Jun 23, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
Art Exhibit, Naaldeeh, at Bosque Redondo Memorial Now Open
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In partnership with New Mexico Arts, from May 13th through June 24th, Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site hosted its second 6-week Artist in Residence Program. Artists provided one public engagement at a designated date during their residency and delivered one agreed upon work of art at the close of their residency. The second Artist in Residence featured Dakota Mace, Diné. For her residency, Ms. Mace collaborated with a group of her graduate students including Daisy Trudell-Mills and Kéyah Keenan Henry and displayed their new exhibition titled Naaldeeh. This exhibition is multidisciplinary and mixed media that displays the artist’s thoughts and feelings on their ancestors experience, as well as their own experience of being back at Hweéldi (the place of suffering).
According to Ms. Mace: "The installation is intended to last for a short period, as the physical photographs being created will eventually go back into the land. I see these photographs as brief glimpses from our ancestors, a chance to share their imprint and eventually go back to rest." Naaldeeh opened in the Memorial Resource Room on June 23rd and will remain through the end of the year. Please visit this powerful exhibit yourself and support the arts.
Sep 22, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: State capitol rotunda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Date: 1970
Photographer: Robert H. Martin, Negative number: 068301
Sep 23, 2023
Vladem Contemporary Grand Opening
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of Vladem Contemporary with free admission to New Mexico’s newest museum!
Sep 23, 2023
Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Join Ranger Kevin as he opens Fort Selden Historic Site at 6:00am to allow for early morning birding, photography, artist inspiration, and wildlife viewing.
Sep 24, 2023
Fall Harvest Festival | Los Luceros Historic Site
Los Luceros Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Time for the harvest!
Every year in late September, Los Luceros Historic Site invites the public to Fall Harvest Festival, a day of apple picking, local food and performances, community building, festivities, and education.
Sep 25, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.
Sep 25, 2023
Smarter Smartphone Photography Workshop
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This three-day introductory workshop covers tips and basic information on content and composition that will benefit photographs made with any kind of camera.
Sep 26, 2023
Create Station at Del Sur Farmer’s Market
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Stop by the Del Sur Farmer’s Market on Santa Fe’s southside, get your veggies, and make art at our Create Station!
Sep 26, 2023
Conversations: Intimate Salons with folk art makers, collectors & icons presents Roxanne Swentzell, Native American clay & bronze sculptor, and contemporary pueblo artist.
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join the Friends of Folk Art to hear the personal stories of Roxanne Swentzell. Roxanne will take us through her gallery and explain the symbolism and meanings of her work. She will also talk about the installation of her work at the Poeh Cultural Center. Roxanne focuses a lot on interpretative female portraits attempting to bring back the balance of power between the male and female, inherently recognized in her own culture. Additionally, she increasingly uses a powerful sense of humor to communicate. Her figures represent a full range of emotions and irrepressible moods. Though steeped in her own culture, Roxanne’s work demonstrates an astounding universality, speaking to people of all cultures.
This event is for FOFA members ONLY. FOFA members will receive an invitation by email which will include more details and the price. A single membership allows access to one ticket. A dual membership allows for two tickets, but each member must register separately.
For information on joining FOFA, a membership group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, please click here.
For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com
Sep 26, 2023
Virtual Tour: Celebrate 70 "Folk Art Focus on Five"
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Celebrate 70 years of the Museum of International Folk Art! It’s our birthday and we invite you to join us virtually. Want to know more about MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or re-tour—virtually—this massive folk art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel with fantastic MOIFA docents. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Please note tour runs on Mountain Time!
Sep 26, 2023 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register here: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlc-2ppjwuHt1XCIAcJ0po4kQQzjl7sNqq
Sep 27, 2023
Riparian Areas and the Rio Grande | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour focusing on the riparian areas surrounding Fort Selden Historic Site.
