Jan 14, 2010
Luxury Goods Transported Over the Camino Real
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A Santa Fe 400th Anniversary lecture
Jan 16, 2010
Preserving Your Family’s Heirloom Textiles
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Do’s & Don’ts Workshop
Worried about how well you’re safeguarding that family finery tucked into a closet or stuffed into a cedar chest? Learn how professionals care for heirloom textiles at a New Mexico History Museum workshop from 2-4 pm on Saturday, Jan. 16.
This event costs $12, which includes a tour of the Fashioning New Mexico exhibit at the museum. Reservations are required. Click on "more information" for details.
Jan 20, 2010
CANCELLED: Exploring Santa Fe’s Historic Houses
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED LATER. STAY TUNED.
Margaret Booker, author of The Santa Fe House, discuses "Exploring Santa Fe's Historic Houses. 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.
Jan 29, 2010
Opening Reception for Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
More than a dozen museum building projects from the original Art Centre Basel exhibition showcase the current transformations in architecture. The museum interiors and exteriors modeled in this exhibition reflect a range of responses to the new and expanded visions of museums in the 21st century, as museums redefine their roles as cultural centers that have many functions, including entertainment and education.
The exhibition opens on Friday, January 29, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. with a reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico and will run through April 18, 2010.
Visit the webpage for Museums in the 21st Century
This exhibition has been made possible in part through the generous support of The Burnett Foundation and Thornburg Investment Management.
An ART CENTRE BASEL exhibition: Suzanne Greub (Idea and Concept), Daniel Boos (Exhibition Management), www.artcentrebasel.com
Jan 29, 2010 - Feb 9, 2010
Closed: Photo Archives and History Library
New Mexico History Museum
Re-opening Feb. 9
Jan 31, 2010
Wayang Kulit Panel Discussion
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Indonesian Shadow Puppets
Wayang Kulit panel discussion with with Ben Brinner, Lisa Gold, Larry Reed and Professor Sumarsam, moderated by exhibition Curator Felicia Kattz-Harris. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia». By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D Free on Sundays, youth 16 and under and foundation members» always free!
Jan 31, 2010
Blackdom and the African-American Experience in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Join curator Thomas Lark and the Rev. Landjur Abukusumo for a lecture on the Blackdom community of Roswell and the African-American experience in New Mexico as part of the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series. As a special treat, the Afro-Gospel Praise Experience will perform a mixture of Afro-Latin rhythms and traditional gospel.
Tickets for each lecture in the series are $10. To purchase tickets online (until 4 pm the Friday before each lecture), visit the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website: http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. Tickets can also be purchased at the Museum Shops in the Palace and the New Mexico History Museum.
Feb 7, 2010
Fighting poverty with photography
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Fotokids project
Join former Reuters photojournalist Nancy McGirr for a free talk on the Guatemalan-based nonprofit, Fotokids, in the museum's John Gaw Meem Room. The program began in 1991 when McGirr taught a small group of children who lived in a Guatemala City dump to document their lives in black-and-white photography.
Now in its 19th year, Fotokids has served hundreds of children, charting a story of how the visual arts can alter even the most profoundly troubled lives. McGirr's talk includes a documentary film and question-and-answer session.
Feb 12, 2010
Opening Reception for New Arrivals
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Works from the Collection
New Arrivals: Works from the Collection features more than twenty-five works of art, the state’s art museum will introduce a selection of recent additions to its collection, most on view for the first time. Representing a variety of mediums – including painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture – the show includes representational as well as abstract works, and imagery ranging from the sublime to the confrontational. Nearly half the works in the exhibition are by New Mexico artists, including Gunnar Plake, Johnnie Winona Ross, Susan Rothenberg, and Gerry Snyder.
Visit the webpage for New Arrivals>
Reception Feb. 12, 2010, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Refreshments provided by the Women's Board of the Museum of NM.
Free Friday Night Admission.
Feb 13, 2010
Material World Lecture
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turkish Textiles traded for Love
Join Charlotte Jirousek, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Curator, Cornell University in the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture theater for a free lecture about Turkish Textiles Traded for Love. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Material World: Textiles & Dress from the Collection at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Feb 14, 2010
Opening Reception for Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The exhibition Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk focuses on four series of paintings that explore the transformative and mythic forces that Fonseca perceived in himself and the world around him. The painting series include In the Silence of Dusk, Stone Poems, St. Francis of Assisi; and Seasons. While not a retrospective, the exhibition explores Fonseca’s body of work as it changes focus from stylized but representational studies based on his Native American heritage to more abstract explorations of his world to non-objective compositions celebrating color. All of the works in the exhibition are courtesy of the Harry Fonseca Trust. In the O’Keeffe Theater, 2 – 3 p.m Margaret Archuleta (Tewa/Nuevo Mexicana) will speak on Fonseca’s career. Seating is limited. Archuleta is a Ph.D. student in Art History at the University of New Mexico and a former director of the Institute of American Indian Art Museum, Santa Fe.
The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Sunday, February 14, 2010, 1:00-4:00 p.m and runs through January 2, 2011.
Feb 17, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Feb 20, 2010
In Her own Voice: Dona Teresa and Intrigue in the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Santa Fe Found lecture
Feb 26, 2010
On the Trail of The Kid and Pat Garrett
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
The legendary Lincoln County War takes center stage as historian, writer and musician Mark Gardner speaks on "On the Trail of The Kid and Pat Garrett." Gardner's latest book has just been published by William Morrow: To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West.
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.
Mar 5, 2010
Closed: Friday March 5
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
State Mandated Furlough
Mar 5, 2010
Closed - state government furlough day
New Mexico History Museum
The New Mexico History Museum will be closed on Friday, March 5, for the state government furlough day. We regret the inconvenience, but invite you to join us when we resume regular hours at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 6.
Mar 12, 2010
Lecture by Brad Cloepfil, Architect
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture series for Museums in the 21st Century
Brad Cloepfil, founding principal of Allied Works Architecture, Inc. will kick off a three-part lecture series on contemporary architecture in conjunction with the New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings. These lectures will take place every two weeks from March 12 through April 9, at 6:00 p.m., in the Saint Francis auditorium.
This internationally recognized architect designed the extension to the University of Michigan Art Museum, the contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, and has recently broken ground for the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. The UMAM project is included in the Museums in the 21St Century exhibit at the NM Museum of Art.
This lecture series is presented in connection with the NM Museum of Art exhibition, Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (view the website>), in collaboration with AIA Santa Fe.
Mar 12, 2010 - Apr 9, 2010
Lecture Series: Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings lecture series. New Mexico Museum of Art – 6:00 p.m. on Free Friday Evenings
How has the architectural world responded to the new and expanded visions of museums in the 21st century? Museums are redefining their roles as cultural centers that have many functions, including entertainment and education.
Explore the new international architecture of museums with architects on three evenings , beginning March 12. And view Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings, an exhibition of models and plans of exciting contemporary museums from around the world.
This lecture series is presented in connection with the NM Museum of Art exhibition, Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (view the website>), in collaboration with AIA Santa Fe.
At the New Mexico Museum of Art, on the Plaza.
