New Mexico Arts | May 2, 2024
Free admission to any of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ (NMDCA) eight museums and seven historic sites will be available this summer to active-duty military personnel and their families through the Blue Star Museums program. New Mexico has a sizable active-duty military and National Guard population of more than 43,000 people and NMDCA offers these individuals a chance to explore the history and culture of the state throughout the summer.
Museum of International Folk Art | May 1, 2024
The first major exhibition showcasing the spectacular art of telephone wire weaving in any North American museum opens at the Museum of International Folk Art on November 17, 2024.
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner | May 1, 2024
New Mexico Historic Sites is honored to unveil a new statue of Billy the Kid at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner during the historic site’s Fiber Fair on Saturday May 4, 2024 at 10:45 a.m.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | May 1, 2024
Opening just in time for the celebration of all things Star Wars on May the Fourth, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is excited to welcome a new traveling exhibition that explores the real-life science behind some of the most famous science fiction stories! On loan from the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, Sci-Fi & Sci-Fact opens during the first weekend of May on the museum’s first floor.
National Hispanic Cultural Center | Apr 30, 2024
This summer, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is thrilled to welcome a new art exhibition that celebrates an art form that often goes underappreciated but acts as a great marker of place in so many communities: street art.
New Mexico Arts | Apr 29, 2024
The New Mexico Poetry Out Loud champion, Kaitlyn Lubega, an 11th grader attending United World College in Montezuma, is headed to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC this week. The National Finals will be held May 1-2, bringing together high school students from across the nation to the capital for an exciting poetry recitation competition.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Apr 25, 2024
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is proud to announce Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) opening Sunday, May 5, 2024. This exhibtion tells the story of Patricia’s journey to create the designs she uses in her garments. As a Taos Pueblo woman in the world of haute couture, Patricia sought textiles that reflected the landscapes, peoples, experiences, and textures of her home and community. Finding none, she dove into the process of hand-painting textiles that tell stories of snowy aspens, mountain walks, and raindrops, as well as relationships, birth, struggle, and triumph. In Painted by Hand, learn more about how Michaels makes her famed images, which integrate deep knowledge of the landscape and elaborate physical processing. See textiles, tools, and garments reflecting the intention that goes into each painted fabric.
New Mexico Arts | Apr 22, 2024
Monty Claw, Jerry Brown and Tim Washburn, three Diné artists from McKinley County, have begun work on art that will be installed toward the end of the year and in early 2025 inside the McKinley County Courthouse rotunda in downtown Gallup. The project is created in partnership with McKinley County, gallupARTS and New Mexico Arts Art in Public Places Program (NMA AIPP). McKinley County leveraged “1% for the arts” funding for the artworks.
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | Apr 22, 2024
After a month of poetry, art, and inspiration, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) is thrilled to announce the winners of its inaugural Ekphrastic Poetry Contest!
Lincoln Historic Site | Apr 18, 2024
Lincoln Historic Site is excited to announce the installation of nine new building signs featured throughout Lincoln, New Mexico, with more to come. The new signs point out the buildings and landmarks of this historic town.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Apr 17, 2024
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is honored to debut a new traveling exhibition that brings the legacy of media mogul and conservationist Ted Turner to life through wildland photography captured by his son, Rhett Turner. Conserving America’s Wildlands: The Vision of Ted Turner opens at the museum on Saturday, May 11.
El Palacio Magazine | Apr 16, 2024
Please join us for a reading panel and Q&A with three contributors to the spring 2024 issue of El Palacio magazine including: Jean Toomer’s Search for Identity in Taos by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, which recounts the complex histori ...
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture | Apr 11, 2024
The Native Treasures Art Market is turning 20! For two decades, Native Treasures has served as a beacon for preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of Indigenous artists. Native Treasures Art Market takes place over Memorial Day Weekend Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner | Apr 9, 2024
Visitors of all ages can connect to the history of Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site during the Fiber Fair on Saturday, May 4, 2024, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This interactive event includes live demonstrations and hands-on wool working activities using sheared wool from the site’s flock of Navajo Churro Sheep. The day’s festivities will include various activity stations, sheep viewing, food trucks provided by the Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial, and more.
