Jan 2, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our Engaging Exhibits!
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA | 10 AM - 4PM
Join us for art in the atrium with art projects, coloring sheets, and gallery treasure hunts. Free with museum admission.
Jan 2, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be free for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Jan 3, 2022
Virtual Tour: Alexander Girard’s Nativities
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
During this festive holiday season, the Museum of International Folk Art is pleased to present a new virtual tour, "Alexander Girard’s Nativities". On the tour you will be treated to folk art Nativity sets from around the world collected by Alexander and Susan Girard. The tour includes historical background, fun facts about Girard’s original Nativity installations, and a few surprises. Please join us in celebrating the holiday season. Tour runs every Monday at 1pm MT through Jan 3rd, and lasts about 35 mintues. Register Here:
Jan 3, 2022
Exhibition Closing Discussion—Collecting Jewelry: Conversations with the Artists
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Cody Sanderson (Navajo), Connie Tsosie Gaussoin ( Picuris Pueblo/Navajo) and Liz Wallace (Maidu/Washoe/Navajo)
To celebrate the closing of Collecting Jewelry: H. P. Mera’s Trip to Navajo Country in 1932, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture are pleased to host three contemporary Navajo/Diné jewelers in conversation with exhibition curator Ross Altshuler and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney. Together, these artists will tell their memories of learning how to make jewelry, share stories about their own artistic inspirations and innovations, and reflect on the larger current moment in the Native art world.
Jan 5, 2022
CLEARLY INDIGENOUS - Jody Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) + Harlan Reano (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversation in Glass Art with MIAC assistant curator Lillia McEnaney
Thank you for registering for this morning’s Clearly Indigenous program with Jody Naranjo and Harlan Reano. Unfortunately, we will need to reschedule this event for a later date—I will directly email all registrants a new Zoom link once the new date/time is determined.
Thank you again for your interest and ongoing support of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
All the best,
Lillia McEnaney
Jan 5, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Civil War in the Far West
Please join Megan Kate Nelson, Ph.D, historian and writer, as she shares her insights on the Civil War as it relates to New Mexico and the surrounding areas, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vccubCLPt0k
Donations welcome
Jan 8, 2022
Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program!
Jan 10, 2022
Virtual Tour: Alexander Girard’s Nativities
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Wrap up this festive season, with the Museum of International Folk Art as we present our final holiday virtual tour of "Alexander Girard’s Nativities". On the tour you will be treated to folk art Nativity sets from around the world collected by Alexander and Susan Girard. The tour includes historical background, fun facts about Girard’s original Nativity installations, and a few surprises. Please join us in celebrating the holiday season. Tour runs every Monday at 1pm MT and lasts about 35 mintues. Register Here:
Jan 12, 2022
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
On January 12th, MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s virtual lobby to look at your treasures. Bring a weaving, ceramic pot, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our Zoom meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), curator of archaeological research collections Julia Clifton, other staff members will attempt to identify and explain the item. Curators are experts in items from the Southwest, but are willing to take a look at anything that is “brought in.” Previous attendees have often found that the experience of chatting with a group of curators is often just as, or perhaps even more, informative and enjoyable than the identification of the object. Please note that federal and state policies prohibit curators from appraising an item; the museum neither appraises or authenticates works of art.
Jan 16, 2022
Musical Performance by Euforia FREE with Museum Admission
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us for a concert with Euforia, a Mariachi Norteño Fusion musical group with members from Santa Fe and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Their specialties include norteñas, mariachi classics, cumbias and a bit of country.
In conjunction with the exhibit, Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico, in the Hispanic Heritage Wing at MOIFA, and the concurrent Música Buena exhibition in the Wonder on Wheels mobile museum.
Jan 26, 2022
Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists: Rapheal Begay (Diné)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to the next iteration of our ongoing lecture series, Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists.
Jan 29, 2022
Selections from the 20th Century Collection
New Mexico Museum of Art
Exhibition Opening
Feb 2, 2022
CLEARLY INDIGENOUS
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversations on Glass Art: Angela Babby (Lakota)
Join us for the third iteration of our newest lecture series surrounding our current exhibition, Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass.
Feb 2, 2022
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Sam Adams: An African American Civil War Veteran and his New Mexican Life
Please join Hannah Abelbeck, Photo Archivist, with the New Mexico History Museum, for an online talk featuring Sam Adams, an African American Civil War veteran who later settled in New Mexico, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
The presentation will put Adams in context with his contemporaries and explores the difficulty of looking for information about minor and overlooked historical figures whose stories usually aren’t center stage.
Hannah Abelbeck is the Photo Archivist in the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives department at the New Mexico History Museum. She has a BA in English and Art History from the University of Kansas and an MA in English from Penn State University, and she’s worked with special collections archives at both universities. She researches Southwestern (especially New Mexican) photographers, documentary and vernacular photography, cultural movements, and histories of gender and sexuality. At NMHM, she is working on increasing digital access to the museum’s vast photo collections.
YouTube Link: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/sam-adams-an-african-american-civil-war-veteran-and-his-new-mexican-life/
Photo: Sam Adams, Civil War pensioner, and an unidentified boy, Pecos National Historic Park, New Mexico, 1915. Photograph by Jesse Nusbaum. Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), neg. no. 013498.
Feb 3, 2022
A Conversation with Mildred Howard
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Feb 5, 2022
N.M. Art Book Club
New Mexico Museum of Art
Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books? We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we’re starting an art-themed book club! Four times a year you are invited to pick up a suggested title related to art, artists, art elements or the “art world” and join us in the galleries for a new perspective on exhibition artworks.
Feb 6, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our newest exhibit
Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia
Feb 6, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Feb 8, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Feb 9, 2022
Native Pottery Demonstration Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Robert Patricio (Acoma Pueblo)
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) invites you to virtually join potter Robert Patricio (Acoma Pueblo) on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 10 am/MST for MIAC’s popular Native Pottery Demonstration series via Zoom.
Feb 15, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Feb 17, 2022
Judith F. Baca: Sites of Public Memory
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Feb 22, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Feb 26, 2022
Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program!
Feb 27, 2022
Light and Shadow Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
National Leap into Science Week ~ Annual Celebration of Science and Literacy, February 21-27, 2022
Join us for an exciting collaborative all ages FREE family workshop between the Museum of International Folk Art and the Museum of Natural History and Science that explores Light and Shadow through the lens of science AND art! Drop-in any time between 1-3 pm and stay as long as you want.
Where: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Kiwanis Learning Garden
1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM
Mar 1, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mar 1, 2022 - Apr 5, 2022
VIRTUAL: Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property Collections Face-Off Competition
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
Join us virtually for the month of March as we let 32 objects from the incredible and extensive Taylor Family Collection go head-to-head in a bracket-style competition where you get to pick the winner!
Mar 2, 2022
Here, Now and Always with Joy Harjo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for an evening with the United States Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo (Muscogee (Creek) Nation), as she shares poetry to create a sense of place, inspired by the reimagined exhibit, Here, Now and Always, opening in June at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. This event is hosted by Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.
Mar 2, 2022
Friends of History Lecture Series (Online)
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Wisdom Archive: Preserving and Celebrating the Traditions of New Mexico
Please join Scott Andrews, Founder of The Wisdom Archive as he shares his video portrait of the work of Northern New Mexican Elders, as part of our Friends of History Lecture Series.
Since 2014, The Wisdom Archive has been producing video portraits of masters of traditional culture for a YouTube archive. Primarily focusing on the work of Northern New Mexican elders, the Archive now includes 51 short films. Ranging from the traditional music of Antonia Apodaca and Cipriano Vigil, to “year in the life” depictions of long-time sheepherders and farmers, portraits of traditional artists at work, and ancient recipes brought to life, the Archive’s intent is to celebrate and preserve disappearing traditional culture.
ONLINE EVENT link here: https://bit.ly/nmhm322
Photo credit: Undated. From the Collection of Antonio and Molly Manzanares
Donations Welcome
Mar 4, 2022
The Early Photographs of Ansel Adams with Dr. Rebecca Senf
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Mar 6, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Mar 6, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Mar 9, 2022
Native Pottery Demonstration Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Jared Tso (Diné)
JOIN US FOR OUR VIRTUAL NATIVE POTTERY DEMONSTRATION SERIES
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to virtually join potter Jared Tso (Diné) on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Mar 10, 2022 - Mar 27, 2022
Student Art Exhibition | Exposición de Arte Estudiantil
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
As part of our School Partnership with El Camino Real Academy School, students’ artworks are featured as a collaborative exhibition. For the past month, students learned about folk art traditions found in the Alexander Girard Wing. Some students had the opportunity to meet contemporary santero Arthur Lopez to learn about his artistic practice and iconography. In response to learning about diverse folk art traditions students explored themes of community, storytelling, and symbolic imagery in their artwork.
We encourage you to come see our young artists’ artwork at the museum. The exhibition will be on view from March 10th through 27th in the Museums Atrium.
Mar 12, 2022
Family Mornings at Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program!
Mar 12, 2022
Make & Take at MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday arfternoons with DIY art projects, all-ages coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. March will be Amulets and Narrative Scrolls make and take, and gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Mar 15, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
Mar 18, 2022
Exhibition Opening: Free Admission 5-7pm
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs
Please join us for our exhibition opening of Curative Powers: New Mexico’s Hot Springs.
Admission is free today from 5pm-7pm, and Lite Refreshments will be served from 5pm-6pm.
This exhibition explores well-known resorts as well as lesser-known hot springs. Ponce de Leon, Montezuma, and Faywood are a few among many areas whose history will be addressed. The nearly 90 photographs range from the late 19th century through the 1980s and document the evolution of how many of these springs were used and developed. Museum visitors will also see the stark change in how people dressed (or not) when they visited and enjoyed these hot springs. New Mexico attracted many people seeking respite from tuberculosis and other ailments, and they typically frequented hot springs to aid in this relief. Exhibit opening is admission free. The exhibition runs March 18 - September 4, 2022.
Mar 19, 2022
Nowruz Celebration at Southside Library
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
In Celebration of Nowruz and our new Afghan Community Members. Join us and make a Kite to celebrate the Persian New Year. (While supplies last.)
When: Saturday, March 19th drop-in from 11:00-1:00
Where: Southside Library Branch in their Cafe’ space
6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Mar 20, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday arfternoons with DIY art projects, all-ages coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. March will be Amulets and Narrative Scrolls make and take, and gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Mar 23, 2022
ENGAGING THE FUTURE: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Robert Whitehair Begay (Navajo)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to the second to last iteration of our 2021-2022 lecture series, Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists.
Mar 25, 2022
Western Eyes with Christian Waguespack
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mar 27, 2022
Playtime for Grown-Ups
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a presentation with Alexandra Lange on Alexander Girard’s work in the context of other midcentury designers who created toys and play spaces.
