Oct 2, 2021
FRIENDS OF THE FOLK ART DONATION DAYS
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Calling all Folk Art Collectors! Are you moving? Downsizing? Decluttering? Redecorating? The Friends of Folk Art is holding two folk art donation days this fall. Here’s your chance to pass your gently-used folk art treasures on to other folk art fans. Volunteers will be available to unload your donations and prepare your tax receipt. Donations will be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea and other events to benefit the Museum of International Folk Art.
Oct 3, 2021
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be free for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas. The early morning and late evening are ideal for bird watching at Los Luceros, which boasts a large diversity of species including bald eagles, hummingbirds, migratory waterfowl, as well as one of the largest concentrations of flicker woodpeckers in New Mexico. Also, the edge of the Rio Grande on the property at sunset is an ideal location to view bats beginning their nightly feast. The extended hours are also a great opportunity for visual artists to capture more of the natural beauty of Los Luceros.
Oct 3, 2021
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Oct 5, 2021
VIRTUAL TOUR Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour —virtually— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:
Oct 5, 2021 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Oct 12, 2021 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Oct 6, 2021
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ghost Towns of the Southwest
Please join Robert L. Spude, Ph.D., Regional Historian (retired), NPS, for an online tour of some of his favorite ghost towns around the Southwest as he discusses their histories, legends, and preservation as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Online Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkg3vrsZwOM
Donations Welcome
Oct 7, 2021
From the Southwest to the Southern Cone: A Century of Collecting at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, with Daniel Arbino, PhD
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free zoom lecture
Dr. Arbino is the Head of Collection Development & US Latinx Librarian at UT Austin.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdOmtqzwjGNT8e1n3uf37AuSN7v0d4JyZ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Oct 10, 2021
Thirst for Justice - Water is Life
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Film screening by Leana Hosea
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center are co-hosting a FREE film screening in honor of Indigenous People’s Day 2021.
Join us for a converation after the filmmaker Lean Hosea and members of the communities of Church Rock and Crownpoint to learn more about uranium conttamination issues affecting groundwater.
Oct 12, 2021
VIRTUAL TOUR Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour —virtually— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:
Oct 15, 2021
Public Reception for Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Oct 16, 2021
Free Community Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oct 16, 2021
Celebrate International Archaeology Month Online
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
SANTA FE – The Archaeological Research Collections of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), and the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), along with the Friends of Archaeology (FOA), are celebrating International Archaeology Day through a series of virtual presentations and events culminating on October 16.
Oct 19, 2021
VIRTUAL TOUR
Museum of International Folk Art
Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour —virtually— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:
Oct 20, 2021
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
On going program
On September 15th, MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s virtual lobby to look at your treasures. Bring a weaving, ceramic pot, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our Zoom meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), curator of archaeological research collections Julia Clifton, other staff members will attempt to identify and explain the item.
Oct 25, 2021
Collecting Jewelry: Conversation with the Curator
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversations with Michael Roanhorse, Jennifer Curtis and Allen Aragon
Continuing public programming for Collecting Jewelry: H. P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture are pleased to host three contemporary Navajo/Diné jewelers in conversation with exhibition curator Ross Altshuler and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney. Together, these artists will tell their memories of learning how to make jewelry, share stories about their own artistic inspirations and innovations, and reflect on the larger current moment in the Native art world.
Collecting Jewelry showcases 160 pieces of jewelry made between 1880-1930 that Dr. Mera gathered. These pieces were made with rudimentary tools and without available references for style and technique. The amazing pieces created form the basis of Navajo/Diné silversmithing and inspired the generations that followed.
Oct 27, 2021
Virtual Lecture - Fire and Archaeology
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
on the Jemez Ranger District
Mesa Talks is a lecture series brought to you by Los Luceros Historic Site and Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project. This lecture will be presented by Rebecca Baisden, Assistant Zone Archaeologist Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts of the Santa Fe National Forest, and will be virtual. The recording will be available after the live presentation.
Oct 27, 2021
Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversations with Mikayla Patton (Oglala Lakota)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to the next iteration of our new lecture series, Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists. This series is an opportunity for our MIAC community to become better acquainted with our Goodman Fellows through hour-long Zoom visits to their home studios. They will bring us up-to-date on what they have been doing since receiving the Fellowship.
Oct 29, 2021
Native Pottery Demonstration Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Franklin Peters (Acoma Pueblo)
Born into the Sky Clan on Acoma Pueblo, Franklin Peters learned the art of pottery making as he grew up surrounded by some of Acoma’s most distinguished potters.
In 2011, Franklin was honored with the Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe. While there he studied the methods and designs of his Acoma ancestors and how to incorporate those methods and designs into his contemporary work. Today, Franklin’s pottery is characterized by bold slips and colors. He likes sharp lines in his striking mixes of traditional and contemporary Acoma and Laguna designs.
Being from the Sky Clan, Franklin says he is always praying for rain. On his pots, the thin fine lines symbolize rain and those constant prayers.
Oct 29, 2021
Spooky Yokai Stories
Museum of International Folk Art
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hear Japanese and US storytellers Michael Dylan Foster, Satori Murata, KONO Junya, APSU Shusei, and Zack Davisson share their favorite scary stories from the world of Yokai.
A You Tube Premier event at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb3PG-EOzsI&feature=youtu.be
In conjunction with the current exhibit Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan
Oct 31, 2021
Day of the Dead Community Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate the Day of the Dead and make sugar skulls, eat traditional Day of Dead treats (pan de muertos), and view the Day of the Dead ofrendas (altars).
FREE Admission for All!
