Oct 1, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival: CHILDRENS
Museum of New Mexico
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
11:00 - 11:30 AM: Dolores Valdez de Pong, Santa Fe, will read excerpts from some of the children's plays and skits, and giving a musical presentation.
11:30 AM - noon: Diane Smith, Santa Fe, will present "Big Bunny's Adventures: How a large plush rabbit encourages children to enjoy learning and helping others."
Noon - 12:30 PM: Sandi Wright, Santa Fe, will present on fictional prairie dog Santa Fe Sam and cover Sam's adventures from "Sentry to Sleuth"
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Lisa Bear Goldman, Placitas, she will be reading from her book, followed by an illustrator presentation photos of the model (miniature donkey) and art work illustrations.
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Annette Spelman, Chimayo, will be reading from "The Foundation that Uncle John Built: A True Story About Five Birds that Live in New Mexico"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: Demetria Martinez and Rosalee Montoya-Read, Albuquerque, will read from their bilingual book "Grandpa's Magic Tortilla"
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Suzy McKeen Charnas, Albuquerque, will be discussing "Electronic Publishing for Older Authors in the Age of Words-on-a-Screen"
2:30 -3:00 PM: Teresa R. Allen, Bernalillo, will read from "The Tale of the Teeny, Tiny Black Ant" and sharing an activity with the children - making teeny, tiny black ants
Oct 1, 2011
Exhibition Opening
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Brides, Old Tresures
Oct 2, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
10:30-11:00 AM: Carolyn Sayler, Santa Fe, will discuss "Dorris Fleeson: Incomparably the First Political Journalist of Her Time" as well as the Fleeson family
11:00 -11:30 AM: Loretta Hall, Albuquerque, will discuss "The Mercury Program's Women Astronauts (Not)"
11:30 - noon: Victoria Rogers, Santa Fe, will be presenting "A Contemporary Look at Old Architecture"
noon - 12:30 PM: Marcia Keegan, Santa Fe, will be showing a photographic presentation entitled"Photographing Four Generations of Pueblo People"
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Judith McLaughlin, Santa Fe, will discuss "The Religious Folk Art of New Mexico"
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Roberta Price, Albuquerque, will discuss the legacy of the rural counterculture in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: Pat Shapiro, Santa Fe, will be discussing "The Journey Home to Your True Self"
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Sandra K. Toro, Albuquerque, will discuss "Jews in the Sixteenth Century: From Expulsion to Shylock," an overview of the Inquisition, which led four centuries later, to the holocaust
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Jaima Chevalier, Santa Fe, will discuss "She Came from Beyond Exploring Our Lady of Peace in New Mexico Iconography"
3:00 - 3:30 PM: Shelby Tisdale. Director and Joyce Begay-Foss, Museum Educator, of of Museum of Indian Art & Culture, will present two viewpoints on Diné weaving
3:30 - 4:00 PM: Giovanna Paponetti, Ranchos de Taos, will discuss "Who is Kateri Tekakwitha?"
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Valerie Nye & Kathy Barco, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, will discuss "True Stories of Censorships Battles in American Libraries"
Oct 2, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - FICTION
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
11:00-11:30 AM: Sarah H. Baker, Albuquerque, will discuss "The New Face of Audio Books in New Mexico"
11:30-noon: Karen Taschek, Corrales, will read from current novel "The Risen Home"
Noon-12:30 PM: Judith Van Gieson, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, will discuss "How Books Live On"
12:30-1:00 PM: Marie Romero Cash, Santa Fe, will read from current work, a mystery based in the area "Shadows among the Ruins"
1:00-1:30 PM: Meg Tuite, Santa Fe, will be reading from "The Domestic Apparition"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: OPEN
2:00-2:30 PM: Joanne Bodin, Albuquerque, will be discussing "Walking Fish"
2:30-3:00 PM: Susan McDuffie, Santa Fe, will discuss "Timeless Motive, Historic Settings: The Joys and Pitfalls of Writing Historical Mysteries"
3:00-3:30 PM: Diane Thomas, Santa Fe, will be presenting "Fictionalizing Elvis - What do you do when one of your main characters is real?"