FREE with museum admission. This is not a ticketed event and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Alexandra Lange is a design critic and author of "Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall" (Bloomsbury, 2022). She has written extensively on postwar design, particularly for children. She has been the architecture critic for Curbed, and her work has appeared in the Atlantic, New York Magazine, the New York Times and the New Yorker.
Apr 1, 2022
Painted Reflections: A Virtual Symposium for New....
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM
To celebrate the opening of Painted Reflections: Isomeric Design in Ancestral Pueblo Pottery, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is hosting a free, virtual symposium on Friday, April 1, 2022 from 2—5:15pm.
Apr 3, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Apr 4, 2022
For the next thousand years: A presentation on crafting another world.
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for a virtual talk with Jenni Laiti, Saami artivist, Indigenous rights activist and duojár, traditional Saami craft maker.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUudOioqD4rHdCVSL9Fs1Dj1kGQH2RzJihB
Jenni Unni Aili Laiti (1981) is a Saami artivist, Indigenous rights activist and duojár, traditional Saami craft maker. She is from Aanaar (Inari), Finnish side of Sápmi and lives now in Jåhkåmåhkke (Jokkmokk), Swedish side of Sápmi with her family. Her family belongs to the Sirges Saami reindeer herding community. Laiti is a part of Mihku´s family, who is known as great duodji masters.
Apr 6, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Miguel Trujillo: New Mexico’s Unknown Civil Rights Hero
Please join Gordon Bronitsky, PhD, Founder and President, IndigeNOW!, as he shares the 1948 jouney of Miguel Trujillo in obtaining the right to vote for Indians of the state of New Mexico, as part of our Friends of History lecture sreies.
ONLINE EVENT
Lecture Link: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/miguel-trujillo-new-mexicos-unknown-civil-rights-hero/
Donations to the Friends of History program welcome.
Apr 6, 2022
CLEARLY INDIGENOUS
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ed Archie NoiseCat
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to the next iteration of our ongoing lecture series, Clearly Indigenous: Conversations on Glass Art.
Apr 8, 2022
Ana Castillo Book Reading and Signing
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for this FREE event with Dr. Ana Castillo, an award-winning and best-selling author, poet, translator, and editor.
Her books include So Far from God, The Guardians, and Peel My Love like an Onion, in addition to her poetry collection , Ask the Impossible. Dr. Castillo will be reading from her latest poetry collection, My Book of the Dead, followed by a book signing.
This event is held in conjunction with The National Hispanic Cultural Center, and generously supported by AARP.
Apr 9, 2022
Family Mornings At Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program with Free museum admission included
Apr 13, 2022
Expressing Norwegian and American Identities through Dress
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A virtual talk with Luarann Gilbertson, Chief Curator at the Vesterheim Norwegian- American Museum.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rduyprj0vEtOxCNt-cAWpkwYFV9HMjSX7
Laurann Gilbertson received a BA in anthropology and an MS in textiles and clothing from Iowa State University. She is chief curator at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, and previously served as textile curator for 19 years. She is the author of essays that have appeared in Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities (2011), Anders Sandvig og Maihaugen (2012), and Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World (2013) with Carol Colburn.
Apr 13, 2022
Native Pottery Demonstration Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Garrett Maho (Hopi)
JOIN US FOR OUR VIRTUAL NATIVE POTTERY DEMONSTRATION SERIES
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to virtually join potter Garrett Maho (Hopi) on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 10 am/MST for MIAC’s popular Native Pottery Demonstration series via Zoom.
Apr 17, 2022 - Apr 21, 2022
NHCC to host celebration of Afro-Latinx culture
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Join us for a celebration of Afro-Latinx culture at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), as the Center hosts a series of events as part of the 1st annual Shared Roots festival from AfroMundo.
Apr 22, 2022
Revisiting the Dust Bowl: Alexandre Hogue’s Erosion Series with Dr. Mark White
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Apr 23, 2022
Stories, Memories, and Legacies: The Santa Fe Internment Camp and its Historical Marker 20th Anniversary Commemoration
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Located on a hill at the Frank S. Ortiz Park in Santa Fe, NM, stands a stone Marker, placed there April 20, 2002, commemorating the Santa Fe Internment Camp (SFIC). Established in March of 1942, the camp interned over 4,500 Japanese immigrant men, making it one of America’s largest prison camps for resident aliens in the United States during WWII. Please join the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and the New Mexico Japanese American Citizens League for an in-person/virtual symposium which will include speakers, theatrical performances by the JACL Players, short films, and panel discussions to commemorate the events and (SFIC) Marker. Speakers aspire to inform and remind attendees of the historical existence of the U.S. Justice Department internment camp on the site of the present Casa Solana neighborhood, to memorialize the experience of thousands of Japanese immigrants and American-born citizens unjustly incarcerated there between 1942 and 1946, as well as celebrate the courage of the Santa Fe community in the resolution of the Marker controversy. A related three-part exhibition will be on display in the NMHM from April 9 through April 30.
Apr 23, 2022
Día de la Tierra at Los Luceros Historic Site
Los Luceros Historic Site
Los Luceros Día de la Tierra Celebration — join us at Los Luceros for a nice low-key day spent out in the beautiful outdoors. Bring a picnic and enjoy the spring views!
Apr 24, 2022 - May 30, 2022
Spring Letters From the Reservation
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
Spring Letters from the Reservation is a collection of archival letters and oral histories from Fort Sumner Historic Site that describes the mindset of the United States Government towards Tribal polices in the American Southwest and the daily tribulations experienced by the Diné (Navajo) and the Ndé (Mescalero Apache) in the months of March through May (1863-1868) while held captive on the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation. These spring letters and oral histories, read in chronological order by people from around the United States, reveals a micro-history of the failed experiment that was Fort Sumner and a moment in history when humanity was lost.
Apr 24, 2022
Earth Day Hike at Jemez Historic Site
Jemez Historic Site
Join Marlon Magdalena as we adventure through the lands in celebration of Earth Day.
Apr 28, 2022
William Mortensen: Impure Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join curator of 20th Century Art Christian Waguespack for a talk on the heretical, outspoken, controversial twentieth-century photograper William Mortensen who locked heads with Ansel Adams over the future of photography.
Apr 29, 2022 - May 1, 2022
Media Alert: Last look at “Dogs, A Science Tail” leaving NMMNHS in May
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
There’s just one weekend left to dig up all there is to explore at “Dogs, A Science Tail” before the exhibition leaves New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS). Luckily, there’s plenty of fun to sniff out before the exhibit closes its doors.
Apr 29, 2022
Mountain Witches Yamauba: enigmatic female in the mountains
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a virtual talk with Noriko Tsunoda Reider, Professor of Japanese at Miami University of Ohio in the Department of German, Russian, Asian, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcuyrqjorG9Sr8V9iaevPQherbuvMBGZR
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Dr. Noriko Reider’s research interest is the supernatural in Japanese literature, folklore, and art. She has published Mountain Witches: Yamauba (Utah State University Press, 2021), Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan (2016), Japanese Demon Lore: Oni, from Ancient Times to the Present (2010), Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan (2002), and many articles.
May 1, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
May 1, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
May 1, 2022
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: FISH
Los Luceros Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Join us for a New Mexico Outdoor Pass special event: Fish! During this fish-themed day at Los Luceros Historic Site you’ll enjoy a tour of their grounds, make arts and crafts, and you’ll have an opportunity to join New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for a beginner-friendly fishing event (11-2:30 only for NMDGF portion of the event). Fishing poles and bait will be provided.
May 4, 2022
CLEARLY INDIGENOUS
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversations on Glass Art: Raven Skyriver (Tlingit) and Dan Friday (Lummi)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to virtually join Raven Skyriver (Tlingit) and Dan Friday (Lummi) for the last iteration of our lecture series surrounding our current exhibition, "Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass."
May 4, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Greetings and All That Sort of Thing: A Preview of the Baumann Archive
Please join Thomas Leech, Curator (Retired), Palace Press, New Mexico History Museum as he shares on the life and times of artist Gustave Baumann as documented though more than 30 boxes of recently received documents containing correspondence, print and sales records, handwritten notes, scrapbooks, color palettes, woodblocks, photographs, and ephemera as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
Please register to join the ONLINE Event here:
https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/greetings-and-al…-baumann-archive/
Photo credit:
Title: Greetings, and All That Sort of Thing. Gustave Baumann, 1935 Holiday Card.
Attribution: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Donations Welcome
May 4, 2022
What Goes on in a Box of 100 Yōkai? A conversation between monster makers
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
FREE wtih museum admission
Junya Kōno is a yōkai scholar and artist. He teaches Yōkai Tourism at Kyoto’s Saga University of the Arts. In 2008, Kōno founded the yōkai student art collective Hyakuyōbako (Box of 100 Yōkai), and has since organized yōkai-themed events in Kyoto, such as Ichijō Hyakki Yagyō, an annual yōkai costume parade that emulates the famous Hyakki Yagyō emaki (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons scroll painting). In 2018, Kōno began working as a collaborator on MOIFA’s exhibition, Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan.
Misaki Yasaka is an artist, a member of the yōkai art collective, Hyakuyōbako (Box of 100 Yōkai), and a recent graduate of Kyoto’s Saga University of the Arts. She collaborates with Kōno to create yōkai-themed events in Kyoto and and performs as a yōkai at haunted spaces. She has exhibited her artwork in Japan and currently in MOIFA’s exhibition, Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan. She is also featured in the exhibition’s immersive Japanese ghost house performing traditional Japanese ghost stories.
May 6, 2022
ArtWorks Year End Celebration
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
May 6, 2022
Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us as we celebrate Art and History every first Friday evening of every month with some of our additional museum and gallery friends located along Palace Avenue in the heart of the historic Santa Fe Plaza. Each month we will highlight something new and wonderful to share. Together, we hope to educate, inspire, and encourage a love and appreciation of history and the diversity of art that the city different is so well known for. For this month, the History Museum offers our fascinating history of "In Search of Domiguez and Escalante", closing June 19th and located in the Palace of the Governors. Please enter by way of our main entrance on Lincoln Avenue.
May 7, 2022 - May 8, 2022
Folk Art Flea Donation Days
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Bring your tax-deductible folk art donations to MOIFA rear parking lot, 706 Camino Lejo, or call 505-476-1201 to make other arrangements.
Proceeds from the Folk Art Flea support education and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art through the Museum of New Mexico Foundation (MNMF), a private 501c3 nonprofit organization.
For more information, go to: https://www.museumfoundation.org/events/folk-art-flea/
May 7, 2022
All ages Yōkai art making event
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join visiting Japanese Yōkai artists Junya Kōno and Misaki Yasaka for an all ages Yōkai hands-on art making workshop.
