Jan 1, 2011
Greet Governor Susana Martinez
New Mexico Museum of Art
Public Reception in St. Francis Auditorium
The New Mexico Museum of Art is pleased to host a reception for Governor Susana Martinez. Following the Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony (10 a.m. on the Plaza), the public is invited to greet Governor Martinez and other State of New Mexico dignitaries during a free public reception in the Saint Francis Auditorium.
For more information:
http://susanamartinezinaugural.com/
Jan 1, 2011
New Year’s Day
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum Closed
Jan 2, 2011
“Kissin’ Cousins: Spanish Vihuela Meets Classical Guitar
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Jan 4, 2011
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Jan 9, 2011
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Storytelling for all ages
Please join us for a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages.
Programs are at 2:00 pm and repeated again 3:00 pm. This Sunday January 9th our storyteller will be Arnold Herrera of Cochiti Pueblo, so bring the whole family up to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill.
Jan 9, 2011
Weaving the Threads of El Hilo
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Threads of Memory Lecture Series
Jan 11, 2011
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Jan 15, 2011
Storyteller Nasario Garcia
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event
Jan 18, 2011
Palace Press Closed on Tuesdays
New Mexico History Museum
Winter closure
Jan 19, 2011
A History of the Old Spanish Trail
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Pat Kuhlhoff shares her expertise on the legendary Old Spanish Trail, which linked Mexico to Santa Fe to California, in a Brainpower & Brownbags lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at noon, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public.
Kuhlhoff is a docent of the New Mexico History Museum who helps lead the historical walking tours offered spring through fall in downtown Santa Fe. She's also an avid scholar of the Old Spanish Trail, which opened a new era of trade for New Mexico colonists.
Jan 19, 2011
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC Curators
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.
Jan 21, 2011
A Boot in the Door: Pioneering Women of Southwestern Archaeology
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Lecture Series
In this opening event of the lecture series, Archaeology and Women in the Southwest, sponsored by the Friends of Archaeology and the state Office of Archaeological Studies, Dr. Nancy J. Parezo, professor of American Indian studies and anthropology at the University of Arizona, will speak about the first wave of women archaeologists in the Southwest.
The lecture will be at 6 pm, Friday, Jan. 21, in the History Museum Auditorium. Cost for Friends of Archaeology members is $13 per lecture, $55 series; nonmembers: $16 per lecture, $65 series; students with ID: $10 per lecture. Purchase tickets at Lensic Ticket Office (fees apply) or at the door (checks to Museum of New Mexico Foundation or cash only). Call 505-992-2718, ext. 8, for more information.
Jan 23, 2011
A Noble Legacy: The USS “New Mexico”
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free opening event
A traditional Piping Aboard Ceremony kicks off the opening of the new installation A Noble Legacy: The Uss New Mexico at 1 pm, Sunday, Jan. 23, in the History Museum auditorium. Join George Perez, commanding officer of the latest USS New Mexico (SSN 779), veterans and other dignitaries for this opening event, which includes a showing of the KNME mini-documentary USS New Mexico BB 40: The Drinan Diary. Viewing of the installation in the museum's main lobby, along with refreshments provided by the Museum of New Mexico Women's Board will follow, from 2-4 pm. The event is free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under; $9 for others.
A Noble Legacy: The USS “New Mexico” includes a hand-crafted model of the USS New Mexico (BB 40), a battleship that saw significant action in World War II. Also included are items related to the new USS New Mexico (SSN 779), a nuclear submarine; photographs from both ships; and a wall-long silhouettes of the two ships.
Jan 28, 2011
Marjorie Ferguson Lambert: Archaeologist and Museum Professional
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Lecture Series
Feb 4, 2011
CANCELLED: Opening for a Pair of Shows
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cloudscapes and Conserving Public Art
Because if the closure of all state buildings, tonight's event has been cancelled.
Join us to enjoy more of the rarely-exhibited treasures from the Museum of Art collection. Cloudscapes offers photographs of the elusive clouds above New Mexico, and Conserving Public Art offers a look at freshly rematted prints by Gene Kloss and B.J.O. Nordfeldt.
For more information, check the website: http://www.nmartmuseum.org/site/explore/upcoming.html
These two shows open Friday, Feb 4, with a reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Feb 4, 2011
NEW LOCATION: Bertha Dutton: Galisteo Archaeologist and Girl Scout Mentor
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Lecture Series
Feb 4, 2011
Santa Fe Museums Closed Friday
New Mexico History Museum
Feb 4, 2011
Santa Fe Museums Closed Friday
New Mexico Museum of Art
Feb 4, 2011
Santa Fe Museums Closed Friday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Feb 4, 2011
Santa Fe Museums Closed Friday
Museum of International Folk Art
Feb 11, 2011
Women of Substance: Anna O. Shepard, Florence H. Ellis, and A. Helene Warren
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Lecture Series
Feb 13, 2011
Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening Sunday Feb. 13th
Exhibition Opening February 13th! Performances by the Red Turtle Dancers of Pojoaque Pueblo at 1pm and again at 3pm and a lecture by Charles S. King, author of a forthcoming biography on Tony Da at 2pm in the museum theater. Seating is limited. We will also be having hands-on art activities for the whole family. Refreshments are generously provided by Aysen New.
Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da is the artist’s first comprehensive museum retrospective. On view will be the largest group of Da’s paintings and pottery ever gathered in one place.
The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on February 13, 2011 running through December 31, 2011. Come join us Feb. 13th for a wonderful opening from 1-4pm.
Feb 13, 2011
Still Cooking: New Mexico’s Historic Diners, Chile Joints, and Burger Bars
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A free lecture by noted cookbook author Cheryl Alters Jamison
From Pappas Sweet Shop in Raton to Sparky’s in Hatch, the Bibo Bar in Cibola County to Sugar’s BBQ and Hamburgers in Dixon, New Mexico eateries have weathered tough times to tempt the palates of generations. At 2 pm on Sunday, Feb. 13, culinary explorer Cheryl Alters Jamison shares her on-the-road discoveries of places that helped define the tastiest part of our state’s heritage.
“Still Cooking: New Mexico’s Historic Diners, Chile Joints, and Burger Bars” is free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents). To jump-start your own gastro-adventure, we’ll give away prizes from some of the state’s longest-serving restaurants.
Feb 16, 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.
Feb 18, 2011
We Can Do It! Women, Gender, and Feminism in Archaeology
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Lecture Series
Feb 20, 2011
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Storytelling for all ages
Please join us for a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages.
Programs are at 2:00 pm and repeated again 3:00 pm. So bring the whole family up to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill.
Feb 20, 2011
Textile Lecture
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
Feb 22, 2011
Land, Legitimacy and the Rise of Reies Lopez Tijerina
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Historian Jacobo Baca speaks on "Land, Legitimacy, and the Rise of Reies Lopez Tijerina" on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public.
Baca grew up in Penasco, where decades-old land disputes are still a topic of conversation -- including Tijerina's La Alianza Federal de Mercedes, the land-grant organization he founded in 1963, and the 1967 raid on the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse.
Feb 26, 2011
Lecture, book-signing by photographer Norman Mauskopf
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A special event from the Palace’s Photo Archives and Verve Gallery
Feb 27, 2011
Buffalo Soldiers: Military Heroes of the Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Chautauqua Performance
Mar 4, 2011
Readings from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Project
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Special opening event
As part of the new exhibit in the John Gaw Meem Room, Broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Project, the History Museum is proud to present a special evening of readings gathered by the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition. Formed in response to a 2007 car bomb that devastated the heart of Baghdad's literary community, the coalition has collected more than 130 broadsides from letterpress printers, including three from New Mexico. A free event at 6 pm, Friday, March 4, in the History Museum auditorium.
Mar 4, 2011
RESCHEDULED: Victory Chicken
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rescheduled Celebration
Although the cold cancelled the opening in February, we are celebrating one month later. Come tap your toes and enjoy the music of Victory Chicken. Then explore two new exhibitions, Cloudscapes photography, and the New Deal prints of Gene Kloss and B.J.O. Nordfeldt, in Conserving Public Art.
Join us to enjoy more of the rarely-exhibited treasures from the Museum of Art collection. Cloudscapes offers photographs of the elusive clouds above New Mexico, and Conserving Public Art offers a look at freshly rematted prints by Gene Kloss and B.J.O. Nordfeldt.
For more information, check the website: http://www.nmartmuseum.org/site/explore/upcoming.html
Admission is free.
Free Friday Evening, 5 to 8 p.m.
Mar 6, 2011
Music in New Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
lecture and demonstration
Mar 13, 2011
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Storytelling for all ages
Please join us for a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages.
Programs are at 2:00 pm and repeated again 3:00 pm. So bring the whole family up to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill.
Mar 16, 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.
Mar 18, 2011
Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture by Victor K. McElheney
Mar 18, 2011
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Palace Guard Event
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), ceding seven territories to the United States. Adrian Bustamante, noted historian, will help us explore the many aspects of the treaty which are relevant even today. The event will take place in the County Commissioner's Chamber of the Santa Fe County building. Reservations are required.
Non-Palace Guard member tickets: $15.00. Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 107 to reserve/
Not a Museum or Palace Guard member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Mar 20, 2011
A Day at the Movies
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free premiere of KNME history documentaries
Mar 23, 2011
Los Tejanos and the History of Texan Invasions
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Spencer Herrera, a Spanish professor at New Mexico State University, speaks on "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon Us: The New Mexico Folk Play Los Tejanos and the History of Texan Invasion," at noon on Wednesday, March 23, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public.
Los Tejanos is a mid-19th-century folk play recounting the failed 1841 invasion by Texans into New Mexico.
Mar 25, 2011 - Mar 28, 2011
Southern Arizona Trip: Hohokam & San Pedro Valley
Office of Archaeological Studies
5:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Friends of Archaeology Trip
Visit the San Pedro River Valley, study the Hohokam cultures, see evidence of migrations from the Safford Basin and Mogollon Highlands, and of Kayenta/Tusayan peoples, relatives of the Hopi.
Visit San Xavier del Bac Mission and the Tohono O'odham Museum at Sells, where you'll enjoy lunch at the Desert Rain Cafe. Participants can fly or drive to Tucson, plan to travel by vans from Tucson. Activities will include a discussion and dinner near the Hampton Inn North Tucson, Friday evening. Price for trip is $485, hotel is not included, special rate of $89 available.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Mar 25, 2011
New Faces in the Arts Community: Collector Series Event
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
This Collector's Series event is for Governor's, National and Chairman's Circle members who will meet significant new faces in the arts community while visiting a fabulous local art collection.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Mar 26, 2011
Birds of a Feather Explore Together
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event with the Audubon Center
Learn about birds by examining feathers, eggs, nests, and real bird specimens through hands-on, minds-on activities that emphasize the amazing adaptations and behaviors of birds. Join us from 10 am to 3 pm on March 26 for a free day of games and activities both indoors and out at the New Mexico History Museum and at the Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary. Connect with nature by exploring a conservationist, author and illustrator’s life through the exhibition Wild At Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton, then do some bird-watching at the Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary with staff educators.