3:30-4:00 PM: Bethany Mackin Baxter, Santa Fe, will read from "Two Sons: A Novel Based on Misperceptions"
4:00-4:30 PM: Zelda Leah Gatuskin, Albuquerque, will read from newest work and discuss "The Long Languishing Novel"
Oct 2, 2011
Jazz Concert with the Tribute Trio and Special Guests
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
“Horace Silver – The Way It Was”
An extraordinary concert of jazz from the original charts of the Horace Silver Quintet. Tribute Trio, featuring John Rangel (piano), Michael Glynn (bass), and Cal Haines (drums), will be joined by special guests Bobby Shew on trumpet and Glenn Kostur on tenor saxophone.
Sunday, October 2, 2011; 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis Auditorium
$20 tickets at the door. Tickets also available at www.tributetrio.com - (505) 989-1088
Co-Presented by the New Mexico Museum of Art and The Tribute Trio
Oct 6, 2011 - Oct 8, 2011
Rugs of Teotitlan, Oaxaca Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
MNMF Shops
Oct 7, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - POETRY
New Mexico History Museum
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NOTE NEW LOCATION: Meem Room, NM History Museum
4:30 - 5:00 PM: Piper Leigh, Santa Fe, will be reading from "My Thin-Skinned Wandering"
5:00-5:30 PM: Renee Gregorio, Joan Logghe, Miriam Sagan, Espanola, Albuquerque and El Rito, will read from "Love & Death"
5:30-6:00 PM: Barbara Berkenfield, Santa Fe, will be reading from a presentation titled "Memories, Reflections, and Earth Connections"
6:00-6:30 PM: Anne Valley-Fox, Santa Fe, will be reading from "Hurry Up & Say It!" and taking questions of all sorts
6:30-7:00 PM: Barbara Rockman, Santa Fe, will be reading her work and conduct a workshop called "Women Write Into and Beyond Motherhood"
7:00-7:30 PM: Dana Levin, Santa Fe, will deliver a presentation titled "The Worms and the Gods: Death, Art and Dream"
Oct 8, 2011 - Oct 9, 2011
Trip to the Jemez Province
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Trip
Jemez Sites FOA day trip Explore Jemez Province, a cultural area of more than forty pueblo sites, north of present Jemez Pueblo. Lead archaeologists are Chris Toya, a Jemez Pueblo tribal member, archaeologist, and expert in traditional knowledge and language preservation; and Dr. Jeremy Kulisheck, project manager and emergency response archaeologist for the Santa Fe National Forest. This tour is limited to 20 people, $80 per person for FOA members, $90 for nonmembers, which includes a box lunch. For reservations, call the Friends of Archaeology hotline (505-992-2715, ext. 8). We will provide details on where to meet by phone or email to participants. The tour will involve caravanning and some hiking. Level of difficulty is moderate.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 8, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - HOME/SPIRIT/HEALTH
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
Oct 9, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - SPECIAL TOPICS AND NEW WORKS
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Oct 9, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - FICTION
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
Oct 13, 2011 - Oct 15, 2011
New Mexico Past & Present: Historic Tour of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Trip
Join Palace Guard for a tour to Central and Southern New Mexico. You'll explore sites of historic interest and one that will link us to the future of space travel.
Not a Museum or Palace Guard member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 14, 2011
Gail Rieke: Through the Lens of the Kimono
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join artist Gail Rieke for an insightful presentation on Japanese culture, with an emphasis on the history and aesthetics of the kimono, including patterning, color, and daily and ritual use.
Admission is free for this Free Friday Evening Event.
New Mexico Museum of Art; 107 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe
Oct 15, 2011
Discover El Rito and its Artists!
Museum of International Folk Art
Friends of Folk Art Event
Time: TBA. Admission fee.