New Mexico Arts | Apr 8, 2024
The New Mexico Arts Commission and the New Mexico Arts Division are seeking nominations for the 2024 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The annual Awards are New Mexico’s highest and most prestigious honor recognizing the considerable role the arts play in the economic and cultural lives of New Mexicans. Nominations will be accepted until April 24, 2024.
Historic Preservation Division | Apr 3, 2024
Each May, the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division and historians across the nation celebrate National Preservation Month, which recognizes the work and benefits of preserving historic places for future generations. As another Preservation Month draws closer, NMHPD delved into the history of the month-long celebration of preservation.
New Mexico Museum of Art | Apr 2, 2024
Prepare to be transported through the kaleidoscopic landscape of New Mexico’s artistic evolution as the New Mexico Museum of Art proudly presents a landmark exhibition, Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000. Delving into the transformative three decades that shaped the state’s artistic identity, this captivating showcase promises to be a testament to the magnetic pull that drew artists from far and wide to the land of enchantment. On view June 8, 2024, to May 4, 2025, at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Mar 28, 2024
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is proud to announce that it has been awarded reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, an industry-wide “gold standard” that a small fraction of museums across the country have received.
Coronado Historic Site | Mar 22, 2024
Students from Albuquerque’s Native American Community Academy enjoy a March afternoon at Coronado Historic Site and Kuaua Pueblo
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Mar 22, 2024
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Bioscience Curator Dr. Jason Malaney played a key role in research that shows unexpectedly high levels of chemical contamination in wildlife at Holloman Air Force Base in Southern New Mexico.
Museum of International Folk Art | Mar 19, 2024
Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) and the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) present the 13th annual Folk Art Flea Saturday, May 4 at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds. Admission to the event is free. Although admission is free, FOFA members enjoy early-bird admission to the Flea from 9-10 a.m. Public admission is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Folk Art Flea supports MOIFA’s excellent education programs and world-class exhibitions such as La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste, Staff Picks: Favorites from the Collection, and Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy. Funds raised at the Flea will have a lasting impact on the Museum and all the diverse communities it serves.
Coronado Historic Site | Mar 18, 2024
Students from Albuquerque’s 21st Century Academy toured Coronado Historic Site on March 14, 2024 enjoying he beauty of the location and visiting Kuaua Pueblo which was built by the Tiwa People more than 700 years ago. They ground corn, learned abou ...
New Mexico History Museum | Mar 13, 2024
After five years of rehabilitation work at the New Mexico History Museum Palace of the Governors, the Museum presents a free community event, “History Homecoming: Past, Present, Palace” on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science | Mar 12, 2024
An international team of researchers that includes a research associate from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) has discovered a new species of carnivorous amphibian that lived nearly 300 million years ago.
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | Mar 7, 2024
Art and poetry lovers rejoice: New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) has launched a statewide ekphrastic poetry contest dedicated to finding written inspiration in pieces of artwork on view around the state.
National Hispanic Cultural Center | Mar 6, 2024
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is thrilled to announce that Philip Baca will serve as the Center’s Deputy Director.
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner | Mar 1, 2024
It’s Spring cleanup time at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site.
Los Luceros Historic Site | Feb 28, 2024
Planting Season is “Springing” up on us at Los Luceros Historic Site in Alcalde, New Mexico. Our team is already getting ready for Summer and the Fall Harvest Season with Farm and Ranch Ranger Ray Valdez plowing the fields to get them ...
Fort Stanton Historic Site | Feb 23, 2024
Black troopers known as Buffalo Soldiers from Fort Stanton played a key role in the transition of New Mexico from a territory into a state. In recognition of the site’s significance to Black History, the National Park Service recently added the Fort Stanton Historic Site to its Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. The site joins 107 listings across 28 states that highlight Black stories from the last half of the nineteenth century.
Wonders on Wheels | Feb 20, 2024
Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum launches an exciting new exhibit at the annual Cowboy Days event held by New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces on March 1st and 2nd.