Jan 1, 2020
Museum New Year’s Holiday Closure
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Notice:The New Mexico History Museum will be closed for New Year’s Day on Wednesday, January 01, 2020 only. We will re-open on Thursday, January 02, 2020.
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year!
Jan 5, 2020
Canceled - Family Morning at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
Free Family Programming
Jan 5, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Candle Making
Making History will bring some warmth to our cold days. Join us and make some colorful beeswax candles to light up your home.
Free with admission.
Jan 5, 2020
NM Resident Free Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
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 new exhibits - Yokai:Japanese Ghosts and Demons and Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico
Jan 8, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Workshop of Democracy: Statehood and World War I in New Mexico"
Please join David Holtby, Independent Scholar and Historian; Editor-in-Chief (ret.), University of New Mexico Press, as he shares on Statehood and World War I in New Mexico, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Donations welcomed.
Auditorium event with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Jan 8, 2020
Pueblo Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Clarence Cruz
Jan 10, 2020
Artist Led Tour Sayaka Ganz-Reclaimed Creations
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Tour Sayaka Ganz-Reclaimed Creations with the artist Sayaka Ganz.
Jan 11, 2020
Re-Purposed Plastic Jewelry Workshop
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Rethink the world around you and give new meaning to discarded items.
Jan 12, 2020
Exhibit Opening - From Combat to Carpets: The Art of Afghan War Rugs
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
War rugs “are the production of women artists, and of communities speaking globally not just locally,” said co-curator Annemarie Sawkins. “War rugs reflect Afghanistan’s historic and modern place as a busy cultural crossroads. They reveal the observant and innovative nature of the people who produced them.” Afghan “war rugs” gained international attention following the Soviet invasion of 1979 when millions of refugees fled to neighboring Pakistan and Iran. Join us for a special version of this traveling show including pieces from the MOIFA collection.
1:00 pm - Talk by curator Annemarie Sawkins
2:00 pm - Refreshments provided by the Women’s Board.
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Hands-on weaving activity for all ages
Image: Rug with Map of Afghanistan, Unidentified artist;Knotted wool, Baghlan (Afghanistan), Acquired in Peshawar (Pakistan), 1998. Credit: Image courtesy of Annemarie Sawkins and Enrico Mascelloni
Jan 15, 2020
Inspired By Nature: Jewelry Re-Boot
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Repurpose your jewelry into a new look in the new year at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque.
Jan 15, 2020
Let’s Take a Look!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Examine Your Treasures
Jan 17, 2020
MUSEUM CLOSED DUE TO SNOW
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Due to the ongoing snowstorm, MIAC is closed on Friday. Please visit us Tuesday through Sunday another time!
Jan 19, 2020
Canes of Power Film Screening
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
with Dr. Matthew Martinez
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture announces a screening of Canes of Power. Following the film, a Q&A will be led by Dr. Matthew Martinez, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s deputy director, and associate producer of the film.
Canes of Power, narrated by Cherokee Actor Wes Studi – a recent Academy Award recipient – is the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s gift of engraved wood canes gifted to each of New Mexico’s 19 Pueblo nations. The canes symbolized the recognition of tribal sovereignty at the very same time 13 Southern states were seeking their own sovereignty (in the form of succession) from the United States.
Jan 20, 2020
Discover Winter at the Kiwanis Learning Garden
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Learn about animals and plants in the Kiwanis Learning Garden.
Jan 21, 2020 - Feb 4, 2020
Inside Opera Workshop Series
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Il Postino
Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest. This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance. Those who attend at least two of the three workshops will receive half-price tickets to the show.
Jan 22, 2020 - Jan 22, 2021
Re-Imagined
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Visit the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science and Re-Imagine the world around you as we explore new topics and take home activities each month.
Jan 23, 2020
Curator’s Coffee: Update on the Legacy of Uranium Mining Native American Lands in New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for a lecture on the update on the legacy of uranium mining Native American lands in New Mexico.
Jan 24, 2020
New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra
National Hispanic Cultural Center
8 pm
In their fourth performance at the NHCC, the New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra will again present a two-part show featuring an opening set of straight-up Latin jazz and a second set fusing the folkloric rhythms of Colombia with jazz elements and showcasing the versatility of the group’s musicians. The 13-piece ensemble seeks to showcase the great musical talents of artists who are now New Mexico residents, while bringing in international guest artists to introduce audiences to traditional instrumentation and rhythms from Latin America and demonstrate how jazz fusion can provide a harmonious and exciting blend of ancestral and contemporary tones.
Jan 24, 2020
Public Opening Reception: The birth, death, and resurrection of Christ
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a Public Opening Reception for the exhibition on display from January 25, 2020 - April 19, 2020.
Jan 25, 2020
"Hardship, Greed, and Sorrow: An Officers Photo Album of 1866 New Mexico Territory"
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Please join us for a talk by author Devorah Romanek, and joined by Hannah Abelbeck, New Mexico History Museum Photo Archivist, and Jennifer Nez Dennetdale, Associate Professor of American Studies, University of New Mexico, on this compelling book which captures a fraught and complex moment in the history of the American Southwest.
Book sales and signing available following the lecture.
Auditorium event with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Jan 25, 2020
Public Lecture and Exhibition Catalog Signing for The birth, death, and resurrection of Christ
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
A public lecture followed by a book signing of the exhibition catalog.
Jan 25, 2020 - Jan 26, 2020
Antique Treasures Show
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Whether it’s learning how to best preserve a family heirloom, identifying an archaeological discovery, or looking to find a special antique to purchase, the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s annual Antique Treasures Show is a two-day celebration of all things old, unique, and precious.
Jan 25, 2020
Public Reception with artist gallery talks
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Community Through Making in the Gallery of Conscience
Meet the artists! Join MOIFA in celebrating recent collaborations with local artists as part of the ongoing museum exhibition Community Through Making in the Gallery of Conscience:
Eliza Naranjo Morse and the 1st and 4th grade Cultural Arts classes at the Kha’p’o Community School
Inspired by the work of international artists who use recycled materials, the students spent the fall semester creating the many weavings, sculptures and digital artworks that will be on display in the gallery.
Alas de Agua Art collective and Three Sisters Collective
In July, members of two local collectives joined with founders of Peruvian art collective, Amapolay, to create a public mural on the south side of Santa Fe. Titled Fronteras y Semillas/ Borders and Seeds, the mural explores the deep connections across the Americas. The mural is located on Avenida Contenta on the corner of Monte Verde Place. At the museum, see images of the mural and videos of it being painted.
Community Through Making now on exhibit through May 3, 2020
Jan 26, 2020
Here, Now and Always: A Final Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Dr. Bruce Bernstein and Lillie Lane
Jan 27, 2020
Downward Dino Yoga
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Enjoy yoga at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque.
Jan 28, 2020
Las Golondrinas Lecture Series: Anna Nogar
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dr. Anna Nogar will be speaking on her book "Quill and Cross in the Borderlands: Sor Maria de Agreda and the Lady in Blue."
Jan 28, 2020
Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
Museum of International Folk Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
At Southside Library
January 28 - Molas- fabric panels
Join us for free folk art family programs! Learn about folk art and cultures around the world through hands-on art making. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
All events take place from 3:30-4:30pm at the Santa Fe Southside Library.
Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.
Jan 28, 2020
Storytime at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for Story Time.
Feb 2, 2020
Museum of International Folk Art’s Annual 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
Feb 2, 2020
Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us on the First FREE Sunday of the Month for our all-ages program featuring storytime, take home art activity and explorations in the galleries.
February 2nd- Celebrate the Lunar New Year with storytime
FREE for all NM residents . Funded by Museum of New Mexico Foundation Education Fund
Feb 2, 2020 - Feb 9, 2020
NHCC & Opera Southwest Present Daniel Catan’s Il Postino
National Hispanic Cultural Center
February 2, 7 & 9, 2020
2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Friday
Opera Southwest presents Daniel Catán’s Il Postino, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Spanish with both Spanish and English translation supertitles, and presented in two acts with one intermission.
$19, $39, $59, $79, $99; discounts for groups of eight or more and patrons 30 and younger
Feb 2, 2020
An Indigenous Archaeology of a Colonial Encounter in the Pueblo Southwest
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
with Dr. Joseph "Woody" Aguilar
Join MIAC for this lecture by 2019 UPENN PhD Joseph "Woody" Aguilar, who explores the archaeology of the Southwest, with a specific focus on Spanish-Pueblo relations during the late 17th century. A collaborative research project with San Ildefonso Pueblo, his dissertation research examines Tewa resistance to the Spanish reconquest efforts in the latter part of the Pueblo Revolt era as evident in the archaeological, historical, and oral records.
Feb 2, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Be Mine: A Valentines Craft Event
Bring your crafting skills to make old-timey Valentines to take home or send to a sweetheart, inspired by historic cards from the museum’s collection.
All ages welcome, and free with admission.
Feb 2, 2020
Smart Path Teacher Workshop
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Workshop for teachers for grades 1-8 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Feb 5, 2020
Subtle shades draw an opening path: the poetic work of Agnes Martin’s art
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Artist Utako Shindo’s year-long project based in New Mexico traces Agnes Martins’ artistic path — scholarly and experientially.
Feb 5, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"China: The Aim of the Coronado Expedition"
Please join Richard Flint, Ph.D., and Shirley Cushing Flint, MA, Research Associates, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, as the discuss Antonio de Mendoza, the architect of the Coronado Expedition of 1539-1542, who had as his main goal to complete Columbus’s project of reaching Asia, by traveling westward from Spain, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Donations welcomed.
