Jan 1, 2014
Closed for New Year’s Day
New Mexico History Museum
The History Museum will be closed on Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. We re-open at 10 am on Thursday, Jan. 2. Come join us and see some terrific exhibits.
Jan 3, 2014
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Marc Yaxley
Guitarist Marc Yaxley plays flameco guitar for this free Friday event, 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Jan 3, 2014
Postcards from the Past: Fred Harvey’s Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
In 1904, Fred Harvey’s eating-house empire joined forces with the Detroit Publishing Company to create hundreds of postcards depicting scenes from the Southwest. With a penny for postage, travelers could send tinted images of the Southwest’s landscape or Native Americans anywhere in the country. The postcards taught America who we are and today are treasured keepsakes – a story told in Telling New Mexico Stories from Then and Now. As part of the museum’s Free First Friday Gallery Talks, Meredith Davidson, curator of 19th- and 20th-century Southwest collections, talks about the postcards’ evolution and inspires visitors to consider messages they’d like to put forth in the new year.
Meet up with friends, learn a little something, and head onto dinner with the money you saved. The talks last 15-20 minutes and are repeated at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Museum admission is free from 5-8 pm on the first Friday of the month, November through April.
Jan 15, 2014
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 15, 2014
Witness to the Light: A History of Vernacular Photography in New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Author and genealogist Andres Armijo kicks off the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series with "Witness to the Light: A History of Vernacular Photography in New Mexico," at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Armijo is the author of Becoming a Part of My History: Through Images & Stories of My Ancestors (LPD Press/Rio Grande Books, 2010).
Jan 17, 2014
Cowboy Movie Night: City Slickers with Johnny Boggs
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
A mid-life crisis plagues a man and his friends, who find renewal and purpose on a cattle-driving vacation. As part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined, join us for a classic cowboy movie at 5:30 pm on Friday, Jan. 17. Award-winning Western author Johnny D. Boggs introduces City Slickers, starring Billy Crystal and Jack Palance and filmed at various locations in New Mexico.
Jan 18, 2014
Willow Basketry workshop with the Herrera Family
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
MIAC Basketry Workshop Jan 18th
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is pleased to announce a special New Year’s offering of a
Willow Basketry workshop with the Herrera Family headed by Cochiti artist, drum and basket maker Arnold Herrera.
He will be joined by his sons Carlos and Tomas also award winning basket makers.
Join us for this rare opportunity Saturday, January 18th from 10am to 4pm.
During the workshop each participant will make their own traditional pueblo willow basket. Workshops take place in the museum classroom and participants should plan on bringing their own sack lunch. The cost is $65 dollars per person, $60 for foundation members.
Spaces are extremely limited so make your reservation today, if the workshop fills there will be an additional workshop offered on January 25th.
Call the Museum shop at 505-982-5057or come by in person to reserve your spot
Jan 19, 2014
Gran Mary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Story-Telling Program
This Month’s Story Teller will be Sylvanus Paul, who is Dine’.
GranMary’s Place is a storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture that is dedicated to and celebrating the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
All programs start at 2pm and repeated again at 3pm.
Free admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always free admission for 16 and younger
Jan 19, 2014
Art and Engineering in the World of Benjamin Franklin
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The 2014 Franklin Fiesta Lecture
What do Benjamin Franklin, a beloved children’s author, a renowned Hollywood director and a Santa Fe paper engineer have in common? Find out at 1 pm on Sunday, January 19, when Andrew Baron talks about his restoration of an 18th-century Maillardet automaton that was a key inspiration for Brian Selznick’s Caldecott Award-winning book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which led, in turn, to Martin Scorsese’s 2011 Academy Award-winning movie, Hugo. Seating is limited. First come, first seated.
Baron’s lecture and a showing of the film are part of the annual commemoration of Benjamin Franklin’s birthday (January 17, 1706) by the Press at the Palace of the Governors. The event, in the History Museum auditorium, is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Jan 21, 2014 - Jan 25, 2014
Friends of Folk Art: Phoenix: Still Rising
Museum of International Folk Art
Escape frigid Santa Fe and join the Friends of Folk Art for a trip to sunny Phoenix. Highlights include the spectacular Musical Instrument Museum, the Heard Museum’s internationally-acclaimed Native American collections and an evening tour of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s westerm home and studio. Phoenix collectors of Navajo rugs, art glass, and folk art will welcome us to their homes. Further details forthcoming. Learn more here. Not a member of the Friends of Folk Art? Join here!
Jan 26, 2014
Brazillian Folk Toys
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hands on Workshop
For ages 3 to 103! By Museum Admission
Jan 29, 2014
El Palacio 100th Anniversary Celebration
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
The Museum of New Mexico Foundation invites its Trustees, Business Council members, El Palacio advertisers, writers, staff supporters, and select New Mexico legislators to celebrate El Palacio’s 100th anniversary.
Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres while listening to live entertainment.
RSVP here or call (505) 992-7215 ext. 5 for more information.
Jan 29, 2014
Business Council El Palacio 100th Anniversary Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Foundation Trustees, Business Council members, and El Palacio advertisers, staff, writers, supporters and select New Mexico legislators are invited to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of El Palacio magazine. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served while guitarist Pat Malone performs at the New Mexico History Museum. By invitation only. RSVP here.
Jan 30, 2014
Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lecture
Indian Removal and the Violent Origins of Spanish and Mexican Settlement in New Mexico
Feb 2, 2014
Asian New Year Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
2014 year of the Horse
Presented in conjunction with Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan
Feb 3, 2014
Member Monday
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Foundation members are invited for a morning of exclusive tours! One tour will be offered at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and two will be offered at the Museum of International Folk Art. All three tours will be announced Tuesday, January 14. Check back for more information. To register, click here.
Feb 4, 2014
Friends of Archaeology Annual Holiday Party and Silent Auction
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Join the Friends of Archaeology at their Annual Holiday Party adn Silent Auction at Hotel Santa Fe. Come find the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop for friend. Proceeds support the projects and work of OAS archaeologists. Tickets are $20 which include a light buffet and drink. Reserve your ticket starting Tuesday October 7, 2014 at 12:01am by calling 505-982-7799 x 5. Please check here and here for updates and reservation information. To become a FOA member, click here.
Feb 7, 2014
Flavored with Chocolate: A Spanish Colonial Tradition
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
Josef Díaz, curator of Southwest and Mexican Colonial Art and History Collections, leads an intimate gallery discussion of the chocolate accoutrements on display in Telling New Mexico:Stories from Then and Now. How do the items fit into the broader Spanish Colonial world? How was a new-world delicacy quickly hybridized between Spanish and Native cultures? As part of the museum’s Free First Friday Gallery Talks, learn more about the historical use of chocolate in colonial New Mexico, including its role in the reconquest of Santa Fe.
Meet up with friends, learn a little something, and head onto dinner with the money you saved. The talks last 15-20 minutes and are repeated at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Museum admission is free from 5-8 pm on the first Friday of the month, November through April.
Feb 7, 2014
Renaissance to Goya
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Spanish Painting in the Golden Age
Lecture by Barbara Anderson 5:30-6:30pm
Feb 9, 2014
Gran Mary’s Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A StoryTelling Program
GranMary’s Place is a storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture that is dedicated to and celebrating the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
All programs start at 2pm and repeated again at 3pm.
Free admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always free admission for 16 and younger
Feb 14, 2014
Renaissance to Romance
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5-7pm enjoy a special viewing of Renaissance to Goya with music and refreshments.
Feb 15, 2014 - Feb 16, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
The Fort Stanton Garrison will host a Living History Event the third Saturday of each month accept for July, which is Fort Stanton Live.
Feb 16, 2014
Los Hermanos, the Penitentes in New Mexico
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Friends of Coronado Lecture Series
Feb 16, 2014
Book launch celebration: Hotel Mariachi
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Enjoy live music by the Santa Fe High School Mariachi Band along with a reading and signing by the authors of the new UNM Press book, Hotel Mariachi: Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles, at 2 pm on Sunday, Feb. 16. Co-sponsored by Andrew Smith Gallery, the celebration features Catherine L. Kurland, Enrique R. Lamadrid, and Miguel Gandert. It’s free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.
Feb 16, 2014
Museums Are Love
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Love your Body Brasillian Style
Explore Brazillian music and dance at the Museum of International Folk Art in conjunction with the exhibition Brasil & Arte Popular. By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. FREE on Sundays, youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members always Free.
Feb 16, 2014
Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit Opening
Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry Featuring outstanding portraits from the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives collection, and updated with works of contemporary Native photographers.
2pm Lee Marmon, Renowned Native Photographer, Speaks on “ Photography and the Pueblo Imagination”; 1pm and 3pm Dine’tah Dance Group Performance; 12noon- 4pm Will Wilson brings his Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange to the Museum with a Portable Portrait Studio. 12noon- 4pm Hands-on activities for all ages
Bring your own heirloom or historic photographs to scan and print
Hosted by the Women’s board of the Museum of New Mexico; refreshments served in celebration of the Birthday of Lloyd Kiva New (1916-2002). NM residents with ID free on Sundays, children 17 and under always free.
Feb 16, 2014
What’s Spanish about New Mexico Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Some things to Look For in Renaissance To Goya
Lecture by Ellen Zieselman in St. Francis Auditorium
Feb 19, 2014
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 19, 2014
Land Grants and Water Rights: Fighting Words in the 21st Century
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Historian and tour guide Stephanie Beninato speaks on "Land Grants and Water Rights: Fighting Words in the 21st Century," part of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Feb 23, 2014
Exhibit opening: Donald Woodman show
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meet photographer Donald Woodman, enjoy refreshments, and see the new show, Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico, from 2-4 pm on Sunday, Feb. 23.
Beginning with his early years working as a research photographer at the Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico, photographer Donald Woodman honed his photographic vision first through stars and clouds and then through sandy soil, majestic peaks and his own interior life. Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico explores that journey through a series of photographs on exhibit through October 12, 2014, in the New Mexico History Museum’s Mezzanine Gallery.
Feb 26, 2014
Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture
Bernardo Miera y Pacheco: New Mexico’s Unruly Cartographer and Renaissance Man
Mar 1, 2014
Historic Forts Day
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mar 2, 2014
Ranching in the 22nd Century: How We Get from Here to There
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Cowboys Real and Imagined event
Drought has descended on the Southwest for the last several years, leaving most of New Mexico’s agricultural land in conditions that demand new ways of thinking. Ranches have traditionally been one of the state’s largest industries, and that rainless sky means tough choices for people who juggle land management and environmental change. Many of them are adapting successfully, though, by reevaluating land use in creative ways. Their efforts help keep the legacy of the cowboy alive.
As part of the ongoing exhibit, Cowboys Real and Imagined, join us for a panel discussion on “Ranching in the 22nd Century: How We Get from Here to There,” at 2 pm on Sunday, March 2, in the History Museum Auditorium. Moderated by Courtney White, founder and creative director of the Quivira Coalition, panelists will address the issues facing ranchers in the current drought and the prospect of ranching in the future with a deeper understanding of environmental conditions.
Mar 4, 2014
A Santa Fe History, by Dedie Snow
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
A special program for the Downtown Walking Tours
Want to learn more about downtown Santa Fe history? Hear from an expert who happens to have dug up a good chunk of it. Noted archaeologist Cordelia (Dedie) Thomas Snow speaks at 9:30 am on Tuesday, March 4, in the auditorium. She’ll show historical images of old Santa Fe and reveal stories of its past. Come to the Meem Community Room following for coffee and snacks to learn how you can become one of the museum’s Downtown Walking Tour guides, spread knowledge of Santa Fe, and raise needed money for the museum. The event is free; no reservations are required.
Mar 5, 2014
Trees of Life: Our Forests in Peril
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Michigan-based forester and author Brian Stout speaks on "Tree of Life: Our Forests in Peril," part of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series at noon on Wednesday, March 5, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Stout is the author of Trees of Life: Our Forests in Peril (Friesen Press, 2013).