Space is limited; reserve a spot by e-mailing Dana Vackar Strang at dstrang@audubon.org or by calling 983-4609. For more information, log onto http://nm.audubon.edu
Mar 31, 2011
A Female Painting Dynasty: Three Women Breaking the Rules
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friends of Indian Art
Join us at the beautiful Golden Dawn Gallery to meet renowned Pueblo artist Pablita Velarde, her daughter Helen Hardin and listen to stories and a discussion of their art. Margarete Bagshaw will introduce you to "Life with Mom and Grandma." Space is limited.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 1, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011
A Mary Jane Colter Weekend: The Shaping of Southwest Style
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
A special event co-hosted by La Fonda on the Plaza
Spend a weekend exploring the life of Mary Jane Colter, the brilliant architect and designer whose work for the Fred Harvey Co. left a lasting legacy of what became known worldwide as Southwest style. Begin with a reception April 1 at La Fonda on the Plaza, where Colter’s designs still define an authentic Santa Fe experience. Add on a special, sponsor-level dinner in a La Fonda setting that most distinctively captures her design aesthetic. On April 2, take part in a series of lectures, a Harvey House dinner and discussion of Colter’s legacy.
Tickets start at $100 ($50 tax-deductible); $200 for the events plus the sponsor dinner ($100 tax-deductible). Proceeds benefit the New Mexico History Museum. Call 505-988-1234 or log onto www.TicketsSantaFe.org for tickets. Space is limited.
Apr 6, 2011 - Aug 31, 2011
Artist of the Week - docent talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Wednesays at 12:15
Join us on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. from April 6 through August 31, 2011 for docent-led talks about artists at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
The schedule of artists for 2011:
April 4/6-Agnes Martin, 4/13-Robert Henri/John Sloan, 4/20- BJO Nordfeldt, 4/27-Ansel Adams
May 5/4-Gene Kloss, 5/11-Eliot Porter, 5/18-The Taos Society of Artists, 5/2 5-Beth Lilly (Earth Now)
June 6/1- Transcendental Painters Group; 6/8-Art and the New Deal; 6/15-Brad Temkin; (Earth Now) 6/22-Ansel Adams; (Earth Now) 6/29-Raymond Jonson
July 7/6-Art and the New Deal 7/13-Eliot Porter (Earth Now) 7/20-Japanese Woodblock Prints, 7/27-Josef Bakos
August 8/3-Gustave Baumann 8/10-Subhankar Banerjee (Earth Now) 8/17-Phil Underdown (Earth Now) 8/24- Bremner Benedict (Earth Now) 8/31-Andrew Dasburg
Free, with admission to the museum.
For more info> Ellen Zieselman, 476-5075.
Apr 7, 2011
Walter Noble Burns and the Myth of Billy the Kid
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
Author Mark Dworkin speaks on "Walter Noble Burns and the Myth of Billy the Kid," at noon on Thursday, April 7 in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public.
In 1926, journalist-historian Burns' book The Saga of Billy the Kid ignited a fascination with the Old West outlaw that burns today.
Apr 7, 2011
Preview of Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
Join the Friends of Contemporary Art and celebrate the New Mexico Museum of Art’s newest photography exhibition. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the private reception and meet some of the artists in the exhibition. Plus, you'll get a sneak peek before it opens to the public.
Reservations by calling (505) 992-2715, ext 1 or send e-mail to friendsofcontemporaryart.nmmoa@gmail.com
Not a Museum or Friends or Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 8, 2011
Opening for Earth Now
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
American Photographers and the Landscape
Ansel Adams’ and Eliot Porter’s landscape photography fueled a growing concern for the environment in this country. Earth Now starts with a suite of works by these two artists and moves on to a group of landscape photographers who came of age in the 1970s. For more info> http://www.nmartmuseum.org/site/explore/current/earth-now.html
Also, premiere of the Kamilo (Twisted Waters) video by Robert Gaylor about the The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For more information about this important work> http://www.nmartmuseum.org/site/explore/current/kamilo-video.html
Free public reception Friday, April 8, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
Apr 9, 2011
Urban Bird Hike with the Audubon Center
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
A Wild at Heart event
Apr 9, 2011
Glass Studio Tour: Liquid Light & Mitch Berg Studios
Museum of International Folk Art
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art Event
Visit the Liquid Light Studio with Elodie Holmes on Baca Street with an opportunity for four to make an individual glass item (small charge) and visit the Mitch Berg Studio in the afternoon. Lunch on your own at "Counter Culture" on Baca Street. Free to Friends of Folk Art members.
Not a Museum or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 10, 2011
Return of the Lobo: The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A lecture on efforts to restore the wolf to the wild
Maggie Dwire, assistant Mexican wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, speaks on "Return of the Lobo: The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program," at 2 pm, Sunday, April 10, in the History Museum Auditorium. Her lecture, part of the Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton exhibit, is free with admission. (Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under.)
Apr 10, 2011
Michael P. Berman
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Keynote lecture for Earth Now
Untrammeled: A Model for Wilderness
Working in black-and-white with a large camera, the artist Michael P. Berman acknowledges his place in the landscape photography tradition established by Ansel Adams. Like Adams, Berman's emphasis is on a profound appreciation of the land that is based on direct personal experience of the places he photographs. While Adams advocated for legislation aimed at protecting some of the continent's most dramatic and unusual geographic features, Berman has concentrated his attention on lands damaged by neglect or overuse. Some are public spaces that have received too much attention, while others are protected from human traffic by extreme aridity, political boundaries, military use, or the presence of toxic substances.
In this keynote address for the exhibition Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment, Berman brings together his training as a biologist and a photographer to discuss the concept of “untrammeled wilderness” and why it may be a useful strategy in mediating human demands on the landscape. A series of the artist’s photographs will be screened during his talk.
For more info about Earth Now»
St. Francis Auditorium; lecture is free admission.
Apr 13, 2011
Albuquerque Home Tour
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
Nestled along the Rio Grande, New Mexico's largest city hosts some of the state's best private collections. Spend a delightful afternoon exploring Hispanic and contemporary art and genres in between.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Apr 14, 2011
New rock Art Finds in No. New Mexico
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Event
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 15, 2011
Ranch Women of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit opening
Apr 15, 2011
Folk Art of the Andes: Member Preview
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
MNMF Member Event
Join us and your fellow museum members for a festive reception to celebrate the opening of Folk Art of the Andes. Be among hte first to see this blockbuster exhibiton. Meet curator Dr. Barbara Mauldin, museum director Dr. Marsha Bol and foundation director John Easley. Mingle with old friends and new and enjoy South American-Inspired wine and refreshments set to the sound of Andean music.
To reserve: http://www.museumfoundation.org/Andes
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 17, 2011
In Search of Dominguez & Escalante
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A panel discussion and booksigning
Photographers Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfried Halus join State Historian Rick Hendricks and History Museum Director Frances Levine for a lecture and slide show about the 1776 Dominguez and Escalante Expedition at 2 pm, Sunday, April 17, in the History Museum Auditorium. MacGregor and Halus will sign copies of their new book In Search of Dominguez & Escalante: Photographing the 1776 Spanish Expedition Through the Southwest, published by the Museum of New Mexico Press.
This event, sponsored by the Museum of New Mexico Press, is free and open to the public.
Apr 17, 2011
Folk Art of the Andes
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
exhibition opening reception
Apr 20, 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.
Apr 21, 2011
A Visit with Estella Loretto: Jemez Pueblo Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Estella Loretto, invites you to visit the Gentle Spirit Studio Gallery and Sculpture Garden, where you can embrace the beauty that surrounds the sanctuary where she lives, works, plays and prays. Have the opportunity to talk with her and see her bronze sculptures, works in progress, paintings and jewelry.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Apr 21, 2011
Folk Art of the Andes
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Business Council Reception
Be among the first to see "Folk Art of the Andes" at the Museum of International Folk Art. Years in the making, this exhibition will awe and inspire with pieces from the largest international folk art collection in the world. To reserve: http://www.museumfoundation.org/BCAndes
Not a Business Council member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Apr 23, 2011
NEW DATE: Tour the Ruins of Seton Castle
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A Wild at Heart event
Apr 23, 2011
David Lance Goines: A Life in Posters
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Palace Press event
Award-winning graphic artist David Lance Goines, whose work includes posters for Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse restaurant and the Ravenswood Wine labels, speaks at 2 pm, Saturday, April 23, in the History Museum Auditorium, on “A Life in Posters.” The lecture is presented by the Press at the Palace of the Governors, Fisher Press and the New Mexico chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.
Admission is $10 at the door; $5 for members of AIGA; free, students with ID. The event is open to the public, but seating is limited.
Apr 24, 2011
Holiday Closure
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum closed for Easter
Apr 29, 2011
William DeBuys on a Seton Childhood
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
* NEW DATE, NEW TIME * A Wild at Heart lecture
Apr 29, 2011
7th Annual Youth Music Night
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Warehouse 21
May 1, 2011
"Woodmyth & Fable" -- A Look Back at Seton
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Guest curator David L. Witt
May 1, 2011
Ausangate
Museum of International Folk Art
film screening
May 2, 2011 - Jun 25, 2011
Advance ticket sales begin
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2011 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
May 5, 2011
New Mexico History Conference
New Mexico Historic Sites
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sponsored by the Historical Society of New Mexico
May 5-8, 2011
Conference will be held in Ruidoso and will feature site visits/guided tours of Fort Stanton and Lincoln State Monuments.
For info and full conference program: http://www.hsnm.org/hsnm_conf.htm
May 6, 2011
Santa Fe River Comes to Life
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Book launch and reading
Contributors to The Return of the River: Writers, Scholars, and Citizens Speak on Behalf of the Santa Fe River, edited by A. Kyce Bello and recently published by Sunstone Press, will celebrate the book’s release and its namesake river in a reading on Friday, May 6, from 5:30 to 7 pm in the History Museum Auditorium.The event is free and will feature readings by contributing poets and writers, including Valerie Martinez, Jack Loeffler, Miriam Sagan, Angelo Jaramillo, Barbara Rockman, Santa Fe Living Treasure Melinda Romero Pike, and others. A signing will follow.
