Events - May 2012

May 1, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Tuesday thru Saturday, May 1-5, 2012

Learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides. Gather at the Palace Courtyard's Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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May 1, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Downtown Art, Architecture and History Walking Tours
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The museum offers art walking tours of Santa Fe April - November (weather permitting). Guided by one of our docents, the tours highlight the art and architectural history of downtown Santa Fe. Tours leave at 10:00 a.m., Mondays from the Museum gift shop steps. Also, June-August, Fridays 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $10 per person, children 18 and under free. Proceeds support education programs at the New Mexico Museum of Art.

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May 3, 2012 - May 5, 2012
The Statehood History Conference
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Outlaws, Rough Riders, classic restaurants and a possible spy will come to life at the 2012 New Mexico Statehood History Conference, May 3-5, in Santa Fe. Presented by the Historical Society of New Mexico and the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, this Centennial version of the Society’s annual conference includes a special treat: A daylong free symposium, open to the public, plus free admission to the History Museum on May 3.

The conference, May 4 and 5 at the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Center, is held in collaboration with the New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance, which is having its annual conference at La Posada that weekend. Details, including special hotel rates and how to register for all or part of the Statehood History Conference, are at the Historical Society’s web site: http://www.hsnm.org/2012%20Items/home__2012_conference.htm.

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May 3, 2012
Free admission and a Centennial Symposium
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

In honor of New Mexico’s 100th birthday, the New Mexico History Museum invites you and your family to enjoy free admission all day Thursday, May 3, when you can also attend all or parts of a daylong Centennial symposium. The symposium, co-hosted by the Historical Society of New Mexico begins at 10:30 am in the auditorium and concludes at 4 pm. The Historical Society picks up the reins Friday and Saturday with its 2012 Centennial Conference at the Santa Fe Convention Center.

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May 4, 2012
Early Attempts to Gain Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

Join Robert Larson for "New Mexico: Early Attempts to Gain Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.

Larson is professor emeritus of history at the University of Northern Colorado. He has written books on Populism in the West and is the author of New Mexico’s Quest for Statehood, 1846-1912 (University of New Mexico Press, 1968).

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May 4, 2012
Alcove 12.2 Opens
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Alcove 12.2 -- Part Two of the Series

Alcove 12.2 is the second installation of an ongoing project in which five different New Mexico artsits exhibit every five weeks.

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May 5, 2012
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo and Pueblo San Marcos
Office of Archaeological Studies
TRIP IS FILLED TO CAPACITY

Dr. Jason Shapiro and Bill Baxter will lead tours of these large Classic Period Pueblos off the outskirts of Santa Fe. Arroyo Hondo Pueblo was excavated by the School for Advanced Research and has a complex 14-15th century occupation. Pueblo San Marcos was occupied from at least the 15th century until the Pueblo Revolt, and it is one of the better known of the Galisteo Basin Pueblos. Cost is $50/$60 per person (member/non-member); reserve a spot STARTING April 5 by calling (505) 982-7799, ext. 5.

Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

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May 6, 2012 - May 21, 2012
Santa Fe Uzbekistan Silk Road Adventure: CAPACITY FILLED
Museum of International Folk Art
9:30 PM - 6:40 AM
Travel with Museum of International Folk Art Museum

This trip is filled to capacity. To place your name on the wait list, please click here: WAIT LIST .

Join Museum of International Folk Art Curator Bobbie Sumburg for a 17-day adventure to Uzbekistan and experience the beautiful weaving, crafts, and textiles of the region.

Or contact marina@museumfoundation.org.

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May 6, 2012
Artist Demonstration with hands-on
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Assemblage

Contemporary Hispanic Artist Cynthia Cook leads a demonstration and hands on assemblage for all ages.

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May 7, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 7-12, 2012

Learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides. Gather at the Palace Courtyard's Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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May 10, 2012
First Look: It�s about Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Circles Member Event

Spanning 14,000 years of Southwest art from adorned Clovis projectire points to R.C. Cannon, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bruce Nauman, Luis Tapia and more.

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

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May 10, 2012
It�s About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Members Preview

See the most anticipated museum exhibitions before they open to the public. Location: New Mexico Museum of Art

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

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May 10, 2012
The Simpsons of Bluff, Utah
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event

Coming to us from Bluff, Utah are the Simpsons brothers of Twin Rocks Trading Post. This interesting complex has been the Simpson family base for many years. The specialty of Twin Rocks Trading Post is baskets, for which they have become well known, showcasing such weavers as Elsie Holiday and the Black family. The Trading Post also has a wonderful array of folk art, posts, and rugs. They will share with us their most interesting stories of the Native artists whose lives have become so intertwined with theirs. 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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May 11, 2012
Opening Reception for It�s About Time
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join Us for Art, Music, and Refreshments

It's About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico traces art in the American Southwest from the earliest Clovis culture to the present, emphasizing prime objects of artistic change.

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May 13, 2012 - May 17, 2012
Donations for Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Not your average flea

Donations of gently used items for the fourth annual Folk Art Flea will be cheerfully accepted at the Museum of International Folk Art!

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May 13, 2012
Mother�s Day
Fort Selden Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Celebration

Enjoy period tea and complimentary corsage. Free admission for all mothers.

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May 14, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 14-19, 2012

Learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides. Gather at the Palace Courtyard's Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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May 16, 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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May 18, 2012
Artists� Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Four Artists in Alcove 12.2 Share the Spotlight

Join us in an open conversation with four of the artists in their installations as they discuss their work.