Mar 7, 2014
Feasting at the Colonial Palace: History with Dirt on It
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
Archaeological excavations provide a glimpse of life’s little details seldom recorded in official documents. The bits of bone and burned-plant remains that archaeologists recovered from excavations behind and under the Palace of the Governors show us what kinds of foods people ate over the centuries. Bones and pot sherds tell us how foods were prepared and served. Even the tiniest pottery fragments reveal the networks of trade between Spanish colonists and Pueblo peoples. As part of the museum’s Free First Friday Gallery Talks, Dr. Frances Levine, director of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, takes you on a culinary tour of the Palace.
Meet up with friends, learn a little something, and head onto dinner with the money you saved. The talks last 15-20 minutes and are repeated at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Museum admission is free from 5-8 pm on the first Friday of the month, November through April.
Mar 7, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Focus on Photography
First part of a year-long celebration of photography. 5-8 pm. Free
Mar 9, 2014
Come to the Hoedown
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Cowboys Real and Imagined event
Dance to the western music of the Holy Water and Whiskey in the lobby from 2–4 pm. Bonus: Free dance lessons by folks in threads inspired by 19th-century cowboys. From 1–4 pm, bring the kids to the classroom to craft a take-home collage of cowboy lingo and words of wisdom. Head upstairs for hat-fitting demonstrations by J.D. Noble of the Hatsmith of Santa Fe, and more. (Can you lasso the dummy calf?)
Free with museum admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Mar 9, 2014
"Beauty in Simplicity"
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Demonstration of Pueblo sash weaving.
Louie Garcia Tiwa/Piro Pueblo was taught weaving by his grandfather at a very early age. He has always been fasinated by the simplicity embodied in the many textiles that make up traditional Pueblo clothing. He will be weaving a traditional Pueblo sash.
Mar 9, 2014
The Power of Objects: The British Museum/BBC partnership for A History of the World
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
With Frances Carey of the British Museum
Free lecture in St. Francis Auditorium 10:00 to 11:00 a.m
Mar 10, 2014
Friends of Folk Art: Great Santa Fe Kitchens
Museum of International Folk Art
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Join the Friends of Folk Art as their tour several homes that boast fabulous, folk art-rich kitchens. The morning will end at the Santa Fe School of Cooking and Market for a demonstration and tasting of regional cuisine. Ticketed event, learn more. Not a member of the Friends of Folk Art? Join here!
Mar 15, 2014 - Mar 16, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
The Fort Stanton Garrison will host a Living History Event the third Saturday of each month accept for July, which is Fort Stanton Live.
Mar 15, 2014
Gen. Lew Wallace comes to Lincoln on 135th Anniversary of Meeting Billy the Kid San Juan Mission
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Mar 15, 2014 - Mar 16, 2014
Louie Garcia- Tiwa/ Piro Pueblo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Intro to Pueblo Weaving 2 Day Workshop- March 15 & 16, 2014
The workshop will include weaving instruction, history, loom set-up, and students will work on small project. Supplies will be provided. Lunch on your own.
There is a charge of $120.00 for non-Members & $110.00 for Members with a Limit of 10 persons.
To sign up please contact Rita Iringan at 505.476.1271 or the Museum Shop at 505.982.5057.
Photo courtesy of Louie Garcia
Mar 16, 2014
The Story of New Mexico’s Most Accessible Geologic Wonders
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Friends of Coronado Lecture Series
Mar 16, 2014
Gran Mary's Place
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A StoryTelling Program
This month’s Story teller is Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia.
GranMary’s Place is a storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture that is dedicated to and celebrating the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
All programs start at 2pm and repeated again at 3pm.
Free admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always free admission for 16 and younger
Mar 16, 2014
Billy the Kid in the Movies
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Last day to see Cowboys Real and Imagined
Commemorate this last day to see Cowboys Real and Imagined with a presentation by Baldwin G. Burr, historian, author, and photo archivist at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts. Using clips from decades’ worth of Billy movies, Burr shows how social and cultural trends influenced the various portrayals of New Mexico’s most famous outlaw.
Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. This event is generously supported by the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Mar 18, 2014 - Mar 21, 2014
Japanese Kite Making
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Workshops & demonstrations
MoIFA is Kite Crazy March 18-21 with Japanese Artists from 10am to 1pm, culminating over the weekend of March 22 & 23 with the Matsuri at the convention center on Saturday and Kite making for all ages on Sunday March 23
Mar 19, 2014
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 20, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: A Visit to Patricia Michaels’ Studio
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
The Friends of Indian Art (FIA) are invited to meet Patricia Michaels, the Native American designer who rocked the fashion world on season 11 of Project Runway. This popular show has brought her fame and much deserved recognition. Patricia will show her designs, fabrics, and the processes she uses tot ake her frabrics to stunning finished garments. She will discuss her traditional Native family, how she got to where she is now, and the inside scoop of being on Project Runway. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
Mar 21, 2014 - Mar 22, 2014
A Trip to the Historic Bell Ranch
New Mexico History Museum
Special Palace Guard Event
This trip is sold out; the Museum of New Mexico Foundation can add your name to a waiting list. Join the Palace Guard for heads-up about future events (and first crack at signing up). Call 505-992-2715 ext. 4.
In celebration of the closing of Cowboys Real and Imagined, join the Palace Guard for an exploration of an iconic New Mexico ranch. Travel with History Museum Curator Meredith Davidson to the Bell Ranch headquarters, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The trip includes a visit to the studio of internationally recognized blacksmith and Farrier Hall of Fame member Jim Keith, a former Bell Rach cowboy. Overnight lodgings in Tucumcari offer historic Route 66 choices: The Blue Swallow Motel and Motel Safari.
Mar 23, 2014
Advanced Japanese Kite Making Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Workshop with lecture & lunch
A kite lecture with Masaaki Modegi, President of The Tokyo Kite Museum and President of the Japanese Kite Association, at 1pm and workshop with Master Folk Artist Mikio Toki. The workshop includes materials, lunch and preferred seating at the lecture.
Mar 23, 2014
Kite Crazy
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Japanese Kite Lecture + kite making for all ages
Master Kite maker Mikio Toki returns to Santa Fe with the Preseident of Japan’s Kite Association
Mar 26, 2014
Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture
The Pueblo Canes and Spanish Vara: Enduring Symbols of Authority and Pueblo Sovereignty
Apr 4, 2014
Maria Ignacia Jaramillo: A Tale of Two Coats
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
Born in Mexican-era Taos, María Ignacia Jaramillo de Bent saw the opening of the Santa Fe Trail and the arrival of traders and trappers from the United States. She married Charles Bent, the first U.S. territorial governor of New Mexico; her younger sister, Josefa Jaramillo, married Kit Carson. Maria Ignacia and her children survived the murder of her husband and brother during the 1847 Taos Rebellion. As part of the museum’s Free First Friday Gallery Talks, learn more about her and the turbulent times she lived in from Collections and Education Manager René Harris, who focuses on the dolman jacket and lovely mantón de Manila on display in Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now as testaments to a woman with feet in two cultures.
Meet up with friends, learn a little something, and head onto dinner with the money you saved. The talks last 15-20 minutes and are repeated at 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Museum admission is free from 5-8 pm on the first Friday of the month, November through April.
Apr 5, 2014
Friends of Archaeology Boletsakwa and Patokwa Trip
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Friends of Archaeology (FOA) invite you to tour Boletsakwa and Patokwa Pueblos. Guided by Jemez Tribal Member and Traditional Cultural Properties Specialist Christopher Toya, participants will be treated to informal talks on the history of the area while experiencing the beauty of the Jemez Mountains and exploring these significant archaeological sites.
Cost per person for FOA members-$50.00/non-members-$55.00. $25 of the cost will be tax-deductible. The trip is scheduled for 5 hours, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Limited to 25 participants. Reserve starting Tuesday March 4, 2014 at 12:01 a.m. by calling 505-982-7799 ext. 5. Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
Apr 6, 2014
Get To Know Your Art Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Family Activity Day
Explore the inner workings of the museum with members of its staff. Plus a hands-on art activity.
Apr 10, 2014
CLOSED FOR UTILITY WORK
Museum of International Folk Art
City Crew
City waterline work in the neighborhood is scheduled for Thursday April 10, 2014 The Museum will be closed.
Apr 12, 2014
Member Preview: Turquoise, Water, Sky
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Foundation members are invited to see Turqouoise, Water, Sky at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture before it opens to the public. The exhibition highlights the Museum’s extensive collection of Southwestern turquoise jewelry and presents all aspects of the stone, from geology, mining and history, to questions of authenticity and value. Live entertainment, wine and hors’ doeuvres will be served. To become a Foundation member, click here.
Apr 13, 2014
Brazilian Music & Dance
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Frank & Pilar Leto
in conjunction with Brasil & Arte Popular
Apr 13, 2014
Turquoise, Water, Sky
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Stone and Its Meaning
Public Opening:
1pm and 3pm - Dance performance by the Zuni Olla Maidens
1pm-4pm - Hands-on activities for all ages conducted by the museum’s Education Department.
2pm - Panel discussion by Cheryl Ingram(Silver Sun Gallery, Santa Fe), Joe Dan Lowry (The Turquoise Museum, Albuquerque), Douglas Magnus (silversmith and owner of the Tiffany Mine), Mark Bahti (Bahti Indian Arts, Santa Fe/Tucson), and Cody Sanderson (Navajo silversmith) in the O’Keeffe Theater. Seating Limited
2pm-4pm - Jewelry making demonstration by Ehren Natay (Santo Domingo Pueblo/Navajo) and Ed Natay (Navajo)
2pm-4pm - refreshments hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico
FREE WITH REGULAR MUSEUM ADMISSION
New Mexico residents with I.D. free on Sundays. Children 16 and under and members are always free.
Apr 14, 2014 - Apr 30, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Apr 16, 2014
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 17, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: Evolution to the Future: The Tsosie-Guassoin Studio
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
The Friends of Indian Art (FIA) are invited to meet the talented family of Native American jewelry designers Connie, David and Wayne Nez. All are well-known in the world of contemporary art for their innovative, inspiring and spectacular works. All three will discuss their works. This fashion event will feature an overview of theri careers as individuals and as a family, their creative use of materials, and their ability to honor their traditions in the world of contemporary jewelry and fashion design. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
Apr 18, 2014
Premiere screening of Navajo-language Star Wars
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Premiere screening of Star Wars: Episode IV:
Museum Director, Della Warrior, "We are very excited to have our theater as a showcase for our Native films. This series will give our actors, writers, directors and producers a unique venue and audience for their films. Native film is a new medium for Native people to retell our stories to the world. Limited sitting, by reservation only. Call 505 476 1269, Museum of New Mexico Foundation members, free. All others by museum admissiion.
Apr 19, 2014 - Apr 20, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
The Fort Stanton Garrison will host a Living History Event the third Saturday of each month accept for July, which is Fort Stanton Live.
Apr 19, 2014
Nature’s First Green is Gold: Earth Day Celebration
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Apr 20, 2014
CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
closed
Apr 20, 2014
Closed on April 20
New Mexico History Museum
In honor of the Easter holiday, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors will be closed on April 20. Please join us when we reopen at 10 am on Tuesday, April 22.
Apr 23, 2014
Contemporary Pinhole Photography in the West and Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner speak on “Contemporary Pinhole Photography in the West and Southwest," part of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series at noon on Wednesday, April 23, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Spencer and Renner created the Pinhole Resource Collection from their home in New Mexico’s Mimbres Valley. They guest-curated the exhibition Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography at the New Mexico History Museum, April 26, 2014–March 29, 2015, along with its accompanying book (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2014).
Apr 25, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Southwestern Allure: The Art of the Santa Fe Art Colony
Exhibition organized by Boca Raton Museum of Art. Through July 27, 2014. Free admission 5-8pm.
Apr 27, 2014
We Move Like the Wind-Apaches Off the Reservation
Coronado Historic Site
2:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Friends of Coronado Lecture Series
Apr 27, 2014
Put A Spring In Your Step: Earth Day Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Apr 27, 2014
Exhibit opening: Pinhole Photography
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture and book signing
Be among the first to see the stunning images in Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography and enjoy a lecture and book signing by guest curators Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner, "Passion, Light and Pinhole Photography," at 1 pm in the History Museum auditorium.Reception and book signing, 2 to 4 pm.
