Events - July 2009


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Jul 1, 2009 - Aug 26, 2009
Docent Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
American Impressionism

"Docent Gallery Talks" for American Impressionism: Paintings from the Phillips Collection

Wednesdays,12:15 p.m., Jul 1-Aug 26 Gallery talks by Museum of Art docents

All talks take place in the galleries of the exhibition. (Wednesdays are free admission to the museum for New Mexico Seniors; however, admission to the American Impressionism exhibition is $3). 

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Jul 9, 2009
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Market Kick-Off Concert on the Plaza

Free concert of World Music on the Plaza in Downtown Santa Fe!

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Jul 10, 2009
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Artist Welcome and Preview Benefit

Be the first to welcome more than 150 artists from more than 40 countries at this festive event.

 

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Jul 10, 2009 - Jul 24, 2009
“Behind the Scenes” Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
A Closer Look at Impressionism in America

Friday Evenings, July 10-24, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free admission to the museum and the gallery talk

Three gallery talks related to the American Impressionism exhibition from the Phillips Collection. Featuring Tim Rodgers, Joseph Traugott, and Kirsten Pai Buick.

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Jul 11, 2009
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Early-Bird Market

On Museum Hill. First opportunity to buy!

$50, includes all-day Saturday admission For details. visit folkartmarket.org

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Jul 11, 2009
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:01 AM - 5:01 PM
Saturday Market

On Museum Hill

$10 in advance, $15 on Market Day. For more information, visit folkartmarket.org or call 505 476-1197.

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Jul 11, 2009
Photographer Susan Meiselas Lecture and Booksigning
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Photo Archives and VERVE Gallery event

Award-winning Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas will speak on and sign her books in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe. This even is co-sponsored by the Photo Archives/Palace of the Governors, VERVE Gallery, and Photo Eye Book. Meiselas' books include In History ($75); Nicaragua ($50) and Kurdistan ($49 softcover; $100 hardbound).

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Jul 12, 2009
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday is Family Day at the market!

On Museum Hill.

All tickets $5.00 youth 17 and under are free! 
Tickets include admission to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Museum of International Folk Art.

For more information, visit folkartmarket.org

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Jul 14, 2009 - Jul 18, 2009
Artist Demonstration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Indonesian Shadow Puppets

Shadow puppet making demonstrations with Indonesian Artists

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Jul 15, 2009
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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 unidentified treasures.

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Jul 17, 2009
Photographers and Their Places
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A gallery walk-through

Photographer and Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe co-curator Krista Elrick will lead a gallery walk-through and discussion on the historical events and the lives of several of the exhibition's photographers. From her favorite 19th-century explorers to comtemporary image-makers, Elrick will focus on how their photographs were curated into the exhibition and its accompanying book. A free, public event.

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Jul 17, 2009
Photographer Paul Fusco Lecture and Booksigning
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Photo Archives and VERVE Gallery event

Paul Fusco, a member of Magnum Photos, will discuss and sign his books in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Avenue, in Santa Fe. This event is co-sponsored by the Photo Archives/Palace of the Governors, VERVE Gallery, and Photo Eye Books. Fusco's photography has been published widely in major US magazines including Time, Life, Newsweek, the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones and Psychology Today, as well as in other publications worldwide.

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Jul 18, 2009 - Jul 19, 2009
Young Native Artists Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Children of the Portal Artists Strut Their Stuff

Get a glimpse of the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople at the annual Young Natives Show. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace Portal Program will demonstrate their own arts and crafts in the Palace of the Governors' Courtyard. This program provides the children an opportunity to learn from their parents and grandparents and to continue the cultural economic development supported by the Portal.

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Jul 19, 2009
A History of the Ancient Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and booksigning

Dr. Stephen Lekson, author of A History of the Ancient Southwest (SAR Press, 2009) will discuss and sign his book from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

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Jul 20, 2009
"Cherokee Phoenix: Advent of a Newspaper"
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

Frank Brannon of Asheville, N.C.'s SpeakEasy Press, discusses his hand-printed book, "Cherokee Phoenix: Advent of a Newspaper," the first history of the Cherokee Nation's press, which ran from 1828-34, in New Echota, Georgia. The lecture series is usually held at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, 120 Washington Ave.; for large crowds, the event will be moved next door to the John Gaw Meem Meeting Room.

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Jul 21, 2009 - Jul 23, 2009
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Make Shadow Puppets

Free, walk-in hands on workshops for all ages. Groups of six or more please call for reservations.

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Jul 25, 2009
Spanish Colonial Days: A Day in the Life
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Experience Life in 1700s Santa Fe

Games and hands-on activities accompany this free annual event in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard. With the help of local artisans in period dress, families watch, learn and participate in living for a moment in the past and learning about the hardships and fulfillment of life in colonial New Mexico. Please enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.

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Jul 26, 2009
Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and booksigning

Dr. Seth D. Kunin will discuss his book, Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews (Columbia University Press, 2009) on Sunday, July 26 from 2-4 p.m. in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. Juggling Identities is an extensive ethnography of the crypto-Jews who live deep within the Hispanic communities of the American Southwest. A free, public event.

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Jul 28, 2009 - Jul 30, 2009
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Make Batik

Free, drop in hands-on workshops for all ages.  Outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza.  Groups of 6 or more, please call to reserve space.

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