May 1, 2016 - Mar 5, 2017
Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
Take a ride into the creative reimaginings of American steel as captured in photographs, hubcaps, hood ornaments, car show banners and, yes, actual cars. Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico at the New Mexico History Museum, focuses on mobile works of art and their makers—home-grown Nuevomexicanos who customize, detail, paint and upholster these favorite symbols of Hispanic culture.
May 1, 2016
Opening of Lowriders, Hoppers and Hot Rods
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Be among the first to see our newest exhibit and the kickoff of "Lowrider Summer" in collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art. Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico at the New Mexico History Museum through March 5, 2017, celebrates these mobile works of art as well as their makers—home-grown Nuevomexicanos who customize, detail, paint and upholster these favorite symbols of Hispanic culture. Opening events include a free photo booth to take a souvenir of the day, screenings of the film, South American Cho Low, and a 2 pm lecture about the history of the nationally renowned Lowrider Magazine by Albuquerque correspondent and photographer Travis Ruiz.
Refreshments courtesy of the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Free with admission, and Sundays are always free to NM residents. Children 16 and under free daily.
May 1, 2016 - May 31, 2016
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Through October 15, 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.)
May 1, 2016
Summer hours begin
New Mexico History Museum
Starting May 1 and running through Monday, Oct. 31, the History Museum is open daily 10 am to 5 pm, with Free Friday Evenings every week, 5-8 pm. (Winter hours are November through April, when we are closed on Mondays and offer Free Friday Evenings the first Friday of each month.)
May 1, 2016
Exhibit opening: Lowriders, Hoppers and Hot Rods
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Get bajito y suavecito (low and slow) at the opening of Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico. We’ll have cars in the lobby and the exhibition, along with a souvenir photo booth, a video loop screening of the movie South American Cho Lo, and a 2 pm lecture about the history of the exteemed Lowrider Magazine by its former editor, Ray John. Free to NM residents.
May 6, 2016 - Jun 10, 2016
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
on Friday evenings after 5:00 pm you can visit the Museum, see great art and listen to local live music.
May 6, 2016
Citizen Min in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Citizen Min in New Mexico commemorates an event of national significance—the posthumous award of a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Minoru (Min) Yasui, one of the heroes of Japanese American civil rights beginning in the World War II era of internment camps. It also presents a little-known event, a historic encounter between Min and Senator Pete Domenici in Albuquerque in 1984. At 6 pm on Friday, May 6, Min’s daughter, Holly Yasui, offers a special presentation as a Free First Friday Evening event. Museum admission is free to everyone from 5 to 8 pm. The program is sponsored by the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League and funded by a generous grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council.
May 6, 2016
Artist Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Alcoves 16/17 #2
May 7, 2016
7th Annual Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
benefitting exhibtiions & educational programs at MOIFA
A dazzling array of gently used folk art at bargain prices!
May 7, 2016
The Cultural Landscape of the Caja del Rio/Los Aguajes Pueblo
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology
Join Santa Fe National Forest archaeologist, Mike Bremer, and National Park Service volunteers, Bill Davis and Jerry Cooke, on a tour of the Aguajes landscape. On the approximately 3-mile hike (moderate difficulty) we will view the pueblo itself, fieldhouse structures, agricultural features, local shrines, a world shrine, petroglyphs and two large lithic fields that date from the Archaic to the Aguajes periods. We also will trace some ancestral trails to discover how they connect to the pueblo.
May 10, 2016
The Role of Settlement Pattern Studies and the Emergence of the Current Archaeological View of Ancient Maya Civilization
Office of Archaeological Studies
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Office of Archaeological Studies and Friends of Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture:
Current scholarly understandings of Pre-Columbian Maya civilization are quite different from the traditional model of ancient Maya civilization that dominated the field of Maya studies until recently and still dominates public perception of the ancient Maya. In part, this new view is due to both the significant increase in archaeological studies in the Maya area in the past few decades and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic texts, which have provided new insights into Maya history. Much of the change also is due to the introduction and rapid spread of settlement pattern studies conducted more than a half a century ago. This Brown Bag talk examines the major impact of the methodology of settlement pattern research on Maya archaeology and looks at new directions in the field.
