Jan 6, 2017
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Alcoves 16/17 #6
Meet the artists of Alcoves 16/17 #6 and discuss their work on view in the gallery 5:30 - 6:30PM
Jan 6, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
AlmaZazz!
AlmaZazz!, French Musette Duet on Accordian and Violin 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Free
Jan 8, 2017
Free day for NM residents
New Mexico Museum of Art
Jan 8, 2017
FREE Film Screening and Talk with Razalle Benally
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Director of "He Walks with Thunder," "I Am Thy Weapon," and "Raven."
Join us for "He Walks with Thunds," "I Am Thy Weapon," and a sneak peek of "Raven." Screenings will be followed by a talk with Benally, who has won Best Documentary in SWAIA’s annual Class ’X’ Moving Images competition and has been selected for the Sundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab.
THIS EVENT - and admission to the Museum - are FREE on Sunday, January 8.
Jan 9, 2017
Think Outside the Shop
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
with Sara Birmingham
Second Langniappe Lecture in the 2016-2017 Season, exclusively for members of the Friends of Folk Art
Jan 20, 2017
Inauguration Labyrinth Walk
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Labyrinth Resource Group of Santa Fe
Walking Together Being different, Being one 2917
Jan 29, 2017
Second Annual Lunar New Year Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Year of the Rooster
FREE admission for everyone courtesy of the Cotsen Family Foundation. Celebrate the re-opening of Lloyd’s Treasure Chest
Jan 31, 2017
Winter Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Paul Hutton gives a free lecture on "The Apache Wars and the Head of Mangas Coloradas” 6pm St. Francis Auditorium.
Feb 3, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Westin McDowell and the The Shiners Club play ragtime, vintage Jazz, Swing and Blues. Free 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Feb 3, 2017
Alcoves 16/17 #7
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Exhibition Opening
Feb 4, 2017
Northern Plains Traditional Arts Saturday at MIAC
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 12:00 AM
with Jackie Parsons (Blackfeet Nation) of the First Peoples Fund
Join us for a lecture and presentation by Jackie Parsons, an innovative and talented award-winning visual and traditional Plains artist. Parsons appearance at MIAC is generously sponsored by the First Peoples Fund. To learn much more about Parsons and the First Peoples Fund, click here.
Feb 4, 2017
Northern Plains Traditional Arts Saturday at MIAC
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:30 PM - 12:00 AM
with Thomas Haukaas (Rosebud Lakota Sioux) of the First Peoples Fund
Join us for a lecture and presentation by Thomas Haukaas, an award-winning and prolific ledger, beadwork, and doll artist. Haukaas’ appearance at MIAC is generously sponsored by the First Peoples Fund. To learn more about the First Peoples Fund, click here.
Feb 5, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The first Sunday of each month, New Mexico residents are admitted FREE!
Feb 5, 2017
Opening of Frank Buffalo Hyde Exhibit "I-Witness Culture"
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission! Tours, Buffalo Burgers, Pop Art Activities, and More
Feb 10, 2017
CreativeMornings
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
takes a moment
Since 2014 photographer Jo Whaley has gained access to the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple and photographed the iconic theater and its historic painted backdrops. Join us as she takes up the global CreativeMornings theme of “Moments” in an exploration of her work.
Network while enjoying coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters.
Feb 12, 2017
Community Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Valentine’s Day Extravaganza
See Art, Make Art, Have FUN! All ages welcome
Feb 19, 2017
GranMary’s Winter Storytelling Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
featuring Snowflake Flower (Cochiti Pueblo)
Snowflake Flower - a prolific Cochiti storyteller figure artist - visits MIAC for traditional storyteling in the Cochiti tradition.
Program runs at 2pm, and again at 3pm.
Free with museum admission.
Feb 19, 2017
Pulling Back the Veil on Iran
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
an afternoon with Kirk and Sheila Ellis
Feb 19, 2017
Families Make History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
February is National Birdfeeding month and with 542 species on New Mexico’s bird list, we are in a great place to watch them. The winter can be difficult for wild birds. Individuals are encouraged to provide food, water and shelter to help wild birds survive. Come get a little messy making birdfeeders to take home at this workshop.
Free.
Feb 28, 2017
Winter Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Nancy Bartlit
Free lecture on “The Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp in the Shadow of Los Alamos 1942–1946” 6pm St. Francis Auditorium.
Feb 28, 2017
OAS Brown Bag Talks: A Southwest Archaeologist’s Adventure on the Island of Yap
Office of Archaeological Studies
Stephen S. Post, Deputy Director Emeritus, Office of Archaeological Studies
Mar 3, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Ethran Chkhiro
Ethran Chkhiro plays music rooted in classical guitar and profoundly inspired by the Moroccan sounds he grew up with as well as the environment he now inhabits. Free 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Mar 3, 2017
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Alcoves 16/17 #7
Meet the artists of Alcoves 16/17 #7 and discuss their work on view in the gallery 5:30 - 6:30PM
Mar 5, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day
The first Sunday of each month, New Mexico residents are admitted free.
Mar 5, 2017
Aerial Photography and the 1929 Chaco Canyon Field School Session
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lecture with Frances Joan Mathien, Ph.D.
A retired National Park Service archaeologist, Mathien proposed researching the field schools and asked that her colleague, Joyce Raab, and she be afforded space and use of UNM facilities during the project. She sits on the Chaco Culture National Historic Park Museum Collection Committee as a volunteer researcher and considers "this [project] part of the cooperative relationship between the two institutions," UNM and Chaco Culture NHP.
Though officially retired, Mathien is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico and Research Associate with the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM. Major career interests have been on socio-economics of Chaco Canyon and turquoise as a pre-Columbian item of exchange
Mar 9, 2017
The Circles First Look: No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Museum of International Folk Art
The Circles members will be first to see No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art, which presents 150 examples of this art form, characterized by notched and layered wood to create various household objects. Made in the US and Europe (1870s-1940s), tramp art was an art of working class family men—despite what its name suggests.
Mar 10, 2017
Member Preview: No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Museum of International Folk Art
Members will be first to see No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art, which presents 150 examples of this art form, characterized by notched and layered wood to create various household objects. Made in the US and Europe (1870s-1940s), tramp art was an art of working class family men—despite what its name suggests.
Mar 11, 2017
12 Switches
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Two Stage Performances by Northern New Mexico College Students
Saturday, March 11, 5 pm • Nick Salazar Theater, Española
Sunday, March 12, 2 pm • New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, Santa Fe
Join us for this special production, complete with an onstage lowrider, created by students at Northern New Mexico College in collaboration with Santa Fe Performing Arts. The live performance piece draws on the museum’s recent exhibit: Lowriders, Hoppers & Hot Rods Car Culture of Northern New Mexico.
Questions? sfperformingarts@gmail.com
Mar 11, 2017
S.T.A.R.T.
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sharing Time, art and Reading Together
For kids age 3 to 5 and their caregivers
Mar 11, 2017
Perspectives on the Hugh Scott Ledger Book by Silver Horn
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
with Dorothy WhiteHorse Delaune (Kiowa) and Dr. Candace Green
Join us for several perspective on the Hugh Scott Ledger Book kept by Silver Horn (1860 - 1940). Dorothy WhiteHorse Delaune (Kiowa) and Dr. Candace Green discuss this remarkable resource and the selections will be on view.
For more extensive information on the artist and the talk, please visit: http://media.museumofnewmexico.org/press_releases.php?action=detail&releaseID=520
Mar 12, 2017
Opening of No Idle Hands
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art
Tramp art is the product of industry, a style of woodworking from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that made use of discarded cigar boxes and fruit crates that were notched and layered to make a variety of domestic objects.
Mar 12, 2017
Tramp Art: The Art of Layered Inspirations
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lecture with Clifford Wallach
Clifford Wallach discusses his research on tramp art
Mar 12, 2017
12 Switches
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Two Stage Performances by Northern New Mexico College Students
Saturday, March 11, 5 pm • Nick Salazar Theater, Española
Sunday, March 12, 2 pm • New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, Santa Fe
Join us for this special production, complete with an onstage lowrider, created by students at Northern New Mexico College in collaboration with Santa Fe Performing Arts. The live performance piece draws on the museum’s recent exhibit: Lowriders, Hoppers & Hot Rods Car Culture of Northern New Mexico.
Questions? sfperformingarts@gmail.com
Mar 13, 2017
A Notch and A Layer
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
A Friends of Folk Art Presentation
Exclusive event for Friends of Folk Art members with Curator Laura Addison.
Mar 16, 2017
Mark and Linda Winter: Historic Toadlena Trading Post & Museum
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Join us for an evening with Mark and Linda Winter, the owners of the Toadlena Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation, north of Gallup. The Winters work closely with the local weavers continuing the support, encouragement and relationship that was established by traders before them. You will hear the fascinating story of the historic trading post, see examples of past and present Toadlena/Two Grey Hills rugs, and meet weaving artists from the area.
Mar 18, 2017
Panel Discussion
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Be With Me: A Small Exhibition of Large Paintings
A discussion on the practice of painting with Nick Aguayo, Harmony Hammond and John Zurier.
Mar 18, 2017
Breakfast with the Artists
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Nick Aguayo, Harmony Hammond and John Zurier
Before the panel discussion, enjoy breakfast with the artists of Be With Me, A Small Exhibition Of Large Paintings
Mar 19, 2017
Storytelling with Emmett Garcia
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
GranMary’s Place
Please note this program runs TWICE: first at 2pm and again at 3pm. Drop by for either one - your choice!
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.
Mar 19, 2017
Culture and History of the Southwest: Archaeological Perspectives #1
Office of Archaeological Studies
Lecture Series
The growth of archaeological knowledge of Southwestern culture history is remarkable, often rendering textbooks obsolete with frustrating speed. The Friends of Archaeology has commissioned four overview lectures over two afternoons summarizing the state-of-the-discipline of Southwestern culture history. Each one hour illustrated lecture will be followed by 30 minutes of questions and discussion.
Mar 19, 2017
Luted Crucible Casting Demonstration & Lecture
Museum of International Folk Art
with Piers Watson
marking the closing of the Sacred Realm: Blessings and Good Fortune Across Asia
Mar 19, 2017
Families Make History monthly workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Spring is right around the corner. What will you put in your garden? What kinds of plants grow in New Mexico? What kinds of flowers have been brought here?
Come and make your own flower pot to get started early.
Seating and materials limited.
Free.
Mar 23, 2017
Emergency Closure
Coronado Historic Site
9:30 AM - 5:00 AM
Coronado Historic Site is closed toady, March 23, for water line repair. Site will reopen Friday March 24 at 8:30 AM.
Mar 28, 2017
Winter Lecture Series
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Carmella Padilla gives a free lecture on "Eva Scott Fenyes, Leonora Scott Muse Curtin, Leonora Curtin Paloheimo and the Cultural Crafting of Santa Fe” 6pm St. Francis Auditorium.
Mar 31, 2017
VIP Exhibition Opening for Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Exhibtion honoring the 2017 MIAC Living Treasure, Jody Naranjo.
Apr 1, 2017
Trinity Site Motor Coach Tour
New Mexico Museum of Space History
One of the “must see” things for residents and visitors alike in New Mexico is Trinity Site, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945. Located on the north end of what is now White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site is open to the public twice each year, on the first Saturday in April and again on the first Saturday in October. The New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo hosts a motor coach tour to the site.
Apr 1, 2017 - Jun 15, 2017
Discount tickets for 2017 International Folk Art Market
Museum of International Folk Art
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe
ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET SANTA FE JULY 14, 15 AND 16, 2017
Apr 1, 2017
Fort Selden Historic Site to open at 12:00 noon
Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site will be closed 3/31/2017 through noon on 4/1/2107 due to a broken water line.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Apr 2, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
Apr 2, 2017
Public Exhibition Opening for Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture hosts a solo exhibition featuring the work of current Living Treasure, prolific Santa Clara pueblo potter Jody Naranjo, in the lobby of the museum.
As this event falls on the first Sunday of the month, admission is free for New Mexico residents!
Apr 3, 2017
Stories from East Indian Quilters: Quilts and quilters in India
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
final presentation
Quilts of India and Pakistan with Martha Wallace & Patricia Stoddard.
Apr 4, 2017
Yucca as a Raw Material in the Past and Present
Office of Archaeological Studies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Brown Bag Talks
Apr 5, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries of Dr. Rowland Willard
Lecture by Joy Poole, Deputy State Librarian, New Mexico State Library
Meem room
Free event
Apr 6, 2017
FOCA+P Members Exhibition Preview
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Exhibition preview and talk with the artists of Light Tight: New Work by Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern 5-7pm.