Auditorium event with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Feb 5, 2020
Voices in Science lecture- Pluto and Beyond: Exploring the Solar System’s Frontier
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Feb 5, 2020
Docent Dialogue
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Learn more about dinosaurs with an expert presentation at the Museum.
Feb 7, 2020
Public Opening Reception: Word Play
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a Public Opening Reception for the exhibition on display from February 8, 2020 - September 13, 2020.
Feb 9, 2020
Valentine’s Day Extravaganza
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for a day of Renaissance-style art! Explore the museum on a love-themed treasure hunt, enjoy refreshments, and tour our galleries with someone you love!
Feb 11, 2020
Storytime at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for storytime.
Feb 12, 2020
Mid-Day Música Buena Concert
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico Concert with Cipriano Vigil, with book signing following the concert.
Join us for a special 1 hour concert with Cipriano Vigil. Cipriano is a reknowned New Mexico musician, instrument maker, scholar of folk music, and guest curator of the new Música Buena exhibit at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Cipriano is the author of New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero del Folklor Nuevomexican, and will be signing the book following the concert.
Free with Museum Admission. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors
Feb 13, 2020
Chaco Landscapes, Sensory and Political Engagements with Place
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Archaeologist Ruth Van Dyke shares insights into social, political, and sensorial relationships across the greater Chaco landscape, past and present.
Feb 14, 2020
Roaring 20’s Valentine Dance
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Make it a special Valentine’s date night at the museum! Join us for a roaring 20s party from 6:30– 10:00pm at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science at 1801 Mountain Road in Albuquerque.
Feb 16, 2020
5th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count at the Kiwanis Learning Garden
Feb 16, 2020
Historic Film: Hungarian Festival Dress
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Screening begins at 2 pm
A Friends of Folk Art Pop-Up Film Event in the Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium. Historic Film: Hungarian Festival Dress
In 1938, Clara Hoover of Oak Park, Illinois, traveled to Hungary as well as what was then Czechoslovakia to participate in an immersive workshop program organized by the International School of Art (ISA). Traveling from a Budapest base to explore Hungarian towns and villages, Miss Hoover documented on 16mm film the games, dances, crafts, and ceremonies she encountered, demonstrating particular interest in traditional costumes and their many regional variations. Clara Hoover later recorded a narration to accompany her film and donated the original picture and sound materials to the Museum of International Folk Art in 1983. Film in English.
Bartlett Librarian & Archivist Brian Graney will provide an introduction to the screening of this historic folk art film.
PUBLIC WELCOME, FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION. Brought to you by the Friends of Folk Art
Feb 19, 2020
Life Drawing in the Afternoon
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Draped, live model figure drawing on the stage of St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Feb 19, 2020
"Heading into the Wind: A Memoir"
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join Jack Loeffler for a book presentation and signing for his new autobiography.
With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cultures and their respective habitats in the wake of Manifest Destiny. Working both as an individual and with comrades--including Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder--he was part of an early coterie of counterculturalists and environmentalists who fought to thwart the plunder of natural resources in the Southwest. Loeffler, a former jazz musician, fire lookout, museum curator, bioregionalist, and self-taught aural historian, shares his humor and imagination, his adventures, observations, reflections, and meditations along the trail in his retelling of a life well lived. In this honest memoir, he advises each and every one of us to go skinny-dipping joyfully in the flow of Nature to better understand where we’re headed.
Feb 19, 2020
Inspired By Nature: Sedimentary Sugar Scrub
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Learn about sedimentary rocks and create your own unique sugar scrub.
Feb 19, 2020
Let’s Take a Look!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Curators Examine Your Treasures
Feb 19, 2020
Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Helen Bird, Santo Domingo Pueblo
Helen D. Bird is a self-taught master potter who learned about traditional pottery making by watching her great-aunt, whom she only knew as Sah’NaYa. Bird started experimenting with pottery making in 1984. Today, her work is sought by collectors and is housed in museums and local collections. Helen has also continued making utilitarian pottery as well as ceremonial pieces.
Bird was commissioned to create a Native American designed Starbucks travel mug which has been sold world-wide. Although Bird focuses on traditional Pueblo polychrome and micaceous pottery, she has recently added a contemporary flair to her traditional designs.
Bird takes pride in gathering and processing all natural, local materials including the clays, temper and paints. Her pots are traditionally fired at her family home. All processes are being passed down to her children and grandchildren.
Feb 21, 2020
Creative Mornings
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Global Theme: Invest
Please join John Rochester; Wealth Advisor, Senior Investment Management Consultant and Senior Vice President with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management speak on Investing in Your Community. Learn how the principles of investing relate to the return on volunteering time and talent to support local organizations.
Free event. Morning refreshments provided by Iconik Coffee Roasters.
Feb 21, 2020
They Won the Vote: Suffrage and Suffragists in New Mexico
New Mexico State Library
Presenter: Sylvia Ramos Cruz M.D.
The campaign for woman’s suffrage in New Mexico is rich and deep. But, as with other aspects of women’s lives, most of their stories—political, economic, social—are not found in history books. This talk travels from suffrage nationally to suffrage and suffragists in New Mexico.
When:
Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00 noon
Where:
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505) 476-9700
reference@state.nm.us
Feb 21, 2020 - Feb 22, 2020
NHCC Presents Carnaval Celebration 2020
National Hispanic Cultural Center
February 21 & 22
7:30 pm—Friday & Saturday
Carnaval, the festive season occurring before Lent in many countries, is one of the world’s most widespread celebrations and one of its biggest parties. Frank Leto Musical Ventures and the NHCC continue their annual partnership to celebrate Carnaval at the Center with a festive and colorful evening of music, dance, and theatre, featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. Carnaval 2020, a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, showcases the Carnaval traditions of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans and marks the 15th annual Carnaval Celebration at the NHCC.
$17, $22, $27with a $2 discount for seniors, children 12 years old and younger & NHCC members
Feb 24, 2020
Downward Dino Yoga
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Enjoy yoga at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Feb 25, 2020
Las Golondrinas Lecture Series: Charlie Carrillo
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Charlie Carrillo, Ph.D, santero and anthropologist/archaeologist, discusses "Voice of the Hermandad: The History and Ritual of Penitentes."
Feb 25, 2020
Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
Museum of International Folk Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
At Southside Library
February 25 – Tile Mosaics
Join us for free folk art family programs! Learn about folk art and cultures around the world through hands-on art making. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
All events take place from 3:30-4:30pm at the Santa Fe Southside Library.
Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.
Feb 25, 2020
Storytime at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Join the Museum for science story time with a special theme.
Feb 26, 2020 - Jan 26, 2021
Re-Imagined
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Seniors are invited for monthly special activities included with Museum admission to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque.
Feb 28, 2020
Conversations with Collections: Religious Imagery
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes of the New Mexico Museum of Art to see what it takes to care for a wide-ranging collection.
Feb 29, 2020
PBS-SCIENCE CAFÉ @ THE MUSEUM: THE PLASTIC PROBLEM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Come to the February NMPBS Science Café and view a clip of PBS NewsHour: The Plastic Problem and then join in a discussion.
Mar 1, 2020
Talk on the Tribesourcing Project with Jennifer Jenkins, PhD
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Sunday, March 1, 2020 2:00-3:30pm in the Vernick auditorium.
“Tribesourcing is a digital humanities project, where existing "social studies" films from the American Indian Film Gallery, made in the 1950s and 1960s are re- recorded with new narrations by community members and elders from Native American communities. This “tribesourcing” method allows for identification of local knowledge that might otherwise be lost, as well as providing a rich, community-based metadata record for each film.
Jennifer Jenkins, PhD, Tribesourcing Project Manager, and English Professor at the University of Arizona, will demonstrate the merging of old video and new audio in Mukurtu at Tribesourcingfilm.com and discuss what she has learned in the process of digitally repatriating these midcentury films.”
Mar 1, 2020
Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join us on the First FREE Sunday of the Month for our all-ages program featuring storytime, Hands-on art activity and explorations in the galleries.
Sunday March 1 “Let’s Make Music”
FREE for all NM residents . Funded by Museum of New Mexico Foundation Education Fund
Mar 1, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Cochineal
Bring your crafting skills to the classroom and learn how tiny beetles that live on cactus may become your favorite shade of red. We will be mixing cochineal based watercolors. All material supplied, just bring your imagination!
All ages welcome-free with admission.
Mar 2, 2020
Mineral Monday
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Discover more about minerals and bring in your own treasures to see what you have discovered.
Mar 4, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Looking Back; Reflecting on Collections”
Please join Alicia Romero, Ph.D., Curator of Spanish Colonial, Mexican, and Chicano/a History, New Mexico History Museum, who will share information on the collection and care of objects related to our newest exhibition with the same title, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Donations welcome
Auditorium event with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Mar 6, 2020
First Friday Fractals and Fractals Rock
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mar 6, 2020
Public Opening Reception: Alcoves #3
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a Public Opening Reception for the exhibition on display from February 15, 2020 - April 12, 2020.
Mar 6, 2020
Voices in Science:Energy and Water
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Economics of Conservation and Sustainability
Mar 7, 2020 - Mar 8, 2020
21st Annual Cowboy Days
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
Culture, skill, and entertainment are the focus of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s 21st-annual Cowboy Days celebration. The fun is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 8 at the Las Cruces museum. The family-friendly admission this year is $10 per carload. Pets are not allowed at the festival.