Drop in anytime between 2-4 pm to make your own Japanese accordian book filled wtih monsters!
FREE with Museum Admission
May 10, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Catch our last 2 virtuals tours till end of June!... Can’t wait to have a guided look at MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or even re-visit—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register in advance for dates with links below:
May 11, 2022
Native Pottery Demonstration Series
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Marlene and Dominic Melchor (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) invites you to virtually join potters with Marlene Melchor and Dominic Melchor (Santo Domingo Pueblo) on Wednesday, May 11, 2021, at 10 a.m. MST for MIAC’s popular Native Pottery Demonstration series via Zoom.
May 12, 2022
POSTPONED: Frontiers in Science
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Protecting Communities and Supporting Ecosystem Resilience
May 13, 2022 - May 14, 2022
NHCC to host author ire’ne lara silva for two-day event
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is thrilled to welcome the second writer in its Escribir | Escuchar: Hispanic & Latine Writer Series, ire’ne lara silva, to the Cultural Center for a special two-day event later this month.
May 14, 2022
Family Mornings At Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program with Free museum admission included
May 14, 2022 - May 15, 2022
FOLK ART FLEA DONATION DAYS
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Bring your tax-deductible folk art donations to MOIFA rear parking lot, 706 Camino Lejo, or call 505-476-1201 to make other arrangements.
Proceeds from the Folk Art Flea support education and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art through the Museum of New Mexico Foundation (MNMF), a private 501c3 nonprofit organization.
For more information, go to: https://www.museumfoundation.org/events/folk-art-flea/
May 15, 2022
NMMNHS to host eclipse viewing event on May 15
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
8:45 PM - 11:30 PM
Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) on the evening of Sunday, May 15 to catch the first total lunar eclipse that will be visible in New Mexico since 2019.
May 15, 2022
FRIENDS OF FOLK ART PRESENTS A MEMBERS ONLY EVENT: MODERN MAYAN TEXTILES with Beverley Spears, FAIA
Museum of International Folk Art
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) are invited hear local expert Beverley Spears share her research and knowledge of the ancient form of Guatemalan textiles. Learn how to distinguish which area textiles come from by their shape, color and weaving. Beverley will also share photographs of her extensive collection of Mayan textiles. Join in the fun and wear your favorite huipil!
All participants must be current members of the Friends of Folk Art. A Single membership allows access to one ticket. A Dual membership allows for two tickets, but each member must register separately.
If you are not a FOFA member and would like to join, please visit: https://www.museumfoundation.org/friends/friends-of-folk-art/
FOFA requires proof of vaccination and booster to attend this gathering. This gathering is subject to current COVID Protocols. Masks are required.
May 17, 2022
Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Catch our last virtual tour before we go on break!... Can’t wait to have a guided look at MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or even re-visit—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register in advance for dates with links below:
May 20, 2022
Media Alert: Heritage Preservation Awards to commemorate NM’s heritage on May 20
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (HPD) will host the 2022 edition of the Heritage Preservation Awards virtually on Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m. The presentation will be held live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nmhistoricpreservation or on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3L2G0rb (passcode: awards).
May 21, 2022
Crafting New Pathways: A walking-stick-making workshop with Sámi artists Jenni Laiti and Tilde-Ristin Kuoljok
Museum of International Folk Art
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
In this workshop the Arctic Sámi craft and the New Mexican landscape meet. Participants make their own walking sticks with from locally sourced materials from Santa Fe and crafting materials from Sápmi. This workshop is led by Sámi duojárs (masters of traditional Sámi crafts) Jenni Laiti and Tilde-Ristin Kuoljok. While working, Laiti and Kuoljok will talk about Indigenous peoples of the Arctic, the Sámi and their traditional crafts, duodji.
Registration and a $10.00 fee to cover materials are required for this workshop. To register, send an email to: leslie.fagre@state.nm.us
You will receive an email confirmation.
May 21, 2022
Audubon Day: A Celebration of Birds
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
On May 21st, 2022, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC)/Laboratory of Anthropology staff will host Audubon Day: A Celebration of Birds, at Museum Hill, outside the Laboratory of Anthropology building from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
May 25, 2022
Mesa Talks: The Lucero Legacy by Rebecca Ward
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome to the second Mesa Talks lecture of the season. This is a lecture series between Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project and Los Luceros Historic Site focusing on all things history and archaeology in New Mexico and the Southwest! This will be hosted in person at Los Luceros as well as streamed virtually on Facebook and YouTube.
May 25, 2022
ENGAGING THE FUTURE: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artist
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Conversation with Carly Feddersen (Confederated Tibes of the Colville Reservation)
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture invites you to the final iteration of our 2021-2022 lecture series, Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists. This series has been an opportunity for our MIAC community to become better acquainted with our Goodman Fellows through hour-long Zoom visits to their home studios.
May 26, 2022
FRIENDS OF FOLK ART MEMBERS ONLY EVENT: DAY TRIP TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR FOLK ART, ARCHITECTURE AND ART OF THE NEW DEAL
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) are invited on a field trip for a unique day in Albuquerque to visit the Historic Los Poblanos Inn as well as the Zimmerman Library on the campus of UNM and The Tile House, a unique home covered inside and out with mosaic tile.
Cost: $90, which covers lunch, bus transportation from Los Poblanos, and docent/guide fees. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to Los Poblanos. This trip is limited to 25 participants.
All participants must be current members of FOFA. A single membership allows access to one ticket while a dual membership allow for two tickets, but each member must register separately. If you are not currently a FOFA member and would like to join, please visit: https://www.museumfoundation.org/friends/friends-of-folk-art/
May 26, 2022
NM Museum of Natural History & Science to host Planetarium show highlighting Southwest wonders
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Planetarium for an extraordinary aerial presentation of the natural beauty in New Mexico and the surrounding area on May 26. NMMNHS presents “Over New Mexico and the Southwest- Part 1.”
May 28, 2022
Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering...A Place of Survival Grand Opening Event
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner, NM - New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces the grand opening commemoration event for the permanent interpretive exhibition “Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival” on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. A full day of events is planned, including welcome speeches, music, and cultural dance performances from Navajo (Diné) and Mescalero Apache (Ndé) community members, activities for children, and a complimentary barbeque lunch for the first 500 guests made possible by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and the Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial. A Navajo rug and Native American art auction will be held in the afternoon. Tribal partners, VIP guests, all the collaborative partners, and the public are invited.
May 28, 2022
Community Day Celebration & Youth Open Mic
New Mexico Museum of Art
Free Community Day in celebration of the exhibition Poetic Justice: Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-To-See-Smith, on view at the New Mexico Museum of Art through June 19, 2022
May 28, 2022
A Day of Discussion, Art and Poetry Dedicated to Poetic Justice
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Jun 3, 2022
Sight and Sound!: DJ Raashan Ahmad
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
First Fridays at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Jun 4, 2022
An Outdoor Kitchen
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike in learning about outdoor cooking. What is an horno? How did the soldiers cook their meals while out on patrol? Explore cooking styles of the New Mexico past. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Jun 5, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Jun 5, 2022
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: MAMMALS
Los Luceros Historic Site
During this free-admission mammal-themed day at Los Luceros Historic Site, you’ll enjoy a tour of their grounds, make arts and crafts, and you’ll have an opportunity to join New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to learn about local mammals.
Jun 5, 2022
Family Mornings At Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us at the museum on the FREE SUNDAY for June for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program with Free museum admission included
Jun 5, 2022
Celebrate Summer with the Lion Dancers
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Come and see the dynamic Lion Dance performances by the Quang Minh Buddhist Temple Youth Group of Albuquerque.
Performances at 1 pm and 2 pm. FREE admission for all New Mexico residents.
We had to cancel our annual Lunar New Year event this February with the Lion Dancers, so we are inviting them back to celebrate the start of summer.
Jun 7, 2022 - Jun 23, 2022
ARTS ALIVE! Event Registration
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The in person hands-on Art activity program is back! Register to sign up for our June 2022 fun & exciting activities! Event Address: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo - Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Contact us: Sally Dillon - arttrek85@gmail.com
Jun 9, 2022
Art Walking Tours
New Mexico Museum of Art
Fridays at 10 AM
Jun 11, 2022
FOLK ART FLEA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Friends of Folk Art presents the 11th Annual Folk Art Flea! This year’s Flea will be the largest and most diverse in its history and will be in a spacious new location to accommodate folk art from around the world. The Flea will take place at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, 3229 Rodeo Drive. Admission is free.
Jun 11, 2022
Folk Art Museum Night at Railyard Park
Museum of International Folk Art
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Join us for a FREE film night featurring A Letter to Momo at the Santa Fe Railyard in collaboration with AMP Concerts. This movie is presented in conjunction with the exhibit, Yokai: Monsters and Demons of Japan. Smokin’ Bachi (also known as Santa Fe Wadaiko) will perform Japanese Taiko drumming at 7 pm before the film.
Visit the Folk Art Museum to experience the exciting Yokai exhibit that includes a Japanese ghost house.
Jun 11, 2022
Churro Sheep Day at Los Luceros Historic Site
Los Luceros Historic Site
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Watch expert Sheep-shearer Kerry shear Los Luceros Historic Site’s sheep using traditional shears and observe how Espanola Fiber Arts skirt the wool to clean and choose the best wool for weaving. Additionally, we will be holding a Ranger Talk on the history of Churro sheep in New Mexico at 11 am and creating some Churro sheep crafts! This event is included in site admission: $7 adult, children 16 and under are free!
Jun 11, 2022 - Jun 18, 2022
National Hispanic Cultural Center to host series of shows as part of 35th Annual Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, June 11-18
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The 35th Annual Festival Flamenco Alburquerque is returning to the Duke City from June 11-18, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is the place to be for several unique shows and incredible performances.
Jun 14, 2022
Art Explored! Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jun 15, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Jun 17, 2022 - Mar 12, 2023
"Chocolate: The Exhibition" opens at the NM Museum of Natural History & Science
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
“Chocolate: The Exhibition” is nearly ready to open at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS), and we will have a few new treats for you to explore once it does.
Jun 18, 2022
All Ages Flower Crown Workshop
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Celebrate Midsummer and make your own flower crown!
Drop in anytime between 11 am – 2pm to create a flower crown and learn more about this Scandinavian summer solstice tradition.
FREE with Museum Admission
Jun 19, 2022
In Search of Domínguez and Escalante Closing Reception
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the New Mexico History Museum as we bring our exhibition In Search of Domínguez and Escalante to a close with free admission and a reception on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Lite refeshments will be served in our courtyard from 2-4pm.
Jun 21, 2022
Midsummer Magic on Museum Hill
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for an enchanted evening of magic, music, spirits and savories at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) on Milner Plaza.