Apr 7, 2017
Reception for 3 Exhibitions
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us for a, fun-filled evening of art, music and hors d’oevres as the Museum of Art celebrates three new exhibitions : Cady Wells : Ruminations, Imagining New Mexico and Light Tight : New Work by Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern
5:30 to 7:30 pm. Free
Apr 8, 2017 - Apr 15, 2017
Donation Drop Off Days
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
for the 8th Annual Folk Art Flea
Support the 8th Annual Folk Art Flea!
Apr 9, 2017
Still on the Hill
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A concert of stories and songs about instrument makers of the Ozarks
Instrument makers of the Ozarks: The Life & Work of Ed Stilley
Apr 14, 2017
Member Exhibition Tour: Frank Buffalo Hyde
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
On this tour, members will see paintings and sculptures created by artist Frank Buffalo Hyde. He fuses imagery from digital devices and popular culture to express how contemporary ways of communicating are changing how we experience reality. By presenting alternative perspectives on culture, his art both enriches cultural conversations and reflects on contemporary Native experience.
Apr 14, 2017
CreativeMornings
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Goes Beyond
CreativeMornings, a breakfast lecture series for the creative community hosted in over 160 cities around the world, tackles the global theme of “beyond” with Currents New Media directors Frank Ragano and Mariannah Amster.
If you’ve visited the Santa Fe railyard area over June in the last several years you’ve probably walked into Currents New Media’s annual event. Since 2002 Parallel Studios has been producing, curating and designing small and large scale video exhibitions in Santa Fe. In 2010 they launched Currents New Media. Each year, the free Currents festival brings together work of established and emerging New Media artists from New Mexico, across the US, and around the globe.
Enjoy some networking with other creative professionals before the talk, along with coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters.
This event is free.
Apr 15, 2017
Anne Hillerman Book Signing
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Special Readings from SONG OF THE LION
Join Anne Hillerman and fans for this exciting afternoon during which you’ll hear from Anne - who will talk about her father’s legacy and her own writing process - along with book excerpts read by the author and four drama students from the New Mexico School for the Arts. Hillerman conducted research in the MIAC archives for Song of the Lion.
Song of the Lion, is Hillerman’s third book in the Chee/Leaphorn/Manuelito series.
This event is sponsored by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops.
Also, MIAC archives helped in helped with research on the Grand Canyon for Song of the Lion.
Apr 16, 2017
EASTER SUNDAY MUSEUM CLOSED
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museum closed
Apr 16, 2017
Easter Sunrise Service
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
On Easter Sunday, Jemez Historic Site hosts an all faiths sunrise service.
Apr 20, 2017
Friends of Indian Art Event - SOLD OUT
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Preserving Native History: Center for New Mexico Archaeology
Please join us for a late afternoon tour of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology facility, which houses the Repository and Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS). The repository holds over 8.5 million artifacts from more than 20,000 sites. The OAS provides archaeological services to Federal, State, municipal, and private clients throughout New Mexico. Specialty laboratories include stone tools, osteology, botany, pottery, archaeomagnetic dating, and the new Low Energy Plasma Radiocarbon Sampling lab.
Participation in this - and other Friends of Indian Art events - requires membership in the FIA.
Not an FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Apr 21, 2017
13th Annual Youth Music Night
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
A collaborative program
Join us for a FREE youth driven event raising awareness of the school to prison pipeline agenda.
Apr 22, 2017
Celebrate Earth Day at MIAC!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Hands-on Outdoors Fun for Everyone at the Museum
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS
11:00 am Blessing by Arnold Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo)
Free outdoor event on Museum Hill and MIAC’s Avanyu Heritage Trail
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is located on Museum Hill at 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail. Children 16 and under are always free. Single visit to museum: NM residents $7; non-residents $12. For more information, call (505) 476-1269 or contact the Living Traditions Education Department, Director Joyce Begay-Foss (505) 476-1272
SANTA FE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM EVENTS
11:45 am Blessing by Arnold Herrera (Cochiti Pueblo)
Santa Fe Children’s Museum is located at 1050 Old Pecos Trail
Admission: $5.00 for Children; $7.50 Adults; Children under one are free.
For more information contact Tammy McLellan @ 989-8359 ext 123 or tmclellan@santafechildrensmuseum.org
Apr 23, 2017
Put at Spring in your Step - Earth Day Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Rangers will lead a hike up Oak Canyon.
Apr 23, 2017
Doctor Franklin & Spain
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Dr. Thomas E. Chavez, former director of the Palace of the Governors and Tom Leech, director of the Palace Press, will speak on their just-released limited-edition book
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium.
Free event
Apr 25, 2017
Reconstructing the Health of Southwestern People: Evidence, Purpose, and Paradigms
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talks
Apr 28, 2017
Darkness and Light in the Land of Enchantment: The Art and Friendship of Cady Wells and Georgia O’Keeffe
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Lois Rudnick discusses Cady Wells and Georgia O’Keeffe 1-2:30pm in the St. Francis Auditorium followed by book signing in lobby.
Free with cost of Museum admission. $5.00 for lecture only.
May 3, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Uneasy Riders: Hippies, Hopper, and the 1960s and 1970s Counterculture in New Mexico
Lecture by Dr. Lois Rudnick, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts Boston
Meem room
Free event
May 5, 2017 - May 7, 2017
Members Shops Extra Discount Weekend
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Members are invited to shop at the five museum shops this weekend and enjoy an extra 10% member discount. Members will receive 20% off and members of The Circles will receive 25% off.
May 5, 2017
Film Screening
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
THROUGH THE REPELLENT FENCE: A Land Art Film
Screening of Through the Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film. (74 minutes). Followed by a discussion by Postcommodity. St. Francis Auditorium.
May 5, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Ethran Chkhiro plays music rooted in classical guitar and profoundly inspired by the Moroccan sounds he grew up with as well as the environment he now inhabits. 5-7pm. Free.
May 5, 2017
Public Exhibition Opening at the Governor’s Gallery
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Living Treasures: A Celebration of Vision
Living Treasures: A Celebration of Vision exhibition will be on display in the Governor’s Gallery on the fourth floor of the New Mexico State Capitol. Two receptions are planned and all are welcome. The opening reception is scheduled for May 5, 2017, from 3pm to 5pm, and a reception during Indian Market week is scheduled for Thursday, August 17, 2017, from 3pm to 5pm.
May 6, 2017
8th Annual Folk Art Flea
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
not your typical flea market
A dazzling array of folk art treasures
May 7, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
May 11, 2017
The Circles First Look: Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
New Mexico History Museum
The Circles members will be first to see this imaginative exhibition exploring the pilgrimage of young people who sought an alternative way of life at burgeoning communes during the 1960s and 70s in New Mexico and the social and civil rights movements of the era. Topics include issues of justice and identity and countering social norms.
May 12, 2017
Letters About Literature Awards Ceremony
New Mexico State Library
The New Mexico State Library announced the state level champions of the 2017 Letters About Literature competition. This annual writing contest for young readers in grades 4 through 12 is made possible by a generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and is administered nationally by the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
Letters About Literature encourages young readers in grades 4 -12 to read a book and write a personal letter to the author explaining how the book changed or shaped their perspective on themselves or the world. The New Mexico State Library manages the state level program and submits a champion to the national competition for each of the three levels.
Raven Callaway-Kidd, a fifth grade student at Turquoise Trail Elementary in Santa Fe, is the Level 1 champion. Raven wrote her letter to Holly Schindler about her book, The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky.
Natashia McDonald, an eighth grade student at Des Moines Municipal Schools in Des Moines, is the Level 2 champion. Her letter is addressed to The Fault in Our Stars author, John Green.
Rebekah Hildebrant, an eleventh grade student at Arrowhead Park Medical Academy in Las Cruces, is the Level 3 champion. Rebekah wrote her letter to Rick Riordan about his books The Lightning Thief and The House of Hades.
From 52 New Mexico state finalists, the state judges selected three champions, three second place writers, three third place writers, and seven honorable mention letters. Champions, second and third place winners, and honorable mention recipients will be honored at the State Capitol on May 12 at 1:30 PM in the Rotunda. Secretary Gonzales and State Librarian Peiffer will congratulate the students and the state champions, who receive a $150 cash prize, will read their letters aloud.
May 13, 2017
2nd Annual Bosque Redondo Memorial Gourd Dance
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Healing the Past for our Children’s Future
Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial is hosting their Second Annual Gourd Dance on Saturday May 13, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Beginning at 8:30 p.m., Joe Tohonnie Jr. and the White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers will be performing their fire dance to close the ceremonies.
Additionally, there will be respected speakers, traditional foods, and craft vendors from both the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the Navajo Nation present. Admission is free. Please join us and let the healing begin.
May 13, 2017
Member Preview: Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
New Mexico History Museum
Members will be first to see this imaginative exhibition exploring the pilgrimage of young people who sought an alternative way of life at burgeoning communes during the 1960s and 70s in New Mexico and the social and civil rights movements of the era. Topics include issues of justice and identity and countering social norms.
May 13, 2017 - May 14, 2017
NM FIBER CRAWL
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
DOCENT LED WEAVING TOUR
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE PARTICIPATION IN NM FIBER CRAWL
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.NMFiberCrawl.org
SATURDAY, MAY 13TH DOCENT GUIDED TOUR ON WEAVING 2:00 PM (HNA GALLERY)
SUNDAY, MAY 14TH DOCENT GUIDED TOUR ON WEAVING 2:00 PM (HNA GALLERY)
RAFFLE PRIZE: SPIDER WOMAN’S GIFT BOOK AND JEWELS OF THE NAVAJO LOOM: THE RUGS OF TEEC NOS POS
May 14, 2017
An Evening with Gary Snyder, Hosted by Jack Loeffler
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The man known as the “the Godfather of Counterculture,” Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder ignites Santa Fe’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love with this special kick-off event. Via poetry, prose, and personal stories, Snyder will share his perspective and experiences on the rise of the countercultural West Coast scene, the cross-pollination between the California and New Mexico scenes from the 1950s to the present, and his role as a literary godfather to those who sought alternatives to the mainstream.
Immediately following the presentation, there will be a book-signing in the lobby hosted by the Collected Works Bookstore. Snyder will sign selected books; Jack Loeffler, Meredith Dacidson and several contributors will sign their new book, "Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest" published by the Museum of New Mexico Press.
Snyder’s keynote address launches this summer’s multi-venue multi-partner cultural collaboration, Be Here Now: Summer of Love Santa Fe and coincides with the opening day of the exhibition Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest at the New Mexico History Museum.
This event will be at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25 and available at http://tickets.ticketssantafe.org/
Proceeds help support the New Mexico History Museum’s public programs and exhibitions.
May 14, 2017
NM FIBER CRAWL 2017
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
MIAC DOCENT WEAVING TOUR
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE PARTICIPATION IN NM FIBER CRAWL
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.NMFiberCrawl.org
SATURDAY, MAY 13TH DOCENT GUIDED TOUR ON WEAVING 2:00 PM (HNA GALLERY)
SUNDAY, MAY 14TH DOCENT GUIDED TOUR ON WEAVING 2:00 PM (HNA GALLERY)
RAFFLE PRIZE: SPIDER WOMAN’S GIFT BOOK AND JEWELS OF THE NAVAJO LOOM: THE RUGS OF TEEC NOS POS
May 18, 2017
Friends of Indian Art Event
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Mark Bahti - Hopi Katsinas: From the Outside Looking In
Please join us as Mark Bahti shares his knowledge of Hopi katsinas. There are a number of ways to appreciate Hopi katsina carvings, and many levels of understanding and misunderstanding. He will explore the subject extensively. Mark grew up in the Indian arts business. His first trip to Hopi was to the Snake Dance when he was about 9 months old. His relationships there now span 4 and even 5 generations.
Participation in this - and other Friends of Indian Art events - requires membership in the FIA.
Not an FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
May 18, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email: drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
May 18, 2017
The Presence of Women
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Women in the Arts in New Mexico and Arizona
Dr. Julie Sasse will give an overview of the many women artists and gallerists in the Southwest.
