon Life, and Outdoor Photographer. Lex studied portrait and landscape photography through Professional Photographers of America and was a photography and Photoshop instructor at Otero College.

For more information, please contact Monica L. Martinez at 719-384-6811 or email Monica.Martinez@otero.edu.