The event will feature Scandinavian songs and medieval ballads by Scott and Johanna Hongell-Darsee, Scandinavian-inspired hors d’oeuvres by Walter Burke Catering, a specialty aquavit cocktail, wine and beer, flower crown decorations, and Midsummer-related surprises.
Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia. The exhibition and the Museum Shop will be open for you to enjoy.
Jun 24, 2022
Grand opening for the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center on June 24!
Jun 25, 2022
Building with Dirt
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo and come get dirty as you learn the traditional art of making adobe bricks. Learn how the fort was built, how long adobe has been used in New Mexico, and how we work to preserve the ruins today. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Jun 29, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Jun 30, 2022
VIRTUAL TOUR:
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
For all our upcoming events at MOIFA visit https://moifa.org/events/
Jul 1, 2022
First Fridays: Demystifying the Art Museum
New Mexico Museum of Art
Join us for another First Friday event July 1!
Jul 2, 2022
An Outdoor Kitchen
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike in learning about outdoor cooking. What is an horno? How did the soldiers cook their meals while out on patrol? Explore cooking styles of the New Mexico past. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Jul 2, 2022
Here, Now & Always Opening Weekend Events
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Milner Plaza at Museum Hill will feature artist demonstrations, Native dances, music, and food for visitors in celebration of the opening of the Here, Now & Always exhibition at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture - admission is FREE.
Jul 2, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
Summer Letters From the Reservation 2022
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
Jul 3, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic area
Jul 3, 2022
NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Jul 3, 2022
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: Water
Los Luceros Historic Site
Join Los Luceros Historic Site and Pajarito Environmental Center for the July edition of New Mexico Outdoor Pass: water! The site will also be open from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as part of our Dawn ’til Dusk program.
Jul 3, 2022
Here, Now & Always Opening Weekend Events
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
For a second day Milner Plaza at Museum Hill will feature artist demonstrations, Native dances, music, and food for visitors in celebration of the opening of the Here, Now & Always exhibition at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture - admission is FREE.
Jul 6, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail in the American West
Please join Dr. Jeanne Abrams, Professor, University of Denver, for a virtual event, as she shares on Jews, particularly Jewish women, who found unprecedented opportunity in the early American West.
This presentation is being jointly sponsored by the Fray Angelico Chavez Library and the Friends of History in conjunction with a grant from the Sue and Felix Warburg Collection in Honor of Willi and Flora Spiegelberg. The grant to the New Mexico History Museum provides resources to make collection acquisitions and to undertake research on Jewish Women Pioneers in 19th Century New Mexico History.
You can register for the lecture at: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/jewish-women-pioneering-the-frontier-trail-in-the-american-west/
Donations Welcome
Jul 12, 2022
Pair of events highlight the diversity of programming at NM Museum of Natural History & Science
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) on July 12 for a pair of special events that showcase the wide range of offerings at the Museum.
Jul 12, 2022
Conversation with Papier-Mâché Artist Roberto Benavidez
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
MOIFA sponsored IFAM artist, Roberto Benavidez, in conversation with Laura Addison, Curator of European & American Folk Art Collections at the Museum of International Folk Art. Reception follows the presentation.
Registration opens Tuesday, June 21 at 9 am and is free for FOFA Members.
To Register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversation-with-paper-mache-artist-roberto-benavidez-tickets-348810510627
FOFA requires proof of vaccination and booster to attend this gathering. Masks are required. For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com
Jul 12, 2022
Art Explored! Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
Art Explored! Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Every Tuesday at 11am in June and July in the Museum Library
Jul 12, 2022
Art Walking Tours
New Mexico Museum of Art
Art Walking Tours
The New Mexico Museum of Art invites you to join us on one of our weekly Art Walking Tours of Santa Fe (weather permitting), from May through November.
Jul 13, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Jul 17, 2022
Native American Portal Youth Summer Sales Event
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace of the Governors’ Portal Program will demonstrate and sell their own arts and crafts.
Free Courtyard event Saturday and Sunday. Enter through the “blue gate” on Lincoln Ave
Jul 20, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Jul 22, 2022
Transgressions & Amplifications: Mixed Media Photography of the 1960s and 1970s
New Mexico Museum of Art
A lecture by curator Katherine Ware
Join us for a lecture by Katherine Ware on the eve of her official exhibition opening, with refreshments by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico, July 22, 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. Free admission
Jul 23, 2022
Extended Summer Nights: A Night of Folklore
Fort Selden Historic Site
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Fort Selden will keep its gates open late on this night. Watch the sun set behind the Robledos and Sierra de las Uvas to the west of the site and experience a family friendly night dedicated to New Mexican folklore. Family activities, food, music, and a history of folklore will dot the evening culminating in a visit by one of New Mexico’s most famous folktales: La Llorona, The Wailing Woman.
Jul 24, 2022
Baile (dance) with Lone Piñon and Lucy Salazar
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a baile! Learn and dance the traditional steps and figure dances that have been passed down for generations as a counterpart to the violin and accordion-driven melodies of Northern New Mexican music. Lucy Salazar will teach the steps and Lone Piñon will play la camila, la cuna, la varsoviana, and more.
Jul 27, 2022
VIRTUAL TOUR: "FAB FAVES" AS THE GIRARD WING TURNS 40
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Jul 28, 2022
Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103
Join Us on Museum Hill Plaza, MOIFA Outdoor Classroom. Make a rain stick and enjoy a free visit to the museum.
Thurs, 7/28 - Rain Sticks
For groups of 6 or more, please call or email Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212, patricia.sigala@state.nm.us Museum entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours.
Jul 30, 2022
Campfire Cooking
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike and learn some basic campfire cooking. Recipes and tips will be provided. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Aug 3, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Evolution: Converging Tradition and Innovation
Please join Cochiti Pueblo Artist, Virgil Ortiz as he shares the processes he uses to create his artwork as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
The presentation will be available here: https://youtu.be/eraUdIyQtkU
Donations Welcome
Aug 6, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Aug 6, 2022 - Aug 7, 2022
Native youth of all ages will come together for the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition August 6 & 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Lightning Boy Foundation, a non-profit organization founded to honor the life of Valentino ‘Tzigiwhaeno’ Rivera and the legacy of his mentor Nakotah LaRance, will hold the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition August 6 & 7, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe.
Youth performer Isaac Ulibarri
Aug 6, 2022
Arts Alive! at Southside Public Library
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103
Join Us at the Southside Public Library for a fun instrument-making activity. Make and design Rain Sticks at this drop-in program.
Southside Library | 6599 Jaguar Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-955-2820 santafelibrary.org
Aug 7, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Aug 7, 2022
Exhibition Opening-Free Admission
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Honoring Tradition and Innovation: 100-Years of Santa Fe’s Indian Market 1922-2022
Please join the New Mexico History Museum as we present an exhibition that commemorates a century of Santa Fe’s Indian Market. Honoring Tradition and Innovation: 100 Years of Santa Fe’s Indian Market 1922-2022, traces the history of this historic market and explores the impact of Federal Indian policies on the Native American art world. Many of these policies are reflected in the social and economic trends that shaped Indian Market through the years. The exhibition celebrates the artists and collectors who have made it possible and includes over 200 pieces of artwork by Indian Market artists from private and public collections, as well as historic and contemporary photographs, and interviews with artists and collectors. Lite refreshments will be served from 2-4pm courtecy of the Women’s Board. We invite you to join us to celebrate 100 years of this unique community treasured event.
The exhibition will be on display from August 7, 2022 through August 31, 2023
Photo credit: Maria and Julian Martinez polychrome jar -Courtesy of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, NM
Aug 7, 2022
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: Birds
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Join Los Luceros Historic Site and Pajarito Environmental Center for the August edition of New Mexico Outdoor Pass: birds! The site will also be open from 6 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. as part of our Dawn ’til Dusk program. Admission is free to New Mexico residents!
Aug 7, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 AM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Aug 7, 2022
NM Resident FREE Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Aug 7, 2022
Native Pottery Demonstrations: Grounded in Clay
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Aug 7, 2022
Día de Familia: Visiones del Futuro
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Join us on August 7 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) for an exciting new Día de Familia, inspired by the Center’s unique Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond art exhibition.
Aug 10, 2022
Native Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo to explore the desert surrounding the site and learn about the native plants of the region. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Aug 12, 2022
Breakfast with the Curators: ’Painted Reflections’ with Joe Traugott
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Part of the Breakfast with the Curators collection
Aug 14, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
This month’s themes:
Aug 14, 2022
Pueblo Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site
Aug 16, 2022
VIRTUAL TOUR: "FAB FAVES" CELEBRATE AS THE GIRARD WING TURNS 40
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Aug 18, 2022 - Aug 21, 2022
Native Cinema Showcase
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
In conjunction with the 100th annual Indian Market, the National Museum of the American Indian brings the best of Native American filmmaking to Santa Fe. Complimentary screenings will be held at the New Mexico History Museums Auditorium, and the Santa Fe Railyard Park. Please see film schedule from August 18-21.
Admission is free/seating is limited
No food or Beverages allowed in the NMHM Auditorium. Bottled water only please.
The showcase website: https://nmai.brandlive.com/native-cinema-showcase-santa-fe-2022/en/home
Aug 18, 2022
Breakfast wtih the Curators: Virgil Ortiz and Lillia McEnaney
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Part of the Breakfast with the Curators collection
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artists presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at Weldon’s Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tickets include a full breakfast. Reservations are required. Tickets are $35/person ($30/person for MNMF members). Ticket proceeds directly support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming funds.
Aug 19, 2022
Sko Vote Den
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join NDN Collective at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture for an all-ages evening of music and performances, live art, and food vendors.
Aug 19, 2022
Breakfast with the Curators: Tony Chavarria and Elysia Poon
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Part of the Breakfast with the Curators collection
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artists presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at Weldon’s Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tickets include a full breakfast. Reservations are required. Tickets are $35/person ($30/person for MNMF members). Ticket proceeds directly support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming funds.
Aug 20, 2022
Animals of the Chihuahuan Desert
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike to explore the desert surrounding the site and learn about the animals that survive and thrive in the desert environment. Demonstration, activity, and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Aug 20, 2022 - Aug 21, 2022
Portal Artist Show and Sale
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Portal Artists Temporary Location
Public Notice:
The museums Portal Artists will re-locate to the courtyard for the duration of Indian Market weekend August 20-21.
Please enter through the Blue gate on Lincoln Ave to visit with the artists.
Aug 20, 2022
De Vuelta a la Escuela Día de Familia
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
¡Gerard’s House, Museum of International Folk Art y Father’s New Mexico se complacen en anunciar que estamos organizando un evento comunitario!