May 20, 2017
Annual Artist Studio Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque
May 20, 2017 - May 21, 2017
Hopi Weekend at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology
Office of Archaeological Studies
The Lalo family from the village of Hotevilla on Third Mesa will give an extended presentation on Hopi culture, farming, and art during this two-day event at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology. The first day will focus on Hopi dry-farming methods and the second day will be an introduction to several Hopi craft types including kachina carving, basket weaving, and ceremonial clothing weaving.
May 21, 2017
Families Make History workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Be inspired by Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest to express yourself in a pretty groovy way. Bring your own prewashed white t-shirt or canvas shoes. Learn how to use permanent markers to create fabulous tie dye like designs.
Seating and materials limited.
Free.
May 22, 2017 - Jun 30, 2017
Dig Kuaua
Coronado Historic Site
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Explore the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo with archaeologists from the Office of Archaeological Studies.
May 25, 2017
Member Preview: Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now from the Collection of the British Museum
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
New Mexico Museum of Art
The New Mexico Museum of Art is the first of only two US venues for this exhibition which uncovers the process and practice of drawing by famed artists such as Dürer, Degas, Michelangelo, Matisse, Rembrandt and Riley. This exhibition studies their complex thinking, giving us fresh insight into the creative impulse of some of the world’s greatest artists.
May 25, 2017
The Circles First Look: Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now from the Collection of the British Museum
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
New Mexico Museum of Art
The Circles members will be the first to see this exhition which uncovers the process and practice of drawing by famed artists such as Dürer, Degas, Michelangelo, Matisse, Rembrandt and Riley. This exhibition studies their complex thinking, giving us fresh insight into the creative impulse of some of the world’s greatest artists.
May 26, 2017
Opening Reception: Lines of Thought
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Start your Memorial Day weekend with a free showing of Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum.
May 26, 2017
Native Treasures
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Pre-Show Celebration and Benefit
Native Treasures artists, 2017 MIAC Living Treasure Judy Naranjo and event sponsors come together for a special celebratory event kick-off and opportunity to purchase unique “Shared Stories” themed artwork made exclusively for this evening.
May 26, 2017
Lincoln After Dark
Lincoln Historic Site
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Murder and Mayhem Along America’s Most Dangerous Street
Join us for the second installment of our Lincoln After Dark tours!
The history of Lincoln, New Mexico is mired with acts of revenge, tragic accidents, vigilante justice, and senseless violence. Between 1870 and 1886, more than fifty people met a violent end along this quarter-mile long stretch of dusty road. This fact led President Rutherford B. Hayes to declare Lincoln’s main thoroughfare as “The Most Dangerous Street in America.” Hundreds more were killed throughout the region during a time when feuds were most often settled at gunpoint, lawmen were oftentimes involved with the criminals they swore to apprehend, and danger lurked around every one of life’s corners.
Please call 575-653-4025 to reserve your tickets. Space is limited so please call to RSVP.
May 27, 2017
Early Bird
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival
Be first to purchase museum-quality artwork from more than 200 Native Treasures artists.
May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017
Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival Show
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Native Treasures is one of the premier Native American art shows in the United States and attracts more than 6,000 knowledgeable collectors and art enthusiasts every year.
May 27, 2017
Reggae on the River – Free Concert
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Day-long concert event featuring traditional Native American song in the morning and a modern musical act in the afternoon.
May 27, 2017
Public Lecture
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a special presentation about our latest exhibition, Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum.
Book signing in lobby following lecture.
May 28, 2017
Jammin’ at Jemez
Jemez Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Day-long concert event featuring traditional Native American song in the morning and a modern musical act in the afternoon.
Jun 1, 2017 - Sep 17, 2017
Drop In and Draw
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Daily
Be inspired by the artwork in the exhibition Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum, and then draw on your own while exploring the Museum’s architecture, gardens, and galleries. Bring your own materials, or borrow the museum’s. Included with cost of admission. 16 and under are always free.
Jun 2, 2017
Art Chats
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Museum Volunteer Guides present 15 minute pop up talks prompting conversations about drawing. Included with cost of Museum Admission.
Jun 2, 2017
Veiled Lighting
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Echoing the Pueblo Revolt, powerful new voices speak to a cultural reconciliation long overdue.
Free event
New Mexico History Museum auditorium
Jun 2, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Robert Parker Band
Robert Parker plays catchy, classic "Rockin’ Americana" music. Included with the cost of admission.
Jun 4, 2017 - May 28, 2018
Artistic Heritage: Syrian Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A new display in Lloyd’s Treasure Chest
This display is a tribute to Syrian artistry, creative triumphs, and cultural heritage. Featured objects include Syrian clothing dating from the 19th century to mid-20th century, musical instruments, painted and inlaid boxes, traditional cookie molds, coffee pots, contemporary glassworks handmade in Damascus in 2017, and more.
Jun 4, 2017 - Aug 6, 2017
Artist’ Draw Off
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On the first Sunday of each month during the summer. Included with cost of admission. Free to New Mexico residents.
Jun 4, 2017
Sunday Fun Day for Families
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enjoy Scavenger hunt with prizes, fun interactive drawing activities designed for all ages while exploring the Museum’s summer exhibitions. Art materials provided by museum. Children must be chaperoned by adult. Included with cost of Museum Admission. 16 and under are always free
Jun 4, 2017
Folk Art and Activism
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Jun 5, 2017
Friends of Indian Art Event
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Michael Roanhorse - Jeweler
Friends of Indian Art members and invited guests, please join us for an exciting presentation of Michael Roanhorse. While an accomplished painter and sculptor, his knowledge and experience carries over into his signature silversmilthing, which is often referred to as three dimensional sculpture. Michael will have work available for sale at the event.
Participation in this - and other Friends of Indian Art events - requires membership in the FIA.
Not an FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Jun 6, 2017
New Deal Art and Architecture in Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A Guided Tour of Hidden Depression-Era Treasures
Jun 6, 2017
ARTS Alive! on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pottery at MIAC
Free hands-on workshops for all ages!
Program runs every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 2pm.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
PROGRAMS BEGIN ON THE HOUR To reserve a space please call Joyce Begay-Foss
505-476-1272 or email: joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
ON JUNE 6, ENJOY MAKING POTTERY!
Museum admission is free for participants during Arts Alive! hours, so take the opportunity to check out our exhibits with your kids.
Tuesday, June 6: Pottery
Thursday, June 8: Fabric Stamping
Tuesday, June 13: Native American Foods
Thursday, June 15: Native American Books
Jun 7, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Making It Matter Again: Exploring our Roots, including Life Ways, Food Ways, and Our Future
Lecture by Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo and author
Meem room
Free event
Jun 8, 2017
ARTS Alive! on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Fabric Stamping at MIAC
Free hands-on workshops for all ages!
Program runs every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 2pm.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
PROGRAMS BEGIN ON THE HOUR To reserve a space please call Joyce Begay-Foss
505-476-1272 or email: joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
ON JUNE 8, ENJOY FABRIC STAMPING!
Museum admission is free for participants during Arts Alive! hours, so take the opportunity to check out our exhibits with your kids.
Tuesday, June 6: Pottery
Thursday, June 8: Fabric Stamping
Tuesday, June 13: Native American Foods
Thursday, June 15: Native American Books
Jun 9, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
DJ Momma Goose
DJ Momma Goose plays rockabilly, classic country music for our Friday evening music at the museum. Included with the cost of admission.
Jun 10, 2017
Sombras del Pais
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Popular music of the 1930s and Spanish New Mexican folk music. $10 admission, VIP $20. Tickets at the door, cash or checks only.
Jun 10, 2017
Expansion of Consciousness: A Journey with Friends
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
Starting the series is Yvonne Bond. In the early 1960s Bond traveled to Cuba and returned to fight against capitalism and exploitation of the land. She came to New Mexico in the early 1970s and dedicated her activist efforts to environmental causes. Her talk anchors the activist portion of the exhibit in lived experiences.
Free with admission.
Jun 10, 2017
In Search of Nampeyo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lecture and Booksigning with Steve Elmore
In Search of Nampeyo presents new information on Nampeyo’s early life as a Hopi potter in the 19th century. Working with the British trader Thomas Keam, she single-handedly saved Pueblo pottery from obscurity and created a new art movement, the Sikyatki Revival, by re-interpreting designs from the past. Mr. Elmore’s discovery of Nampeyo’s early ceramics in the Keam collection in the Peabody Museum at Harvard is presented, as well as information that strongly suggests Nampeyo was an early American modernist. Signed copies of Mr. Elmore’s book In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1856 – 1942 will be available.
Program free with Museum admission.
Jun 10, 2017
Short Films Screening + Q&A
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
with Sky Hopinka, Sundance Alumnus
Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), a Sundance Alumnus, visits MIAC to screen a selection of his short films, followed by a Q&A. With accolades from more than a dozen renowned film festivals, his work was recently featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
Jun 13, 2017
ARTS Alive! on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Native American Books at MIAC
Free hands-on workshops for all ages!
Program runs every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 2pm.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
PROGRAMS BEGIN ON THE HOUR To reserve a space please call Joyce Begay-Foss
505-476-1272 or email joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
ON JUNE 13, ENJOY NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS!
Museum admission is free for participants during Arts Alive! hours, so take the opportunity to check out our exhibits with your kids.
Tuesday, June 6: Pottery
Thursday, June 8: Fabric Stamping
Tuesday, June 13: Native American Foods
Thursday, June 15: Native American Books
Jun 15, 2017
ARTS Alive! on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Native American Books at MIAC
Free hands-on workshops for all ages!
Program runs every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 2pm.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
PROGRAMS BEGIN ON THE HOUR To reserve a space please call Joyce Begay-Foss
505-476-1272 joyce.begay-foss@state.nm.us
ON JUNE 15, ENJOY NATIVE AMERICAN BOOKS!
Museum admission is free for participants during Arts Alive! hours, so take the opportunity to check out our exhibits with your kids.
Tuesday, June 6: Pottery
Thursday, June 8: Fabric Stamping
Tuesday, June 13: Native American Foods
Thursday, June 15: Native American Books
Jun 15, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email: drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Jun 16, 2017
Art Chats
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Volunteer Guides present 15 minute pop up talks prompting conversations about drawings. Included with cost of Admission.
Jun 16, 2017
Images of America: Early Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Lecture and Book Signing
Using photographs from the photo archives at the New Mexico History Museum, Ana Pacheco, Santa Fe City Historian, documents the early history of Santa Fe through images.
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Free event
Jun 16, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rio : Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova
Enjoy the hypnotic sounds of Rio, a jazz and Bossa Nova band with duo Max Hatt and Edda Glass.
Jun 16, 2017
2017 Native Youth Film Camp
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
"Red Carpet" Premiere of Students’ Summer Work
Please join the MIAC family for the premiere of the 2017 Native Youth Film Camp’s student shorts, produced between June 5 and ... the morning of the event! The red carpet will be rolled out for our 14 filmmakers and refreshments will follow the (approximately) one hour program. Free and open to the public!
Jun 18, 2017
Zia Agricultural Fields
Office of Archaeological Studies
Ulysses Reid, of Zia Pueblo, will lead a strenuous morning hike of Jemez River Valley agricultural terraces near the pueblo, followed by lunch and an exhibition of arts and crafts.
Jun 18, 2017
Families Make History workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
It’s Father’s Day. Enjoy the day at the museum. Visit the Out of the Box-The Art of the Cigar exhibition, and come to our family workshop and upcycle your own cigar box for storing your treasures or to give to Dad.
Seating and materials limited.
Free.
Jun 20, 2017
Rio Arriba Courthouse Raid Revisited
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Jun 23, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Jesse Vernier
Jesse Venier plays a repertoire of music from the Renaissance and Baroque period in celebration of the Master artists in the exhibition Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum.
Jun 24, 2017
San Juan Day Cultural Festival
Lincoln Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join us at Lincon Historic Site for a San Juan Day celebration. This family friendly event will feature local arts and food vendors, a local farmer’s market, historic games, and some truly great New Mexican music and art. 10:00 a.m.- Vendors open
11:00 a.m.- "Our Mother’s Before Us" stage perfomance by Elise Gomber
12:00 p.m.- Cipriano Vigil and Family concert
1:30 p.m.- The Flying "J" Wranglers concert
3:00 p.m.- Event ends
Jun 25, 2017
Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
on Museum Hill
FREE
Jun 25, 2017
Challah Rising in the Desert: The Jews of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Documentary Screening
Challah Rising in the Desert celebrates the history and people of New Mexico’s unique Jewish community. In this new feature documentary, braided Challah bread represents five waves of settlement of New Mexico’s Jewish community including Conversos escaping the Spanish Inquisition 400 years ago, German Jewish pioneers of the Santa Fe Trail in the 1800s, scientists of the 1940s at Los Alamos and the counterculture of the 1960s. Challah Rising is a moving tapestry of the Jewish experience woven into New Mexico’s unique history and landscape.