May 7, 2011
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Plant Sale
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
On Museum Hill
May 7, 2011
Glorieta Field Trip: Civil War in New Mexico Program
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Trip
Guided archaeological tour of cultural resources at Pecos National Monument. This tour includes interpretative walks through Pecos Pueblo, several smaller pueblos not typically accessible to the public, and the Glorieta Battlefield. Attendees will also receive a copy of "Bioarchaeology on a Battlefield: The Abortive Confederate Campaign in New Mexico," by Douglas W. Owsley. For this event, lunch is not included.
FOA Members $45, Non-Members $55. Attendance limited to 20 people. To make reservations please call (505) 982-7799 ext 5 after 12 am on March 28, 2011.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
May 8, 2011 - May 11, 2011
Trip to Napa, California
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Trip
Explore extraordinary art in the wine country. Yes, you'll even taste some local grapes.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
May 8, 2011
Love Your Mother
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mother’s Day on Museum Hill
An afternoon of family fun focusing on recycling, and the final day to see Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities
May 11, 2011
Michelle Shocked in Concert
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
“Roadworks 2011 Campfire Girl ”
Michelle Shocked in Concert “Roadworks 2011 Campfire Girl Tour” May 11, 2011; 7:00 p.m. St. Francis Auditorium $25 in advance/$30 at the Door Advance tickets at the Lensic Box Office 988-1234 Co-Presented with Heath Concerts
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue On the Plaza in Santa Fe Info: 476-5068
May 12, 2011
CANCELLED: Tour of New Mexico State Monuments
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
Located in a setting of remarkable beauty, Jemez State Monument preserves ruins of the 500-year-old Guisewa Pueblo, the ancestral home of today's Jemez Pueblo and of the San Jose de Los Jemez Church. After you learn the history of this fascinating place you will continue to Coronado State Monument, most noted for being the site of Kuaua Pueblo, settled about 1300. The recently restored muals in the kiva are spectacular.
Not a Museum or Palace Guard member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
May 13, 2011
Civil War in New Mexico
Office of Archaeological Studies
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Event
An informal presentation on the history and legacy of the Civil War in New Mexico by author James McBride. This lecture will discuss the events leading up to the invasion of New Mexico, goals of the opposing forces and the after effects of the conflict on New Mexico and the United States as a whole.
Friends of Archaeology Members $10, Non-Members $15. To make reservations please call (505) 982-7799 ext. 5, after 12 am on March 28. Attendance limited to 35 people.
Location: New Mexico History Museum Classroom
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
May 13, 2011 - May 17, 2011
Trading Post Trip: Four Corners Region
Museum of International Folk Art
Friends of Folk Art Trip
This trip evolved from the popular Colorado and Utah Road trip last year. We will visit trading posts to the Four Corners area on this three day trip to the Navajo (Dineh) reservation. See three posts before they disappear as lifestyles are changing rapidly.
Not a Museum or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
May 13, 2011
Ansel Adams, A Documentary Film
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Film Series
Please join members of the Friends of Contemporary Art to view the first of three films presented in conjunction with Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its Factory Stores, this film presentation is sponsored by Brooks Brothers.
Not a Museum or Friends of Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Event is hosted by the Friends of Contemporary Art, but is free and open to the public.
May 13, 2011 - May 14, 2011
Palace Press Closed Friday and Saturday
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Press to Re-Open on Tuesday
May 14, 2011
Artists’ Studio Tours: Santa Fe Studios
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
Get on the bus for the annual tour of New Mexico artists’ studios. The Studio Tour is a chance to see where artists hone and apply their craft and this event is always a resounding success. This year visit the studios of Ted Larsen, Tasha Ostrander, Rebecca Holland and James Drake in Santa Fe.
Not a Museum or Friends or Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
May 14, 2011 - May 15, 2011
Hats, Bags & Textiles from the Andes
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
MNMF Shops
May 14, 2011 - May 15, 2011
Civil War Reenactment: Civil War in New Mexico Program
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Two Day Event at Las Golondrinas
Military drills, camp life, lectures and reenactments of Civil War battles fought in New Mexico, at El Rancho de los Golondrinas. Learn more!
May 15, 2011
New Mexico’s African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit opening
Join speakers, dancers and poet Doris Fields for the kickoff of "New Mexico's African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable." The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under.
Reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
May 18, 2011
Frontier Journalism: Oldest Paper in the Newsiest Place
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
May 18, 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.
May 21, 2011 - May 22, 2011
A special weekend of Mata Ortiz Pottery at MOIFA - Two Day Event
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
MNMF Shops
Oralia Lopez, a well known potter from Mata Ortiz will be at the MOIFA auditorium all weekend for a show and sale of the unique pottery from that region. Also a book signing – The Artistry and History of Mata Ortiz by John Bezy and Stuart Scott. Stuart Scott did the dating on the archaeological site of Paquime, Chihuahua, There will be a power point presentation on the ancient site of Paquime and its relationship to the modern Mata Ortiz potter - daily at 1:00 in the auditorium. Mexico, working under Charles DiPeso of the Amerind Foundation.
New Mexico Museum Foundation members receive a 10% discount. Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join.
May 21, 2011
New Member Event
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
If you've recently joined the MNMF in the, you're invited to a special talk and tour of Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment.
Join us for light brunch in the east sculpture garden of the New Mexico Museum of Art, followed by a talk and tour with curator Kate Ware.
Earth Now documents how landscape photographers Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter have influenced a group of American artists who explore issues of environmental concern through their contemporary photography.
Not a museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
RSVP to http://www.museumfoundation.org/new-members
May 22, 2011
“Collecting Native Pottery”
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
EVENT CANCELLED: Native Treasures Seminar Series
Panel discussion with experts, followed by lunch at the Museum Hill Café. Come hear some great advice from knowledgeable collectors and gallery professionals about what to look for in Native pottery.
May 22, 2011
112 Endangered Names: Tracking Your Wild Path
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
May 25, 2011
Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Native Treasures Honoree Roxanne Swentzell
Come enjoy breakfast with our MIAC Featured Artist, Santa Clara sculptor, Roxanne Swentzell. Roxanne will then conduct a presentation on her work, followed by a walk-through of the special display of her pieces at MIAC. Roxanne chose these pieces from her own collection.
Museum Hill Café/Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Breakfast starts at 8:30am
$35 ($30 for Foundation members)–includes breakfast
For tickets, go to www.ticketssantafe.org
Foundation members: for discount, please call or go to the Lensic box office (discount unavailble online).
May 27, 2011
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Reception and Pre-Sale
This gala event offers you the opportunity to purchase incredible pieces of art, meet the artists, mingle with other collectors, and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, wine, champagne, and soda.
Location: Santa Fe Convention Center
Ticket price: $100, and includes an Early Bird ticket for the show on Saturday. Purchase through Tickets Santa Fe, or by calling (505) 988-1234 or in person at the Lensic Box Office.
May 27, 2011
CYPHERS web series launch
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Museum of Art co-sponsors pilot launch
On Friday, May 27, New Mexico Museum of Art will co-present the launch of the new pilot for CYPHERS, a web series eco-drama.
Discover New Mexico’s innovative web series, the eco-drama, CYPHERS. Enter the future of entertainment with the cast and crew of CYPHERS. Come and enjoy this cultural shift with bee shaman McKelvey Dryden and singer-songwriter Sean Healen. Panel discussion the cast, moderated by Mary Charlotte, Radio Cafe/ KSFR
Friday, May 27, at 6 p.m. Free admission St. Francis Auditorium
May 27, 2011
Linda Larkin and the High Desert Harps
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Music at the Museum
Linda Larkin and the High Desert Harps http://www.santafeharps.com/
Free Friday Evening
May 27 5:30 to 7:30 pm
May 28, 2011 - May 29, 2011
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Two-day Event, Saturday & Sunday
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival remains Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show. In 2010, we were delighted to have more than 200 Native American artists, each of whom was specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. In fact, many of the artists at Native Treasures are included in the museum's permanent collection. Location: Santa Fe Convention Center Early Bird: Saturday 9-10:00 a.m., $15. Regular Admission: Saturday 10a.m.-4p.m., $5. Regular Admission: Sunday 10a.m.-4p.m., Free.
For tickets go to www.ticketssantafe.orgWebsite: www.nativetreasuressantafe.org
May 29, 2011
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Two-day Event, Saturday & Sunday
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival remains Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show. In 2010, we were delighted to have more than 200 Native American artists, each of whom was specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. In fact, many of the artists at Native Treasures are included in the museum's permanent collection. Location: Santa Fe Convention Center Early Bird: Saturday 9-10:00 a.m., $15. Regular Admission: Saturday 10a.m.-4p.m., $5. Regular Admission: Sunday 10a.m.-4p.m., Free.
For general information, call: (505) 476-1250. For tickets go to www.ticketssantafe.org
Website: www.nativetreasuressantafe.org
May 30, 2011
Open Mondays
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
For the Summer
May 30, 2011 - Sep 5, 2011
Plein Air Painting in the Patio
New Mexico Museum of Art
Sundays, May 30 - Sep 5, 10 to noon
Jun 3, 2011
Round Mountain Concert
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Free Fun First Friday Event
Round Mountain, A Two Man Singing Folk Orchestra
Americana meets the neighbors. Sometimes raucous (imagine trumpet and accordion played simultaneously by one person), sometimes subtle (the harp-like sound of the West African kora), Round Mountain connects to their listeners' hearts with great songs, emotional honesty, and an engaging live show.
Free Fun First Friday event - free admission!
In the courtyard of the NM Museum of Art
Jun 3, 2011
FREE Friday evenings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
all summer long
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and The Museum of International Folk Art begin Free Friday evenings on Friday June 3; the museums will be open and free from 5 to 8 pm.
The program continues through the Labor day weekend, except for Friday July 8, when the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market opens.
Museum Hill cafe will also be open on Friday evenings.
Jun 5, 2011
Textile Lecture
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
Jun 5, 2011
Chiles & Sherds IX
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Tour Pueblo Largo, one of the premier Archaeological Sites of the Galisteo Basin. Meet Lucy Lippard who will be signing her award-winning book Down Country: the Tano of Galisteo Basin, 1250-1782. Enjoy fantastic BBQ from the Cowgirl. Tickets are $90 are available at ticketssantafe.org or the Lensic Box Office. Questions? Call 982-6366 x112.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Jun 6, 2011 - Aug 29, 2011
Monday Noon Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Meet Some of NM’s Most Interesting People
Monday Noon Gallery Talks (45 minutes) Meet Some of New Mexico’s Most Interesting People!
