Jan 1, 2012
Closed for New Year’s Day
New Mexico History Museum
Jan 5, 2012
Between the Lines Exhibition Opening
New Mexico Museum of Art
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Governor’s Gallery is celebrating the New Mexico centennial with an exhibition of historic and contemporary maps tracing our state’s culture from the sixteenth century to the present day.
Jan 6, 2012
First-day-of-issue Centennial Stamp
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Opening event for 47 Stars exhibition
Jan 6, 2012
First Friday Art Walk
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us for music in the museum with Pedro Romero S. and his eclectic accordion.
Jan 7, 2012 - Feb 17, 2012
Journey Stories
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Smithsonian Exhibition
Journey Stories is a powerful Smithsonian exhibition that shows how the United States was forever changed by the expansion of mobility and transportation. Journey Stories illustrates the diversity of America’s story by immigration, migration, innovation, and freedom. Journey Stories is an exhibit about the search of the American dream through expansion and migration as well as the freedoms and joys of the open road. The exhibition will also explore the impact that roads and transportation had on different groups of people in the United States.
Journey Stories will engage the audience through historical imagery, audio and artifacts to help bring the stories to life.
An exhibit that explores travel and migration over the years in Fort Sumner will complement Journey Stories at the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Fort Sumner was selected by the New Mexico Humanities Council as one of the six communities in New Mexico to host this Smithsonian traveling exhibition. A series of programs and lectures to accompany the exhibition will be announced at a later date.
The exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial has been made possible by a generous $2,000 grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Jan 8, 2012
An Afternoon of Andean Music
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Mario Reynolds
Jan 8, 2012
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Story Hours of Native American Tales
MIAC presents a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages in the MIAC Discovery Room. During winter months, the dark and cold time of the year, it is traditional to share stories, so come and share in this tradition
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. FREE admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always FREE admission for 17 and younger.
GranMary’s Place storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is dedicated to and celebrates the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
Jan 11, 2012
Political Cartoons and New Mexico’s Struggle for Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Jan 12, 2012
Dinner with the Artist: Tammy Garcia
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Behind the Lens: Ceramic Works
Join us for dinner with world famous Santa Clara artist Tammy Garcia at the Museum Hill Café and a multi-media presentation Behind the Lens: Ceramic Works by Tammy Garcia based on the edgy and risky works that she created for Indian Market this year, to be held in the Museum Theater afterwards.
$45 per person includes dinner with cash bar and presentation. Tickets may be purchased from the Lensic Theater box office, by phone at 505-988-1234, or online at www.TicketsSantaFe.org. Seating is limited. Co-sponsored by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Blue Rain Gallery.
Jan 13, 2012
The Wild Frontier: Our Territory on the Threshold of Statehood
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us for a lively panel discussion with Hampton Sides, Paul Hutton and Mark Lee Gardner . These three evocative story tellers will explore traits that made our region famous and infamous in the 19th century.
Jan 13, 2012 - Apr 22, 2012
Repeat After Me
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jan 15, 2012
Geology of the Sandia Mountains
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Winter Lecture Series
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.
Lecture $5/adult, free to Members of the Friends of Coronado State Monument.
Event will be held at The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society), 161 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo, NM. Located off Hwy 550, 1.7 miles west of I-25, Exit 242 (Just west of Coronado State Monument; turn north on the gravel road between the Phillips 66 Station and the new IHOP Restaurant).
Jan 18, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators look at your treasures
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.
Jan 22, 2012
On the Weight of Words
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Join renowned artists Barry Moser and John Benson for a lecture, "On the Weight of Words," at 2 pm, Sunday, Jan. 22, in the History Museum Auditorium. The presentation includes excerpts from films on both artists and will be in the museum auditorium. This event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
Both men’s work can be seen in the museum’s Mezzanine-level exhibition, The Letter, the Word & the Book, which highlights 20th- and 21st-century practitioners of typography, calligraphy, engravings, enameling and more. The exhibit includes: six images from Moser’s The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, a contemporary Old and New Testament with phenomenally detailed relief engravings; and samples of lettering done by Benson, who carved the inscriptions on the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Arlington Cemetery and on the FDR Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Jan 22, 2012
Demonstration by Hebrew prayer shawl painter
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
A Saint John’s Bible event
Prayer shawl (Tallit) maker Beth Surdut will be painting Hebrew letters with gold and dyes on silk in the area outside the second-floor exhibit Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape from 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday, Jan. 22. The event is free with admission (Sundays are free to NM residents and children 16 and younger).
Ravens feature prominently in the Saint John's Bible exhibit as well as Surdut's orebim (ravens in Hebrew). Her silks are offered in the museum store and online at websites including www.newmexicocreates.com.
Jan 22, 2012
Lecture and booksigning by photographer Gay Block
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
In conjunction with her recently released publication About Love, renowned photographer Gay Block will present an overview of her career, talk about how her work as a portrait photographer has given her insight into life and love, and sign copies of her new book.
Jan 29, 2012
Secret Jews and Telltale Genes in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lecture and booksigning by Jeff Wheelwright
In 1999, breast cancer killed Shonnie Medina in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Medina was a vivacious Hispanic woman, a Catholic who had become a Jehovah’s Witness. But a genetic test revealed that her cancer was caused by a mutation that has followed Jewish people for 2,500 years across continents, oceans and cultures.
At 2 pm on Sunday, Jan. 29, science writer Jeff Wheelwright traces that gene through a story that begins in Babylonian captivity, travels to medieval Spain and then to Mexico and North America, where it combines Native beliefs, fundamentalist Protestantism, and shifting debates about the meaning of race and the ethics of genetic research. His lecture, “Secret Jews and Telltale Genes in New Mexico,” is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Wheelwright will also be signing his new book The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA (W.W. Norton & Co., 2012).
Jan 29, 2012
Hot Glass
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
NMEGW Live Glassblowing Event
The NM Museum of Fine Art will host New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop’s mobile glass unit in the sculpture garden on January 29th from 10am to 5pm!
Feb 1, 2012 - Apr 30, 2012
Submissions being accepted for Art on the Edge
New Mexico Museum of Art
Biennial juried FOCA exhibition
Feb 1, 2012 - Mar 12, 2012
Nominations for Governor’s Arts Awards 2012
New Mexico Museum of Art
Feb 3, 2012
Artist Lecture By James Drake
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Salon of a Thousand Souls
Join artist James Drake us as he discusses his career and work now on view in his one-man exhibition Salon of a Thousand Souls.
Feb 5, 2012
Black History Month Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
A New Mexico Centennial Event
Feb 6, 2012
Members Monday: Museum of International Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Enjoy private, behind-the-scenes tours of the exhibitions and collections with museum directors and curators.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Museum Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Feb 12, 2012
Margarete Bagshaw: Breaking the Rules
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
Exhibit Opening: February 12, 2012, 1:00 -4:00 pm
Lecture: Women’s World will be presented by Margarete Bagshaw in the Museum Theater, 2:00 pm
Margarete Bagshaw – the third generation of the only three-generation female painting dynasty ever - started painting at age 25. Over the past 20 plus years she has taken the mantle of the two generations before her, which includes her grandmother Pablita Velarde and mother Helen Hardin, and, without any excuses, broken the rules too.
Feb 12, 2012
Chocolate...A Love Affair, Ancient Meso-America to Modern Times
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art Event
Explore and taste the exotic world of chocolate! Meet the makers of specialty chocolate and share their passion for their craft. See demonstrations and sample fine hand-made chocolates and elixirs inspired by the Mayans and Aztecs. View Guatemalan Mayan Temple Rubbings. Celebrate Valentine's Day early at this chocolate lovers' odyssey.
Event will be held at the Scottish Rite Temple .
Not a Museum or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Feb 15, 2012
Mapping New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Dennis Reinhartz for "The Graphics of Statehood: The Mapping of New Mexico," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Reinhartz is professor emeritus of history and Russian at the University of Texas at Arlington. His publications include Mapping and Empire: Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier (University of Texas Press, 2005). He received the 1996 Adele Mellen Prize for The Cartographer and the Literati, a Friends of the UTA Libraries Faculty Award; and the 1987 Presidio La Bahia Award for The Mapping of the American Southwest.
Feb 15, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Feb 17, 2012
Centennial Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
"THE ARTS IN NEW MEXICO'S JOURNEY TO STATEHOOD"
Friday, February 17, 2012
5:30 in St. Francis Auditorium
Tickets $15. Available in advance at the Lensic Box Office - 988-1234, or at the door that evening.
Feb 18, 2012
Historic Forts Day
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Feb 19, 2012
Los Ciboleros - Spanish Buffalo Hunters
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Winter Lecture Series
Manuel Lopez, a noted historical interpreter, will discuss the hunting methods and stories of the Ciboleros, the Spanish buffalo hunters of the 1700-1800s who hunted on the open plains of the American Southwest for meat and hides.
Manuel Lopez has a B.A. from the University of New Mexico, and has been a member and board member of the Association of Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM). A seasoned presenter, he has participated in numerous events and made presentations at Bents Fort, El Camino Real International Heritage Center, the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs, El Pueblo Museum in Pueblo Colorado and the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. He has worked with El Rancho de Las Golondrinas (living history ranch) in La Cienega for nearly 20 years.
Lecture $5/adult, free to Members of the Friends of Coronado State Monument.
Event will be held at The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society), 161 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo, NM. Located off Hwy 550, 1.7 miles west of I-25, Exit 242 (Just west of Coronado State Monument; turn north on the gravel road between the Phillips 66 Station and the new IHOP Restaurant).
For info: 505-867-5351, www.nmmonuments.org, http://home.comcast.net/~friendsofcsm
Feb 19, 2012
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Story Hours of Native American Tales
MIAC presents a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages in the MIAC Discovery Room. During winter months, the dark and cold time of the year, it is traditional to share stories, so come and share in this tradition
Programs are at 2:00 pm and repeated again 3:00 pm. The storyteller is Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia, of Pueblos of Tamaya (Santa Ana) and Walatowa (Jemez) , so bring the whole family. FREE admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always FREE admission for 17 and younger.