Mar 8, 2020
Poetry Out Loud
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Poetry Out Loud encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.
Mar 8, 2020
Exhibition Opening Reception
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Looking Back: Reflecting on Collections
Please join us for a lite public reception in our main lobby to celebrate the opening of our new short-term exhibition, Looking Back: Reflecting on Collections.
The Women’s Board will provide refreshments from 1-3pm, while supplies last, and admission to the museum will be complimentary during these (2) hours hours.
Mar 10, 2020
Storytime at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Mar 10, 2020
Relaxed Night at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Enjoy a low sensory evening as you experience the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
Mar 11, 2020
Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Dolores Lewis and Claudia Mitchell (Acoma Pueblo)
Join us on Wednesday, March 11, for a special demonstration with Dolores Lewis and her niece, Claudia Mitchell (both Acoma Pueblo). Dolores began practicing pottery making early in her life while Claudia is a relative newcomer, having started in 2013. Both potters benefited from the instruction and assistance of Lucy Lewis, Dolores’s mother, an accomplished and renowned Acoma potter who Dolores credits with helping to show her the way and encouraging her to keep this art alive. Dolores helped Lucy wet burnish and white slip her pots with the rocks she continues to use. Dolores and Claudia are committed to using resources found only at Acoma Pueblo, from the clay to the paints, and the fine yucca tools used for decorating each piece.
Mar 13, 2020 - Mar 14, 2020
Cancelled: NHCC & Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company Present Yjastros 36: El Fuego Fatuo
National Hispanic Cultural Center
March 13 & 14
8 pm—Friday
2 pm & 8 pm—Saturday
Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company presents Yjastros 36: El Fuego Fatuo with special guest Esperanza Fernández. Yjastros 36: El Fuego Fatuo exemplifies the professional company’s identity as both a culturally authentic disseminator of the Spanish/Andalusian art form of flamenco and a uniquely American flamenco repertory company, rooted deeply in its New Mexican and Hispanic provenance.
$30, $40, $50, $60 w/ a $5 discount for students, seniors and NHCC members
Mar 14, 2020
Cancelled: Protect Our Water
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Teen conversation on water protection
Mar 15, 2020
Cancelled: NHCC presents Yankwik Xiwitl/Año Nuevo Azteca/Aztec New Year
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Join us as Kalpulli Ehecatl and Kalpulli Izkalli host Yankwik Xiwitl, or Mexika/Aztec New Year, on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in Chikyei Tekpatl/Ocho Pedernal/Eight Stone Blade, features fire making with a hand drill, an offering of flowers and fruit, and ritual Aztec dancing.
Free Public event
Mar 18, 2020
Cancelled: Public Lecture: Comparative Representations of Christ in the Italian and Northern Renaissance
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Christian Waguespack, Curator of 20th Century Art, examines the contrast of Italian and Northern Renaissance Art.
Mar 18, 2020
Cancelled: Let’s Take a Look!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Mar 18, 2020
Cancelled: Inspired By Nature:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Create your own terrarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science at 1801 Mountain Road in Albuquerque.
Mar 19, 2020
Cancelled: A Selection of Contemporary Native American Films
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Join us for an evening featuring one of the most progressive and dynamic Native art forms: Native cinema. As a multi-sensory art form, film affords artists unprecedented means of expression and Native artists have embraced these tools in innovative ways to tell stories that are uniquely Native. CINEDOOM is a traveling film series curated by award-winning Dine writer, director, and producer, Blackhorse Lowe. It is a selection of contemporary Native short films, featuring fictional and documentary works by both established and emerging filmmakers, with themes of identity, family, culture, and class.
Mar 21, 2020
Cancelled: New Mexico Art Auction
Coronado Historic Site
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
orMade in New Mexico” from all cultures art auction of old and new pottery, furniture, glass, paintings, textiles, toys, musical instruments, sculptures and much more. All profits go to support Kuaua Pueblo at Coronado Historic Site. Sponsored by the Friends of Coronado Historic Site, the event will start with a preview of auction items between 9 AM and noon. The auction begins at 1 PM. Call 505-771-0416 or visit Kuaua.org for more information.
Mar 21, 2020
Cancelled: Life Drawing in the Afternoon
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Draped, live model figure drawing on the stage of St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Mar 23, 2020
Cancelled: Downward Dino Yoga
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Enjoy yoga at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.
Mar 24, 2020
Cancelled: Storytime at the Museum
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Mar 25, 2020 - Jan 25, 2021
Cancelled: Re-Imagined
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Visit the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science and Re-Imagine the world around you as we explore new topics and take home activities each month.
Mar 26, 2020
Cancelled: Voices in Science Lecture "Micro plastics: You are what you eat"
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Mar 28, 2020
Cancelled: Rosie exhibition: 3D Printing Demonstration
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a special event in celebration of the closing out of National Women’s History Month and the closing of our exhibition “We the Rosie’s: Women at Work”.
The exhibition showcases a 3D printed sculpture of Rosie the Riveter created through the crowdsourced effort of nearly 700 people, containing 2,625 individual parts.
Enjoy your last review of the profiles of New Mexico’s working women and meet the maker behind the sculpture, who will share how 3D printing works.
Located on the museum’s second level.
Mar 29, 2020
POSTPONED : MIAC Trailblazer Awards in Media Arts
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
MIAC is honored to host its second annual Trailblazer Awards, this year honoring print and broadcast journalist Royale Dá, radio host and producer Tara Gatewood, videographer and documentarian Diane Reyna, and radio host and producer Beulah Sunrise. Join us during Women’s History Month to celebrate their lives and work. Please note that the awards ceremony will be held at the New Mexico History Museum. This event is free and open to the public.
Mar 29, 2020
Cancelled: 2020 MIAC Trailblazer Awards
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Honororing Native Media Icons During Women’s History Month
MIAC is honored to host its second annual Trailblazer Awards, this year honoring print and broadcast journalist Royale Dá, radio host and producer Tara Gatewood, videographer and documentarian Diane Reyna, and radio host and producer Beulah Sunrise. Join us during Women’s History Month to celebrate their lives and work. Please note that the awards ceremony will be held at the New Mexico History Museum.
This event is free and open to the public, with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Mar 31, 2020
Cancelled: Las Golondrinas Lecture Series: Rob Martinez
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
State Historian Rob Martinez discusses “Brujería: A History of Witchcraft in New Mexico."
Mar 31, 2020
Cancelled: Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
Museum of International Folk Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
At Southside Library
March 31 – Musical Instruments
Join us for free folk art family programs! Learn about folk art and cultures around the world through hands-on art making. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
All events take place from 3:30-4:30pm at the Santa Fe Southside Library.
Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.
Apr 1, 2020
Cancelled: Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Mulattos of Cochiti: Caste and Race in Spanish Colonial New Mexico "
Please join New Mexico State Historian Rob Martinez as he examines the role of racial mixing, identity, and the categorizing of humans living in Spanish Colonial New Mexico, through the lens of the casta, or caste system, using historical research, genealogy, and DNA in order to provide a clearer understanding of Hispano roots in New Mexico, and Latino-Meso America and Hispanic Europe, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Donations welcomed.
Auditorium event with limited seating-bottled water only please.
Photo acquisition:1763 by Miguel Cabrera. Museum of the Americas collection.
Apr 3, 2020
Cancelled: Artist Talk for Alcoves #3
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A talk with artists featured in the exhibition on display from February 15, 2020 - April 12, 2020.
Apr 4, 2020
Cancelled: Slow Art Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.
Apr 4, 2020
Cancelled: Guided Bird Walk
Los Luceros Historic Site
Los Luceros is a local gem of the New Mexico Historic Sites. More than 150 species have been seen at Los Luceros and it is rarely open for birding. However, it was once nominated as an Audubon Important Bird Area (IBA). PEEC and New Mexico Historic Sites have partnered to open the site to a birding tour led by local birder Joe Fitzgibbon.
Apr 5, 2020
Cancelled: Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join us on the First FREE Sunday of the Month for our all-ages program featuring storytime, Hands-on art activity and explorations in the galleries.
Sunday, April 5 - “Earth Day – Recycled Art”
FREE for all NM residents . Funded by Museum of New Mexico Foundation Education Fund
Apr 5, 2020
Cancelled: Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Quilled Paper
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of thin coiled strips of paper that are shaped and glued together to create decorative designs. Experiment with color and a new old medium.
All ages welcome, and free with admission.
Apr 5, 2020
Cancelled: Opening of 2020 Living Treasure Kathleen Wall’s
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Join us for the opening of MIAC’s 2020 Native Treasure Living Treasure exhibition, A Place in Clay, on Sunday, April 5. Jemez artist Kathleen Wall’s work will be displayed as part of her being honored as the 2020 MIAC Living Treasure.
"The Palate of my work reflects where I live," says Wall. "The Native cultures of my family and friends have always been my inspiration. The high desert surroundings, and the earth colors that surround me, are as much a part of me as they are a part of my art."
Apr 8, 2020
Cancelled: Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Karen has been a potter most of her life. A childhood friend - Fawn Navasie - was her teacher and taught her how to mold large pots, how to fire with sheep manure, and most importantly, how to respect the clay and always pray. Karen only uses a piece of gourd and her two hands to create her hand-coiled pottery. The painting is done with a brush made from the yucca plant.
