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May 1, 2015
"RED-HOT" Haute Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

 This year’s party celebrates the color red, in honor of the new exhibition The Red that Colored the World, opening May 15, 2015. Red explores the use of cochineal dye, used to produce deep burgandy reds to soft pinks.  Guests are encouraged to wear their selected shade.

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May 1, 2015
The Haute Flea
Museum of New Mexico Foundation

Enjoy food, wine, music and a Silent Auction of very special folk art treasures!  Update your folk fashion with “wearable folk art” and jewelry from this year’s version of “The Haute Flea Boutique!”  Surprises await you!  More information (including ticket cost) coming soon!

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May 1, 2015
Red Hot Haute Flea
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art

Enjoy an evening of shopping,camaraderie and folk art at the Folk Art Flea, the museum’s annual fundraiser. Learn more here.

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May 1, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Fire Season
New Mexico Museum of Art

The Southwest has become increasingly aware of  a season that begins around June with the unleashing of nature’s harsh and renewing forces: fire season. New Mexicans in particular are well acquainted with the apocalyptic plumes of smoke and sprinklings of ash that accompany this wildfire season. In this exhibition of more than a dozen photographs, artists respond to the fearsome and alluring element of fire, exploring its destructive, hypnotic, symbolic, and regenerative aspects. This group show of 15 photographs includes work by Jane Fulton Alt, Patricia Galagan, Philip Metcalf, and Larry Schwarm.

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May 1, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
Photo Lab
New Mexico Museum of Art
cyanotypes and albumen prints

The Photo Lab features photographs from the collection made with two historic processes: cyanotypes and albumen prints. Both were popular in the nineteenth-century and examples are on view by early practitioners including Francis Frith, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Arthur Wesley Dow. These processes have been revived by contemporary artists -- such as Rita Dewitt, Betty Hahn, Robin Hill, Jennifer Schlesinger, Nancy Sutor, and Zoë Zimmerman – whose work is exhibited alongside the earlier masters. Find out about these colorful photographic process and check out a selection of historic cameras, a comment board, touch-screen videos, books, and more!

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May 1, 2015 - Feb 26, 2016
Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War
New Mexico History Museum

Civil War battles raged across America’s northern and southern states as Texas Confederates launched a plot: Head north and west through the New Mexico Territory with hopes of seizing California’s goldfields and sea ports. In 1862, battles erupted in Mesilla, Valverde, and Glorieta. Confederate forces briefly occupied the Palace of the Governors. Despite such victories, breaks in supply chains forced the Texans to retreat.

While the carnage of Shiloh, Manassas and Gettysburg roiled the nation, New Mexico’s role in the Civil War faded—like the photographs of soldiers and loved ones held for remembrance as a nation faltered and the dead were buried. What was left behind—cased-image portraits of wartime soldiers and their families; a tattered flag; post-war lithographs—failed to definitively answer our nation’s questions, leaving mysteries, unknown faces and untold stories.

In the museum’s intimate Mezzanine Gallery, three curators—Meredith Davidson, Daniel Kosharek and Tom Leech—come together, approaching the subject from different angles and inviting visitors to consider these fragments of memories and how a long-gone war still defines us as Americans.

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May 1, 2015 - Jun 1, 2015
Ticket Sales Begin
Museum of International Folk Art
International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe

Join us for the 12th Annual International Folk Art Market | Santa Fe on July 10, 11, & 12, 2015.

TICKETS: Available online beginning May 1, 2015
—Tickets are limited and events may sell out!

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May 1, 2015
Exhibit opening: Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday event

See the new Mezzanine-level exhibit, Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War, while enjoying refreshments, courtesy of the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico, and a preview of El Rancho de las Golondrinas’ Civil War weekend, May 2–3. Participating re-enactors include the New Mexico Territorial Brass Band and Madeleine Quillen, with a Women of the Civil War demonstration. A free event.

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May 1, 2015 - May 30, 2015
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Starting from April 13 and continuing through October 17, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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May 1, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015
To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait
New Mexico Museum of Art

May 1 through July 26, 2015

Longtime Santa Fe resident Gay Block’s photography is internationally recognized for its fearless exploration of personal identity issues—gender, class, religion, familial relationships, and sexual orientation. A survey of more than forty of her works from 1975 to 2012 in To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait, opens Friday, May 1, 2015 at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The exhibition runs through July 26, 2015.

 

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May 1, 2015
Public Opening
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Focus on Photography

Free concert by Ron Helman Jazz Ensemble and three new photography shows 5 - 8p.m.


