Events - June 2010

Jun 4, 2010
Free Friday Evenings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
5-8pm

The Museum will be open Friday evenings

Free admission from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Come up to Museum Hill and enjoy a lovely sunset and a free visit to the Museums

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Jun 6, 2010
Opening Reception for Silver Seduction
Museum of International Folk Art
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda

In the mountain town of Taxco in Mexico’s state of Guerrero, large-scale mining can be dated to the sixteenth century, and silver is a way of life. In the years following the Mexican Revolution (1910–20), jewelry and other silver objects were crafted there with an entirely innovative approach, informed by modernism and the creation of a new Mexican national identity. Antonio Pineda was a member of the Taxco School and is recognized as a world-class designer. He lived a long and creative life, passing away at the age of 90 on December 14, 2009.

Nearly two hundred examples of Pineda’s acclaimed silver work will be displayed in Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda, a traveling exhibition opening at the Museum of International Folk Art June 4, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Exhibition images may be found at http://media.museumofnewmexico.org/.

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Jun 8, 2010
Museum Hill Cafe Re-Opens
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The Museum Hill Cafe will reopen. Come and try out our delicious new menu.

Daily hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Please call 505-984-8900 for more information.

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Jun 13, 2010
Panel Discussion & Booksigning:
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Down Country: The Tano of the Galisteo Basin, 1250-1782

Panel Discussion & Booksigning: Down Country: The Tano of the Galisteo Basin, 1250-1782

Director of the Office of Archaeological Studies Eric Blinman and Native American scholar and environmentalist Rina Swentzell join author Lucy R. Lippard and photographer Edward Ranney in a lively panel discussion on the Galisteo Basin. This event is followed by a book signing at the MIAC giftshop of Lucy R. Lippard’s new book, Down Country: The Tano of the Galisteo Basin, 1250-1782 with photographs by Edward Ranney.

This event is free with museum admission. Sundays are free to New Mexico residents. Seating is limited in the MIAC O'Okeefe Theater

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Jun 15, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery Making for all ages

ARTS ALIVE is a free family friendly summer arts program and starts June 15, 2010 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm. Joyce Bengay-Foss will feature pottery making with artists Bill and Steven Lockwood of Ohkay Owingeh. Please join us in the Meem Auditorium for all the fun! Groups of six or more, please call to reserve space and schedule free admission to the museum. The museum's education departments number is (505) 476-1272 for more information

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Jun 16, 2010
Willard Clark: Printer and Printmaker
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

Author David Farmer speaks on noted American printmaker Willard Clark, whose wood blocks and typography came to define Santa Fe's 1930s and '40s style. This event is free and open to the public. 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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Jun 16, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators

During this time 12noon-2pm , 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. Free.

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Jun 17, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery Making

ARTS ALIVE is a free family friendly summer arts program. June 17, 2010 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm Joyce Bengay-Foss will feature pottery making with artists Bill and Steven Lockwood of Ohkay Owingeh. Please join us in the Meem Auditorium for all the fun! Groups of six or more, please call to reserve space and schedule free admission to the museum. The museum's education departments number is (505) 476-1272 for more information

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Jun 17, 2010 - Jun 19, 2010
The Long Run IV Motorcycle Ride
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3 -day Event

Motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the Navajo Nation gather in Kirkland, N.M. to ride together to the Bosque Redondo Memorial to commemorate the “Long Walk.” Long Run IV will revisit the miles walked by the Navajo people who were rounded up by the U.S. Army, under the command of Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson, and forced to walk hundreds of miles to the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner, NM in 1863. The commemorative ride began six years ago with a small group of Navajo who wanted to pay homage to their ancestors. Event programs include cookouts, traditional singing, important key-note speaker from the Navajo Nation, participants’ testimonials about their feelings and thoughts about the historic event, and spiritual observances.