Apr 10, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Musicians Living In New Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Rob Martinez
Join us on MOIFA’s Facebook Page as The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with our state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, announces a series of VIRTUAL concerts – Our Fair New Mexico – featuring musicians living in New Mexico on Friday evenings, beginning April 10, 2020.
Apr 10, 2020
Cancelled: A Native Cuisine Tasting with Chefs Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Join us at the Hotel Santa Fe for a Native culinary tour with James Beard award-winning Kiowa chef and Southwest food historian, Lois Ellen Frank Ph.D, and acclaimed Diné chef, Walter Whitewater. Chefs Frank and Whitewater, of Red Mesa Cuisine, will present a talk on the history of the foods of the Southwest Indian Nations, followed by a canapé tasting refl ecting the fl avors of the region. Lois, who has spent 25 years documenting the foods and lifeways of Native American tribes in the Southwest, will introduce us to the “Magic Eight” ingredients that are central to Native cuisine and discuss the ways in which they have been utilized. Chef Walter Dominguez, of Amaya at Hotel Santa Fe, will treat us to hors d’oeuvres featuring recipes from Chef Frank’s cookbook, which incorporate these ancestral ingredients with a modern twist. A truly educational and delicious evening! Due to the unique format/location of this event, a $25 fee per person will be required and there will be a cash bar.
Apr 12, 2020
Spring Community Fun Day
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us virtually for fun, festive activities you can enjoy from home!
Apr 12, 2020
Easter Sunrise Service
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
On Easter Sunday, Jemez Historic Site hosts an all faiths sunrise service, with the Jemez Valley Baptist Church, the Jemez Mountain Baptist Church, the Jemez Springs Community Presbyterian Church and Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church participating. After the service, take in the picturesque ruins and scenic vistas. Enjoy a sense of place. Call 575-829-3530 for more information.
Apr 14, 2020
The Flight of Apollo 13
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr 17, 2020
CANCELLED - Conversations with Collections: Caring for Family Heirlooms and Personal Collections
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes of the New Mexico Museum of Art to see what it takes to care for a wide-ranging collection.
Apr 17, 2020
NHCC Hosts Second Virtual ‘Our Fair New Mexico’ Concert featuring Oti Ruiz with Leticia Cuevas
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
What: Our Fair New Mexico – A Virtual Concert Series presented by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with National Hispanic Cultural Center
Who: Oti Ruiz with Leticia Cuevas
When: Friday, April 17, 7 p.m. (MDT)
Where: NHCC’s Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/NHCCNM/ and other DCA-affiliated Facebook pages
Apr 18, 2020
Cancelled: Star Gazing in Jemez
Jemez Historic Site
7:00 PM - 10:01 PM
View the cosmos through multiple telescopes and listen to Native American storytelling, while exploring Jemez Historic Site after dark. Art and food will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 per person at the door. Cash is preferred. Profits from the event will support ruin preservation and exhibit renovations at the Jemez Historic Site. Call 575-829-3530 for more information.
Apr 18, 2020
Día de la Tierra - Earth Day Celebration
Los Luceros Historic Site
Celebrate Earth Day early by joining a staff led hike through the beautiful 148 acre Los Luceros Historic Site property. Earth day activities and workshops will also be offered. This listing will be updated as the event gets closer.
Call (505) 476-1165 for more information.
Apr 21, 2020
Curator’s Coffee: Plastics are Forever-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Apr 22, 2020 - Jan 22, 2021
Re-Imagined
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Visit the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science and Re-Imagine the world around you as we explore new topics and take home activities each month.
Apr 24, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Musician Lara Manzanares
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Lara Manzanares
Join us on MOIFA’s Facebook Page as The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with our state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, announces a series of VIRTUAL concerts – Our Fair New Mexico – featuring musicians living in New Mexico on Friday evenings, beginning April 10, 2020. on Friday night join: Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter of Northern New Mexican heritage.
Apr 24, 2020
Creative Mornings-(see event online link below)
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Literacy
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS of SANTA FE
Please see the attached links (to follow) for presentations related to the global theme: Literacy
(links will remain active following this schedueled event)
Since 1985, Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe (LVSF) has been serving the community by providing literacy instruction for adults and their families. We believe that literacy is essential to improving the quality of life of individuals, promoting economic growth, and building an informed, responsible citizenry. Our purpose is to offer programs that provide free, quality tutoring in basic literacy and English as a Second Language, financial literacy, health literacy, citizenship and numeracy skills.
Over the past 34 years, LVSF has trained 4,902 tutors, who have provided over 504,327 hours of instruction to help more than 13,780 adult students obtain essential skills and reach their fullest potential. This represents volunteer contributions equivalent to over $12 million. Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe is the only program in Santa Fe County that provides free literacy tutoring services for adults.
Here is the link to the April 2020 Literacy Volunteers talk:
https://creativemornings.com/talks/the-purpose-and-passion-of-literacy-volunteers-of-santa-fe/1
Apr 25, 2020
CANCELLED:Folk Art Flea Donation Days
Museum of International Folk Art
Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 11 am to 2 pm
Donations of folk art for the Folk Art Flea cannot be accepted at the Museum of International Folk Art until the museum reopens to the public. Pick-up of folk art donations is currently suspended.
Please be patient and hold on to the folk art that you plan to donate. We DO want it. At the moment, everything is on hold, but there will be donation days in the Fall.
The Flea phone line is being monitored: 505.476.1201
Apr 26, 2020
Facebook Event: Put a Spring in your Step – Earth Day Celebration
Jemez Historic Site
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join Instructional Coordinator Marlon Magdalena on a virtual hike up Oak Canyon. Coordinator Magdalena will identify species of flora and fauna encountered and discuss their importance to the indigenous people of New Mexico. Participation is free and will be available online at https://www.facebook.com/jemezhistoricsite/.
Apr 27, 2020
Downward Dino Yoga
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Enjoy yoga at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Apr 28, 2020
cancelled--Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
Museum of International Folk Art
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Instead Join our Educator Kemely Gomez online for Libros en Espanol in partnership with Santa Fe Public Libraries on their SFPL Youtube Channel
Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.
Apr 28, 2020
Lecture - Los Luceros: The Story of How Our State’s Newest Historic Site Came to Fruition
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On March 28, 2019, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation designating Los Luceros (formerly a Historic Property) as a State Historic Site, thus securing funding, staffing, and preservation of the site in perpetuity.
Join Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project for a Lecture by Ethan Ortega hosted virtually at:
http://nmhistoricsites.org/virtual-classroom/los-luceros-virtual-classroom/lectureapril28
Apr 29, 2020
Jaguars in the Borderlands
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Apr 30, 2020
Herflag (online streaming event)
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Herflag: Collaborative Art Flag Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
In the interest of public health, Marilyn Artus has decided to cancel her live performance in Santa Fe. Instead, she’ll be live-streaming the sewing from the Her Flag Facebook and Instagram pages at the set time of the event.
Founder, artist Marilyn Artus, sews each state’s stripe, which was designed by a woman artist in that state, onto the flag at a live event in each capital city. This is her “love letter” to all the men and women who worked to pass the 19th amendment and she uses it as a platform to encourage women to exercise their right to vote that so many fought for just 100 years ago.
May 1, 2020 - Sep 1, 2020
Quarantine Diaries Collection
New Mexico History Museum
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Help write history by adding your story to the Fray Angélico Chávez Library Quarantine Diaries Collection.
The Quarantine Diaries Collection seeks to assemble the accounts of New Mexicans from around the state during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. We hope it will be a way to capture primary accounts at the time of the event when the experience is the most vivid. The collection focuses on written accounts and is open to all types of entries, whether informational or emotional.
Email: historylibrary@state.nm.us for the release form and with any questions.
May 1, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Musician Marlon Magdalena
New Mexico Historic Sites
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
May 3, 2020
postponed till Fall--Classic Japanese Film Showing: Kwaidan
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Postponed- We invite you to explore our online collection of Yokai objects while the Museum is closed. Please explore our other Online Resources as well.
May 3, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Seed Paper
Learn how to use a simple papermaking process to make some plant-able paper, which will sprout in your garden.
All ages welcome- free with admission.
May 6, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join Tim Roberts, Deputy Director, New Mexico Historic Sites, and Western Author and Historian, Drew Gomber, for a candid discussion about why this event, and the young man at its center, has captivated the minds and creativity of the public for over 140 years.
A New Undertaking
Due to current stay-at-home orders, the Friends of History is working with New Mexico Historic Sites to take the First Wednesday Lecture Series online. The upcoming lecture provides the opportunity to explore web-based platforms. For this upcoming dialogue on Billy the Kid’s legacy, you can participate real time either via Facebook or YouTube. Please click on the main title for links and details:
Photo: Old Lincoln County Courthouse-Credit Kenneth Walter, NM Historic Sites
May 8, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Dos Gatos
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
May 10, 2020
CANCELLED Good Work: Masters of the Building Arts
Museum of International Folk Art
We invite you to explore our online collection and online exhibits while the Museum is closed. Please explore our other Online Resources as well.
May 10, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A Special Mother's Day VIRTUAL Concert Featuring Jacob Shije
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
May 13, 2020
CANCELLED: Native Pottery Demonstration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
with Timothy Edaakie (Zuni Pueblo)
Timothy explored working with clay during his high school years, though he didn’t work with it professionally until about a decade ago. By trial and error, he has learned how to replicate prehistoric and historic Zuni pottery and designs using traditional natural materials collected on the Zuni reservation: clay, pigments, and plants for paint.