Te invitamos a unirte a nosotros para nuestro De Vuelta a la Escuela Día de Familia el sábado 20 de agosto de 2 a 5 p.m. Estamos creando un día divertido lleno de actividades, entretenimiento en vivo, recursos comunitarios, útiles escolares gratuitos y muchos otros regalos.
Dónde: Museum of International Folk Art | 706 Camino lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Regístrese aquí: https://tinyurl.com/Dia-de-Familia
Aug 20, 2022
Take a deeper look at the James Webb Space Telescope
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
If the photos of far-distant galaxies taken by the James Webb Space Telescope left you wanting more, head to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) on Saturday, August 20 for a deeper look at the unique images, led by experts who assisted with the mission.
Aug 24, 2022
VIRTUAL TOUR: "FAB FAVES" CELEBRATE AS THE GIRARD WING TURNS 40
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Aug 25, 2022
Conversations: Intimate Salons with Folk Art Makers, Collectors & Icons
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
African Folk Art Collector Natalie Fitz-Gerald
Join the Friends of Folk Art to hear the personal stories of Casa Nova owner, Natalie Fitz-Gerald, as part of FOFA’s Conversations Series. She will be discussing her evolution and experiences as a collector and purveyor of African art. Participants will have the unique opportunity to gather in Natalie’s home to view her extensive collection of South African folk art.
Aug 31, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 11, 2022
Our Lady of the Tortilla comes to the National Hispanic Cultural Center in early September
National Hispanic Cultural Center
In conjunction with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), Sandia Performing Arts Company presents Our Lady of the Tortilla, a play about family love that perseveres even in ridiculous circumstances.
Sep 2, 2022
Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Viva la fiesta!
Please join us with FREE Admission as we celebrate Art and History every first Friday evening of every month with some of our additional museum and gallery friends located along Palace Avenue in the heart of the historic Santa Fe Plaza. Each month we will highlight something new and wonderful to share. Together, we hope to educate, inspire, and encourage a love and appreciation of history and the diversity of art that the city different is so well known for. For this month, the History Museum is celebrating the beginning of the Santa Fe Fiestas with a selection of fiesta dresses as well as a Zozobra armature made by Will Shuster himself! Please enter by way of our main entrance at 113 Lincoln Avenue.
Sep 3, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military.
Sep 4, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Sep 4, 2022
New Mexico Outdoor Pass: Insects
Los Luceros Historic Site
Join Los Luceros Historic Site and Pajarito Environmental Center for the August edition of New Mexico Outdoor Pass: insects! The site will also be open from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as part of our Dawn ’til Dusk program.
Sep 4, 2022
NM Resident FREE Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Sep 4, 2022
Grounded in Clay: Meet the Curators!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sep 7, 2022
Friends of History Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Governor James Silas Calhoun and Early Territorial Politics in New Mexico
Please join journalist and auther, Sherry Robinson, for an online event, as she shares about her most recent book, James Silas Calhoun: First Governor of New Mexico Territory and First Indian Agent, as part of our Friends of History Lecture Series.
Book Cover. Courtesy of UNM Press.
Online Event-Register here: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2584&preview=true
Donations Welcome
Sep 8, 2022 - Sep 10, 2022
National Hispanic Cultural Center welcomes acclaimed Chicana writer Dr. Emma Pérez for two days of literature and learning
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is thrilled to host one of the leading authors of queer Chicana feminist literature for a special two-day event in early September in partnership with the University of New Mexico’s department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Sep 9, 2022
Breakfast with the Curators!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Meet MIAC’s New Deputy Director Dr. Melissa Powell & New Curator of Individually Catalogued Collections, Patrick Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh)
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artists presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at Weldon’s Museum Hill Cafe.
Tickets include a full breakfast and admission to the museum afterwards. Reservations are required. Tickets are $35/person ($30/person for MNMF members). https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/breakfast-with-the-curators-941159 Ticket proceeds directly support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming funds.
Sep 10, 2022
Campfire Cooking
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join Ranger Mike and learn some basic campfire cooking. Recipes and tips will be provided.
Sep 11, 2022
LINDA S. CORDELL: INNOVATING SOUTHWEST ARCHAEOLOGY
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
New Book Honors Linda S. Cordell
Sep 16, 2022
Frontiers in Science: A Universal Method for Detecting Disease
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
With Harshini Mukundan
The New Mexico Museum of Art is excited to partner with Los Alamos National Labs and the Bradbury Science Museum to present their new series, Frontiers in Science in Santa Fe. Through this collaboration we hope to highlight the connections between art and science through the work of researchers at LANL and the history, collections, and exhibitions at the Museum.
This is a FREE event.
Sep 16, 2022
Breakfast with the Curators: Diane Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Here, Now and Always: Survival and Resilience
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artists presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at Weldon’s Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tickets include a full breakfast and admission to the museum afterwards. https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/breakfast-with-the-curators-941159
Reservations are required. Tickets are $35/person ($30/person for MNMF members). Ticket proceeds directly support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming funds.
Sep 17, 2022
Trade Along El Camino Real
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo and learn about the history of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, one of North America’s oldest roads. Walk on a portion of the trail and check out some of the goods that were traded along the trail.
Sep 17, 2022
THE POTTERY DEMONSTRATION by Lorraine Gala Lewis scheduled for Saturday, September 17th, has been postponed to a later date.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ancestral Inspiration Painted Reflection Isomeric Design in Ancestral Pueblo Pottery
Lorraine Gala Lewis is a potter who is known for gaining inspiration from Ancestral Pueblo motifs, shapes, and styles. In discussing her work with King Galleries, Lewis says, “I delved into this and began collecting materials, visiting museums, and viewing private collections, focusing on works dating from 850 ad to 1200 AD . Studying these early art forms led to rediscovering our ancestral lands; these visits enhanced my creativity. The stories of our early paintings, petroglyphs and rock carvings made me pay closer attention to detail.
MIAC Lobby · Free with museum admission
IndianArtsAndCulture.org/calendar
This lecture series is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sep 18, 2022
Museum Hill Community Day @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
FREE Admission for All
Come to Museum Hill for free music, storytelling, hands‑on activities, artist demonstrations, food, and more! Explore family-friendly events all over the hill at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Sep 18, 2022
Nina Otero-Warren Public Celebration
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free Admission
Please join us as we celebrate Nina Otero-Warren, New Mexico’s very own Hispanic suffragette, champion of education, and advocate for cultural preservation, with free museum admission from 10-5pm, with talks, special activities, and entertainment from 11-4pm. See event schedule.
Sep 18, 2022
Museum Hill Community Day 2022 Family Friendly and Free for All!
Museum Hill Partners
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sep 18, 2022
Join us for a talk and performance of Joik with Sámi American musician and singer, Nathan Muus
Museum of International Folk Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Nathan Muus has been a musician singer for many years in the Minnesota/Midwest and California music communities. As an active participant in the North American Saami awakening, he has been the co-editor of Baiki, the North American Sami Journal. for many years. He is the co-author of several books including "The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska", as well as issuing a CD of original music titled "Seven Little Wonders" featuring Joik (Yoik)
Sep 18, 2022
Museum Hill Community Day celebrating
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Here, Now and Always
Join us to celebrate Community Day on Museum Hill! FREE all day from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities, panel discussions, music, and preformances at Museum Hill Partner sites: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Sep 21, 2022
SAR Artists Live on Instagram with Tazbah Gaussoin and David Gaussoin
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Tune into SAR Artists Live on Wednesday, September 21 at 6:00 p.m. MDT!
Siblings David Gaussoin (Picuris, Diné/Navajo), Wayne Nez Gaussoin (Picuris, Diné/Navajo) and Tazbah Gaussoin (Picuris, Diné/Navajo) stem from a long line of artists on their mother’s side with various silversmiths, painters, rug weavers, sculptors, and wood workers.
Sep 21, 2022
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s lobby to look at your treasures for "Let’s Take a Look". Bring a weaving, ceramic, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our in-Person meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo)and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney.
Sep 22, 2022
Color at Work: Storytelling in Branding, Packaging and Commercial Imagery
Museum of International Folk Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
At the Museum of International Folk Art, Vernick Auditorium
The Museum of International Folk Art Design Council presents this 45-minute run through the rainbow which gives us a peek into the nine color families discussed in Keith Recker’s new book Deep Color: The Shades That Shape Our Souls and gives examples of how they are used in design, media and communications. From historical figures Charles V of Spain and Madame de Pompadour to pussy hats and gilet jaunes, color works on us in mysterious ways, and diving into the spectrum gives us insight into how.
Book signing following. This is the national debut of Deep Color. This event is free, but registration is required.
The Museum of International Folk Art Design Council is a creative community of thinkers, makers, and innovators dedicated to elevating and advocating for the aesthetic, social, and global connections between traditional folk art and modern design.
For more information, please contact Steve Cantrell, Chair, MOIFA Design Council, scantrell54@hotmail.com
Sep 23, 2022
Art Chats
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Sep 24, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military.
Sep 24, 2022
Folk Art Flea Donation Days
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Bring your tax-deductible folk art donations to the rear parking lot at MOIFA, 706 Camino Lejo, or call 505-476-1201 to make other arrangements.
Donating to the Folk Art Flea is the perfect way to share your gently used folk art treasures, get a tax credit, and benefit a great cause. All proceeds support the education programs and world-class exhibitions at the museum.
For more information about the activities of the Friends of Folk Art, click here.
Sep 25, 2022
Fall Harvest Festival
Los Luceros Historic Site
Trek over to Los Luceros Historic Site for the annual Fall Harvest Festival on September 25, 2022!
Sep 25, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
This month’s themes:
Sep 28, 2022
Lecture Series: Black-on-White or White-on-Black?
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Perspectives on Pueblo Pottery Design with Diana Sherman O’Keeffe Theater · Free with museum admission
Presented by Diana Sherman Get a behind-the-scenes look at the hundreds of Chacoan, Mimbres, Hopi, and Rio Grande vessels in the Southwestern pottery collection of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture / Center for New Mexico Archaeology. Sherman will connect these vessels — dating from 600 AD to 1500 AD — with themes presented in Painted Reflections, and will expand the conversation to include other design elements, including the use of spirals, birds, stars, lightning, and water.
This lecture series is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sep 29, 2022
Teacher’s Night Out!
Museum of International Folk Art
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Calling all teachers!
Join the Santa Fe Community Educators Network (SFCEN) for the annual Teacher’s Night Out! event. The evening is designed to let teachers know how much we appreciate their hard work in service to our children and to help them connect with community organizations and resources that will enrich their classrooms.
Enjoy light refreshments, and prizes while connecting with more than 25 local museums and nonprofits who will be there to share resources. It is designed to be a one-stop shop for teachers as they plan field trips and other educational opportunities for their students.