GranMary’s Place storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is dedicated to and celebrates the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
Feb 25, 2012
Calligraphy workshop
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
This event is sold out. Thank you, everyone, for your support.
Join Diane von Arx, special treatment artist for The Saint John's Bible, for a hands-on calligraphy workshop, "Oh My Gouache." The event costs $100; to reserve a spot, call (505) 476-5096. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
Feb 25, 2012
Agnes Martin: Before the Grid
Museum of New Mexico
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Members Preview
See the most anticipated museum exhibitions before they open to the public. Location: Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Feb 26, 2012
Special Treatment Illuminations for The Saint John’s Bible
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Artist, calligrapher and illuminator Diane von Arx will talk about her work for The Saint John’s Bible in the museum’s auditorium. Her lecture, “Special Treatment Illuminations for The Saint John’s Bible,” is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
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.
Mar 11, 2012
The Psychopathology of Print Collecting
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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
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
Mar 11, 2012
GranMary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Mar 12, 2012
The Stumble to Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
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!
Mar 16, 2012
New Mexico Grasslands: Past, Present and Future
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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
Mar 18, 2012
Music from Macedonia
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Music from the Balkans and Beyond
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
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.
Mar 23, 2012
Spring Forward
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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!
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!
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.
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.
Mar 25, 2012
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
Apr 1, 2012
Screening of Ausangate
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Film & talk
Apr 5, 2012 - Jun 13, 2012
Books Books and More Books!! We need books!!
New Mexico Museum of Art
Annual Book Sale to Support the Library and Archives
This is the 6th year of the sale and the funds are well used to support our library and archives!
Donations will be accepted at our front desk through June 13.
Apr 7, 2012
Early Friday evening closing
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Apr 8, 2012
Museum Closed: Easter Sunday
New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors
Apr 8, 2012
Museum Closed: Easter Sunday
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Art
Apr 8, 2012
Museum Closed: Easter Sunday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of Indian Art and Culture
Apr 8, 2012
Museum Closed: Easter Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art
Apr 9, 2012
Members Monday: Mapping New Mexico
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Apr 13, 2012
Alcove Artists Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Meet New Mexico artists David Forlano, Jane Lackey, Ted Larsen and Linda Swanson as they each share the spot light to discuss their work and installations. Part of the museum's new Alcove 12.1 exhibition, the first in a year-long series.
Free Friday Evening, April 13, 2012 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Apr 14, 2012
Vista Verde Rock Art Tour
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Dr. Richard Ford will lead strenuous hikes (about four miles total) to three areas of rock art west of the Taos Junction Bridge near Pilar. The petroglyphs are unusual for the Rio Grande Valley and are dominated by Plains-style images.
The trip fee is $65 per person for FOA members; $75 for non-FOA members. To make a reservation or for more information, please call the MNMF hotline at 982-7799, Ext. 5 after 12:05 am, March 14, 2012.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Apr 15, 2012
Put a Spring in Your Step: Earth Day Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Nature Hike
Rangers will lead a hike up Oak Canyon (a.k.a. Church Canyon). This is a strenuous hike over rough terrain (approximately 1.5 miles)—hikers should bring water, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and a sack lunch. Rangers will do their best to identify the species of flora and fauna encountered.
Apr 16, 2012 - Apr 30, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday
Apr 16, 2012
Appetite for Art: The Path and Promise of Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Circles Member Event
This Circles lunch and lecture will feature a talk by New Mexico History Museum Librarian, Tomas Jaehn, on the winding road that both delayed and propelled New Mexico toward statehood. A long sought goal that took more than 60 years to achieve.
Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation Circle member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 or click JOIN!
Apr 18, 2012
Understanding William Howard Taft
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Noel Pugach for "Understanding William Howard Taft: The President Who Approved New Mexico's Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Pugach is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. He has taught on Jewish history, foreign relations, and American diplomacy.
Apr 18, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Apr 19, 2012
Bea Duran -
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Apr 20, 2012
Avanyu Trail Day
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In honor of Earth Day
Avanyu Trail Day: In honor of Earth Day. Walk our Avanyu Heritage Trail. Trail booklets available at the front desk for self-guided tours.
The Avanyu Heritage Trail is Museum Hill’s permanent outdoor exhibit about the Native people and the environment of the Southwest. Designed to acquaint visitors with some of the creative ways Native people adapted to and manipulated their environment, the quarter-mile long interpretive trail includes reconstructions of traditional gardens as well as examples of ancient architecture.
Apr 20, 2012
Taos and Santa Fe as Magnets for Writers
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Literary Arts in our Early Decades of Statehood
Join moderator John Andrews and guests Lois Rudnick and Barbara Harrelson to explore the vibrant literary history of post-statehood New Mexico.
Friday, April 20, 2012 in St. Francis Auditorium.
$15 at the door or in advance at the Lensic Box Office 988-1234.
Apr 21, 2012 - Apr 22, 2012
A Symposium on New Mexico WW2 Internment Camps
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Inside and Outside the Barbed Wire
Learn more about the experiences of Japanese people held in New Mexico's internment camps during World War II at an April 21 and 22 symposium. “From Inside and Outside the Barbed Wire: New Mexico’s Multicultural World War II Internment Stories,” will be in the History Museum auditorium, 10:30 am-4:30 pm on Saturday, April 21; and 1-4 pm on Sunday, April 22.
Tickets are $15 at the Lensic Theater Box Office, 505-988-1234, or www.ticketssantafe.org/tsf/content/about_tsf.
Apr 21, 2012
Earth Day Activities
Coronado Historic Site
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
In honor of Earth Day, Coronado State Monument will conduct a general spring cleaning of the site. The focus will be on clearing away accumulations of tumbleweeds, dead brush and other plant debris. The debris removal and disposal will once again be sponsored by Waste Management Inc. of Albuquerque with a dumpster on site.
Monument Rangers will also conduct hands-on demonstrations of adobe plastering and adobe wall construction in partnership with the Town of Bernalillo’s Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) crew. The Friends of Coronado will sponsor storytelling and docent-led tours of the Painted Kiva and Bosque Trail. The public is invited to volunteer or just observe. All Earth Day activities are free. For info: 505-867-5351
Apr 27, 2012
Just Words Away: A National Poetry Month Event
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Santa Fe’s Poet Laureates and More
Apr 27, 2012 - Apr 28, 2012
Hopi Field Trip
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Please join Friends of Archaeology on a discovery field trip regarding the Hopi. Information regarding signing up for this field trip will be mailed to Friends of Archaeology members only. Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call (505) 982-6366, X100 or click JOIN!.
Apr 27, 2012
Gallery Conversation With Master Printers
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Curator of Contemporary Art Laura Addison welcomes three master printers, Jack Lemon and Steven Campbell (Landfall Press), and Bill Lagattuta (Tamarind Institute) in a conversation about their own histories, experiences and anecdotes about the printmaking process. In conjunction with the museum's current print exhibition Repeat After Me.
Free Friday Evening, April 27, 2012. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Apr 28, 2012
University of New Mexico Architecture and Landscape Walking Tour
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
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Apr 29, 2012
Photographers Panel Discussion
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Join moderator Mary Anne Redding, curator of Contemplative Landscape, at 2 pm on Sunday, April 29, for a discussion among some of the photographers represented in the exhibition about their long-term commitments to photographing places both special and sacred in New Mexico.
Kirk Gittings, Ed Ranney, Janet Russek, Sharon Stewart, and Don Usner—will show and discuss their photographs. This event, part of the programming series for Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape is in the History Museum Auditorium. Attendance is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Together, the artists’ works represent faith traditions ranging from ancient Native American practices to Hispanic Catholic rituals to roadside evangelicalism to modern-day Buddhists, each of which has found a home in places like the Galisteo Basin, Chimayo, Black Mesa, San Ildefonso, Cabezon and Abiquiu.
Apr 29, 2012
Memorial Service for Robert A. Ewing
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sunday, April 29, 2012
1:00pm St. Francis Auditorium, inside the NM Museum of Art
May 1, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Tuesday thru Saturday, May 1-5, 2012
May 1, 2012 - Nov 30, 2012
Downtown Art, Architecture and History Walking Tours
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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.
May 3, 2012
Free admission and a Centennial Symposium
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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).
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
May 5, 2012
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo and Pueblo San Marcos
Office of Archaeological Studies
TRIP IS FILLED TO CAPACITY
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
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.
May 6, 2012
Artist Demonstration with hands-on
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Assemblage
May 7, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 7-12, 2012
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
Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation Circle member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 or click JOIN!
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
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May 10, 2012
The Simpsons of Bluff, Utah
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
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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.
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
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.
May 14, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 14-19, 2012
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
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.
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
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.
May 18, 2012
Opening reception for "Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry"
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 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.
May 18, 2012 - May 19, 2012
The Palace Press Closed Friday and Saturday
New Mexico History Museum
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
May 19, 2012
Fourth Annual Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Not your average flea market
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.
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
May 21, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, May 21 - 26, 2012
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
May 25, 2012
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Gala Evening
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.
May 25, 2012
The Curve: Center Award Winners, 2012
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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/
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/
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
Jun 1, 2012
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free Friday Evening, June 1
Percussionist Sam Lunt and friends play marimba in the museum's garden patio.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Free
Jun 1, 2012
CANCELLED: Fragile Faith
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
This event has been CANCELLED. Photographer David Robin will speak on "Fragile Faith," as part of the Contemplative Landscape lecture schedule. A free event.
Jun 1, 2012
Rhymes for a Reason
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
An evening of limericks with poet Stuart Hall
The Press at the Palace of the Governors invites the public to celebrate the resilience of spirit in a special evening of limericks with poet Stuart Hall at 6 pm on Friday, June 1, in the Meem Community Room. The event is free, and guests will receive a keepsake of one of Hall’s limericks printed at the Palace Press. Seating is limited.
Hall, an accomplished writer, also lives with severe short-term memory impairment. Wishing to be recognized for his craft rather than his disability, he demonstrates that people with memory impairment are no less human and can be no less creative or gifted.