Mar 12, 2010
’The Gin Game’ A Pulitzer Prize Winning Play By D.L. Coburn
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Performances Benefit the Museum
THE GIN GAME A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PLAY BY D.L. COBURN
With John O’Malley and Gay Nathan, this play directed by Bob Reddington features two people in a retirement home discussing the ups and downs of their lives while playing gin. Advanced tickets available at the Museum gift shop (982-5057) or at the door for $20. Seating is limited.
Mar 13, 2010
Just How Old Is Santa Fe?
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Santa Fe Found lecture
Is Santa Fe really 400 years old? Join Thomas Chávez, former director of the Palace of the Governors, for a lecture on the "first" founder of Santa Fe, Juan Martínez de Montoya. This latest lecture in support of the exhibit Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time is free with museum admission. The lecture series also supports the city of Santa Fe’s 400th anniversary.
Mar 13, 2010
’The Gin Game’ A Pulitzer Prize Winning Play By D.L. Coburn
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Performances Benefit the Museum
Mar 14, 2010
Victorian Dressing from the Inside Out
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A free public event
The event is free with Museum admission (attendance is free on Sundays to NM residents).
Mar 14, 2010
Wayang Kulit Demonstration
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Indonesian Shadow Puppets
Mar 14, 2010
’The Gin Game’ A Pulitzer Prize Winning Play By D.L. Coburn
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Performances Benefit the Museum
Mar 16, 2010
Palace Press Closed Today
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit re-opens Wednesday
Mar 17, 2010
The History Of NM’s Territorial Penitentiary
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Mar 17, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Mar 19, 2010 - Mar 20, 2010
Palace Press Closed
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Re-opening March 21
Mar 26, 2010
Lecture: Art Outdoors and In: The Sculpture Garden and the Museum.
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings Lecture Series
Marc Treib, Professor of Architecture Emeritus, University of California Berkeley, is a noted landscape and architectural historian and critic. Treib has published numerous books on architecture and architectural landscape.
This lecture series is presented in connection with the NM Museum of Art exhibition, Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (view the website>), in collaboration with AIA Santa Fe and NMASLA.
Mar 27, 2010
Beneath the City Different: The Archaeology of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Second chance to catch this sell-out event
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Deepen your understanding of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, as well as the new exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, at this special symposium, 1-5 pm, Saturday, March 27, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Admission is $10; call 505-954-7200 for tickets.
This is the repeat of an event held last November. Tickets for that one sold out within weeks, so call soon.
Mar 28, 2010
Exile from Paradise, Internment in New Mexico: My Grandfather’s Journey
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Gail Y. Okawa, professor of English at Youngstown State University in Ohio, delivers the next talk in the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series at 2 pm Sunday, March 28, in the History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. “Exile from Paradise, Internment in New Mexico: My Grandfather’s Journey,” recounts Okawa’s search for a family story that had lived in silence – and that carries lessons for today.
Tickets are $10. To purchase tickets online, log onto http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm. (Online tickets must be purchased by 4 pm the Friday before the lecture.) Tickets can also be purchased in-person at any of the Museum of New Mexico shops.
Mar 31, 2010
Bill Mauldin Postage Stamp Unveiling
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
A free public event
The History Museum welcomes the U.S. Postal Service to its auditorium for an unveiling of the new postage stamp honoring beloved editorial cartoonist and New Mexico native Bill Mauldin. Philatelists will surely flock to this onetime event, where first-day cancellations will be available on site. Seating is limited at this free, public event, which is scheduled to include members of Mauldin's family.
(Mauldin's signature World War II characters, Willie and Joe, will surely be there in spirit.)
Apr 2, 2010 - Apr 6, 2010
Weekend Closings and Openings
New Mexico History Museum
Furlough day Friday, holiday Sunday
The New Mexico History Museum will have the following schedule April 2-6:
Closed Friday, April 2, for the state government furlough day
Open Saturday, April 3, 10 am-5pm
Closed Sunday, April 4, for Easter
Closed Monday, April 5 (usual closed day)
Open and back to our regular schedule on Tuesday, April 6
Apr 2, 2010
Closed: Friday April 2
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
State Mandated Furlough
Apr 3, 2010
Palace Press Closed Today
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Re-opening April 6
The Press at the Palace of the Governors will be closed on Saturday, April 3. We apologize for the inconvenience, but invite you to drop in again on Tuesday, April 6, from 10 am to 5 pm. Note: The rest of the New Mexico History Museum complex will be open on April 3.
Apr 9, 2010
Lecture: A Matter of Place: Modern Japanese Museums
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings Lecture Series
Christopher Mead, Ph.D., Regents Professor for Architecture and Professor of Art History, University of New Mexico.
This lecture series is presented in connection with the NM Museum of Art exhibition, Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings (view the website>), in collaboration with AIA Santa Fe.
Apr 10, 2010
Fray Angélico Chávez 100th Birthday Symposium
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
A free public event
Fray Angélico Chávez was born on April 10, 1910, and to mark what would have been his 100th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum’s library, which carries his name, will hold a daylong symposium. "My Penitente Land," a free, public event, takes place from 10 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, April 10, in the museum auditorium (enter from Washington Avenue).
The symposium will gather the general public and scholars to exchange thoughts on Fray Angélico’s influence on New Mexico and share their stories about him.
Apr 11, 2010
A Fred Harvey Dinner Party
New Mexico History Museum
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lecture, book launch and Harvey House dinner
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
The New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda Hotel, a former Harvey House, host the launch of award-winning journalist Stephen Fried’s book, Appetite for America, with a lecture and historic dinner on Sunday, April 11, 2010. The event begins in the History Museum Auditorium with a 4 p.m. lecture by Fried, followed by a 6 p.m. dinner at La Fonda, which will whip up “Chicken Lucrecio,” among other delicacies from Harvey menus. Tickets are $50 for the lecture, which includes a copy of the book; $95 for the lecture and dinner.
Apr 11, 2010
Opening Reception for Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1–2 pm · Book signing for Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World (Museum of New Mexico Press).
1–4 pm · Huichol artist demonstration by Mariano Valadez and Cilau Valadez.
1–4 pm Hands-on Family activites in the classroom
2–4 pm · Reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
For the first time, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology presents a significant collection of Huichol art from the early part of the last century in Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture April 11, 2010 and will run through March 6, 2011.
Apr 13, 2010
Huichol Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby
Apr 14, 2010
Zebulon Pike: Anglo Interloper, American Hero
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Apr 16, 2010
Opening Reception for Art on the Edge 2010
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Art on the edge of a new decade
Art on the Edge presents the work of seven contemporary artists selected by Nicholas Baume for this biennial juried show organized by Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) in partnership with NMMoA.
Sublime horizons, water sculptures, stitched excerpts from Neruda, and adolescents in suburbia await the viewer in this show that wonders aloud, what gives art "edge?" The exhibition features Eric Tillinghast, Deborah Hamon, Erika Blumenfeld, Michael Rogers, Kate Beck, Jessica Loughlin, and Ryan Bush.