As an extra treat, the Palace Press will release its latest letterpress broadside, Jane Always Dreaded Flying Home, featuring a digitally printed pinhole photo by Gregg Kemp and the poem it inspired by Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis. April 27 is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, and you can watch as images are added to www.pinholeday.org.
Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
May 1, 2014 - May 31, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
May 1, 2014
Celebrate Santa Fe Tourism
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center
Come visit us at 2014 National Tourism Week, as the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce “Celebrate Santa Fe Tourism” 10am to 4pm.
May 2, 2014 - May 3, 2014
Friends of Archaeology Water Canyon/Socorro Trip
Office of Archaeological Studies
Friends of Archaeology are invited to join Dr. Robert Dello-Russo, a well-known Paleo-Indian archaeologist, former Deputy Director of the Office of Archaeological Studies and current Director at the UNM Office of Contract Archeology, on a tour to the Socorro area, visiting the regionally significant Paleo-Indian site at Water Canyon, the nearby extensive, prehistoric rhyolite quarry known as Black Canyon, and the deep, multi-component Lemitar Shelter in San Lorenzo Canyon.
People going on the tour will be responsible for their own hotel costs, as well as breakfast and dinner. Lunches and drinks during the day will be provided. The tour will be limited to 20 people. Cost is $150.00 for FOA members and $160.00 for non-members. $100.00 of the cost will be tax-deductible.
Reserve beginning Tuesday March 25, 2014 at 12:01 a.m. by calling 505-992-2715 x 8. Please check here and here for updates and specific dates. To become a FOA member, click here.
May 2, 2014 - Oct 31, 2014
Free Friday Nights Go Weekly
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free admission from 5 to 8 pm every Friday, May through October. Come enjoy the exhibits, special events, and head out to dinner with the money you saved.
May 2, 2014
Free First Friday Curator Talk
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Photo Archivist Daniel Kosharek, co-curator of the new exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, leads a casual walk through the gallery at 6 pm. Enjoy the many images and inventive cameras and learn more about how this comparatively primitive process has delighted photographers for generations. The museum is free from 5 to 8 pm.
May 4, 2014
Storytelling with Joe Hayes
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tales insprired by animals
Joe Hayes tells stories in the exhibition The Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico
May 4, 2014
Darryl Begay Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Darryl Begay, Navajo Jeweler
Darryl Begay is a well known master jeweler. He has taken the art of tofa carving and casting, which he learned from his uncle, Bobby Begay, to new levels never seen before. He has been a Best-of-Show winner at the Santa Fe Indian Market.
May 7, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Dina Velarde, Jicarilla Apache
Native artists from different Southwest tribes, will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays and styles of pottery. Dina Velarde is a Jicarilla Apache Artist who has been awarded for both her mediums of micaceous pottery and photography. She is a fourth generational potter who has learned to work with the micaceous clay process from digging and cleaning her own clay to the outdoor firing
May 9, 2014
The Sketchbook Project
New Mexico Museum of Art
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mobile Library
This Mobile Library will be set up just outside of our museum during one of our free Fridays 5-8pm
May 15, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: Michael Naranjo
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
The Friends of Indian Art (FIA) are invited to meet Michael Naranjo, a native of Santa Clara Pueblo, who has won worldwide acclaim as a sculptor. His works have been described by one critic as manifesting a "unique expression and creative brilliance." His artisty has been honored by collectors, critics, presidents, and the Pope. Michael overcame advertsity, inspired by an inner determination and vision tat have enabled him to interpret the world around him with sensitivity and meaning. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
May 17, 2014 - May 18, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
The Fort Stanton Garrison will host a Living History Event the third Saturday of each month accept for July, which is Fort Stanton Live.
May 17, 2014
Native American Film Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Turquoise Rose" is a coming of age story about a Navajo girl from Arizona. Raised in Arizona, "T" attends college, and is interning as a photojournalist at the local paper and has plans to vacation in Europe. When her Grandmother falls sick everything changes. The film will be shown at 1:00pm and then again at 6:00pm. Admission into films is by museum admission. Seating is limited and on a first come, first serve.
May 17, 2014
Cerrillos Mine Tour
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cerrillos District Mine Tour with Douglas Magnus
This is a rare opportunity to visit this site in the Cerrillos District, which include the Tiffany and Castillian mines. People should wear sensible shoes for walking on hillsides, bring sun screen and water. There are no toilet facilities at the site. Also, although unlikely to be encountered, there are rattlesnakes and rodents, and all they imply, in the area. This tour is limited to 12 participants. MNMF members, $20.00 and non-members, $25.00. Carpooling will be encouraged and a map will be provided as well. Please make reservations through the MIAC Gift Shop at 505 982 5057.
May 18, 2014
Perspectives and Meanings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turquoise from Prehistory to the Present: A Lecture Series
"Prehistoric" the first of a five part lecture series. Speaker will be Joan Mathien. Dr. F. Mathien is a retired National Park Service Archaeologist who has conducted world-class research over the past 30 years on Chaco Canyon and on the ancient use of turquoise. This lecture is free with museum admission.
May 18, 2014
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Focus on Photography
Photography talk 2-3pm
May 21, 2014
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 21, 2014
The Year 1855: Excitement in the Taos Plaza
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
John Ramsay speaks on "The Year 1855: Excitement in the Taos Plaza," part of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series at noon on Wednesday, May 21, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Ramsay, a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher, is a longtime board member of the History Society of New Mexico.
May 21, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Jennifer Moquino, Santa Clara/Kiowa Potter
Native artists from different Southwest tribes, will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays and styles of pottery. Jennifer Moquino, Santa Clara/Kiowa, is able to imbue each piece of her pottery with a perfedt balance of creativity and natural beauty. Breathing life into the animals, insects and birds which are etched into the clay surface of her vessels.
May 21, 2014
Breakfast with the 2014 Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Living Treasure Artists
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Living Treasure artists, Joe and Althea Cajero
Join us for breakfast with 2014 MIAC Living Treasures Artists Joe and Althea Cajero at Museum Hill Café. Meet Joe and Althea and listen as they discuss their works and participation in this year’s MIAC Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival. Tickets: $35 for Foundation members, $40 for non-members available MIAC Shop, For questions, please call Connie Tooker Nunez at 505.982.6366 ext. 106.
May 23, 2014
2014 Native Treasures Benefit and Pre-Sale Party
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Attend the 2014 Native Treasures Benefit and Pre-Sale Party at the at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Friday, May 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Mingle with the Native Treasures artists and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and an open wine and champagne bar. Artists have been asked to create pieces with the theme of “Journey," however they choose to interpret that in their own medium. Please come honor their work and buy one of these unique pieces. Tickets: $100 ($70 is tax-deductible). Purchase tickets here. For questions, please contact Connie Tooker Nunez at 505.982.6366 ext. 106.
May 23, 2014 - May 24, 2014
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Santa Fe Community Convention Center
Shop this Indian arts show and sale that showcases museum-quality works made by notable Native American artist. Proceeds benefits exhibitions and related programs at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
May 24, 2014 - May 25, 2014
10th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. More than 200 Native American artists participate, each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. Many of the artists at Native Treasures are included in the museum’s permanent collection. Participating artists represent a wide range of tribes and pueblos, as well as a wide range of art forms, from traditional to contemporary. In addition to established artists, we have an Emerging Artist section to showcase new talent.
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival benefits the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Each artist generously donates a portion of sales to the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. General admission tickets, $10 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), early bird tickets, $20 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Learn more here.
May 24, 2014
10th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival (Early-Bird Admission)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival early-bird admission at 9 a.m. for $20 (Saturday only). 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 & Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. Many of the artists at Native Treasures are included in the Museum’s permanent collection. Participating artists represent a wide range of tribes and pueblos, as well as a wide range of art forms, from traditional to contemporary. In addition to established artists, we have an Emerging Artist section to showcase new talent. Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival benefits the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Each artist generously donates a portion of sales to the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, click here.
May 25, 2014
Come Out and Play: Our Fifth Birthday Bash
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Outside of cowboy boots and a pony, what does pretty much every five year old want on their birthday? A party! And that’s just what the New Mexico History Museum is throwing on May 25. The first treat: Through the generosity of La Fonda on the Plaza, the day is free to everyone.
Join us from 1–4 pm for a treats, games, hands-on activities and the debut of a new front-window installation, Toys and Games: A New Mexico Childhood, featuring dolls, toys, skates, sleds and more from the museum’s collections.
Activities at the party include games like hoop races, hopscotch and horse shoes in the Palace Courtyard; marbles and tops in the lobby. That’s just the start. Children can take part in a tea party hosted by Girl Scout Troop 85 from Española (featuring a very popular brand of cookies). Everyone can make a miniature adobe brick with the help of Cornerstones Community Partnership. In honor of all the hands it took to build the museum, visit the craft station to create a keepsake handprint. Enjoy refreshments courtesy of Los Compadres del Palacio, a key support group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
May 30, 2014
Santa Fe Poets 5
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
An event for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis hosts the fifth of six readings he has organized in and around Santa Fe. In honor of the ongoing exhibit, Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, he brings together five notable poets for a free reading in the History Museum auditorium. Enjoy readings from Chee Brossy, Joan Logghe, Carol Moldaw, Henry Shukman, and Farren Stanley. (Davis’s tenure as Poet Laureate ends in June.) Free.
May 30, 2014
Book Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist
Peter Plagens and Juliet Myers will talk about Nauman and his importance in international contemporary art. 6-7pm.
May 31, 2014
Native American Film Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
A Short Film Series, by Nanabah Becker (Dine)
Nanobah Becker was chosen for Project Involve: A program of Film Independent in Los Angeles, served as a guest selector for NMAI’s Native American Film + Video Festival, has received many awards, including a National Video Resources Media Arts Fellowship. The films will be shown at 1:00pm and then again at 6:00pm. Admission into films is by museum admission, seating is limited and on a first come, first serve.
Jun 1, 2014
Friends of Archaeology Chile and Sherds
Office of Archaeological Studies
The Friends of Archaeology invite you for a day-long event that will include tours of the San Cristóbal Pueblo and rock art as well as a single small group tour of pictographs in nearby Pine Canyon. A New Mexican themed lunch will be provided. Price is $95.00, with $70.00 as a tax-deductible donation. Reserve your ticket starting Tuesday February 18, 2014 at 12:01 a.m. by calling 505-982-7799 ext 7. Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
Jun 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Jun 1, 2014
The Poetry of Light
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A writing workshop for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Join Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis for "The Poetry of Light," a writing workshop based on Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography. Open to high schoolers and older, the session will bring participants into the exhibit gallery to study pinhole photographs and inhabit them imaginatively using a variety of approaches. Let language carry you toward and away from the images. Draft poems that engage what’s in front of you—and explore what isn’t there but is only suggested by these often mysterious photographs. Free; make a reservation by calling 505-476-5096.
Jun 1, 2014
Book Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Literary Pilgrims: Life in the Santa Fe Writers’ Colony
Lynn Cline talks about writers in Santa Fe during the early 20th century 2-3pm
Jun 1, 2014
Tails of Long Ago
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
A Lecture by Dody Fugate
Dody Fugate is an Assistant Curator of Archaeological Researh at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, who will speak to us on dog tales from long ago.
Jun 1, 2014
Adopt-A-Thon
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Gone to the Dogs and Cats!
collaborative program presented by the Museums and the Santa fe Humane Society and Animal Shleter on Museum Hill.
Jun 4, 2014
Southwest Pottery/Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Native artists, from different Southwest tribes, will discuss and demonstrate techniques, clays and styles of pottery.
Jun 6, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014
Enjoy free refreshments and klezmer for the public opening of Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014
Jun 6, 2014
Free Friday Night : Yes for the Palace, No for the History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Due to a private event in the History Museum, it will not be open for our usual Free Friday Night on June 6. The Palace of the Governors, however, will remain open for free from 5-8 pm. (Folks attending the Judy Chicago opening at the New Mexico Museum of Art who would like to tack on a visit to Donald Woodman’s exhibit at the History Museum will need to plan a return visit.) We apologize for the inconvenience.