Sep 29, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: Cassell Motor Co., Lincoln Avenue at Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst, Date: ca. 1929
Sep 29, 2023
Final Friday: Cristina González Window Box Talk and Blessing
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us at the Vladem Contemporary with Window Box artist, Cristina González, for a traditional blessing followed by remarks about her installation.
Sep 30, 2023
Ranger Guided Tour
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha on Saturday September 30, 2023 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition and exterior grounds at Fort Sumner Historic Site. These weekly tours will start at 1 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We hope to see you there! This tour is included in general admission. $7/adult. Free for children 16 and under. Please call 575-355-2573 for more information.
Oct 1, 2023
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In October, we will be creating cyanotypes and experiementing with pin hole cameras at the new Vladem Contemporary.
Oct 4, 2023
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale - October 20 -22, 2023
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Artwork Drop-Off Day Wednesday, September 20th. Donate or consign your Native artwork and jewelry to support the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is excited to announce the return of the Collectors’ Sale, October 20-22, 2023. This sale traditionally has been an important fundraiser for the museum as well as a wonderful way to celebrate the collecting prowess of local donors and the community at large. The Collectors’ Sale is a three-day event including a live auction, fixed-price sale, lectures from experts and demonstrations by artists. The Collectors’ Sale will take place at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are asking for donations and consignments of Native artwork for this special fundraising event. Proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture to support their ongoing outreach efforts with tribal communities across the Southwest.
To donate or sell your pieces, please bring your item(s) to a drop-off day at the museum, or contact the event manager, Josh Rose, directly at collectorsale@museumfoundation.org.
Oct 4, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023
Fall Fiber Arts Programming
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fall Fiber Arts Programming: October 4-8 and October 18-22: Throughout the month of October, Bosque Redondo Memorial is hosting ongoing fiber arts programming featuring New Mexico Spinner and Weaver, Ms. Margaret Martinez-Blea. The Memorial is home to an average of 30 Churro Sheep and sometimes upwards of 50 during lambing season. Each fall, Site Staff, with the help of professionals, process wool fleeces to prepare it for use for weaving classes or for interpretive purposes. During this time, visitors will have a chance to observe the process that the site wool undergoes to become a useable textile. Demonstrations will include skirting, cleaning, carding, spinning, and weaving. Demonstrations can be observed in the Memorial Resource Room and is included in general admission.
Oct 4, 2023
Friends of History Wednesday ONLINE Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Blood in the Borderlands: The Rise and Fall of Charles Bent, 1829-1847
Please join David C. Beyreis, Author, Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saint Mary’s School, Raleigh, North Carolina, for an ONLINE talk as he shares the history of Charles Bent, New Mexico Governor, 1846, as part of our Friends of History ONLINE lecture series.
At the time of his violent death in 1847, Charles Bent was one of the most powerful men in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. He first came to New Mexico in 1829 and rapidly became an economic powerbroker in the region. Bent and his close associates used intermarriage with prominent local women to expand their business and political connections in New Mexico and the southern plains. As Bent’s influence grew, however, other powerful factions arose to oppose him. When the United States government made Bent governor of New Mexico in September 1846 his possibilities seemed limitless. His death four months later in the bloody Taos Revolt of 1847 exposed the deep rifts in the region’s communities and led to the rapid collapse of Bent, St. Vrain, and Company in 1849.
David C. Beyreis is the author of Blood in the Borderlands: Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821-1920 and articles on Southwest borderlands and Great Plains history. His work has won awards from the Historical Society of New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail Association, Westerners International, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and currently teaches history at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Register for the ONLINE event here: Blood in the Borderlands: The Rise and Fall of Charles Bent, 1829-1847 - Friends of History (friendsofhistorynm.org)
Dr. Beyreis’ book, Blood in the Borderlands: Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821-1920, is available for purchase through the University of Nebraska Press at https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496202420/
Copies are also available at the New Mexico History Museum’s Spiegelberg Museum Shop or through your local bookstore at bookshop.org
Photo credit: Portrait of Charles Bent
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Friends of History Donations Welcome!