Featuring artists and other members of the community.
From June 6 through August 29. All Gallery Talks are by museum admission.
June 6 Kate Ware, Curator of Photography, NM Museum of Art, will talk about her exhibition, Earth Now
June 13 Robert Gaylor, Videographer, Kamilo (Twisted Waters), will talk about his work and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
June 20 Joseph Lobato, Director, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, will talk about his community projects
June 27 Chris Enos, New Mexico photographer, will talk about her work in Earth Now
July 11 Carlan Tapp, New Mexico photographer, will talk about his work in Earth Now
July 18 Subhankar Banerjee. New Mexico photographer, will talk about his work in Earth Now
July 25 New Mexico Now; Area youth photographed their environment, and will share their work and vision for the future.
August 1 TBA
August 8 William DeBuys, Activist and author, (The Walk, River of Traps) will share his thoughts about Earth Now
August 15 Sharon Stewart, New Mexico photographer, will talk about her work in Earth Now
August 22 Lee Dirks, Collector, will discuss Japanese prints seen in the exhibition Kimono: Karen LaMonte and Prints of the Floating World
August 29 Charles Henningsen, Photographer and Taos gallery owner (Henningsen Fine Art) will talk about his time with Ansel Adams.
Jun 10, 2011 - Jun 11, 2011
Palace Press Closed Friday and Saturday
New Mexico History Museum
The Palace Press will be closed Friday and Saturday, reopening at 10 am Sunday, June 12. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you'll enjoy all of the other exhibits at the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors.
Jun 10, 2011
In the Light of Reverence: Hopi Land
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Film Series
Join us for two films:
In the Light of Reverence: Hopi Land (30 mins) by Christopher McLeod. A stunning portrait of land-use conflicts over Native American sacred sites.
Screening of Jason Jaacks short film, A Voice in the Desert.
Event is hosted by the Friends of Contemporary Art, but is free and open to the public.
Jun 10, 2011
FREE Friday evenings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
all summer long
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and The Museum of International Folk Art begin Free Friday evenings on Friday June 3; the museums will be open and free from 5 to 8 pm.
The program continues through the Labor day weekend, except for Friday July 8, when the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market opens.
Museum Hill cafe will also be open on Friday evenings.
Jun 12, 2011
The Journey of the African American North
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Symposium for New Mexico’s African American Legacy exhibit
Hear stories of African American families, churches, segregation and entrepreneurship in Santa Fe and other northern New Mexico communities from 1880 to the present—and share your own stories. An interactive symposium hosted by the African American Museum and Cultural Center of New Mexico in conjunction with the exhibit New Mexico’s African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable, through Oct. 9.
Jun 12, 2011
Make Your Own Photograph Using the Magic of the Sun
New Mexico Museum of Art
Family Fun Day at the Museum of Art
Family Fun Day:
Make Your Own Photograph Using the Magic of the Sun
Sunday, June 12, 2011, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Enjoy an art-making project using solar rays to create your own unique photo image. Acclaimed children’s art teacher Roni Rohr leads a workshop suitable for kids of all ages – grandparents & grandchildren, parents & kids, even a solo adult with a child’s imagination. Museum provides all needed supplies.
Museum docents will lead two kid-friendly tours of Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment.
Admission and event are free to NM residents.
Jun 14, 2011
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery Making
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM.
“Pottery Making.” Free hands-on workshop with Pueblo artists. Programs begin on the hour. Reservations for groups of 6 or more, call 476-1272.
Jun 15, 2011
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 12:00 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.
Jun 16, 2011
A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series
NEW DATE: June 16
Noted environmental author William deBuys speaks on his latest book, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Southwest, on Thursday, June 16, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public.
Jun 16, 2011
The Walls: Brothers and Sisters
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Join the Friends of Indian Art for a talk with the Wall siblings of Jemez pueblo. Clay sculpto Kathleen, stone sculptor Adrian, potter Marcus and sister Julia will share the story of what led them to their artform and how they are inspired by one another.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Jun 16, 2011
Wildhorse Block Party
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
Jun 16, 2011
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM.
“Pottery Making.” Free hands-on workshop with Pueblo artists. Programs begin on the hour. Reservations for groups of 6 or more, call 476-1272.
Jun 17, 2011
FREE Friday evenings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
all summer long
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and The Museum of International Folk Art begin Free Friday evenings on Friday June 3; the museums will be open and free from 5 to 8 pm.
The program continues through the Labor day weekend, except for Friday July 8, when the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market opens.
Museum Hill cafe will also be open on Friday evenings.
Jun 18, 2011
CELEBRATE!
New Mexico History Museum
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Grand opening party for Home Lands
CELEBRATE! with the History Museum and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation on Saturday, June 18, at 6:30 pm at the New Mexico History Museum for the opening of Home Lands: How Women Made the West, an exhibit organized by the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. You'll be treated to fine wines and creative cuisine in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard and be the first to experience this highlight of a summer-long exploration into women of the West.
Put on your fancy Western finery and CELEBRATE! the unsung heroes of the American West. Tickets for the June 18 opening party cost $200 and are available at the Lensic box office, or online at www.ticketssantafe.org.
Jun 18, 2011
Book Sale!
New Mexico Museum of Art
One day only
The NM Museum of Art will hold its annual book sale on Saturday, June 18, from 10am to 4 pm.
Featuring wonderful books on Art, the Southwest, and Photography.
Free admission to the sale.
Jun 19, 2011
Walking Together
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Community Labyrinth Walk
Jun 19, 2011
Public Opening: Home Lands
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join the Celebration
Come celebrate the women of the West at the public opening of Home Lands: How Women Made the West from 2-4 pm on Sunday, June 19. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will serve refreshments in the Palace Courtyard, where visitors are invited to remember all the women who helped to build and civilize the American West. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents).
Jun 21, 2011
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
"Native Foods"
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
“Native Foods”. Free hands-on workshop with Museum educators. Programs begin on the hour. Reservations for groups of 6 or more, call 476-1272.
Jun 23, 2011
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
"Yarn Painting"
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
“Yarn Painting” Free hands-on workshop with Museum educators. Programs begin on the hour. Reservations for groups of 6 or more, call 476-1272.
Jun 24, 2011
FREE Friday evenings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
all summer long
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and The Museum of International Folk Art begin Free Friday evenings on Friday June 3; the museums will be open and free from 5 to 8 pm.
The program continues through the Labor day weekend, except for Friday July 8, when the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market opens.
Museum Hill cafe will also be open on Friday evenings.
Jun 26, 2011
Captive Women in the Slave System of the Southwest Borderland
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Home Lands lecture
Join Dr. James F. Brooks for the kickoff of the programming series for Home Lands: How Women Made the West. At 2 pm on Sunday, June 26, Brooks, president of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, speaks on “Captive Women in the Slave System of the Southwest Borderland.” The lecture is free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents) in the History Museum Auditorium. Brooks is the author Captives & Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands (University of North Carolina Press, 2001).
Jun 28, 2011
ARTS ALIVE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
"Beadwork"
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
“Beadwork” Programs begin on the hour. Free hands-on workshop with Museum educators. Programs begin on the hour. Reservations for groups of 6 or more, call 476-1272.
Jun 30, 2011
Gift Shop Closed Today
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The gift shop will be closed today for inventory. Sorry for any inconvenience. It will re-open on Friday, July 1 at 10a.m.
Jun 30, 2011
Gift Shop Closed Today
New Mexico Museum of Art
The gift shop will be closed today for inventory. Sorry for any inconvenience. It will re-open on Friday, July 1 at 10a.m.
Jun 30, 2011
Gift Shop Closed Today
New Mexico History Museum
The gift shop will be closed today for inventory. Sorry for any inconvenience. It will re-open on Friday, July 1 at 10a.m.
Jul 1, 2011
Three-in-One Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Ice Cream Social and Opening of Two Shows
Friday, July 1 is not only a Free First Friday night, but a double-opening of two shows and Ice Cream Social.
Join us for the public opening of Kimono: Karen LaMonte and Prints of the Floating World and The Prints of Gustave Baumann. Enjoy the early summer pleasure of ice cream in the patio.
Free admission.
Jul 2, 2011 - Jul 17, 2011
Huichol Trunk Show and Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Art work from Huichol People of Western Mexico
Visit the wonderful exhibit at the Museum of Indian Art and Culture, shop for objects to decorate your home to remember this wonderful exhibit. Museum of New Mexico Foundation get an extra 10% off their purchases.
Huichol Artist Demonstrations Saturday July 2nd through Sunday July 17th from 11 am-4 pm in the MIAC Gift Shop and Lobby in honor of our exhibit "Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World". Renowned yarn painting artists Mariano Valadez Navarro and Cilau Valadez will be giving artist demonstrations. The Trunk show will benefit the The Huichol Center for Cultural Survival in Mexico and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
For questions contact Tannis Eberts (505) 982-3016, ext. 22
Jul 3, 2011
The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Natural Disaster
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
opening reception
The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Natural Disaster explores how folk artists helped their communities recover from four recent natural disasters: the Haitian Earthquake; Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. Gulf Coast; Pakistani floods; and the recent volcanic eruption of Mt. Merapi in Indonesia.
Opening July 3, 2011 through April 29, 2012.
Jul 8, 2011
Market Opening Party with Shopping
Museum of International Folk Art
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Jul 8, 2011
Be the Change by David Chernushenko
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Film Series
Not a Museum or Friends of Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Event is hosted by the Friends of Contemporary Art, but is free and open to the public.
Jul 9, 2011
Early Bird Market
Museum of International Folk Art
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Jul 9, 2011
2011 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
the world is coming to Santa Fe!
Jul 9, 2011
Global Girlfriends by Stacey Edgar
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Book Signing at Museum of International Folk Art Museum
Jul 10, 2011
Family Day
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Jul 10, 2011
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca and The Good Life
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Home Lands lecture
Join Dr. Tey Diana Rebolledo, regents professor at the University of New Mexico for a lecture on “Fabiola Cabeza de Baca and The Good Life" at 2 pm on Sunday, July 10, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is part of the exhibition Home Lands: How Women Made the West. The event is free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under.
Jul 13, 2011
The 1859 Expedition from Santa Fe to the Canyonlands
New Mexico History Museum
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Author and historian Steven K. Madsen discusses his book, Exploring Desert Stone: A Visual Portrayal of the 1859 Macomb Expedition from Santa Fe to the Canyonlands of the Colorado at noon on Wednesday, July 13, part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the John Gaw Meem Room. Enter fthrough the museum's Washington Avenue entrance. Free.