Jun 3, 2012
Balkan Music & Dance
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Goddess of Arno
Jun 3, 2012
Michael McGarrity Lecture and Book Launch
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hard Country--An 1880s Adventure
Jun 4, 2012
Members Monday
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
New Mexico Museum Foundation
Enjoy private, behind-the-scenes tours of the exhibitions and collections with museum directors and curators. Location: New Mexico Museum of Art
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Jun 4, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, June 4 -June 9, 2012
Jun 8, 2012 - Sep 3, 2012
Free Friday Evenings on Museum Hill
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free 5 to 8 PM
Jun 8, 2012
Landscape and Memory
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Join painter and calligrapher Laurie Doctor for an illustrated lecture, “Landscape and Memory,” at 6 pm on Friday, June 8, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event, part of the programming for Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible is free.
Doctor is a painter, teacher and calligrapher whose work is in collections in the United States and Europe, including recent works in the permanent collection of the Berlin art museum, Akademie der Künste. Her work is based on language, image and contemplative practice.
Jun 8, 2012 - Jun 9, 2012
Old Forts Day
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Community Event, Friday - Saturday
Visit the Village of Fort Sumner for weekend-long activities.
The Memorial will feature Navajo and Mescalero Apache arts and crafts table, Chautauqua presentation, and Navajo Dinetah Dancers.
Jun 8, 2012 - Jun 9, 2012
The Long Run V Motorcycle Ride
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
6:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Friday - Saturday, June 08-09
Event part of Old Forts Day in Ft. Sumner, NM: June 07-09
Motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the Navajo Nation gather in Kirkland, N.M. to ride together to the Bosque Redondo Memorial to commemorate the “Long Walk.” Long Run V will revisit the miles walked by the Navajo people who were rounded up by the U.S. Army, under the command of Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson, and forced to walk hundreds of miles to the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner, NM in 1863. The commemorative ride began six years ago with a small group of Navajo who wanted to pay homage to their ancestors. Event programs include cookouts, traditional singing, important key-note speaker from the Navajo Nation, participants’ testimonials about their feelings and thoughts about the historic event, and spiritual observances.
Jun 9, 2012 - Jun 10, 2012
Two day Calligraphy Workshop, Friday and Saturday
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Jun 10, 2012
Family Fun Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Make pinch and coil pots in an art activity for the whole family, facilitated by art instructor Roni Rohr.
Watch flint knapper Bruce Huckell demonstrate how stone tools are made.
Explore Its About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico with self-guided family activity kits.
Free 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jun 10, 2012
Chiles & Sherds V
Office of Archaeological Studies
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Event
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Jun 11, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, June 11 - 16, 2012
Jun 12, 2012
Arts Alive 2012
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Basketry
"Arts Alive 2012"
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3 to 103. All workshops are from 10 am – 2 pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Groups of 6 or more please call to reserve a place and guarantee free admission to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Programs begin on the hour
To schedule groups please call Joyce Begay-Foss at 476-1272 joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Jun 13, 2012
1912: Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbag Lecture
Jun 13, 2012
The American Occupation of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A panel discussion with the Western Writers of America
Join the Western Writers of America for a special event at the New Mexico History Museum during the group's annual conference. At 2 pm on Wednesday, June 13, James A. Crutchfield will lead a panel discussion on "The American Occupation of New Mexico," with panelists John Carson, Meg Frisbee, and Thomas E. Chavez.
The event is free with admission and open to the public, but seating in the History Museum Auditorium is limited.
Jun 14, 2012
Arts Alive 2012
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Cardboard Loom Weaving
"Arts Alive 2012"
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3 to 103. All workshops are from 10 am – 2 pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Groups of 6 or more please call to reserve a place and guarantee free admission to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Programs begin on the hour
To schedule groups please call Joyce Begay-Foss at 476-1272 joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Jun 15, 2012 - Jun 17, 2012
Mata Ortiz Pottery Show & Sale
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Folk Art Museum Shop: Friday, June 15 thru Sunday, June 17, 2012
Ana Livingston Paddock, author of the book, The Art of Survival - The Survival of Art will be our guest speaker at this special Mata Ortiz Pottery show and sale taking place at the Museum of International Folk Art. She will present a lecture and slide show on Saturday & Sunday, June 16 & 17 at
1:00 each day. Ms. Paddock will capture your imagination with the stories, history and archaeology of Casas Grande, Mexico. Hector and Graciela Gallegos will be our special guests as they show their magnificent pottery!
Jun 15, 2012
Conveying Our State’s Visual Charms: La Tierra Encantada as a Mecca for Artists
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Explore the traits that made our region so irresistible to eminent painters, photographers, sculptors and other talents. With Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, and Sharyn Udall, art historian and author of Carr, O'Keefee, Kahlo: Places of Their Own.
Moderated by John F. Andrews of the New Mexico Humanities Council and the Shakespeare Guild of New York.
$15 in advance at the Lensic Box Office (988-1234) or at the door.
Jun 15, 2012
A Summer of Baskets: Basketry of the Americas
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel Presentation and Demonstrations
Public Panel Presentation and Demonstrations
Indian basket expert Terry DeWald will lead a discussion among international master basket weavers from Arizona, North West Coast, Panama and South Africa. In conjunction with Woven Identities and the International Folk Art Market. At the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Jun 16, 2012
“Atomic” Walking Tour of Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
“Atomic Santa Fe” will explore the sites in the City Different that were a part of the Manhattan Project and the creation of the Atomic Bomb in Los Alamos during WWII. Led by Dr. John Hunner, we will go to key places, including 109 East Palace, the gateway to Los Alamos, and the Santa Fe River where atomic secrets were passed to a Soviet spy while discussing how Santa Fe contributed to the bomb project. We will end in the lobby of La Fonda, where Oppenheimer drank his trademark martini and perhaps order one for ourselves.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Palace Guard Member member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Jun 17, 2012
Father’s Day
Fort Selden Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Outdoor cooking
Jun 18, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, June 18 - 23, 2012
Jun 19, 2012
Arts Alive 2012
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Basketry
"Arts Alive 2012"
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3 to 103. All workshops are from 10 am – 2 pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Groups of 6 or more please call to reserve a place and guarantee free admission to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Programs begin on the hour
To schedule groups please call Joyce Begay-Foss at 476-1272 joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Jun 20, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Jun 21, 2012
Native American Parfleches - A Unique Collection
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Jun 21, 2012
Arts Alive 2012
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Native Foods
"Arts Alive 2012"
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3 to 103. All workshops are from 10 am – 2 pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Groups of 6 or more please call to reserve a place and guarantee free admission to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
Programs begin on the hour
To schedule groups please call Joyce Begay-Foss at 476-1272 joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
Jun 23, 2012
Summer of Baskets: Hopi Yucca Baskets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Workshop
Basketry Artists, Patty Wells and Kaitlyn Kayquoptewa mother and daughter basket makers (Hopi), will lead a full day family workshop on Hopi plaited yucca baskets on Saturday (space is limited, and reservations are required).
The workshop cost is $25 per person or $15 for youth and students (age 10 and over) (space is limited and reservations are required). Tickets are availalbe by phone or in person at the MIAC gift shop. Please call the museum shop at 505-982-5057 or visit us on museum hill.
Sunday Artists will be doing public demonstrations (12 noon -4:30pm) in our Exhibit Woven Identities, free with admission. Please call 505-476-1271 for more information.
Jun 24, 2012
Summer of Baskets: Hopi Yucca Baskets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Demonstration
Jun 25, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, June 25 - 30, 2012
Jul 2, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday and Tuesday, July 2-3, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 - Aug 27, 2012
Monday Gallery Talks
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Summer Series
Jul 6, 2012
Dance Night at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Summer Stomp
Jul 7, 2012
Trunk Show
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Terry DeWald
Jul 7, 2012
A Summer of Baskets: Basketry of the Americas
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Demonstrations
Public Demonstrations: Native Artists Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham), award-winning basket maker, teacher, and activist who also co-founded and directs a cultural revitalization program, and Loa Balumnaech Ryan (Tsimshian), also an award winning basket maker, teacher and cultural educator; and Jacinthe Two Bulls ( Haida) will be doing public demonstrations in our Exhibit Woven Identities, free with admission. Please call 505-476-1271 for more information.
Jul 7, 2012
Judy Chicago in Conversation “Reviewing PowerPlay”
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
With Jonathan D. Katz, historian and writer
The discussion will explore “PowerPlay,” Chicago’s relatively unknown but ground-breaking work from the mid-1980’s. The series features all male subjects in a variety of media and examines male behavior as a social construct.
Dr. Jonathan D. Katz, a leading proponent of Queer Theory, director of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY Buffalo and president of the Board of Directors of the Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York, wrote the insightful catalog essay.
FREE
“ReViewing PowerPlay” will be exhibited at David Richard Gallery.
Co-presented with David Richard
Jul 8, 2012
Trunk Show
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Terry DeWald
Jul 8, 2012
Terry DeWald
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Jul 8, 2012 - Oct 7, 2012
The Art of Gaman
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
The Art of Gaman reflects the strength of Japanese American character in the face of humiliating internment through nearly 100 objects created during World War II. The exhibition opens at the Museum of International Folk Art July 8, 2012 and runs through October 7, 2012.
Jul 9, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, July 9 - 14, 2012
Jul 9, 2012
Breakfast with the Curator
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Andes/Latin America
Jul 9, 2012
Artist Demonstration with hands-on
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
International Folk Arts Week-Retablos
Jul 10, 2012
Breakfast with the Curator
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Art of Gaman/Asia
Jul 10, 2012
Artist Demonstration with hands-on
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Make Japanese Fans
Jul 11, 2012
Breakfast with the Curator
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Young Brides/Textiles
Jul 11, 2012
Artist Demonstration with hands-on
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Make wire baskets
Jul 12, 2012 - Jul 15, 2012
NM Museum of Art Booth at Art Santa Fe
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Art shows off some recent and not-so recent acquisitions at the 2012 Art Santa Fe. Visit our project booth in the Santa Fe Convention Center (201 W. Marcy St) for the vernissage on Thursday, July 12, 5-8pm; or Friday, July 13-Sunday, July 15 from 11am to 6pm. For more information on the fair and ticket prices, visit www.artsantafe.com.
