Sep 1, 2016 - Sep 30, 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.)
Sep 2, 2016
The Circles Cocktails with the Collector
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Members of the Governor’s Circle and above are invited to a home of a fellow member to see their stunning art collections.
For questions about The Circles calendar please contact Cara O’Brien by calling 505.982.6366 ext. 118 or email at cara@museumfoundation.org.
Sep 2, 2016
Rose B. Simpson
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Gallery Talk
Artist Rose B. Simpson discusses her work on view in Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Lowriders. 2pm
Sep 2, 2016
Early closing for Zozobra
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Kick off Santa Fe Fiesta with the annual burning of Zozobra. We’ll close at 5 pm to make it easy for you, instead of our usual Free Friday Evening. See you at the show.
Sep 4, 2016
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Our National Parks
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
From Carlsbad Caverns to Chaco Canyon, national parks pepper New Mexico’s terrain and help share our regional history. Dwight T. Pitcaithley, who served as the National Park Service’s chief historian for 10 years, will address the growth of the park system over the past century, the little-known community and preservation programs that reach into almost every community, and the challenges our parks face in their second century.
Sep 5, 2016
Open on Labor Day
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
You bet, we’re open our regular working hours today, 10 am to 5 pm. Bring your out-of-town guests and introduce them to New Mexico history!
Sep 7, 2016
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Flamenco Guitar Music
Sep 10, 2016
La Bajada Pueblos and Environs
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology
La Bajada Pueblo, a Rio Grande Classic period site, was occupied from the A.D. 1200’s up to A.D. 1700 (dates obtained in 2008 by BLM archeologist Peter McKenna). Both Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos trace ancestry to this site. The only excavation of La Bajada Pueblo was in 1915, when Nels Nelson excavated about 10% of the site. Interestingly, this large (3-5 roomblock) and important site has not previously been toured by an archeological group.
Our 5-7 hour tour, led by NFS archaeologist Mike Bremer, will visit the pueblo and proximate field and water diversion features. The tour will focus on two overlook sites on the mesa which have considerable rock art, a well preserved shrine, and some quite distinctive room features.
This trip is rated easy. Trip cost will be $85 for FOA members ($95 for non -members). Spaces are limited. Make reservations beginning August 9, 2016 at 7:00 am by calling (505) 982-7799, ext. 5.
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Sep 12, 2016
Member Monday
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Members at the Family/Grandparents level and above are invited to smallgroup curator-led tours of current exhibitions.
Museum Hill
Sep 14, 2016
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Flamenco Guitar Music
Sep 15, 2016
John Andrews: Making Sure No Wool Was Pulled Over His Eyes
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art
John Andrews, owner of Native Jackets, will speak to us about the development of his business which began on the web in 1998 selling Indian blanket jackets. After meeting Mark Winter of Toadlena Trading Post, he saw that he could trust his eye and started investing more in Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, and Native baskets. Now native art sales exceed the jacket sales, and have for several years. John will show us beautiful tapestry weavings made by living master weavers, antique treasures, and Pendleton blankets.
Not a FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Sep 15, 2016 - Sep 18, 2016
The Casas Grandes world
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology
Come join us for a visit to the ancient town of Paquimé, heart of the Casas Grandes world.
This unique center displays many elements associated with Mesoamerican societies to the south—ball courts, public platform mounds, effigy mounds, an advanced water delivery system, macaw breeding and a beautiful museum.
A visit to Mata Ortiz, the famous pottery-making village is also on the itinerary. Home of famed potter, Juan Quezada, the village has become a vibrant center of beautiful pottery production. Based on ancient Casas Grandes designs, today’s potters have taken design to a new level of sophistication.
Archaeologist Rafael Cruz, of Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, will join us for visits to other backcountry sites, ball courts, and rock art panels.
A new road into the Sierra Madre Occidental will also allow us to travel to the famous La Cueva de la Olla. Formerly, a bone-jarring ride of three hours, the new road should make the trip much more enjoyable.
The trip will be self-motored and we will caravan from Santa Fe to Nuevo Casas Grandes; a trip of 8-10 hours depending upon time needed to cross the border into Mexico. That includes time for a lunch break.
We will stay at the Hotel Hacienda in Nuevo Casas Grandes, which has a restaurant and a pool.
Group size is limited to 20 people.
A valid passport is required for this trip!
You will also need to purchase Mexican car insurance. Mexican law does not allow coverage with a U.S. insurance company. We will supply names of vendors who offer reasonable policies and prices.
We will be traveling backroads, so a high clearance vehicle is needed. Four-wheel drive is not necessary, just good clearance. We will compress ourselves into as few cars as possible for going into the backcountry.
A visit to La Cueva de la Olla requires a brief ascent of perhaps 50 feet. It is not particularly difficult, but footing can be slippery. There is no trail. Persons with physical disabilities may not be able to make the ascent.