Jul 17, 2011
Moving Around to Settle In: Women of the Plains and Range
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Home Lands lecture
Virginia Scharff, co-curator of Home Lands: How Women Made the West and director of the University of New Mexico’s Center for the Southwest, speaks on “Moving Around to Settle In: Women of the Plains and Range.” at 2 pm on Sunday, July 17, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is part of the exhibition, Home Lands: How Women Made the West. The event is free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under.
Jul 17, 2011
Last Day: Huichol Trunk Show and Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Art work from Huichol People of Western Mexico
Jul 19, 2011
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free art making for ages 3 to 103
Jul 20, 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.
Jul 20, 2011
New Mexico Now: Area Youth Photograph Their Environment
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Jul 20, 2011
New Mexico Now: Area Youth Photograph Their Environment
New Mexico Museum of Art
Public Forum
Jul 21, 2011
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Make Khamsas/Good luck hands
Jul 21, 2011
Medicine Man Gallery
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Join Friends of Indian Art for a special presentation at the Medicine Gallery on Canyon Rd. Owner Mark Sublette and Driector Michael Etterna will discuss a presentation of Maria Martinez pottery, Maynard Dixon artwork, pawn jewelry, sculpture and elegant textiles.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Jul 22, 2011 - Aug 14, 2011
Special Summer Savings at the History Museum Gift Shop
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SALE!
Jul 23, 2011 - Jul 24, 2011
Young Natives Arts & Crafts Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A free, family event
Jul 24, 2011
Spider Woman’s Gift: Nineteenth Century Dine Textiles
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and Booksigning
Jul 25, 2011
Women Planting Seeds: Home, Healing and Horticulture
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
A Two-Day Home Lands conference
Authors, architects, gardening experts, chefs and more join the History Museum and the New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts for a two-day conference on "Women Planting Seeds: Home, Healing and Horticulture," from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, on Monday, July 25, and 9:30-11:30 am, on Tuesday, July 26, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is part of the exhibit Home Lands: How Women Made the West. Tickets: $25 at www.ticketssantafe.org, or at the door. (Seating is limited.)
Sessions include “Beyond Four Walls: How Women Shape the Idea of ‘Home’ in the West"; “Writing the Patchwork of our Lives”; "Cultivating the Inner Garden”; and “Women Making Roots.”
Jul 26, 2011
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free art making for ages 3 to 103
Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am to 2PM
July 26 and 28 Make Peruvian Retablos
Jul 30, 2011 - Jul 31, 2011
Weaving Yarn, Weaving Cultures, Weaving Lives:
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Circle of Women in Miramar, Oaxaca, Mexico
Judith Lackhart-Radke will be presenting a slide show and lecture on the Mixtec women that live in Oaxaca, Mexico and the weavings that they have built their community around. These women have developed their own business, learned to speak, write and read Spanish and designed a health program for themselves. This is a remarkable story in todays world! A selection of the weavings will be for sale during this event.
Slide show and lecture both days are in the auditorium.
Event is free with admission to Museum of International Folk Art.
New Mexico Museum Foundation members receive a 10% discount. Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join.
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!
Sep 2, 2011
Free Friday Evening
New Mexico Museum of Art
Americana Music
Friday, September 2, 5 to 8 p.m.
Americana Music with Tom Adler, Students, and Friends.
Admission is free.
Sep 5, 2011
Final Monday of the summer
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Winter hours begin next week
Sep 5, 2011
Labor Day Weekend-Closed
Museum of New Mexico
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Museums and Foundation
Sep 5, 2011
Labor Day and Beyond - Operating Hours for the Santa Fe Museums
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The four state museums in Santa Fe will be open from 10am-5pm on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, after which they will move to their winter hours, 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
The switch to winter hours also marks the end of free 5-8 pm Fridays on Museum Hill for the Museum of International Folk Art and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Free Friday evenings remain year-round for the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Sep 5, 2011
Labor Day and Beyond - Operating Hours for the Santa Fe Museums
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The four state museums in Santa Fe will be open from 10am-5pm on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, after which they will move to their winter hours, 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
The switch to winter hours also marks the end of free 5-8 pm Fridays on Museum Hill for the Museum of International Folk Art and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Free Friday evenings remain year-round for the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Sep 5, 2011
Labor Day and Beyond - Operating Hours for the Santa Fe Museums
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The four state museums in Santa Fe will be open from 10am-5pm on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, after which they will move to their winter hours, 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
The switch to winter hours also marks the end of free 5-8 pm Fridays on Museum Hill for the Museum of International Folk Art and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Free Friday evenings remain year-round for the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Sep 5, 2011
Labor Day and Beyond - Operating Hours for the Santa Fe Museums
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The four state museums in Santa Fe will be open from 10am-5pm on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, after which they will move to their winter hours, 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday.
The switch to winter hours also marks the end of free 5-8 pm Fridays on Museum Hill for the Museum of International Folk Art and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Free Friday evenings remain year-round for the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Sep 7, 2011
Death Along the Camino Real: The Bernardo Gruber Story
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture
Late in the summer of 1670, five traders crossed the Jornada del Muerto on their way to Parral, in present-day Chihuahua. One of them strayed from the group and called out to his companions that he had found human remains. One of the men declared they were the remains of Bernardo Gruber, a German merchant who was wanted by the Holy Office of the Inquisition for witchcraft.
Dr. Joseph P. Sánchez explores the case against Gruber and his daring attempt to escape New Mexico in the 2011 Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture, “Death Along the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1670: The Bernardo Gruber Story.” The lecture takes places at 6 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the History Museum Auditorium. Attendance is free to members of the Palace Guard; $5 others. Come early: There are no reservations, and seating is limited.
Sep 7, 2011 - Dec 28, 2011
Artist of the Week
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Docent Talks in the Gallery
Wednesdays at 12:15 FREE with museum admission (NM Seniors are free on Wednesdays; NM residents: $6; Adults $9; children 16 and under free; $1 discount for students).
September 2011 Sep 7- Gustave Baumann; Sep 14 - Shan Goshorn; Sep 21 Kimono; Sep 28 - Eliot Porter
October 2011 Oct 5 - Jesus Moroles; Oct 12 - Georgia O’Keeffe; Oct 19 - Connie Samaras; Oct 26 -Judy Chicago
November 2011 Nov 2 - Robert Henri; Nov 9 - Kimono; Nov 16 - James Drake; Nov 23 - Michael Berman; Nov 30 - Georgia O’Keeffe
December 2011 Dec 7 - David Taylor: Dec 14 - Gustave Baumann; Dec 21 - James Drake; Dec 28 - The Railroad in New Mexico
The New Mexico Museum of Art is located on the corner of Lincoln and Palace Avenues, on the Downtown Plaza, in Santa Fe.
For further information please contact Ellen Zieselman, Curator of Education, 505-476-5075; ellen.zieselman@state.nm.us
Sep 9, 2011
Fiesta: Closed at noon
Museum of New Mexico
New Mexico Museum Foundation
Sep 9, 2011
Early closing, 5 pm, Friday, Sept. 9
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 9, 2011
Early closing, 5 pm, Friday, Sept. 9
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 10, 2011
Andrew Lovato Book Signing and Reading
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Elvis Romero and Fiesta de Santa Fe
Sep 10, 2011
Collections Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art
The Friends of Contemporary Art Collections tour takes us on a journey through the homes of several local collectors of contemporary art. This is a guided tour and space is limited.
For more information about the event or to become a Museum or Friends of Contemporary Art member, please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Sep 10, 2011 - Sep 11, 2011
Free admission during Fiesta weekend
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Whether you’re from New Mexico or out-of-state, you can visit the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art for free on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11, thanks to the generous support of the Gerald Peters Gallery and the Peters Family Art Foundation. The free weekend falls during Fiesta de Santa Fe, a perfect time to connect with New Mexico’s art, history and culture.
Both museums will close early on Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 pm rather than 8 pm.
“This is an important weekend to honor the history of Santa Fe,” said Frances Levine, director of the History Museum. “We’re delighted that the Gerald Peters Gallery and Peters Family Art Foundation have recognized how these two museums can share in that celebration.”
Sep 10, 2011 - Sep 11, 2011
Free admission during Fiesta weekend
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Whether you’re from New Mexico or out-of-state, you can visit the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art for free on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11, thanks to the generous support of the Gerald Peters Gallery and the Peters Family Art Foundation. The free weekend falls during Fiesta de Santa Fe, a perfect time to connect with New Mexico’s art, history and culture.
Both museums will close early on Friday, Sept. 9, at 5 pm rather than 8 pm.
“The New Mexico Museum of Art is the place to enjoy the art of New Mexico, both old and new, in one of the most beautiful and historic buildings in Santa Fe,” said Mary Kershaw, director of the Museum of Art. “I’m delighted that the support of the Gerald Peters Gallery will enable us to join in the spirit of Fiesta and open our doors to all New Mexicans and visitors, free of charge, over this celebratory weekend.”
Sep 11, 2011
Last day to see Home Lands: How Women Made the West
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closing Sept. 11
Sep 16, 2011
Poet John Brandi on Haiku Painting
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Part of the exhibit From a Distant Road
Join poet John Brandi for a special evening at the opening of a new exhibition, From a Distant Road, in the John Gaw Meem Room of the New Mexico History Museum. At 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 16, Brandi will speak on “Haiku Painting: The History of Haiga,” and read haiku from his new book, Seeding the Cosmos (La Alameda Press), a selection of 30 years of his work from New Mexico and abroad. In this high-spirited program, Brandi’s poems will be accompanied by JB Bryan on alto sax.
The event is free, but seating is limited.
Sep 16, 2011
Opening: Governor’s Awards
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:30 PM - 7:00 PM
2011 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts exhibition
The 2011 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts exhibition, featuring the work of the recipients, will open September 16, in the Governor’s Gallery, 4th Floor, of the State Capitol buildings from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
The award ceremony will be held 5:15 - 7:00 p.m., in 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 19, 2011.
For more info about the exhibition » http://nmartmuseum.org/site/explore/upcoming/gov-awards-2011.html
Sep 17, 2011
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
VIP Preview Cocktail Party
VIP Preview Cocktail Party
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Purchase art before the show opens to the public the next day!
Appetizers, cash bar
$45 per ticket; for tickets visit www.ticketssantafe.org or call 505-988-1234
Location: Laboratory of Antropology's Meem Auditorium on Museum Hill
Sep 17, 2011
Calendar Signing by Artist Ronald Kil and Historian Marc Simmons
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Centennial Event
Sep 17, 2011
Maya Roads
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and Booksigning
Sep 18, 2011
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Collectors’ Sale
A unique sale of Native American art straight from the homes of top collectors!
