Aug 2, 2011
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
Free art making for ages 3 to 103
Aug 3, 2011
Lecture by Sarah Greenough
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
My Faraway One: The Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, 1915 – 1933
In Sarah Greenough's long-awaited book, My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Volume 1, 1915-1933, the two artists write candid letters about topics including art, music, travels, friendships, and their powerful attraction to one another.
This volume begins with the letters O’Keeffe and Stieglitz exchanged before they met, details through their passionate affair and marriage, and closes in the wee hours of New Year’s Day 1934. Wednesday, August 3, 6:00 p.m., St. Francis Auditorium Admission $5.00.
Aug 3, 2011
SOFA WEST Reprise
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
Be first to see the best in gallery art from around the word at the thrid annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art expo in Santa Fe.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Aug 5, 2011
Judge Bob and the Hung Jury
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Music and Dancing in the Courtyard
It's Dance Night! with “Blues, Rockabilly and Classic Rock and Roll”
Free Fun First Friday event - free admission! In the courtyard of the NM Museum of Art
Aug 5, 2011
Readings by Pam Houston and Bluegrass Tunes by Breaking Blue
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
An El Palacio Magazine Event
“Party with El Palacio” on Friday, Aug. 5, features a free triple-header of an evening with award-winning author Pam Houston, Albuquerque bluegrass band Breaking Blue and spoken-word poet Carlos Contreras.
The event begins at 5 pm, with a reading and book signing by Houston in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. (Seating is limited.) At 6:30, come to the Palace of the Governors Courtyard for a toe-tapping and boot-scooting performance by Breaking Blue. (Wear your dancing shoes!). Preceding the band, Albuquerque spoken-word poet Carlos Contreras will perform his poem “Communion in the Desert (A Trip to the New Mexico History Museum).”
All the events are free. Come for one or for all three.
Aug 6, 2011
21st Annual Benefit Rug Auction
Museum of New Mexico
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
MNMF Shops
In the courtyard of the Palace of the Governors. Preview 9-11AM, Auction 11AM. Admission is free. Bid cards are just $5.00. Rugs by some of today’s best weavers!
For more information, contact Tannis Eberts 982-3016 x22. Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join.
Aug 7, 2011
Textile Lecture
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
Aug 7, 2011
Homespun: Northern New Mexico Spinning and Weaving Techniques
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Home Lands lecture-demonstration
Aug 7, 2011
Annual Tour of Collectors’ Homes: Delgodo Street
Museum of International Folk Art
Friends of Folk Art Event
Aug 7, 2011
Vertigo, a Spin on Tradition — Reviving the Past
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion with Virgil Ortiz and family
With Virgil Ortiz and family, moderated by Charles King will be at 2 p.m. Sunday Aug. 7
Free with Museum Admission
The panel discussion focuses on the new clay works series called “Vertigo” now open at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. This new Ortiz exhibit remains open through Sept. 5. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Sundays.
Aug 9, 2011
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free art making for ages 3 to 103
Aug 11, 2011
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Today’s events
Aug 11-14, enjoy the 27th annual Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair, a free event for the whole family. This Mountain Man Rendezvous-style event transforms the Palace of the Governors Courtyard into an 1830s setting, where modern-day Mountain Men (and Women!) rendezvous, exhibit and sell their wares. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue. Today's events:
8-10am: Early admission ($10/person)
10am: History of Hawken and other Plains rifles and loading demonstration, by Bill Henaman
12pm: Fleshing tools and types of clothing, by Don Lankford and Mark Wilke
Aug 12, 2011
Through Her Eyes: An American Indian Woman’s Perspective
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A Home Lands lecture and Mountain Man event
Eunice Petramala, park ranger at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, speaks on “Through Her Eyes: An American Indian Woman’s Perspective” at 6 pm on Friday, Aug. 12, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is free and part of the exhibit Home Lands: How Women Made the West as well as the Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair.
Aug 12, 2011
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Spider Woman’s Gift (Na ashje’ii ’Asdzáá): Nineteenth Century Diné Textiles
Breakfast with Joyce Begay-Foss, co-curator, Director of Education, and well-known weaver followed by a talk about the beloved exhibit and new book with a viewing of pieces from the exhibit.