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Tickets available at www.challahrising.com
Jun 25, 2017
Traditional Native Pottery Firing Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
with Jody Naranjo and Dolly Naranjo-Neikrug
MIAC’s 2017 Living Treasure - Jody Naranjo - is on site with her mother Dolly to demonstrate the traditional pottery firing process. Free with museum admission. Sponsored by Charles and Edwina Miller.
Jun 27, 2017 - Jul 1, 2017
Flamenco Workshops with Carmela Greco
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
The daughter of Flamenco legend Jose Greco will conduct a series of classes in conjunction with the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico
Jun 28, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Guitar in the Gallery
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico
Jun 30, 2017
Asteroid Day at the NM Museum of Natural History & Science Friday June 30
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Get ready to experience Asteroid Day for the first time at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. From 5:30 – 10 p.m. on Friday, June 30, learn about asteroids, NASA’s mission to the asteroid belt, and what there is to know about asteroid impacts on Earth.
Jul 2, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
Jul 2, 2017
Sunday Fun Day for Families
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enjoy Scavenger hunt with prizes, fun interactive drawing activities designed for all ages while exploring the Museum’s summer exhibitions. Art materials provided by museum. Children must be chaperoned by adult. Included with cost of Museum Admission. 16 and under are always free
Jul 5, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Chasing the Cure in New Mexico: The ‘Lungers’ and Their Legacy
Lecture by Dr. Nancy Owen Lewis, Scholar-in-Residence, School for Advanced Research
Meem room
Free event
Jul 5, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Guitar in the Gallery
in the Hispanic Heritage Wing
Jul 7, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
DJ Momma Goose
Spinning sounds of Country, Rockabilly and Americana
Jul 7, 2017
$5 First Friday Night July 7th
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 AM - 9:00 AM
String music, hands-on activities, and Albuquerque’s Poet Laureate will all be a part of the program at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science’s $5 First Friday scheduled for 5:30-9:00 p.m. on July 7.
Jul 8, 2017
Flashing on the 60s
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk with Lisa Law
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
Photographer, Lisa Law, shares her experiences documenting music and cultural icons of the era. With images ranging from music legends Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix to informal scenes at New Buffalo commune or the 1969 summer solstice events, Law’s photography captured the evolving feel of the 1960s and 1970s. Pick up her book and films, Flashing on the 60s, in the Museum Shop and take the history home.
Free with admission.
Jul 9, 2017
Opening of Quilts of Southwest China
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The public is cordially invited to celebrate the opening of Quilts of Southwest China. Enjoy artist demonstrations, and a reception.
Jul 9, 2017
Yoga on Santa Fe Plaza: Celebrating 45 Years of Happy, Healthy, Holy Living in the Land of Enchantment
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
As part of 2017’s Be Here Now: Summer of Love Santa Fe, a cultural collaboration celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, historic Santa Fe Plaza will host an afternoon of Yoga, uplifting music, performances with refreshments and children’s activities Sunday, July 9th.
Jul 12, 2017 - Jul 19, 2017
Horno Construction in Place Courtyard
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Construction of an iconic beehive-shaped mud oven horno will commence over two upcoming weeks in July at the New Mexico History Museum in the courtyard of the Palace of the Governors. Construction will take place Wednesday & Thursday, July 12 & 13, and Tuesday & Wednesday, July 18 & 19.
Jul 14, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
AlmaZazz!
Gypsy jazz sounds on accordion with vocals.
Jul 14, 2017
Art Chats
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Volunteer Guides present 15 minute pop up talks prompting conversations about drawings. Included with cost of Admission.
Jul 14, 2017
Summer Salon
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Engage in sketching and drawing with the guidance of local artists. Included with cost of Museum Admission.
Jul 15, 2017
Gallery Talk
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Folk Art & Activism
Join artists in the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience
Jul 15, 2017
Lama Foundation Tour
New Mexico History Museum
Jul 15, 2017
Flamenco Music Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe
Flamenco Music workshop with Jesus Munoz
Jul 15, 2017
Wonders on Wheels!
Fort Selden Historic Site
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mobile Museum Rolls in to Fort Selden
The Wonders on Wheels mobile museum will be at Fort Selden Historic Site on July 15 from 10am to 4pm. The van houses an amazing dinosaur exhibit with exciting dinosaur activities!
Jul 16, 2017
Families Make History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
For this Third Sunday, join us to learn about painting with a natural dye, cochineal. This dye powder is made from the bodies of dried female cochineal insects, found in Mexico, Central America and some parts of the southwestern U.S. Make your own watercolor paints in reds, pinks and purples and experiment.
Seating and materials are limited.
Free.
Jul 16, 2017
Gallery Talk
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Folk Art & Activism
In the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience.
Jul 16, 2017
Drum & Dance Workshop with Frank & Pilar Leto
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe
hands-on workshop for the entire family
Jul 16, 2017
Hands-on Basket Making
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Chenille Stems
Hands-on basket making for ages 3 to 103
Jul 18, 2017
Suzani Embroidery Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Textile workshops no experience necessary
Jul 19, 2017
Dye Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Textile arts workshop - no experience necessary!
Jul 20, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Jul 20, 2017
Friends of Indian Art Event
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Valerie Rangel & Matagi Sorenson: Emerging Young Artists
Members and their invited guests are in for a double treat, with presentations by two young emerging artists. Valerie Rangel (Dine) and Matagi Sorenson (Apache) are exciting and progressive artists in the fields of paper crafting and jewelry-making. They will address the inspirations behind their work and discuss their techniques. Work from each artist will be available at the presentation available for purchase.
Participation in this - and other Friends of Indian Art events - requires membership in the FIA.
Not an FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Jul 21, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Deborah Unger and Friends
Deborah Leah Ungar is a pianist and clarinetist with a background in classical and world music. She is a recognized performer and educator in the classical and word music genres.
Jul 21, 2017
Lincoln After Dark
Lincoln Historic Site
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Join us for the 4th and final installment of our Lincoln After Dark tours for the season on July 21st!
Tours will start at 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm. The 7pm tour will be led by author, historan, and T.V. personality Drew Gomber and costs $15 per person. The 8pm and 9pm tours are $5 per person.
Jul 22, 2017
Jemez Sites tour
Office of Archaeological Studies
Vallecitos Pueblo Tour and Lecture
Explore Jemez Province, a cultural area of more than forty pueblo sites, north of present Jemez Pueblo. The nine largest pueblo sites in the area have more than 1,000 rooms and a great kiva. Large populations lived at high elevation. Rainwater farming, large pueblo–small structure architecture, and Jemez Black-on-white pottery are characteristic. Sites in Jemez Province occur at elevations as high as 8,400 feet and date from AD 1350.
Jul 22, 2017
Archaeology Lecture with Coronado Ranger Ethan Ortega
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Could Hewett Have Been Wrong?"
Join Coronado Historic Site Ranger Ethan Ortega to explore the ancient village of Kuaua, which has been interpreted at Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo, New Mexico for over 75 years. Could it be possible that the original anthropological interpretations of the site were politically and socially influenced during its formation as New Mexico’s first state monument?
Jul 22, 2017
Hands-On Electronic Music Makerspace Demonstration
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The New Mexico History Museum is pleased to partner with the Santa Fe Opera on Tech and the West, a two-day symposium at the museum July 21-22, presented as part of the upcoming world premiere of the opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. For tickets to the symposium contact santafeopera.org.
As a special treat, Santa Fe historian Andrew Baron will be demonstrating a theremin, the original electronic musical instrument invented in the 1920s by Léon Theremin, during the symposium on July 22nd in the new Makerspace. The demonstration is free with the price of admission to the museum.
Jul 23, 2017
Gallery Talk
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern
Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern will talk about their work in the show, Light Tight, and their interest in critically reexamining the medium of photography. Included with cost of Museum Admission.
Jul 25, 2017
Arts Alive! July 25 & 27
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FREE hands-on Workshops for ages 3 to 103
A collaborative summer program on Museum Hill at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, The Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the Museum of International Folk Art.
Jul 26, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Guitar in the Gallery
Select Wednesday afternoons
Jul 29, 2017
Archaeology Lecture with Chris Crews
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hunter-Gatherers of North-Central New Mexico
This lecture will cover research into the hunter-gatherers who occupied the Piedra Lumbre Valley, Rio Arriba County. Three sites on Ghost Ranch property that have occupation spanning 6,500 BCE to historic times will be discussed and compared.
Crews is a volunteer at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, a graduate student at Texas A&M, and the former curator of Ghost Ranch, where he still leads summer excavations.
Aug 1, 2017
Arts Alive August 1 & 3
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FREE hands-on Workshops for ages 3 to 103
A collaborative summer program at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, The Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the Museum of International Folk Art providing free hands on workshops for ages 3 to 103.
Aug 2, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Swastika in New Mexico Culture and History
Lecture by Dr. Richard Melzer, Regents Professor of History, University of New Mexico, Valencia
Auditorium
Free event
Aug 2, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Guitar in the Gallery
In the Hispanic Heritage Wing
Aug 4, 2017
August 4 - $5 First Friday Focus on The Great American Eclipse
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
(Albuquerque, NM) --- On August 4, get ready for The Great American Eclipse at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) during $5 First Friday. On Monday, August 21, an eclipse of the sun can be seen across the entire United States. For most of the country, including New Mexico, the eclipse will be partial. This means only part of the sun’s surface will be blocked by the moon and there will be no point during which it will be safe to look at the sun without proper eye protection. The only place where it will be safe to view the sun directly will be a relatively narrow path from Oregon to South Carolina, and then only for a little over two minutes while the sun is totally eclipsed.
Aug 4, 2017
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
with C. L. Kieffer at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology
Enjoy breakfast on-site at the CNMA (7 Old Cochiti Road) followed by a pointed discussion about arrowheads with archaeological research collections manager C. L. Kieffer. Then, explore MIAC’s collection of projectile points.
Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks and tours, providing a closer look at the subjects from the people who know them best.
To register, purchase tickets at the MIAC front desk with cash or check, or telephone 505-476-1269 to use a credit card.
$35 per person ($30 for MNMF members) includes full breakfast and museum admission.
Aug 4, 2017 - Aug 6, 2017
Old Lincoln Days
Lincoln Historic Site
Join us for Old Lincoln Days 2017! The weekend will be filled with a variety of activities highlighting Lincoln’s unique and storied past.
Aug 4, 2017 - Aug 6, 2017
Pop Up Shop
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
in conjection with the Quilts of Southwest China
Textiles that cover beds, heads, floors, walls and babies.
Aug 5, 2017
Archaeology Lecture with Leon Natker
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Chupadero Black-on-White: Communities of Practice, Kinship, and the Chacoan Zeitgest
The transmission of knowledge, and how it implicates the structure of a society and individual agency, has been a focus of recent social science research. In archaeology, the use of practice theory, to reconstruct the communities of practice which created the material culture of the prehistoric societies being studied, has become a means of investigating social identity.
Chupadero Black-on-white, produced in central and southeast New Mexico, was possibly the longest lived of all the Black-on-white wares, manufactured from AD 1050/1100 to 1550 and extensively exchanged. Yet for all of its longevity and ubiquity in the Southwest, the design style, based on rim morphology and painted decoration remain constant. In this research, I conduct an attribute analysis of the decorative design and technological style of Chupadero in order to assess to what degree, if any, change in style occurs. I explore the areal dimensions of this long term production and the long distance exchange of Chupadero Black-on-white. I then discuss the implications for the communities of practice and the agency of the people who produced Chupadero starting in the late Pueblo II period. Finally, I discuss the implications of the kinship-mode of production of this ware in the context of exchange in the greater Southwest.
Aug 6, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
Aug 6, 2017
Sunday Fun Day for Families
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enjoy Scavenger hunt with prizes, fun interactive drawing activities designed for all ages while exploring the Museum’s summer exhibitions. Art materials provided by museum. Children must be chaperoned by adult. Included with cost of Museum Admission. 16 and under are always free
Aug 6, 2017
"The Hidden Circuits of Indigenous Computer Labor: A Photographic History of The Navajo Fairchild Ladies of Shiprock, New Mexico"
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lisa Nakamura, Professor of American Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
From 1965-1976 the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation employed almost a thousand Navajo women and men in a state of the art plant on a Navajo reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. This talk uses previously unpublished photographic images from the archives of Henry Mahler, an industrial photographer who worked on site in Shiprock, to illustrate how women of color were incorporated into early discourses about gender in the digital industries.