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Find a new treasure among the spectacular array of jewelry, pottery, weavings, katsinas, baskets, sculpture and paintings. Proceeds support the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture exhibits and education. Open to the public, Free admission.
Location: Laboratory of Anthropology's Meem Auditorium on Museum Hill . Additional Information at http://nativetreasuressantafe.org/collectors-sale/
Sep 18, 2011
Folk music Performance
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami
Sep 18, 2011
Dark Beauty - A Book Release Party
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Photographer Jack Parsons and Friends
In his upcoming book, Dark Beauty: Photographs of New Mexico (Hudson Hills Press), Jack Parsons opens his darkroom door to reveal many photographs not seen in the fifteen books that already showcase his work over the last twenty-five years. More brooding and willing to explore the harsh realities of New Mexico’s poverty and racism, these photographs present an honest assessment of the state, one that digs deeper than the elegant photography in his earlier books, like El Rancho de las Golondrinas and Low ’n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico (both Museum of New Mexico Press).
Join him at 2 pm on Sunday, Sept. 18, for a book release party and panel discussion including Dark Beauty author Frederick Turner, author and longtime collaborator Carmella Padilla, and book designer David Skolkin. The event is free in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium.
Sep 19, 2011
Annual Tour of Collectors Homes
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art Event
Sep 21, 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.
Sep 21, 2011
A Headdress of Pearls: Luxury Goods on the Camino Real
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Archaeologist Cordelia "Dedie" Snow speaks on “A Headdress of Pearls: Luxury Goods on the Camino Real,” at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 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.
Sep 23, 2011 - Sep 25, 2011
The Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Traditional and authentic jewels of the Southwest
The annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show fills the Palace Courtyard with some of the best specimens and most knowledgeable sellers in the Southwest. This free event (donations always welcome) begins Friday, Sept. 23, 9 am to 7 pm; Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24-25, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
New this year: A special lecture by retired National Park Service archaeologist Joan Mathien, “The Role of Gems and Minerals in the Pueblo Worlds,” at 2 pm, Saturday, Sept. 24, in the History Museum Auditorium. Tickets cost $5 through the Lensic, www.ticketssantafe.org, 988-1234.
Sep 24, 2011
Archaeology lecture: The Role of Gems and Minerals in the Pueblo Worlds
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Palace Gem & Mineral Show event
As part of this year’s Palace Gem and Mineral Show, retired National Park Service archaeologist Frances Joan Mathien will deliver a special lecture, “The Role of Gems and Minerals in the Pueblo Worlds,” at 2 pm, Saturday, Sept. 24, in the History Museum Auditorium. Tickets cost $5 through the Lensic, www.ticketssantafe.org.
Mathien worked on the Chaco Project analyzing ornaments and minerals and was editor for many of the project’s publications. Her lecture will cover how Native Americans in the Southwest used gems and minerals for beads, pendants and mosaics pieces; known sources for some of the minerals; possible trade relationships that moved goods between different cultural groups; and emerging CSI-like science that can “fingerprint” where a piece of turquoise came from.
Sep 25, 2011
Entrepreneurship in the African American Community
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Symposium for New Mexico’s African American Legacy exhibit
From barbers to caterers, mechanics to artists, African American entrepreneurs have made their mark on New Mexico. Learn more at this symposium, "Entrepreneurship in the African American Community, from 2-4 pm, on Sunday, Sept. 25, in the History Museum Auditorium. Free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under.
This event is part of the exhibition "New Mexico's African American Legacy: Visible, Vital and Valuable."
Sep 25, 2011
"Roadside Haiku Project"
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
NM Museum of Art and Axle Contemporary Co-Host
The New Mexico Museum of Art will host a special event to celebrate the completion of Axle Contemporary’s “Roadsign Haiku Project,” on Sunday, September 25, 1:00-3:00 p.m. The event is appropriate for audiences of all ages.
1:00-2:00 p.m., in the museum galleries
Jerry Wellman, of Axle Contemporary, will lead “Read and Draw” in Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment, and
Joan Logghe, Santa Fe Poet Laureate, will lead “Write what you see,” an ekphrastic poetry exercise in How the West Is One. Ekphrastic Poetry is poetry that comments on another art form. Visitors are welcome to participate in either or both activity at their own pace.
2:00 p.m., in the Museum’s Patio A reading by “Roadsign Haiku Project” poets, followed by an “open mic” for anyone who wants to read their poems written in the Museum galleries.
Following the readings, Ellen Zieselman, Curator of Education, will host the first-ever “NM Museum of Art Speed Haiku Event”. Participants will have 2 minutes to write an original haiku on a randomly selected theme.
Sep 25, 2011
Last day to see A River Apart
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
exhibit closes
Last day to see A River Apart: Santo Domingo and Cochiti Pottery at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture before it comes down. For more information about the exhibit please visit http://miaclab.org/current&eventID=38 . The exhibit book is available at the museum gift shop and online at http://newmexicocreates.org/product-5330/A-River-Apart-The-Pottery-of-Cochiti-Santo-Domingo-Pueblos
Sep 26, 2011
Member Monday: CANCELLED
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
We apologize for the inconvenience for the cancellation. The next Member Monday will be at the Museum of Indian Art. This event will be rescheduled in late October or early November and invitations will be sent via e-mail, so please make sure we have your current address.
Send e-mail address information to: Membership@museumfoundation.org.
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Sep 29, 2011
An Evening with Jody Naranjo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Jody Naranjo has made a name for herself within a famous family of artists and intellectuals. Her unique sgrafitto work calls upon the pottery traditions of her family and pueblo. Hear Jody discuss her pottery and family lineage and how that has influenced her work and identity as an artist.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Sep 30, 2011 - Oct 9, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival
Museum of New Mexico
MNMF Shops
Join us at the New Mexico History Museum campus. There will be 75 authors planned for presentations and book signings. Special weekday lunchtime presentations and Friday night poetry readings in the Palace of the Governors book shop.
For more information, contact John Stafford (505) 982-3016 x25
Sep 30, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival: POETRY
Museum of New Mexico
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Palace of the Governors Book Shop
5:00-5:30 PM Colleen Carias, Katherine Seluja, Laurie Hilton, Santa Fe, will be reading from "Braided Voices."
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Lori Romero, Santa Fe, will be reading poetry from her books and a short presentation from "The Shadow Life"
6:00-6:30 PM: Valerie Martinez, Albuquerque, will be reading poetry from recent book "Each and Her"
6:30-7:00 PM: Veronica Golos, Taos, will read from and discuss "Witness Poetry: The Art of Protest and Remembering"
7:00-7:30 PM: Elizabeth Raby, Santa Fe, will read from "Poems in the Wheel of the Year"
Oct 1, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival: CHILDRENS
Museum of New Mexico
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
11:00 - 11:30 AM: Dolores Valdez de Pong, Santa Fe, will read excerpts from some of the children's plays and skits, and giving a musical presentation.
11:30 AM - noon: Diane Smith, Santa Fe, will present "Big Bunny's Adventures: How a large plush rabbit encourages children to enjoy learning and helping others."
Noon - 12:30 PM: Sandi Wright, Santa Fe, will present on fictional prairie dog Santa Fe Sam and cover Sam's adventures from "Sentry to Sleuth"
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Lisa Bear Goldman, Placitas, she will be reading from her book, followed by an illustrator presentation photos of the model (miniature donkey) and art work illustrations.
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Annette Spelman, Chimayo, will be reading from "The Foundation that Uncle John Built: A True Story About Five Birds that Live in New Mexico"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: Demetria Martinez and Rosalee Montoya-Read, Albuquerque, will read from their bilingual book "Grandpa's Magic Tortilla"
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Suzy McKeen Charnas, Albuquerque, will be discussing "Electronic Publishing for Older Authors in the Age of Words-on-a-Screen"
2:30 -3:00 PM: Teresa R. Allen, Bernalillo, will read from "The Tale of the Teeny, Tiny Black Ant" and sharing an activity with the children - making teeny, tiny black ants
Oct 1, 2011
Exhibition Opening
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Young Brides, Old Tresures
Oct 2, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
10:30-11:00 AM: Carolyn Sayler, Santa Fe, will discuss "Dorris Fleeson: Incomparably the First Political Journalist of Her Time" as well as the Fleeson family
11:00 -11:30 AM: Loretta Hall, Albuquerque, will discuss "The Mercury Program's Women Astronauts (Not)"
11:30 - noon: Victoria Rogers, Santa Fe, will be presenting "A Contemporary Look at Old Architecture"
noon - 12:30 PM: Marcia Keegan, Santa Fe, will be showing a photographic presentation entitled"Photographing Four Generations of Pueblo People"
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Judith McLaughlin, Santa Fe, will discuss "The Religious Folk Art of New Mexico"
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Roberta Price, Albuquerque, will discuss the legacy of the rural counterculture in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: Pat Shapiro, Santa Fe, will be discussing "The Journey Home to Your True Self"
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Sandra K. Toro, Albuquerque, will discuss "Jews in the Sixteenth Century: From Expulsion to Shylock," an overview of the Inquisition, which led four centuries later, to the holocaust
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Jaima Chevalier, Santa Fe, will discuss "She Came from Beyond Exploring Our Lady of Peace in New Mexico Iconography"
3:00 - 3:30 PM: Shelby Tisdale. Director and Joyce Begay-Foss, Museum Educator, of of Museum of Indian Art & Culture, will present two viewpoints on Diné weaving
3:30 - 4:00 PM: Giovanna Paponetti, Ranchos de Taos, will discuss "Who is Kateri Tekakwitha?"
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Valerie Nye & Kathy Barco, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, will discuss "True Stories of Censorships Battles in American Libraries"
Oct 2, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - FICTION
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
11:00-11:30 AM: Sarah H. Baker, Albuquerque, will discuss "The New Face of Audio Books in New Mexico"
11:30-noon: Karen Taschek, Corrales, will read from current novel "The Risen Home"
Noon-12:30 PM: Judith Van Gieson, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, will discuss "How Books Live On"
12:30-1:00 PM: Marie Romero Cash, Santa Fe, will read from current work, a mystery based in the area "Shadows among the Ruins"
1:00-1:30 PM: Meg Tuite, Santa Fe, will be reading from "The Domestic Apparition"
1:30 - 2:00 PM: OPEN
2:00-2:30 PM: Joanne Bodin, Albuquerque, will be discussing "Walking Fish"
2:30-3:00 PM: Susan McDuffie, Santa Fe, will discuss "Timeless Motive, Historic Settings: The Joys and Pitfalls of Writing Historical Mysteries"
3:00-3:30 PM: Diane Thomas, Santa Fe, will be presenting "Fictionalizing Elvis - What do you do when one of your main characters is real?"
