Feb 2, 2015
Folk Art in Color
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cochineal: the Red that Colored the World
The second 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. We look forward to seeing members enjoy the Museums and Museum Hill!
Feb 4, 2015 - Aug 26, 2015
Spotlight Tours of NM Museum of Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
A series of gallery talks by NM Museum of Art Docents featuring artists on display in the Museum.
Feb 6, 2015
Be Mine
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A Valentines craft event
Bring your crafting skills to make old-timey Valentines, inspired by historic cards from the collection. Kids and families welcome. A Free First Friday Evening event, part of the exhibit Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards from Holidays Past.
Feb 7, 2015
Coiled Basketry Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Lynette Etsitty
Feb 8, 2015
Make a Camera Obscura
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Pinhole Photography workshop
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.
Feb 8, 2015
GranMary’s Place Storytelling
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
GranMary’s Place is a storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture that is dedicated to celebrating the memory of Docent Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, children, and telling stories to children visiting the Museum.
Feb 12, 2015
Book Signing
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Zuni Stew
Meet author Kent Jacobs as he signs copies of his new book 11-1pm
Feb 13, 2015
The Circles First Look Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Circles members will be the first to see the distinctive and light-filled works of David Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa) which provide a delicate social critique of contemporary Native American Art.
Feb 14, 2015
Member Preview Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Members are invited to see the colorful and powerful artworks of David Bradley before the exhibition opens to the public at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Feb 14, 2015
Yucca Cordage Weaving Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Mary Weahkee
Feb 15, 2015
Art, Optics and the Wilderness
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Pinhole Photography lecture and workshop
Canadian photographer Donald Lawrence talks about his Underwater Pinhole Photography Project, the forthcoming Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival in the Yukon, and other works that combine his interests in wilderness experience, art-making, early optical history, and the relationship between learning and play. Following the auditorium lecture, join Lawrence in the Palace Courtyard for a demonstration of how he builds camera obscuras. The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Feb 15, 2015
Carving the Animal Kingdom
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Meet the artists/artist demonstrations
Artists Arthur Lopez, Gloria Lopez Cordova, Ron Archuleta Rodriguez will be in the Atrium carving animals and talking with visitors on this final day to see the exhibition Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico.
Feb 15, 2015
David Bradley Exhibit Opening & Reception
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
INDIAN COUNTRY: THE ART OF DAVID BRADLEY kicks off on Sunday, February 15 at 1pm.
A reception will be held from 2 - 4pm by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
As always, New Mexico residents receive free admission to the museum - and programs - on Sundays.
Feb 18, 2015
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 18, 2015
Lozen, Apache Warrior Woman
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower and Brownbags Lunch Lecture
John McWilliams speaks on “Lozen, Apache Warrior Woman,” on Wednesday, February 18, part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors.
McWilliams is the author of New Mexico: A Glimpse into an Enchanted Land (Inkwell productions, 2014). He retired to Santa Fe from the computer industry in 2007. Lozen, ca. 1840 – 1890, was a sister of Victorio and fought alongside both Nana and Geronimo.
Feb 20, 2015
Billy Jack
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Film Screening
6pm Introduction 7pm Movie
Feb 22, 2015
Countering Native American Stereotypes Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
With Erin Fehr (Yup’ik), Archivist, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Erin Fehr (Yup’ik) presents an illustrated lecture drawn from the Hirschfelder-Molin Native American Stereotypes Collection at the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
"Noble Savages, Indian Princesses, Drunken Indians and Vanishing Americans: Resources for Countering Stereotypes and Prejudices," a lecture Fehr first delivered at the 2014 annual meeting of the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, presents and examines just a few dozen of the 1500 objects collected over 40 years by scholars Arlene Hirschfelder, who worked at the Association on American Indian Affairs for 20+ years, and Paulette Fairbanks Molin (White Earth Ojibwe), the former director of American Indian Educational Opportunity Program at Hampton University.
Feb 22, 2015
Earlybird Shopping
Museum of International Folk Art
6th Annual Folk Art Flea
2015 Sponsors, current Friends of Folk Art members and "RED-HOT" Haute Flea ticket holders will be admitted 30 minutes early for first pick shopping!
Feb 25, 2015
Winter Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"With Faith and Zeal: The Franciscans in Early New Mexico"
6-7:30pm
Feb 25, 2015
Planned Giving Panel Presentation and Discussion
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Estate planning professionals will lead a discussion about bequests, charitable gift annuities and other estate planning opportunities.
Feb 25, 2015
Community-in-Residence at the O’Keeffe Museum
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
A special program for people with memory illnesses and their loved ones
The nationally acclaimed Alzheimer’s Poetry Project and a growing consortium of Santa Fe-based arts and cultural institutions are joining forces to help people living with memory loss, along with their care partners, friends and the public. Each month, the Community-in-Residence program will open the doors at a different institution for an hour-long session of creativity, playfulness and learning. The program launches on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 9 to 10 am, at the George O’Keeffe Museum, and moves to the Museum of International Folk Art on Tuesday, March 24, at 10:30 am. Future events will be announced soon. A highlight of the event will be the creation of a new poem set to music inspired by the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe. The series includes light refreshments and is free and open to the public with registration. For a reservation, please write gary@alzpoetry.com.
Feb 28, 2015
Snow closure today
New Mexico History Museum
We’re grateful for the deep snow overnight, but need to close the museum for the safety of our staff and visitors. Wait until the roads are clear, then come visit us!
