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Mar 2, 2012
Reel Life in the Land of Enchantment: New Mexico and the Movies
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Friday, March 2, 2012  St. Francis Auditorium.  5:30 to 6:30 p.m. $15 Tickets available in advance at the Lensic Box Office 505-988-1234, or at the door.

Enjoy a conversation with film professionals Jonathan Richards, David Sontag and Eric Witt as they explore the surprisingly deep history of film making in New Mexico, from territorial times to the present.  The guest panel will be moderated by John Andrews of the Shakespeare Guild and the NM Humanities Council.

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Mar 11, 2012
The Psychopathology of Print Collecting
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

A conversation with Bob Bell, Print Collector. FREE with Museum Admission.

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Mar 11, 2012
A Conversation with Margarete Bagshaw and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us as Shelby Tisdale, Director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, and Carolyn Kastner, Associate Curator of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, talk with Margarete Bagshaw and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith about their artistic practice and the importance of mentoring. The conversation is held  in conjunction with the exhibitions: Margarete Bagshaw: Breaking the Rules at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture; and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: An American Modernist at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

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Mar 11, 2012
Schola Cantorum and the Monks of Christ in the Desert Monastery
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

Back by popular demand: Santa Fe's Schola Cantorum and the monks of Christ in the Desert Monastery return to the History Museum for a performance of ancient European chants. The performers turned away hundreds of visitors at their last performance in December; we're moving this one to the History Museum lobby, which seats more people and has luscious acoustics. The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape. Music will include ancient Holy Week chants of 10th century Europe and polyphony of Europe's 16th century Renaissance.  In honor of Saint Patrick's day, the Schola will share chants from Ireland's "Dublin Troper" published in 1360. 

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Mar 11, 2012
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Mar 12, 2012
The Stumble to Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

Join Jon Hunner for "New Mexico: The Stumble to Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors. Hunner is a history professor and director of the Public History Program at New Mexico State University. His publications range from Time Traveling through New Mexico History: The Spanish Colonial Period (Public History Program, NMSU, 2004) to Chasing Oppie: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic West (University of Oklahoma Press, under contract).

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Mar 15, 2012
Les Namingha
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friends of Indian Art Event

Les Namingha's work is as complex as his personal experience being a Native artist inhabiting a contemporary world.  His work evokes concepts of time and space as he weaves color, line, image and pattern into intricate work on structural ceramic pieces as well as the flat plane of his painted work.  Join Les as he demonstrates the physical process of working with native ceramic materials, as well as his story of personal exploration within the contemporary realm of art. All events are subject to change.  Specific details, such as time, location, maps and information about transportation, will be included in the letter of invitation which all Friends of Indian Art members will receive prior to each event. Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

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Mar 16, 2012
New Mexico Grasslands: Past, Present and Future
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Tish McDaniel from the Nature Conservancy shares her experiences working to protect New Mexico's grasslands.

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Mar 18, 2012
Geologic Quirks of the Sandias
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free Lecture by Dirk Van Hart

Popular, local geologist, Dirk Van Hart, will discuss the geology of the Sandia Mountains in lay terms.  Find out how the people and history of the area were shaped by these beautiful, haunting peaks.

Dirk began his professional career in 1965 as a petroleum geologist.  During the next two decades the geologist’s typical gypsy life took Dirk and his family to Oklahoma, Texas, California, Guatemala, and Ecuador.  In 1986 he moved to Albuquerque where he contracted out for geological exploration projects in Italy and Belize. In 1994, Dirk joined a Sandia National Laboratories technical team tasked to characterize the geology of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.  He is currently retired and loves sharing his knowledge of geology and the Sandia/Rio Grande area with the public.  

Free.

Event will be held at Viva Events Hall, 1420 A, South Camino del Pueblo (NM 313) in Bernalillo.

For info: 505-867-5351, 505-792-4851, www.nmmonuments.org, http://home.comcast.net/~friendsofcsm

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Mar 18, 2012
Music from Macedonia
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Music from the Balkans and Beyond

Join musician and educator Polly Tapia Ferber for an afternoon of Music from Macedonia, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress

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Mar 21, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures

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. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them.

The event is always FREE and open to the public.  Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.

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Mar 23, 2012
Spring Forward
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us for festivities as the museum celebrates four new exhibitions.

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Mar 24, 2012
First Look: They Wove for Horses: Navajo Saddle Blankets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Circles Member Event

Dinè horsemen took great pride in their horses and crafterd incredible weavings and works of silver.

Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation Circle member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 or click JOIN!

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Mar 24, 2012
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Members Preview

See the most anticipated museum exhibition before it opens to the public.

Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

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Mar 25, 2012
Endangered Texts: Preserving Ancient Books
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

On Sunday, March 25, at 2 pm, Father Columba Stewart, OSB, executive director of the Hill Museum, discusses efforts to rescue manuscript collections from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Jerusalem, Ethiopia and India. His talk, “Endangered Texts: Preserving Ancient Books the Benedictine Way in the 21st Century,” will be in the museum auditorium. It’s free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.

The event is part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape.

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Mar 25, 2012
Walking Stick Workshop
Coronado Historic Site
Adult activity

Make your own yucca, walking stick in this workshop for adults.  Cost includes yucca sticks and decorative supplies. 

Sessions at 10 am & 1 pm.  RSVP: 505-867-5351

Cost: $20/adult (cash or check please).

For information: 505-867.5351, www.nmmonuments.org

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Mar 25, 2012
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening

Exhibit Opening 1 to 4 PM. They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets Highlighting the Diné weavers who produced complex saddle blankets and the design skills of Diné silversmiths who created dazzling headstalls of silver and turquoise.1- 1:30pm Opening performance by Diné Tah Dancers; 1:30–4pm Diné Weaving demonstration by Gilbert Begay; 2pm “Diné Horse Blankets” lecture by Joyce Begay-Foss, Director of Education and Curator; 2–3pm Nasario Garcia, “Grandpa Lolo’s Navajo Saddle Blanket” Booksigning

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