 

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May 2, 2015
6th Annual Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art

Discover more folk art treasures at our biggest Folk Art Flea yet! You’ll find pottery, wood, paintings, jewelry, masks, textiles, toys, books, and much, much more. Admission to the Flea is FREE, but does not include admission to Museum galleries. On May 2, current FOFA members and event sponsors have an “early shopping opportunity” at this much anticipated event before we open to the public.

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May 2, 2015
Folk Art Flea
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art

Shop hundreds of donated folk art treasures and support the museum and its programs with each purchases. Learn more here.

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May 3, 2015
Decorate the Divine
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
A Painting the Divine event

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.

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May 3, 2015
Fire and Communities
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Images and Science

Dr. Alexander Evans of the Forest Guild speaks in St. Francis Auditorium 2-3pm. Free

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May 5, 2015
Explore Jemez State Historic Site
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
A friends trip with the Palace Guard

Since June 2014, the Jemez State Historic Site has seen a revitalization of its 16th-century village and historic church. Find out what’s new on a guided tour with archaeologist Matthew Barbour. Enjoy a meal made by a local Jemez resident hosted by the Walatowa Visitor Center. Over lunch, we’ll share a special talk on Pueblo culture with a guest speaker and hear from local artisans about their work, then visit the studio of a Jemez Pueblo stone carver. $75. Reserve a spot by calling 505.982.6366, ext. 4. Not a Palace Guard member?  To join, click here or call 505.982.6366 ext. 100.

 

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May 6, 2015
American Original: The Greater Gila Bioregion and NM’s Wilderness Legacy
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower and Brownbags Lunch Lecture

Madeleine Carey speaks on “American Original: The Greater Gila Bioregion and NM’s Wilderness Legacy,” on Wednesday, May 6, part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.

Carey earned a masters’ degree in biology and urban studies from Tufts University. She is the WildEarth Guardians’ Gila Campaign fellow.

 

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May 8, 2015
Revisiting The Civil War
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
How the Ken Burns classic came to be

Award-winning film editor and post-production supervisor Paul Barnes shows clips from the Ken Burns’ landmark 1989 series, The Civil War, and talks about recent efforts to re-master it for contemporary audiences. This event will be at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10.

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May 9, 2015
New Member Campaign Mid-Way Event and Prize Drawing
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Foundation Cultural Ambassadors and their guests are invited to attend the campaign’s mid-way event and prize drawing celebration at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Celebrate the campaign’s success at its half-way point, mingle with other Cultural Ambassadors, and see who wins the prize drawing for a two-night stay at Los Poblaos Historic Inn & Organic Farm.

The New Member Campaign, which runs from April 1 to May 31, 2015, is an opportunity to add new members to our program. We invite Foundation members to become Cultural Ambassadors and share their passion for our cultural institutions with family, friends, coworkers and neighbors and encourage them to join the Foundation. Learn more here. For questions email liaison@museumfoundation.org or call 505.982.6366 ext. 100.

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May 13, 2015
Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Franklin Peters (Acoma)

Born into the Sky clan "Huwaka Hanu," at the age of 13 Peters first started to work with clay sitting beside his mother Ella B. Vallo. That was 22 years ago and he’s still at it. "I’m not a master at pottery, I learn as I go and hope that I can show my family what my mother ... showed me," states Peters. "And here I sit using her tools that she had left behind for me to use." 

" I never do this for fame or fortune, I do this for the love that I have for what mom showed me in my younger life" - Franklin Peters

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May 15, 2015
The Circles First Look: The Red that Colored the World
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Museum of International Folk Art

Circles members will preview this monumental exhibition which explores the global history and use of American cochineal, and insect-based red dye commonly used in artworks. For more information contact Cara O’Brien at cara@museumfoundation.org or 505.982.6366 ext. 118.

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May 16, 2015
Member Preview: The Red that Colored the World
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art

Foundation members at the Patron, Benefactor and Ambassador levels are invited to be first to see The Red That Colored the World, a spectacular exhibition that explores the history of cochineal and the seductive visual nature of red Saturday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m. at the Museum of International Folk Art.

Following the cochineal bug from Central America to the United States, Europe and beyond. Red displays more than 130 objects from the museum’s collection, private lenders and museums internationally. Each object reflects the unique uses of color and how one bug has influenced art, culture and trade throughout the world.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Your postcard invitation or Member ID card serve as your admission ticket. R.S.V.P. by May 8 here or by calling 505.992.2715 ext. 6.

Sponsored by Garcia Automotive Group and the Santa Fe New Mexican. 