May 13, 2020
San Ildefonso and the Founding of the Museum of New Mexico
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Special Zoom Lecture with Dr. Bruce Bernstein
This talk explores the role of San Ildefonso in founding the MNM and emphasizes MIAC collections and their continuing relationships to community, and how they present the vital role of San I people in creating the MNM. Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81731542299 at Noon on Wednesday the 13th.
May 14, 2020
CANCELLED: A Visit to King Galleries with Charles King
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Charles King is approaching his 25th year as a leading gallerist in Scottsdale, specializing in the highest quality and most innovative pueblo pottery. King Galleries represents many of today’s leading potters and Charles is known for his in-depth knowledge of the thought process and motivation behind every piece in the gallery. His most recent book, Spoken Through Clay, is already considered a must-have resource. Fortunately for us, Charles opened a sister gallery here in Santa Fe several years ago. As we approach the major art market season, Charles will give us a sneak peek of new trends, upcoming exhibits, and what to expect from both the familiar masters and the emerging new artists. And there may even be an opportunity to meet and mingle with some surprise guest artists!
Please note that you must be a member of the Friends of Indian Art in order to participate in FIA events. You can learn more about joining the friends group by visiting its page on the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website.
May 14, 2020
Curators Coffee: A Human Legacy-Plastic Contamination in Water Systems
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
May 15, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Lone Piñon
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us on the Museum of International Folk Art Facebook Page and other DCA-affiliated Facebook pages.
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
May 18, 2020
Online Premire of ’Multiple Visions: A Common Bond’ Multimedia Tour
Museum of International Folk Art
Explore 10 Highlights from the world renowned Alexander Girard Wing-VIRTUALLY
Multiple Visions: A Common Bond has been the destination for well over a million first-time and repeat visitors to the Museum of International Folk Art. First, second, third, or countless times around, we find our gaze drawn by different objects, different scenes. With more than 10,000 objects to see, this exhibition continues to enchant museum visitors, staff and patrons.
Explore our new highlights tour of the GIRARD WING remotely from your home
Learn more about Multiple Visions: A Common Bond exhibit here
May 20, 2020
Chaco Canyon and Cahokia Mounds
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Special Zoom lecture with Dr. Steve Lekson
Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87217110379 at noon on Wednesday the 20th.
May 22, 2020
CANCELLED: MIAC Living Treasures Celebration Gala
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Meet the 2020 MIAC Living Treasure, Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo), and mingle with former Living Treasure artists. Enjoy a live and silent art auction. For tickets, contact Celeste Guerrero at (505) 982-2282 or celeste@museumfoundation.org. Please note this event - honoring the current Living Treasure and past recipients - will be held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.
May 22, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Carlos Medina Conjunto
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
May 23, 2020 - May 24, 2020
CANCELLED: Native Treasures Arts Festival
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
a MIAC Art Market Event
Please head to http://newmexicoculture.org/nativetreasures for all things Native Treasures!
May 25, 2020
Downward Dino Yoga
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
Enjoy yoga at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
May 27, 2020
Online event:Looking Back Book Club: Literary Discussion (link to follow)
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us as we venture to read ahead and come together prepared to discuss books related to our newest exhibition, as we learn about collecting, preserving, protecting, and appreciating the world’s treasures.
Purchase this month’s book Priceless by Robert K. Wittman whose character goes undercover to rescue the world’s stolen treasures.
Space is limited-RSVP: historylibrary@state.nm.us
Located in the Fray Angelico Chavez Library
May 27, 2020
Zoom lecture on the History of Environmental Justice in New Mexico
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
with author and activist Valerie Rangel
This talk will highlight stories from Indigenous communities and is intended to spark conversation about the social injustices and systemic issues that are being exacerbated by Covid-19 and to ignite native youth to continue advocacy to protect "the sacred." On Wednesday, May 27 at noon, go to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81882545649.
May 29, 2020
The WORDS on the Edge
New Mexico History Museum
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Cancelled Exibition opening reception
The WORDS on the Edge portfolio consists of twenty-six poems and lyrical texts that address themes of nature and its irresponsible destruction.
Twenty-six notable poets, artists, and writers were paired with an equal number of highly regarded letterpress printers from four countries, and each pair produced a limited-edition broadside for the portfolio. The Palace Press is represented in the collection by Arthur Sze’s poem, Black Center. All of Santa Fe’s former and current Poets Laureate will read selected poems from the collection, and a few of their own, followed by a lite reception.
Event is free to the public, with limited seating.
May 29, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Joe & Archie West
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us on the Museum of International Folk Art Facebook Page and other DCA-affiliated Facebook pages
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
May 31, 2020
New Mexico Art Twinning with Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
#NMTWINNING with Vital Spaces
From our partner Vital Spaces NM:
AN INVITATION TO REINTERPRET ART HELD BY NEW MEXICO COLLECTIONS
running from May 1st through May 31st
5 RANDOMLY SELECTED $200 PRIZES EACH WEEK THROUGHOUT MAY
3 TOP SUBMISSIONS WILL EACH RECEIVE $300
To Learn More go to: https://www.vitalspaces.org or VITAL SPACES FACEBOOK
Explore our online collection here and pick your FOLK ART inspiration!
UNA INVITACIÓN A REINTERPRETAR OBRAS DE ARTE MANTENIDAS POR COLECCIONES DE NUEVO MÉXICO. SORTEAMOS 5 PREMIOS DE $200 CADA SEMANA DURANTE EL MES DE MAYO. LAS 3 MEJORES ENTRADAS RECIBIRÁN $300 CADA UNA
Jun 3, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (see online event links below)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mulattos of Cochiti: Caste and Race in Spanish Colonial New Mexico
Please join the Friends of History along with State Historian Rob Martinez, for a presentation which examines the role of racial mixing, identity, and the categorizing of humans living in Spanish Colonial New Mexico.
The approach will be through the lens of the casta, or caste system. Historical research, genealogy, and DNA all converge to provide a clearer understanding of Hispano roots in New Mexico, as well as in Latino-Meso America and Hispanic Europe.
Photo credit: Casta Family (1763). Miguel Cabrera. Museum of the Americas collection
Refer to: https://www.facebook.com/NewMexicoHistoryMuseum/
Jun 5, 2020
Museum Online Concert Series
New Mexico History Museum
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Our Fair New Mexico Featuring Della Bustamante & Grace Marks
Please join us Friday, June 5 at 7pm MDT for the tenth performance of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ "Our Fair New Mexico" virtual concert series featuring Della Bustamante & Grace Marks. They will be performing songs from the ’60s & ’70s. The DCA, in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, is excited to continue its on-going virtual concert series with musicians living in New Mexico.
Please join us here: https://www.facebook.com/NewMexicoHistoryMuseum/videos/184755659510330/
Jun 7, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Recycle your t-shirts!
The New Mexico Counterculture exhibition is launching virtually, and Making History in June will be celebrating with a groovy YouTube workshop on how to turn an old t-shirt into a hip shopping bag!
Join us at 1:30, Sunday June 7, or watch anytime thereafter here: https://youtu.be/lofn7mQQw2U
Jun 12, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Kenny Arroyos
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
Jun 14, 2020
LIVE STREAMING Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jun 14, 2020
Reflections on Counterculture in the Southwest
New Mexico History Museum
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A Virtual Discussion
Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest co-curators Meredith Schweitzer and Jack Loeffler revisit the making of the 2017-2018 exhibit on the occasion of the release of a virtual version of the exhibit.
You are invited to move through the virtual exhibition at your own pace by using this link: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=32czx9Mmbgs
Jun 17, 2020
"You’re on Indian Land: Making the Case for Indigenous Land Acknowledgement in Collecting Institutions"
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
a Zoom lecture with Felicia Garcia
Felicia Garcia (Chumash) is the Curator of Education at the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC). She is a member of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and grew up on her tribe’s reservation in Southern California. As the curator of education she oversees the education department at the IARC including the Anne Ray internship program and community outreach efforts. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Willamette University and an M.A. in Museum Studies from New York University. In 2018, she published the "Guide to Indigenous Land and Territorial Acknowledgements for Cultural Institutions" (http://landacknowledgements.org/) with the hope that this resource would encourage institutions to recognize and respect Indigenous homelands and inherent sovereignty.
On June 17 at Noon, go to following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84603224559.
Jun 17, 2020
CANCELED: The Quilt Project: How Art Translates Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
The Red Quilt Solidarity Project (RQSP) is a national initiative to raise awareness of violence against women and children with a focus on Missing/Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The RQSP is open to all people who wish to speak out about violence against women and children all over the world. The RQSP was initiated by Tina Sparks as her BFA Senior Project at the Institute of American Indian Arts. The project was publicly launched in February, 2019, and has received numerous panel contributions from across the country. The intention for this project is to be a visual voice to evoke visibility, funding and change for issues surrounding violence against women and children. The long-term goal for the Red Quilt Solidarity Project is to transport and display the quilts/panels on the national mall in Washington, DC, much like the AIDS quilt in the 1980’s. Tonight’s event will be a collaborative presentation of information surrounding issues of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women initiating and inviting community conversation.
Please note that you must be a member of the Friends of Indian Art in order to participate in FIA events. You can learn more about joining the friends group by visiting its page on the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website.