Oct 6, 2023
First Friday: Opening for Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us to celebrate the opening of our exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again.
Oct 7, 2023
Lincoln Lecture: The Escape and Death of Billy the Kid | Lincoln Historic Site
Lincoln Historic Site
On October 7, Herb Marsh will present "The Capture and Death of Billy the Kid," this year’s last Lincoln Lecture. Mr. Marsh will talk about what Billy and his friends were doing after the Lincoln County War. The lecture will be in the San Juan Church from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oct 7, 2023
Flea Fall Donation Days for Friends of Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.
Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.
Anyone can donate! If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.
Fall Donation Days
Saturday, October 7
Saturday, October 21
All 11 am to 2 pm
Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods.
All folk art donations are tax deductible.
If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.
Oct 8, 2023
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sundays with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. Our projects are always changing with changing gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
Dates & Themes:
The program time is from 10 am - 4 pm, and the program is free with museum admission. Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program is included with admission.
Oct 11, 2023
Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Join Ranger Kevin as he opens Fort Selden Historic Site at 6:00am to allow for early morning birding, photography, artist inspiration, and wildlife viewing.
Oct 11, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
While birdwatching during the simultaneously run event "Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins," join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins.
Oct 11, 2023
An Afternoon with the Curator of Contemporary Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
We invite you to meet the Museum of Art’s new Curator of Contemporary Art, Alexandra Terry.
Oct 12, 2023
Insider Insights: Collections Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes with a Katie Doyle, Assistant Curator, to explore our collections storage for a deep dive into facets of the Museum’s rich holdings.
Oct 13, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: Lensic Theater, San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1935.
Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst Negative number: 051556
Oct 13, 2023
Santa Fe High School Choir Performance
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Santa Fe High School Choir returns to the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium for their fall concert.
Oct 14, 2023
Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts Symposium
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts is a one-day symposium that brings Indigenous artists and advocates into conversation about the climate crisis, which disproportionately affects Native communities “first and worst.” Coastal erosion, flooding, drought, wildfires, and severe storms threaten the well-being, lands, livelihoods, and arts of Indigenous peoples, with the impact being felt right now.
Featuring Diné ethnobotanist Arnold Clifford, Northern Chumash visual artist Leah Mata Fragua, Iñupiaq parka maker and climate initiatives program director Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer, and filmmaker, climate activist, and policy advocate Jade Begay (Tesuque/Diné/Southern Ute). With a reading by Iñupiaq poet dg nanouk okpik and a spoken word performance by IAIA students of Sheila Rocha’s Performance Poetry course.
Cautionary Tales is organized by the Museum of International Folk Art in collaboration with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the School for Advanced Research, and in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art’s current exhibition Ghhúunayúkata/To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. Funding for the symposium and the exhibition Ghhúunayúkata is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Oct 14, 2023
Shadow and Light: A Solar Eclipse Viewing Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Come celebrate the inaugural Vladem Contemporary exhibition Shadow and Light with a solar eclipse!
Oct 14, 2023
Museum Library Book Sale Fundraiser
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Support the Museum Library at a sale of art books, magazines, and catalogs.
Oct 14, 2023
Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Join Ranger Kevin as he opens Fort Selden Historic Site at 6:00am to allow for early morning birding, photography, artist inspiration, and wildlife viewing.
Oct 14, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
While birdwatching during the simultaneously run event "Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins," join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins.
Oct 16, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.
