Mar 3, 2016 - Apr 28, 2016
Noon Time Music in galleries
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pat Malone
Pat Malone will be playing in the gallery Thursdays March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and April 7, 14, 21, 28
Mar 3, 2016
Paquimé and the Casas Grandes Culture of northern Chihuahua
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology
We will caravan to the town of Nuevo Casas Grandes in our private vehicles and stay at the Hotel Hacienda while we make day trips to surrounding archaeological sites. We will also visit the famous pottery-making village of Mata Ortiz, home of Juan Quezada, the originator of the Mata Ortiz pottery tradition. Cost and exact dates to be determined. Projected dates are between September 15 and 20.
Mar 4, 2016
Albuquerque Day
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A Palace Guard adventure
Members of our Friends group, the Palace Guard, can enjoy a whirlwind day: Visit Dr. William Itoh’s home to see his collection of Civil War material; savor lunch at Los Poblanos and a tour of its John Gaw Meem–designed buildings; peek into the Center for Southwest Research’s collections; and tour UNM’s Zimmerman Library with John Gaw Meem Curator Audra Bellmore.
Not a Palace Guard member? To join, click here or call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100.
These events feature a mix of carpools and buses, and some carry additional costs to cover expenses. Call Alex Hesbrook for details: (505) 982-6366, ext. 119.
Mar 4, 2016
1623 in Print in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Evening event
State Historian Rick Hendricks talks about the books Spanish colonists were reading in the year that Shakespeare’s First Folio was printed. (Shakespeare may have read them, too!) His lecture, "1623 in Print in New Mexico" is a Free First Friday Evening event. Free admission to the museum 5–8 pm.
Mar 4, 2016
Alcoves 16/17 #1
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free public opening
The first of seven exhibitions Alcoves 16/17 #1 and will feature Scott Anderson, Gloria Graham, Scott Greene, Herbert Lotz, and Bonnie Lynch. FREE and all are welcome
Mar 4, 2016 - Mar 26, 2017
ALCOVES 16/17
New Mexico Museum of Art
Alcoves 16/17 opens March 4, 2016 at the New Mexico Museum of Art. This will be the first in a series of seven alcove exhibitions that concludes on March 26, 2017. Each of the seven rotations will highlight five artists at various career stages and working in New Mexico today.
In this first of seven exhibitions, artists working in all media will be featured; Scott Anderson, Gloria Graham, Scott Greene, Herbert Lotz, and Bonnie Lynch.
Mar 5, 2016 - Mar 26, 2016
Noon Time Music in galleries
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Eric Cureno
Eric Cureno plays world music Saturdays March 5, 12, 19, 26 in the gallery
Mar 6, 2016
Pancho Villa and the US Army: A Training Ground for World War I
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
To commemorate this year’s 100th anniversary of Pancho Villa’s attack on Columbus, NM, the New Mexico History Museum hosts a special lecture by noted author and photographer Jeff Lowdermilk and Helen Patton, granddaughter of General George S. Patton Jr. “Pancho Villa and the US Army: A Training Ground for World War I” is at 2 pm on Sunday, March 6, in the museum auditorium. Seating is limited. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Mar 6, 2016
Family Archaeology Sundays at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Family Archaeology Sundays at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Geared to families, this series allows visitors to learn about ancient technologies and traditional arts developed by Native peoples thousands of years ago using the natural resources around them.
All four programs are on Sundays at 1pm and free with museum admission. New Mexico residents with ID free on Sundays. Youth 16 and under and MNMF members always free. 710 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. For more information the public may call 505-476-1269 or visit IndianArtsAndCulture.org
March 6: Mary Weahkee (Comanche/Santa Clara) demonstrates yucca fiber manufacturing and the ancient uses of Yucca.
March 13: Lynette Etsitty (Dine) demonstrates basket weaving.
March 20: Chuck Hannaford demonstrates the ancient art of the atlatl, primitive bow, and gear of the First Hunters. You’re invited to try your hand at throwing the atlatl (invented thousands of years before the bow and arrow and used longer by humans than any other weapon system).
March 27: Isaac Coan (Dine) demonstrates the art of flintknapping points.
Mar 7, 2016
Member Monday
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Downtown Museums
Members at the Family/Grandparents level and bove gain a new perspective on current and upcoming exhibitions and projects with guided tours and talks with museum curators and staff while the museum is closed to the public.
New Mexico History Museumand New Mexico Museum of Art
Mar 8, 2016
Archaeology and Language in the Southwest
Office of Archaeological Studies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Office of Archaeological Studies and Friends of Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture:
Language is not the most obvious of the data sources available to Southwestern archaeologists. We can’t hear the ancient ones speak, and there is no confident way to confirm (or deny) models of language history. But historical linguistics is relevant to archaeological models of deep culture history, and language is an important part of current controversies in migration studies. Eric Blinman will present an introduction to Southwestern linguistics and a (biased) view of the correlation between Pueblo languages and archaeological models of Pueblo history.