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May 16, 2015
Premier Early Access Member Preview: The Red That Colored the World
Museum of New Mexico Foundation

Foundation members at the Patron, Benefactor and Ambassador levels are invited to be first to see The Red That Colored the World, a spectacular exhibition that explores the history of cochineal and the seductive visual nature of red Saturday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m. at the Museum of International Folk Art.

Following the cochineal bug from Central America to the United States, Europe and beyond. Red displays more than 130 objects from the museum’s collection, private lenders and museums internationally. Each object reflects the unique uses of color and how one bug has influenced art, culture and trade throughout the world.

Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Your postcard invitation or Member ID card serve as your admission ticket. R.S.V.P. by May 8 here or by calling 505.992.2715 ext. 6.

Sponsored by Garcia Automotive Group and the Santa Fe New Mexican. 

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May 16, 2015
Preserving and Protecting Native American Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
lecture by Nina Alexander, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, DOI

The presentation will address authenticity and its importance in today’s marketplace, the opportunities to preserve the art, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, the NM Indian Crafts and Sales Act and the federal And State’s enforcement activities. Nina will discuss her outreach and work with Native American artists, tribes, Pueblos and Nations as well as businesses selling authentic arts and crafts. 

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May 17, 2015
Weaving a Legend: Elle of Ganado Promotes Fred Harvey’s Indian Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Dr. Kathleen L. Howard, historian and co-author of Inventing the Southwest: The Fred Harvey Company and Native American Art, speaks on "Weaving a Legend: Elle of Ganado Promotes Fred Harvey’s Indian Southwest," in the History Museum Auditorium. Part of the exhibit, Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy, her lecture is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.

Seating is limited. Get a free ticket starting at 1 pm; doors open at 1:30 pm.

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May 17, 2015 - Sep 13, 2015
The Red That Colored The World
Museum of International Folk Art

As a symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Yet few know of its most prolific and enduring source: Cochineal.

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May 17, 2015
Jerry West: The Alchemy of Memory
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
book signing

Meet New Mexico artist Jerry West as he talks about and signs his newest book.

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May 17, 2015 - Sep 13, 2015
The RedThat Colored The World
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free Sundays

Eveyone was admitted Free on Sundays during the exhibition The Red that Colored the World. During the International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe, Museum admission is included with market admission

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May 17, 2015
Sculptor Oreland Joe Film and Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Drop by to see "The Art of Oreland Joe," a 30 min. documentary about the life of this extraordinary Native artist. Then, watch as he works in clay with a model.

 

 

 

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May 20, 2015
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures

During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them.

The event is always FREE and open to the public. Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.

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May 21, 2015
An Afternoon at the Pueblo of Pojoaque – An Art & Culture Tour with Governor George Rivera
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Friends of Indian Art

Join Friends of Indian Art (FIA) for an afternoon with internationally known Native American artist George Rivera. We will start the afternoon with Rivera giving us a private tour of the art collection at Buffalo Thunder. We will then proceed to the Pueblo of Pojoaque for a tour of the Pueblo and his studio where he creates his monumental stone and bronze sculptures. We will view his newest work at Poeh Museum and Cultural Center with the tour ending at Buffalo Thunder. Not a FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.

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May 21, 2015
An Afternoon at the Pueblo of Pojoaque (FIA Event)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
An Art & Culture Tour with Governor George Rivera

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FRIENDS OF INDIAN ART EVENT AND MEMBERSHIP IN FIA IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND. CALL 505-982-6366 OR VISIT THE FIA SITE FOR MORE INFO.

Spend an afternoon with the FIA and interntionally known Native American artist George Rivera. The afternoon begins with a private tour of the art collection at Buffalo Thunder, followed by a tour of the Pueblo of Pojoaque and Rivera’s studio, where he creates his monumental stone and bronze sculptures. The trip wraps up with a visit to see his newest work at the Poeh Museum and Cultural Center, and will end back at Buffalo Thunder.

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May 22, 2015
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival Pre Celebration
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Santa Fe Community Convention Center

Join us for the prelude celebration 11th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, and annual Indian art show that benefits participating artists and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Learn more here.

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May 23, 2015 - May 24, 2015
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Santa Fe Community Convention Center

Shop this Indian arts show and sale that showcases museum quality works made by notable Native American artists. Proceeds benefit exhibitions and related programs at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. 

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May 23, 2015
Fiber Fair at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

El Camino Real Historic Trail Site’s first Fiber Fair celebrates New Mexico’s rich and storied fiber arts tradition, featuring Native and traditional Pueblo artists demonstrating the use of cotton, yucca, wool, and other materials in both textiles and basketry. Other traditions demonstrated will be Spanish, and early and contemporary American fiber arts. Among them; quilting and felting, and two with related, fun kids’ hands-on activities—wool preparation (dyeing, carding, spinning) and Spanish Colcha embroidery.