Jun 19, 2020
CANCELLED - Conversations with Collections: Eliot Porter
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes of the New Mexico Museum of Art to see what it takes to care for a wide-ranging collection.
Jun 19, 2020 - Jun 28, 2020
Native Treasures Online Auction
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
150 Works of Art / 50 Artists Represented
Our annual Native Treasures market was canceled due to Coronavirus. So instead, we’re bringing Native Treasures online, June 19 - June 28!
Visit this link to see more than 100 pieces of artwork, and to register to bid.
Jun 19, 2020
Creative Mornings-(see virtual link below)
New Mexico History Museum
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Find the talk here: https://youtu.be/FndZxt78PG4
For more information about Nina: https://www.ninaelder.com/
Jun 19, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Zillaphyst
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
Jun 21, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Vicente Griego & Chuscales
National Hispanic Cultural Center
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Jun 24, 2020
Bears Ears: The Vision for an Indigenous National Monument
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
a Zoom lecture with Angelo Baca
Based on a film about Bears Ears, this talk with Angelo Baca (Navajo / Hopi) ties together many different strands of Utah Navajo culture and history, San Juan county politics, Navajo Nation involvement in the region, and anthropological research. It seeks to cover a basic introduction to the importance of the landscape of the Indigenous people by the Indigenous peoples of that region. Of course, it is only a foundation from which to examine a particular perspective - the Indigenous perspective - and it often is not given serious consideration, or left out entirely. The project tells the story through an Indigenous lens.
On June 24 at Noon, go to following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85765496689
Jun 25, 2020
Arts Alive kits at the Southside Library 12-5:30 pm
Museum of International Folk Art
Make your own Japanese paper puppet! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (6/25) & Saturday (6/27) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Jun 26, 2020
Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Nacha Mendez & G Precious
New Mexico Arts
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), in partnership with state museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions, presents “Our Fair New Mexico,” a virtual concert series featuring musicians living in New Mexico. The department and our divisions are pleased to bring the musical sounds of New Mexico through social media.
Jun 27, 2020
Arts Alive kits at the Southside Library 12-5:30 pm
Museum of International Folk Art
Make your own Japanese paper puppet! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (6/25) & Saturday (6/27) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Jul 3, 2020
Turning the Page:
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Children’s Reading Program
Please join us for our weekly summer reading program, with Melanie Laborwit, Educator, New Mexico History Museum.
To lauch our program, we have chosen as our first book, "Say Hola To Spanish", by Susan Middleton Elya.
We will be sharing more stories to tell about New Mexico life, history and culture, and commemorate national events and themes as well.
Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/7GfB8BcK5uc?
Jul 5, 2020
Making History
New Mexico History Museum
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Blockprinting
Please join us as we explore the fun of Blockprinting!
Please view here: https://youtu.be/jKiODFbmTFQ
Jul 8, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (Virtual Event)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Santa Fe River in New Mexico History
Drawing on extensive research and stories collected over the years on life along the Santa Fe River from the early Spanish days to the present, Andy Otto, Executive Director, Santa Fe Watershed Association, together with William Mee, the Un-Official Mayor of Agua Fria, will share their thoughts on the importance of the Santa Fe River in New Mexico history and the preservation of the Watershed in today’s climate-change impacted environment.
About Andy:
Andy Otto has been the Executive Director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association since 2014. He holds a degree in watershed management from the University of Arizona. His experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders—from city and county governments to tribes to individual property owners—has served him well in meeting the challenges to improve the health of the Santa Fe Watershed.
About William:
William Mee is a long-time resident of the Santa Fe Watershed. Over the years, he has collected many stories of life along the Santa Fe River and its importance in New Mexico history.
For Facebook, click on:
https://www.facebook.com/events/3051120368304586/
For Youtube, go to: https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmuseum
Photo credit: Santa Fe River. Jesse Nusbaum. 1912?. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum. Neg #061573
Jul 10, 2020
Turning the Page: "Hip Cat"
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Summer Children’s Reading Program
Please join us for book two in our weekly "Turning the Page" summer children’s reading program with Melanie LaBorwit, Educator, New Mexico History Museum.
We are commemorating June’s National Black Music month, with this musical book written by Jonathan London, with a special guest reader, jazz vocalist Tracey Whitney.
Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/WUl4oXz5Ldg
Jul 12, 2020
Free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum
Museum of International Folk Art
Sunday July 12th at 10 am
Join us on Sunday July 12th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The July theme is “My Favorite Animals”. The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art. By registering, you are consenting to your child being on camera and audio throughout the duration of the program.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
To register for the Grab-n-Go Kits or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both, fill out the registration form here: https://forms.gle/2bfdctPgaX5XPCaP8
We will email the login link and password for the Zoom meeting. Please share the program information with friends and family, but each family participant must register individually to participate in the zoom meeting.
Jul 15, 2020
Of Warp and Weft: Fiber Arts in the Pueblo Southwest Past, Present, and Future
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
with Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro Pueblo)
Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro Pueblo) is a traditional Pueblo fiber artist. Over the years, Garcia has exhibited his work in various local museums and has talked extensively on the topic of Pueblo weaving at different venues. He is a part of the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project, a team of archaeologists and Pueblo weavers documenting prehistoric perishable collections in various museums and institutions across the United States. Their aim is to compile a database accessible to all who may be interested in learning more about the material culture of the ancient Pueblo Southwest. Link to access lecture at 6pm on Wednesday, July 15: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86927318253
Jul 16, 2020
Cancelled: Young Artists Balancing Tradition with Contemporary Expression
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Join us for a panel discussion on the challenges and difficulties facing three young artists as they express their vision through contemporary art while honoring their heritage and culture. Terran Last Gun (Blackfeet) works in printmaking, photography, and painting. He is best known for his bold, geometric works that reflect his Blackfeet history and cultural narratives. Del Curfman (Crow) is a painter known for his work with tribal imagery and cultural exploration. He investigates his heritage, tradition and humanity through his oil paintings. George Alexander (Muskogee) is an artist who has created a thought-provoking body of work influenced by his deep appreciation of his own culture. The imagery he uses comes from his own ideas and how he views the world as he wishes it to be.
Please note that you must be a member of the Friends of Indian Art in order to participate in FIA events. You can learn more about joining the friends group by visiting its page on the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website.
Jul 22, 2020
A Look at Classic Period Tewa Communities in the Velarde Area
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
with Patrick Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo)
Patrick Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Anthropology with an archaeology focus at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research interests have focused on Southwest archaeology and more specifically the PIII Great Pueblo Migration (GPM) out of the Four Corners, the post GPM period in the Northern Rio Grande, along with investigating identity, Tewa language, village formation, Indigenous archaeology, and phenomenology. He has 20 years of experience working in both the archaeology and museum fields at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico History Museum, and the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Link to access lecture at 6pm on Wednesday, July 22: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88545265547
Jul 23, 2020
Arts Alive kits at the Southside Library 12-5:30 pm
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Make your own Amate painting! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (7/23) & Saturday (7/25) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Jul 25, 2020
Arts Alive kits at the Southside Library 12-5:30 pm
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Make your own Amate painting! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (7/23) & Saturday (7/25) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Jul 29, 2020
Breaking Down Cardboard Boxes: How Archaeology Can Erase Histories and How It Can Reveal Them
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
with Dr. Lewis Borck
Dr. Lewis Borck studies the material histories of the past peoples in the American Southwest and the Caribbean. He is particularly interested in how social movements and contentious politics shaped religion and politics through time as well as how modern politics and worldviews recreate the histories and ideas of the “West” in the Indigenous past. For this talk, Dr. Borck will explore how archaeologists and historians create history, how that can erase the history of commoners, particularly of their politics and revolutions. He will use 15 years of research in the Gallina region of New Mexico, including a current field school, as a case study to contextualize many of these ideas. Link to access lecture at 6pm on Wednesday, July 29: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84209568860
Jul 30, 2020
Invite a Virtual MOIFA Educator to Your Summer Camp!
Museum of International Folk Art
Ongoing- Any time through the summer
Hey Camp Counselors, Youth Group Leaders, and Teachers! Visit this link to invite a MOIFA educator to give your summer camp a virtual visit on a fun folk art topics from around the world: https://bit.ly/
MOIFA, along Department of Cultural Affairs educators, are available for virtual visits covering a variety of fun and engaging topics. These can include hands-on art activities and projects for your online summer programs. Discover the origins of folk art traditions from all over the world and make your own.
Or... find out about traditional sheep herding. Uncover what an archaeologist does. Learn how women won the right to vote in Spanish-speaking countries. Explore the diversity of southwest pottery, textiles, paintings, and jewelry. Discover the history of airships and build your own blimp. Here is a full list of available programs: https://tinyurl.com/y8to2wm8
Please share this with New Mexico camps and teachers you know! Ongoing Throughout the Summer.
Aug 5, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Blurred Borders-
Please join Matthew Babcock, Associate Professor of History at the University of North Texas at Dallas, who will focus on the forgotten Chihene Apache farming experiment at Sabinal, New Mexico from 1790-1795 by placing it in the context of Apache-Spanish relations and Spanish Indian policy.
The Facebook event link is: https://www.facebook.com/events/763703531095082/
For Youtobe: https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmuseum
Photo credit:1280px-John_Mix_Stanley_-_Black_Knife_-_Smithsonian.jpeg
Aug 9, 2020
Free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum
Museum of International Folk Art
Sunday, August 9th at 10 am
Join us on Sunday, August 9th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The August theme is “Tricksters and Yokai”. The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art. By registering, you are consenting to your child being on camera and audio throughout the duration of the program.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up Friday or Saturday prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
Register for the Grab-n-Go Kits, or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both here: https://forms.gle/7LuLp1F8zvTEZvvv5?