Teachers can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMuhfb5ThoHpjKmouYjaPgFRudF5Ex7oW1IUe-wtIO7nORfA/viewform
Sep 30, 2022
Breakfast with the Curators: Exhibition Preview and Collections Tour
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles with co-curators Dr. Hadley Jensen and Rapheal Begay (Diné)
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artists presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at Weldon’s Museum Hill Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tickets include a full breakfast and admission to the museum afterwards. Reservations are required. Tickets for this exclusive iteration of this event are $55/person ($45/person for MNMF members). https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/breakfast-with-the-curators-941159
Ticket proceeds directly support the museum’s exhibitions and educational programming funds.
Sep 30, 2022
National Hispanic Cultural Center celebrates 50th anniversary of “Bless Me, Ultima” with screening of movie adaptation on Sept. 30
National Hispanic Cultural Center
To celebrate of the 50th anniversary of author and native New Mexican Rudolfo Anaya’s iconic story, Bless Me, Ultima, the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is hosting a free screening of the 2011 movie adaption on Friday, Sept. 30.
Oct 1, 2022
Building with Dirt
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo and come get dirty as you learn the traditional art of making adobe bricks. Learn how the fort was built, how long adobe has been used in New Mexico, and how we work to preserve the ruins today.
Oct 1, 2022
International Observe the Moon Night at Sandia Mountain Natural History Center
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Come celebrate International Observe the Moon Night from the Sandia Mountains! On Saturday, October 1, the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (SMNHC) is hosting an event associated with the international celebration, including a night sky observation from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Oct 2, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Oct 2, 2022
NM Resident FREE Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come Explore our engaging exhibits!
Oct 2, 2022
Big Read Gallery Talk and Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Oct 2, 2022
Grounded in Clay: Making Earth Clay with Kathleen Wall
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Join renowned artist Kathleen Wall (Jemez) for an afternoon of processing clay and making pinch pots. This short workshop affords participants the opportunity to get hands-on with the clay-making process and learn pottery making basics from a master in her field.
Oct 3, 2022 - Oct 7, 2022
Gravity-defying planetarium show comes to NMMMHS during Balloon Fiesta
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
New Mexico residents and visitors will have a new way to explore the skies during the week of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, as the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) hosts Part 2 of the gravity-defying planetarium show Over New Mexico and the Southwest!
Oct 5, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Adelina Nina Otero-Warren: Sufragista and Advocate for New Mexicans
Please join Anna M. Nogar, Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies with the University of New Mexico’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese, as she shares on Ms. Otero-Warren’s life as a suffragette, education champion, cultural preservation advocate, business woman, and author, as part of our ON-LINE Friends of History lecture series.
Online event, Register here:
Donations welcome
Photo credit: Nina Otero-Warren, c.1922, Bain News Collection, Library of Congress.
Oct 7, 2022
First Friday-Santa Fe H.S. Choir
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Santa Fe High School Choir program will be debuting their first concert of the season. 4 choirs will be represented, including the Demon Choir, Vox 25, Bel Canto, and Caballeros. The performance in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium will be from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. This is the inaugural performance in the Museum’s First Friday High School Performing Arts Initiative. Look for the Capitol High School Guitar Ensemble in March of 2023.
Oct 8, 2022
Ghosts of the Past: Death in New Mexico
Fort Selden Historic Site
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Visit Fort Selden Historic Site to step into the past. Go on a moonlit tour of the site and meet people of the past and learn about how they lived, and how they died. Meet one of Pancho Villa’s soldiers, a curandera, hear about tuberculosis in New Mexico, mine disasters, and more!
Oct 9, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
This month’s themes:
Oct 12, 2022
Pottery Demonstration: Thomas Natseway (Laguna Pueblo) and Charmae Sheilds Natseway (Acoma Pueblo)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for an interactive demonstration with Thomas Natseway (Laguna Pueblo) and Charmae Shields Natseway (Acoma Pueblo). See their process with clay, chat with them about their artistic trajectory, and see the exhibit!
These programs are made possible through generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Oct 14, 2022
El Rancho de las Golondrinas under consideration for inclusion in State Register of Cultural Properties
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
The New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (NMHPD) is excited to announce that El Rancho de las Golondrinas, a living history museum that spans around 230 acres in Santa Fe County, is under consideration to be added to the State Register of Cultural Properties.
Oct 15, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Oct 15, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Oct 15, 2022
Celebrate the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s unique “Fronteras del Futuro” exhibition with a catalog release party on Oct. 15
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Mingle with other art-lovers and pick up a copy of the catalog for the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s (NHCC) groundbreaking Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond at the NHCC’s Catalog Release Party on Saturday, Oct. 15!
Oct 15, 2022
Explore the sweet science of chocolate with Sweet Saturdays at NMMNHS, starting Oct. 15
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Starting on Oct. 15, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is introducing a new way for visitors of all ages to sink their teeth into the history and science behind chocolate!
Oct 16, 2022
Public Talk - Masters of Monsters: The Tradition of Horror in Japanese Folklore and Manga
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us at MOIFA to jump deep into Yokai, J-horror, and all things spooky with Zack Davisson, Writer, Translator, Folklorist; as he shares the world of " Masters of Monsters: The Tradition of Horror in Japanese Folklore and Manga." Book signing to follow the talk. Free Talk with Museum Admission. Before the talk, get ready for Halloween and make your own Yokai mask from 12noon-2pm in our Atrium.
To request ASL interpretation please contact patricia.sigala@state.nm.us, by Oct. 9th.
From the ancient weird energy of mononoke to the rise of yokai in the Edo period, Japanese storytellers have a well of frights to draw on. Kabuki artists like Tsuruya Namboku IV spun ancient folklore into modern stories. Ukiyo-e artists like Yoshitoshi Tsukioka amped up the gore and writers like Ryunosuke Akutagawa refined the shock into terror.This is the inheritance of horror that modern manga artists have continued to build upon. ‘Ge-Ge-Ge no Kitaro’ artist Shigeru Mizuki was one of the first to use Japan’s folkloric past in manga, followed by second-wave artists like Hideshi Hino and Tsunezo Murotani and modern artists like Junji Ito. Learn more about this legacy of horror!
Oct 19, 2022
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s lobby to look at your treasures for "Let’s Take a Look". Bring a weaving, ceramic, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our in-person meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney.
Oct 19, 2022
Painted Reflections Lecture Series in Conversation with Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh) and Dr. Joe Traugott
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Perspective on Pueblo Pottery Design
Clarence Cruz is a traditional pottery artist who incorporates incised designs in the typical Ohkay Owingeh micaceous clay styles. He is known for using traditional methods to make authentic museum-quality pottery, and for teaching pottery-making to students of all backgrounds. Cruz is an assistant professor of ceramics at the University of New Mexico, and he will be in conversation with Dr. Joseph traugott, co-curator of Painted Reflections.
Oct 19, 2022
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science hosts new science fiction movie series, starting Oct. 19
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMMNHS) as we separate science from fiction with Science: Fiction or Fact? a new sci-fi film series beginning Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Oct 21, 2022
Organ Concert: Featuring Damin Spritzer
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for a concert with acclaimed organist Damin Spritzer on the Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ in the historic St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The concert will include pieces by Pierre Kunc, René Louis Becker, William Grant Still, Mary Howe, and other notable composers.
Oct 22, 2022
Here, Now and Always: Community, Art and Storytelling through Large-Scale Puppetry
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join MIAC for this unique performance, happening on Milner Plaza on Museum Hill and within the Here, Now and Always gallery. FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION.
Created in collaboration with MIAC staff and curators, students and faculty from the Institute of American Indians Arts (IAIA) have developed a large-scale puppet performance in response to the reimagined version of MIAC’s core exhibition, Here, Now and Always.
Oct 23, 2022
Opening Exhibition
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
Please join The New Mexico History Museum for the opening of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II”. The exhibition examines the complicated history and impact of Executive Order 9066 that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lite refreshments will be served from 1-4pm courtesy of the Women’s Board.
The exhibition will be on display from October 23-December31, 2022
Photo credit: The Mochida family, wearing identification tags, awaits a bus. They were forced to leave their two-acre nursery and greenhouse operation in Eden, California, May 1942.
Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of National Archives
Oct 25, 2022
NACHA MENDEZ DAY OF THE DEAD CONCERT
Museum of International Folk Art
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Concert to Benefit the Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship for New Mexican Girls of Color Performances by Awardees of the Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship for New Mexican Girls of Color and the Nacha Mendez Trio
Oct 27, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday October 27, 2022 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start at 2 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We hope to see you there! This tour is included in general admission. $7/adult. Free for children 16 and under. Please call 575-355-2573 for more information.
Oct 28, 2022
Head to the NM Museum of Natural History & Science on Oct. 28 for Fractals, frights, and plenty of chocolate
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Get ready for Halloween with Fright Night: Death by Chocolate, a chocolate-themed, 21-and-over celebration after hours at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) on Oct. 28.
Oct 28, 2022
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Hector Galán speaks at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque on Oct. 27
National Hispanic Cultural Center
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
¡Celebrando! Join us at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:00 p.m. as we cap off our Hispanic Heritage Month festivities with a free film screening and special director’s talk from celebrated and prolific documentary filmmaker Hector Galán!
Oct 28, 2022
Happy Halloween!
New Mexico Museum of Art
Halloween is approaching, and staff at the Museum are excited to celebrate with all of you. On the Friday before Halloween (October 28), we will be handing out candy from 5-7 PM to any children visiting the Museum (and any adults in costume)!
Oct 29, 2022
Bats of the Chihuahuan Desert
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike to learn about these mysterious nighttime creatures. Experience echolocation and measure your own wingspan. Demonstration, activity, and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Oct 29, 2022
Bosque Redondo Memorial Park Day
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial have organized a park day! On October 29 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, join the Friends and the Memorial’s staff as they work to keep the Memorial and its grounds safe, clean, and pretty. Volunteers will help them with maintenance and cleanup of the outdoor trails along the scenic Pecos River, including weeding, tree trimming, and bush removal. There will be other opportunities to paint benches, maintenance of exterior structures, and beautify the site. Please bring your own gloves and tools.
Free lunch will be available for all participants, as well as a special gift. Please RSVP with the Memorial at (575)355-2573.
Oct 29, 2022
Frights and Folklore: Tour of Los Luceros
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM
On October 29th, join us for a family-friendly, guided tour of the site’s creepy folklore and ghost tales!
Oct 30, 2022
Día de los Muertos 20th Annual Community Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.
Decorate sugar skulls/calaveras de azucar, sample traditional Pan de Muerto and view the Ofrenda installation by local artist Stephanie Riggs.
Enjoy Los Niños de Santa Fe Dance Performances at 1:30 and 3:30 pm
FREE admission for everyone all day!