Oct 18, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023
Fall Fiber Arts Programming
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fall Fiber Arts Programming: October 4-8 and October 18-22: Throughout the month of October, Bosque Redondo Memorial is hosting ongoing fiber arts programming featuring New Mexico Spinner and Weaver, Ms. Margaret Martinez-Blea. The Memorial is home to an average of 30 Churro Sheep and sometimes upwards of 50 during lambing season. Each fall, Site Staff, with the help of professionals, process wool fleeces to prepare it for use for weaving classes or for interpretive purposes. During this time, visitors will have a chance to observe the process that the site wool undergoes to become a useable textile. Demonstrations will include skirting, cleaning, carding, spinning, and weaving. Demonstrations can be observed in the Memorial Resource Room and is included in general admission.
Oct 19, 2023
New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department Site Specific Performance
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visit the Vladem Contemporary throughout the day for site specific performances by the New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department.
Oct 20, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: Mission church at McCartys, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
Photographer: John Candelario, Date: 1940 - 1950?
Negative Number: 165882
Oct 20, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
October 20 -22, 2023
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is excited to invite you to the return of the Collectors’ Sale. This is an important fundraiser for the museum and a wonderful way to celebrate the art collecting community.
The Collector’s Sale will be a three-day event including a live auction, fixed-price sale, programming and demonstrations. Proceeds benefit the museum’s Native American education programs, outreach and exhibitions.
Friday, October 20 Live Auction Event: 5 - 8 p.m. on Milner Plaza. Tickets will be released soon.
Saturday October 21 - Sunday, October 22 Fixed-price sale: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Milner Plaza
For more information, email: collectorsale@museumfoundation.org. Or call: 505-660-8622
Oct 21, 2023
Flea Fall Donation Days for Friends of Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.
Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.
Anyone can donate! If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.
Last Fall Donation Day!
Saturday, October 21
Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods.
All folk art donations are tax deductible.
If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.
Oct 27, 2023
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us for the annual Fred Harvey history weekend. Learn more about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the Santa Fe Railroad, and their roles in the Wild West and developing New Mexico. The three-day event will include Friday and Saturday talks at the museum, a ticketed dinner and auction on Friday night at La Fonda on the Plaza, along with additional activities in Santa Fe, Belen, and Las Vegas, NM. All net proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Pre-register at Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2023-tickets-482003223617?aff=oddtdtcreator
Talk schedule to follow.
Oct 27, 2023
Final Friday: Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Visit the Vladem Contemporary on the last Friday before Halloween for a Shadow and Light Scavenger Hunt and win some candy!
Oct 28, 2023
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us for the annual Fred Harvey history weekend. Learn more about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the Santa Fe Railroad, and their roles in the Wild West and developing New Mexico. The three-day event will include Friday and Saturday talks at the museum, a ticketed dinner and auction on Friday night at La Fonda on the Plaza, along with additional activities in Santa Fe, Belen, and Las Vegas, NM. All net proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Pre-register at Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2023-tickets-482003223617?aff=oddtdtcreator
Talk schedule to follow.
Oct 29, 2023
Día de los Muertos Annual Community Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.
Decorate sugar skulls/calaveras de azucar, sample traditional Pan de Muerto and view the Ofrenda installation by local artist Stephanie Riggs.
1:00 pm - Enjoy a Gallery talk with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta in the Cartonería exhibit.
2:00 and 3:00 pm - Watch Los Niños de Santa Fe Dance Performances
2:00 – 4:00 pm - Book signing with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería/Paper Paste and Fiesta.
Leigh Thelmadatter lives in Mexico City and works as a freelance writer specializing in Mexican culture. She has a regular column with Mexico Daily News and is the author of Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta (Schiffer 2019). Her mission is to shed light on aspects of Mexican life and culture that do not get the attention they deserve.
Books will be available for purchase in our Museum Shop.
Oct 30, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.
Nov 3, 2023
First Friday: High School Performing Arts Initiative with the New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The New Mexico School for the Arts’ Dance Departmenst collaborates with the Choir and Strings Ensemble in this Fall Showcase.
Nov 4, 2023
Studio Workshop: Three Contemporary Artist’s Books with Julie R. Filatoff (Santa Fe Book Arts Group)
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join Julie R. Filatoff of the Santa Fe Book Arts Group in this workshop to create your own artist books.