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Jun 18, 2010
Palace Gem and Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Learn about the Tiffany Turquoise Mines

The 5th annual Palace of the Governors Gem & Mineral Show kicks off on June 18 for three days of family-friendly opportunities to learn more about (and purchase) materials used in traditional Southwest jewelry. As a special treat, Doug Magnus will speak about the history of the Cerrillos turquoise mines, including the fabled Tiffany Mine that produced gems exclusively for Tiffany & Co., each stone’s color a perfect match of the classic Tiffany’s box. The event runs from 9 am to 5 pm June 18-20 in the Palace Courtyard. Entry is free via the Blue Gate south of the New Mexico History Museum’s main entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue.

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Jun 19, 2010 - Jun 20, 2010
Annual Book and Art Sale
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Fantastic books and art!

Purchase great books and/or wonderful art to support your New Mexico Museum of Art. Find a great gift for Father's Day or for yourself.

Sat. Jun 19, 10-5, admission $5 Sun. Jun 20, 10-3, admission free

At the NM Museum of Art, on the Plaza 107 W. Palace Ave, by the big clock

For info: 476-5061

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Jun 19, 2010
Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Learn about the Tiffany Turquoise Mines

The 5th annual Palace of the Governors Gem & Mineral Show continues Saturday, June 19 with two special guest speakers. As a special treat, Doug Magnus will speak about the history of the Cerrillos turquoise mines, including the fabled Tiffany Mine that produced gems exclusively for Tiffany & Co., each stone’s color a perfect match of the classic Tiffany’s box. The event runs from 9 am to 5 pm June 18-20 in the Palace Courtyard. Entry is free via the Blue Gate south of the New Mexico History Museum’s main entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue.

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Jun 20, 2010
Walking Together
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Community Labyrinth Walk

The Santa Fe Labyrinth Resource Group celebrates the Summer Solstice with a labyrinth walk with live music.

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Jun 20, 2010
Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
Learn about the Tiffany Turquoise Mines

The 5th annual Palace of the Governors Gem & Mineral Show continues on Sunday, June 20 with a special guest speaker: Sandy Craig on the Opals of Ethiopia, 1 pm. Craig’s Orca Gems and Opals of Littleton, Colo., carries specimens, rough, rubs and cut stones from Nevada, Mexico, Honduras, Ethiopia, Lightning Ridge, Lambina, Mintabi, Yowah and Koroit.

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Jun 22, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Yarn Painting for All Ages

ARTS ALIVE is a free family friendly summer arts program. June 22, 2010 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm Joyce Bengay-Foss will feature yarn painting inspired from the yarn paintings of the Huichol that can be seen in our new exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Please join us in the Meem Auditorium for all the fun! Groups of six or more, please call to reserve space and schedule free admission to the museum. The museum's education departments number is (505) 476-1272 for more information

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Jun 24, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Yarn Painting for All Ages

ARTS ALIVE is a free family friendly summer arts program. June 22, 2010 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm Joyce Bengay-Foss will feature yarn painting inspired from the yarn paintings of the Huichol that can be seen in our new exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Please join us in the MIAC classroom for all the fun! Groups of six or more, please call to reserve space and schedule free admission to the museum. The museum's education departments number is (505) 476-1272, please call for more information

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Jun 25, 2010
Free Friday Evenings on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free Friday Evenings

Museum Hill is celebrating the summer months by offering "Free Friday Evenings" starting at 5 pm-8 pm. Enjoy a delectable dinner at the all new Museum Hill Cafe and explore the enchanting exhibitions at the museums. Free admission to MIAC and MOIFA.

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Jun 29, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Huichol Gourd and Beadwork for All Ages

ARTS ALIVE is a free family friendly summer arts program. June 29, 2010 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm Joyce Bengay-Foss will feature beadwork in gourd pieces inspired by the beaded gourd bowls of the Huichol that can be seen in our new exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Please join us in the MIAC classroom for all the fun! Groups of six or more, please call to reserve space and schedule free admission to the museum. The museum's education departments number is (505) 476-1272, please call for more information

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