Aug 6, 2017
Electronic Textiles: Making Simple Circuits
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn the basics of electricity, simple circuitry, and sewing during this introduction to electronic textiles. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own custom light up textile with conductive thread and sewable LED’s using patterns from circuit boards and Navajo textiles as inspiration.
Recommended for 9 years and older. Space limited, for reservations call 505-476-5087.
Free with admission to museum.
The workshop is filled and no longer taking reservations.
Aug 8, 2017
Arts Alive August 8 & 10
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FREE hands-on Workshops for ages 3 to 103
A collaborative summer program on Museum Hill at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, The Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the Museum of International Folk Art.
Aug 8, 2017
Suspension of Belief: Why I Don’t Believe Mesa Verde became Tewa
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talk
Dr. Eric Blinman will present a lecture on his theory countering the current idea that the modern Tewa-speaking people migrated, en masse, from the Mesa Verde region of Colorado.
Aug 11, 2017
Summer Salon
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Engage in sketching and drawing with the guidance of local artists. Included with cost of Museum Admission.
Aug 11, 2017
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
with Frank Buffalo Hyde, Courtney Leonard, Cannupa Haska, and Carmen Selam
Join featured artist Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga / Nez Perce), three contemorary Native artists - Courtney Leonard, Cannupa Hanska, and Carmen Selam - and curator Valerie Verzuh for breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe, a brief tour of I-Witness Culture, and a panel moderated by Hyde about the current state of the contemporary Native art market.
Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks and tours, providing a closer look at the subjects from the people who know them best.
To register, purchase tickets at the MIAC front desk with cash or check, or telephone 505-476-1269 to use a credit card.
$35 per person ($30 for MNMF members) includes full breakfast and museum admission.
Aug 11, 2017
Local Coloring
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Reception/Book Release
Axle Contemporary, the mobile gallery, will be parked outside of the New Mexico Museum of Art to open this exhibition of drawings by 67 New Mexico artists illustrating stories by 5 New Mexico writers.
Aug 12, 2017
My journey with Nanao Sakaki
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk by John Brandi
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
John Brandi shares the history of his friendship with Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki. Good friends with Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg, Sakaki was encouraged by them to travel to the US, and in 1971 he was drawn to northern New Mexico where he ended up living in a school bus below Taos Mountain. Sakaki’s poetry is marked by humor and appreciation for a simple lifestyle, the embodiment of unconventional wisdom and spirited non-conformism. Brandi, founder of Tooth of Time Books, published Sakaki’s first major collection poetry, "Real Play" and will speak about Sakaki’s poetry and role as a countercultural literary icon.
Aug 13, 2017
Pueblo Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come join us for our 14th annual commemoration of Pueblo Independence Day.
Aug 13, 2017
Film Screening with Jock Soto (Navajo)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Film screening with Jock Soto (Navajo), one of the most influential modern ballet dancers. Water Flowing Together is an intimate portrait of this remarkable American artist and will be followed with Q&A. Run time 57 mins. Free with Museum admission.
Aug 15, 2017 - Aug 20, 2017
Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Welcome to the annual event where the National Museum of the American Indian brings the best of Native American filmmaking beyond our locations in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Native American Showcase hosts complimentary screenings at the New Mexico History Museums Auditorium, and on Saturday Night at the Santa Fe Railyard Park.
For film locations and showtimes, please visit
.
Admission is free/Seating is limited
No food or Beverages allowed in the NMHM Auditorium. Bottle water only please.
Aug 17, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Aug 17, 2017
Living Treasures Exhibition Reception at Roundhouse
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join past and current MIAC Living Treasures for a reception on the fourth floor of the State Capital - in the Governor’s Gallery, where Living Treasures A Celebration of Vision is on display.
Aug 17, 2017
Traditional Hopi kachina carving presentation
Office of Archaeological Studies
Hopi kachina carvers from the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla will be giving a day-long demonstration at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology highlighting their traditional methods of carving. The carvers will give presentations on the types of materials they use, the manner in which they collect their materials, how they work, and the symbolism and meaning behind their carvings. The presentation is free, however, seating is limited.
Aug 17, 2017
"Resurgence" with Dr. Taiaiake Alfred, (Kahnawáke)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Indigenous Peoples, Settlers, and Decolonization
Join us for an evening with Taiaiake Alfred, from the Kahnawáke nation in Canada. Taiaiake is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka professor at the University of Victoria.
Aug 18, 2017
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
with Charles King, Eric Dobkin, and Nathan Youngblood
Join author Charles King, collector Eric Dobkin, and artist Nathan Youngblood (Santa Clara), collaborators on Sporken Through Clay: Native Pottery of the Southwest - The Eric Dobkin Collection. After breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe, King and Youngblood will offer a short presentation and book signing.
Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks and tours, providing a closer look at the subjects from the people who know them best.
To register, purchase tickets at the MIAC front desk with cash or check, or telephone 505-476-1269 to use a credit card.
$35 per person ($30 for MNMF members) includes full breakfast and museum admission.
Aug 19, 2017
Ulysses Reid traditional pottery firing demonstration
Office of Archaeological Studies
Ulysses Reid of Zia Pueblo will demonstrate traditional Zia Pueblo pottery making and firing methods at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology (CNMA) beginning on Saturday, August 19 at 9am. Ulysses will continue this two-day workshop on the following day, Sunday, August 20th. This is a free event and will certainly be popular so make sure to arrive early to secure a place at the demonstration site on the north end of the CNMA building.
Aug 20, 2017
Families Make History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
During Santa Fe Indian Market, come inside and learn about the craft of finger weaving. Practiced by Southeastern U.S. tribes and indigenous communities in Mexico, these colorful pulseras became popular as friendship bracelets.
Seating and materials are limited.
Free.
Aug 22, 2017
Variation in Earth’s Magnetic Field Strength and Direction As Seen in the American Southwest
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talk
Over the past six decades, a number of scientists have devoted their careers to collecting and measuring the magnetic properties of archaeological burned sediments, such as hearths, bricks, kilns, and pottery. The resulting data show that the Earth’s magnetic field has varied significantly over the last 2000 years. This rich archaeomagnetic database is now being integrated into global models of the Earth’s field, strengthening both the geophysical models and the archaeologists’ ability to use geomagnetic variation as a dating technique.
Aug 25, 2017
Music at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Jesse Vernier
Jesse Venier: Romantic Guitar plays Hollywood Theme songs
Aug 25, 2017
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
with education director and curator Joyce Begay-Foss (Diné)
Enjoy breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe with education director and curator Joyce Begay-Foss (Diné), followed by a preview of stunning objects from Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans, opening December 10. This rare opportunity to visit MIAC’s collections will be popular - so reserve early!
Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks and tours, providing a closer look at the subjects from the people who know them best.
To register, purchase tickets at the MIAC front desk with cash or check, or telephone 505-476-1269 to use a credit card.
$35 per person ($30 for MNMF members) includes full breakfast and museum admission.
Aug 27, 2017
Exhibition Opening Celebration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Stepping Out: 10,000 Years of Walking the West
Drop by MIAC and step into Stepping Out, our newest exhibition! Including, sandals, moccasins, and other Native footwear, this is a colorful and insightful exhibition about the last 10,000 years of "Walking the West."
Admission to exhibition and events is by Museum admission. Admission information available here.
Aug 27, 2017
Reading and Book Signing
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Local Coloring
The reading and book-signing of Axle Contemporary’s newest publication, Local Coloring, is being hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Art, in conjunction with the exhibition, Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum.
Aug 28, 2017 - Oct 2, 2017
Clay Science at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Geology of Clay Adult Class
Clay Science at the Museum
Explore the Science while you create with clay! Every Monday.
3 Fall Sessions of Clay Science at the Museum are available for registration at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/17643.
•Session I Geology of Clay shows why clay acts the way it does, exploring minerals and muds.’
Aug 28, 2017 - Oct 2, 2017
Clay Science at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Geology of Clay Children’s Class
Clay Science at the Museum
Let your kids explore the Science while they create with clay! Every Monday! 3 Fall Sessions of Clay Science at the Museum are available for registration at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/17643. Session I –Geology of Clay shows why clay acts the way it does, exploring minerals and muds.
Aug 30, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Live Flamenco Guitar in the Gallery
Enjoy live Flamenco guitar in the gallery
Aug 31, 2017
Lecture with Dr. Marsha MacDowell
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
in conjection with the Quilts of Southwest China
Stitching Together Quilts of Southwest China: The Making of a Bi-National Exhibition
Aug 31, 2017
Mill Contemporary Preview
New Mexico Museum of Art
FOCA+P Exclusive Event
Sep 1, 2017
Breakfast with the Curators
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
with Maxine McBrinn, MIAC’s curator of archaeology
Join Curator Maxine McBrinn for breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe and a special tour of Stepping Out: 10,000 Years of Walking the West. Three years in the making, this exhibition of sandals, moccasins, and other Native footwear opens August 27, so you’ll be the first to receive the VIP tour!
Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks and tours, providing a closer look at the subjects from the people who know them best.
To register, purchase tickets at the MIAC front desk with cash or check, or telephone 505-476-1269 to use a credit card.
$35 per person ($30 for MNMF members) includes full breakfast and museum admission.
Sep 1, 2017 - Sep 8, 2017
Fiesta Friday Hours
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
On Fridays September 1 and 8 we will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m only.
Sep 1, 2017
Museum Early Closure
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In keeping with the tradition of the "Burning of Zozobra", the annual torching of the 50-foot-tall Old Man Gloom, the Museum will be closing at 5:00pm.
Sep 3, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
Sep 4, 2017 - Sep 12, 2017
México Mágico: Magical Mexico City
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Exploring the Colors of Mexican Folk Art
SOLD OUT Friends of Folk Art tour of Mexico City
Sep 5, 2017
The Early Pueblo Occupation of the Dinetah Region
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talk
The traditional picture of early Pueblo history (pre-AD 900) has been created by archaeological research in the Four Corners region. The early Pueblo history in the greater Dinetah region does not conform to this model in ways that are important to understanding the cultural diversity of modern Pueblo peoples. This bag lunch is background for the upcoming Friends of Archaeology Field Trip set for Oct. 6-8, to view Pueblo I and Navajo archaeology of the Dinetah region.
Sep 6, 2017
Santa Fe Fiesta History Forum
New Mexico History Museum
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
The New Mexico History Museum will invite a diverse group of historians to offer their perspectives on early Spanish settlement in New Mexico and the conflict, cooperation, and changing ways of life that resulted from this collision of peoples and cultures.
Sep 6, 2017
Flamenco En Vivo
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Final Fiesta
Final live music in the Joan & Clifford Vernick Auditorium
Sep 6, 2017
50 YEARS OF MUSIC, ACTIVISM, AND EDUCATION:
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Iconic Chilean Ensemble Inti-Illimani Comes to the NHCC on Anniversary Tour
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) and Avokado Artists showcase legendary Chilean ensemble Inti-Illimani, as part of the series Festival Chispa Presents, on Wednesday, October 11 at 7:30 PM in the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre. Tickets are $22 and $27, with a $2 discount for students and seniors and a $3 discount for NHCC members, and are available from the Center’s Box Office, at 505-724-4771, or at www.nhccnm.org. Inti-Illimani will perform at the NHCC on the group’s 50th anniversary tour.
Sep 7, 2017
Public meeting: Community input sought for new art space
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Art is inviting members of the community to an architectural planning meeting at 404 Montezuma Avenue (the former Halpin State Records Center) 1 to 4 p.m.
Sep 9, 2017
My Time in Vietnam
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk by David Grant Noble
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
David Grant Noble served in the US Army from 1962 to 1964. By 1971 he was in New Mexico and began photographing the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo archaeological excavations and the Santa Fe counterculture scene. Noble will share images from a scrapbook of photos taken during his service and reflections on his New Mexico photographic work seen in the exhibit.
Free with admission.
Sep 15, 2017
Governor’s Awards Honoree’s Exhibition
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Public Reception
3:30-4:30pm on 4th Floor of State Capital
Sep 15, 2017
Art of the the Cigar and Its Boxes
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture Co-presented with the New Mexico History Museum
In conjunction with the exhibitions No Idle Hands (MOIFA) and Out of the Box (NMHM).