3:30-4:00 PM: Bethany Mackin Baxter, Santa Fe, will read from "Two Sons: A Novel Based on Misperceptions"
4:00-4:30 PM: Zelda Leah Gatuskin, Albuquerque, will read from newest work and discuss "The Long Languishing Novel"
Oct 2, 2011
Jazz Concert with the Tribute Trio and Special Guests
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
“Horace Silver – The Way It Was”
An extraordinary concert of jazz from the original charts of the Horace Silver Quintet. Tribute Trio, featuring John Rangel (piano), Michael Glynn (bass), and Cal Haines (drums), will be joined by special guests Bobby Shew on trumpet and Glenn Kostur on tenor saxophone.
Sunday, October 2, 2011; 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis Auditorium
$20 tickets at the door. Tickets also available at www.tributetrio.com - (505) 989-1088
Co-Presented by the New Mexico Museum of Art and The Tribute Trio
Oct 6, 2011 - Oct 8, 2011
Rugs of Teotitlan, Oaxaca Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
MNMF Shops
Oct 7, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - POETRY
New Mexico History Museum
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NOTE NEW LOCATION: Meem Room, NM History Museum
4:30 - 5:00 PM: Piper Leigh, Santa Fe, will be reading from "My Thin-Skinned Wandering"
5:00-5:30 PM: Renee Gregorio, Joan Logghe, Miriam Sagan, Espanola, Albuquerque and El Rito, will read from "Love & Death"
5:30-6:00 PM: Barbara Berkenfield, Santa Fe, will be reading from a presentation titled "Memories, Reflections, and Earth Connections"
6:00-6:30 PM: Anne Valley-Fox, Santa Fe, will be reading from "Hurry Up & Say It!" and taking questions of all sorts
6:30-7:00 PM: Barbara Rockman, Santa Fe, will be reading her work and conduct a workshop called "Women Write Into and Beyond Motherhood"
7:00-7:30 PM: Dana Levin, Santa Fe, will deliver a presentation titled "The Worms and the Gods: Death, Art and Dream"
Oct 8, 2011 - Oct 9, 2011
Trip to the Jemez Province
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Trip
Jemez Sites FOA day trip Explore Jemez Province, a cultural area of more than forty pueblo sites, north of present Jemez Pueblo. Lead archaeologists are Chris Toya, a Jemez Pueblo tribal member, archaeologist, and expert in traditional knowledge and language preservation; and Dr. Jeremy Kulisheck, project manager and emergency response archaeologist for the Santa Fe National Forest. This tour is limited to 20 people, $80 per person for FOA members, $90 for nonmembers, which includes a box lunch. For reservations, call the Friends of Archaeology hotline (505-992-2715, ext. 8). We will provide details on where to meet by phone or email to participants. The tour will involve caravanning and some hiking. Level of difficulty is moderate.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 8, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - HOME/SPIRIT/HEALTH
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
Oct 9, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - SPECIAL TOPICS AND NEW WORKS
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Oct 9, 2011
4th Annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival - FICTION
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Palace of the Governors Shop Porch
Oct 13, 2011 - Oct 15, 2011
New Mexico Past & Present: Historic Tour of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Trip
Join Palace Guard for a tour to Central and Southern New Mexico. You'll explore sites of historic interest and one that will link us to the future of space travel.
Not a Museum or Palace Guard member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 14, 2011
Gail Rieke: Through the Lens of the Kimono
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join artist Gail Rieke for an insightful presentation on Japanese culture, with an emphasis on the history and aesthetics of the kimono, including patterning, color, and daily and ritual use.
Admission is free for this Free Friday Evening Event.
New Mexico Museum of Art; 107 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe
Oct 15, 2011
Discover El Rito and its Artists!
Museum of International Folk Art
Friends of Folk Art Event
Time: TBA. Admission fee.
Not a Museum or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 15, 2011
Santa Fe in a Week book signing
New Mexico History Museum
History Museum Docent Joel Stein
Oct 16, 2011
The Plazas of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lecture and book signing
Through archival photographs and Gandert’s modern-day images, the book depicts an array of plazas ranging from Acoma, Taos, Las Vegas and Santa Fe to Albuquerque, Socorro, Portales and Mesilla. Along with architect and urban designer Stefanos Polyzoides, a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the authors and other contributors document the design of these places and the rich heritage of community celebrations that help sustain them.
Oct 16, 2011 - Oct 30, 2011
New Mexico Museum of Art Supports Local Food Drive
New Mexico Museum of Art
October 16, World Food Day
To support World Food Day, the New Mexico Museum of Art will have a food barrel in the lobby of the museum from October 16 through October 30, 2011 to collect non-perishable items. All food collected will benefit the local Santa Fe Food Depot.
Co-Sponsored locally by Firestone Tires.
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue On the Plaza in Santa Fe
Oct 18, 2011
The Culture of Fear in the Atomic Age
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
EVENT CANCELLED: Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris speak on “The Sky is Falling: A Culture of Fear in the Atomic Age,” at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 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.
Oct 18, 2011
Mapping the New World for Spanish Kings
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A free lecture
Oct 19, 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.
Oct 20, 2011
Master Jeweler Victoria Adams
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Victoria Adams, of Southern Cheyenne descent, has received many awards for her jewelry. Victoria will discuss the events that have influenced her exquisite and innovative jewelry.
Not a Museum or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 20, 2011
Found Object Artists & Goldleaf Martinis
Museum of New Mexico
The Circles Member Event
Visit the studios of three local artists who create their work using common objects. Afterward, attend a fabulous martini party at Goldelaf Framemakers.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Members’ Preview Evening
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Members’ Preview Evening: For exhibition donors and members of the Legacy Society, The Circles and Business Council
Celebrate the work of master calligraphers, scholars and photographers at a memorable evening at the History Museum. I would be honored if you would join us for this special event. Please RSVP here or by calling (505) 992-2715, ext. 6.
Not a Museum member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 22, 2011
Museum Closes at 4:30 Today
New Mexico History Museum
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Oct 23, 2011
Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape Opening Event
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Opening reception and book signing
Join us for the opening of the exhibits The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 am-5 pm. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will offer refreshments from 2-4 pm, and photographer Tony O’Brien and writer Christopher Merrill will talk about and sign their new book, Light in the Desert: Photographs from the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2011), at 2 pm in the History Museum Auditorium. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents.
Oct 27, 2011
Members’ Preview: James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
Not a Museum or Friends or Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 28, 2011
Opening of Two Shows
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls and Past Present Future
James Drake: Salon of a Thousand Souls - Examines the theme of humanity in all of its triumphs, failures, and follies - including violence and war; love and desire; greed and gluttony; and the realities of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. For more info> James Drake
Past Present Future - Photographs present us with a desert landscape that is simultaneously of the present, reflecting the past and hinting at the future. Features photographs by Michael Berman, David Taylor, and Connie Samaras. For more info> Past Present Future
Admission is free.
Both exhibitions run from Oct 28, 2011 - Apr 22, 2012
Oct 29, 2011
La Bajada Field Trip
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friends of Archaeology Trip
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is the earliest Euroamerican trade route in the United States, tying Spain’s colonial capital of Mexico City to its northern frontier. We will tour the La Bajada scarp, the most arduous part of the 1,600-miles-long trail, and see four historical routes and six archaeological sites recently documented by Dr. Peggy Gerow, Project Director and historian for University of New Mexico’s Office of Contract Archeology. Mike Taylor, who is with the National Park Service, co-administers, with the Bureau of Land Management, the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail will also serve as tour guide. The trip will be strenuous, and participants must be in good physical health. Activity will include steep grades and rough, uneven surfaces. To reserve a place on this trip, please call the FOA Reservation Hotline, 505-982-7799, ext. 5, beginning on September 19 after 12:05 a.m. Participation is limited to twenty people. Cost per person is $60 for FOA members, $70 for nonmembers.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Oct 30, 2011
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Annual fall Celebration
Nov 6, 2011
Lay Folk and the Psalms: Learning by the Book
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Carol Neel, a historian of medieval spirituality, will talk about the ways that the Book of Psalms helped frame the emotional and religious lives of ordinary people from the past. Her lecture, “Lay Folk and the Psalms: Learning by the Book,” part of the Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape lecture series, takes place on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 pm, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Nov 6, 2011
Holiday Party and Silent Auction
Office of Archaeological Studies
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology
Come meet the Office of Archaeological Studies archaeologists and find out what exciting projects they have been involved with. Visit with and meet other Friends of Archaeology. Bid on wonderful and unusual items at a silent auction. $20.00 includes a light buffet, and one beverage at a no-host bar. Reservations are available by calling the Friends of Archaeology Hotline (505) 992-2715, ext. 8 and tickets will be sold at the door. The proceeds from this event help fund research and education programs at the Office of Archaeological Studies. Location: Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta
Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click: To join!
Nov 7, 2011
Donald Jackson: Illuminating the Word
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A special event for The Saint John’s Bible
Enjoy a special presentation by one of the world’s foremost calligraphers, Donald Jackson, artistic director of The Saint John’s Bible and senior scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords.
“Donald Jackson: Illuminating the Word,” will be held on Monday, Nov. 7, at 6 pm, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in downtown Santa Fe. Tickets are $15. A private reception following is $50. Tickets are available at www.ticketssantafe.org or (505) 988-1234.
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible, on exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum through April 7, represents Jackson’s crowning achievement—the fulfillment of a goal he began nurturing as a young boy. Jackson oversaw a team of scribes who handwrote and illuminated every page of the Bible on behalf of the Benedictine monks at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. The project was completed this fall; after the History Museum’s exhibition of pages from the Wisdom Books and Prophets volumes of the work, the pages will be bound and placed in the care of the monastery.
Nov 9, 2011
Yetta Kohn, Pioneer New Mexico Ranch Woman
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Santa Fe author and historian Sharon Fried speaks on "Yetta Kohn, Pioneer New Mexico Ranch Woman,” at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 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.
Nov 13, 2011
Honoring Spain’s Aid in the American Revolution
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Veteran’s Day event
Nov 16, 2011
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with MIAC Curators
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.
Nov 17, 2011
New Mexico Treasures
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
Have a great time at the New Mexico History Museum at the Palace Guard's most popular annual event. Join museum Director Frances Levine and the New Mexico History Museum staff, who will present some of their favorite items from the collections and recent acquisitions and give an insider's look at what goes on behind-the-scenes of a world-class museum. Reception follows.