Jul 13, 2012
Poetry and Photographs
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
A photographer and a poet get into a car. No, it’s not the start of a joke. It’s the start of a remarkable collaboration between Teresa Neptune and Miriam Sagan. Together, the pair drove all over New Mexico, checking out places like the Very Large Array, Pie Town, the Valley of Fires, Tent Rocks, Ojo Caliente and more. One of them captured visual memories. The other wrote them down, elegantly, beautifully.
On Friday, July 13, at 6 pm, Neptune (the photographer) and Sagan (the poet) will share some of what happened during their “Road Trips to the Moon” collaboration in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. This free event is part of the programming series for Contemplative Landscape and Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible.
Jul 13, 2012 - Jul 15, 2012
Fort Stanton Live!
Fort Stanton Historic Site
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday - Sunday, July 13 - 15
Jul 14, 2012 - Jul 15, 2012
Young Natives Arts & Crafts Sale
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A free, family event
Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople at the annual Young Natives Arts & Crafts Show. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace of the Governors' Portal Program will demonstrate and sell their own arts and crafts in the Palace Courtyard from 9 am to 3 pm, July 14 and 15. Free.
Jul 14, 2012 - Jul 15, 2012
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jul 16, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, July 16 - 21, 2012
Jul 18, 2012
The Impact of the Railroads on Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Jul 18, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Jul 18, 2012
Cocktails with the Collector
Museum of New Mexico
Circles Member Event
Jul 19, 2012
A Visit with Tammy Garcia
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Jul 20, 2012
Music of the New Mexico Frontier: From the Santa Fe Trail to Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Centennial Music by Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout
Music historians Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout return to the New Mexico History Museum with "Music of the New Mexico Frontier: From the Santa Fe Trail to Statehood," an evening of songs celebrating New Mexico’s Centennial. The free event will be at 6 pm on Friday, July 20, in the History Museum Auditorium.
Come along on a musical ride from the time of Zebulon Pike’s entry into Nuevo Mexico, through the Civil War, the outlaw days of Billy the Kid, and more. With fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and bones, Gardner and Rideout will perform songs that were not only popular at the time, but were inspired by New Mexico people and events.
Jul 22, 2012
New Mexico’s Role in the Civil War
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A special program by the National Park Service and Fort Union National Monument
Organized at Fort Union and Albuquerque in the fall of 1861, the 3rd New Mexico Volunteers Infantry played crucial roles in returning the New Mexico Territory to the Union side during the Civil War. On July 22, from 2-3 pm, re-enactors will present a special program in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard. The event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents, and children 16 and under are free every day.
Part of the National Park Service and Fort Union National Monument, the re-enactors will talk about about who they were, demonstrate drills in Spanish, and describe their weapons and accoutrements. Participants can then become re-enactors-for-a-day by using a wooden musket and joining the volunteers in some drills.
Jul 23, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru SaturdayJuly 23-28, 2012
Jul 24, 2012
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Uchiwa (Japanese Fans)
Jul 25, 2012
A Closer Look
Museum of New Mexico
11:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Circles Member Event
Jul 30, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, July 30 - August 4, 2012
Jul 30, 2012
Monday Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Summer Series
With Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, independent curator
12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
By Museum Admission
Jul 31, 2012 - Aug 2, 2012
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Make New Mexico Frames
Aug 1, 2012
The Art of Gaman
Museum of New Mexico
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Business Council Member Event
Join Curator of Asian Folk Art Felicia Katz-Harris for a talk and tour of The Art of Gaman, a new exhibit that reflects the strength of Japanese American character in the face of internment as seen through nearly 100 objects created during World War II. In addition, Mark McKenzie, Director of the Museum of New Mexico Conservation Lab, will also be on hand to provide behind-the-scenes tours of the downstairs conservation lab.
A wonderful event for Business Council members to mingle, while enjoying wine and hors d'oeuvres.
Aug 3, 2012 - Aug 5, 2012
Old Lincoln Days
Lincoln Historic Site
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday - Sunday, August 3-5
Aug 3, 2012
Opening Night of Alcove 12.4
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free Friday Evening
Part four of the year-long Alcove Shows 12.0 project, showcasing five contemporary New Mexico artists every five weeks.
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Free.
Aug 3, 2012
Ice Cream Social
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free Friday Evening 5 to 8 p.m.
Enjoy scrumptious ice cream bars, donated by Dairy Queen of Santa Fe Place.
Also opening that night is Alcove 12.4, featuring five contemporary New Mexico artists.
Aug 4, 2012
22nd Annual Navajo Rug Auction
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shop
Aug 4, 2012
Summer of Baskets: O’odham Cordage Baskets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Workshop
Basketry Artist and knowledge holder Royce Manuel (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community) will lead a full day workshop on Saturday entitled "Binding Our Future to the Past: Agave Workshop". Mr. Manuel has worked to bring the Kiaha (traditional burden basket) back to life for the Aw-Thum and shared his knowledge teaching community workshops. This workshop will focus on cordage basketry.
Workshops run from 10am-3pm in the MIAC classroom, with an hour break for lunch. Lunch is not provided, please plan to bring your own lunch or purchase during the break . The workshop cost is $25 per person or $15 for youth and students (age 10 and over). Space is limited and preregistration is required. Please call 505- 982-5057 for tickets or purchase in person at the MIAC giftshop. Please call 505-476-1271 for more information.
Aug 5, 2012
Summer of Baskets: O’odham Cordage Baskets
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Public Demonstrations
Sunday Artist Royce Manuel will be doing public demonstrations in our Exhibit Woven Identities, free with admission.
Basketry Artist and knowledge holder Royce Manuel (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community) will demonstrate working with the the Kiaha (traditional burden basket) back to life for the Aw-Thum . This type of basketry is a knotted rope basketry made from agave fibers.
Aug 6, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, August 6 - 11, 2012
Aug 6, 2012
Monday Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Summer Series
Tey Marianna Nunn, Visual Arts Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
12:15 to 1:00 p.m. By Museum Admission.
Aug 7, 2012 - Aug 9, 2012
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Make Polish Castles
Aug 9, 2012 - Aug 12, 2012
Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair - ARCHIVED
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Aug 9-12, enjoy the 28th annual Santa Fe Mountain Man Trade Fair, a free event for the whole family. In the style of a mountain man rendezvous, this 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. Blacksmithing, hide tanning, beadwork, weaponry and more are on display. Special presentations and al fresco talks each day. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue. Sponsored by Los Compadres, a support group of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors.
Aug 10, 2012
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Breaking the Rules: Margarete Bagshaw
Breakfast with Margarete Bagshaw, modernist painter and artist, followed by a talk and tour of the stunning new retrospective exhibit featuring her large monumental canvases.
Program begins at 8:30 am and runs to 10:00 am. We start with with Breakfast at the New Museum Hill Café, followed by programs at the Museum. *Cost is $35 per person, or $30 per person for MNMF members ( MNMF members attend all four breakfasts for $100). Museum admission included. Please call the MIAC shop for tickets at 505-982-5057 or purchase in person in advance at the shop.
Aug 10, 2012
Artists’ Gallery Converation
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Meet the Artists of Alcove 12.4
The five artsits in Alcove 12.4 share the spotlight in an open conversation about their work.
5:30 to about 7:00 p.m.
Free Friday Evening.
Admission is free.
Aug 11, 2012 - Aug 12, 2012
Santa Clara Feast Day
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Aug 12, 2012
Pueblo Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Aug 13, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, August 13-18, 2012
Aug 13, 2012 - Aug 19, 2012
Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
A Santa Fe Indian Market event
Aug 13, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mosquita y Mari (US, 2012, 85 min.) Director and screenwriter: Aurora Guerrero. Producer: Chad Burris (Chickasaw)
This coming-of-age story focuses on a tender friendship and budding romance between two young Chicanas growing up in immigrant households in Los Angeles. Yolanda (Fenessa Pineda), an only child, delivers straight A's and the hope of the American Dream, while Mari (Venecia Troncoso), the oldest of her siblings, shares economic responsibilities with her undocumented family. Mounting pressures at home collide with their new-found connection, forcing them to choose between their obligations to others and staying true to themselves. World premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Preceded by: I Lost My Shadow (US, 2011, 3 min.) Director: Nanobah Becker (Navajo)
Encounters on the New York subway, featuring Navajo dancer Jock Soto, highlight this music video of a song from Laura Ortman's second solo album, Someday We'll Be Together.
Aug 14, 2012
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Indian Market Legacies
Breakfast with Bruce Bernstein, Director of SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, followed by a talk about the artists who have had an indelible mark in the Native Art World and have advanced the understanding of Native arts and culture. Dr. Bernstein will sign copies of his new book, Santa Fe Indian Market: A history of Native arts and the marketplace, detailing the history of the world famous market. Books will be available for purchase at the breakfast.
Program begins at 8:30 am and runs to 10:00 am. We start with Breakfast at the New Museum Hill Café, followed by programs at the Museum. *Cost is $35 per person, or $30 per person for MNMF members ( MNMF members attend all four breakfasts for $100). Museum admission included. Please call the MIAC shop for tickets at 505-982-5057 or purchase in person in advance at the shop.
Aug 14, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
3 pm: Racing the Rez (US, 2012, 57 min.)
In the rugged canyon lands of Northern Arizona, Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools put it all on the line for community pride and state championship glory. Over the course of two racing seasons, the boys strive to find their place in their own Native communities, and in the American culture surrounding them. Win or lose, what they learn will have a dramatic effect on the rest of their lives.
5 pm: Skins (US, 2001, 84 min.) A film by Chris Eyre
Two brothers, veterans of Vietnam who have returned to the Lakota reservation, find themselves on different paths. Rudy (Eric Schweig) gets a college degree and a job as a tribal police officer, while Mogie (Graham Greene) turns to the alcoholism that has devastated his family. Angry about the destructive effects of American history on the people of the reservation, Rudy takes matters into his own hands, going on a vigilante quest to save his community.