This popular program provides an opportunity to meet and learn about Native American Artists and arts through talks, tours of our exhibits, or behind the scenes with MIAC curators, scholars and artists. Reservations are required for all Breakfast with the Curators presentations and seating is limited.NEW this year to purchase tickets online go to ticketssantafe.org or call the Lensic box office at 505.988.1234 (All topics subject to change, please call to confirm)
Aug 12, 2011
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Today’s events
The Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair, Aug. 11-14, a free event for the whole family, transforms the Palace of the Governors Courtyard into an 1830s setting, with craftspeople and re-enactors exhibiting and selling their wares and demonstrating their techniques. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue. Friday's events:
10am: Knives and knife making, by Smitty
12pm: Beaver trapping, by Jeff Hengesbaugh
2pm: Moccasin making, by Mike Guli
6pm: “Through her Eyes: An American Indian Woman’s Perspective,” lecture by Eunice Petramala in the NMHM auditorium
Aug 13, 2011
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Today’s events
The Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair, Aug. 11-14, a free event for the whole family, transforms the Palace of the Governors Courtyard into a 1830s setting, with craftspeople and re-enactors exhibiting and selling their wares and demonstrating their techniques. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue. Saturday's events:
10am: Primitive fire starting, by Lynn Canterbury
11am-1pm: The Wildlife Center in Española shows snakes and raptors
2pm: 19th-century iron-working techniques, by Gary Schluter
2:30pm: Hands-on History: Trade goods and tools of the Mountain Man
Aug 13, 2011 - Aug 14, 2011
Guatemalan Textile Show
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art Gift Shop
David Hamilton brings his unique and outstanding collection of textiles from the highlands of Guatemala to the Museum of International Folk Art Auditorium. This sale and show offers hard-to-find, vintage and traditional traje from every village around Lake Atitlan.
The event is free, but does not include admission to the exhibits.
The show and sale will be in the Museum of International Folk Art auditorium Shop.
New Mexico Museum Foundation members receive a 10% discount. Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join.
Aug 14, 2011
The Life and Art of Tony Da
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and Book Signing
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 2:00 PM
Charles King, author of The Life and Art of Tony Da, will present a lecture on the legendary San Ildefonso artist Tony Da and sign the book afterwards. Free with museum admission.
Aug 14, 2011
Defining the Colonial World: Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Explorer, Scientist, Santero and More
Learn more about the pioneering explorations and cultural adventures of Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, when Spanish colonial art historian Felipe R. Mirabal speaks on the scientist, explorer, cartographer and santero.
Mirabal’s lecture, “Defining the Colonial World: The Explorations of Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco,” is at 2 pm, Sunday, Aug. 14, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Aug 14, 2011
Annual FOCA House Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
Friends of Contemporary Art
Join Friends of Contemporary Art for their annual FOCA "House Party" and a delightful brunch at the home of Romona Scholder. Come see the studio and works by one of New Mexico's most prominent artist, Fritz Scholder. Best known for his expressionist paintings that are in museum collections around the world, his style is well known for distortions, explosive brushwork and vivid colors.
Space is limited to 100 guests by reservation only. Please call the Friends of Contemporary Art hotline by August 10 to reserve your place. 505-992-2715, ext. 1.
Bring a friend who loves contemporary art and should be a Friends of Contemporary Art member!
Not a Museum or Friends of Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Aug 14, 2011
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Today’s events
The Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair, Aug. 11-14, a free event for the whole family, transforms the Palace of the Governors Courtyard into a 1830s setting, with craftspeople and re-enactors exhibiting and selling their wares and demonstrating their techniques. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue. Sunday's events:
10am: Moccasin making, by Debbie Wheeler
1pm: Trade goods of the fur trade, by Robert Blanchet
Aug 15, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
7 pm: Class X, Indian Market's Classification X Winners. Awards for narrative short, documentary short, animation short, and experimental short. Q&A with winners following.
Aug 16, 2011
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
2011 Indian Market Highlights
Features breakfast with Bruce Bernstein, Director of SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, followed by a talk about the 2011 Indian Market Highlights.