Sep 15, 2017
Art of the Cigar and its Boxes
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Collector and scholar Dr. Loy Glenn Westfall will speak on the little-known but far-reaching influence of “cigar art” - a colorful branch of Americana that went global.
Sep 16, 2017
History Museum’s Photo Legacy Project Catalogs Gay Santa Fe Man’s Experience of Vietnam War
New Mexico History Museum
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
On Saturday, September 16 at 3:00 the New Mexico History Museum will present Letters Home from the Vietnam War: Herbert Lotz in conversation with Gregory Hinton in conjunction with the Lotz photography exhibit Sleeping During the Day: Vietnam 1968; in honor of Santa Fe Gay Pride weekend.
Sep 17, 2017
Families Make History Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Colorful tiles are popular in New Mexican kitchens and inlaid in adobe architecture. This month we will make some custom tiles of our own using stencils and acrylic paint to mimic traditional designs.
Free.
Sep 17, 2017
Comanche Gap
Office of Archaeological Studies
More formally known as “The Creston,” a prominent volcanic dike forms a curtain across the landscape in the southwestern portion of the Galisteo Basin. Famous in the pantheon of great New Mexico rock art locations, the south face of the top of The Creston is the canvas for a remarkable array of pecked images, most dating from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries and perhaps later.
Sep 17, 2017
Los Luceros Fall Festival Set for September 17
Los Luceros Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Set aside Sunday, September 17 for a family fun day at the FallFestival at Los Luceros historic property in Alcade. The festival features demonstrations on heritage apple cooking, cider pressing, live music and tours of the property. Sponsored by New Mexico Historic Sites, the 2nd Annual Los Luceros Fall Festival is scheduled for Sunday, September 17, 2017 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
Sep 18, 2017 - Nov 24, 2017
Closed for restoration
New Mexico Museum of Art
The Museum of Art will be temporarily closed to all visitors for restoration.
Sep 19, 2017
Cooking Jar Technology in the Ancient Southwest
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talk
Despite nearly 4000 years of ceramic technology in the Southwest, the common use of pottery for cooking only dates within the past 2000 years. The history of innovation in cooking jar design is fairly sophisticated, starting with the simplest of forms and clay-temper combinations and ending with the use of micaceous clay for the ultimate bean pot.
Sep 20, 2017
Friends of Indian Art Event
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Private Tour: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Join us for a private curated tour of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) by museum director Patsy Phillips and chief curator Dr. Manuela Well-OffMan. MoCNA holds the premier collection of contemporary Native American art by Native Americans, First Nations, and other indigenous peoples. Among the prominent artists represented in the collection are Tony Abeyta, Linda Lomahaftewa, David Bradley, George Morrison, Allan Houser, Helen Hardin and Fritz Scholder.
Participation in this - and other Friends of Indian Art events - requires membership in the FIA.
Not an FIA member? Join by calling 505-982-6366 ext. 100.
Sep 21, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Sep 22, 2017 - Jan 25, 2018
Turn On, Tune In – A Digital Story Telling Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(at various listed locations)
Inspired by the iconic 1966 Timothy Leary counterculture motto: Turn on, tune in, drop out, the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors is sponsoring a series of unique storytelling workshops in concert with the museum’s Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest exhibition (open through February 11, 2018). To further glean the impact of this era, ten residents from each of the five New Mexico communities listed below will be selected to participate in a workshop to craft and present personal stories for their community.
The program is designed to be in collaboration with local libraries, museums, universities, community groups, and radio broadcasters. Workshops will start with a Friday evening presentation followed by a two-day session on Saturday and Sunday. The outgrowth will be community events featuring the stories, local music, a potluck, either a live or produced radio broadcast and will have an on-line presence.
Sep 22, 2017
Our Times with Miss O’Keeffe (and Other Stories)
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Three distinguished writers describe their memorable moments with New Mexico’s most recorgnized artist.
Sep 23, 2017
7th Annual Collectors’ Sale at the Laboratory of Anthropology
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Benefit for MIAC Exhibits and Public Programs
The seventh annual Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24, 2017, from 10am to 5pm at the Laboratory of Anthropology on Museum Hill. The sale is free and open to the public with early bird shopping from 9am to 10am on Saturday for a $25 admission fee. A percentage of sale proceeds fund the museum’s exhibits and education programs.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS, including how to donate and consign items.
Sep 24, 2017
The Segesser Hide Paintings: History and Science
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
“Looking Over the Artist’s Shoulder: Multi Spectral Imaging Reveals hidden details of the Segesser Paintings”
Lecture by Tom Chavez and Mark MacKenzie
“Looking Over the Artist’s Shoulder: Multi Spectral Imaging Reveals hidden details of the Segesser Paintings”
The lecture will discuss how conservation forensic examination reveals details of pigments used, color preparation and use, drawing and layout, genetic testing for hide identification, and expands on the details of the “life” of the Segesser paintings during the last several hundred years.
NMHM Auditorium-Limited seating-Free with admission Bottled water only please
Sep 24, 2017
Museum Hill Community Day / MIAC Birthday Celebration!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Storytellers, Artists, Demonstrations, and Hands-on Activities
The popular Museum Hill Community Day returns for the third consecutive years, but this year involves a few twists! It just so happens to be the 30th anniversary of the museum, itself; and the 80th anniversary of the Laboratory of Anthropology!
Concurrent with the day is our annual Collectors’ Sale, which will be held in the Meem auditorium.
Sep 24, 2017
3rd Annual Museum Hill Community Day
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A FREE EVENT FOR EVERYONE
FREE Family-friendly fun for all from 9am to 5 pm!
Sep 24, 2017
7th Annual Collectors’ Sale at the Laboratory of Anthropology
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Benefit for MIAC Exhibits and Public Programs
The seventh annual Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24, 2017, from 10am to 5pm at the Laboratory of Anthropology on Museum Hill. The sale is free and open to the public with early bird shopping from 9am to 10am on Saturday for a $25 admission fee. A percentage of sale proceeds fund the museum’s exhibits and education programs.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS, including how to donate and consign items.
Sep 27, 2017
Brainpower $ Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico”
Lecture by David Caffey, former Director, Harwood Library and Museum
12:00 to 1:00pm, Auditorium, New Mexico History Museum
Free event
Seating is Limited/No food or beverage please
Oct 1, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day!
Oct 1, 2017
"Not Entirely Remote: New Mexican Colonial Hide Paintings at a Cultural Crossroads"
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lecture by Kelly Donahue-Wallace, University of North Texas
The lecture considers the prints that served as sources of inspiration for the hide painters of eighteenth-century New Mexico. It considers how local artists came to use printed images in their work and how these paper objects both connected New Mexico to the rest of the Spanish empire and helped shape a distinctly local culture
Free with Admission
Auditorium
Oct 1, 2017
Tom Lea & H.P. Mera at the Laboratory of Anthropology
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Documenting Pueblo Designs in the 1930s
This Free First Sunday program is offered in collaboration with the Tom Lea Institute (El Paso, TX) during its annual Tom Lea Month.
Lea spent almost three years in Santa Fe, and the surrounding area, in the early 1930s. One of his posts as a New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist was at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Laboratory of Anthropology, where he painted several hundred designs from half of the current extant Pueblos’ pottery collected through the Indian Arts Fund. H.P. Mera complemented the illustrations with short descriptions of the 10 Pueblos, with a significant focus on Zuni’s "Rainbird Design" and its influence in nearby Pueblos.
Speakers include Kathy Flynn of the New Deal Preservation Association and Dody Fugate, retired assistant curator at MIAC.
Oct 3, 2017
Acoma Pueblo Treasures Tour
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Take a day-long insider’s tour of Acoma Pueblo and the Sky City Cultural Center & Haak’u Museum with the Friends of History.
Tour is limited
Fee includes roundtrip bus transportation, lunch, and tour fees.
Please call for reservations and further information.
Friends of History Hotline at:
505-982-7799 ext. 4.
Oct 4, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“Steel Gangs: Native American Railroad Workers”
Lecture by Fred Friedman, former Bureau Chief, Railroad Bureau, NM Department of Transportation
Free
Seating is limited/no food or beverages please
Oct 5, 2017
Discussion about Opals
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday, October 5th, join Jayne Aubele, Geologist and Senior Educator, NMMNHS, for coffee, pastries, and an informal discussion about opals. Includes tour of the opal exhibit, from 9:30-11am. $8 (10% discount for members. Purchase tickets at NMnaturalhistory.org.
Oct 5, 2017
Nasario remembers the Rio Puerco
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A special free Preview screening of the new hour-long documentary, Nasario remembers the Río Puerco.
Free Auditorium event-No reservations
No food or beverages please.
Oct 6, 2017 - Oct 8, 2017
Into the Dinetah Labyrinth: Exploring Pueblo I and Navajo Archaeology
Office of Archaeological Studies
The Dinetah extends from Aztec in the north to Dulce in the south and is sandwiched roughly between US 64 on the east and US 550 on the west. The majority of the region is administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and the Dinetah may be the richest federal archaeological land holding in the United States. Hiking will not be strenuous but high clearance vehicles are recommended. We will be carpooling to all of the sites.
Oct 6, 2017
A Mexican Century
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Prints from the Taller de Gráfica Popular
This exhibit features Mexican prints made by “the Peoples Graphic Workshop” from the collection of Senator Jeff and Anne Bingaman, along with other prints by contemporary artists working with the same commitment and passion for social justice.
Oct 6, 2017
$5 First Friday at NM Museum of Natural History & Science
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Last Chance to see one-of-a-kind The Wonderful World of Opals before it disbands
Just one month remains to see The Wonderful World of Opals at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. This one-of-a-kind exhibit disbands after October 15. It features cut and uncut stones from around the world, including Australia, Mexico, Ethiopia and Peru and a one-of-a-kind rough opal specimen from Australia that weighs over 160 pounds. The exhibit includes set opal jewels from guest curator Katherine Jetter’s own collection. The Australian born, Santa Fe based internationally recognized jewel designer is a GIA graduate gemologist and a leading expert in the opal industry for more than a decade.
Oct 6, 2017 - Oct 7, 2017
Chinese Quilts & Textiles
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Trunk Show and Sale
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops presents a special selection of quilts, textiles and handwoven cloth in conjunction with the exhibition, Quilts of Southwest China
Oct 7, 2017
Lecture and Book signing by Paul Pletka
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
“Converging Rituals of Faith in the New World”
Santa Fe artist Paul Pletka will give a lecture based from his newly released book on Saturday, October 7, from 2:00-4:00PM.
The focus of the talk is the syncretism that occurred when the culture of the Old World collided with that of the New World in the Americas, and how Pletka explores that theme in his paintings.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion with curator Andrew Connors of the Albuquerque Museum. Following the discussion, Pletka will sign copies of his book, Paul Pletka: Imagined Wests by Amy Scott (Author) James K. Ballinger (Foreword), Paul Pletka (Contributor).
Oct 7, 2017
Los Pleneros de la 21
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Premiere Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena Ensemble Performs at the NHCC
Los Pleneros de la 21 (“LP21”), an Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena ensemble featuring musicians, dancers, and artisans, returns to New Mexico for a four-day National Performance Network (NPN) residency, Redobles de Cultura Boricua, which will include workshops and other activities as well as the group’s concert at the NHCC.
Oct 8, 2017
A Mexican Century
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Prints from the Taller de Gráfica Popular
New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman will speak on prints from his collection, followed by a talk on the Taller de Gráfica popular by Suzanne M. Schadl, PhD, Associate Professor and Curator of Latin American Collections, UNM Libraries.
New Mexico History Museum Auditorium
Free with admission
Seating is Limited
Oct 8, 2017
Film Screening of Peasant Family Happiness
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with the filmmaker Dr. Jenny Chio, Emory University
The Labor of Leisure: Reconsidering the Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China
Film Screening of the documentary 农家乐 Peasant Family Happiness and a Public Talk with the filmmaker Dr. Jenny Chio, Emory University
Oct 12, 2017
The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Secret Intelligence Perspective
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lecture by Bruce Held presented in partnership with RENESAN
October 2017 is the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bruce Held presents on the events during this afternoon lecture.
Many people know about the Thirteen Days, the dramatic story of how President Kennedy managed the crisis. This lecture provides a secret intelligence perspective on the two years that led up to the world’s closest brush with nuclear Armageddon. What did the CIA know? How and when did they know it? What did the US Government do?
