Jul 27, 2021 - Nov 23, 2021
Exploring the Taylor Collections Season 2
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
The Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property has an extraordinary collection of objects and artwork. On July 27, 2021 join Collections Specialist Ivana Montenegro as she continues her series, Exploring the Collections. On the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month you will have an opportunity to see special objects and explore their stories.
Aug 28, 2021 - Sep 28, 2021
Virtual Summer Letters from the Reservation
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sep 21, 2021
VIRTUAL TOUR
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enchanted with 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 —virtually— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:
Sep 22, 2021
Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversations with Valerie Jade Calabaza (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists. This series is an opportunity for our MIAC community to become better acquainted with our Goodman Fellows through hour-long Zoom visits to their home studios. They will bring us up-to-date on what they have been doing since receiving the Fellowship.
Sep 23, 2021 - Oct 17, 2021
Fall Harvest Days
Los Luceros Historic Site
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Four Weeks of Apple Picking at Los Luceros Historic Site
Visit Los Luceros Historic Site this fall to enjoy the apple harvest and the changing cottonwood leaves. Due to the current public health situation, the fall apple harvest will be spread across four weeks to prevent large crowds. The historic orchard will open for apple picking beginning on September 23 and will remain open while the fruit lasts. Los Luceros features un-sprayed apple varieties such as Winesap, Red Delicious, and Golden Delicious.
Sep 25, 2021
Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch
New Mexico Museum of Art
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Dr. Julie Sasse, Chief Curator at the Tucson Museum of Art
Art dealer Elaine Horwitch was a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest and was responsible for launching the careers of hundreds of artists in the region. Dr. Julie Sasse, curator of the exhibition Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch, will discuss the life and career of this iconic figure on September 25 at 4:30 in the St. Francis Auditorium.
Sep 28, 2021
VIRTUAL TOUR "Folk Art Focus on Five"
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Enchanted with 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 —virtually— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:
Sep 29, 2021
Mesa Talks: Borderland Images of Athapaskan NM
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mesa Talks is a joint lecture series between Los Luceros Historic Site and Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project. This Month’s talk is given by Severin Fowles and will be presented virtually.
Oct 3, 2021
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be free for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas. The early morning and late evening are ideal for bird watching at Los Luceros, which boasts a large diversity of species including bald eagles, hummingbirds, migratory waterfowl, as well as one of the largest concentrations of flicker woodpeckers in New Mexico. Also, the edge of the Rio Grande on the property at sunset is an ideal location to view bats beginning their nightly feast. The extended hours are also a great opportunity for visual artists to capture more of the natural beauty of Los Luceros.
Oct 3, 2021
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Oct 6, 2021
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ghost Towns of the Southwest
Please join Robert L. Spude, Ph.D., Regional Historian (retired), NPS, for an online tour of some of his favorite ghost towns around the Southwest as he discusses their histories, legends, and preservation as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Online Event: Link to follow
Donations Welcome
Oct 7, 2021
From the Southwest to the Southern Cone: A Century of Collecting at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, with Daniel Arbino, PhD
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free zoom lecture
Dr. Arbino is the Head of Collection Development & US Latinx Librarian at UT Austin.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdOmtqzwjGNT8e1n3uf37AuSN7v0d4JyZ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Oct 10, 2021
Thirst for Justice - Water is Life
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Film screening by Leana Hosea
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center are co-hosting a FREE film screening in honor of Indigenous People’s Day 2021.
Join us for a converation after the filmmaker Lean Hosea and members of the communities of Church Rock and Crownpoint to learn more about uranium conttamination issues affecting groundwater.
Oct 13, 2021
Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Franklin Peters (Acoma Pueblo)
Born into the Sky Clan on Acoma Pueblo, Franklin Peters learned the art of pottery making as he grew up surrounded by some of Acoma’s most distinguished potters.
In 2011, Franklin was honored with the Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe. While there he studied the methods and designs of his Acoma ancestors and how to incorporate those methods and designs into his contemporary work. Today, Franklin’s pottery is characterized by bold slips and colors. He likes sharp lines in his striking mixes of traditional and contemporary Acoma and Laguna designs.
Being from the Sky Clan, Franklin says he is always praying for rain. On his pots, the thin fine lines symbolize rain and those constant prayers.