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May 18, 2012
Curator�s Gallery Talk with Joe Traugott
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Dig Into the Making of It�s About Time

Join Joe Traugott, curator of It's About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico, as he shares colorful insights and anecdotes about the development of the exhibition.

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May 18, 2012
Opening reception for "Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry"
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

A dazzling collection of original prints featuring Native Americans from across North America opens this Friday at the New Mexico History Museum. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation will serve refreshments from 5-7 pm. The museum is open for free on Fridays from 5-8 pm.

Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry pulls some of the most beautiful and elegant portraits from the collections of the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. Dating back to the Civil War, the images reveal photographers’ attempts to portray the lives of Native American peoples. Almost inadvertently, the photographs also portray a nation’s changing attitudes toward Native peoples.

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May 18, 2012 - May 19, 2012
The Palace Press Closed Friday and Saturday
New Mexico History Museum

We're giving the museum's hard-working pressmen a long weekend and closing the Palace Press on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19. It will reopen on May 20. The rest of the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will remain open. Be sure to check out the new Native American Portraits exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery.

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May 19, 2012
The Fourth Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Friends of Folk Art Event

The Friends of Folk Art will be admitted for first pick shopping with a continental breakfast at 9AM. Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN! This event is free to the public beginning at 10:00 AM

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May 19, 2012
Fourth Annual Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Not your average flea market

The fourth Annual Folk Art Flea will be held Saturday May 19, 2012. Friends of Folk Art» are invited for Coffee and morning snacks and first pick Saturday morning at 9AM! The public will be admitted at 10AM when the Museum opens.

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May 19, 2012
J. Paul Taylor: The Man from Mesilla
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A lecture and book signing by author Ana Pacheco

The Museum of New Mexico Press invites you to join author Ana Pacheco as she speaks about her new book on the life of J. Paul Taylor—a key figure in New Mexico’s arts community, the legislature, and a gifted educator. The lecture, at 2 pm, on Saturday, May 19, in the Meem Community Room at the New Mexico History Museum, will be followed by a Q & A period and book signing. Light refreshments will be served.

The event is free.

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May 20, 2012
Book launch (with food!) for Bill and Cheryl Jamison
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tasting New Mexico

Join us as we help food authors Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison launch their new Museum of New Mexico Press' Centennial book, Tasting New Mexico: Recipes Celebrating 100 Years of Distinctive Home Cooking. (The Christmas gift you'll love giving this year.) The Jamisons will speak at 2 pm on Sunday, May 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. They'll sign copies of the book in our lobby afterward, while you enjoy some tasty nibbles from catering graciously donated by The Shed Restaurant (505.982.9030 http://www.sfshed.com/home.html). The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.

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May 21, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 21 - 26, 2012

Learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides. Gather at the Palace Courtyard's Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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May 23, 2012
Native Treasures Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakfast with Tony

Native treasures Indian Arts Festival presents “Breakfast with Tony”. This is a very special opportunity to get to know painter and jeweler, Tony Abeyta (Dine’).The 2012 MIAC Living Treasure is Tony Abeyta (Dine’ (Navajo)). Enjoy a delicious breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe followed by talk and an intimate walk-through of an exhibit by Tony at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Tony will also discuss the monumental mural that he created for MIAC’s gathering space.

Program Begins at 9:00 AM at the Museum Hill Cafe. Tickets are $40, seating is limited so get your tickets now. Purchase tickets through the Lensic box office at (505) 988-1234 or online at TicketsSantaFe.org

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May 25, 2012
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Gala Evening

Come celebrate Native Treasures’ opening night on Friday, May 25, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Mingle with the artists and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and an open wine and champagne bar. Tickets are $100, which includes an Early Bird ticket for the show on Saturday. Tickets are available at the Lensic Box Office, or by calling (505) 988-1234, or visitingTicketsSantaFe.org

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May 25, 2012
Georgia O�Keeffe stories
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A reading by Margaret Wood from her new book

Working with famed artist Georgia O’Keeffe and learning the rustic ways of northern New Mexico filled author Margaret Wood with stories that she shares in her newest book, O’Keeffe Stories, a limited-edition production by the Press at the Palace of the Governors. Wood reads from the book on Friday, May 25, at 6 pm in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The event is free, and the books, printed by letterpress on fine paper and bound by hand, will be available for purchase at $225.

A $19.95 trade edition is being published by the Museum of New Mexico Press and will be available in July.

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May 25, 2012
The Curve: Center Award Winners, 2012
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The New Mexico Museum of Art partners again this year exhibiting the winners of CENTER’s annual Project Competitionand Project Launch. The exhibition opens May 25 and runs through August 26, 2012.

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May 26, 2012
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27, 2012 Santa Fe Convention Center

Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. Over 200 Native American artists participate, each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world.

Saturday, May 26: Early Birds 9-10 am ($20), General Admission 10 am -4 pm ($10) http://nativetreasures.org/

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May 27, 2012
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27, 2012 Santa Fe Convention Center

Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. Over 200 Native American artists participate, each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world.

Sunday, May 27: General Admission 10 am -4 pm (free admission) http://nativetreasures.org/

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May 28, 2012 - Jun 2, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 28 - June 2, 2012

Learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides. Gather at the Palace Courtyard's Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)

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