Bring your inner artist and use the exhibit, Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World to inspire artwork of your own. Artist and author Amy Córdova leads “Decorate the Divine” on Sunday, May 3, from 1:30–3:30 pm at the New Mexico History Museum. This all-ages event is free with admission. Sundays are free to NM residents; children 16 and under are free every day.
Start with an exhibit walk-through with Cordova, then gather in the museum classroom to embellish, decorate and color images drawn from the exhibit. Stay to hear Cordova read from her children’s book, Talking Eagle and the Lady of Roses, about Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego.
Santa Fe resident Amy Córdova is a visual artist, educator, author and nationally recognized children’s book illustrator. She has illustrated 18 books for children and written and illustrated two of her own titles. She twice received the national Pura Belpré Honors for illustration, awared by REFORMA and the American Library Association. A sense of place, traditional cultural values, and the presence of spirit in everyday life are the core foundations for her colorful and inspirational artistic vision.
