Feb 1, 2016
Culture Day at the Roundhouse
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us in the Rotunda of the New Mexico State Capitol as we celebrate New Mexico culture 10-4pm. Free.
Feb 1, 2016
Culture Day at the Capitol
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us and all of our Department of Cultural Affairs partners at the State Capitol for the annual Culture Day. Museums, historic sites and other entities will have display tables sharing the latest and greatest of their institutions. The History Museum will be celebrating the ongoing Palace of the Governors renovation. Stop by and see a scale model of Taos Pueblo created by legendary photography William Henry Jackson in 1877. Learn about adobe construction, and a whole lot more. Noontime entertainment. Free.
Feb 4, 2016
First Folio! The Book that Gave us Shakespeare
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Business Council and Corporate Sponsor Preview
A traveling exhibition of the First Folio, the first complete edition of Shakespeare’s plays which was published in 1623. Mingle with fellow business supporters, view the Folio which will be opened to Hamlet’s famous “To be, or not to be,” see performances by area theater groups and enjoy live guitar in the gallery.
Feb 5, 2016
Public Opening
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
First Folio; Stage, Setting, Mood; Medieval to Metal
Three new exhibitions about the performing arts, refreshments and live music by Música Antigua de Albuquerque.
Feb 5, 2016
Exhibition opening
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join the Palace Press for the opening of The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page, an interactive exhibit (through February 28) in collaboration with the Museum of Art’s First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare. Come through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue and follow the bonfires back for the exhibit and refreshments.
A Free First Friday Evening event. Free admission to the entire museum 5-8 pm.
Feb 7, 2016
Navajo Astronomy with Gloria Begay
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Second GranMary’s Program of 2016
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.
And don’t forget, Sundays are free admission for New Mexico residents.
Feb 8, 2016
Viva Flamenco
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The 3rd in the Lagniappe Lecture Series
Feb 9, 2016
How Women Took Shakespeare Across America
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Robin Williams Ph.D. speaks in St. Francis Auditorium 12:15-1pm. Seating starts at noon.
Feb 10, 2016
The AT&SF Railroad and the Pueblo Indians, 1880–1930
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Richard Frost speaks on “The AT&SF Railroad and the Pueblo Indians, 1880–1930,” as part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Frost, a Santa Fe resident, is professor emeritus of American history and Native American studies at Colgate University. He wrote The Railroad and Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880–1930 (University of Utah Press, 2015). Lectures are free in the Meem Community Room. Enter through the Washington Avenue doors.
Feb 10, 2016
The Mysteries of the Shakespeare First Folio
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture by Eric Rasmussen
6-7 pm lecture in St. Francis Auditorium with Eric Rasmussen, PhD., Chair, Department of English, University of Nevada
Feb 12, 2016
Shakespeare in Concert
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free concert by Santa Fe Community Orchestra in St. Francis Auditorium 7pm
Feb 12, 2016
Circles First Look
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
A New Century: The Life and Legacy of Cherokee Artist and Educator Lloyd “Kiva” New
Be first to see this exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lloyd Henri New’s birth. A New Century, is a look into several major periods in New’s life.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Feb 12, 2016
CreativeMornings tackles ethics
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Robert and Renee Innis, owners of Rinse Design and co-founders of Design Corps Santa Fe explore the global theme of “ethics” at the latest installment of CreativeMornings. Enjoy some networking with other creative professionals before the talk, along with coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters, and music by Lone Piñon. Design Corps is a group of a visual communication professionals in Santa Fe who sees progressive design as a catalyst for positive change and a force for social good. Free.
Feb 13, 2016
High school/Family discovery workshop
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
60 minutes with Kristin Bundesen
Feb 13, 2016
Member Preview
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A New Century: The Life and Legacy of Cherokee Artist and Educator Lloyd “Kiva” New
Members will celebrate artist Lloyd “Kiva” New in this exhibition which features photographs, art of the period and facets of New’s art, including his fabrics, handbags and fashions.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Feb 13, 2016
Performance from UnShakeable by the Santa Fe Opera
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
A Shakespeare First Folio event
To commemorate both Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary and its own 60th, the Santa Fe Opera commissioned a new work from composer Joseph Illick, with a libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters. Mixing Shakespeare and sci-fi, UnShakeable travels 25 years into the future after a pandemic called “Erasure” has corroded people’s memories. Will Shakespearean actors and former lovers Wyatt and Meridian reconnect and restore their bond? Hear selections performed by baritone Samuel Schultz, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker, and Joseph Illick.
Free in the New Mexico History Museum auditorium; reservations required. Go to the Santa Fe Opera box office or call (505) 986-5900 or (800) 280-4654. Seating is limited.
Feb 14, 2016
Exhibition Opening Celebration!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join MIAC for the Opening of "A New Century"
Join us for the opening of A New Century: The Life and Legacy of Cherokee Artist and Educator Lloyd “Kiva” New.
An afternoon program is planned for Sunday, February 14 with the following events:
In brief, this exhibition surveysthe lifespan and works of Lloyd Henri “Kiva” New using unprecedented access to his art, fabrics, fashion designs, photos, sketches, and archival documents. The exhibition consists of five sections: New Lands, Ancient Stories; Student and Teacher; An Artist at War; A New Enterprise/ Clothes Make the Man; New Horizons; and The New Legacy. It will highlight how the actions and innovations of New provided the foundation for today’s Native art in its new forms and media, to remain as Indian as the Indian, while visible and relevant on a global scale.