The exhibition opens Friday, April 16, 2010 and runs through August 1, 2010. For more information>
The Museum will host a free public lecture by Nicholas Baume at 6:00 p.m. in St. Francis Auditorium during the opening. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will host an opening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Apr 16, 2010
Lecture: Statuesque: The New Figuration
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Nicholas Baume is the director and chief curator of the Public Art Fund in New York. In his lecture, he will discuss the role of Public Art Fund, as well as trends in contemporary art. Baume is the juror for Art on the Edge, 2010.
$5 suggested donation.
St. Francis Auditorium, at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Apr 16, 2010
Public Talk for Huichol Art and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
An Ancient Tribe in the Modern World
Apr 16, 2010
Public Talk for Huichol Art and Culture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
An Ancient Tribe in the Modern World
Free public talk on our latest exhibit will be given twice on Friday at 10:30am and again at 2pm. "An Ancient Tribe in the Modern World" will be given by Susana Eger Valadez, Director of The Huichol Center for Cultural Survival in Mexico (www.thehuicholcenter.org) and contributor to exhibit and catalog. The talk features 30 years of photographs from the Huichol center photo archive and a comprehensive overview of Huichol culture. Presentation will be given in the MIAC O'Keeffe Theater: seating is limited.
Apr 17, 2010
The Journey of Mayolica Pottery
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Santa Fe Found lecture
Apr 17, 2010
Gallery Talks: Blumenfeld, Hamon, and Tillinghast
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
from Art on the Edge, 2010
Artists from the juried show, Art on the Edge, 2010, will present gallery talks. On Saturday, April 17, Erika Blumenfeld, Deborah Hamon, and Eric Tillinghast will be featured.
At the NM Museum of Art, by museum admission.
View the Art on the Edge, 2010 webpage>
Apr 17, 2010
Huichol Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby
Huichol Artist Demonstrations all week (Tuesday through Saturday) from 11 am- 5 pm in the MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby in honor of our Latest exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Artist Demonstrations will be given by reknowned yarn painting artists Mariano Valadez and Cilau Valadez.
Apr 18, 2010
Artist Panel Discussion
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Century of Masters
Apr 21, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Apr 22, 2010
Avanyu Trail Day
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Earth Day Celebrations
10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Plaza and Avanyu Trail.
Earth Day activities include outside morning blessing, and opportunities to see plantings of native garden areas. There will also be a panel discussion in the theater.
For more information please contact: 505-476-1272
Apr 23, 2010
Gallery Talk: Kate Beck
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
from Art on the Edge 2010
Artists from the juried show, Art on the Edge, 2010, will present gallery talks. On Saturday, April 23, Kate Beck will be featured.
In the NM Museum of Art. Free Friday Evening - admission is free.
View the Art on the Edge, 2010 webpage>
Apr 30, 2010
Lecture: Lois Rudnick on Cady Wells
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Award-winning author, Lois Rudnick, will speak on modernist painter, Cady Wells, his life and work. Her lecture will include slides of Wells’ powerful and sensual watercolors of the southwest landscape. This free event in the Saint Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, is presented by the Museum of New Mexico Press.
Lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. Cookies and punch will be available at 5:30 p.m. Following the lecture will be a book signing of Cady Wells and Southwestern Modernism, published by Museum of New Mexico Press.
May 1, 2010
Lecture and Book-signing: Elissa Auther
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
String, Felt, Thread
Lecture and book-signing by Elissa Auther, author of String, Felt, Thread, is being presented in the Saint Francis auditorium in conjunction with the Subversive Stitching: Feminist Artists with a Needle exhibition.
Sponsored by the Through the Flower feminist art organization and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Admission is free.
May 2, 2010
New Mexico’s Civilian Conservation Corps Experience
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Noted author and historian Richard Melzer will speak on the “The Civilian Conservation Corps Experience in New Mexico,” the next talk in the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series, at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 2, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event costs $10. Tickets are available at the museum shops and at www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm.
Note: This event was originally scheduled for a lecture on World War II by Ferenc Szasz, who has since encountered a health issue. Richard Melzer has graciously agreed to speak in his place.
May 2, 2010
Poetry Reading
Museum of International Folk Art
May 5, 2010 - Aug 25, 2010
Artist of the Week: Docent Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunchtime gallery talks by docents about the art displayed in the NM Museum of Art, including Sole Mates.
Wednesdays at 12:15; May 5-Aug 25; FREE with museum admission
May 13, 2010
Peralta and the Founding of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A Santa Fe 400th Anniversary lecture
May 14, 2010 - May 15, 2010
Opening Benefit for Sole Mates:
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Cowboy Boots and Art
Join us for a weekend of fun to celebrate the opening of Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art!
Friday, May 14, 6 to 9 pm Barn Dance at Las Campanas
Saturday, May 15, 9 to 10 am - Private Preview of Sole Mates at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Sole Mates Stomp website>
Benefit weekend tickets $150 per person ($90 is tax-deductible) - For tickets or more info, call: (505) 982-6366 x112
To order tickets, return the (invitation click for pdf file) to: Jennifer Kilbourn, PO Box 2065, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2065
May 14, 2010
The Stories Behind the Santos
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
A Tesoros de Devoción symposium
Historians, artists and scholars will offer their thoughts on various aspects of the santero’s craft May 14-16 at a special symposium, “New Mexico’s Devotional Art: An Amalgam of Ethnicity, Artistic and Cultural Traditions.” Tonight's lectures, with free admission: 5:30 pm, Ross Frank on Santos y Santa Fé: New Mexico’s Colonial Creations; 6:45 pm, Felipe R. Mirabal on Crossing Old Frontiers and Creating New Pathways: The Art and Life of don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, 1713-1785.
May 15, 2010
Opening for Sole Mates
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cowboy Boots and Art
Public opening for Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art from noon to 2 p.m., on Saturday, May 15.
Show Us Your Boots! - Wear your boots and share them with the world
Free admission from noon to 2. Refresments hosted by the Women's Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
May 15, 2010
The Stories Behind the Santos
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
A Tesoros de Devoción symposium
May 16, 2010
The Stories Behind the Santos
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
A Tesoros de Devoción symposium
Historians, artists and scholars will offer their thoughts on various aspects of the santero’s craft May 14-16 at a special symposium, “New Mexico’s Devotional Art: An Amalgam of Ethnicity, Artistic and Cultural Traditions.” Today's speakers, free with museum admission (Sundays free to NM residents): 10:30 am, William Wroth on 19th-Century New Mexican Santos: Iconographical and Ceremonial Sources in Spain and Mexico; 12 pm, Victor Goler, santero and scholar: The History of New Mexico Carvers.
May 19, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
May 20, 2010
How Wolves Changed a Man
New Mexico History Museum
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
May 20, 2010
Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Science of the Story
May 21, 2010
Downtown Art Walking Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Heritage Preservation Month Event
This 2-hour walking tour of downtown Santa Fe highlights the art, architecture and history of our nation’s oldest state capital city. Knowledgeable, friendly docents from the New Mexico Museum of Art will lead this special tour of the downtown area.
$10.00 per adult, children 18 and under are FREE. (all proceeds support the education programs of the New Mexico Museum of Art).