Price for the excursion will be $300.00/FOA members, $375.00/non-members.
If you are interested in the trip, please sign up and we will contact you by email about hotel pricing and other details. Please call the FOA Hotline starting 7:00am on Tuesday July 12 at 505-982-7799 x6
Sep 16, 2016 - Sep 30, 2016
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
On free Fridays from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Sep 16, 2016
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Alcoves 16/17 #4
Sep 18, 2016
Upstairs/Downstairs
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tour the collections storage, library and preparation areas and make your own art gallery 1-4pm
Sep 18, 2016
Families Make History monthly workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Come see the exhibit Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities and, in advance of the Oct. 2 celebration of Rosh Hashanah, learn to make and enjoy Tishpishti, a honey-soaked cake traditionally shared to start off the new year with sweetness and good fortune. 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.
Sep 20, 2016 - Sep 23, 2016
El Paso Expedition
New Mexico History Museum
A Palace Guard trip
A special adventure for members of the museum’s Friends group, the Palace Guard: New Mexico State Historian Dr. Rick Hendricks will lead us through the 1680 Pueblo Revolt refuge locations of Isleta, Socorro, and the early presidio of San Elisario, Texas. We’ll explore the El Paso History Museum and downtown district. Rene Harrris, former director of the El Paso History Museum, will share the University of Texas at El Paso’s Jose Sisneros art collection and the El Paso Museum of Art’s Mexican retablo collection. Additional stops include the Magoffin Home State Historic Site and the Licon Dairy where we’ll enjoy bites of the Mexican-style string cheese azadero. Visit the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces and lunch at La Posta in Mesilla on the return to Santa Fe..
Not a Palace Guard member? To join, click here or call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100.
For reservations and details on the trip’s cost, call Alex Hesbrook: (505) 982-6366, ext. 119.
Sep 21, 2016
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Flamenco Guitar Music
Sep 21, 2016
Let’s Take a Look...
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Examine Your Treasures
A monthly offering at MIAC, Let’s Take a Look is your chance to bring by your personal treasures for evalauation. While curators are prohibited from assigning retail value (we have a list of external appraisers for you), our curatorial staff is great at helping determine age, origin, use, etc. of many objects. Items with Native American roots are most common, but we can also help with other items periodically.
This is a free program.
Sep 22, 2016
Nick Rosetta Stone and Shell Jewelry demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Using all natural material and handmade processes, he makes beautiful heishi necklaces.
Nick learned the art from his parents, Ray and Mary Rosetta. The heishi artform goes back to ancestral pueblo times, long before the arrival of the Spanish in the Southwest, when Kewa stone and shell jewelry - believed by many archeologists to be the oldest form of jewelry in the southwest-was highly prized and widely traded.
Nick does most of the lapidary work--cutting, grinding, sanding and polishing. His wife Me-Wee does ninety-five percent of the stringing. He obtains his materials from many different places--turquoise from Nevada and Arizona, serpentine from South Dakota, pipestone from Minnesota, as well as stones from Canada, Peru and Australia.
Demonstrations of his work will be on September 22, 28, and 29th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.
Sep 23, 2016 - Sep 24, 2016
Two-Day MIAC Symposium
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Food Sovereignty Project
In partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is presenting the two-day event, The Food Sovereignty Project, followed by a Community wide celebration on Museum Hill, focusing on how New Mexico tribes are reincorporating traditional foods into their diets to foster greater health and wellness in their communities. The Food Sovereignty symposium brings together a diverse range of indigenous farmers, herders, and hunters, who have been able to successfully sustain and revitalize food production practices that are vital to traditional life. Also included are tribal program directors and educators who have initiated successful community-based traditional food programs. Food sovereignty efforts are part of a larger national movement of indigenous peoples to create sustainable forms of food production that are Native American driven.
For complete symposium schedule and information to register, please call the front desk at 505-476-1269.
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Sep 25, 2016
Growing Up in a Lowrider Community
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Author and photographer Don Usner talks about his youth in Chimayó and his experiences in documenting the lowriders of northern New Mexico. His work is included in the History Museum exhibit Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico. This event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Sep 25, 2016
Museum Hill Community Day!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
MIAC Has a FULL Schedule for You
For full details, go here.
Sep 25, 2016
Museum Hill Community Day
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2016
A FREE family-friendly event! Explore Museum Hill with FREE admission at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, The Santa Fe Botanical Garden, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, The Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Sep 28, 2016
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Flamenco Guitar Music
Sep 28, 2016 - May 24, 2017
Docent Training
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
For more information or to apply, please contact Sara Van Note, Volunteer Coordinator, at 476-5075 or email sara.vannote@state.nm.us.