Jun 7, 2014
Native American Film Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"A Weave In Time," in 1938, noted anthropologist, John Adair, travelled to the Navajo reservation in Pine Springs, Arizona with a 16mm hand wind motion picture camera. There he met and filmed the Burnside family, creating a visual record of Navajo life in the 1930’s.
Jun 8, 2014
Friends of Folk Art: Three Artists and Their Collectors: Where Passions Meet
Museum of International Folk Art
Join the Friends of Folk Art for a day filled with beautiful art and stimulating conversation. Meet three well-known artists at the homes of their collectors for a lively discussion about the relationship between creating and collecting. Not a member of the Friends of Folk Art? Join here!
Jun 8, 2014
Vernon Haskie Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Vernon Haskie, Navajo Jeweler
Vernon Haskie is one of the most renowned of contemporary jewelry artists. He learned his basic skills from his father, Leonard Haskie, but for the most part taught himself the rest. He creates multi-dimensional designs of silver and gold, set with the best quality turquoise, coral and precious gems. Though his work is unique and contemporary, it is inspired by and imbued with his Navajo culture.
Jun 9, 2014
Caring for Family Photographs
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop on caring for your family photos, negatives, and digital images
Join archivists Diane Bird and Kate Ruiz Navarro for a hands-on workshop on how to care for your family photos, negatives, and digital images; selecting appropriate archival enclosures; and preserving photos in home-storage conditions. Fee of $25 for materials.
Jun 10, 2014
Arts Alive !
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free Hands-on Workshop
Free Hands-on pottery workshop for all ages; children must be with an adult. Contact Joyce Begay-Foss, 505 476 1272.
Jun 12, 2014
Arts Alive!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free, Hands-on Workshop
Free Native Music hands-on workshop for all ages: children must be with an adult. Museum admission is free for participants. Contact Joyce Begay-Foss, 505 476 1272
Jun 13, 2014
Treasure from the Bog: The Faddan More Psalter
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The archaeology and conservation of a medieval manuscript
In the summer of 2006, a peat bog in County Tipperary, Ireland, yielded a rare medieval manuscript containing fragments of the Old Testament’s 150 psalms with illuminations and decorated letters. On Friday, June 13, at 6 pm, Irish scholar John Gillis tells of the discovery and difficult task of conserving the document, in “Treasures from the Bog: The Faddan More Psalter.” The lecture, hosted by the Press at the Palace of the Governors, is free in the History Museum auditorium.
Jun 14, 2014
Pinhole Photography—Projections, Contraptions, Thoughts and Afterthoughts
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
An event for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Missouri-based photographer Scott McMahon speaks in the History Museum auditorium on “Pinhole Photography—Projections, Contraptions, Thoughts and Afterthoughts," an event in support of the exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography. McMahon, whose work is included in the exhibit, will talk about his exploration of pinhole photography, his interest in the ephemeral nature of things, and how building subject-specific cameras helped him link two-dimensional images with sculpture and installation. In the museum auditorium. Free. (Learn more about McMahon at his website: www.scottmcmahonphoto.com/.)
Jun 14, 2014
Art Making Workshop : Drawing
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Try on a Role
In St. Francis Auditorium 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Jun 15, 2014
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Which New Mexico Artist Are You?
Ellen Zieselman gives a special tour through Southwestern Allure 2-3pm
Jun 17, 2014
Arts Alive!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free Hands-On Workshop
Free hands-on jewelry workshop for all ages: children must be with an adult. Museum admission is free for participants. Contact Joyce Begay-Foss, 505 476 1272
Jun 18, 2014
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 18, 2014
The Curious Case of New Mexico’s Civil War-Era Slave Code
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
John Hays speaks on "The Curious Case of New Mexico’s Civil War-Era Slave Code," part of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series at noon on Wednesday, June 18, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Hays is an attorney in the Santa Fe firm of Cassutt, Hays and Friedman.
Jun 18, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Native Artist Demonstration
Native artists from different Southwest tribes will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays and styles of pottery.
Jun 19, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: The CrazyHorse Silversmithing Legacy
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Join the Friends of Indian Art (FIA) and renowned Cochiti jeweler Cippy CrazyHorse and son Waddie, a recent Stanford University graduate, as they discuss the influence of Terecita and Joe H. Quintana, the famed master-silversmith parents of the elder CrazyHorse. Now flowing three generations, working with silver runs deep in the roots of the CrazyHorse family. Classic traditional peublo designs carry through in each of the father and son’s respective works as a result of the silversmithing legacy. The jewelry creations of these two artists clearly maintain a distinctive signature style of their own, blending both the past and present in their designs. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
Jun 19, 2014
Arts Alive!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free Hands-on Workshop
Free Native foods hands-on workshop for all ages; children must be with an adult. Museum admission is free for participants. Contact Joyce Begay-Foss. 505 476 1272
Jun 21, 2014 - Jun 22, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Jun 21, 2014
Turquoise Buying Seminar
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Learn Before You Buy
We’re surrounded by turquoise, especially in Santa Fe. Before you buy, learn what you should be looking for.
Garrick Beck from Natural Stones, in Santa Fe will be doing the seminar. In the classroom. Free with the museum admission.
Jun 22, 2014
Perspectives and Meanings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turquoise from Prehistory to the Present: A Lecture Series
"Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos" The second lecture of a five part series. This lecture is free with museum admission.
Jun 22, 2014
Participatory Creativity
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Celebration of Axle Contemporary’s Renga Project
Join us 1pm-3pm for this free panel discussion and poetry reading
Jun 24, 2014
San Juan Day San Juan Mission
Lincoln Historic Site
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Jun 25, 2014
Alzheimer’s Poetry Project Explores the Poetics of Light
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
A special session of the nationally renowned Alzheimer’s Poetry Project comes to the New Mexico History Museum and its newest exhibit, Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, from 10:30 to 11:30 am on Wednesday, June 25. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. To make reservations or for more information, please contact Gary Glazner at gary@alzpoetry.com or go to www.alzpoetry.com.
People living with dementia, their family members and the general public are invited to attend this FREE event. Participants will perform and create poetry inspired by the Poetics of Light exhibit.
Jun 25, 2014 - Jun 29, 2014
Traditional Weaving Demonstrations
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
By Pueblo textile artist Louie Garcia
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site will host Traditional Weaving demonstrations by Pueblo textile artist Louie Garcia June 25-29, 2014.
Garcia, Tiwa/Piro from the Piro Manso Tiwa tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo in Las Cruces, will demonstrate traditional weaving techniques using yucca and cotton from 10am–4pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
On Saturday, he will teach a plaited yucca mat workshop. The free workshop begins at 10am and spaces are limited. Registering in advance is required.
This artist in residence program is made available through the generous support of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site, formerly El Camino International Heritage Center, is located between Socorro and Truth or Consequences off Interstate -25 at Exit 115. It is open Wednesday-Sunday from 8:30 a. m -5:00 p. m. For more information call: 575-854-3600
Jun 26, 2014
Performance Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Theater Grottesco’s Consider This…..
Theater Grottesco performs their 1 hour show Consider This...
Jun 28, 2014
Member Preview: Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
6:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Foundation members are invited to see Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World on Saturday, June 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the New Mexico History Museum. 35 paintings will be on display that reveal how faith sustained Spanish colonists in harsh and remote frontiers and how their religious art evolved. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Paper invitation to be mailed in mid-May. RSVP by calling 505.992.2715 ext. 6.
Jun 28, 2014
First Look: Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Members of The Circles, Legacy and Founders Society, and the Business Council, as well as Exhibitions Development Fund and Director’s Leadership Fund donors are invited to be first to see Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World, which features 35 17th- and 18-Century paintings from Spain’s three colonial capitals: Peru, Mexico and New Mexico. Curator Josef Diaz will provide a private tour of the exhibition, followed by wine and hors d’oevures. By invitation only. For more information, call 505.982.6366 ext. 113.
Jun 29, 2014
Exhibit Opening: Painting the Divine
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World features 35 masterpieces from the museum’s collections, combined with modern interpretations that, together, reveal a story of how faith unified Spanish colonists across harsh and remote frontiers. Be among the first to see this original exhibit, accompanied by Spanish classical guitar performed by AnnaMaria Cardinalli. Learn how art conservator Cynthia Lawrence brought the hidden beauty out of 12 of the paintings. Craft a take-home ramillete (paper flower). Refreshments courtesy of the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents, children 16 and under free daily.
Learn more about the exhibit by clicking here: http://media.newmexicoculture.org/events.php?action=detail&eventID=1945.
Jul 1, 2014 - Jul 31, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Jul 6, 2014 - Jul 7, 2014
Native Portrait Photo Booth
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Create a memory of your visit to MIAC! Step into the mobile photo booth In the Lloyd Kiva New Gallery and an automatic digital photo will be produced. You are invited to add one print to the Community Gallery.
Jul 6, 2014
Family Fun Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Outside the Frame
Hands-on art-making for free 1-4pm
Jul 6, 2014
Opening for Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on The Immigrant Experience
Museum of International Folk Art
New Exhibition in the Mark Naylor & Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience
The Gallery of Conscience is an experimental space where the public is invited to help shape the content and form of the exhibition through interactive elements and facilitated dialogues. Opening on Sunday July 6, to kick off international Folk Arts Week, is Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience, an exhibition on immigration that features fiber arts, carving, paintings and works on paper about immigrant journeys and the challenges of transitioning to a new home. Traditional artists from the Americas, Africa and Asia articulate the hopes, fears, and challenges of newcomers in an unfamiliar and sometimes unwelcoming place.
Events celebrating the opening of Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience. Artist discussion with visitors in the gallery from 1-2pm. A reception with international foods and live music will be in the Museum Atrium from 2-4pm. All by museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. admitted Free on Sundays!
Jul 6, 2014
OPENING events for Between Two Worlds
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience
disucssion with international and local artists and a reception hosted by the Museum of New Mexico Women’s Board.
Jul 7, 2014 - Aug 25, 2014
Monday Gallery Conversation Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Every Monday in July and August we will have a different person speak on a topic of interest from 12:15pm-1pm.
Jul 7, 2014
Gallery of Conscience Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Part of International Folk Arts Week
Folk Artists reflect on the immigrant experience in the gallery with visitors
Jul 7, 2014
Japanese Kite Making
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Part of International Folk Arts Week
Jul 9, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Featuring Erik J. Fender, San Ildefonso
Native artists from different Southwest tribes, will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays and styles of pottery.
Erik J. Fender of San Ildefonso has been experimenting with different materials and techniques to reproduce traditional stone polished polychrome ware. He is trying to perfect the almost lost techniques of San Ildefonso.
Jul 10, 2014
Art Santa Fe Opening Night
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Santa Fe Convention Center
Exhibition of alternative photographs at the Art Santa Fe fair 5-8pm.
Jul 12, 2014 - Jul 13, 2014
Fort Stanton Live!
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Jul 12, 2014 - Jul 13, 2014
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 12 and 13. Free.
Jul 12, 2014
ART Santa Fe Keynote
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
James Meyer
James Meyer is associate curator of modern art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and professor of art history at Johns Hopkins University. Meyer’s lecture for ART Santa Fe is titled “Children of the Sixties” and promises to be both insightful and provocative. St. Francis Auditorium.
Jul 16, 2014
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 17, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: Ed Archie NoiseCat
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Join the Friends of Indian Art as they get to know Ed Archie NoiseCat, a talented artist who works in many mediums from carving and portrait masks, to etching and molding scluptural glass. Drawing inspiration from his parents’ cultures in British Columbia’s regions of both the mountains and coastal forests, many of his pieces incorporate transofrmational elements and take the viewer from a first glance to a deeper study of the object. Learn more about his family history, career, and thoughtful and innovative work. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
Jul 19, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014
Mudslinger’s Mele
Coronado Historic Site
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jul 19, 2014
Turquoise Buying Seminar
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Learn Before You Buy
We are surrounded by turquoise, especially in Santa Fe. Before you buy learn what you should be looking for.
Garrick Beck from Natural Stones, Santa Fe, will be doing the seminar.