The Brown Bag talks will take place at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology at 12:00 noon in the CNMA library. Seating is limited. Admission is free.
The Center for New Mexico Archaeology (7 Old Cochiti Road) is located off of Caja del Rio Road, across from Challenge New Mexico on the way to the Santa Fe Municipal Golf Course. Take 599 to South Meadows Road, continue through the traffic circle west along the Frontage Road to Caja del Rio Road. CNMA is on the left-hand side of the road and is the large building with white sail-like skylights on the roof.
Mar 13, 2016
Exhibition opening: Alan Pearlman
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meet Santa Fe photographer Alan Pearlman and see his exhibit, Santa Fe Faces, in the Mezzanine Gallery. A retired physician and loyal Palace of the Governors Photo Archives volunteer, Pearlman recently donated 200 archival prints to our Photo Legacy Project. This exhibit features portraits he took from 2009–2013, during a quest to capture the soul of Santa Fe. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Mar 13, 2016
Last day to see Painting the Divine
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An extensive collection of gorgeous Spanish colonial paintings are going back into storage. Come see them one last time. Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World includes works from Spain’s three colonial capitals: Peru, Mexico and New Mexico. Together, they reveal how faith sustained Spanish colonists in harsh and remote frontiers and how their religious art evolved in those places.
Admission on Sundays free to NM residents.
Mar 13, 2016 - Sep 18, 2016
Santa Fe Faces: Alan Pearlman Photographs
New Mexico History Museum
In 2009, photographer Alan Pearlman set out on a quest to capture the soul of Santa Fe in a series of staged portraits. Some of the results take center stage as archival pigment prints in the New Mexico History Museum’s Mezzanine Gallery, March 13–September 18, 2016.
Santa Fe Faces: Alan Pearlman Photographs features a selection from 90 portraits he took between 2009 and 2013. Included among them are images of flamenco artist Juan Siddi and Turquoise Trail rancher Archie West. Through them, Pearlman aimed to reveal a moment in the City Different’s history, focusing on the ways that clothing and settings speak to identities and occupations.
Mar 13, 2016
Family Archaeology Sundays at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Family Archaeology Sundays at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Geared to families, this series allows visitors to learn about ancient technologies and traditional arts developed by Native peoples thousands of years ago using the natural resources around them.
All four programs are on Sundays at 1pm and free with museum admission. New Mexico residents with ID free on Sundays. Youth 16 and under and MNMF members always free. 710 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. For more information the public may call 505-476-1269 or visit IndianArtsAndCulture.org
March 6: Mary Weahkee (Comanche/Santa Clara) demonstrates yucca fiber manufacturing and the ancient uses of Yucca.
March 13: Lynette Etsitty (Dine) demonstrates basket weaving.
March 20: Chuck Hannaford demonstrates the ancient art of the atlatl, primitive bow, and gear of the First Hunters. You’re invited to try your hand at throwing the atlatl (invented thousands of years before the bow and arrow and used longer by humans than any other weapon system).
March 20: Isaac Coan (Dine) demonstrates the art of flintknapping points.
Mar 13, 2016
GranMary’s Place with James Peshlakai (Diné)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Diné History of the Earth Through Song and Dance
The GranMary’s Place Storytelling Series is dedicated to — and celebrates the life of — Docent Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, children, and especially telling stories to MIAC’s youngest visitors.
This program is funded in part by the Sudbrink Memorial Fund
Runs at 2pm and again at 3pm
Mar 15, 2016
Culture Connects Santa Fe
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A series of events a
Mar 18, 2016
Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music Brass sextet
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Free noon concert
Mar 20, 2016
Families Make History monthly workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Celebrate National Women’s History Month by learning about women’s domestic arts in Spanish colonial New Mexico. Join us for a colcha stitch-in with Beatrice Maestas Sandoval, a master artist whose work has been recognized as exemplary at Spanish Market. Free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents; children 16 and under free daily. Families Make History free workshops are held the third Sunday of every month.
Mar 20, 2016
Family Archaeology Sundays at Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Native American Tools and Flintknapping
Family Archaeology Sundays at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Geared to families, this series allows visitors to learn about ancient technologies and traditional arts developed by Native peoples thousands of years ago using the natural resources around them.
All four programs are on Sundays at 1pm and free with museum admission. New Mexico residents with ID free on Sundays. Youth 16 and under and MNMF members always free. 710 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. For more information the public may call 505-476-1269 or visit IndianArtsAndCulture.org
March 6: Mary Weahkee (Comanche/Santa Clara) demonstrates yucca fiber manufacturing and the ancient uses of Yucca.
March 13: Lynette Etsitty (Dine) demonstrates basket weaving.