7 pm:Hide Away (US, 2011, 88 min.) A film by Chris EyreWhile running away from his tragic past, a man known as The Young Mariner (Josh Lucas) finds an idyllic harbor in the Great Lakes. There he buys the dilapidated sailboat Hesperus and sets to work to restore it. Over the next year, the boat, and community around the harbor, become his greatest support as he struggles to rebuild his life. World premiere and winner of best cinematography at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival.
Aug 15, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Aug 15, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
1 pm: Navajo Paradiso. (Total running time, 73 minutes)
A selection of short films from Navajo filmmakers, including The 6th World; Run Red Walk: A Navajo Sheepdog; Hoverboard;The Way Things Are; Floating; and Interview with Einstein. The directors will be present fora Q&A.
4 pm: Future Voices of New Mexico. (Total running time, 90 minutes)
The 2nd annual Future Voices Native Youth Film Festival showcases and awards prizes for outstanding film and video by young emerging filmmakers. The festival is produced by Future Voices of New Mexico, an organization working with indigenous and under-represented communities to encourage high school students to tell stories through film and photography. Future Voices is a collaborative project of the National Geographic All Roads Film Project, Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and Indigenous Language Institute. For more information, visit www.futurevoicesofnewmexico.org.
7 pm: Canes of Power (US, 2012, 52 min.)
In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln presented silver-headed canes to each of New Mexico's nineteen Pueblos. Today these canes remain potent symbols of continuing sovereignty. Why did this war-weary president, a leader of an Indian policy that destroyed many tribal communities, choose this action? Canes of Power offers a glimpse into the connection between Lincoln and the Pueblos, and the authority the Lincoln Canes continue to hold. This documentary is part of an educational initiative by the producing organization to encourage Native youth to research their community history as well as to develop writing and filmmaking skills.
Discussion to follow with Pam Pierce and Nick Durrie; historian and director of research, Dr. Matthew Martinez; and screenwriter, Maura Dhu Studi
Aug 16, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
3 pm: Skateboard Nation (US, 2011, 51 min.)
Explore the underground movement that is helping Native American youth throughout the U.S. soar above life's challenges, one half-pipe at a time. Skateboarding is increasingly popular on reservations as well as urban areas, cultivating athletes, artists, entrepreneurs and mentors. From the streets of Albuquerque to New York City, from Washington, D.C. to Pine Ridge, the sport is fueling a new form of self-expression and pride.
7:30 pm: Classification X winners. Awards for Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, Experimental Short, and Feature Film.
Aug 17, 2012
NEW DAY: The Search for Law and Order in the Lawless Frontier
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
This event has been rescheduled for Friday, August 17.
Join Robert J. Torrez for "The Struggle for Statehood: The Search for Law and Order along New Mexico's `Lawless Frontier,'" part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Torrez served as New Mexico's state historian from 1987-2000. His books include A History of New Mexico Since Statehood (University of New Mexico Press, 2011) and UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico's History (University of New Mexico Press, 2004).
Aug 17, 2012
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Woven Identities: Basketry Art
Breakfast with Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham), award-winning basket maker, teacher, and activist along with Valerie Verzuh, MIAC exhibit curator, followed by a talk about native basketry of today, his contemporary pieces and the Tohono O’odham Community Action basketry co-op.
Program begins at 8:30 am and runs to 10:00 am. We start with with Breakfast at the New Museum Hill Café, followed by programs at the Museum. *Cost is $35 per person, or $30 per person for MNMF members ( MNMF members attend all four breakfasts for $100). Museum admission included. Please call the MIAC shop for tickets at 505-982-5057 or purchase in person in advance at the shop.
Aug 17, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
Noon: Path Waves--Youth Shorts Program (Total running time, 55 minutes)
3 pm: State of Native Arts Symposium:"What defines ‘quality’ in Native Art?"
A panel discussion about quality in Native American art and Indian Market. What is it? How do we know when we see it? Museum Directors from the Autry National Center of the American West, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Heard Museum, and the National Museum of the American Indian in a roundtable discussion about current and future direction of Native arts.
5:30 pm: Classification X winners. Awards for Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, Experimental Short, and Feature Film.
8 pm: Shouting Secrets (US, 2011, 88 min.)
June is a loving wife and a support to her three grown children. But when she falls ill, the confused and quarreling siblings and the misunderstood father are left to cope with her illness, and with each other, in the tight confines of the hospital and at the family home on the reservation. World premiere at 2011 American Indian Film Festival.Preceded by: The Storm (US, 2011, 5 min.)
In this music video, Seminole musicians Zack "Doc" Battiest and Spencer Battiest perform their 2011 single "The Storm". The song and the video were created as a tribute to the Seminole tribe of Florida, and an homage to the singers' parents, grandparents and tribal leaders.
Aug 18, 2012 - Aug 19, 2012
Indian Market Weekend
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Special Projects
Will Wilson: "Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange"
and
"Live Art: The Hour Has Arrived."
Aug 18, 2012 - Aug 19, 2012
Portal Artisans Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
An Annual Palace Courtyard Event
Aug 18, 2012
Santa Fe Indian Market
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Aug 18, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1 pm: Classification X winners. Awards for Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, Experimental Short, and Feature Film.
3 pm: imagineNATIVE presents (Total running time, 70 minutes)
Ten commissions of short films from the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival by Canadian Aboriginal artists.
Aug 19, 2012
Santa Fe Indian Market
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Aug 19, 2012
Taiko Drumming
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The universal language of drums
Aug 19, 2012
Today’s films: Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
11 am: My Louisiana Love (US, 2012, 64 min.)
Monique Verdin returns to southeast Louisiana to reunite with her family and quickly realizes that the Houma people's traditional way of life--fishing, trapping and hunting in these fragile wetlands--is being threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental crises. Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil leak are just the latest rounds in this century-old cycle that is forcing Monique's clan to adapt in new ways. Monique must overcome the loss of her house, her father and her partner--and redefine the meaning of home.Preceded by: Handmade Portraits: The Bone Carver and Handmade Portraits: Mabel Pike (US, 2012, 4 min. each)
In short films made for the online craft market Etsy, the filmmaker profiles the Iñupiat carver Sylvester Ayek and the Tlingit beadworker Mabel Pike.1 pm: Run to the East. (US, 2011, 87 min.)
Chantel "Tails" Hunt (Navajo), Thomas Martinez (Navajo) and Dillon Shije (Zia Pueblo) have overcome every obstacle in their personal lives and in their communities to become elite cross country runners, and all three are determined to succeed. Through the year's track meets they compete against runners from more privileged schools as they vie for college scholarships and a chance to explore opportunities off the rez.
3 pm: Mesnak. (Canada, 2011, 96 min.)
When he unexpectedly receives a photo of his birth mother, young actor Dave Brodeur (Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles) leaves Montreal and his repertory work on Shakespeare's Hamlet for the desolate reserve community of Kinogamish, in search of his Native history and culture. With the help of a local sage and friend of Dave's long-dead father, Dave uncovers secrets that destabilize the town's balance of power and explain his own past.
Preceded by: Reviens Moi. (US, 2012, 11 min.)
Memories from the past ignite a young man's yearning for his childhood sweetheart.
Aug 20, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, August 20-25, 2012
Aug 20, 2012
Monday Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
with Carmella Padilla
Aug 22, 2012
San Cristobal Ranch
New Mexico History Museum
Circles Member Event
Aug 23, 2012
The Art of Gaman
Museum of New Mexico
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Business Council Member Event
RSVP at www.museumfoundation.org/business
Aug 24, 2012
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets
Breakfast with Joyce Begay-Foss, Co-curator and MIAC Director of Education and well-known weaver, followed by a talk about the newest exhibit with a very special viewing of additional pieces not included in the exhibit.
Program begins at 8:30 am and runs to 10:00 am. We start with with Breakfast at the New Museum Hill Café, followed by programs at the Museum. *Cost is $35 per person, or $30 per person for MNMF members ( MNMF members attend all four breakfasts for $100). Museum admission included. Please call the MIAC shop for tickets at 505-982-5057 or purchase in person in advance at the shop.
Aug 24, 2012
Public Lecture
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
"The Suppressed Memoirs of Mabel Dodge Luhan
Aug 25, 2012
Zia Pueblo Agricultural Fields
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Aug 27, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, August 27-September 1, 2012
Aug 27, 2012
Monday Gallery Talk - Final of the Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
with Miguel Gandert
Sep 2, 2012
The Jicarilla Apache of Dulce
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Talk and Book signing
At 2pm in the MIAC theater Dr. Veronica Velarde Tiller and Mary Velarde present their new book on the history of the Jicarilla Apache. Following the talk from3:00 pm to 4:30 pm they will sign the book.
Dulce is now a community living in two worlds, fully immersed in the American mainstream economy with a world-class hunting lodge, significant oil and gas operations, and widely diversified investments while fiercely maintaining the centuries-old language, culture, religion, and ceremonies of Jicarilla Apache Indians. Come learn the interwined history of the Jicarilla Apache and Dulce.
Free with admission. Admission Free on sundays to NM residents. 16 and under always free.
Sep 3, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, September 3-8, 2012
Sep 5, 2012
Fiesta Lecture: Diego de Vargas’ Strategies
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Palace Guard Event
Diego de Vargas’s 1693 reconquest of Santa Fe did not create the peaceful Spanish province he needed for successful governance. To get it, he employed a series of strategies, including compadrazgo (godparenthood) of tribal children, divide-and-conquer, and a sweet helping of chocolate diplomacy.
State Historian Rick Hendricks will detail what Vargas did and how it worked in ”I Was Godfather to Them: Diego de Vargas and the Reconquest of New Mexico,” the annual Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture at the New Mexico History Museum at 6 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 5. The lecture is sponsored by the Palace Guard, and admission is free to its members; $5 others, at the door. Seating is limited.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Palace Guard member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN.
Sep 7, 2012
Early closing for Santa Fe Fiesta
New Mexico History Museum
Sep 8, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012
Frontier Days
Fort Selden Historic Site
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9
Enjoy living history demonstration and period military re-enactors.