Breakfast with the Curators, a series of lectures and artists presentations, will be held over three weeks in August at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill. This popular program provides an opportunity to meet and learn about Native American Artists and arts through talks, tours of our exhibits, or behind the scenes with MIAC curators, scholars and artists. Reservations are required for all Breakfast with the Curators presentations and seating is limited.
NEW this year to purchase tickets online go to ticketssantafe.org or call the Lensic box office at 505.988.1234 (All topics subject to change, please call to confirm)
Aug 16, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
11 am: Let My Whakapapa Speak (New Zealand, 2008, 77 min.) A documentary on the effort to restore the Maori language. Preceded by: History is Unwritten (U.S., 2011, 4 min.).
3 pm: A Good Day to Die (U.S., 2010, 92 min.) An intimate look at the life of Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement.
6 pm: Ancient Pathways - Modern Leaders (U.S., 2011, 45 min.) Explores the journey of a Pueblo leader. Preceded by: Growing Native, a new documentary. Followed by a panel with Conroy Chino and Pueblo leadership.
Aug 17, 2011
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC Curators
Let’s Take a Look’ takes place the third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures.
The event is always FREE and open to the public.
Aug 17, 2011
Music Director Steven Smith on the Santa Fe Symphony
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Stephen Smith as he speaks on “The Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus - A Valuable Local Resource," at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 17, part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the John Gaw Meem Room. Enter through the museum's Washington Avenue entrance. Free.
Aug 17, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
11 am: KidFLIX! (51 minutes) A selection of films from Canada and the U.S.
1- 4:30 pm: International Indigenous Art on Film. Art + Soul: A Journey into the World of Aboriginal Art-Home and Away (Australia, 2010, 55 min.) 2501 Migrants: A Journey (Mexico, 2009, 54 min.) Always Becoming (U.S., 2011, 52 min). Followed by a panel discussion with Nora Naranjo-Morse.
Aug 18, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
1 pm: Showcase Shorts (99 min.) A selection from the U.S., Canada and New Zealand.
3 pm: Showcase Shorts (repeat)
7:30 pm: Opening Night: On the Ice (U.S., 2011, 96 min.) In Alaska's far north, three young men go seal hunting. Only two return.
Aug 19, 2011
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Creative Spark! The Life and Art of Tony Da
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 8:30-10 AM
Features breakfast with Charles King, guest curator, pottery expert and gallery owner, followed by a tour of our newest exhibit Creative Spark! The Life and Art of Tony Da.
Breakfast with the Curators, a series of lectures and artists presentations, will be held over three weeks in August at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill. This popular program provides an opportunity to meet and learn about Native American Artists and arts through talks, tours of our exhibits, or behind the scenes with MIAC curators, scholars and artists. Reservations are required for all Breakfast with the Curators presentations and seating is limited.
NEW this year to purchase tickets online go to ticketssantafe.org or call the Lensic box office at 505.988.1234 (All topics subject to change, please call to confirm)
Aug 19, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:1 pm KidFLIX!
3 pm: Pelq’ilc/Coming Home (Canada, 2009, 33 min.) Two communities in south-central British Columbia share their experience in cultural renewal and recovery. Preceded by Writing the Land (Canada, 2007, 8 min.). Rediscovering the Hunkamenum language.
7 pm: imagineNATIVE Shorts (71 min.) A collection from Canada, Colombia and the U.S.
Aug 19, 2011
MNMF Shops Celebrate Indian Market with Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Museum of New Mexico Shop Event
Visit the Spiegelberg Shop inside the New Mexico History Museum for a community celebration and sale of Native American arts and crafts on Friday, August 19, from 5 to 7:30pm.
Shop fine jewelry, pottery and sculpture created by some of New Mexico’s top Native artists. Members receive a 15% discount.
Aug 20, 2011 - Aug 21, 2011
Portal Artisans Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An Annual Courtyard Event
Aug 20, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
1 pm: Class X, Indian Market's Classification X Winners. Awards for narrative short, documentary short, animation short, and experimental short. Q&A with winners following.
3 pm: Grab (U.S., 2011, 56 min.) A documentary of three Laguna Pueblo families preparing for the annual Grab Day. Join an actual "throw" afterward on the east side of the History Museum.