Nov 5, 2023
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The first Sunday of each month we invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the new Vladem Contemporary.
Nov 5, 2023
N.M. Art Book Club
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join our book club in the galleries at Vladem Contemporary to discuss Pictures and Tears: A History of People who have Cried in Front of Paintings by James Elkins.
Nov 6, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
very other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.
Nov 9, 2023
Archival Activation! In Celebration of Rick Dillingham’s Birthday
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for a look into the archives as we celebrate Rick Dillingham’s birthday by discovering letters, cards & ephemera that belonged to him.
Nov 18, 2023
Gus on the Bus!: Puppets and Printmaking on the Plaza
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Come tour the Baumann exhibit onboard the Wonders on Wheels mobile museum, and learn how to manipulate a marionette!
Nov 20, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.
Nov 24, 2023
Final Friday: Art Scavenger Hunt
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Test your observation skills with a scavenger hunt at the Vladem Contemporary.
Dec 1, 2023
First Friday: Art Scavenger Hunt
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Take a fresh look at our current exhibitions with a scavenger hunt!
Dec 2, 2023
Sci Art Santa Fe December Meeting
New Mexico Museum of Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The December meeting of Sci Art Santa Fe will gather in the classroom at the new Vladem Contemporary building of the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Dec 3, 2023
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The first Sunday of each month we invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the new Vladem Contemporary.
Dec 3, 2023
Join us for the exhibit opening of Protection: Adaptation and Resistance
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Protection: Adaptation and Resistance centers Indigenous ways of knowing. Working within intergenerational learning groups and as collaborators in vibrant community networks, Alaska’s Indigenous artists invigorate traditional stories and propose resilient new futures through design, tattoo, regalia, and graphic arts. The projects featured in this exhibition elevate collaboration, allyship, and community as tools of resistance, adaptation, and cultural affirmation. The exhibition explores three themes: Land and Culture Protectors, Activists for Justice and Well-being, and Sovereignty and Resilient Futures.
Our lifeways, material culture, and protocols serve as armor to resist efforts to exterminate us. They are rooted in the power to unite and create space for all people. When we break down the efforts of those who work to silo, segregate, and discriminate, there is space for all people and all living things. — Joel Isaak (Dena’ina)
Dec 9, 2023
Native American Portal Youth Winter Show
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission
Join us for the 2023 Native American Portal Artisans’ Winter Youth Show December 9th & 10th!
Support the talents from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Youth artists ages five to seventeen who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s main lobby.
Enter through the main entrance at 113 Lincoln Ave. This is a free event and free admission to the entire museum for all visitors.
The event fosters the development of young artists who are descendants of current Native American Artisans Portal Program members and celebrates the importance of the continued traditions of Native American artistry. The Portal Program offers buyers the chance to interact with artisans who display their handmade wares under the portal of the Palace of the Governors, as they have for decades. The ever-changing array of handcrafted items includes pottery, textiles, and jewelry made of traditional materials such as turquoise, coral, and silver.
Photo credit: Native American Portal Artisans Program members showcasing their traditional artistry. Courtesy: New Mexico History Museum
Dec 10, 2023
Las Posadas on the Plaza
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Celebrated around the world, Las Posadas recreates Mary and Joseph’s search for a place of shelter in the days leading up to the birth of Jesus. This 47th annual historic Hispanic version is presented by local volunteers and others from several northern New Mexico communities. The candle-lit procession will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the Santa Fe Plaza and conclude with carols, and good cheer.
The History Museum will close at 3pm to prepare for this free public event.
Arrive to the Plaza at 5:00pm for candle preparations.
Dec 10, 2023
Native American Portal Youth Winter Show
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free Admission
Join us for the 2023 Native American Portal Artisans’ Winter Youth Show December 9th & 10th!
Support the talents from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Youth artists ages five to seventeen who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s main lobby.
