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May 3, 2023
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series: Encore Presentation
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hoofbeats Through History: The Story of the Horse in New Mexico

Please join us for an ONLINE encore presentation of Ms. Cynthia Culbertson’s lecture, The Story of the Horse in New Mexico, first presented on April 7, 2021. This presentation is the first of occasional encore productions the Friends of History are offering online in the months ahead. These encore talks will complement original online talks during this period.  We hope you will enjoy seeing these selected presentations which have been offered since May 2020--either for the first time or as a return to a topic of particular interest to you.   Enjoy!!

ONLINE EVENT link: https://bit.ly/429li1R

When we think of New Mexico history, we sometimes forget that the humans in the narrative have often been dependent on their equine companions. The influence of New Mexico on the history of the horse in the Americas is both fascinating and profound. From the pre-historic ancestors of the horse found here millions of years ago, the first horse breeding and racing in the Americas, the introduction of the horse to Native Americans and the subsequent development of some of the greatest horse cultures in history, New Mexico is arguably the most significant state when it comes to the history of the horse in the U.S.  

A horse lover since birth, Cynthia Culbertson is proud to have served as a consultant for multiple museum exhibitions featuring horses. She served as co-curator of an exhibition at the International Museum of the Horse featuring artifacts from 27 museums around the world, including such prestigious institutions as the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has also served as a consultant for the equine components of many other projects, including a UNESCO World Heritage museum. Cynthia is the author of several books on the subject of Arabian horses and is a regular contributor to international equine media. She has been a lecturer in more than ten countries and has scripted and narrated multiple educational videos, including a New York Times Vision Award recipient.

Photo credit: Acoma, New Mexico. 1898-1905,Detroit Photographic Co., Library of Congress 

Donations welcome

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May 4, 2023
Mandela International Magnet School Student Showcase, May 4-16, 2023
Museum of International Folk Art
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 4th, 5:00p-6:30p


Join Mandela International Magnet School students and the Museum of International Folk Art in celebrating their pottery inspired artwork created during the Museum–School Partnership, Visiting Artist Residency with Taos Pueblo potter, Brandon Adriano Ortiz.


Thank you to the Patricia Arscott La Farge Foundation for Folk Art, the International Folk Art Foundation and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation for their generous support.

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May 5, 2023
First Friday- Annual ArtWorks End-of-Year Exhibition
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The New Mexico Museum of Art is, once again, excited to host an annual exhibition of student art with our partners, ArtWorks. 

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May 5, 2023
Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Santos of New Mexico

Please join us with FREE Admission to all as we celebrate Art and History every first Friday evening of every month with some of our additional museum and gallery friends located along Palace Avenue in the heart of the historic Santa Fe Plaza. Each month we will highlight something new and wonderful to share. Together, we hope to educate, inspire, and encourage a love and appreciation of history and the diversity of art that the city different is so well known for. For this month, the History Museum invites you to enjoy The Santos of New Mexico; a collection of sixty retablos (devotional paintings on panel) and bultos (carved religious sculptures) from 1810-1880 located in the Palace of the Governors building. Please enter by way of our main entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue.

Photo credit: José Rafael Aragón, Santa Rita de Casia, 1821-1862. Larry and Alyce Frank Collection. NMHM/DCA 2007.032.035

 

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May 6, 2023
FOLK ART FLEA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

2023 FOFA Folk Art Flea

Each year, the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA), a volunteer organization that supports the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA), hosts the Folk Art Flea to raise funds for the Museum’s education programs and exhibitions.  Gently used art treasures, such as folk, tribal and fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look and art books are donated by art lovers like you for resale.   Admission is FREE! 

WHAT: The 2023 FOFA Folk Art Flea

WHEN: Saturday May 6, 10 am – 3 pm

Early bird shopping for FOFA members 9 – 10 am

WHERE:  Santa Fe County Fairgrounds (next to the Genoveva Chavez Community Center) 3229 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM

Plenty of parking!    

Donate your gently loved folk art

FOFA is accepting personal donations of gently used art items for resale at the FOFA Folk Art Flea.  Donations are tax deductible.  Popular items include folk, tribal and fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look and art books. YOUR ART DONATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!  Since its inception, the Flea has raised over $750,000 to benefit MOIFA programs and exhibitions. 

To donate folk art: Call (505) 476-1201 to arrange a pick-up of your items or drop off your donations at MOIFA (behind the Museum on Camino Lejo) on the following Saturdays: April 1st, 15th, and 22nd from 11 am to 2 pm. 

Want to volunteer?

Volunteering for the FOFA Folk Art Flea is a fun way to contribute to MOIFA and its educational programs and exhibits.  Please join other folk art lovers for this annual weekend event and other volunteer opportunities by clicking on this link. For more information, you may email Ellen Premack at epremack@gmail.com.