Meet at the Museum Shop Steps, 107 West Palace Avenue (corner of Lincoln, on the Plaza, near the Spitz Clock).
May 21, 2010
Be the First to Get the New Postal Stamp
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
USPS Unveiling NM Flag Stamp
May 21, 2010
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Pre-sale and Benefit party
Pre-sale and benefit cocktail party from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday night, May 21, at the Santa Fe Convention Center in downtown Santa Fe
Features pieces for sale specially selected by the artists who will attend. Tickets are $75, and includes hors d’oeuvres, wine bar, and an Early Bird ticket to events Saturday morning. Call 505-982-6366, ext. 112 for reservations
May 22, 2010
WILD WEEKEND, Part 1
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Join Our First Anniversary Party
Celebrate the museum's first anniversary and the opening of Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton. Free admission for everyone, 10 am-5 pm; sneak peek of Wild at Heart 12-5 pm; raptors and mammals from The Wildlife Center in Espanola in the Palace Courtyard 12-2 pm.
May 22, 2010
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sale and Show
Native Treasures Show and Sale, a unique, museum quality Indian art show and sale featuring over 180 artists, at the Santa Fe Convention Center in Downtown Santa Fe:
• Early Birds, 9–10am, Saturday, May 22. Tickets $15 Available at the door.
• Regular admission, 10am–4pm, Saturday, May 22. Tickets $5.
May 23, 2010
WILD WEEKEND, Part 2
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Join Our First Anniversary Party
May 23, 2010
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sale and Show
May 28, 2010 - May 31, 2010
Memorial Day weekend schedule
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The New Mexico History Museum will observe these openings and closings on Memorial Day weekend:
Friday, May 28: Closed. State employee furlough day
Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30: Open, 10 am to 5 pm
Monday, May 31: Open, 10 am to 5 pm. Memorial Day.
The Palace Press will be closed May 28 through May 31.
Beginning May 31, the museum will be open seven days a week, 10 am to 5 pm. On Fridays, it will stay open until 8 pm, with free admission from 5-8 pm.
May 28, 2010
Closed: Friday May 28
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
State Mandated Furlough
May 31, 2010
Museum Summer Schedule Starts
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Now Open Mondays
Memorial Day
Start of the Summer Schedule.
The Museum will be open daily through Labor Day from 10am-5pm.
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
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
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/.
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.
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
Jun 15, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery Making for all ages
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.
Jun 16, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Jun 17, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery Making
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
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.
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
Jun 19, 2010
Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Learn about the Tiffany Turquoise Mines
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.
Jun 20, 2010
Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
Learn about the Tiffany Turquoise Mines
Jun 22, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Yarn Painting for All Ages
Jun 24, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Yarn Painting for All Ages
Jun 25, 2010
Free Friday Evenings on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free Friday Evenings
Jun 29, 2010
Arts Alive
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Huichol Gourd and Beadwork for All Ages
Jul 4, 2010
Opening Reception for Empowering Women
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Jul 4, 2010 - Sep 26, 2010
Make a Date to Paint in Our Garden
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Plein Air Painting on Sundays
Artists are invited to paint in the the NM Museum of Art central garden on Sunday mornings throughout the summer.
Jul 5, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
and Co-op Representatiives
Jul 6, 2010
Weaving & Beading
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Artist Demonstration + Hands On
Jul 6, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Asian Artist Co-op Representatives
Jul 6, 2010 - Jul 11, 2010
Huichol Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Yarn Painting
Huichol Artist Demonstrations all week (Monday 5th through Sunday 11th) from 11 am- 5 pm in the MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby in honor of our Latest exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Artist Demonstrations will be given by world renowned yarn painting artists Mariano Valadez and Cilau Valadez. See how this amazing art form is done, and you can purchase examples of their beautiful work through the MIAC giftshop all week.
Jul 8, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
with African Artist Co-op Representatives
Jul 8, 2010
Breakfast and Lecture by Karen LaMonte
New Mexico Museum of Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Friends of Contemporary Art presents a champagne breakfast and lecture by renowned sculptor Karen LaMonte in conjunction with SOFA WEST.
The breakfast will take place in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s central courtyard, 107 W. Palace Avenue, at 8:30am on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Jul 9, 2010
International Folk Art Market Opening Party
Museum of International Folk Art
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Dancing & Shopping under the Stars
Jul 10, 2010
All Trails Lead to Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Santa Fe 400th Book Launch
Jul 10, 2010
Nature Journaling in the Seton Style
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A workshop for children
Jul 10, 2010
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Early Bird Folk Art Market
Jul 10, 2010
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday Market
Jul 10, 2010
Catalog Booksigning by Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
And while you are visiting the Huichol Artist will be continuing their Demonstrations of yarn painting. Demonstrations of the huichol yarn painting run all week (Monday 5th through Sunday 11th) from 11 am- 5 pm in the MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby in honor of our Latest exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Artist Demonstrations will be given by world renowned yarn painting artists Mariano Valadez and Cilau Valadez. See how this amazing art form is done, and you can purchase examples of their beautiful work through the MIAC giftshop all week.
Jul 11, 2010
"evaporations" Lecture by Jessica Loughlin
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
in conjunction with the museum exhibition Art on the Edge and the SOFA WEST art fair
On Sunday, July 11, Jessica Loughlin, a featured artist from Art on the Edge, 2010, will speak. Presented in conjunction with SOFA West
In the Saint Francis Auditorium (NM Museum of Art). $5 admission.
Jul 11, 2010
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Family Day
Jul 11, 2010
Huichol Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Yarn Painting
Huichol Artist Demonstrations all week (Monday 5th through Sunday 11th) from 11 am- 5 pm in the MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby in honor of our Latest exhibit " Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Artist Demonstrations will be given by world renowned yarn painting artists Mariano Valadez and Cilau Valadez. See how this amazing art form is done, and you can purchase examples of their beautiful work through the MIAC giftshop all week.
Jul 12, 2010 - Aug 30, 2010
Meet the Artists: Artist Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
"Meet the Artists: Artist Gallery Talks" - Beginning July 12, local artists will talk about their work in the Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art show. On Mondays, at 12:15 p.m., throughout the summer.
Meet up with the artist and museum staff at the front of the New Wing gallery at 12:15. By normal admission to the museum.
Jul 14, 2010
Exploring Santa Fe’s Historic Houses
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Jul 15, 2010
Working the Line -- photography and controversy on the border
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Photographer David Taylor booksigning and panel discussion
Join photographer and Guggenheim Fellow David Taylor and a panel of photographers and border experts for a discussion of current issues along the U.S.-Mexico border as reflected in Taylor's new book, Working the Line (Radius Books, Spring 2010). The event is free and open to the public.