Jul 19, 2014
Art Making Workshop : Painting
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Ritual Table
In the Patio 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Jul 19, 2014
Printing Our Lady
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Painting the Divine event
Bring the family and print a historic image of Our Lady on a replica medieval press, an activity accompanying the exhibit Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World. Free with admission. Children 16 and under free daily
Jul 20, 2014
Make a Camera Obscura
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A hands-on workshop for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Join Santa Fe educator, photographer and camera obscura developer Jackie Mathey for a family workshop on building a take-home tabletop camera obscura that can be used as drawing aids. Explore how light moves and images are formed. Travel in your imagination to the age of the Renaissance where devices like these were used by artists. It’s free, but class size is limited; make a reservation by calling 505-476-5087.
Jul 20, 2014
Perspectives and Meanings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turquoise from Prehistory to the Present: A Lecture Series
"Zuni": this is the third of a five part series. This lecture is free with museum admission.
Jul 23, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Featuring Pam Quintana, Cochiti Pueblo
Native artists from different Southwest tribes, will discuss and demonstrate different techiniques, clays and styles of pottery.
Pam Quintana from Cochiti Pueblo was taught as a child, the historic art and her family’s tradition of making story tellers by her parents Pablo and Margaret Quintana. Pamela hand forms and fires in a kiln. She uses micaceous clay "so that it glitters."
Jul 23, 2014
Crash Course: How to Take an Oral History
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join historian Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, and curator Meredith Davidson for an exclusive workshop on gathering and archiving oral histories. This free, introductory course will be offered twice, from 10 am to noon on Wednesday, July 23, in the Meem Community Room. The class will be repeated from 1 to 3 pm on Thursday, Aug. 14, in the History Museum classroom.
Space is limited, so please RSVP to Tomas Jaehn at tomas.jaehn@state.nm.us to reserve a seat.
Jul 28, 2014
The Life and Misfortunes of Tom Horn
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Larry D. Ball as he discusses Tom Horn, a legendary lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin, who has fascinated Americans since his death by hanging before his 43rd birthday. Ball is a professor emeritus at Arkansas State University and author of Tom Horn in Life and Legend (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014).
The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Jul 30, 2014
Judy Chicago: Feminist Icon and Iconoclast
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
with Lois Rudnick
In conjunction with Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014 St. Francis Auditorium 6-7pm.
Jul 30, 2014
World War I and New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A special noon lecture and remembrance
After Pancho Villa’s March 9, 1916, attack on Columbus, NM, Gen. John J. Pershing launched a Punitive Expedition with one goal: Get Villa. Given his failure to do so, Pershing’s effort could easily be chalked up as a military failure. But its long-term impact was significant. The surge into Mexico provided valuable training for Pershing and for New Mexico troops who would all too soon enter World War I.
As centenary commemorations for “The Great War” begin across the globe, the History Museum’s interim director, Jon Hunner, will speak on “World War I and New Mexico” at noon on Wednesday, July 30. This free lecture will be in the Meem Community Room; enter through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Jul 31, 2014
Journey to Places of Devotion with the Palace Guard
New Mexico History Museum
A Painting the Divine event
Join curator Josef Díaz and guides Rosa Carlson and Nancy Benkof for a special day exploring the devotional art and places of worship in the Española Valley, a special event for Palace Guard members in conjunction with the exhibit Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World.
Meet in Santa Fe and travel by bus to the Ron Robles-designed home and studio of artist Paul Pletka, who will show his ethnographic collection and talk about the artistic process. Then head north to the historic Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church, where santero Victor Goler will talk about the Stations of the Cross he created for the nave. Visit a morada and enjoy a vegetarian lunch at the Sikh farm community. End the day at La Capilla de la Sagrada Familia near San Ildefonso Pueblo, one of the most photographed small churches in northern New Mexico and generally closed to the public.
$63 for Palace Guard members. Make a reservation beginning July 1 by calling 505-992-2715, ext. 4. Join the Palace Guard by calling 505-982-6366, ext. 102.
Aug 1, 2014 - Aug 3, 2014
Old Lincoln Days
Lincoln Historic Site
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Aug 1, 2014 - Aug 30, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Aug 1, 2014
Print to Painting in New Spain
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
How did artists in Spain’s farflung colonies draw inspiration for the lavishly detailed artwork on display in Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World? Secular and sacred engravings were sent to New World colonies like Santa Fe, and inventories made in the viceroyalties confirm that these European prints were displayed in churches and private homes. Local artists based their own work on them, helping to create a unique regional aesthetic. Meet curator Josef Díaz in the Painting the Divine gallery, where he will show how the art evolved.
Free museum admission to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.
Aug 1, 2014
Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Estella Loretto
Breakfast with Estella Loretto, (Jemez Pueblo) who is currently one of a few Native American women working in monumental bronze sculpting. She has studied and trained with mentors including her mother, her grandmother, and most notably with Native American sculptor Allan Houser.
Aug 3, 2014
Sculpture Exhibit Opening
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Apache Indian artist Allan Houser is a renowned sculptor, painter and teacher, whose work is featured in museums and in private and corporate collections worldwide.
Aug 3, 2014
A musical performance by Schola Cantorum Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Painting the Divine event
Back by popular demand, one of the History Museum’s favorite groups, Schola Cantorum Santa Fe, performs "Echoes of Mary," seldom-heard sacred music dedicated to Mary from the cathedrals of Mexico City and Cuba to the capillas of northern New Mexico. Part of the programming series for Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under are free daily.
Aug 4, 2014
Member Monday
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Foundation members at the Family/Grandparents level and above are invited for behind-the-scenes tours of Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography and the Photo Archives at the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, and Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014 at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Click here for more information.
Aug 6, 2014
Conversation on Collaboration
New Mexico History Museum
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Artist Judy Chicago and photographer Donald Woodman are married and work both individually and in partnership. Join them, along with Merry Scully and Mary Anne Redding, the curators of two exhibits, Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico, 1984-2014 (New Mexico Museum of Art) and Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico (New Mexico History Museum), for a conversation on the triumphs and challenges of both approaches.
Note: This FREE event will be in the Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium.
Aug 6, 2014
Conversation with Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Conversation on collaboration with artists Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman and curators Mary Anne Redding and Merry Scully
Aug 6, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Native artists from different Southwest tribes will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays, and styles of pottery.
Aug 8, 2014
Pinhole to Pixel
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A lecture in support of the exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
California pinhole artist Peggy Ann Jones speaks in the History Museum auditorium on "Pinhole to Pixel" and what happens to the creative potential of photography when the artist designs and constructs the camera. Basic concepts of the photographic process led Jones to visually comment on principles of photography and traditionally accepted modes of photographic production. Her photos and cameras are included in Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography. Free.
Aug 8, 2014
Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lee Marmon, Laguna Pueblo Photographer
Enjoy breakfast with and a presentation by Lee Marmon, Laguna Pueblo Photographer. Lee’s photographs are featured in Native American Portraits: Points of Inquiry. Lee will share stories of early Southwestern photographers, highlights of his career as the first Pueblo photographer, and the changes in the Native communities
Aug 9, 2014
Turquoise Buying Seminar
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Learn Before You Buy
We’re surrounded by turquoise, especially in Santa Fe. Before you buy, learn what you should be looking for.
Seminar given by Jim Kissock of Kings Trading Company, Santa Fe
Aug 10, 2014
Pueblo Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Aug 10, 2014
Perspectives and Meanings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Turquoise from Prehistory to the Present: A Lecture Series
"Navajo," the fourth lecture of a five part series. Speaker Fritz Casuse is Navajo, and an award-winning artist known for his sculptural, contemporary jewelry. He shares his skills by teaching at the Poeh Arts Program while continuing to create jewelry, paintings, sculpture and more. This lecture is free with museum admission.
Aug 14, 2014
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Maxine McBrinn, Curator of
Breakfast with Maxine McBrinn, curator of "Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning." The exhibit highlights the museum’s extensive collection of Southwestern turquoise jewelry and presents all aspects of the stone from geology, mining, and history, to questions of authenticity and value. Hundreds of necklaces, bracelets, belts, rings, earrings, silver boxes and other objects illustrate the stone’s use and its deep significance to the people of the region
Aug 14, 2014
Crash Course: How to Take an Oral History
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join historian Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, and curator Meredith Davidson for an exclusive workshop on gathering and archiving oral histories. This free, introductory course will be offered twice, from 10 am to noon on Wednesday, July 23, in the Meem Community Room. The class will be repeated from 1 to 3 pm on Thursday, Aug. 14, in the History Museum classroom.
Space is limited, so please RSVP to Tomas Jaehn at tomas.jaehn@state.nm.us to reserve a seat.
Aug 15, 2014
Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Dallin Maybee
Dallin Maybee (Northern Arapaho/Seneca) was raised on the Cattaraugas Indian Reservation in Western New York, home of the Seneca Nation. Dallin is currently Interim Chief Operating Officer for the Soutwestern Association of Indian Arts (SWAIA). In addition to being an award-winning artist, international performer and lecturer, Dallin has a Juris Doctorate from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU.
Aug 16, 2014 - Aug 17, 2014
Ft. Stanton Living History Event
Fort Stanton Historic Site
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Aug 17, 2014
Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art
Annual Summer House Party
Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography (FOCA+P) are inivted to socialize with other members, artists and curators.
Aug 17, 2014
Revolutions, Big and Small
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Special Community Conversations with Cut+Paste Society
Artists and writers share journal entries to spark conversation on daily practice 2pm-3:30pm in the Parlor
Aug 17, 2014
Steve La Rance & Marian Denipah Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Steve LaRance(Assiniboine/Hopi)and Marian Denipah(Navajo/Ohkay Owingeh) create jewelry, paintings, and sculptures as individuals and as partners. Their tufa-cast silverwork creates jewelry that are tiny sculptures, set with precious and semi-precious stones, including high-grade turquoise. They use traditional Native design to make pieces that feel creatively contemporary.
Aug 18, 2014
Today’s movie: Incident at Oglala
New Mexico History Museum
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Today’s kickoff for the Native Cinema Showcase features Incident at Oglala at 7 pm. (USA, 1992, 89 min. For mature audiences) The documentary recalls the turbulence of the Pine Ridge Reservation when, on June 26, 1975, mounting antagonism between the U.S. government, tribal government, and Lakota traditionalists resulted in the deaths of many, including two FBI agents. The subsequent trial ends in the conviction of one – American Indian Movement member Leonard Peltier.
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market.
Aug 19, 2014
Today’s movies: Indian Market Classification X Winners 2014
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include the Santa Fe Indian Market moving image Classification X winners (1 pm) and Kumu Hina (7 pm), preceded by Wakening. All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 20, 2014
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 20, 2014
Artist Lecture/Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dawn Jackson
Dawn Jackson’s, Saginaw Chippewa, painting style reflects the bold and colorful imagery of classic animation, using cel vinyl paint and painting in reverse on layers of clear acetate to create striking depth and dimension.
Aug 20, 2014
Breakfast with the Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
John Torres Nez
Aug 20, 2014
Southwest Pottery Artist Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sharon Lewis, Acoma Pueblo
Native artists from different Southwest tribes will discuss and demonstrate different techniques, clays, and styles of pottery.
Aug 20, 2014
Today’s movies: Navajo classics and Craters of the Moon
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include 1966 shorts from Navajo students (1 pm) and Craters of the Moon (7 pm), preceded by two Inuk shorts. All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 21, 2014
Dawn Jackson, Saginaw Chippewa, Artist Lecture/Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cel Vinyl Painting
Dawn Jackson’s painting style reflects the bold and colorful imagery of classic animation, using cel vinyl paint and painting in reverse on layers of clear acctate to create striking depth and dimension.
Aug 21, 2014
The Civil War in New Mexico: The War for the Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Georgetown University doctoral student Oliver Horn speaks on "The Civil War in New Mexico: The War for the Southwest" on Thursday, Aug. 21. The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Aug 21, 2014
A Tribe Called Red in Concert on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in collaboration with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will present a live concert with acclaimed Native group, A Tribe Called Red. The three-man First Nation’s crew is one of Canada’s most prestigious groups. The event will be on Thursday, August 21 at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology which is located on Museum Hill at 710 Camino Lejo, off Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, N.M. with free admission and doors opening at 8 p.m.