To request ASL interpretation, please contact patricia.sigala@state.nm.us by October 23rd.
Oct 30, 2022
Book signing with Author and Photographer Ann Murdy of the award-winning book On the Path of Marigolds: Living Traditions of Mexico’s Day of the Dead.
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Ann Murdy has been documenting the celebrations around Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) in Mexico for more than twenty years. On the Path of Marigolds is a bilingual book that features nearly 100 photographs illustrating Dia de Los Muertos celebrations and remembrances in Huaquechula, Puebla, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca and the communities around Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan —along with a conversation between her and Cesáro Moreno, Director of Visual Arts and Chief Curator of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, and an essay by Mexican-American writer Denise Chávez. Murdy captures the spirit, beauty, and magic of this sacred observance.
Books will be available for purchase in our Museum Shop.
Nov 2, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Santa Fe Trail: 200 Years Later
Please join journalist, Robert Knott, and photojounalist, Gabriela Campos, as they share photos and oberservations of their travels on the Santa Fe Trail, as part of our Friends of History lecture servies. This is an ON-LINE event.
Register here: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/santa-fe-trail-200-years-later/
Nov 3, 2022
Ranger Guided Tour
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday November 3, 2022 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start at 2 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We hope to see you there! This tour is included in general admission. $7/adult. Free for children 16 and under. Please call 575-355-2573 for more information.
Nov 4, 2022
Photo-Historian Anne Wilkes Tucker Lecture
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Eminent photo-historian Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will give a lecture on Friday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m., in the St. Francis Auditorium. Speaking in conjunction with the exhibition Transgressions and Amplifications: Mixed-media Photography of the 1960s and 1970s, Tucker will address the challenges of being female in the art world in the 1970s and discuss various image series and limited-edition books of artists Joan Lyons, Bea Nettles, and Marcia Resnick. Each woman used their own lives to tell very different stories of home turf, dreams, memories and urban fiction. The lecture, “Not Women Artists, Artists,” also anticipates the fiftieth anniversary of Tucker’s groundbreaking 1973 publication The Woman’s Eye, a study of 100 photographs created by ten twentieth century women photographers. The book’s texts provide biographical information while raising questions including whether it is possible to locate gender in the authorship of a photograph and how the artists addressed prevailing challenges to establish their right to artistic ambition and careers. “It’s an interesting moment to revisit the book,” Tucker said. “Women are now well represented in the field as artists, curators, and historians, but history has shown that inclusiveness and parity are not guaranteed.”
Nov 4, 2022
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
November 4-5, 2022
Please join us for the annual Fred Harvey history weekend. Learn more about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the Santa Fe Railroad, and their roles in civilizing the Wild West and developing New Mexico. The three-day event will include Friday and Saturday talks at the museum, a ticketed dinner and auction on Friday night at La Fonda on the Plaza, along with additional activities in Santa Fe, Balen, and Las Vegas, NM. All proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum. Talk schedule posted below.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Please register for all talks, which can be experienced in-person or on-line via zoom, and see full schedules for all additional weekend events and registration options here:
Fred Harvey History Weekend 2022 Tickets, Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
Nov 4, 2022
First Friday Fractals return to NM Museum of Natural History & Science on Nov. 4
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is thrilled to announce that live fractal shows on the first Friday of the month will be returning to the Museum after an absence of nearly three years, beginning on Friday, Nov. 4.
Nov 5, 2022
Native Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo to explore the desert surrounding the site and learn about the native plants of the region. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission.
Nov 5, 2022
Library Book Sale Fundraiser
New Mexico Museum of Art
Nov 5, 2022
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
November 4-5, 2022
Please join us for the annual Fred Harvey history weekend. Learn more about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the Santa Fe Railroad, and their roles in civilizing the Wild West and developing New Mexico. The three-day event will include Friday and Saturday talks at the museum, a ticketed dinner and auction on Friday night at La Fonda on the Plaza, along with additional activities in Santa Fe, Balen, and Las Vegas, NM. All proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum. Talk schedule posted below.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Please register for all talks, which can be experienced in-person or on-line via zoom, and see full schedules for all additional weekend events and registration options here:
Fred Harvey History Weekend 2022 Tickets, Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
Nov 5, 2022
Diwali: The Festival of Lights
National Hispanic Cultural Center
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Diwali is one of the biggest Hindu festivals, celebrated in India with great enthusiasm and happiness for five continuous days.
Nov 6, 2022
Día de Familia: Día de los Muertos
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The spirit of Día de los Muertos comes alive at our November Día de Familia!
Nov 6, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Nov 6, 2022
NM Resident FREE Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Mexico residents admitted FREE on the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Come explore our engaging exhibits!
Nov 6, 2022
Grounded in Clay Film Day, featuring documentary films associated with Grounded in Clay.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Join Museum of Indian Arts & Culture for the Grounded in Clay Film Day on November 6
Celebrating the history and art of Pueblo pottery, The Grounded in Clay Film Day brings together different communities and families to discuss the past, present, and future of this remarkable and vibrant art form.
The museum will screen Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pottery, a documentary on the exhibition produced by New Mexico PBS; a documentary about Lucy Lewis, the Acoma potter and matriarch; and Our Quiyo, a short film about Marina Martinez. Please find a schedule and more details below.
Admission to the museum and program attendance is free for New Mexico residents.
Nov 6, 2022
"Mars: Science and Culture" Last Look at NM Museum of Natural History & Science through November 6
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Visitors to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) have just a few days left to explore depictions of the Red Planet in science and media, before Mars: Science and Culture makes way for a new Space Science exhibition.
Nov 9, 2022
Painted Reflections Pottery Demonstration by Lorraine Gala Lewis (Laguna / Hopi / Taos)
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Painted Reflections: Isomeric Design in Ancestral Pueblo Pottery
Lorraine Gala Lewis is a potter who is known for gaining inspiration from Ancestral Pueblo motifs, shapes, and styles. In discussing her work with King Galleries, Lewis says, “I delved into this and began collecting materials, visiting museums, and viewing private collections, focusing on works dating from 850 ad to 1200 AD. Studying these early art forms led to rediscovering our ancestral lands; these visits enhanced my creativity. The stories of our early paintings, petroglyphs and rock carvings made me pay closer attention to detail.
Free with museum admission.
This program is made possible through generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Nov 10, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday November 10, 2022 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start at 2 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We hope to see you there! This tour is included in general admission. $7/adult. Free for children 16 and under. Please call 575-355-2573 for more information.
Nov 11, 2022 - Nov 12, 2022
Fall flamenco returns to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Nov. 11-12
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Join us at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) for two nights of flamenco on Nov. 11-12, as the NHCC and the National Institute of Flamenco present Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company in Çiertas Danças. The performance features spirited collaborations between invited artists Rafael Estévez and Valeriano Paños, and musical guests Alicia Morales and Ángel Ruíz.
Nov 12, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Nov 13, 2022
The Magic of Mexico: The Joys, Celebrations and Rituals of Daily Life
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Friends of Folk Art will have a travel photography slide presentation and lecture with David Saxe in the Vernick Auditorium. The photographs were made over several years during the events and activities surrounding the annual Pilgrimage of the Virgin of Guadalupe from Puebla to Mexico City, and local celebrations in smaller villages in the Sierra Norte. Although not entirely about the “Pilgrimage”, the photographs serve as a stepping stone to document the culture, rituals, magic, and daily life of the Mexican people. This will not be an anthropology lecture; it will be more about the process of making good photographs—by getting closer to your subject and sharing their experiences. Guadalupe only serves as a starting point in getting there.
Doors open at 2 pm and reception will follow. Masks are preferred.
Registration is free for FOFA Members. All participants must be current Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) members. To join, please go to: https://www.museumfoundation.org/friends/friends-of-folk-art/
Nov 16, 2022
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s lobby to look at your treasures for "Let’s Take a Look". Bring a weaving, ceramic, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our in-person meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo)and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney.
Nov 17, 2022
Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering...A Place of Survival
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join Historic Site Manager Aaron Roth for an online evening lecture, where he will share the history of Fort Sumner and the establishment of the Bosque Redondo Reservation for Diné and Ndé people. As well, he will discuss the history of how the State of New Mexico did not always tell the true history of the site but later came to embrace a truer representation of the history through partnership with Navajo Nation and the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
Nov 18, 2022
"Black-on-White or White-on-Black? Perspectives on Puebloan Pottery Design.”
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Presentation by Diana Sherman
You are invited to a behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of vessels in the Southwestern pottery collection of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Center for New Mexico Archaeology (CNMA) in a presentation titled "Black-on-White or White-on-Black? Perspectives on Puebloan Pottery Design.”
Nov 19, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Nov 19, 2022
A Community in Conflict
New Mexico History Museum
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Film Screening & Symposium
In conjunction with our traveling Smithsonian exhibition, “Righting a Wrong”, which focuses on the Japanese American incarceration camps in New Mexico and throughout the United States, through little known stories within the WWII Department of Justice, please join us for a screening of the documentary film “A Community In Conflict” by filmmaker Claudia Katayanagi, along with a panel discussion, additional talks and dramatizations from the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Players. This film examines the conflict and resolution that brought a community together in reaction to the installment of the marker 20 years ago, acknowledging the existence of a WWII-era Japanese Internment Camp in Santa Fe, NM.
Pre-registration and ticketing requested. Limited Seating. Bottled water only please.
Additional information and ticketing link here: https://635b238d0debd.site123.me
Photo credit: The Mochida family, wearing identification tags, awaits a bus. They were forced to leave their two-acre nursery and greenhouse operation in Eden, California, May 1942.
Dorothea Lange, Courtesy of National Archives
Nov 19, 2022 - Nov 20, 2022
Family fun weekend celebrating "Roving With Perseverance" at NMMNHS
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Celebrate the arrival of a new exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) on Nov. 19-20 with a weekend of fun, learning, and plenty of chocolate!
Nov 20, 2022
Woven: Traditional Swedish Hair Jewelry
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a public talk with hair weaver, artist and teacher, Karen Keenan.
FREE with museum admission. To request ASL interpretation, please contact patricia.sigala@state.nm.us by November 10.
in 2018, supported by the American Scandinavian Foundation, Karen traveled to Våmhus, home of her ancestors. There she learned how to make table-made hair jewelry from Joanna Svensson, a master hairworker. In October 2019, the Nordic Center in Duluth, MN featured a hair jewelry exhibition curated by Karen. She began teaching hair jewelry making, first at the Nordic Center and then at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN.
Nov 20, 2022
Hair Weaving Workshop with Karen Keenan
Museum of International Folk Art
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Scandianavian hair weaving expert, teacher & scholar Karen Keenan presents a 2 hour workshop on the Gimping Technique.