March 20: Chuck Hannaford demonstrates the ancient art of the atlatl, primitive bow, and gear of the First Hunters. You’re invited to try your hand at throwing the atlatl (invented thousands of years before the bow and arrow and used longer by humans than any other weapon system).
March 20: Isaac Coan (Dine) demonstrates the art of flintknapping points.
Mar 20, 2016
Galician Ballads Imagined
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
in conjuction with Flamenco: from Spain to New Mexico
Spanish Music from Galicia in conjuction with Flamenco
Mar 20, 2016 - Sep 11, 2016
Landscape of an Artist: Living Treasure Dan Namingha
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Public Opening on Sunday, March 20, 2016
Screening of Dan Namingha: Seeking Center in Two Worlds at 1:00p.m.
Q&A with Dan Namingha at 2:00p.m.
Every year at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, the museum chooses to honor an artist as a MIAC Living Treasure. This year, Dan Namingha (Hopi-Tewa) is being honored as the MIAC Living Treasure and 2016 Native Treasures Featured Artist.
Born and raised on the Hopi reservation, Dan Namingha’s work is inspired by the Southwest region and subjects within his culture. For the past five decades his work has continuously evolved as he has refined his studio practice by experimenting with different mediums and techniques. Throughout this evolution, Namingha has employed alterations and abstractions to give the viewer a mere impression or glimpse of the subjects and landscapes. This process allows him to share sacred aspects of his culture in familiar forms with the public, while still protecting the sanctity of his Hopi and Tewa culture. Namingha’s work has garnered praise and has been well received on both the national and international art scene at numerous exhibitions. This March, MIAC invites you to help us honor Namingha’s achievements and explore the Landscape of an Artist: Living Treasure Dan Namingha.
Mar 24, 2016
Max Gomez
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Music Concert
$5.00 admission (cash only) Tickets available at the door. Doors open at 6:00 pm. General Admission Seating.
Mar 24, 2016
A Tour at IAIA, Institute of American Indian Arts
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art
Join us for a Thursday afternoon tour of the stunning 140-acre campus of IAIA, the only 4-year degree fine arts institution in the nation devoted to contemporary Native American and Alaskan Native arts. The campus itself is a work of art. Graduates include Charles Loloma, Tony Abeyta, Dan Namingha, Frank Buffalo Hyde and David Bradley.
Not a FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Mar 25, 2016
Yellow Fever Documentary
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Uncovering the Navajo Uranium Legacy
Yellow Fever follows young Navajo veteran, Tina Garnanez on her journey to investigate the history of the Navajo Uranium Boom, its lasting impacts in her area and the potential new mining in her region. She begins as a curious family member and becomes an advocate, lobbyist, activist and vocal proponent for transparency and environmental justice. Program Length: 57 Minutes Director and Producer: Sophie Rousmaniere Co-Producers: Jay Minton (Potawatomi) and Tina Garnanez (Navajo) Associate Producers: Cristiano Mendes, Kimberly Larson and Carolyn Cobelo Editor: Sophie Rousmaniere Assistant Editors: Amy Shehi and Danielle Bloch
Mar 26, 2016
Three Eminent Native Women Artists to be Honored at MIAC during Women’s History Month
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The lives and contributions of distinguished artists Margarete Bagshaw, Josephine Myers-Wapp, and Jeri Ah-be-hill will be celebrated at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture as part of Women’s History Month. The free with museum admission program will be on Saturday, March 26 from 1 to 4 pm.
The legacies of Santa Clara artist Margarete Bagshaw, Comanche educator and master craftsperson Josephine Myers-Wapp, and Kiowa/Comanche arts dealer and arts educator Jeri Ah-be-hill, all recently deceased, have had a profound impact in the areas of Native American painting, textile and clothing design, as well as Native arts marketing. Each contributed to ensuring a vibrant future for indigenous arts and their presence in the field will be greatly missed. Join us to celebrate their lives with a free program featuring stories and a selection of short films presented by family members and colleagues. A reception follows the presentations.
Mar 27, 2016
Closed for Easter
New Mexico History Museum
We are closed on Sunday, March 27. We look forward to seeing you on at 10 am on Tuesday, March 29, when the museum reopens.
Mar 30, 2016
Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions
St. Francis Auditorium, 6-7pm, free
Mar 30, 2016
The `Killer President of Guatemala’: Reconsidering Ambassador Frank Ortiz
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Michael Cangemi speaks on “The `Killer President of Guatemala’: Reconsidering Ambassador Frank Ortiz,” part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Cangemi is a doctoral student at New York’s Binghamton University, studying diplomatic history and U.S. foreign relations with Latin America. His dissertation is tentatively titled, “`The Church Does Not Propose a Peace by Force’: The Holy See and U.S.–Guatemalan Relations, 1976–1988.” Lectures are free in the Meem Community Room. Enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