Aug 21, 2014
Today’s movies: Mann v. Ford, Road to Paloma, Among Ravens
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include Mann v. Ford (noon), Road to Paloma (3 pm), and Among Ravens (7 pm). All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 22, 2014
Today’s movies: Spirit in Glass, Rhymes for Young Ghouls and more
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include Spirit in Glass (1 pm), Future Voices of New Mexico (5 pm) and Rhymes for Young Ghouls (8 pm). All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 23, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014
Portal Artisans Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Take a break during the SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market to enjoy the Palace Portal Artisans Celebration in the shady Palace Courtyard. From 10 am—5 pm, portal artisans will offer music, hand-crafted art, raffles, a Native specialties food booth, and traditional Indian dances. The event is free.
Aug 23, 2014
Ways to Teach, Ways to Learn: Traditional Native American Games in the Classroom
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free Teacher Workshop (Middle School)
Join Lee Lomayestewa (Hopi), Research Assistant for the Hopi Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Office, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and National Museum of the American Indian staff, for a hands-on, informative, and practical way to experience indigenous forms of teaching and learning.
Aug 23, 2014
Today’s movies: Yakona and Something to Talk About Shorts
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include Yakona (1 pm) and the Something to Talk About Shorts Program (3 pm). All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 24, 2014
Today’s movies: Indian Market Classification X Winners and Empire of Dirt
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Native Cinema Showcase
Presented at the New Mexico History Museum in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, today’s offerings include the Indian Market Clasification X Winners (11 am) and Empire of Dirt (3 pm). All movies are free in the History Museum auditorium.
Aug 27, 2014
Crash Course: How to Take an Oral History
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join historian Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, and curator Meredith Davidson for an exclusive workshop on gathering and archiving oral histories. This free, introductory course will be offered twice, from 10 am to noon on Wednesday, July 23, in the Meem Community Room. The class will be repeated from 1 to 3 pm on Wednesday, Aug. 27, in the History Museum classroom.
Space is limited, so please RSVP to Tomas Jaehn at tomas.jaehn@state.nm.us to reserve a seat.
Aug 28, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Focus on Photography
Selection of photographs by Delilah Montoya, photograms, and non-standard photographs. 5-7pm. Free
Aug 28, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Alcove Shows 1917 – 1927
Guest curator Malin Wilson-Powell looks back at the first 10 years of our exhibition history. 5-7pm. Free
Aug 29, 2014
Museum closes at 5 pm today
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In honor of the Santa Fe Fiestas and tonight’s burning of Zozobra, we’ll close the museum at 5 pm. Join us next week for Free Friday Night, 5-8 pm.
Aug 30, 2014
Art Making Workshop : Collage
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Homage to Your Pet or Favorite Animal
In St. Francis Auditorium 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Aug 30, 2014
Cat Adoption Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
12-4pm Inspired by Judy Chicago’s Kitty City
Aug 30, 2014
Cowboy Poetry
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sep 1, 2014 - Sep 30, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Sep 3, 2014
A Palace in Need of Repair: 1660-1720
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture
The Palace of the Governors, begun in 1609, remains the nation’s oldest continuously occupied government building. But before and especially after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and 1693 Reconquest, one of the most common complaints found in early descriptions of it came down to four important words: “In need of repair.” Over and over, the phrase crops up in the historical record. For the museum’s annual Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture, noted archaeologist Cordelia “Dedie” Thomas Snow pulls together the various citations of that phrase to imagine how the Palace looked and what life in Santa Fe was like.
“A Palace in Need of Repair: 1660-1720” is at 6 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 3, in the History Museum auditorium. Admission is $5 at the door; free to members of the Palace Guard, the museum’s friends’ group. (To join the Palace Guard, call the Museum of New Mexico Foundation at 982-6366, ext. 100.)
Sep 5, 2014
Mirror of Time: Cased Portraits from the Dawn of Photography
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
From 1839 into the 1860s, people held their loved ones’ images as daguerreotypes or ambrotypes tucked into hinged cases. The cases protected the images from exposure to the ravages of air—but that also bars them from public display. Toxic to produce, they are increasingly difficult to find, but the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives owns several hundred. Join Photo Archivist Daniel Kosharek for "Mirror of Time: Cased Portraits from the Dawn of Photography," as he pulls a few from storage for this special one-time viewing in the museum lobby.
Free museum admission to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.
Sep 10, 2014
Edmund G. Ross: A Profile in Courage
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
By the time he became the New Mexico Territory’s 13th governor, Edmund G. Ross had played a key roles as an abolitionist, journalist and Union officer. Join Richard Ruddy as he talks about Ross, the subject of his award-winning biography, Edmund G. Ross: Soldier, Senator, Abolitionist (University of New Mexico Press, 2013).
The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Sep 12, 2014 - Sep 16, 2014
Friends of Archaeology Canyons of the Ancients
Office of Archaeological Studies
Under the leadership of OAS Director Eric Blinman and BLM archaeologists, Friends of Archaeology will receive orientation and a tour of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, comprising 183,000 acres of diverse geography, history and culture in the SW corner of Colorado. The tour will include an immense artifact collection at the Anasazi Heritage Center, headquarters for the Monument just west of Dolores, CO, followed by four days of exploring and hiking in the multiple canyons and mesas of the area.
Lodging is not included, although some meals may be. Difficulty will range from easy to strenuous. Most sites will have no facilities. Final cost to be determined. Reserve your space starting May 13, 2014 at 12:01 a.m. by calling 505-982-7799 x 5. Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
Sep 12, 2014 - Sep 14, 2014
FUZE.SW
Museum of New Mexico
FUZE.SW is a food conference where the past and present, the folklore and the customs that created a uniquely New Mexico culinary tradition are explored. Enjoy lots of great food, drink, and camaraderie with fellow food enthusiasts. The focus this year is on Native American foodways. The "local" food movement that’s swept the country is not so new. Indigenous people of the Southwest were "local" millenia ago. Learn how traditional indigenous practices can better inform us and our various culinary traditions today. Learn more here. Registration is available in the shops at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Museum of International Folk Art, or here.
Sep 13, 2014
Sanatoriums of New Mexico Book Talk
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sep 13, 2014
26th Annual Frontier Day Celebration
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Take a trip back in time and honor the civilians and soldiers who lived at the fort and protected local residents.
Sep 13, 2014 - Nov 2, 2014
Three Films about Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Part of our year-long celebration of photography. St. Francis Auditorium. 2:00 to about 3:30 pm. Free.
Sep 14, 2014
Revolutions, Big and Small
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Special Community Conversations with Cut+Paste Society
Artist and writers share a defining moment that shaped the course of their creative lives, followed by a group conversation. 2pm-3:30pm in The Parlor
Sep 16, 2014
Teacher Open House
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
How can the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors improve your classroom offerings this year? Find out at our Teacher Open House 5–7 pm on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Educators of all kinds are invited to this free event to collect resources for the classroom and learn about the programs and exhibition opportunities during the 2014-2015 school year.
Enjoy short presentations and meet museum educators who can help support your classroom lessons. Explore our menu of current offerings for students, see the exhibits, plus enjoy a sneak peek at new education initiatives and upcoming exhibitions. Learn how to schedule a group visit and find out about the Hands on History and Routes and Roots programs, as well as online activities for before- and after-school trips. Meet fellow educators from the region, share ideas and get inspired by demonstrations and hands-on activities. We’ll offer light refreshments, door prizes, and free educational materials.
Sep 17, 2014
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 18, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: Marian Denipah & Steve LaRance
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Join the Friends of Indian Art (FIA) for an evening with renowned artists Marian Denipah (Navajo/Tewa) and Steve Wikviya LaRance (Hopi-Assiniboine) as they discuss their careers as artists and cultural ambassadors. This award-winning, dynamic-duo have won awards in many mediums including painting, sculpture and jewelry. They have been invited to exhibit their works in Germany, canada, Japan, Turkmenistan, and most recently China to name a few. Their work can be found in many public and private collections throughout the world. The evening will also include a special performance by their son Nakotah LaRance, a young rising Native actor/dancer who recently completed a three-year world tour with Cirque du Soleil.
Sep 19, 2014
Friends of Folk Art: Anniversary Party
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Folk Art Committee is sponsoring a celebration of 20+ years of fun, friends, and fundraising by the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA). Surprises await you at this event celebrating FOFA’s past, present and future! This is a free event for current FOFA members (and their guests who want to learn more about Friends of Folk Art). Current members (and new members) will receive one copy of The First 20+ Years of Friends of Folk Art: A History, A Tribute and a Memoir 1992-2014. Enjoy the festivities, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres. Advance reservations required for all attendees including guests. R.S.V.P. by calling the Friends of Folk Art hotline 505.476.1201.
Sep 20, 2014
Native New Mexico: A Celebration of Native People along the Camino Real
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 20, 2014
Screening of The Great Raid
New Mexico History Museum
1:40 PM - 3:40 PM
A special event at the Jean Cocteau Cinema
As part of the exhibit, Before Bataan: New Mexico’s 200th Coast Artillery, the Jean Cocteau Cinema will screen John Dahl’s 2005 film, The Great Raid, at 1:40 pm on Saturday, September 20. Starring Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Fiennes, the film is adapted from William’s Breuer’s The Great Raid on Cabanatuan and Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, books that dealt with the experience known today as the Bataan Death March. From Sept. 16 through Oct. 12, the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives will mount a special exhibition at the Jean Cocteau featuring 10 of those images. The exhibit represents a collaboration between the theater and the New Mexico History Museum’s Palace of the Governors Photo Archives. Before Bataan: New Mexico’s 200th Coast Artillery is open for viewing between 1 and 8 pm daily. The Jean Cocteau is at 418 Montezuma Avenue, in the Santa Fe Railyard.
Sep 21, 2014
Turquoise Perspectives and Meanings
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dan Simplicio
Dan Simplicio, a descendent of the famed Zuni jewelry artist of the same name and a noted scholar, will speak about Zuni traditions for using turquoise. This lecture is free with museum admission.
Sep 26, 2014 - Sep 28, 2014
CANCELLED: 9th Annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A preservation project in the Palace Courtyard has caused us to cancel this year’s gem show. We plan to return to our regular, annual event in 2015.
Build your collection with authentic gems and minerals offered by miners, traders and jewelers in the shady Palace Courtyard. Learn more about geodes, fossils, opals, turquoise and more. Entry is free through the Blue Gate south of the History Museum’s main entrance on Lincoln Avenue.
Sep 27, 2014
After Action: Talking Service for Veterans
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Santa Fe Community College and the New Mexico History Museum are bringing a national program for veterans to Santa Fe. Using the Great Books Foundation’s “Talking Service” program, the free four-week reading and discussion group uses literature to help veterans talk about their service and their experiences coming home. After Action: Talking Service for Veterans begins in the History Museum’s Meem Community Room on September 27 and runs four Saturdays, from 2–3:30 pm, through October 18. Space is limited. To register, call SFCC’s Continuing Education Department at 505-428-1676.
This partnership is supported by the New Mexico Humanities Council, which is mounting similar programs across the state.
Sep 27, 2014 - Sep 28, 2014
Painting the Divine Symposium: Mary in the New World
New Mexico History Museum
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
A Painting the Divine event
Learn from leading scholars on Spanish colonial devotional art, listen to Renaissance music and take a peek into La Conquistadora’s closet during the Painting the Divine Symposium: Mary in the New World. This free event, organized by Josef Díaz, co-curator of the exhibit, Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World, takes place Saturday–Sunday, Sept. 27–28, at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. No registration is required. Come for a little or take it all in. The talks will take place in the museum’s auditorium. Special events include a book signing, wine reception and guided tour of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.
Sep 28, 2014
Festival of The Drum
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Drums from All Cultures
Enjoy an afternoon celebrating the drums of many peoples. See and hear Japanese style Taiko Drummers, the acrobatic Lion Dance of Asia, a fife and drum corps, and more. All interspersed with Native drums and drummers celebrating the drum and the museum’s exhibition Heartbeat: Music of the Native Southwest.
Oct 1, 2014 - Oct 11, 2014
Historical Downtown Walking Tours
New Mexico History Museum
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Starting from April 14 and continuing through October 11, learn about the history of Santa Fe on a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors guides every Monday through Saturday. Gather at the Palace Courtyard’s Blue Gate just south of the History Museum entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue at 10:15 am. Cost: $10; children 16 and under free when with an adult. Museum guides do not accept tips. (No tours on Saturdays when large events are held on the Plaza, such as Spanish Market and Santa Fe Fiesta.)