Jul 15, 2010
Artist Lecture by Michael Rogers
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
in conjunction with the museum exhibition Art on the Edge, and the Art Santa Fe art fair
Michael Rogers is a professor at the School of American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Rogers’s approach to art is as “visual poetics.” His work on view in Art on the Edge is a tribute to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
By museum admission
Jul 16, 2010
Museum to Close Early for Taste of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
Fund-raiser heads to Palace Courtyard
Jul 16, 2010 - Jul 17, 2010
Taste of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
Fabulous food, silent auction and a celebrity chef
Jul 17, 2010 - Jul 18, 2010
Young Native Artists Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A free, family event
Jul 17, 2010
Nature Journaling in the Seton Style
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A workshop for adults
Jul 20, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Mexican Folkloric dance
Jul 21, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Jul 22, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Mexican Folkloric dance
Jul 27, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA-Maraca making
Jul 28, 2010
Lecture on The Life and Work of Ceramist Nino Caruso
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Jul 29, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA-Maraca making
Aug 3, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Clay storyteller figures and vessels
Aug 5, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Clay stoyteller figures and vessels
Aug 10, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Applique welcome banners
Aug 12, 2010
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free, family event
Aug 12, 2010
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
MoIFA- Applique welcome banners
Aug 13, 2010
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free, family event
Aug 13, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
Friday, August 13: 8:30am- 10am. Breakfast with Dr. Jill Grady and Dr. Peter Furst, guest curators and anthropologists, followed by a tour of our newest exhibit Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
Reservations are required for all Breakfast with the Curators presentations. Tickets cost $25/ $20 MNMF members, museum admission is included. Please call 476-1247 or 476-1271 for reservations and more information. Reservations are required and seating is limited.
Aug 14, 2010
New Foods from the Early West
New Mexico History Museum
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mountain Man Lecture and Tasting Party
Aug 14, 2010
Celebrate Ernest Thompson Seton’s 150th Birthday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event
Aug 14, 2010
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free, family event
Aug 15, 2010
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free, family event
Aug 17, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Indian Market Highlights: Geronima Cruz Montoya
August 17- Indian Market Highlights: Gerónima Cruz Montoya
Tuesday, August 17: 8:30am-10am. Breakfast with Bruce Bernstein, Director of SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, followed by a talk entitled “Geronima Cruz Montoya Country: An Indigenous New Mexico Story ” and highlights of Geronima Cruz Montoya’s works in the MIAC Collections.
Aug 18, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Aug 18, 2010
Fur, Fortune and Empire
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A lecture and booksigning
Aug 20, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
American Indian Basketry - A Preview Behind the Scenes at MIAC
Function to Fine Art: American Indian Basketry - A Preview Behind the Scenes at MIAC
Friday, August 20: 8:30am-10am. Breakfast with Larry Dalrymple, guest curator and well-known basketry expert, followed by a talk introducing our upcoming basketry exhibit “From Function to Fine Art: American Indian Basketry” and a behind the scenes tour of MIAC’s basketry collection.
Aug 21, 2010 - Aug 22, 2010
Portal Artisans’ Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An Annual Palace Courtyard Event
Members of the Palace of the Governors' Native American Artisans Program add to the annual Indian Market fun with their Celebration in the Courtyard -- Native American dances, art sales, food and beverages, and a different raffle each day. Free to the public; enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.
10am: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe (San Carlos Apache/Arikara Nation/Navajo). Traditional and contemporary Native American Song and Dance.
11am: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Northern Pueblo Children’s Dance.
Noon: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.
1pm: Ed Kabotie (Hopi/Santa Clara Pueblo). Singer/songwriter – traditional and contemporary Native American music.
2pm: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Tewa Children’s Dance.
3pm: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe
4pm: Raffle drawing.
Aug 22, 2010
Navajo Women at the Crossroads
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series
Diné author Jennifer Nez Denetdale speaks at 2 pm, Sunday, Aug. 22, on “Diné/Navajo Women: At the Intersection of Nation, Gender and Tradition,” in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. Denetdale’s lecture falls on the final afternoon of the Santa Fe Indian Market of the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts, a fitting time to slow down and consider that always-changing place where the ancient past meets the modern present.
The lecture completes the inaugural year of the Telling New Mexico Lecture Series. Tickets cost $10 at the Museum Shops or online at http://www.museumfoundation.org/tellingnm.
Aug 22, 2010
Portal Artisans’ Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An Annual Palace Courtyard Event
Members of the Palace of the Governors' Native American Artisans Program add to the annual Indian Market fun with their Celebration in the Courtyard -- Native American dances, art sales, food and beverages, and a raffle. Free to the public; enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.
10am: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe (San Carlos Apache/Arikara Nation/Navajo). Traditional and contemporary Native American Song and Dance.
11am: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Northern Pueblo Children’s Dance.
Noon: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.
1pm: Ed Kabotie (Hopi/Santa Clara Pueblo). Singer/songwriter – traditional and contemporary Native American music.
2pm: Red Turtle Dancers (Northern Pueblos). Traditional Tewa Children’s Dance.
3pm: Tony Duncan Dance Troupe.
4pm: Raffle drawing.
Aug 27, 2010
Miners and Dukes: Baseball in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Aug 27, 2010
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Lonnie Vigil: 2010 Native Treasures Artist Honoree
Lonnie Vigil: 2010 Native Treasures Artist Honoree.
Friday, August 27: 8:30am-10am. Breakfast with Lonnie Vigil, renowned micaceous potter and 2010 MIAC Native Treasures Artist Honoree, followed by a talk and viewing of Lonnie Vigil’s work on display at the Museum.
Aug 27, 2010
Bodacious Boots screening
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Movie night for Sole Mates
Screening of the full Bodacious Boots film. 45 minutes, starting at 6 p.m., and a second screening at 7 p.m. Part of the exciting Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art exhibition.
"Show Us Your Boots" and tell your boot story.
Free Popcorn on the Patio - Free Friday Evening Admission
Sep 8, 2010
Changing Culture, Changing Fiesta
New Mexico History Museum
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture
Sep 12, 2010
CANCELED: Cowden Cafe Grand Opening
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Barbecue buffet and a Cowden Ranch lecture
The barbecue-and-live-music portion of this event has been postponed while the Cowden Cafe operators repair fire damage to their historic Plaza Cafe. In the meantime, the Cowden Cafe is open for business, serving soup, sandwiches, salads, luscious desserts and gourmet coffees from 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Customers don’t have to be paid museum visitors if they enter through the Washington Avenue doors. Show your support for the Plaza Café by dropping by for lunch or a snack.
Author Michael Pettit’s lecture that was to accompany the grand opening has been rescheduled for 2 pm on Sept. 26 in the History Museum Auditorium. Pettit, a great-grandson of the Cowden family ranchers who founded the legendary JAL Ranch (and for whom the café is named), will speak on “Historic and Contemporary Family Ranching in New Mexico.” Following his lecture, enjoy coffee and dessert featuring New Mexico-grown fruits generously provided by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.
Sep 13, 2010
Inventing the Bomb, Inventing Los Alamos
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Sep 15, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Sep 16, 2010
Rio Grande Glaze Ware Pottery Making Techniques
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Demonstration In Buchsbaum Pottery Gallery
Sep 17, 2010
Rio Grande Glaze Ware Pottery Making Techniques
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Demonstration In Buchsbaum Pottery Gallery
Sep 19, 2010
Flores, Folklorico y Flamenco/Flowers, Folklorico and Flamenco
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
An Afternoon of Dance
Sep 24, 2010
Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The award ceremony will be held 5:15 - 7:00 p.m., at the St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe.