Built on the banks of the Rio Grande, this adobe fort housed units of the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry. Their intent was to protect settlers and travelers in the Mesilla Valley from desperados and Apache Indians. Several of the units stationed at the fort were black troopers, referred to as Buffalo Soldiers. A young Douglas Mac Arthur called the fort home while his father was post commander in the late 1880s.
The weekend begins with Reveille & Flag Raising at 8:30, followed by a “911 Remembrance Ceremony” at 8:46. On-going living history and events throughout the day include: military encampment with infantry cavalry & artillery; period cooking demonstrations, period school house exhibit; military drills; black powder demonstrations; an 1860s game of Rounders (baseball); kids history hunt and special speakers.
Sep 8, 2012
International Exhibition!
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New World: Timeless Visions
Discover some of the world's most exciting contemporary ceramic artists.
Sep 8, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012
Beginning and Intermediate Calligraphy Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Santa Fe artist Sherry Bishop leads a two-day workshop on the foundational hand for beginning and intermediate calligraphers on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9 pm, in the History Museum classroom. The hands-on workshop is part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape. Foundational hand is the best style for the basic training of calligraphic hands. It is based on a circle, to which the rest of the alphabet relates. The rhythm of this hand is like stringing round pearls of ink in a pattern of circles, forming strong, black and pleasantly variable lines of letters.
The workshop costs $125, plus a $15 material fee. Class size is limited to 12. For reservations, call Tom Leech at (505) 476-5096 or e-mail thomas.leech@state.nm.us.
Sep 8, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012
Celebrate Santa Fe Fiesta
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The museum is open free Fiesta weekend.
Sep 8, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012
Free admission this weekend
New Mexico History Museum
A Santa Fe Fiesta treat
Sep 9, 2012
Film Screening
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
From a Silk Cocoon
Sep 10, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, September 10-15, 2012
Sep 12, 2012
Film Screening
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
From a Silk Cocoon
Sep 14, 2012
Annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Free Public Ceremony
Sep 14, 2012
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
A Survivor’s Social
Sep 15, 2012 - Sep 17, 2012
Mining and Mimbres in Deming Area
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
The Deming area is rich is Native American sites and features (Mimbres through Apache), including rock art, as well as being a center for historic mining. Moderate hiking will be involved.
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Sep 15, 2012 - Sep 17, 2012
Rockhound and Rock Art: 2012 Trip to Deming, NM
Office of Archaeological Studies
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Event
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Sep 15, 2012 - Sep 16, 2012
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16
This unique sale of Native American art from the homes of top collectors is your chance to snap up a wonderful treasure! Last year, over 800 pieces of art were available, representing almost every medium. Based on the huge success of the 2011 event, this sale is expanded to two days in 2012. And, most importantly, a portion of every sale benefits the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Saturday & Sunday, September 15-16, 2012: 9:00 – 10:00 am on Saturday — Early Bird shopping, $10 at the door; 10:00 am – 4:00 pm both days; free admission. http://nativetreasures.org/collectors-sale/
Museum Hill, Laboratory of Anthropology, right next to MIAC
Sep 16, 2012
Annual Collectors Homes Tour & Membership Event
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Friends of Folk Art Members Event
Encourage your friends to become a friend, a Friend of Folk Art that is. A "double header" afternoon will start with tours of two homes of noted Santa Fe folk art collectors. Then we will gather for a party at the fabulous Santa Fe studio of kinetic metal sculptor Fredrick Prescott.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Museum Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Sep 16, 2012
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16
This unique sale of Native American art from the homes of top collectors is your chance to snap up a wonderful treasure! Last year, over 800 pieces of art were available, representing almost every medium. Based on the huge success of the 2011 event, this sale is expanded to two days in 2012. And, most importantly, a portion of every sale benefits the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Saturday & Sunday, September 15-16, 2012: 9:00 – 10:00 am on Saturday — Early Bird shopping, $10 at the door; 10:00 am – 4:00 pm both days; free admission. http://nativetreasures.org/collectors-sale/
Museum Hill, Laboratory of Anthropology, right next to MIAC
Sep 17, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, September 17-22, 2012
Sep 18, 2012
Poetry Reading
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
by Sherwin Bitsui
Sep 19, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Sep 19, 2012
Conversation cafe
Museum of International Folk Art
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
About The Art of Gaman
Sep 20, 2012
A Visit to the Allan Houser Sculpture Garden
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Sep 21, 2012
Opening Night
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sep 23, 2012
The Big Thank You
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Celebrate 50 Years of Community Support
Sep 23, 2012
Dia de Muertos Customs
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fall Lecture Series at Coronado State Monument
Learn about the traditional Dia de Muertos customs through a colorful presentation by award-winning artist Catalina Delgado-Trunk. Presentation will include slide-show, artifacts, and display of the artist's original artwork.
Catalina Delgado-Trunk enrolled in art school at the age of 49 where she found new outlets for her life-long creativity and desire to teach about Mexican culture and traditions. Catalina’s work has appeared in more than 20 exhibitions, and she has curated many shows of ofrendas. Her work has been accepted into collections of prominent museums such as the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. She travels widely to presents lectures and workshops about Mexican culture.
Lecture $5/adult, free to Members of the Friends of Coronado State Monument.
Event will be held at The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society), 161 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo, NM. Located off Rte 550, 1.7 miles west of I-25, Exit 242 (Just west of Coronado State Monument; turn north on the gravel road between the Phillips 66 station and the new IHOP restaurant).
For info: 505-867-5351, www.nmmonuments.org, http://home.comcast.net/~friendsofcsm
Sep 23, 2012
The Big Thank You:
Museum of New Mexico
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Annual Fund Show & Tell
Donors who gave $100 or more to the Annual Fund for Museum Education are invited to hear about one of the exciting programs their donation supports. Chuck Hannaford, Project Director and Mary Weahkee, Assistant Archaeologist of the Office of Archaeological Studies will do a show and tell of their Education Outreach Program that was recently awarded the Society For American Archaeology’s 2012 Excellence in Public Education Award. For information, call (505) 982-6366, ext. 113.
Sep 23, 2012
Museum Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Big Thank You
Join the Museum of New Mexico Foundation for activities at all four Santa Fe museums in honor of its 50th anniversary and 50 years of community support for our museums and monuments. At the New Mexico History Museum:
1-4 pm: Origami crane making, Gathering Space
1-4 pm: Calligraphy demonstration, Gathering Space
1:30 pm: Tour of Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape
3 pm: Tour of Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry
Sep 23, 2012
The Big Thank You
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of MNMF
Sep 23, 2012
Celebrate 50 Years
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
It’s the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s Birthday
Sep 23, 2012
Discover your New Mexico State Monuments at the BIG THANK YOU!
New Mexico Historic Sites
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FREE 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Free Event Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Kick off the celebration by learning about your 8 New Mexico State Monuments at a special presentation honoring the 50th anniversary of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
Activities for all-ages will showcase what can be discovered at the New Mexico State Monuments, the heritage sites throughout the state. Enjoy chuck wagon cooking and fry bread demonstrations, living history, and hands-on activities. The Van of Enchantment, the Department of Cultural Affairs’ mobile museum, will also be available for visitors.
Event will feature a special dance performance by the Oak Canyon Dancers of Jemez Pueblo at 12 PM.
Location: Lot of the Stewart Udall–Museum Resources Building, 725 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe (On Museum Hill across the street from the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art)
Learn more about other BIG THANK YOU! activities, http://www.museumfoundation.org/50Years.
Sep 24, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, September 24-29, 2012
Sep 26, 2012
Aldrich, Luna, Hitchcock, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join David Holtby for a talk on "Four Forgotten Ones in the Struggle for Statehood: Aldrich, Luna, Hitchcock, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Holtby works for the Center for Regional Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is retired as editor in chief and associate director of the University of New Mexico Press and in 2006 received the New Mexico Historical Society’s Edgar Lee Hewett Award for public service.
Sep 27, 2012
Dinner with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Margarete Bagshaw
Join us for dinner with world famous artist Margarete Bagshaw at the Museum Hill Café and a multi-media presentation "Teaching My Spirit to Fly" in the Museum Theater afterwards.
Margarete Bagshaw paints canvases with colorful juxtapositions of abstract shapes and thoughtful placements of stylized Puebloesque designs and motifs. Bold colors applied unsparingly within the twists and turns in her abstract paintings are hallmarks of her style. A strong sense of individuality and self-assurance is apparent in her work, as it is in the works of her legendary Santa Clara Pueblo grandmother Pabilita Velarde.
$45 MNMF/ $50 per person includes dinner with cash bar and presentation. Tickets may be purchased from the MIAC museum shop by phone at 505-982-5057 or in person at the MIAC shop. Seating is limited.
Sep 28, 2012 - Sep 30, 2012
The Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Traditional and authentic jewels of the Southwest
Volcanoes, earthquakes, water, wind, and ice created the raw materials that adorn our favorite pieces of jewelry. See and purchase a worldwide variety of the authentic versions of stones, fossils and gems at the 7th annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show, Sept. 28-30, in the Palace Courtyard. New this year: Jewelry-making workshops join each day's al fresco lectures on a variety of topics.
Enter for free through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue and meet the miners, traders and jewelers whose stories of how the forces of nature formed geodes, fossils, and turquoise will deepen your appreciation for the treasures beneath our feet.
The event is open 10 am to 7 pm on Friday, Sept. 28; and 9 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30.
Sep 30, 2012
Altared Spaces: A photographers’ panel discussion
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Siegfried Halus, Jack Parsons, Donald Woodman
Join Siegfried Halus, Jack Parsons, and Donald Woodman for a panel discussion about their work in the new exhibition Altared Spaces: The Shrines of New Mexico. The event is at 2 pm on Sunday, Sept. 30, in the History Museum Auditorium, followed by refreshments in the upstairs Gathering Space, courtesy of the Museum of New Mexico Women's Board. The event is free with museum admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
In Altared Spaces: The Shrines of New Mexico, from Sept. 30, 2012, through Feb. 10, 2013, Jack Parsons, Donald Woodman, and Siegfried Halus exhibit their explorations into these special places, from a backyard to a living room to the side of a road. The exhibit augments the spirits expressed in the ongoing exhibitions, Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape in the Herzstein Changing Exhibits Gallery.