Become a FOFA member

To join or renew your FOFA membership please click here for more information and benefits.

Become a Folk Art Flea Sponsor

To support the Folk Art Flea as a sponsor and enjoy benefits such as priority shopping on Friday, May 5 and more, please click here.

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May 6, 2023
Indian Market Lecture Series-Free with Admission
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Photography of Cara Romero

Please join Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), international award-winning fine art photographer in our auditorium, as she shares her proficiency as an artist and explores how her photographs convey collective Native histories, and the ways in which indigeneity expresses itself in modern times, along with her involvement as an artist and her own experiences in the annual Santa Fe’s Indian Market. Free with admission.

Photo courtesy of Cara Romero

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May 6, 2023
Lincoln Lecture Series: Knutt Peterson
Lincoln Historic Site
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

On May 6, Lincoln Historic Site will host a lecture with Knutt Peterson, a Bureau of Land Management Cave Specialist.

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May 7, 2023
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: Fish
Los Luceros Historic Site
5:30 AM - 8:30 PM

Join Los Luceros Historic Site and Pajarito Environmental Center for the May edition of New Mexico Outdoor Pass: fish! The site will also be open from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as part of our Dawn ’Til Dusk program.

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May 7, 2023
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The first Sunday of each month we invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. 

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May 7, 2023
Book Club
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books?  We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we started an art-themed book club!   

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May 7, 2023
Dawn ’Til Dusk
Los Luceros Historic Site
5:30 AM - 8:30 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.

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May 7, 2023
“Where Are We Going? What Are We Doing?”: Elma Pratt’s International School of Art, 1928-1967
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Film Screening: ISA workshop in Hungary  1:00 PM – 2:15 PM        

Public Talk: Nicole R. Cardassilaris, PhD      2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

Educator and humanities scholar, Dr. Nicole R. Cardassilaris will present the vibrant career of Elma Pratt (1888-1977).  Pratt’s life and work as an artist, art educator, explorer, and champion of international folk arts found its fullest expression through her innovative International School of Art and its immersive 20th century folk art excursions throughout Europe and the Americas. The talk will be preceded by a screening of Clara Viola Hoover’s 16mm film of the International School of Art’s Summer 1938 workshop program in Hungary. 

ASL interpretation is provided for the screening introduction and public talk.  The film will be presented with open captions.

 

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May 7, 2023
Acequias: The Legacy Lives On
Los Luceros Historic Site
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM

On May 7, Los Luceros Historic Site (LLHS) will present Acequias: The Legacy Lives On as part of its monthly Dawn ‘Til Dusk programming.

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May 7, 2023
Axle Contemporary on Museum Hill Plaza
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Come check out Rick Phelps’ Post Fiesta Wares, an installation inside Axle’s mobile artspace. Enjoy FREE museum admission all day for New Mexico residents. Come visit us!

Post Fiesta Wares and programming is presented in conjunction with La Cartonería Mexicana: The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste exhibition, currently on display at the Museum of International Folk Art.

 

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May 7, 2023
Pull a Print at the Palace Press
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission to NM Residents-All others Free WITH Admission

Stop by the New Mexico History Museum for an engaging and interactive activity at the Palace Press, located within our historic courtyard.


Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the historic press and experience hands-on printmaking and "pulling" their own custom print to take home. 


(The Press at the Palace of the Governors, known informally as the Palace Press, introduces visitors to the world of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century publishing.)

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May 7, 2023
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE MIAC’S 2023 LIVING TREASURE
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
ANTHONY LOVATO WITH THE OPENING OF DOWN HOME

ARTIST TALK: ANTHONY LOVATO (KEWA/SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO)
1:OO PM–2:OO PM IN THE KATHRYN O’KEEFE THEATRE

Lovato is a master jeweler who is known for his tufa-cast
technique and signaturedesign elements. He will speak
about his lifetime of being a jeweler.

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May 9, 2023
Life Drawing
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Looking for a creative outlet during your lunch break? Stop by the Museum for a casual session of life drawing

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May 10, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. 

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May 10, 2023
POTTERY DEMONSTRATION - Tradition and Innovation
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Presented by Erik Fender (San Ildefonso Pueblo) Buchsbaum Gallery - Free with museum admission

Like many Pueblo potters, Erik Fender learned to make pottery by watching his grandmother, Carmelita Dunlap, and his mother, Martha Appleleaf. He learned where to gather the clay, how to process it, and how to build his pots. Coming from this family, it was like second nature. Fender creates traditional black-on-black pottery, polychrome pieces, and has progressed to techniques of green-on-black and red-on-black.