Aug 10, 2020
Pueblo Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This year join us online for our 17th annual commemoration of Pueblo Independence Day. On August 10, 1680, the Pueblo People of New Mexico and Arizona launched a successful rebellion against Spanish colonization. Their brave resistance helped preserve the Pueblo way of life and shaped the history of New Mexico for all those who have come after. New Mexico Historic Sites honors the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 with a series of videos and virtual activities developed by the staff at Jemez Historic Site. These will include a showcase on past Pueblo Independence Day commemorations, a lecture on religion and rebellion in 17th century New Mexico, a green chile stew and fried bread cooking demonstration, and a lesson on the history and manufacture of Pueblo shields. All activities will be available free of charge starting on Monday August 10, 2020 at https://www.nmhistoricsites.org/jemez and https://www.facebook.com/jemezhistoricsite/.
Aug 13, 2020
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
Thursday, August 13, 12:00--5:30 pm
Make your own Maraca! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (8/13) & Saturday (8/15) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30 pm) while supplies last.
Aug 15, 2020
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
Saturday, August 15 from 12:00--5:30 pm
Make your own Maraca! Arts Alive activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Saturday (8/15) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30 pm) while supplies last.
Aug 23, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT--100th Birthday Party for J. Paul Taylor
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
Each year we honor our friend and civic leader J. Paul Taylor with a special membership gathering and festive celebration of his birthday. Join our newest Centenarian and join the Friends of the Taylor Family Monument as we salute J. Paul Taylor’s life-long dedication to the people of New Mexico!
Time and virtual link TBA.
Aug 29, 2020 - Sep 29, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT: Summer Letters From the Reservation
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
Sep 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2020
Virtual Fall Harvest Festival
Los Luceros Historic Site
We wish we were open and able to host the Fall Harvest Festival in person, thankfully our team has developed a virtual event to help satisfy your craving for fall in northern New Mexico.
Sep 2, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The French in New Mexico - Four Centuries of Exploration,Adventure, and Influence
Please join Francois-Marie Patorni, an independent scholar specializing in the history of the French-speaking people in New Mexico and the American southwest, as he shares on the history of the French, French Canadians, and other French-speaking people in New Mexico, which includes the last 400 years and covers all regions of New Mexico.
After introducing the speaker’s quest for the French in New Mexico, we will remember the lives of a few of the most influential, unusual, or colorful individuals uncovered through stories of love and death, chases and hunts, and successes and failures, illustrated by images rarely seen before.
Thousands of New Mexicans have French ancestors. This talk is offered as a contribution to their cultural resurrection.
Facebook link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1030517677383350
YouTube Link to to the event: https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmuseum
Photo credit: Train de La Reconnaissance Française; Attribution Photo F.M. Patorni
Sep 11, 2020
POSTPONED - Conversations with Collections: Native American Collection
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
*Postponed* Go behind the scenes of the New Mexico Muserum of Art to see what it takes to care for a wide-ranging collection.
Sep 13, 2020
Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us on Sunday, September 13th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The September theme is "Harvest Time". The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art. By registering, you are consenting to your child being on camera and audio throughout the duration of the program.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up Friday or Saturday prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
Register for the Grab-n-Go Kits, or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both here: https://forms.gle/KQHd5P4mx2B5B37P7
Sep 16, 2020
Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico Virtual Concert
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A concert in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and Mexican Independence Day
Join us on the Museum of International Folk Art Facebook Page for a virtual concert featuring Euforia at 7pm
Euforia is a fairly new group with members from Santa Fe and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. We consider ourselves to be a Mariachi Norteño Fusion musical group. Our specialties are norteñas, mariachi classics, cumbias and a bit of country.
Sep 17, 2020
The Artist as Collector: A Visit to the San Ildefonso Home of Russell Sanchez
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Russell Sanchez is a very familiar and lauded name to Native art collectors, most recently taking home the Best of Pottery award at 2019 Indian Market. But you may not know that he is a wide-ranging art collector himself. His historic adobe home sits right on the main plaza of San Ildefonso Pueblo, but he has continued to add on to the space over the years to house his growing art collection. From stunning Venetian chandeliers, to folk art from the around the world, to a wide range of Native art, Russell’s eclectic tastes and interests are on full display at his unique home. Hear how he approaches collecting art from the perspective of being an artist himself.
Please note that you must be a member of the Friends of Indian Art in order to participate in FIA events. You can learn more about about joining the friends group by visiting its page on the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website.
Sep 17, 2020 - Sep 19, 2020
Folk Art To Go / Activity Kits
Museum of International Folk Art
Make your own Corn Husk Doll/Figurine! FREE Folk Art To Go activity kits provided by MOIFA will be available on Thursday (9/17th) & Saturday (9/19th) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Sep 26, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT: Los Matachines Traditions of New Mexico
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the staff of Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum and New Mexico Historic Sites in celebrating the tradition of Los Matachines dance and drama in New Mexico.
Oct 7, 2020
VIRTUAL TALK: What is Folk? Museums, Markets, and the Invention of an American Art Tradition
Museum of International Folk Art
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Virtual Talk by Emelie Gevalt, curator of Folk Art at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City
Since its popularization in the 1920s, the term “American folk art” has been used to mean different things to different people, ranging from Americana collectors to modern artists, dealers, curators, and scholars across multiple disciplines. The genre has historically encompassed an equally broad range of objects, from carousel figures, quilts, and whirligigs to forms traditionally considered more academic, such as portraiture and landscape painting. Drawing on examples from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, this talk will offer a glimpse into the history of a sometimes unwieldy collecting category, tracing its development in both commercial and museum contexts, from the early 20th century into the present day.
Zoom Program - Wednesday, October 7 at 4 pm MDT
Oct 11, 2020
Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us on Sunday, October 11th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The October theme is "Tiny Towns". The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art. By registering, you are consenting to your child being on camera and audio throughout the duration of the program.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up Friday or Saturday prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
Register for the Grab-n-Go Kits, or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both here: https://forms.gle/8wvJBL9gxLfDQRad8
Oct 15, 2020
New Technology in Art: Innovation at the Institute of American Indian Arts
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Friends of Indian Art Member Event
Innovation has been a tradition in Native arts from the very beginning. Indigenous cultures have adopted whatever materials or technologies have been available to speak about the things those cultures held most important. From pre-contact ceramic work and shell carving, to the use of trade-beads and European metalworking technologies, to our current era of digital design and fabrication, Native artists have embraced the most current and cutting edge tools to create works of art that speak to the issues that face their people. The Digital Fabrication Lab at the Institute of American Indian Arts, in coordination with its other studios, is working to put those tools into the hands of the next generation of innovative Indigenous artists. The work being produced in conjunction with the IAIA FabLab, from students, staff, faculty, and artists-in-residence, spans an incredibly diverse set of materials, topics, and practices, continuing the long and storied tradition of artistic innovation in Native art. We will hear from Brian Fleetwood (Muscogee/Creek), Assistant Professor in Studio Art at IAIA.
Please note that you must be a member of the Friends of Indian Art in order to participate in FIA events. You can learn more about about joining the friends group by visiting its page on the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s website.
Oct 17, 2020
Folk Art To Go Kits / Free Activity Kits
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Make a Mini Community! FREE Folk Art To Go activity kits provided by the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). The activity kits will be available on Thursday (10/15th) & Saturday (10/17th) at the Southside Library through curbside pick-up (noon-5:30pm) while supplies last.
Oct 22, 2020 - Oct 25, 2020
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Educational Benefit Auction
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Featuring Unique Native American Art
Oct 23, 2020 - Oct 25, 2020
VIRTUAL COLLECTORS’ SALE and EXPERIENCE AUCTION
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Featuring Unique Native American Art and Native Community Educational Experiences
Opens October 23, 2020 at 10 AM | Closes October 25, 2020 at 5PM
An eclectic virtual sale of both old and contemporary Native American art from private collections, including pottery, jewelry, textiles, paintings, baskets, and sculptures. Whether you are a new or seasoned collector, you’re sure to find your own new treasure!
In addition to the Collectors’ Sale, cultural learning experiences will be offered as Auction items. These experiences provide an opportunity to visit a pueblo and be hosted by a community member to learn about the community and history.
All proceeds from the unique sale and auction will directly benefit the development of online education for our community and schools, and upcoming exhibitions.
Oct 24, 2020
International Archaeology Day
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Friends of Archaeology, the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), and the repository of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), all inhabitants of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology (CNMA), are pleased to announce the celebration of International Archaeology Day. Prior to the Covid – 19 pandemic, the CNMA would open its doors to the public on the third Saturday of October to tour the archaeological collections of MIAC and visit with the scientists and analysts and educators of the Office of Archaeological Studies in their labs and out in the atlatl field.
Tune into the CNMA Facebook page and the website of the Office of Archaeological Studies, http://www.nmarchaeology.org for the latest details!
Oct 30, 2020
Online Ghost Storytelling on Halloween Eve!
Museum of International Folk Art
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for Ghost Storytelling on Halloween Eve!