7 pm: Discussion: From A to S with Tvli and Steven. Tvli Jacob, Choctaw, teaches screenwriting at AIA in Santa Fe. Steven Judd, Kiowa/Choctaw, wrote the screenplay Search for the World's Best Indian Taco.
Aug 20, 2011 - Aug 21, 2011
Free admission Saturday and Sunday
New Mexico History Museum
Special treat for Indian Market weekend
As a special treat to New Mexicans, out-of-state visitors, and the families of artists who come to Santa Fe during Indian Market weekend, Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., has generously offered to cover the cost of admission for visitors to the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21. Regular admission is $6 for NM residents, $9 for out-of-state, with Sundays free to NM residents, and children 16 and under free every day.
Besides enjoying the exhibit Home Lands: How Women Made the West, visitors this weekend can take in the Portal Artisans Celebration in the Palace Courtyard. Besides displaying and selling their handmade crafts, the artisans are offering Native dances and will be operating food kiosks. (Don’t miss their popular pickles!)
Aug 20, 2011 - Aug 21, 2011
Free admission Saturday and Sunday
New Mexico Museum of Art
Special treat for Indian Market weekend
As a special treat to New Mexicans, out-of-state visitors, and the families of artists who come to Santa Fe during Indian Market weekend, Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., has generously offered to cover the cost of admission for visitors to the New Mexico Museum of Art and the New Mexico History Museum this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21. Regular admission is $6 for NM residents, $9 for out-of-state, with Sundays free to NM residents, and children 16 and under free every day.
Aug 21, 2011
“Who Speaks for the Ancestors”: Repatriation and Indian Identity
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Panel Discussion
“Who Speaks for the Ancestors”: Repatriation and Indian Identity. FREE with museum Admission. In the MIAC theater, seating is limited, first come first serve.
A Panel Discussion on the current status of the repatriation of tribal ancestors and their associated funerary objects from museums to culturally affiliated tribes. Since the enactment of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990 museums that have received federal funding are required by law to consult with federally recognized tribes concerning human remains, funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony in their collections. Panelists will discuss the creation of NAGPRA and what the implications are for tribal sovereignty and cultural identity over the past twenty years. There will also be a discussion of the new ruling regarding the status of Culturally Identifiable Individuals currently in museum collections.
Panelists include Native scholars Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Houlgee Muscogee), James Riding In (Pawnee) and Poeh Museum Director Vernon Lujan (Taos Pueblo).
Aug 21, 2011
Today’s films
New Mexico History Museum
Native Cinema Showcase
Today's schedule of films for the 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, in the History Museum Auditorium:
11 am: Showcase Shorts
1 pm: Columbus Day Legacy (U.S., 2010, 34 min.) Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain's examination of a conflictbetween Native American and Italian American communities.
2:30 pm: Apache 8 (U.S., 2010, 59 min.) White Mountain Apache Tribe's first and longest-lasting all-women wildland firefighting crew.
4 pm: Smokin’ Fish (U.S., 2011, 82 min.) In the Alaskan backcountry, Cory Mann reconnects with his Tlingit culture.
Aug 26, 2011
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
‘Searching for the Anasazi’: Final Discussion with Mateo Romero, Diego Romero and John Torres-Nez
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 8:30-10 AM
Features breakfast with renowned artists Mateo Romero, Diego Romero and John Torres-Nez, followed by a talk about the installation piece and movie ‘Searching for the Anasazi' created for our exhibit A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos.
Breakfast with the Curators, a series of lectures and artists presentations, will be held over three weeks in August at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill. This popular program provides an opportunity to meet and learn about Native American Artists and arts through talks, tours of our exhibits, or behind the scenes with MIAC curators, scholars and artists. Reservations are required for all Breakfast with the Curators presentations and seating is limited. NEW this year to purchase tickets online go to ticketssantafe.org or call the Lensic box office at 505.988.1234 (All topics subject to change, please call to confirm.)
Aug 29, 2011
Member Monday
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Foundation members are invited to participate in Member Monday, a new program that brings members together with the museums’ directors and staff for intimate gallery talks and tours of various exhibitions. Invitations will be sent via e-mail, so please make sure we have your current address.
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