Enter through the main entrance at 113 Lincoln Ave. This is a free event and free admission to the entire museum for all visitors.
The event fosters the development of young artists who are descendants of current Native American Artisans Portal Program members and celebrates the importance of the continued traditions of Native American artistry. The Portal Program offers buyers the chance to interact with artisans who display their handmade wares under the portal of the Palace of the Governors, as they have for decades. The ever-changing array of handcrafted items includes pottery, textiles, and jewelry made of traditional materials such as turquoise, coral, and silver.
Photo credit: Native American Portal Artisans Program members showcasing their traditional artistry. Courtesy: New Mexico History Museum
Dec 16, 2023
Museum Holiday Open House
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission
Please join the New Mexico History Museum, the Museum of Art, and the Friends of History to celebrate the holiday season with a combined open house event. Along with music, crafts, and holiday cheer, we encourage you to weave through the history of New Mexico and enjoy fabulous art in our gallery exhibitions.
Museums are open 10-5pm, and events are scheduled from 11-4pm.
Complimentary admission to both museums for this special day!
Schedule of events to follow.
Dec 16, 2023
Holidays at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
A free Santa Fe community favorite since 1982
Now in its 41st year, Santa Fe’s beloved Holidays at the Palace brings communities together for an evening of holiday live music, a chance to operate an antique printing press, old fashioned activities, and a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- all in the legendary magic of the Palace of the Governors and Courtyard.
A free, family event. (Donations of non-perishable food welcomed.)
Enter through the Palace of the Governors at 105 W. Palace Ave. The History Museum will remain closed during this free public evening event.
Dec 16, 2023
Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us on Saturday, December 16 for one of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s most endearing traditions, our annual Holiday Open House!
Dec 17, 2023
Rick Prelinger: Noisy Archives and the Future of Memory
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join filmmaker, archivist, and educator Rick Prelinger for a speculative journey through archives and memory keeping.
Dec 21, 2023
Morgan Barnard Window Box Program: Solstice Event in Collaboration with Sci Art Santa Fe: Encountering the Unseen
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
In "Encountering the Unseen," presented by Sci Art Santa Fe, join a LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) conversation that delves into the uncharted territories of consciousness, perception, and scientific emergence through art.
Dec 29, 2023
Final Friday: Shadow and Light Scavenger Hunt
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A gallery wide scavenger hunt that will help you see the exhibition Shadow and Light in new ways
Mar 15, 2024 - Mar 23, 2024
Friends of Folk Art Trip To Chiapas, Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
African Folk Art Collector Natalie Fitz-Gerald
The Friends of Folk Art invite you to join us for a magical trip to Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico.
The focus of this trip is to explore the wondrous state of Chiapas, understand its splendid past, honor and appreciate its present, and make a cultural connection from the past to the present. We are going to use different approaches to understand Chiapas-- from archaeology to folk art, traditional medicine, and popular religiosity. This trip experience will take you through 3000 years of history.
The trip itinerary includes: nine days and eight nights. We will visit four archaeological sites: La Venta, Palenque, Bonampak and Yaxchilan. Enjoy three indigenous villages: Zinacantan, Tenejapa, San Juan Chamula. Visit museums specializing in textiles, traditional medicine, archaeology, and history. Stay in the beautiful colonial city of San Cristobal de las Casas for four days. Share with a local family at the Lacandona jungle. Tour the Sumidero Canyon by boat and enjoy a private concert with the Nandayapa family. Enjoy a gastronomical experience with the indigenous chef, Claudia Santiz, exploring the flavors of traditional regional cuisine, which differs from other parts of Mexico.
This trip is for FOFA members ONLY. FOFA members will receive an invitation by email which will include all of the details and the price. A single membership allows access to one ticket. A dual membership allows for two tickets, but each member must register separately.
For information on joining FOFA, a membership group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, please click here.
For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com
