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