Not a Museum or Palace Guard member? Please call (505)982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Nov 18, 2011
Calligraphic Trails
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Join artist and calligrapher Patricia R. Musick on Friday, Nov. 18, at 6 pm for a lecture in the History Museum auditorium, “Calligraphic Trails.” On Saturday, Nov. 19, Musick will lead a special calligraphy workshop. To reserve a spot in the workshop, call 476-5096. Both events are free. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
Nov 18, 2011
Recognition Awards Ceremony
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
"My World My Vision" student photographers
Participants in the student photo contest “My World My Vision,” which was co-sponsored by New Mexico Clean & Beautiful (NMCB) and the New Mexico Museum of Art, will be honored on November 18, 2011, from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
The annual NMCB Recognition Awards will be held in the St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace, Santa Fe, NM. The public is invited to this free event.
Nov 18, 2011 - Nov 20, 2011
Member Discount
Museum of New Mexico
10:17 AM - 10:17 AM
Museum of New Mexico Shop Event
All members enjoy the benefit of 10% discount at each Museum Shop, New Mexico Creates and World of Folk Art. Beginning Friday, November 18 through Sunday, November 20, 2011 Museum of New Mexico Foundation members will get a 20% discount at each of the shops or on-line.
Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Nov 18, 2011
Beau Regards from Paris!
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Post-Impressionist Views by Donald Beauregard
Opening for Beau Regards from Paris! Post-Impressionist Views by Donald Beauregard at the New Mexico Museum of Art on Friday, November 18, 2011, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The exhibition presents Post-Impressionist paintings by this New Mexico painter who is well known as the designer of the murals in St. Francis Auditorium.
Refreshments provided by the Women's Board. Admission is free for this Free Friday Evening Event.
Nov 19, 2011
CELEBRACIÓN DE OTOÑO
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
6th Annual Anniversary Celebration
Nov 19, 2011
Calligraphy workshop
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Artist and calligrapher Patricia R. Musick leads a hands-on workshop on "Irish Manuscript Bookhand" on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 am to 4 pm in the History Museum classroom. The event costs $80. To reserve a spot, call 476-5096. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
Nov 19, 2011 - Nov 20, 2011
Western American Indian Basket Trunk Show
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Nov 20, 2011
Artifacts of Kuaua Pueblo & Santiago Ruins
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Demonstration & discussion of artifacts from the Hibben Center of the Maxwell Museum
Participants will have a rare opportunity to see and discuss artifacts excavated during the 1930s at the Kuaua Pueblo and Ghufoor (later named Santiago) sites near Bernalillo. This collection of artifacts is housed at the Hibben Center of the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque and will be on display during this fascinating presentation. Learn more about the history of the area and see some fine examples from the collection.
$5/adult, ages 16 and younger free
Directions: The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society) is located at 161 Edmond Road & Hwy 550, Bernalillo. From I-25, Exit 242, go 1.75 miles west on Hwy 550. Turn north between the new IHOP restaurant and the west entrance of the 66 gas station and follow the gravel road.
Nov 20, 2011
Woven Identities
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
For the first time in over 30 years, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture opens a major exhibition of North American Indian baskets on Sunday, November 20, 2011. The exhibition runs through April 1, 2014. Opening events are 10am-4pm on Sunday November 20th. NM residents with i.d. are free on Sundays, children under 17 always free.
Trunk Show 10am – 4pm.Terry DeWald of Terry DeWald American Indian Art will be holding a basket trunk show on both Saturday and Sunday. He will be bring 50 – 75 baskets for sale
Basket Making Demonstration by Haida Weaver Jacinthe Two Bulls from 12 pm to 4 pm. She will be giving a short talk on her craft at 12:30 pm.
Terry DeWald will be giving a talk on basket materials at 2 pm using baskets from his collection as examples: Identifying Baskets of the Western United States: Tribes, Materials, and Motifs
Nov 20, 2011
Check out the Palace windows reconstruction
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A historic preservation program
From 2-4 pm on Sunday, Nov. 20, the craftsmen working on replacements for eight of the Palace of the Governor's historic windows will offer a walk-up interpretive program explaining the project. Bring your questions about what it takes to care for an aging adobe structure.
Nov 24, 2011
Holiday Closure
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum closed for Thanksgiving
Nov 25, 2011 - Nov 27, 2011
Arts & Crafts of Africa
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of New Mexico Shop Event
Join us for a trunk show and sale of crafts from the African continent! Masks from West Africa, Tuareg leather boxes of Mali and Niger, Ostrich shell jewelry of Namibia, paintings from Ethiopia and Iron Sculptures from Burkina Faso, and much, much more!!! Location: Museum of International Folk Art Gift Shop & Auditorium
Friday: Noon - 5:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM New Mexico Museum Foundation members receive a 10% discount. Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join.
Nov 30, 2011
Holiday Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Circles Member Event
Celebrate a year of Circles camaraderie at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Details to be announced.
Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
Dec 2, 2011
Savory + Sweet:
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Business Council Holiday Party
Celebrate a year of fruitful relationships garnered through the Business Council at the homes of gallery owner and member Andrea Fisher and Museum of International Folk Art Director Marsha Bol. Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 29 to http://www.museumfoundation.org/BCholiday Not a Business Council member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 117 to join!
Los Alamos National Bank is the 2011-12 Business Council Event Sponsor
Dec 3, 2011
History Library Book Sale Offers Great Deals
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A fund-raiser for the Chavez History Library
Just in time for the holidays, the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library will hold its first ever book sale on Saturday, December 3, from 10 am to 4 pm, in the Meem Room (enter through the museum's Washington Avenue doors). Sale items included books on New Mexico, Southwestern and Western history, US and world history and political science on the “atomic age,” biographies, coffee table books, and some literature.
Most hardbacks will go for $3, paperbacks for $1 to $2, and coffee-table books for $5. A selection of higher-priced, hard-to-find items on Southwest history will also be available, along with prints from the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives.
Proceeds will help the library purchase materials for its collection.
In order to prepare for this book sale, the Chavez Library and the Photo Archives will be CLOSED on Friday, Dec. 2.
Dec 4, 2011
Christmas at Kuaua
Coronado Historic Site
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
After-hours holiday event, free for all ages
Dec 4, 2011
Winter Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
on Museum Hill
Dec 4, 2011
Schola Cantorum and the Monks of Christ in the Desert Monastery
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Dec 4, 2011
Winter Celebration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Celebrate the season on Museum Hill with both The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and The Museum of International Folk Art. A special community holiday celebration for all ages. Join us for hands-on art activities in the classroom. Free with museum admission, NM Residents with I.D. and children under 17 free.
Dec 7, 2011
Sneak preview of PBS Billy the Kid documentary
New Mexico History Museum
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Panel discussion with producers, authors and historians
Dec 9, 2011
Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Palace of the Governors
Santa Fe's beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for a 27th-anniversary evening of hot cider, live music, entertainment -- and the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- in the legendary magic of the Palace of the Governors. A free, family event for all.
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 9, 2011
Museum closes at 3 pm today
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dec 10, 2011
Luminaria Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free, after-hours event
Dec 10, 2011
Light Among the Ruins: Holiday Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free, after-hours event
Dec 10, 2011
LIGHT AMONG THE RUINS: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LIGHT AMONG THE RUINS: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Jemez State Monument, Jemez Springs, NM
Saturday, December 10, 5–9 p.m.
With one of the most beautiful prehistoric and historic sites in the Southwest as a backdrop, the ruins of Giusewa Pueblo and San José de los Jémez Mission Church will be decorated with hundreds of traditional luminarias. The evening’s program will include traditional Native American flute music and Jémez Pueblo dancers’ performance between two illuminating bonfires, and free refreshments. The village of Jémez Springs Park holiday festivities are on the same evening with free horse-drawn wagon rides available to the Monument.
For more information the public may call 575-829-3530. Free Admission.
Dec 10, 2011
Luminaria Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LUMINARIA TOUR
Fort Selden State Monument, Radium Springs, NM
Saturday, December 10, 5–9 pm
History buffs will enjoy visiting with soldiers (living history re-enactors) who set up camp for this event. Warm cider will be served from their camp fires and at a chuck wagon other free refreshments may be had. Listen to stories about this long abandoned fort. More than camp fires light up the evening, enjoy the spectacle of one thousand luminarias.
For more information the public may call 575-526-8911.
Free Admission.
More information about the state monuments may be found on the website http://www.nmmonuments.org or on Facebook.
Dec 11, 2011
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 public.
The History Museum and Palace will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this event.
Dec 11, 2011
Holiday Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
Celebrate the holidays with Friends of Contemporary Art. Hosted by Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, this party is a warm and festive way to usher in the holidays and it provides an opportunity to view marvelous works of contemporary art in a gallery setting.
Not a Museum or Friends or Contemporary Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 to join!
Dec 11, 2011
Museum closes at 3 pm today
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dec 17, 2011 - Dec 18, 2011
Young Natives Arts & Crafts Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Catch the next generation of Native artists
Dec 17, 2011
Memorial Service for Mary Kahlenberg
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Dec 18, 2011
Annual Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
starring the Gustave Baumann marionettes
Join Freckles, Warts and Santa at the Annual Holiday Open House,
starring the Gustave Baumann marionettes on Sunday, December 18, 2011, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
The afternoon is a round-robin event featuring two short skits by
the marionettes, an art-making project for the whole family, holiday
music, a Q&A session to talk to the marionettes in person, and the
“Find Freckles” gallery treasure hunt.
Admission is free.
Saint Francis Auditorium, NM Museum of Art
Dec 18, 2011
Walking Together Community Labyrinth Walk
Museum of International Folk Art
Winter Solstice
Dec 21, 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.
Dec 21, 2011
Edgar Lee Hewett and the Southwest’s Monumental Ruins
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Adam Johnson as he speaks on “Preservation in the Early 20th Century: Edgar Lee Hewett and the Monumental Ruins of the Southwest,” at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 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.
Dec 24, 2011
Holiday Stroll
Lincoln Historic Site
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Walk the historic corridor of Lincoln State Monument amidst 1,000s of holiday luminarias. Visit with Santa at the Community Church while enjoying hot chocolate, cookies and gifts for children. Sponsored by Lincoln Pageant & Festival, Inc.
Dec 25, 2011
Holiday Closure
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum closed for Christmas
Dec 25, 2011 - Dec 27, 2011
Holiday Closing
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 25, 2011 - Dec 27, 2011
Holiday Closing
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 25, 2011 - Dec 27, 2011
Holiday Closing
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Art will be closed on Sunday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. We will reopen at 10 am on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Dec 31, 2011
CREATIVE SPARK!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Life and Art of Tony Da