Oct 1, 2012
Members Monday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Enjoy private, behind-the-scenes tours of the exhibitions and collections with museum directors and curators. Location: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Oct 1, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, October 1-6, 2012
Oct 5, 2012
300 Years of Priests and Preachers on the Camino Real
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Presentation by Mr. Larry Castillo-Wilson
Oct 5, 2012
Opening Night Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Oct 6, 2012
Palace Closed, but Free Admission to the History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
One day only
Oct 8, 2012 - Oct 11, 2012
Circles Trip: Dallas/Ft. Worth
Museum of New Mexico
Circles Member Event
Executive Director, John Easley, shares the best museums and private art collections in the vibrant arts scene of Dallas and Fort Worth.
Contact Laura Waller for further information or to join The Circles, (505) 982-6366, ext. 116.
Oct 8, 2012
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Monday thru Saturday, October 8-13, 2012
Oct 12, 2012
Gallery Conversations
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Oct 13, 2012
Last Day for Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Oct 14, 2012
Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
John Carter, a curator and historian with the Nebraska State Historical Society speaks on “Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography,” at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. A folklorist and photo historian, Carter has studied, lectured and written about photography for three decades. He has consulted on major exhibitions and television documentaries and is a grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Carter’s lecture is part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape.
Oct 17, 2012
New Mexico and its Rough Riders
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Paul Hutton for "The Volunteers of the Spanish American War: New Mexico and its Rough Riders," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Hutton is a history professor at the University of New Mexico and offers film classes ranging from “Western Film” to “War on Film.” Author of numerous books on Western, military and popular-culture topics, he has written, appeared in, or narrated more than 150 television documentaries.
Oct 17, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Oct 18, 2012 - Oct 30, 2012
Mexico City
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology Event
Details to be announced. Stayed tuned!
Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Oct 18, 2012
Exploring the Ledger Art of Avis Charley
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Friends of Indian Art Event
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Oct 19, 2012 - Oct 21, 2012
Guatemalan Textile Show & Sale
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art Auditorium
David Hamilton returns for the annual Guatemalan textile sale and show with a very special collection of vintage items from the highlands of Guatemala.
Special Opening Friday, October 19, 2012, 3:00 pm. Please contact Sara Birmingham at (505) 982-3016, ext. 23 or sarab@swcp.com.
Oct 20, 2012
A Day on the Ranch
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
This day trip will include visits to two working New Mexico ranches, both of which are on the National Register. One has a showcase historic hacienda of nineteen preserved and beautifully maintained rooms. We will lunch on the hacienda’s portal and view the confluence of the Pecos and Gallinas rivers, where the Navajos on the Long Walk turned south toward their Bosque Redondo destination. We will also visit the ruins of a comanchero trading post which became known as Fort Hatch, an important supplier of beef to Fort Union. In addition, we’ll view how nature has significantly altered a mile long stretch of the Santa Fe Trail, and view an interesting antique automobile collection.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Palace Guard member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Oct 20, 2012
Fiesta of Cultures
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free event! Fun for all ages!
¡Viva la Fiesta! Enjoy panoramic views of the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the Sandia Mountains during Fiesta of Cultures, a celebration of local New Mexican traditions including Pueblo, Hispanic and Anglo. Event will feature fine artists and craftspeople, Native and old-world lifeways demonstrations, pottery firing, Spanish dancers, Mariachi band, living history, and art activities for children. Enjoy tours of the newly cleaned murals in Painted Kiva.
Free admission. Food vendors will be available.
Oct 20, 2012
Dia de Muertos Baking Program
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
A Day of the Dead Activity
Oct 20, 2012
National Archaeology Day at CNMA
Office of Archaeological Studies
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology with laboratory tours, family activities, educational programs, and presentations by local archaeological organizations. Throw spears with atlatls, shoot bows-and-arrows, watch stone being turned into tools, learn how yucca is turned into string, look at the world of plants and pottery through microscopes, and meet archaeologists! The brand new facility is located at 7 Old Cochiti Road, off of Caja del Rio Road near the Santa Fe County Animal Shelter.
Oct 20, 2012
Center for New Mexico Archaeology Open House
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Archaeology Day
Grand opening of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology! From10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tours of the MIAC Archaeological Research Collections from 12:00 until 3:00 Where: Caja del Rio Road off NM 599. Turn southwest on Old Cochití Road from Caja del Rio Road.
Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the new building, which is the primary storage facility for New Mexico’s archaeological collections, as well as the offices and working research laboratories of the Office of Archaeological Studies.
Visitors of all ages can learn about New Mexico’s unique 14,000 year cultural heritage through a wide range of hands-on activities, demonstrations, and interactions with archaeologists. Click date for more info.
Oct 26, 2012 - Oct 28, 2012
Calligraphy workshop: A Contemporary Book of Hours
New Mexico History Museum
Well-known artist and calligrapher Carol Pallesen of Reno, Nevada, offers a class on creating and binding a modern version of a Book of Hours, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28,in the History Museum classroom. Participants will create a contemporary book of hours with words close to their hearts: inspirational words they will want to read and ponder daily. Besides decorating and painting paper to be bound into a book and discuss the “secret canon” of medieval book production and materials.
Cost $200, plus $40 material fee. To reserve one of the class's 12 spaces, call Tom Leech at (505) 476-5096 or thomas.leech@state.nm.us.
Oct 27, 2012 - Oct 28, 2012
Pendleton Blanket Show & Sale
Museum of New Mexico
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A special trunk show and sale of Pendleton blankets!
Pendleton blankets have honored Native American tribes and customers for over a century. The blankets are woven with the legends, symbols, and colors of many tribes throughout North America. Today, a Pendleton blanket continues to signify honor and respect. They are collectible heirlooms of tomorrow that can be used and enjoyed today. Location: Museum of Indian Art and Culture Gift Shop.
Oct 27, 2012
Laboratory of Anthropogy Annual Booksale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28
The Laboratory of Anthropology Library will showcase books from the estate of Samuel Larcombe,as well as numerous other significant donations! All sales benefit the LOA library
Saturday early bird 10am-1pm $10, Saturday 1-4pm $2;Sunday free. Interested in volunteering for the sale? Please call 476-1264
710 Camino Lejo in the John Gaw Meem Auditorium and LOA Library of the Laboratory of Anthropology
Oct 27, 2012 - Oct 28, 2012
Museum Gift Shop
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Pendleton Blanket Show and Sale
Pendleton Blanket Show and Sale 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday
A Pendleton Represntative will be onsite with blankets, clothing including robes, accessories, and infant gift sets at the Museum gift shop
Oct 28, 2012
A special event honoring photographer Donald Woodman
New Mexico History Museum
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
My Life in Photography: A Career Overview
Celebrate photographer Donald Woodman’s donation of his archive to the New Mexico History Museum's Palace of the Governors Photo Archives with a special event on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 3 pm. Woodman will speak about “My Life in Photography: A Career Overview,” and the museum will announce the New Mexico Photo Legacy Project. The event is free with admission in the History Museum auditorium. Sundays are free to NM residents.
Oct 28, 2012
Laboratory of Anthropogy Annual Booksale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28
The Laboratory of Anthropology Library will showcase books from the estate of Samuel Larcombe,as well as numerous other significant donations! All sales benefit the LOA library
Saturday early bird 10am-1pm $10, Saturday 1-4pm $2;Sunday free. Interested in volunteering for the sale? Please call 476-1264
710 Camino Lejo in the John Gaw Meem Auditorium and LOA Library of the Laboratory of Anthropology
Oct 28, 2012
Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Costumes Encouraged, not required
Nov 2, 2012
Art History Lecture
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace
Nov 3, 2012
A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico’s Segesser Hide Paintings
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lecture and Book Signing by Thomas E. Chávez
Historian Thomas E. Chávez speaks about and signs copies of his new book, A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico's Segesser Hide Paintings (Rio Grande Books, 2012), an anthology that includes 14 articles by prominent scholars, at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov. 3, in the History Museum's Meem Community Room. A free event.
Nov 4, 2012
Lisa Gill poetry reading and film screening
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape
Nov 4, 2012
Holiday Party and Silent Auction
Office of Archaeological Studies
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friends of Archaeology Event
The Friends of Archaeology Holiday Party will be held at the Hotel Santa Fe. Come join the revelry and meet the Office of Archaeological Studies staff, the Friends of Archaeology Board members and see what archaeology projects Office of Archeaological Studies has been delving into during the past year. Bid on unique and unusual art works and crafts at the silent auction. $20.00 at the door provides a festive gathering, a savory light buffet and a beverage.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Archaeology member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Nov 4, 2012
Film Showing: ’Canes of Power’
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture presents a very special screening of a Silver Bullet Productions “Canes of Power”. "The story of President Lincoln’s gift of engraved Canes to each of New Mexico's 19 Indian Pueblos, forever symbolizing the recognition of their tribal Sovereignty"
Sunday November 4th, 2012 at 1pm followed by panel discussion. The film will be repeated that afternoon at 3:30pm and on Weds Nov 7th at 11am.
FREE, In the MIAC theater, seating is limited
Nov 4, 2012
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
Nov 7, 2012 - Nov 12, 2012
Friends of Folk Art goes to Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of International Folk Art
Friends of Folk Art Trip: November 7-12, 2012
Space is still available to join the Friends of Folk Art on a trip exploring the beauty and wonder of Southern Folk Art. This trip will take you to see some beautiful museums, eccentric collections, and an amazing auction of folk art! This trip is first come, first served with limited numbers for Friends of Folk Art Members only - so reserve now! Members can reserve at: http://www.museumfoundation.org/fofatrip . Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100. Or click JOIN.
Nov 7, 2012
Film Showing: ’Canes of Power’
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
In Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture presents a very special screening of a Silver Bullet Productions “Canes of Power”. "The story of President Lincoln’s gift of engraved Canes to each of New Mexico's 19 Indian Pueblos, forever symbolizing the recognition of their tribal Sovereignty"
Final Showing on Weds Nov 7th at 11am.