Not a Museum or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 15, 2011
Santa Fe in a Week book signing
New Mexico History Museum
History Museum Docent Joel Stein
Oct 16, 2011
The Plazas of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lecture and book signing
Through archival photographs and Gandert’s modern-day images, the book depicts an array of plazas ranging from Acoma, Taos, Las Vegas and Santa Fe to Albuquerque, Socorro, Portales and Mesilla. Along with architect and urban designer Stefanos Polyzoides, a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the authors and other contributors document the design of these places and the rich heritage of community celebrations that help sustain them.
Oct 16, 2011 - Oct 30, 2011
New Mexico Museum of Art Supports Local Food Drive
New Mexico Museum of Art
October 16, World Food Day
To support World Food Day, the New Mexico Museum of Art will have a food barrel in the lobby of the museum from October 16 through October 30, 2011 to collect non-perishable items. All food collected will benefit the local Santa Fe Food Depot.
Co-Sponsored locally by Firestone Tires.
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue On the Plaza in Santa Fe
Oct 18, 2011
The Culture of Fear in the Atomic Age
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
EVENT CANCELLED: Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris speak on “The Sky is Falling: A Culture of Fear in the Atomic Age,” at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18, part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the John Gaw Meem Room. Enter through the museum's Washington Avenue entrance. Free.
Oct 18, 2011
Mapping the New World for Spanish Kings
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A free lecture
Oct 19, 2011
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC Curators
Let’s Take a Look’ takes place the third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 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 treasures.
The event is always FREE and open to the public.
Oct 20, 2011
Master Jeweler Victoria Adams
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Victoria Adams, of Southern Cheyenne descent, has received many awards for her jewelry. Victoria will discuss the events that have influenced her exquisite and innovative jewelry.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 20, 2011
Found Object Artists & Goldleaf Martinis
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
Visit the studios of three local artists who create their work using common objects. Afterward, attend a fabulous martini party at Goldelaf Framemakers.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Members’ Preview Evening
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Members’ Preview Evening: For exhibition donors and members of the Legacy Society, The Circles and Business Council
Celebrate the work of master calligraphers, scholars and photographers at a memorable evening at the History Museum. I would be honored if you would join us for this special event. Please RSVP here or by calling (505) 992-2715, ext. 6.
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Museum Closes at 4:30 Today
New Mexico History Museum
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Oct 23, 2011
Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape Opening Event
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Opening reception and book signing
Join us for the opening of the exhibits The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 am-5 pm. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will offer refreshments from 2-4 pm, and photographer Tony O’Brien and writer Christopher Merrill will talk about and sign their new book, Light in the Desert: Photographs from the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2011), at 2 pm in the History Museum Auditorium. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents.
Oct 27, 2011
Members’ Preview: James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
Not a Museum or Friends or Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 28, 2011
Opening of Two Shows
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls and Past Present Future
James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls - Examines the theme of humanity in all of its triumphs, failures, and follies - including violence and war; love and desire; greed and gluttony; and the realities of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. For more info> James Drake
Past Present Future - Photographs present us with a desert landscape that is simultaneously of the present, reflecting the past and hinting at the future. Features photographs by Michael Berman, David Taylor, and Connie Samaras. For more info> Past Present Future
Admission is free.
Both exhibitions run from Oct 28, 2011 - Apr 22, 2012
Oct 29, 2011
La Bajada Field Trip
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friends of Archaeology Trip
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is the earliest Euroamerican trade route in the United States, tying Spain’s colonial capital of Mexico City to its northern frontier. We will tour the La Bajada scarp, the most arduous part of the 1,600-miles-long trail, and see four historical routes and six archaeological sites recently documented by Dr. Peggy Gerow, Project Director and historian for University of New Mexico’s Office of Contract Archeology. Mike Taylor, who is with the National Park Service, co-administers, with the Bureau of Land Management, the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail will also serve as tour guide. The trip will be strenuous, and participants must be in good physical health. Activity will include steep grades and rough, uneven surfaces. To reserve a place on this trip, please call the FOA Reservation Hotline, 505-982-7799, ext. 5, beginning on September 19 after 12:05 a.m. Participation is limited to twenty people. Cost per person is $60 for FOA members, $70 for nonmembers.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 30, 2011
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Annual fall Celebration