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.
May 11, 2016
Kit Carson and Lucien Maxwell, Compadres
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Stephen Zimmer speaks on “Kit Carson and Lucien Maxwell, Compadres," as part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Zimmer, a longtime Cimarron, NM, resident, is the author of numerous historical books, including People of the Cimarron Country (Eagle Trail Press, 2012). He was formerly director of museums at Philmont Scout Ranch. Lectures are free in the Meem Community Room. Enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
May 13, 2016
From Alfred Stieglitz to Cady Wells: The Rebecca Salsbury James Collection
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
by Karli Wurzelbacher
Free noontime talk by Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center Fellow, Karli Wurzelbacher about the collection of art donated to us by artist Rebecca Salsbury James.
May 14, 2016
Feria
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Spring Festival
Spring Andalusian Style! Join us for Music, dancing and tapas! Flamenco and festive attire encouraged, but not required. Free Flamenco dance lessons 5:30-6:30, Live music dance party 6:30-8:30pm.
May 15, 2016
Families Make History monthly workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Springtime in New Mexico means wind, and lots of it. Bring the family to learn about traditional pastimes and making your own kite. No previous experience necessary. 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.
May 19, 2016
FOCA+P Member’s Preview
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Con Carino : Artists Inspired by Lowriders and Finding a Contemporary Voice : The Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIA
Join FOCA+P members for an exclusive, fun-filled evening of hors d’oevres and wine as the museum highlights the opening of two exhibitions, Con Carino : Artists Inspired by Lowriders and Finding a Contemporary Voice : The Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIA. FOCA+P RSVP hotline 982-7799 ext. 1
May 20, 2016
Public Opening
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Two exhibitions
Join us for a, fun-filled evening of art, music and hors d’oevres as the Museum of Art celebrates the opening of two exhibitions, Con Carino : Artists Inspired by Lowriders and Finding a Contemporary Voice : The Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIA.
5:30 to 7:30 pm. Free
May 21, 2016
Circles First Look
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition and New World Identities
Fractured Faiths will tell the monumental story of Spanish Judaism, Conversos
and Crypto-Jews from the 14th century through present. Be the first to see this blockbuster exhibition of the season.
New Mexico History Museum
May 21, 2016
Member Preview
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition and New World Identities
Be among the first to follow the story of Jewish families who either converted to Catholicism or hid their religious practices from the Spanish Inquisitors and then carried on their traditions in secret for generations.
New Mexico History Museum
May 21, 2016 - Oct 10, 2016
Finding a Contemporary Voice: The Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIA
New Mexico Museum of Art
Taking a Fritz Scholder group portrait of IAIA faculty and the legacy of the institution’s first artistic director, Lloyd Kiva New, as starting points, Finding a Contemporary Voice: the Legacy of Lloyd Kiva New and IAIA includes work from the New Mexico Museum of Art’s collection by IAIA faculty and alumni from the 1960s to the present such as Scholder, Neil Parsons, T.C. Cannon, Melanie Yazzie, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, and Will Wilson. The Museum of Art’s free to the public exhibition opening is on Friday, May 20, 2016 and the exhibition runs through Oct. 10, 2016.
Finding a Contemporary Voice complements concurrent exhibitions at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (A New Century: The Life and Legacy of Cherokee Artist and Educator Lloyd "Kiva" New) and the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Art Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence. All three exhibitions and associated symposia, lectures, and other events celebrate the centennial of Native American artist Lloyd Kiva New’s birth by focusing on key aspects of his significant contributions to contemporary Native culture.
May 21, 2016
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site’s Second Annual Fiber Fair
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site hosts its Second Annual Fiber Fair, Saturday May 21 , 2016. The event is free and runs from 10 am to 4 pm.
This Fiber Fair celebrates New Mexico’s rich and storied fiber arts tradition, featuring Native and traditional Pueblo artists demonstrating the use of cotton, willow, 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 weaving, and two with related, fun kids’ hands-on activities—wool preparation (carding, spinning) and Spanish Colcha embroidery.