He is also a jeweler and painter. Fender designs with traditional and innovative motifs and continues to push himself, but always remembers his past.

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May 12, 2023
Our apologies for any inconveniences, this event has been cancelled.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
From Me to You: A Conversation with Pottey - Tara Gatewood (Isleta and Dine)

Journalist, storyteller, and photographer, Tara Gatewood (Isleta, Diné), examines the ways in which we communicate with the world around us and the connections we make across time and space. Join Gatewood for a reading of her Grounded in Clay catalog entry, “From me to You,” and an exploration of Pueblo pottery through the lens of communication.

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May 12, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: State capitol rotunda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Date: 1970


Photographer: Robert H. Martin, Negative number: 068301

 

 

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May 12, 2023
Art Walking Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Led by a docent, the tour highlights the art and architectural history of downtown Santa Fe.

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May 13, 2023
Digging the Dirt: Earthen Architecture
Fort Selden Historic Site
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Join us in the field at Fort Selden to learn the basic methodologies of earthen architecture.

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May 13, 2023
Mother’s Day Tea
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

On Saturday, May 13, Fort Stanton Historic Site (FSHS) will host a novel Mother’s Day celebration—one that combines informal teatimes and an opera performance. 

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May 17, 2023
Let’s Take A Look with Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Every Third Wednesday of the Month.

During Let’s Take a Look, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology wait in the lobby to look at your treasures. They will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. While our curators prefer to work with objects from the Southwest, they are willing to take a look at anything you might bring in. If they cannot identify an object an attempt will be made to find someone who can! Sometimes, the lively discussion among curators may provide as much insight as an accurate object identification itself.

The event is always free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects.

Museum main lobby - Musuem of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo - Museum Hill.

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May 18, 2023
Third Thursday: John Formby: Environmental Factors that Influence Wood Form and Structure
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

In this presentation we will hear from Dr. John Formby about the environmental factors that can impact the local trees and how evidence of those factors can be found in some of the sculptures in the exhibition With the Grain.

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May 19, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: Cassell Motor Co., Lincoln Avenue at Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico


Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst, Date: ca. 1929, Negative Number: 050939

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May 19, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site

Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins.

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May 20, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military.

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May 21, 2023
Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us for the exhibit opening!         

1:30 pm – The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico hosts refreshments in the Atrium

2:00 pm – New Directions in Parka Making, Artist Conversation with Ilegvak (Peter Williams), Bobby Lynn Brower, Joel Isaak, and Golga Oscar. Moderated by Melissa Shaginoff.


Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm explores the art of the parka, a garment made for survival in the harsh environments where Alaska Native peoples live and thrive.


These unique garments embody the remarkable creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation of their makers, past and present. As complex cultural expressions, parkas are at once innovative and traditional, a garment that harmoniously marries artistry, function, cultural meaning, and Indigenous ingenuity.


At the heart of the exhibition are 20 parkas representing 6 Alaska Native communities: Yup’ik, Iñupiaq, Unangan, Dena’ina, Koyukon, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik. The selection includes parkas from the mid-19th century to contemporary reinterpretations of this iconic garment, illustrating the continuing vitality of this art form.

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May 24, 2023
People to People with Mary Statzer and Christian Waguespack
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

An in-gallery conversation about one of our most popular paintings from the Transcendental Painting Group, Awakening, (Memory of Father) 1943 by Agnes Pelton.

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May 26, 2023 - May 28, 2023
Native Treasures Art Market | Memorial Day Weekend
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, May 27- Sunday, May 28, 2023

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND


May 26-28, 2023


 Join us for the 19th annual Native Treasures - Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) Art Market at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Each year, MIAC personally invites hundreds of talented Native artists to apply. Participating artists keep 100% of their sales from the market and 100% of the event proceeds are donated to MIAC’s exhibition and educational programming funds. The market will also include performances, children’s activities and more. A special Friday Night Market provides early-access shopping and special entertainment.


 Tickets are available for sale online at: miac.eventbrite.com


 The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce jeweler Anthony Lovato (Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo) as the 2023 MIAC Living Treasure. Lovato is a master of tufa metal casting who is known for his corn design jewelry and canteens. Two Grey Hills Tapestry Weavers Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas, (Diné), will receive the 2023 Native Treasures Legacy Artist awards. Both awards are part of the annual Native Treasures Art Market and honor Native American artists who have made outstanding artistic contributions to the field of Indigenous arts and culture. 

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May 26, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.

Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS

Photo credit: Lensic Theater, San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1935.

Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst Negative number: 051556

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May 27, 2023
Campfire Cooking
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join Ranger Mike and learn some basic campfire cooking. He will be experimenting with different methods of cooking biscuits, from traditional recipes as well as modern techniques including his own family’s recipe.

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