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Jan 1, 2018
Museum Closed
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Musuem of International Folk Art will be closed Monday January 1, 2018

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Jan 1, 2018
Museum Closed
New Mexico Museum of Art

The New Mexico Museum of Art is closed on New Years Day. We will re-open on Wednesday, January 2nd.

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Jan 3, 2018
Library Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Art criticism from Robert Henri to Lucy R. Lippard

Drop in to the library any time from 1-4PM to research art criticism of the last century. The Museum’s Librarian/Archivist will be here to answer any questions and show you all the library has to offer. Free.

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Jan 3, 2018
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Making It Matter Again: Exploring our Roots, Including Life Way, Food Ways, and Our Future

Lecture by Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo artist and author

 Free Auditorium event

Seating is limited/Bottled water only please

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Jan 5, 2018
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
AlmaZazz

Live European pop music by AlmaZazz at the Museum 5-7PM.

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Jan 5, 2018
First Friday Art Chats
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Celebrating the 100 year history of the Museum, volunteer guides present 15 minute pop up talks prompting conversations about the architecture of the building  and art in the collection  

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Jan 5, 2018
Super Blue Moon Eclipse Preview at the Museum’s $5 First Friday January 5th
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

 There is an astronomical trifecta happening January 31 – a Super Blue Moon Eclipse. On that morning, the moon will be full and is both a Super Moon and Blue Moon and it will also be totally eclipsed!  During the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science’s $5 First Friday event on January 5 there will be a preview event of this astronomical phenomenon convergence.     

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Jan 6, 2018
Mateo Romero
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Cultural Power of Native Art Series

Join us for a talk and discussion about Romero’s paintings, which reflect a pattern of evolution and change through powerful and imposing swirling gestural paint marks and drips. Overall, Romero’s work evokes a rhythmic, hypnotic, trancelike feeling which is referential to the metaphysical space of the Pueblo and the dance itself. Represented by Blue Rain Gallery, Romero’s work is in the collection of the Denver Art Museum, Smithsonian NMAI, and the School for Advanced Research.

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Jan 7, 2018
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Cultural Power of Native Art Series

Join us for a talk and discussion about Luger’s work, which combines critical cultural analysis with dedication and respect for the diverse materials, environments, and communities he engages. Known for his ceramic innovations, he also tells stories using fiber, steel, cut-paper, video, sound, performance, monumental sculpture, land art installation, and social collaboration. Luger’s work is in the collection of the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (Santa Fe), among others.

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Jan 7, 2018
Making History Series
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Making History

Making Block Prints

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Jan 12, 2018
Angela Meade Masterclass
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Free masterclass taught by Angela Meade 3-5pm

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Jan 17, 2018
People to People
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Gallery Conversations on the third Wednesday of the month

Artist Jami Porter Lara discusses Maria Martinez’s pottery in the exhibition Horizons : People and Place in New Mexican Art 12:30-1pm

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Jan 18, 2018
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.

Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.

No registration required.

Questions? Email  drkripalsingh@yahoo.com

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Jan 21, 2018
GranMary’s Winter Storytelling Program
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
An Annual Tradition at MIAC

Please join us on Sunday, January 21 at either 2pm or 3pm for storytelling with MIAC educators Joyce Begay-Foss (Diné) and Dina Velarde (Jicarilla Apache).

Free with museum admission.

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Jan 23, 2018
Celebration of Arts Education
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Featuring student art work, student performances, guest speakers, and student film, media arts and video screenings!

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Jan 26, 2018
Conversations with Collections
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Free with admission. Limit 15 people. Email rebecca.potance@state.nm.us to reserve a spot. 1-2PM

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Jan 29, 2018
POSTPONED Until Further Notice: Celebrating Our Future: Honoring Our Past
New Mexico Historic Sites
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

(Santa Fe, NM) -  In 2003, former State Representative J. Paul Taylor, his wife Mary Daniels Taylor, and their family donated their home and two attached stores to the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs for development as a future State Historic Site. 

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Jan 30, 2018
Winter Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Ladies of the Canyons

Come learn about the history of extraordinary women of the Southwest in St. Francis Auditorium 6 - 7 pm. Free.

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Jan 31, 2018
Museum Observatory open for Super Moon, Bluemoon Eclipse January 31
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:00 AM - 7:00 AM

(Albuquerque, NM) – In the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 31, a rare astronomical concurrence of events will include a full moon, a Supermoon and a Blue Moon that will be totally eclipsed! Early risers can experience this phenomenon at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science early that morning from 5 – 7 a.m. (weather permitting)

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Jan 31, 2018
Evening Lecture: Red Rocks from Earth to Mars
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

 Evidence for water-deposited sedimentary rocks discovered on Mars by the NASA Rovers, and small iron concretions called ‘blueberries’ found on the Red Planet, will be discussed by University of Utah professor, Marjorie A. Chan, Ph.D.  She will also discuss the water-deposited sedimentary rocks that occur here in New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest.

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