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May 23, 2015
Lincoln Cemetery Tour
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

In honor of Memorial Day Weekend, join a ranger on a guided tour of the Lincoln cemetery at 2:00pm.

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May 23, 2015 - May 24, 2015
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Runs Sat/Sun at the Santa Fe Convention Center

MIAC’s biggest fundraiser of the year with more than 150 Native artists in attendance!

Go here for all the details! http://nativetreasures.org/

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May 23, 2015
New Member Campaign Tour: Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Foundation Cultural Ambassadors and their guests are invited to attend an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy at the New Mexico History Museum with Curator Meredith Davidson. This tour is only offered to Cultural Ambassadors and their guests and is a part of the New Member Campaign.

The New Member Campaign, which runs from April 1 to May 31, 2015, is an opportunity to add new members to our program. We invite Foundation members to become Cultural Ambassadors and share their passion for our cultural institutions with family, friends, coworkers and neighbors and encourage them to join the Foundation. Learn more here. For questions email liaison@museumfoundation.org or call 505.982.6366 ext. 100.

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May 23, 2015
Harvey Girls Day
New Mexico History Museum

In honor of the Gov. Susana Martínez’s declaration of May 23 as “Harvey Girls Day,” the Palace Press is creating commemorative placemats, using a woodblock carved by artist Willard Clark for La Fonda Hotel. Pick one up at the History Museum’s front desk. Free while supplies last. Then head down to Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy to learn more about how Harvey Girls changed the West.

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May 24, 2015
Toxic Secrets of the Lusitania and the Estonia
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The remains of the Lusitania and many of its passengers constitute the most famous shipwreck lying on the Irish seabed, and the story of the disaster continues to fascinate. On the 100th anniversary of its sinking, a number of memorial and commemorative events are scheduled in Ireland and the United States. The Friends of the Santa Fe Public Libraries are proud to participate in the commemorations by sponsoring a lecture with the History Museum. At 2 pm on Sunday, May 24, in the museum auditorium, Gregg Bemis, who has a long association and involvement with the story of the Lusitania and the more recent tragedy of the Estonia, speaks on “`Toxic Secrets’ of the Lusitania ad the Estonia.” Best-selling author Hampton Sides will introduce him.    

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May 30, 2015
Farewell to Footprints
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Celebrating MIAC’s Allan Houser Exhibition

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May 30, 2015
Rediscover Coronado Historic Site
Coronado Historic Site
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Celebrating 75 years: May 29, 1940 to May 30, 2015

On Saturday, May 30 from 1 to 5pm, Coronado Historic Site celebrates its 75th anniversary, but the site’s importance originates two millennia ago when people were living and farming in the vicinity.

This free, family-friendly celebration looks to the future and honors the site’s storied past. Reenactments, guided tours, music, refreshments, a display of classic Model "A" Fords, and a very special cake prepared by the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa’s award-winning pastry chef are just a few things that visitors will enjoy. And those attending this 75th celebratory event will also view the re-opened Kuaua Mural Gallery—at 500 years old the only kiva murals on public display with permission of their cultural stakeholders (Santa Ana, Sandia, Isleta, and Taos Pueblos)—as well as two new exhibitions, the Good Earth and The Development of Native American Easel Art in New Mexico: The Dorothy Dunn Collection on loan from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

Making a special appearance will be Albuquerque’s own award-winning slam poet Carlos Contreras, who will recite It Used to be a Village— a moving reflection of his personal experience of Coronado Historic Site.

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May 31, 2015
A musical performance by Schola Cantorum Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
A Painting the Divine event

Back by popular demand, one of the History Museum’s favorite groups, Schola Cantorum Santa Fe, performs "Echoes of Mary," seldom-heard sacred music dedicated to Mary from the cathedrals of Mexico City and Cuba to the capillas of northern New Mexico. Part of the programming series for Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under are free daily.

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May 31, 2015
Community Showcase
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Between Two Worlds

Explore and experience multi-media performances, presentations, art displays and hands-on activities by Gallery of Conscience community partners

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May 31, 2015
Restoring the 1785 Roque Lobato House in Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
An Adobe Summer event

Join author Christopher Wilson, along with writer Pen La Farge, architect Beverley Spears, and Alan “Mac” Watson, vice chairman of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, for a panel discussion and book signing on the successful renovation of the historic Roque Lobato home. This free event is part of "Adobe Summer," the History Museum’s contribution to the city’s Summer of Color celebration. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.

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