Both the awards ceremony and gallery reception are free and open to the public. The exhibition in the Governor’s Gallery continues through December 10, 2010.
Sep 26, 2010
Joan and the Giant Pencil
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Poetry and music for children
Santa Fe Poet Laureate, Joan Logghe and musician Jeremy Bleich will present a 40-minute program of international poetry and improvised music for children, and their adults. After the performance, children will be invited to write a poem of their own. The program is aimed at children from 6 to 10 years of age.
St. Francis Auditorium
Free admission
Sep 26, 2010
Historic and Contemporary Family Ranching
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A lecture by author Michael Pettit - with cobbler
Sep 26, 2010
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Meem Auditorium on Museum Hill
Sunday, September 26, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Come enjoy a new event from Native Treasures on Sunday, September 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.! The Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale is a unique event featuring Native American art being sold by top collectors. The sale will take place at the Laboratory of Anthropology’s Meem Auditorium on Museum Hill. The sale is open to the public and admission is free. An added benefit—part of the proceeds from every sale will go to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture to fund exhibits and education programs. Find a new treasure and support the museum at the same time! And enjoy a special brunch at the Museum Hill Café from 10:00-3:30. For more information visit www.nativetreasuressantafe.org
Sep 28, 2010
Free Public Talk from the Friends of Folk Art
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Southern American Folk Art
Tuesday, September 28th, 10:00 am, hosted at the MIAC Theater
Free & Open to the public
The Museum of New Mexico Foundation/Friends of Folk Art presents a lecture on Southern Folk Art with Susan Crowley, Curator of Folk Art at the High Museum in Atlanta.
The High Museum is dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists such as Nellie Mae Rowe, Reverend Howard Finster, Bill Traylor, Thornton Dial, Ulysses Davis, and Sam Doyle.
Oct 1, 2010
It’s Boots ‘n’Suits Night!
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Western rock band “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” will blow out the last bash for Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art.
Wear your suit and boots, and join us in the courtyard to dance, or just enjoy the groove. And have a last look at the bodacious boots in Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art show.
Free Admission New Mexico Art Museum 107 West Palace Avenue, On the Santa Fe Plaza Info: 476-5068
Oct 1, 2010
Imagining Mexico opening reception
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Mexican Conquest from the Aztec Empire to New Spain
From Oct. 1 through Jan. 23, 2011, the History Museum’s Triangle Gallery presents Imagining Mexico: From the Aztec Empire to Colonial New Spain, an original exhibit featuring books, prints and maps from the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s John Bourne Collection of Meso-Americana, the Rare Books Collection, and the Map Collection. Come to our grand-opening reception from 5:30-7 pm on Friday, Oct. 1. The Museum of New Mexico Women’s Board will serve light refreshments in the museum lobby.
Oct 2, 2010
3rd Annual Folk Art Flea Market
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A Friends of Folk Art event
Oct 2, 2010 - Oct 3, 2010
NM Women Authors’ Book Festival
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Meet 100 authors in 2 days
The 3rd Annual New Mexico Women Authors' Book Festival brings 100 writers into the museum for 30-minute presentations over two days. Grouped by Fiction, History/Biography, Poetry, Food/Cooking, Creative Arts, Spirit/Health, Children and special topics, the authors will sign books amid music, food and special presentations throughout the museum. This event is free and open to the public. It's a benefit for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
Best-selling author Anne Lamott kicks off the festivities at 7 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Lensic Theater in downtown Santa Fe. (For tickets, drop by the box office at 211 W. San Francisco St; call 505-988-1234; or go to lensic.org.)
For more information, log onto http://www.newmexicocreates.org/press.php?id=6.
Oct 2, 2010 - Oct 3, 2010
Free Admission to All
New Mexico History Museum
Women’s Book Fest Plus Free Admission
Oct 5, 2010
A Friendship with Georgia O’Keeffe
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Oct 9, 2010
Zoo to You
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Get to know animals of the wild
Oct 9, 2010
Tour the Ruins of Seton Castle
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event
Oct 11, 2010
Palace Press closed
New Mexico History Museum
Museum open, Palace Press closed
Oct 16, 2010
El Hilo opening reception
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Threads of Memory private viewing
As part of the new exhibit, The Threads of Memory, Spain and the United States (El Hilo de la Memoria: España y los Estados Unidos), the museum and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation are hosting a ticketed event the evening of Oct. 16, 6-8 pm. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased at the Lensic Box Office: 505-988-1234; www.TicketsSantaFe.org.
The event features remarks by His Excellency Jorge Dezcallar, Spanish Ambassador to the United States; Dr. Charo Otegui, president of SEACEX; Dr. Isabel Simó, director of the Archivo General de Indias; and Amadeo Petitbó, director of the Fundación Rafael del Pino. Hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served.
Oct 17, 2010
Grand opening: Threads of Memory
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
U.S. Debut of Rare Spanish Documents
The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States (El Hilo de la Memoria: España y los Estados Unidos) opens its doors to the public from 10 am to 5 pm on Oct. 17. Be among the first to enjoy the U.S. premiere of nearly 140 rare documents, maps, illustrations and paintings – many of which have never been displayed outside of Spain. As part of the opening festivities, the Threads of Memory Lecture Series will open at 1:30 pm in the Auditorium. The Museum of New Mexico Women’s Board will provide refreshments in the Gathering Space from 3-5 pm.
Each week thereafter, through the exhibit’s conclusion on Jan. 9, 2011, the museum will feature lectures, musical performances, panel discussions and more to further explore the role Spain has played in shaping America as it is. After its debut in the museum’s Albert and Ethel Herzstein Changing Exhibits Gallery, the exhibit travels to the El Paso Museum of History and the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Oct 17, 2010
Cartography of the Camino Real
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Opening of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Oct 20, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Oct 20, 2010
Union Latina event: Celebrating Cultural Connections
New Mexico History Museum
A Santa Fe 400th Conversation
The city of Santa Fe, in partnership with the History Museum, Union Latina and Fundacion Consejo Espano-Estado Unidos, continues its community conversations at the Santa Fe Convention Center, with speakers including Spanish Ambassador Jose Luis Dicenta; Mexican Acting Consul Daniel Dominguez; Spanish Ambassador Eduardo Garrigues; and Santa Fe Historian Jose Garcia, among others. The schedule:
9-11 am: Migration: A Creative Force in Communities
3-5 pm: Next Steps: Opening Doors and Our Next Connections
Oct 21, 2010
Celebration of the Book
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Santa Fe Book Arts Group
Oct 22, 2010
¡Viva la Pepa! in concert
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A Threads of Memory musical performance
To the sound of recorders, bagpipe, hurdy gurdies, Spanish guitar, accordion and more, ¡Viva la Pepa! is set to spellbind History Museum visitors. The group’s free performance in the auditorium – 6-7:30 pm Friday, Oct. 22 – accompanies the exhibit, The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States.
Tomás Lozano, Sharon Berman and Juan Wijngaard will perform fiery, playful and even mournful melodies, putting a modern kick on a bygone past. Through the centuries, Spain has delivered an extraordinary repertoire of music, fusing native Spanish Iberian music with other European styles and, later, American influences. Viva la Pepa samples this musical legacy of romances, jácaras, jotas, muiñeiras, pasacalles, and other regional melodies.