For the full press release - which contains more information - go here.
Feb 16, 2016
A Reappraisal of an Eighteenth-century Circular Structure Located North of the Barracks Behind the Palace of the Governors
Office of Archaeological Studies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Office of Archaeological Studies and Friends of Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture:
During the 2003 and 2004 excavations in advance of the New Mexico History Museum’s construction, the Office of Archaeological Studies discovered an eighteenth-century circular structure location north of the Spanish presidial barracks behind the Palace of the Governors. Based on the artifacts recovered and features present within the circular structure foundation, it was interpreted as the remains of a carniceria or butcher shop. A recent reappraisal of the structure and its stratigraphy and artifact content has yielded a revised interpretation that enriches and enlivens the history of the structure and social history at the Palace of the Governors in the eighteenth-century.
The Brown Bag talks will take place at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology at 12:00 noon in the CNMA library. Seating is limited. Admission is free.
The Center for New Mexico Archaeology (7 Old Cochiti Road) is located off of Caja del Rio Road, across from Challenge New Mexico on the way to the Santa Fe Municipal Golf Course. Take 599 to South Meadows Road, continue through the traffic circle west along the Frontage Road to Caja del Rio Road. CNMA is on the left-hand side of the road and is the large building with white sail-like skylights on the roof.
Feb 17, 2016
The Santa Fe Shakespeare Society presents Shakespeare’s Whirled!
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Free public performance by The Santa Fe Shakespeare Society at noon in the St. Francis Auditorium
Feb 17, 2016
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Examine Your Treasures
Last month’s LTAL was hopping! Get here early so you don’t have to wait in line to have MIAC’s curators examine your treasures. Stop by and learn something new about your heirlooms and collections, especially Southwestern Native American pieces.
Please note staff is prohibited from appraising items. This is a free program.
Feb 19, 2016
Collecting Shakespeare
New Mexico Museum of Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Story of Henry and Emily Folger
St. Francis Auditorium Conversation with authors John Andrews and Stephen Grant 2pm
Feb 20, 2016
Shakespeare in New Mexico and the West
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1:00-4:00 pm. St. Francis Auditorium. Two lectures and a panel discussion about Shakespeare’s influence on the Southwest.
Feb 21, 2016
Families Make History monthly workshop
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
See First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare on display at the New Mexico Museum of Art (just next door). Then come to the History Museum to see The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page and practice your own calligraphy with a real crow-quill pen. Free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents; children 16 and under free daily. Families Make History free workshops are held the third Sunday of every month.
Feb 21, 2016
Speak the Speech
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Director’s Cuts
1-4 p.m. local directors present scenes from Shakespeare’s plays that illustrate their approach to Shakespeare’s language
Feb 23, 2016
Community-in-Residence, Shakespeare-style
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join local arts organizations and Gary Glazner, founder of the internationally acclaimed Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, for a fun-filled morning of creating poetry and song inspired by The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page . This event is crafted especially for people with memory illnesses and their care partners, though everyone is welcome to participate. For information, call Tom Leech at 505-476-5096.
Feb 23, 2016
The Chinese terracotta warriors of Qin Shi Huang
Office of Archaeological Studies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Office of Archaeological Studies and Friends of Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture:
Barbara Chatterjee will present a lecture on the terracotta warriors of Qin Shi Huang. The images of the terracotta army standing in trenches near Xi’an, China have traveled around the world many times. However, the recovery work continues, and on this UNESCO World Heritage site, one can see also the loci of continued excavation and restoration of yet more warriors and horses. I will share what I observed looking at the site for clues to the archaeological process.
The Brown Bag talks will take place at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology at 12:00 noon in the CNMA library. Seating is limited. Admission is free.
The Center for New Mexico Archaeology (7 Old Cochiti Road) is located off of Caja del Rio Road, across from Challenge New Mexico on the way to the Santa Fe Municipal Golf Course. Take 599 to South Meadows Road, continue through the traffic circle west along the Frontage Road to Caja del Rio Road. CNMA is on the left-hand side of the road and is the large building with white sail-like skylights on the roof.
Feb 24, 2016
Chasing the Santa Fe Ring
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaking of Traditions: New Perspectives on Old Traditions
St. Francis Auditorium, 6-7pm, free
Feb 26, 2016
Music Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Greg Brown in Santa Fe
Southwest Roots Music presents singer-songwriter Greg Brown in St. Francis Auditorium. Purchase tickets at http://southwestrootsmusic.org/
Feb 26, 2016
Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Shakespeare First Folio event
In the 1600s, three distinct versions of Hamlet were produced. Known as the Bad Quarto, Good Quarto, and First Folio, they are often mixed into one during modern-day performances. The result is a Hamlet who seems more passive and indecisive than the one who appears in the First Folio. Joshua Calhoun, an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses those versions in this free talk.
Feb 28, 2016
Last day to see the Civil War exhibit
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Take in a sobering history lesson with Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War in our Mezzanine Gallery. Three curators—Meredith Davidson, Daniel Kosharek and Tom Leech—come together, approaching the subject from different angles and inviting visitors to consider these fragments of memories and how a long-gone war still defines us as Americans.
Admission on Sundays free to NM residents.
Feb 28, 2016
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Santa Fe Shakespeare Society says goodbye to the Folio
Feb 28, 2016
Celebrate the Opening of Sacred Realm
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Blessings and Good Fortune Across Asia
The Museum of International Folk Art cordially invites the public to celebrate the opening of Sacred Realm: Blessings & Good Fortune Across Asia.