Oct 2, 2014
Legacy and Founders Societies Annual Event
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Legacy and Founders Society members are invited to attend a number of tours and talks featuring curators, librarians and registrars from the Museum of International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, followed by a cocktail reception in the Museum of International Folk Art’s atrium. Reservation is required by Friday, September 26 to laura@museumfoundation org or by calling 505.982.6366 ext. 116. By invitation only.
Oct 3, 2014
Broken by Secrets: Robert Oppenheimer and the Early Atomic Age
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
Dr. Jon Hunner, interim director of the museum, explores the complicated life of the atomic bomb’s father—from his childhood through his scientific career to his involvement with governmental policies during the early Atomic Age. Hunner’s Free First Friday talk, "Broken by Secrets: Robert Oppenheimer and the Early Atomic Age," will focus on Oppenheimer’s leadership of the Manhattan Project, his advocacy for an alternative way of dealing with these new weapons during the Cold War, and the events that led to him losing his security clearance in 1954.
The museum is free to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.
Oct 4, 2014
Turquoise Mine Tour
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Tiffany & Castilian Mines
Douglas Magnus, jewelry artist and owner of the Tiffany and Castilian Mines, among others in the Cerrillos District, will lead a tour of his mines. The tour is limited to twelve people. Tickets and information can be obtained at the Museum Gift Shop. (505-982-5057)
PLEASE NOTE THAT EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Oct 5, 2014
Albuquerque Baroque Players
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A Painting the Divine event
Hear the Albuquerque Baroque Players perform in the History Museum auditorium, featuring 17th- and 18th-century chamber music from Italy, Germany and France. Performing: MaryAnn Shore (oboe and recorder), Mary Bruesch (viola da gamba) and Susan Patrick (harpsichord). The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. Children 16 and under free daily.
Oct 7, 2014
The Linguists: Saving Endangered Languages
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
What does it take to save a dying language? Join linguists Greg Anderson and K. David Harrison for a free screening of their 2008 film, The Linguists, which follows them around the world as they collect recordings of people speaking threatened languages. The screening, which will be followed by a Q&A, will be held in the History Museum Auditorium and is presented in collaboration with the Lensic and the International Folk Art Alliance. (The Lensic will feature a multimedia presentation by the two men on Oct. 6 at 7 pm. Tickets for that event are $10; ticketssantafe.org.)
Oct 8, 2014
Bob Boze Bell Talk
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Museum of New Mexico Foundation is funding two special guests in Lincoln this October. Bob Boze Bell, Executive Editor of True West Magazine, is going to be an artist-in-residence October 1st through the 10th. While here Bob will be making sketches of Lincoln and historical events in the village. Joining Bob as historian-in-residence will be author Frederick Nolan who will be doing original research on Lincoln or an associated event. You are welcome and encouraged to talk to Bob and visit with him while he is here.
Oct 11, 2014 - Oct 12, 2014
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Come Discover Your Own Treasures!
A unique sale of Native American jewelry and art from private collections that benefits the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Pottery, jewelry, textiles, paintings, baskets, carvings, sculpture, beadwork–historic and contemporary. Come discover your own treasures!
Oct 12, 2014
From Pinholes to Black Holes
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A lecture in support of the exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Los Alamos National Laboratory fellow and astrophysicist Ed Fenimore speaks in the History Museum auditorium on "From Pinholes to Black Holes," detailing his work on a complex pinhole-based camera that flew on a 1991 Space Shuttle experiment. Why pinhole? Some stars and especially black holes generate mostly x-rays, but x-rays reflect and refract poorly. The best imaging technique for such stars is the technologically simplistic pinhole. LANL developed a coded array with 20,805 pinholes to get the task done. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Oct 15, 2014
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 15, 2014
The Circles: Cocktails with the Collector
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join members of The Circles at the Governor’s Circle level and above at the home of Lora and Bob Sandorini. View the Sandorini’s extensive collection of Native American beadwork, which has been featured in Western Art and Architecture, Su Casa, Western Art Collector and Cowboys and Indians. By invitation only. Offered to Governor’s Circle level members and above. For more information or to join The Circles, please contact Guin White at 505.982.6366 ext. 118 or guin@museumfoundation.org. Mercedes-Benz of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe New Mexican are proud sponsors of The Circles events.
Oct 16, 2014
Friends of Indian Art: Martha Hopkins Struever
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
The Friends of Indian Art (FIA) invite you to meet Martha Hopkins Struever, a scholar of historic and contemporary Pueblo Indian pottery and Pueblo and Navajo jewelry. A primary focus of her career as an art dealer has been to identify and encourage talented Indian artists. She sponsored the first exhibitions of Gail Bird and Yazzie Johnson, Norbert Peshlako and Perry Shorty, among others. Marti will speak to us abotu the evolution of jewelry from historic to contemporary, discussing techniques and famous jewelers. Learn more here. To become a FIA member, click here.
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 17, 2014
Dave Warren and the Transformation of Cultural Studies Symposium
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in partnership with the Institute of American Indian Arts, will honor Dr. Dave Warren with a symposium that examines the wide-ranging, profound impact his career has had on issues concerning modern indigenous people. Round-table and paper sessions will focus on areas related to his groundbreaking work in fields including: Native museums and cultural centers, tribal archives and Native education. Limited seating, free to the public.
Oct 18, 2014
National Archaeology Day
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Oct 18, 2014
Fiesta of Cultures
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
¡Viva la Fiesta! Enjoy panoramic views of the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the Sandia Mountains during Fiesta of Cultures, a celebration of local traditions including Pueblo, Hispanic and Anglo.
Oct 18, 2014
Spanish Guitar of the Americas
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
Free Concert Series
A Free Concert Series featuring performances by award-winning guitarists Randy Rane and Ivan Rane, well-known Brazilian group Rio, classical guitarist Jesse Vernier, and Western Americana band Bone Orchard. Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful Southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine and museum exhibits on the history of El Camino Real. 10 am to 6 pm. Also on November 22nd and December 13th.
Oct 18, 2014 - Dec 13, 2014
Spanish Guitar of the Americas -- A Music Festival
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine, and museum exhibits at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
Beginning on Saturday, October 18, and again on Saturday, November 22, and on Saturday, December 13 will be a free concert series and festival of the Spanish guitar at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all three dates.
Oct 18, 2014
(Indigène Vérité) Digital Reclamation of Indigenous Storyscapes
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Films by Jeffrey Palmer
Join us on Saturday October 18, 2014, in the In the Kathryn O’Keefe Theatre for screenings of films by Jeffrey Palmer.
Oct 21, 2014 - Nov 4, 2014
Friends of Archaeology: Yucatan, The Mayan Route and Chiapas
Office of Archaeological Studies
From Merida to San Cristobal de las Casas, this excursion will visit several of the most famous Mayan cities: Palenque, Chichen Itza, Calakmul, and the murals of Bonampak. Museums, shopping and sharing experiences with local residents are also on the activity list. Organized by Rosa Carlson, and accompanied by OAS director emeritus, Tim Maxwell. Cost to be announced. Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
Oct 23, 2014
First Look: Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition, which showcases stoneware rooted in British and German traditions and is characterized by earthy local clays and surprising wood firing effects. Meet and mingle with Laura Addison, Curator of European & American Folk Art Collections, and co-curator Karen Duffy. First Looks are designed exclusively for The Circles, Legacy and Founders society, and select Business Council members, as well as Exhibition Development Fund donors and exhibition dignitaries. By invitation only. R.S.V.P. to Guin White at 505.982.6366 ext. 118 or guin@museumfoundation.org. To learn more about The Circles, click here.
Oct 23, 2014
Member Preview: Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Foundation members are invited to be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition at the Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibition features traditional stoneware from North Carolina and Georgia, characterized by earthy local clays, salt and ash glazes and surprising effects of wood firing. Crucial to agrarian life in the U.S. South, pottery was and continues to be central to the region’s way of life. The exhibition features works from more than forty artists, many of whom are are still living, including a younger generation inspired by the Southern tradition. R.S.V.P. by Thursday, October 16 by clicking here or calling 505.992.2715 ext. 6. To become a Foundation member, click here.
Oct 25, 2014
Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care: A Day of Learning
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A special workshop
How can we build creative connections among people with memory illnesses using music, poetry and museum exhibits? Learn new techniques at a daylong workshop sponsored by the New Mexico History Museum and the acclaimed Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. Participation is open to museum staff, caregivers, educators, family members--anyone with an interest in reaching new populations through creative learning. A registration fee of $35 includes light breakfast and lunch. Continuing Education Units are available. To register or for more information call (505) 577-2250 or go to: www.dementiaarts.com.
Oct 26, 2014
Cameras from the Kitchen
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A family-friendly workshop for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
Bring an empty coffee can, oatmeal box, potato chip can or shoebox (with lids). We’ll provide the rest to help you make your own camera obscura and see the world through a pinhole of light. A drop-in, family-friendly event suitable for all ages. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Oct 29, 2014
Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Stephen Fried, author of the best-selling biography, Appetite for America, delivers a Brainpower & Brownbags Lunch Lecture on “Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico.” Fried is an expert on the legacy of Fred Harvey and his many Harvey Houses, including the soon-to-be-renovated Hotel Castañeda in Las Vegas, NM.
The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Nov 1, 2014
New winter hours
New Mexico History Museum
Starting November 1, the New Mexico History Museum switches to its winter hours, meaning we will be closed on Mondays and observe Free Friday Evenings only on the first Friday of each month (rather than every week).
Winter hours, November through April: 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday; Free Friday Evening, 5-8 pm, the first Friday of each month. Closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas, New Year’s Day and Easter Sunday.
Nov 1, 2014
Dia de los Muertos
Lincoln Historic Site
12:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Nov 1, 2014
Community Altar Building
Museum of International Folk Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead
Outdoor community altar building for Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead
Nov 2, 2014
Tattoo Nation
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Painting the Divine event
See portions of the 2013 documentary Tattoo Nation and hear from Director Eric Schwartz in the History Museum auditorium. The event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. Children 16 and under free daily.
Nov 2, 2014
Courage + Compassion: Native Women Sculpting Women
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Opening Celebration for Groundbreaking Sculpture Show
Featuring ten monumental sculptures by leading American Indian women sculptors
Nov 2, 2014
Day of the Dead/Dia de Muertos
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Annual fall Celebration
Nov 7, 2014
Gustave Baumann and Friends: Opening event
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
Palace Press Director Tom Leech and Santa Fe author Jean Moss highlight selections by everyone’s favorite artist-printer at the launch for Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards from Holidays Past, a new Museum of New Mexico Press book and a companion to a new exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery. The exhibit, curated by Leech and Moss, features cards created by Baumann and other notable Santa Fe artists over a 70-year period. Download photos from the exhibit by clicking here.
Free museum admission to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.
Nov 7, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Hunting + Gathering : New Additions to the Museum’s Collection
Enjoy free refreshments and flute duets by Mary Linda Gutierrez and Susan de Jong for the public opening of Hunting + Gathering : New Additions to the Museum’s Collection 5:30-7:30pm.
Nov 7, 2014
Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography: Preview of Hunting + Gathering: New Additions to the Museum’s Collection
New Mexico Museum of Art
Join the Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography for a fun-filled evening of hors d’oeuvres and wine as the museum highlights new acquisitions to the permanent collection. Call 505.982.7799 ext. 1 for more information. To become a FOCA+P member, click here.
Nov 7, 2014
Encore lecture: Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Did you miss Stephen Fried’s standing-room-only Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture on Oct. 29? He’s agreed to give a repeat of it at noon on Friday, Nov. 7, in the History Museum Auditorium. (Note: Seating is limited.) Author of the best-selling biography, Appetite for America, Fried speaks on “Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico.” Fried is an expert on the legacy of Fred Harvey and his many Harvey Houses, including the soon-to-be-renovated Hotel Castañeda in Las Vegas, NM.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Nov 8, 2014
Native Hairstyles: Pueblos, Navajo, Hopi, Plains, and More
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
How do they do that?