Oct 22, 2010
Celebration of the Book
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Exhibition and free hands-on workshops
Oct 23, 2010
Laboratory of Anthropology Library Book Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
18th Annual Book Sale
Join us for the best book sale around the weekend of October 23rd and 24th from 10am-4pm. This fundraiser benefits and sustains the operations of the renowned LOA Library. The book sale includes a fine selection of quality out-of-print, used, collectible, rare and new books including Greater Southwestern, Latin America, Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Native American, and Art and much much more.
Booksale Dates & Entry FeeSaturday October 23 10 am - 1 pm (Early Bird entrance $20), 1 - 4 pm (entrance $5)
Sunday October 24 10 am - 1 pm (entrance $2), 1 - 4 pm (entrance free)
LocationLaboratory of Anthropology in the Meem Auditorium - 708 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill (Santa Fe)
For more information or to donate call the LOA library at 505-476-1264. Donations are accepted all year round.
Oct 23, 2010
Celebration of the Book
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Exhibition of the Book-Arts Craft
Oct 24, 2010
The Life of a Spanish Document by Alfred Lemmon
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
For a fragile piece of paper to survive four centuries, it first had to survive harsh frontier conditions. Dr. Alfred E. Lemmon, director of the Williams Research Center at the Historic New Orleans Collection, explores the details of that that journey in “Following the Paper Trail: The Daily Life of a Spanish Colonial Document,” part of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series, at 2 pm, Sunday, Oct. 24, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with museum admission. Sundays are free to NM residents; children 16 and under are always free.
Oct 24, 2010
Celebration of the Book
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Exhibition of the Book-Arts Craft
Oct 24, 2010
Laboratory of Anthropology Library Book Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
18th Annual Book Sale
Oct 29, 2010
A Spirited Reading
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Santa Fe Poets Gather at the History Museum
Join a gathering of some of the Southwest’s finest poets for an eve-of-Halloween reading, along with a display of poetry broadsides produced by the Palace Press, 6-7:30 pm, Friday, Oct. 29, in the John Gaw Meem Room of the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave. The event, “A Spirited Reading,” is free, but be forewarned: Seating is limited. On the program:Santa Fe Poet Laureate Joan Logghe, James P. Bixler, John Brandi, Gary Mex Glazner, Renée Gregorio, Jane Hilberry, Valerie Martinez, Miriam Sagan and Arthur Sze.
Oct 31, 2010
Huichol Art and Culture: Lecture Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Origins of Huichol Yarn Paintings
Please join us for a lecture series by Huichol scholars and anthropologists to accompany the exhibition Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World. The series starts Sunday October 31at 2pm: Dr. Hope MacLean will speak on The Origins of Huichol Yarn Paintings.
All lectures will be held in the O’Keeffe Theater at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Lectures are free with museum admission. Admission to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture on Sundays is free to New Mexico residents with ID. Seating is limited.
Funding for this program was provided by RainMakers/Native Treasures, a Museum of New Mexico Foundation support group.
Oct 31, 2010
Finding New Mexico in The Threads of Memory
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
When Jerry Gurulé and Enrique Lamadrid were translating centuries-old Spanish documents for the book accompanying The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States, they became fascinated by the pieces that related directly to their home state of New Mexico. The two will discuss those documents in the lecture, “Finding New Mexico in El Hilo de la Memoria," part of The Threads of Memory Lecture Series, at 2 pm, Sunday, Oct. 31, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with museum admission (Sundays free to NM residents).
Oct 31, 2010
Dia de Muertos/Day of The Dead
Museum of International Folk Art
Day of the Dead events
Nov 5, 2010
Lecture: Origins and Current Developments in Cuban Contemporary Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
“Origins and Current Developments in Cuban Contemporary Art” will be presented by Helmo Hernandez, President, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba. The Fundación is Cuba’s premiere non-governmental organization for the promotion and study of Cuban contemporary art.
Free Friday Evening
St. Francis Auditorium
Info: 476-5068
Nov 6, 2010
For the Love of Paper: a paper-making demonstration
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
To record their lives and discoveries, Spanish explorers first needed something to write on. Palace Press Curator Tom Leech will discuss the finer points of historical papermaking at a lecture and demonstration on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 2-3:30 pm in the museum’s Learning Center and the exhibit space of The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States.
“Por el Amor de Papel: For the Love of Paper" is free with museum admission.
Nov 7, 2010
Huichol Art and Culture: Lecture Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Huichol Art and Culture
All lectures will be held in the O’Keeffe Theater at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Lectures are free with museum admission. Admission to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture on Sundays is free to New Mexico residents with ID. Seating is limited.
Funding for this program was provided by RainMakers/Native Treasures, a Museum of New Mexico Foundation support group.
Nov 7, 2010
An Afternoon with Pedro Menendez
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Join New York actor Chaz Mena for a Chautauqua performance as Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish Florida’s first governor, at 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 7, in the History Museum Auditorium. Part of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series, this event is free with museum admission (Sundays free to NM residents).
Mena is a New York-based actor who tours the country with two pieces underwritten by the Florida Humanities Council: Charla, A Chat with José Martí and Menéndez: Claiming La Florida. Mena, who played Judge Marc Montaldo on the NBC drama Law & Order, has become an amateur historian on the first governor of Spanish Florida, in part by reading his 16th-century letters to Spain's King Philip II.
Nov 11, 2010
Veterans’ Day
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum Open
Nov 12, 2010
History and Mapping New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Join Ellen Dornan, an Albuquerque-based educational media producer, for a discussion on the travails of mapping New Mexico over the centuries. The event is free and open to the public in the museum's Meem Community Room, 110 Washington Ave.
Nov 12, 2010
Mapmaking, Medicine and More: Scientists in New Spain
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Spanish exploration couldn’t have happened without the help of navigators, cartographers, geologists, naturalists and other scientists. Learn about their explorations into medicinal plants (including the tequila-producing agave), ore-bearing rocks and more when California historian Iris H.W. Engstrand speaks on “Scientists in New Spain: 18th-Century Expeditions” at 6 pm Friday, Nov. 12 in the History Museum Auditorium. This free event is part of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series.
Nov 13, 2010
Storyteller Joe Hayes
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
A Wild at Heart event
Nov 13, 2010
Book Arts Flea Market
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
A Palace Press event
Nov 14, 2010
Huichol Art and Culture: Lecture Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Huichol Weaving: The Zigg Collection
All lectures will be held in the O’Keeffe Theater at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Lectures are free with museum admission. Admission to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture on Sundays is free to New Mexico residents with ID. Seating is limited.
Funding for this program was provided by RainMakers/Native Treasures, a Museum of New Mexico Foundation support group.
Nov 14, 2010
Writing in the Galleries
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
Nov 17, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Nov 19, 2010
Opening: Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art will present a number of thematic points of entry into the New Mexico Museum of Art’s contemporary collection.