May 22, 2016 - Dec 31, 2016
Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities
New Mexico History Museum
In 1492, Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued a royal edict ordering all Jews to either leave the country or convert to Catholicism. The Spanish Inquisition (and later, the Portugese and Mexican Inquisitions) stood ready to persecute anyone who failed to abide. Violators would endure prisons, torture and death.
Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities, opening May 22, 2016, leaps into the ensuing diaspora, a journey that stretches back to biblical times. For the first time, a major institution tells the comprehensive story of how Spain’s Jewry found a tenuous foothold in North America. Despite continued persecution, its people persisted—sometimes as upright Catholic conversos, sometimes as self-identifying “crypto-Jews.”
May 22, 2016
Lowrider Day on the Plaza
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A mayoral proclamation opens a car procession and show, hopper demos and awards. Free admission to two exhibits for NM residents
May 22, 2016
Lowrider Day on the Plaza
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lowrider Summer
Drive on down to catch Mayor Javier Gonzales reading a proclamation declaring this the official Lowrider Day of Santa Fe. See a car procession from Fort Marcy, followed by a show on the plaza, with music by DJ Jason Crawford (a History Museum security officer), a hopper demonstration and awards presentation. Free admission for NM residents to Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico at the New Mexico History Museum, and Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Lowriders at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
May 22, 2016
Exhibition opening
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Be among the first to see the ground-breaking exhibition, Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities.For the first time, a major institution tells the comprehensive story of Spanish Jewry’s 1492 diaspora and how it led to a tenuous foothold in North America. Despite continued persecution, its people persisted—sometimes as upright Catholic conversos, sometimes as self-identifying “crypto-Jews."
Sundays are free to NM residents.
May 22, 2016
Turquoise Family Day at Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning Exhibition closing program
Dr. N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) lecture at 2:00 pm
Kids’ turquoise art activities including:Block printing with Alex Pena (Oklahoma Comanche); mosaic shell jewelry with Teresita Crespin (Santo Domingo Pueblo); mural painting on the plaza. Featuring a touchable turquoise station. Family-friendly turquoise exhibit tours and free turquoise sno-cones! As always New Mexico residents are free on Sundays.
May 26, 2016
Lowriders, Hoppers & Hot Rods in Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Palace Guard adventure
Here’s an invitation to members of our Friends group, the Palace Guard: Enjoy lunch with Photo Curator Daniel Kosharek and take a trip to the
private shop of mechanic and collector Sonnie Jaramillo, where we’ll
see examples of lowrider and custom-car work in action.
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. This event costs $45. Call Alex Hesbrook for reservation details: (505) 982-6366, ext. 119.
May 27, 2016 - May 29, 2016
NATIVE TREASURES: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 - 29
Join us for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s 12th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. Over 200 Native American artists participate - each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. In fact, many of the artists at Native Treasures are represented in the Museum’s permanent collection.
Participating artists represent a wide range of tribes and pueblos, as well as a variety of art forms, from traditional to contemporary. In addition to established artists, we have an Emerging Artist section to showcase new talent.
Native Treasures is a benefit for the museum. Sponsorships, event ticket sales and a portion of artists’ sales support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programs through the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, the museum’s fiscal agent and private partner. Please join us and support your favorite artists and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at the same time!
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
Friday, May 27, 2016
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Visit www.nativetreasure.org for more details and up-to-date artist list.
May 27, 2016
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival Pre-Show Celebration
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us for the prelude celebration for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, an Indian art show that benefits participating artists and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Native Treasures artists, 2016 MIAC Living Treasure Dan Namingha and event sponsors come together for a special celebratory event kick-off and opportunity to purchase unique “Mother Earth” themed artwork made exclusively for this evening.
Santa Fe Community Convention Center
201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM
Friday, May 27, 2016 | 5:30p.m. – 7:30p.m.
$125/ticket | Tickets available here
May 28, 2016
Early Bird Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Be first to purchase museum-quality artwork from more than 200 Native Treasures artists. Shop this Indian Arts show featuring museum-quality works by Native artists from across North America. Proceeds benefit participating artists and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Santa Fe Community Convention Center
201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM Saturday, May 28, 2016 | 9a.m. – 10a.m.
$25/ticket | Tickets available here