Watch presentations of men’s and women’s native hairstyles and compare with photographs in the Native Portraits Exhibit. Meet Native hair stylists and discuss the historical continuity, techniques, and accessories used by each tribe. MIAC classroom and auditorium, free with museum admission.
Nov 8, 2014
Book Arts Group flea market
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Get a crafty start on the holidays. The Palace Press and the Santa Fe Book Arts Group are cleaning out their studios -- and you profit. Come to the multi-vendor flea market on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 am to 2 pm in the Meem Community Room. Purchase art and craft supplies, handmade books and papers, ephemera, gifts and more. Come just to browse, discover some wonderful treasures, and get inspired to create your own. Free.
Nov 11, 2014
Fred Nolan Talk
Lincoln Historic Site
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
What if everything we thought we knew about Billy the Kid was wrong?
Historian and foremost Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid author, Frederick Nolan, will be at Lincoln Historic Site on November 11, 2014 as a part of Lincoln Historic Site’s Historian-in-Residence program. Sponsored by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Mr. Nolan will give a talk on his original research and recent discoveries into the origins of the famed Lincoln County outlaw.
All will be revealed on Tuesday, November 11th at 2:00pm in the San Juan Mission at Lincoln, NM when Frederick Nolan, Susan Stevenson, and Gary Jones, the latter two descendants of Lincoln County pioneers, present their new discoveries into the origins of Billy the Kid. Seating is limited and first come first serve.
Nov 13, 2014
New Mexico Treasures
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
A Palace Guard event
The Palace Guard’s most popular event. Meet with museum curators who share their favorite stories and artifacts and give a special look at what goes on behind-the-scenes of a world-class museum. Enjoy a reception following. Not a Palace Guard member? Call (505) 982-6366.
Nov 14, 2014
Film Screening with Director
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians
This recently-released documentary (120 mins. Spanish/English) tells the story of the Wixarika or Huicholes people - one of the most intact precolonial groups remaining in the Americas - and their struggle against both the Mexican government and the multinational mining corporations to preserve Wirikuta, their sacred lands, against mineral extraction.
This film highlights the global debate pitting ancient cultural values, the exploration of nature, and the inevitable development of the peoples against promises from the multinationals to create jobs and wealth for the people without contamination.
The mining is seen by the Wixarika and their supporters as a menace to the delicate biodiversity of this unique ecosystem, liested by the UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site, and a very real threat to their spiritual traditions and culture.
Please note film director Hernan Vichez will be accompanied by two Huichol Shamans in the film for a Q&A following each session.
Admission to the film is free with museum admission.
Nov 14, 2014
Film Screening with Director
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians
This recently-released documentary (120 mins. Spanish/English) tells the story of the Wixarika or Huicholes people - one of the most intact precolonial groups remaining in the Americas - and their struggle against both the Mexican government and the multinational mining corporations to preserve Wirikuta, their sacred lands, against mineral extraction.
This film highlights the global debate pitting ancient cultural values, the exploration of nature, and the inevitable development of the peoples against promises from the multinationals to create jobs and wealth for the people without contamination.
The mining is seen by the Wixarika and their supporters as a menace to the delicate biodiversity of this unique ecosystem, liested by the UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site, and a very real threat to their spiritual traditions and culture.
Please note film director Hernan Vichez will be accompanied by two Huichol Shamans in the film for a Q&A following each session.
Admission to the film is free with museum admission.
Nov 15, 2014 - Nov 16, 2014
Laboratory of Anthropology Library 21st Annual Book Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
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The Laboratory of Anthropology Library holds its always anticipated 21st Book Sale
SATURDAY and SUNDAY, November 15 and 16, 2014
"Books to the ceiling, books to the sky, my pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them." -- Arnold Lobel
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Laboratory of Anthropology (LOA) Library will hold its 21st book sale on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16. Book sale times and admission fees are:
There are many books worthy of gracing any library, supplementing a collection or expanding one, such as the scarce, rare and first edition, finely printed and small literary press books on topics as diverse as the 1960s Beat Generation and Counter Culture movements, the Federal Writers’ Project/Works Progress Administration, Goreyana (Edward Gorey), as well as on New Mexico, Mexico, Spanish Colonial history and art, and on Central America.
Nov 15, 2014
Holiday Cards for the Fun of It
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free family workshop
Bring your favorite coloring tools (crayons, pencils, markers, etc.), and we’ll provide papers, envelopes, glue sticks and stamping supplies. Lee Kellogg of Guadalupe’s Fun Rubber Stamps shows you how to make your own holiday cards, part of the exhibit Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards from Holidays Past. It’s free with admission. For information, call Tom Leech at 476-5096 or shoot an email to thomas.leech@state.nm.us.
Nov 16, 2014
Friends of Archaeology: Annual Holiday Party and Auction
Office of Archaeological Studies
Join the Friends of Archaeology at the Hotel Santa Fe for their annual holiday party and auction. Come find the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop-for friend. Proceeds support the projects and work of OAS archaeologists. Tickets are $20, which include a light buffet and drink. Make reservations beginning October 7, 2014, by calling 505.982.7799 ext. 5. Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
Nov 16, 2014
Make Your Own Holiday Card
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Free family workshop
See the exhibit Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards from Holidays Past, then come to the History Museum classroom, where educators René Harris and Melanie LaBorwit help you discover an easy way to make beautiful handmade cards with Styrofoam ink-block printmaking. (Consider the wisdom of wearing messy clothes.) Get a jump on holiday card-making by learning a technique you can use at home. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Nov 19, 2014
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 19, 2014
New Mexico Beer—Now and Then
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
New Mexico brewing began in the 1850s with small breweries that were wiped out by Prohibition. Not until 1988 did craft brewers stage a renaissance. Jon C. Stott describes its evolution. Stott is author of New Mexico Beer: A History of Brewing in the Land of Enchantment (History Press, 2014).
The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Nov 22, 2014
Festival of the Trail
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Nov 22, 2014
‘From Horseshoes to Hinges’ – The art of Blacksmithing
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The skilled work of masters Hopper Shannon and José “Pep” Gómez will demonstrate the art of the Blacksmith with two working forges. Visitors will experience displays of fire and glowing metal accompanied by the ring of hammer on iron as raw metal is transformed into functional forms.
Nov 27, 2014
Closed for Thanksgiving
New Mexico History Museum
Please accept our warmest Thanksgiving greetings. We hope you enjoy time with friends and family as our staff enjoys time with theirs. The museum will be closed Nov. 27, reopening at 10 am Nov. 28.
Dec 1, 2014
Folk Art in Color
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Santos: Innovations Within Tradition
The first in a series of four free lectures exclusively for current friends to get together, enjoy some snacks and stimulating conversations about folk art from New Mexico and beyond. All celebrating the 2015 #SummerofColorinSantaFeNM, each speaker is uniquely qualified, the planning committee is very excited and has the RSVP line all set up for the first lecture in December.
Dec 5, 2014
Mapping New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Free First Friday Gallery Talk
As New Mexico morphed into the state we know today, its paper outlines changed the lives of those who called it home. Gather in the exhibition Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now, where Librarian Tomas Jaehn will speak on "Mapping New Mexico," using three maps that demonstrate those changes—along with a cartographic error that determined who was American and who was Mexican.
Free museum admission to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.
Dec 5, 2014 - Feb 6, 2015
First Fridays at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
5-8pm free
Dec 7, 2014
Christmas at Kuaua
Coronado Historic Site
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Get into the holiday spirit with an evening of family fun!
Dec 7, 2014
Winter Traditions
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Community Holiday Celebration
A special community holiday celebration featuring Native American storytelling, dance performance, and hands-on activities. Free admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID.
Dec 7, 2014
Opening event for Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Exhibit opening
Be among the first to see this Mezzanine-area addition to the museum’s main exhibit, Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now. Curated by Meredith Davidson, Setting the Standard: The Fred Harvey Company and Its Legacy focuses on the rise of the Fred Harvey Company as a family business and events that transpired specifically in the Land of Enchantment, including the invention of the Harvey Girls in Raton. The Winslow Harvey Girls host a trunk show of Harvey House china in our lobby. Also:
10 am, 11 am, noon and 4 pm, see The Harvey Girls: Opportunity Bound, a 57-minute documentary, in the museum auditorium
2 pm, gather in the auditorium for a conversation with curator Meredith Davidson, documentary producer Katrina Parks, and Stephen Fried, author of the acclaimed biography Appetite for America. Seating is limited; doors open at 1:30 pm.
3–4 pm, refreshments in the lobby
Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents; children 16 and under free daily
Dec 7, 2014
Winter Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fun for all ages
Annual celebration of the Winter season with hands on art activities for ages 3 to 103
Dec 12, 2014
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 30th-anniversary evening of hot cider, cookies, live music, piñatas, craft-making activities, a chance to operate an antique printing press and the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- all in the legendary magic of the Palace of the Governors. A free, family event. (Donations of non-perishable food welcomed.)
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 13, 2014
Light Among the Ruins: Christmas Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dec 13, 2014 - Dec 14, 2014
Young Native Artists Holiday Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A free family event
Children and grandchildren of the Palace Portal artisans will display their own creations at the Young Native Artists Holiday Show and Sale in the Meem Community Room and History Museum classroom. Pick up some nifty Christmas presents and support the next generation of Native American artisans. Enter for free through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors, 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday; 10 am to 2 pm on Sunday.
Dec 13, 2014
Luminaria Tour at Fort Selden
Fort Selden Historic Site
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Ft. Selden Historic Site will be celebrating the season again this year with its annual “Luminaria Tour”. 1,000 Luminarias will be placed along the Monument trails to light the path of visitors as they experience this night-time wonder.
Dec 14, 2014
Las Posadas
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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 with Holy Cross Church members and Coro de Agua Fria 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 pm to prepare for this event.
Dec 14, 2014
"Wearable Art" Jewelry Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Keri Ataumbi Discusses Her Work
A multiple award winner at Indian Market and the Heard Museum Show, Keri Ataumbi will discuss her "wearable art" of silver and gold, often enhanced with precious and semi-precious gems, including turquoise.
Keri is of Kiowa and Italian heritage, and her work is steeped in both traditional and contemporary art streams. She creates jewelry based on a personal aesthetic of "content-based enquiry." As an example, some pieces have taken inspiration from the natural world and are enhanced with insects, plant life, or animals. Her eclectic, innovative, contemporary designs can be viewed not only as jewelry, but as stand alone art.
Dec 17, 2014
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 17, 2014
Why Money is Better than Barter: Trade in 18th-Century Northern New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Linda Tigges, a longtime urban planner, speaks on "Why Money is Better than Barter: Trade in 18th-Century Northern New Mexico.” The Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures are free and open to the public. Enter the Meem Community Room through the museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
Dec 19, 2014
Opening Reception
New Mexico Museum of Art
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Focus on Photography
4-6pm free public opening for new photography shows
Dec 24, 2014
Luminarias in Lincoln
Lincoln Historic Site
Dec 24, 2014
Christmas Eve Closing at Noon
New Mexico History Museum
To give our hard-working staff time to get their own homes ready for Santa, we’ll close at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 24. The museum reopens at 10 am on Friday, Dec. 26. Happy holidays, everyone.
Dec 24, 2014
Christmas Closings
New Mexico Museum of Art
The New Mexico Museum of Art will close at noon on Wednesday, December 24.
Dec 24, 2014 - Dec 26, 2014
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 10:00 AM
closing early Dec 24
The Museum of Internatiopnal Folk Art will close at Noon on Wednesday, December 24 and will re-open Friday, December 26, 2014 at 10am.
Dec 24, 2014
MUSEUM CLOSES AT NOON
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Open 10a - 12p; 2 Hours for Last Minute Museum Store Shopping!
EARLY HOLIDAY CLOSING. OPEN 10am - Noon!
Please be advised that the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (and all State of New Mexico Museums and Historic Sites/Monuments) will close at noon on Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve, so employees and volunteers may spend time with their families and friends.
See you on December 26!
Dec 25, 2014
Closed for Christmas
New Mexico History Museum
We extend warm holiday greetings to you and your family. Though we’re closed on Christmas Day, we look forward to seeing you at 10 am on Friday, Dec. 26.