Free Friday Evening
The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will host an opening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Info: Laura Addison - 576-5118
Nov 21, 2010
Murder, Martyrdom and the Struggle for Florida
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Dr. J. Michael Francis speaks on “Murder, Martyrdom, and the Struggle for La Florida: Rethinking Spanish Florida’s Mission History, 1565-1606,” at 2 pm, Sunday, Nov. 21, the next event in the Threads of Memory Lecture series. (Free with museum admission; Sundays free to NM residents.)
Francis's talk will introduce audiences to the remarkable, yet relatively unknown, history of the earliest Franciscan missions in what is now the United States. His talk includes the 1597 murders of five Franciscan friars stationed in the northern realm of Spanish Florida, a fascinating 16th-century murder mystery that will audiences to question the nature of Spanish rule in colonial Florida.
Nov 25, 2010
Enjoy Your Holiday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
History Museum Closed for Thanksgiving
Nov 26, 2010 - Nov 27, 2010
A Pressman’s Holiday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Palace Press Closed for Thanksgiving
The Palace Press will be closed Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27, while our hardy pressmen take a well-deserved break. The exhibit re-opens on Sunday, Nov. 28 from 10 am to 5 pm.
Nov 26, 2010
Bring the Family!
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum Open - Closing Early
Nov 27, 2010
A Pressman’s Holiday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Palace Press Closed for Thanksgiving
Dec 1, 2010
Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lecture by author-historian Marsha Weisiger
Marsha Weisiger will discuss her book, Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the History Museum’s John Gaw Meem Room. This free event is co-sponsored by the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives and El Palacio, the quarterly magazine of the state museum system.
Weisiger is an associate professor of history and director of the Public History Program at New Mexico State University, where she teaches environmental history and the history of the U.S. West. In her lecture, she'll share photography included in the book, some of it from the Photo Archives, along with a previously unknown photo of Navajo leader Manuelito that will debut in El Palacio’s winter edition.
Dec 3, 2010
Renowned Cuban Poet Pablo Armando Fernandez
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free Palace Press Event
Dec 3, 2010
Vintage Music and Homemade Cookies
New Mexico Museum of Art
Free Friday Night
Vintage Vinyl meets Contemporary Art!
Enjoy the new Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art exhibition and listen to holiday music spun on vintage LPs by the New Mexico Museum of Art’s own disc master, DJ Prairie Dog. Plus, cookies baked by the staff of the Museum of Art. Free!
New Mexico Museum of Art
107 West Palace Avenue
On the Plaza Downtown
Call 476-5068 for more information.
Dec 5, 2010
Winter Traditions
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free family fun
A special community holiday celebration featuring Pueblo children's book author/storyteller Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia, Navajo ribbon and basket dance performances by Diné Tah’ Dancers, Tewa Woman’s Choir (Ohkay Owingeh) and hands-on arts-and-crafts activities. Free with admission.
Dec 5, 2010
Winter Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
Winter holidays
Dec 9, 2010
Santa Fe’s Early Anglo Artists
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags lecture
Dec 10, 2010
Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
An Annual Favorite!
Santa Fe's beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for a 26th-anniversary evening of hot cider, live music, entertainment -- and the fabled visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- in the fabled magic of the Palace of the Governors. A free, family event.
The History Museum and Palace will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this event. Enter through the Palace at 105 W. Palace Ave. The History Museum will remain closed during the event.
Dec 12, 2010
Las Posadas
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the tradition
The annual candle-lit procession of Las Posadas travels around the Santa Fe Plaza and concludes in the Palace Courtyard. This version of an old Hispanic tradition recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place to give birth to the Baby Jesus – and throws in a few devils for good measure. Stay for carols in the Palace Courtyard, along with cookies and refreshments. Free and open to the general public.
The History Museum and Palace will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this event.
Dec 12, 2010
Talk and Booksigning: Turquoise
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
A free public talk
A talk and booksigning: Turquoise :The World Story of a Fascinating Gemstone
Authors Joe Dan and Joe P. Lowry
begin at 2:30pm with a talk and
the book signing will be from 3:00 to 4:00pm
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Theater
on Museum Hill: Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail
Open Tuesday–Sunday 10am-5pm • 505.982.5057
Dec 14, 2010
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Dec 15, 2010
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC curators
Dec 17, 2010
Digital Launch Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Local to Global Access to the Museum of Art
Join us at the Santa Fe Complex, 3:00 p.m. on December 17, to explore the new ways you can virtually visit the New Mexico Museum of Art. And, you can try all three projects firsthand.
SAM (Searchable Art Museum) - View the first 800 digitized objects from the collection, and search the growing collection by theme, artist or medium. http://sam.nmartmuseum.org Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment – Special online preview of an environmental photography show opening April, 2010. http://earthnow.nmartmuseum.org
New Mexico Art Tells New Mexico History – Learn about New Mexico’s history as told through its art. http://online.nmartmuseum.org/nmhistory Light refreshments at 3 p.m., followed by demonstrations and time to individually explore the projects. Please note the special location: The Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria Street (in the Railyard)
Light refreshments at 3 p.m., followed by demonstrations and time to individually explore the projects.
Please note the special location: The Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria Street (in the Railyard)
For information: Dan Goodman, 476-5071
Dec 18, 2010
Storyteller Sunny Dooley
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event
Diné storyteller Sunny Dooley shares native tales in the Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton exhibition space at 10:30 am, Saturday, Dec. 18. This family event is free with museum admission (children are always free).
Dooley is a storyteller, poet, playwright, lecturer, and folksinger from a Four Corners community called Chi Chil' Tah (Where the Oaks Grow). A former Miss Navajo Nation (1982-83), she has been telling the Origin and Creation Stories of the Diné people for the past 20 years.
Dec 18, 2010 - Dec 19, 2010
Young Natives Arts & Crafts Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Catch the next generation of Native artists
Dec 19, 2010
The Wreck of La Belle
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Maritime Archaeologist Eric Ray speaks on “Navio Quebrado: The Wreck of La Belle and the Failed French Colony in the Southwest” at 2 pm, Sunday, Dec. 19, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. At the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Ray has worked on the remains of the 17th-century La Belle, discovered in 1995 in the shallow waters of Matagorda Bay.
In 1995, the wreck of La Belle was located by Texas Historical Commission archaeologists. For two years, recovery work managed to save about 40 percent of the hull and many of the artifacts. Ray’s lecture will include photos of these artifacts – many of which have never been on exhibit. He’ll also talk about how La Salle’s effort successfully diverted Spain’s attention from its other interests in New Spain.
Dec 19, 2010
Annual Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Starring the Gustave Baumann Marionettes
"Freckles and Warts are back!" Come to enjoy an afternoon of merriment with the annual Gustave Baumann Marionette performance. After the two short plays, you can have Santa Claus sit on YOUR lap for a photo. And, you can make your own puppet characters. Cookies and hot cider will be served.
Free admission. St. Francis Auditorium.
Dec 21, 2010
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Dec 24, 2010
Christmas Eve
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum Open
Dec 25, 2010
Christmas Day
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum Closed
Dec 28, 2010
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Dec 31, 2010
Museum Open - But Closing Early
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Year’s Eve Schedule