Auditorium
$10.00 fee applies and registration is required: http://www.ssreg.com/renesan/classes/results.asp?cID=102450
Oct 13, 2017
CreativeMornings with Tom Guralnick
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CreativeMornings, a breakfast lecture series for the creative community hosted in over 160 cities around the world, tackles the global theme of “pioneer” with Jazz musician and Executive Director of the Outpost Performance Space, Tom Guralnick.
Enjoy some networking with other creative professionals before the talk, along with coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters.
This event is free.
Oct 14, 2017
New Buffalo and Beyond
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk with Iris Keltz
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
Iris Keltz, author of Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie, shares stories of living at New Buffalo and in the Taos area during the countercultural era.
“The whole name of New Buffalo means the buffalo sustained the Indians for many years and this is New Buffalo. We were going to be sustained by the earth. So, I think of all the communes New Buffalo was more interested in learning how to grow food and getting back to the land.” – Iris Keltz
Free with admission.
Oct 14, 2017
Prickly Pear Family Workshop
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Discover the Fall Garden with your child – Prickly Pear Harvest, Garlic Planting, Windmill Workings, Why Worms, Mulching Manners, and more!
Oct 14, 2017
Another Aleppo: A Lecture by author Claudette Sutton
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Oct 15, 2017
Families Make History Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Knot again! Macramé is the art and craft of decorative knotting. Pretend you are back in 1970 and master your own macramé choker. Beads optional.
Free.
Oct 15, 2017
Film Screening & Talk
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Reflections by Joyce Scott on her sister, Judith Scott, the film screening is followed by a book signing.
Oct 18, 2017
Understanding Cultural Nuances: Milton Bluehouse, Jr.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friends of Indian Art Event
When is a pat on the shoulder more appropriate than a handshake? Why is it rude to maintain direct eye contact with certain tribal members? Milton Bluehouse, Jr. will help us understand better the inadvertent “faux pas” one culture may make when dealing with another -- without even realizing it.
Mr. Bluehouse is a Navajo tribal member from Ganado, Arizona. He specializes in tribal intergovernmental relations with federal and state governments with focus areas on the environment, natural resources, cultural/sacred sites, tribal consultation facilitation, and process design. Mr. Bluehouse has provided tribal intergovernmental and community relations training to over 5,000 state and federal employees.
Note: you must be an FIA member to attend events. Please visit the following link to join the group and enjoy a full calendar of events!
http://www.museumfoundation.org/friends/friends-of-indian-art/
Oct 19, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Oct 19, 2017
Tour of NMSA and Future Railyard Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
FOCA+P Exclusive Event
Oct 20, 2017 - Oct 21, 2017
Fred Harvey Annual Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Join us for our annual Fred Harvey weekend. This year’s program includes two days of lectures including a look into the Spanish Colonial materials of the Fred Harvey Fine Arts Collection housed at the Museum of International Folk Art; a talk by Fred Harvey descendant Dr. Charles Harvey; and a presentation with a first look into the Mary Colter jewelry and library collection held by Mesa Verde National Park presented by Stephen Fried, author of the best-selling book “Appetite for America.”
See full schedule of talks and times attached.
The talks are all free and open to the public, with limited seating. If you would like to reserve a seat, contact Meredith Davidson at Meredith.Davidson@state.nm.us
Oct 20, 2017
"Spooky Salsa" Costume Party for Adults 21+ at NM Museum of Natural History & Science October 20
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Why let kids have all the fun this Halloween? Figure out a cosume, grab your partner and plan a night of ‘Spooky Salsa’ at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Adult Halloween party Friday, October 20th.Doors open for Spooky Salsa at 5:45pm. There will be Salsa lessons by Dance Instructor Karim Armazanduk for $5 per person from 6-6:45pm. From 7:00pm through 11:00pm live music provided by the popular local Cuban-style salsa band, Son Como Son.
Oct 21, 2017
Fiesta of Cultures
Coronado Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Come celebrate New Mexico’s diverse and unique cultures!
Oct 21, 2017
International Archaeology Day at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology
Office of Archaeological Studies
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Oct 21, 2017
Center for New Mexico Archaeology’s Annual Open House
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Hands-on Family Activities, Demonstrations, and Tours
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture’s Archaeological Research Collection Staff and the Office of Archaeological Studies invites you to their annual open house for International Archaeology Day. Many of the day’s activities will be thematically in line with CNMA’s new exhibit “Points Through Time,” which focuses on projectile points in New Mexico. Tours of the facility, hands on activities, and live demonstrations will occur between 10am and 4pm.
This program is FREE.
CNMA is located at 7 Old Cochiti Road, which is located off of Caja Del Rio Road off the 599 bypass on the southwestern side of Santa Fe.
Oct 21, 2017 - Nov 3, 2017
Laser Concerts Light Up Museum Planetarium October 21 – November 3, 2017
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
(Albuquerque, NM) - Travel back to the sights and sounds of immortal musical groups, brought to life in laser light! Laser and planetarium projectors will fill the dome with choreographed light, allowing the music and images to envelope the audience. Laser concerts light up the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science October 21-November 3. More than a million laser-generated hues and colors poetically express each timeless track.
“We are only able to bring laser concerts to the planetarium once a year, and this time we’re especially excited to have the shows during Halloween and be able to present laser images with a live band,” said Jim Greenhouse, the Museum’s Space Science Director.
For a few select evenings only, songs from the Beatles, U2, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica will be featured in dedicated shows along with compilation productions with tracks from classic rock, pop, and alternative bands. Two albums of Pink Floyd will be presented in recorded shows, but on one very special night, Dark Side of the Moon will be performed live with the laser by the band Pink Freud, presented in partnership with AMP Concerts as part of the New Mexico Culture Squared initiative.
In the mornings at 11 a.m., two classic mythological stories will be told with laser light animation. During the first week of the laser’s presentations, the story of Orion the Hunter’s epic battle with Scorpius will be expressed in exciting detail. During the second week, come back to hear the tale of Perseus and Andromeda’s defeat of the sea monster, Cetus.
Finally, each afternoon at 4 p.m., bring the kids after school for the fun, Halloween-themed show, Fright Light. Laser characters, beautiful abstract patterns, and music create a spine-tingling treat. The show features a variety of ghoulish classics, including Thriller by Michael Jackson, Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley, Iron Man by Black Sabbath, and Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters by Weird Al Yankovic.
Fright Light will also be shown at 8 & 9 p.m. during the Spooky Salsa event on October 20 and is included in event admission. The Halloween laser show will be offered at 3, 4 & 5 p.m. on October 31 along with fun, Halloween activities in front of the museum and in the atrium.
Oct 21, 2017
Voice of the Past: Moonlight Tours Bring Historic Fort Selden Alive
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(Santa Fe, NM) – Meet historic characters and hear ghost stories and legends of New Mexico by a cozy fire during Voices of the Past: Moonlight Tours at Fort Selden Historic Site. The fun begins at 6:00pm through 9:00pm on Saturday, October 21. Fort Selden is located 13 miles north of Las Cruces, exit 19, off I-25, Radium Springs.
Oct 22, 2017
"Into the Future" Moves into the Past!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Last Day to View Contemporary Art exhibition
For more information on Into the Future, please visit the highly detailed exhibition page HERE
Oct 22, 2017
"Contested Territory: Segesser II and Plains Indian Narrative Painting"
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lecture by Gaylord Torrence, Senior Curator of American Indian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Free
Auditorium event-Bottled Water only
Seating is limited
Oct 24, 2017
Dia de los Muertos: Pre-Columbian Past to Present
Office of Archaeological Studies
Brown Bag Talks
Oct 26, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017
1Earth Institute Cross-Cultural Open Dialogue Circle
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
with Mamo Calixto Suarez Villafane and Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD
This program, which takes place on October 26, 28, and 29th is offered by the 1Earth Institute.
For full details, CLICK HERE, where you will find a detailed description and registration information.
Oct 27, 2017
Tour Fort Stanton After Dark!
Fort Stanton Historic Site
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Get serious about being Spooky this Halloween
For the first time ever, Fort Stanton Historic Site will open the main hospital building constructed in 1936 to the public. Members of the Lincoln County Paranormal Historical Society will be onsite to discuss their previous investigations at Fort Stanton.
The Fort Stanton hospital tour is being offered during the upcoming Fort Stanton and Lincoln Historic Sites After Dark! These two one-of-a-kind nights are Friday, October 27 from 6-9pm at Fort Stanton After Dark! and, Saturday, October 28th from 6-9pm at Lincoln After Dark!
Oct 28, 2017
Donation Drop off Day
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Supporting MOIFA
Volunteers will cheerfully accept your donation of gently used folk art items (ceramics, ethnic apparel, jewelry, small furniture, framed art, sculpture, linens, masks, figurines) in exchange for a tax-deductible donation receipt from 11AM to 2pm at the Museum of International Folk Art, on Museum Hill. If you have large items, or a lot to donate, please call the Folk Art Flea Hotline at 476-1201.
Oct 28, 2017
Tour Lincoln Historic Site After Dark!!
Lincoln Historic Site
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Get serious about being Spooky this Halloween
Saturday, October 28th from 6-9pm at Lincoln After Dark!
Oct 29, 2017
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A FREE Seasonal celebration
Annual celebration of the duality of life and death. Altars, art making, refreshments and music all FREE courtesy of the Friends of Folk Art of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Oct 31, 2017
Spooky Science Halloween Afternoon at the Museum ! Laser Shows & Family Fun
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
12:00 PM - 5:00 AM
(Albuquerque, NM) -- Make this a Halloween to remember for more than just candy and costumes! Spend Halloween afternoon at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and indulge in a little Spooky Science!
Nov 1, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“Discovering Annie Thomas Lillibridge – Her Journey from Acoma Pueblo to the South Dakota Prairie”
Lecture by Dr. Fred Lillibridge, New Mexico State University
Free
Seating is limited/no food or beverage please
Nov 2, 2017
Saint Misbehavin
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
A free screening and Q&A with Wavy Gravy
Join us for a free screening of the 2009 documentary on the life and legacy of countercultural icon, Wavy Gravy. Following the film, Wavy Gravy will share his memories and take questions.
“’Saint Misbehavin’’ is an unabashed love letter to the world that defies the cynicism of our age.” – The New York Times
Free Auditorium event/Bottled water only please
Photo provided by the Lisa Law Production Archives
Nov 4, 2017
Noche de Muertos + Post Noche
Museum of International Folk Art
8:30 PM - 12:00 AM
A Benefit Dance Party for MOIFA
Honorary Co-chairs Ali MacGraw and Luis Tapia and the Gala Committees invite you to a spirited evening benefiting the Museum of International Folk Art.
Nov 4, 2017
Young Voices of Santa Fe Opera Present Encounters with Opera at Museum during National Opera Week 2017
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
(Santa Fe, NM) -- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science patrons will be treated a performance by the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera when they present Encounters with Opera. The performance will take place Saturday November, 4 during 2017 National Opera Week, a week-long celebration of opera takes place in cities and town throughout the country.
Nov 5, 2017
Sculpture Unveiling and Celebration of Life
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
for Valentino Tzigiwhaeno Rivera
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture unveils a sculpture of young Valentino, who passed away in 2016. Valentino’s father, George Rivera, has produced a sculpture of Valentino, to be included in the Museum’s permanent collection. Speakers include: Jamie Clements, President/CEO of the Museum of NM Foundation; Della Warrior (Otoe Missouria), Director of MIAC; Javier Gonzalez, Mayor; Dan Perry, Vice Chair, Museum of New Mexico Foundation Trustees; Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota), Olympic Gold Medalist; Steve LaRance (Hopi/Assiniboine), Hoop Dancer; George Rivera, former Governor of Pojoaque Pueblo.
Performances by: Pueblo of Pojoaque Buffalo Dancers; Jir Project Band (Blues/Rock); Santa Fe Break Dancers; Lightning Boy Hoope Dancers.
All are welcome to this free public event.