Joe Hayes and Satori Murata tell spooky stories from Japan and the US on FRIDAY October 30th at 8 pm MDT. This will be a night of ghost storytelling featuring award-winning author and beloved storyteller Joe Hayes and Japanese language teacher and translator Satori Murata.
Fun for the whole family, recommended for ages 10 and older. Join us live on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/94764345956?pwd=UkNBQkhqekNqRnE4TjNiWkttMUtzdz09
In celebration of the exhibition, Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan, now online: https://yokai.moifa.org
Oct 31, 2020
Virtual Yokai Halloween
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn about Japanese monsters and join local artist Joel Nakamura in a monster drawing activity. An award-winning artist Joel Nakamura is known for his unique style: a blend of folk art and sophisticated iconography rendered in a neo-primitive technique.
Grab your paper and favorite drawing tools, and wear a fun costume if you like! For all ages, on Saturday October 31st at 3 pm MDT.
Join us live on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92930226710?pwd=L2xIdnE4emFMRDhrVnVnRVRpWUk3Zz09
In celebration of the exhibition, Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan, now online: https://yokai.moifa.org
Nov 1, 2020
Facebook Live Concert: Día de los Muertos Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Día de los Muertos Online Celebration - Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico
Join us on our Facebook Page for this all-ages premiere https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt/
Carol Vigil and Leila Flores-Dueñas, are Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque, a New Mexico women’s dueto whose smooth harmonies are reminiscent of the many hermanas duos that became famous in the 1960s and helped to form lasting harmony structures of today’s US/Mexico Borderlands music.
Joined by multi-talented musician and cultural anthropologist, David F. Garcia, Las Flores del Valle aim to preserve and share the nuances of the many musical genres that are representative of their family histories.
Nov 4, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Songs and Stories from Hispanic Culture in New Mexico
Jesus “Chuy” Martinez
Musician/Folklorist
Online at the New Mexico History Museum’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2685672648339525
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NMmuseum
Donations Welcome
Nov 8, 2020
Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us on Sunday, November 8th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The November theme is "Weaving Worlds". The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up Friday prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
Register for the Grab-n-Go Kits, or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both here: https://forms.gle/u256EGCCpPiSyAJr7
Nov 9, 2020 - Nov 22, 2020
Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
What’s a museum to do when its much-anticipated annual fundraising event, the Friends of Folk Art Flea, is canceled due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic? You dream up another way to offer folk art collectors premium quality handmade art for their homes, and creative personal experiences. That’s what the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is doing to raise funds for its education and exhibition programs while students are unable to visit the museum in person.
Registration for the World of Treasure online auction begins at 9 a.m. MST on November 9, and is free and open to the public. Photos of items and experiences will be posted for preview at http://bidpal.net/worldoftreasures at 5 p.m. MST on November 16. Auction bidding begins at 9 a.m. MST on Thursday, November 19, until 5 p.m. MST on Sunday, November 22. Winning bidders will be notified at auction close on November 22.
Nov 18, 2020 - Nov 22, 2020
Get ready, set, go! Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets. More than 100 items will be offered – ranging from intricately crafted jewelry and finely made textiles and clothing, to folk ceramics, paintings and more!TO
REGISTRATION OPEN: http://bidpal.net/worldoftreasures
Nov 19, 2020 - Nov 22, 2020
Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Friends of Folk Art (FOFA), in partnership with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, will host World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets.
Nov 21, 2020
CANCELLED - Folk Art To Go / Activity Kits
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 5:30 PM
DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER announced Nov. 13th - KITS DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Make a Woven Wall Hanging! FREE Folk Art To Go activity kits provided by the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). The activity kits scheduled to be distribute on Saturday (11/21st) at the Southside Library has been cancelled.
Nov 22, 2020
Get your bids in! Last Day Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Friends of Folk Art (FOFA), in partnership with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, will host World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets.
Nov 25, 2020
A Virtual Thanksgiving Concert with Cipriano Vigil In conjunction with Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
On the Museum of International Folk Art Museum Facebook Page: facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt
Cipriano is a musician, instrument maker, author, and recipient of the Governor’s Award for Execellence in the Arts and a New Mexico Living Treasure. Considered the master of New Mexico music, he is the co-curator of Música Buena, and author of New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero del Folklor Nuevomexicano.
Dec 1, 2020 - Dec 2, 2020
Rabbit & Hare Hunting in New Mexico
Coronado Historic Site
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Join Manager Matthew Barbour and explore the history and significance of rabbit hunting by indigenous peoples in New Mexico. Lean how you can hold your hunt and cook the iconic black-tailed jackrabbit pueblo-style. For this program and many more, visit www.nmhistoricsites.org/traditions.
Dec 2, 2020
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement
Please join Cathleen D. Cahill, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University as she shares with us powerful stories of a multiracial group of activists who propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights.
The FB event is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/707607819860838
Donations Welcome
Dec 7, 2020
Farolito or Luminaria? A Holiday Tradition
Fort Selden Historic Site
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
As part of the New Mexico Historic Sites series NM Traditions: Winter Edition, join Instructional Coordinator Alexandra in learning about the history of this beautiful holiday tradition and learn how to make your own holiday display at home.
Dec 8, 2020
Carly’s Craft Corner: Winter Edition
Los Luceros Historic Site
Create five different New Mexico inspired crafts with basic supplies from your house and yard.
Dec 9, 2020
Amabie, the Yokai that Wards off Epidemics, and How it Went Viral in 2020.
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Talk by Zack Davisson, award-winning author, lecturer, and scholar of Japanese monsters, ghosts, and manga.
In conjunction with the on-line exhibit, Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan.
https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/j/98897324056?pwd=bVg4blVGUC93WkhpaXBzWThkTUp0UT09
Meeting ID: 988 9732 4056
Passcode: 722980
Dec 9, 2020 - Dec 10, 2020
Light among the Ruins: The Game
Jemez Historic Site
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Decorate Jemez Historic Site for the holidays virtually! This year, Light among the Ruins: The Game is being made available online. Place your farolitos and explore the site in the popular game designed by students at New Mexico Highlands University. For this program and many more, visit www.nmhistoricsites.org/traditions.
Dec 10, 2020
Messages + Monuments
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Perspectives on Collective Memories
Register: https://sarsf.info/messagesandmonuments
Dec 11, 2020
Cancelled-Christmas at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
A Santa Fe community favorite since 1982
Now in its 38th year, Santa Fe’s beloved Christmas at the Palace brings communities together for an evening of hot cider, cookies, 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. *Enter through the Palace of the Governors at: 105 W. Palace Ave.
(Donations of non-perishable food welcomed.)
The History Museum will close at 3 p.m. to prepare for this free public event.
Dec 13, 2020
Música Buena: Yuletide Traditions in New Mexico in conjunction with Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Enjoy the fabulous and multicultural history of New Mexico’s holiday traditions! This festive program features 6 short documentaries that were created for the exhibition Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico (in the Hispanic Heritage Wing at MOIFA) and the concurrent Música Buena exhibition in the WoW Van.
Watch the Premiere on the Museum of International Folk Art Museum Facebook page: facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt
Dec 13, 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT--Nacimiento Open House with J. Paul Taylor
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for a fascinating afternoon viewing some of Mr. Taylor’s collection of nacimientos from all over the world. The Friends of the Taylor Family Monument and New Mexico Historic Sites have partnered to continue this holiday tradition virtually for 2020.
Dec 13, 2020
Free Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Story Time and
Join us on Sunday, December 13th at 10am for our free virtual Family Mornings Zoom program. The December theme is "Celebrations". The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art.
Art project will rely on materials available at home, we will email you the activity sheet for this month’s project.
Register for the Family Morning Zoom meeting Here: https://forms.gle/rMVutXAd3yxBhMF4A
By registering, you are consenting to your child being on camera and audio throughout the duration of the program.
Dec 15, 2020 - Dec 16, 2020
Cooking with Brenda
Jemez Historic Site
Take in some authentic traditional baking with Jemez Pueblo Tribal Member and New Mexico Historic Sites Ranger Brenda Tafoya as she demonstrates one of many seasonal favorites by the Tafoya Family. For this program and many more, visit www.nmhistoricsites.org/traditions.
Dec 16, 2020
360 Tour of the Sala Grande
Los Luceros Historic Site
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Explore a virtual 360 tour of Los Luceros’ Sala Grande decorated for the holidays.
Dec 19, 2020 - Dec 20, 2020
Season Greetings from Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Historic Site
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Join Instructional Coordinator Marlon Magdalena and the Seasonal Dance Group from the Pueblo of Jemez in a celebration of the winter holiday season. Marlon will be performing a short concert using his Native wooden flutes and the Seasonal Dance Group will perform a traditional Buffalo Dance. For this program and many more, visit www.nmhistoricsites.org/traditions.
Dec 22, 2020 - Dec 23, 2020
Fry Bread Storytime
Coronado Historic Site
Children of all ages join Friends of Coronado & Jemez Historic Sites docent and researcher Deborah Ellis as she reads the award-winning children’s book: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, by author Kevin Noble Maillard with pictures by (illustrator) Juana Martinez – Neal. As you listen to the story you will learn of the texture, shape, smell and history of fry bread, and why it is an important symbol of Native American culture. For this program and many more, visit www.nmhistoricsites.org/traditions.
Dec 23, 2020
Youth Community Showcase
Los Luceros Historic Site
Join Los Luceros Historic Site as they share short videos created by local youth focusing on the traditions and cultures of northern New Mexico.