FREE, In the MIAC theater, seating is limited
Nov 8, 2012
New Mexico Treasures
New Mexico History Museum
Palace Guard Event
Have a great time at the New Mexico History Museum at our most popular annual event. Join Museum Director Fran Levine and the New Mexico History Museum staff, who will present some of their favorite items from the collections, recent acquisitions, and give a special look at what goes on behind the scenes of a world class museum. Reception will follow. Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Palace Guard member? Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Nov 9, 2012
Chatter: Music Worth Talking About
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Centennial Chamber Music Performance
Chatter is (ad)venturing into Santa Fe with a major musical offering which includes a world premiere of Caprichos, written by renowned composer Roberto Sierra for the Albuquerque-based chamber music program in honor of New Mexico’s statehood Centennial. The concert, at 6 pm on Friday, Nov. 9, in the St. Francis Auditorium, is a collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art and the New Mexico History Museum. Thomas Leech of the Press of the Palace of the Governors will create a limited-edition keepsake based on Sierra’s score for the audience. (The Press is a working exhibit of 19th- and 20th-century letterpress printing techniques and equipment.)
Tickets are $25 general admission, $9 students and people under 30, available at www.chatterchamber.org and at the door.
Nov 9, 2012
Chatter: Music Worth Talking About
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Centennial Chamber Music Performance
Chatter is (ad)venturing into Santa Fe with a major musical offering which includes a world premiere of Caprichos, written by renowned composer Roberto Sierra for the Albuquerque-based chamber music program in honor of New Mexico’s statehood Centennial. The concert, at 6 pm on Friday, Nov. 9, in the St. Francis Auditorium, is a collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art and the New Mexico History Museum. Thomas Leech of the Press of the Palace of the Governors will create a limited-edition keepsake based on Sierra’s score for the audience. (The Press is a working exhibit of 19th- and 20th-century letterpress printing techniques and equipment.)
Tickets are $25 general admission, $9 students and people under 30, available at www.chatterchamber.org and at the door.
Nov 10, 2012
Get To Know Your Art Museum: Family Activity Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Nov 11, 2012
Remembrance: America’s World War Legacies in Europe
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Veterans Day event
Santa Fe writer and photographer Jeffrey A. Lowdermilk set out to connect with his grandfather’s World War I memories by capturing images of America’s military monuments and cemeteries of both world wars throughout Europe. Through that effort, he built friendships with American and German veterans of World War II and, in a 2011 ceremony of reconciliation, saw onetime combatants achieve a place
At 2 pm on Sunday, Nov. 11, Lowdermilk will talk about those experiences in “Remembrance: America’s World War Legacies in Europe,” a Veterans Day lecture in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents, and Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, is free to all veterans and active-duty personnel. (The museum is closed on Monday, Nov. 12.)
Nov 11, 2012
Veterans Day
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Honor our Native American Veterans
Join us for a FREE program1-3pm, honoring our veterans including a color guard, remarks and Navajo Code Talker documentary. The Documentary will be shown in the MIAC theater seating is limited. Light refreshments will be provided.
This very special program is presented in collaboration with the Department of Indian Affairs, New Mexico Tourism, and New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions
Nov 14, 2012
New Mexico Women: The Road to Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Sandra Schackel for "New Mexico Women: The Road 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.
Schackel is a professor emerita of women’s history and the American West at Boise State University. Her doctorate is from the University of New Mexico. Among her publications is Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West (University of Kansas Press, 2011).
Nov 15, 2012
Circles Holiday Kick-off
New Mexico History Museum
Circles Member Event
Celebrate the holidays with new and old friends at the New Mexico History Museum with first choice shopping before the member double discount sale. Invitation will be mailed. Contact Laura Waller for further information or to join The Circles, (505) 982-6366, ext. 116.
Nov 16, 2012
Alcove 12.6 Gallery Conversations
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Artists discuss their work in open conversation.
Join the artists showing in Alcove 12.6 in a lively, open conversation about their work.
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the alcove galleries. Free.
Nov 17, 2012
Anniversary Celebration
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Nov 18, 2012
Karl May’s Wild West
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibition opening lecture
Nov 18, 2012
Rock Art in New Mexico
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fall Lecture Series at Coronado State Monument
Mr. Barron “Bear” Haley is a retired community college instructor of Biology, Marine Biology and Botany. After his retirement 10 years ago, he brought his lifelong avocation as a photographer to the study of petroglyphs and the Native American rock art images of New Mexico. Mr. Haley is an award winning member of several rock-art associations including the American Rock Art Research Association. He is also a recorder for the Bureau of Land Management and as such he has been up close and personal with rock art images as he photographs, logs and graphs images that remain as an 8000 year old record of the prehistoric peoples of Las Cruces up through the Rio Grande Gorge.
The self-proclaimed “rock-art bum” will present a slide show of rock art images he has studied, many of which are not accessible to the general public, either because they are considered sacred and may be on Native American lands or on undeveloped areas. These signs and symbols speak to us of an ancient past that continues to have significant meaning for current native inhabitants. Please join us for what is sure to be a fascinating and speculative look into the “face-book” of the past.
Lecture $5/adult, free to Members of the Friends of Coronado State Monument.
Event will be held at The DeLavy House (Sandoval County Historical Society), 161 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo, NM. Located off Rte 550, 1.7 miles west of I-25, Exit 242 (Just west of Coronado State Monument; turn north on the gravel road between the Phillips 66 station and the new IHOP restaurant).
For info: 505-867-5351, www.nmmonuments.org, http://home.comcast.net/~friendsofcsm
Nov 18, 2012
Macedonian Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lace Making and more!
Nov 21, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Nov 25, 2012
Ilan Stavans presents his new graphic novel El Iluminado
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A mystery set amid the history of the crypto-Jews
Join Ilan Stavans, an esteemed literary critic and professor, at 2 pm on Sunday, Nov. 25, as he discusses and signs copies of his new graphic novel, El Iluminado (Basic Books, 2012). Written with illustrator Steve Sheinkin, the book carries a fictional Ilan Stavans on a sleuth's journey to solve a murder with tentacles in the Southwest's crypto-Jewish history. Free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Nov 30, 2012
Free showing of Karl May’s movie Winnetou
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dec 2, 2012
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 2, 2012
Christmas at Kuaua: NM State Monuments Ruins Glow
Coronado Historic Site
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Free after-hours event!
Dec 2, 2012
Winter Traditions
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Seasonal Holiday Celebration
A special community holiday celebration featuring Pueblo children's book author/storyteller Emmett "Shkeme", Pueblo dance performances by Ice Mountain Dancers (Ohkay Owingeh), and hands-on basketry activity with Andrew Harvier (Taos/Santa Clara Pueblo/Tohono O’odham).
FREE with admission. Admission free on Sundays to NM residents. 16 and under always free.
Dec 7, 2012
Member Preview of New World Cuisine:
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más
Dec 7, 2012
New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Mas
Museum of New Mexico
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Members Preview
See the most anticipated museum exhibitions before they open to the public. Location: Museum of International Folk Art
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Dec 7, 2012
Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Santa Fe's beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for a 28th-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 7, 2012
Early closing for Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dec 8, 2012
Luminaria Tour: A NM State Monuments Ruins Glow
Fort Selden Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free after-hours event!
Dec 8, 2012
Light Among the Ruins: A NM State Monuments Ruins Glow
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Free after-hours event!
Dec 9, 2012
Las Posadas
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A Santa Fe Tradition
Update: Due to snowy road and roof conditions, Las Posadas will not take place today. We will however, serve cookies and hot cider in the Palace courtyard and sing some carols from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Dress warmly, drive safely, and enjoy a winter's evening with your fellow Santa Feans. 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 9, 2012
Celebrate Winter and New Exhibition Opeing
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
New World Cuisine
Dec 9, 2012
Glass Rainbow Project Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Kid-formed Kiln-glass
Dec 9, 2012
Early closing for Las Posadas
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dec 10, 2012
Celebrate New World Cuisine
Museum of International Folk Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art MEMBERS ONLY Event
After a private tour of the "New World Cuisine" exhibit with Nicolasa Chavez, Curator at the Museum of International Folk Art, enjoy a "muy sabrosa" sampling of traditional cuisine prepared by an acclaimed local chef, paired with wines from New Mexico vineyards.
Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Folk Art member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Dec 12, 2012
Nuevomexicanos and the Rhetoric of Statehood
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
NEW DATE: Join Elmo Baca for "Nuevomexicanos and the Rhetoric of Statehood," on Wednesday, Dec. 12, part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Baca serves on the board of the New Mexico Humanities Council and owns a Las Vegas, N.M., consulting firm that specializes in downtown revitalization services.
Dec 14, 2012
Gallery Conversations Continue
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Meet the Artists of Alcove 12.7
Dec 14, 2012
Closing at 5 pm tonight
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 15, 2012 - Dec 16, 2012
Young Natives Arts and Crafts Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Dec 16, 2012
Annual Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Starring the Gustave Baumann Marionettes
The Holiday Open House is an annual event for Santa Fe’s children of all ages and enjoy an afternoon with the Baumann marionettes and their friends. The marionettes perform short-story skits in St. Francis Auditorium during a round-robin open house of activities throughout the museum. The Baumann Santa Claus marionette makes an appearance to sit on your lap. Parents: bring your camera for a memorable photo opportunity! Throughout the afternoon, children can make their own puppets.
New Mexico Museum of Art - 107 West Palace Avenue On the Plaza in Santa Fe 505-476-5072. Info on the web>> www.nmartmuseum.org
Dec 19, 2012
Let’s Take A Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Look at Your Treasures
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.
Dec 24, 2012
Holiday Stroll
Lincoln Historic Site
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dec 25, 2012
Closed on Christmas
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Dec 27, 2012
Calendar-Making Workshops
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Free family events
An all-ages, hands-on event. Create a 2013 calendar and illustrate your special days, weeks and months with drawings, collage and glitter. Hour-long workshops at 10:30 am and 2 pm on Thursday, Dec. 27, in the History Museum's second-floor Gathering Space; and Thursday, Jan. 3, at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Free with admission; children 16 and under free every day.