Nov 5, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico resident free day
Nov 5, 2017
The French Connection
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Lecture by Jeff Hengesbaugh, Independent Scholar
An analysis and Discussion of the Segesser II Hide Painting as an Historical Document
Talk by Jeff Hengesbaugh
Auditorium free event-Bottled water only
Nov 6, 2017 - Dec 10, 2017
Space Next 3D
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1:00 AM - 4:00 AM
he New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science DynaTheater’s current film, Space Next 3D offers a stunning glimpse into yesterday’s accomplishments, today’s science and tomorrow’s possibilities of what is to come by way of private space developments and national space programs
Nov 9, 2017
Annual MIAC Native American Veterans Day Celebration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Includes Ceremony and Screening of "Defending the Fire"
Join us for our annual program celebrating the sacrifices and valor of our Native American Veterans.
Program begins at 11am and includes:
At 2pm, we screen "Defending the Fire," a recent release by Silver Bullet Productions which garnered Best Picture in 2017’s SWAIA’s Class X, followed by a discussion with producer Pam Pierce.
From Silver Bullet’s Website: Since the beginning of time, Native American Warriors have navigated a unique cultural and spiritual path, relying on the tenets of the Warrior in ancient and modern warfare. The lessons of the Warrior are universal; the spirit of the Warrior survives, even in the face of conflict.
With a focus on the spiritual and historic journey of Native American Warriors, Silver Bullet Productions will present the story of the Warrior, the importance of cultures in modern quests, and the lessons of War through the lens of these cultures. The characters will be elders and historians from New Mexican tribes and Native veterans of World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam and Afghanistan/Iraq conflicts. Grounded in research and guided by voices of men and women in our armed forces, the documentary will reveal the distinct motive, preparation, conflict, and healing of tribal soldiers.
Nov 11, 2017
Donation Drop off Day
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
for the 9th Annual Folk Art Flea
Volunteers will cheerfully accept your donation of gently used folk art items (ceramics, ethnic apparel, jewelry, small furniture, framed art, sculpture, linens, masks, figurines) in exchange for a tax-deductible donation receipt, from 11 AM to 12 pm at the Museum of International Folk Art, on Museum Hill.
Nov 11, 2017
Lama Foundation
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk with Siddiq Hans von Breisen
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June 2017-February 2018 for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
Siddiq Hans von Briesen, the brother of Lama Foundation cofounder Barbara Durkee, was an early communard at Lama. Von Briesen will speak about the commune’s evolution over its fifty years.
Located on the second floor of the NMHM-Free
Nov 13, 2017 - Nov 16, 2017
The 1960s: Great Dreams or Grim Nightmares? A RENESAN Symposium
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The way you answer that question may depend on your age, your gender, your geographic location, your income, and your race. The Bay Area, Mississippi, Taos, Greenwich Village, and Chicago tell different stories, with some common threads running through them. For some, it was a time of great promise and renewed social activism; for others, these same activities posed a challenge to the established order and a threat to national security.
RENESAN, Santa Fe’s Institute for Lifelong Learning, is collaborating with the New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors to expand the reach of its exhibit “Voices of Counter Culture in the Southwest” to the nation as a whole, examining some of the major issues raised by the times and exploring their impact on American culture today.
Over the course of four days, November 13 to 16, scholars, writers, photographers, and activists, both local and national, will discuss the key themes that take these conversations far beyond the cliché of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Nov 17, 2017
CANCELLED Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please note that this class does not fall on a Thursday for this week.
CANCELLED Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Nov 18, 2017 - Nov 19, 2017
HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show & Gift Market
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Nov 18, 2017
DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
(Albuquerque, NM) – Who will build the amazing future of our human race? That question sparks a giant-screen adventure unlike any other in DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World, an epically fun tour of inspiration through the visionary advances made by yesterday’s, today’s – and most thrillingly of all, tomorrow’s – engineers. This film is the perfect encapsulation of what engineering is all about: ordinary people finding ways to defy the impossible and change the world, and their own lives, in the process.
Nov 18, 2017
DREAM BIG: Engineering Our World
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science hosts Dream Big: Engineering our World, a giant-screen adventure, with a team of engineering professionals staffing booths in the atrium to provide guidence.
Nov 19, 2017
Families Make History Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
We are all getting ready for Thanksgiving. Corn was a staple for Native Americans and early settlers alike so toys made from cornhusks were common. Join us this Sunday to make your own cornhusk doll for this season.
Free.
Nov 23, 2017
Museum Closed
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closed Thanksgiving
Closed for Thanksgiving
Nov 25, 2017
100th Birthday Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free, day-long birthday block party for all ages from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Museum and on the Santa Fe Plaza.
Nov 30, 2017
Film screening: Painting Santa Fe
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This is the premier showing of a film focusing on the founding of the Santa Fe art colony. Tickets sold out.
Dec 1, 2017
First Friday
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Enjoy extended hours at the museum when we are open from 5-7PM on the first Friday of the month
Dec 2, 2017 - Dec 3, 2017
Young Native Artists Winter Show & Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople.
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 New Mexico History Museums’ Meem Community Room.
Free event
Dec 2, 2017
Holiday Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
FOCA+P Exclusive Event
Dec 3, 2017
First Sunday- NM residents Free
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Opening of Crafting Memory
New Mexico resident free day!
Dec 3, 2017
Opening of Crafting Memory
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Art of Community in Peru
Opening events include live music by Barautanga and a reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
Dec 3, 2017
Film THE MISSING w/ Producer Q&A and Apache Singers
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Showing @ 10am and again @ 1pm
Join us on the FREE FIRST SUNDAY for a screening of "The Missing," a 2003 Ron Howard film.
"In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo."
To learn more, visit THE MISSING on IMDB
Dec 6, 2017
Christmas at the Bosque
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, December 6 from 4:30PM to 6:30pm enjoy Christmas at the Bosque at the Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial. Listen to history unfold with December letters from the reservation. The evening includes supper and refreshments.
Dec 6, 2017
Brainpower & Brownbags
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“Frere Arsene Brouard: New Mexico’s Forgotten Botanist”
Lecture by Dr. David Johnson, Professor Emeritus, College of Santa Fe
12:00 to 1:00pm, Auditorium, New Mexico History Museum
Free
Seating is limited/no food or beverage
Dec 6, 2017
Library Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Gustave Baumann and printmaking in New Mexico
Drop in to the library any time from 1-4PM to read about Gustave Baumann and printmaking in New Mexico. The Museum’s Librarian/Archivist will be here to answer any questions and show you all the library has to offer. Free.
Dec 8, 2017
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 an evening of hot cider, cookies, live music, a chance to operate an antique printing press, old fashioned activities, a visit from 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.
Free event
Dec 8, 2017
Live Music Groups Perform at Final Wild Music!! Event December 8
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
(Albuquerque, NM) -- The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will be filled with musical sounds on the evening of December 8. Live musicians will perform in the final event associated with the museum’s current exhibition Wild Music: Songs & Sounds of Nature.Two groups will be sending joyous music throughout the museum. The Young Musicians Initiative (YMI) will perform at 6 p.m. and de Profundis, an acapella men’s group, will sing at 8 p.m. in the atrium.
Dec 8, 2017
Creative Mornings
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Why Context is King
Award-winning, nationally-recognized entrepreneur, editor, author, and columnist, Alan M. Webber joins the CreativeMornings crowd for coffee, networking and to address how in an age of blogs and tweets, context turns information into intelligence and transforms “the news” into meaning. That’s why context, not content, is king. Network while enjoying coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters. To register for the December program, go to https://creativemornings.com/talks/alan-webber
Free event
Dec 9, 2017
Light among the Ruins - Christmas Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The ruins of Giusewa Pueblo and San Jose de los Jemez Mission will be decorated with hundreds of farolitos.
Dec 9, 2017
Counterculture: the Rise of Permaculture
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Gallery talk with Roxanne Swentzell
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest.
Roxanne Swentzell is a member of the Naranjo family from the Santa Clara Pueblo of northern New Mexico. An internationally celebrated clay artist, Swentzell is also a pioneer in the permaculture movement intent on training younger Native Americans in Santa Clara and beyond to build hornos (adobe ovens), preserve seeds, select and cook native foods, and preserve the cultural attitudes that have sustained her people for millennia. She has been an activist on behalf of native cultural justice and is in the vanguard of today’s counterculture movement.
Free with admission.
Dec 9, 2017
Donation Drop off Day
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
for the 9th Annual Folk Art Flea
Dec 9, 2017
Las Noches de las Luminarias at the Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday, December 9 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM enjoy Las Noches de las Luminarias at the Fort Selden Historic Site. More than 800 luminarias will be lighted, with holiday music, a cozy campfire, and refreshments. This is a fun night for the whole family.
Dec 9, 2017
High Desert Harps Holiday Music
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Enjoy a special, holiday-themed performance by High Desert Harps in the Museum lobby. Free. 1 to 2.30pm
Dec 10, 2017
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, celebrated around the world, recreates Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to give birth to the Baby Jesus—and includes innkeepers who deny the Holy Family a place of rest. You are invited to stay for carols, cookies and hot cider in the Palace Courtyard. Free.
The History Museum and Palace will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this event.
Free event
Dec 10, 2017
EXHIBITION OPENING DAY Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1pm and 3:15pm: Enjoy performances by Apache singers Deshava Apachee and Robert Muñiz
1:30pm and 3:30pm: Watch the Jicarilla Mundo Dancers
2pm: Lecture with Joyce Begay-Foss, Vernon Petago, and Vida Vigil (limited seating!)
The Museum of New Mexico Women’s Board will serve refreshments from 2 - 4pm, and as always, there is a children’s/family hands-on art activity.
About the exhibit:
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture will exhibit over 100 objects dating from the late 1880s to the present. Cultural objects will represent the lifeways of the different Apachean groups in New Mexico and Arizona. These cultural objects include basketry, beaded clothing, parfleche, hunting and horse gear.
These groups are: Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Fort Sill Apache (Chiricahua), San Carlos Apache and White Mountain Apache.
Dec 15, 2017
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
National Hispanic Cultural Center
9:12 AM - 12:00 PM
Dec 15, 2017
The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dec 15, 2017
The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dec 16, 2017
The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dec 16, 2017
La Canoa: Under the Canopy of the cottonwoods of Almeda
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dec 17, 2017
Families Make History Workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
String theory isn’t always chaotic-come to our last program this year to create some exquisite geometric stars out of colored string and thread. They look complicated, but are easy and lots of fun to make. Experiment with different shapes and see what happens.
Seating and materials limited.
Free.
Dec 19, 2017
Book-signing – “Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn!”
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Book Signing and celebration is planned for Tuesday, December 19th from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Meet the author, NM Museum of Natural History & Science museum Educator Michael Sanchez
Dec 20, 2017
Earth Dialogues : An Evening with N Scott Momaday and Robert Redford
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Moderated discussion with N. Scott Momaday and Robert Redford in the St. Francis Auditorium at 6 pm. All seats have been reserved at this time.
Dec 20, 2017
"Let’s Take a Look"
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
MIAC Curators Examine Your Objects
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. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but are willing to take a look at anything that is brought in. If they can not identify an object an attempt will be made to find someone who can. Sometimes, the discussion among the curators may become as much or more informative than the identification of the artifact.
Curators cannot appraise any items but can refer you to resources that will.
For more information, visit this page: http://indianartsandculture.org/lets-take-a-look
Dec 21, 2017
Free Kundalini Yoga at the New Mexico History Museum
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. Classes are free (donations welcome), open to everybody and fun. Please bring a mat or a blanket to the Meem Community Room and arrive at least 5-10 minutes before class begins.
Classes taught by Kirpal S. Khalsa an accredited Kundalini Yoga Trainer, Minister of Sikh Dharma and involved member of the Espanola Sikh Community.
No registration required.
Questions? Email drkripalsingh@yahoo.com
Dec 21, 2017
Young Explorers Winter Day Camp
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Young Explorers Winter Day Camp on Thursday, December 21st from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm will allow young collectors to learn more about collecting and displays, get their complimentary book Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn! signed by author Michael Sanchez and see behind the scenes collections at the museum.
Dec 24, 2017
Luminarias in Lincoln
Lincoln Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dec 24, 2017 - Dec 26, 2017
Holiday hours
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 11:00 PM
We will be closing at 2PM on Christmas Eve. We will reopen on Tuesday December 26 at 10AM.
Dec 24, 2017
Christmas Eve Early Museum Closure
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will be closing at 2:00pm on Sunday, December 24, 2017, along with all other NM State Museums in observance of the Christmas Eve Holiday.
We will also be closed on Christmas Day
Dec 25, 2017
Museum Closed
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Christms Day
Museum Closed December 25
Dec 25, 2017
Christmas Day Closure
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will be closed on Christmas Day in honor of the Christmas Holiday.