Oct 31, 2021
Day of the Dead Community Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate the Day of the Dead and make sugar skulls, eat traditional Day of Dead treats (pan de muertos), and view the Day of the Dead ofrendas (altars).
FREE Admission for All!
Nov 6, 2021
MOUNTAINS OF MEMORY, DEPTHS OF GRATITUDE: Remembering the Santa Fe Internment Camp Prisoners and Their American Military Sons
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Dr. Gail Okawa, a granddaughter of a Japanese Christian minister interned at the Santa Fe Internment Camp during WWII, will introduce her 18-year book project Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile: US Imprisonment of Hawai’i’s Japanese in World War II in an illustrated talk. Her presentation will share her journey of discovery—learning what happened to hundreds of Japanese immigrants, including her grandfather, arrested immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack and exiled from the Hawaiian Islands to mainland camps like those at Lordsburg and Santa Fe.
Nov 7, 2021
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be free for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas. The early morning and late evening are ideal for bird watching at Los Luceros, which boasts a large diversity of species including bald eagles, hummingbirds, migratory waterfowl, as well as one of the largest concentrations of flicker woodpeckers in New Mexico. Also, the edge of the Rio Grande on the property at sunset is an ideal location to view bats beginning their nightly feast. The extended hours are also a great opportunity for visual artists to capture more of the natural beauty of Los Luceros.
Nov 7, 2021
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits - Yokai: Japanese Ghosts and Demons and Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico
Nov 10, 2021
Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Maxine and Dominique Toya (Jemez Pueblo)
Featuring a Mother/Daughter Team: Maxine and Dominique Toya
Nov 14, 2021
"The Road to Santa Fe" A Convergence of Cultures
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
A film presentation to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail
The history of the Santa Fe Trail provides the focus of a new documentary being distributed to PBS stations throughout the US this Fall. Entitled “The Road to Santa Fe,” this 90-minute program traces the main routes of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, spotlighting some of the landmark venues associated with it. Produced to coincide with the bicentennial of the trail, the documentary begins with the departure of a small group of traders from Franklin, Missouri in September of 1821 on the first successful trading expedition to Santa Fe. It proceeds through the six decades of the trail’s active trading life, highlighting the main events and historical characters connected to it. With the assistance of noted historians such as Leo Oliva, a founding member of the Santa Fe Trail Association, and Frances Levine, former director of the New Mexico History Museum who currently serves as president of the Missouri Historical Society, the documentary reflects upon the role of the Santa Fe Trail in the westward expansion of the United States and its impact on the relationship between the US and Mexico. It also explores the impact of the trail on the indigenous inhabitants of the region through which it passed. The documentary includes narrated excerpts from journals written by historical figures who traveled the trail, including William Becknell, George Sibley, Josiah Gregg, Susan Shelby Magoffin and Marian Sloan Russell. The producer of the documentary, Dave Kendall of Prairie Hollow Productions, tells of his family’s connection to the trail as one of his ancestors gained employment as a teamster and subsequently settled on a farm near Council Grove, Kansas, a noted rendezvous site on the trail.
Dec 5, 2021
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be free for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas. The early morning and late evening are ideal for bird watching at Los Luceros, which boasts a large diversity of species including bald eagles, hummingbirds, migratory waterfowl, as well as one of the largest concentrations of flicker woodpeckers in New Mexico. Also, the edge of the Rio Grande on the property at sunset is an ideal location to view bats beginning their nightly feast. The extended hours are also a great opportunity for visual artists to capture more of the natural beauty of Los Luceros.
Dec 5, 2021
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our Engaging Exhibits!
Dec 18, 2021
Las Noches de Las Luminarias
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for this Southwest tradition as over eight hundred glowing candles surround the Fort ruins. Enjoy holiday music, a cozy campfire, and a warm cup of cheer as you tour the grounds. Make and take your own holiday decorations as you enjoy the sights and sounds of the season.
Jan 2, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our Engaging Exhibits!
Feb 6, 2022
Lunar New Year Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Come and celebrate Asian New Year traditions with the whole family at the Museum of International Folk Art’s Annual Lunar New Year Celebration! Fun for all ages. Free Admission to the Museum
The Lunar New Year 2022 celebrates the Year of the Tiger