One of 4 traditional sentimental era hairwork techniques, gimping was widely used to create handcrafted items such as brooches, gift cards, and for home adornments such as framed and hung hair wreaths. It and other hairwork techniques became less commonly made after the early 1900’s. Class participants will learn this technique by making multiple gimped strands with synthetic hair and wire. Shaped strands will then be attached to a card to keep or give to a friend or loved one.
To register for the free workshop email: leslie.fagre@state.nm.us
The workshop is restricted to 12 participants, but there will also be a waiting list if necessary.
Nov 26, 2022
Campfire Cooking
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike and learn some basic campfire cooking with a Thanksgiving twist! Experience traditional Thanksgiving foods with a local flare. Recipes and tips will be provided. Demonstration and ranger interaction included in general admission. *Ranger Mike’s ability to cook over a live fire dependent on state and local fire restrictions.*
Nov 27, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sundays with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. Our projects are always changing with changing gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
This month’s themes: Sunday, November 27th - Tramp Art, Make a Notched Paper Frame!
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Nov 30, 2022
LECTURE SERIES: Painted Reflections
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In Conversation - INDIGENOUS CERAMICS PRACTICES IN THE AMERICAS
Bill Gilbert, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Dr. Joseph Traugott, co-curators of Painted Reflections.
Dec 1, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday December 1, 2022 for the last guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial this season. The last tour will start at 2 p.m. and end at 3 p.m. We hope to see you there! This tour is included in general admission. $7/adult. Free for children 16 and under. Please call 575-355-2573 for more information.
Dec 1, 2022
VIRTUAL TOURS: Alexander Girard’s Nativities
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kick-off the 40th Anniversary of the Alexander Girard Wing with the Museum of International Folk Art in December. As part of the Celebration, we invite you to join us for 3 different virtual tours of the Wing- Nativities; 40th Fab Favs; and Focus on Five- presented over zoom with our Fabulous Docents as your guides. An engaging and intriguing peek into the world of "Multiple Visions: Common Bonds" for everyone; and all free. Please note tours run on MOUNTAIN TIME.
Dec 2, 2022
First Friday- Drawing In The Galleries
New Mexico Museum of Art
Join us on Friday, December 2nd from 5-7pm for Drawing in the Galleries.
Dec 2, 2022
Old Town Holiday Stroll
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The City of Albuquerque’s Old Town Holiday Stroll is returning on Dec. 2 after a two-year hiatus, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is thrilled to be part of the festivities!
Dec 2, 2022 - Dec 11, 2022
Cardboard Playhouse: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer JR.
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The holiday classic soars off the screen in this Broadway Junior musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Performances on Dec. 2, Dec. 4, Dec. 10, and Dec. 11.
Dec 3, 2022
Baila! Baila!’s: Christmas in New Mexico
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Christmas in New Mexico blends holiday traditions from around the globe with our own traditions here in New Mexico. The result is a celebration of music and dance that must be seen to be believed!
Dec 3, 2022
Winter Letters From the Reservation
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Winter Letters from the Reservation (In-Person), Saturday December 3, 2022 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The evening will begin with a traditional New Mexico dinner of pork posolé, tortillas, tortilla chips, salsa, and a winter cake served with coffee or hot chocolate from the hot chocolate bar. Dinner will be followed by a journey into the Memorial’s storyteller’s room where volunteers and staff will tell the story of life on the reservation through archival letters and oral histories from the months of November, December, January, and February (1863-1867). There is no admission fee for this event and the food is free. Please join us and listen to history unfold.
Dec 3, 2022
Baila! Baila!’s Christmas in New Mexico
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Christmas in New Mexico blends holiday traditions from around the globe with our own traditions here in New Mexico. The result is a celebration of music and dance that must be seen to be believed!
Dec 3, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Dec 4, 2022
Railroading and Old Santa Fe
New Mexico History Museum
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
an Exhibition, Short Film, & Lecture about NM Railroad History
The Old Santa Fe Association and the New Mexico History Museum have partnered for “Railroading and Old Santa Fe.” This history event will feature a visit to the exhibit "Working on the Railroad," a short train film by John Gaw Meem, and a lecture by railroad historian Fred Friedman.
Fred Friedman is a recognized authority on New Mexico’s railroads, having served as a government transportation administrator, a railroad accident investigator, & expert witness about railroad accidents across the country.
He has lectured and written on New Mexico’s railroads, their depots, workers, legislation, and related subjects. Recognized as a New Mexico History Scholar, by the Office of the State Historian, he researched the subject of Native American Railroad Workers 1880-2000 and recently edited the personal memoir of a depression era track maintenance supervisor, Forty Years on the Santa Fe Railroad: 1921-1961. Fred recently published a two-part article for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s El Palacio Magazine on the history of the Lamy branch line.
To reserve your seat, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/3xbpkbem
Limited seating, walk-ins welcome space permitting, bottled water only please
Museum free to NM resident’s 1st Sunday of each month Nov-April
Photo credit: New Mexico History Museum Photo Archives
Dec 4, 2022
Dawn ’til Dusk Day
Los Luceros Historic Site
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas.
Dec 4, 2022
Baila! Baila!’s Christmas in New Mexico
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Christmas in New Mexico blends holiday traditions from around the globe with our own traditions here in New Mexico. The result is a celebration of music and dance that must be seen to be believed!
Dec 4, 2022
The 40th Anniversary of Alexander Girard’s Multiple Visions a Common Bond
Museum of International Folk Art
10:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Join us for the special celebration of the 40th Anniversary of our permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond. Enjoy a full day of programming from hands-on activities, performances, and music.
Museum Admission and all events are FREE and open to the public!
Dec 4, 2022
MEET THE CURATORS Nampeyo to Namingha: An Artistic Legacy
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Grounded in Clay community curators, Dan, Arlo, and Michael Namingha, for a conversation on family legacy and artistic tradition. Respected artists in their own right, the Naminghas will discuss the myriad ways they honor their Nampeyo family’s legacy through their own artistic practices.
Dec 5, 2022
VIRTUAL TOURS: "FAB FAVES" As the Girard Wing Turns 40
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kick-off the 40th Anniversary of the Alexander Girard Wing with the Museum of International Folk Art in December. As part of the Celebration, we invite you to join us for 3 different virtual tours of the Wing- Nativities; 40th Fab Favs; and Focus on Five- presented over zoom with our Fabulous Docents as your guides. An engaging and intriguing peek into the world of "Multiple Visions: Common Bonds" for everyone; and all free. Please note tours run on MOUNTAIN TIME.
Register for the zoom at the date and time you prefer below:
Dec 5, 2022 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) A TIME TO CELEBRATE: "FAB FAVES" AS THE GIRARD WING TURNS 40
Dec 7, 2022
Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Deeply Honored: Two Heroes of the 442nd
Please join Fred Hagstrom, Emeritus Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Art, Carleton College, for an ONLINE presentation about the incarceration of people of Japanese descent during World War II, as part of our Friends of History lecture series. The talk is based on two artist’s books: “Deeply Honored” and “Returning Home”, and covers the student relocation project, an initiative that allowed some students of college age to leave camp for their education, as well as the loyalty of Nisei who left camp to volunteer for military service.
Fred Hagstrom has recently moved to New Mexico after a career teaching at Carleton College in Minnesota. His books and prints are held in numerous public collections, including the Library of Congress. He has spoken on the topic of the World War II incarceration at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, near Seattle.
Register here: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/deeply-honored-two-heroes-of-the-442nd/
Photo credit: Courtesy of Fred Hagstrom from his book, deeply honored. St. Paul, Minnesota: Strong Silent Type Press, 2010.
Donations Welcome
Dec 7, 2022
Ranger-Guided Tour
Fort Selden Historic Site
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Ranger Flo for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins. Explore 1400 years of history from the Mogollon to the Spanish and the American military. Tour included in general admission.
Dec 7, 2022
Pottery Demonstration - Functional Pottery
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Presented by Martha Romero (Nambe)
The utilitarian aspect of pottery is very important to her and she will demonstrate the cooking in, and caring for, bean pots and other functional pieces.”
Dec 9, 2022
Light Among the Ruins
Jemez Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Light Among the Ruins is a fantastic opportunity to take in the beauty of Giusewa Pueblo and San Jose de los Jemez Mission, enhanced by the hundreds of farolitos dotting the site — and to appreciate the culture of Jemez Pueblo and Jemez Springs.
Dec 9, 2022
Noche de Familia: Encanto
National Hispanic Cultural Center
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Decorate ornaments and craft luminarias, while enjoying music, hot chocolate, and biscochitos. Then, enjoy a free screening of Encanto at 7:00 pm!
Dec 10, 2022
Museum Holiday Open House
New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission
Please join the New Mexico History Museum, the Museum of Art, and the Friends of History to celebrate the holiday season with a combined open house event. Along with music, crafts and holiday cheer, we encourage you to weave through the history of New Mexico and enjoy fabulous art in our gallery exhibitions.
Museums are open 10-5pm, and events are scheduled from 11-4pm.
Complimentary admission to both museums for this special day!
Dec 10, 2022
Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The New Mexico Museum of Art’s Holiday Open House is back this year and better than ever.
Dec 10, 2022
Christmas Joy
National Hispanic Cultural Center
6:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 38th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy.
Dec 10, 2022 - Dec 11, 2022
Christmas Joy
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Magnify Dance Ensemble presents Christmas Joy. Come, Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 38th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy.
Dec 10, 2022
Light Among the Ruins
Jemez Historic Site
Light Among the Ruins is a fantastic opportunity to take in the beauty of Giusewa Pueblo and San Jose de los Jemez Mission, enhanced by the hundreds of farolitos dotting the site — and to appreciate the culture of Jemez Pueblo and Jemez Springs.
Dec 10, 2022
Holiday Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art | New Mexico History Museum
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Mexico Museum of Art and New Mexico History Museum bring holiday cheer to Santa Fe’s historic plaza.
Dec 11, 2022
Las Posadas
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The 46th annual community celebrated event returns to the plaza
Las Posadas returns to historic Santa Fe plaza!
Dec 11, 2022
Christmas Joy
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 38th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy.
Dec 11, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sundays with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. Our projects are always changing with changing gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
This month’s themes: Sunday, December 11th - Tin Art, Make an Embossed Aluminum Frame!
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Dec 16, 2022
FOCA+P Holiday Party
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
A holiday festivity for current Friends of Contemporary Art and Photography (FOCA+P) members.
Dec 16, 2022
Winter Glow Holiday Stroll on Museum Hill
Museum Hill Partners
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a delightful winter celebration at the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Explore and enjoy family-friendly activities at each of our sites throughout the program.
Dec 16, 2022
Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It’s an opportunity to experience our holiday traditions here in New Mexico blended with the most popular holiday ballet of all time!
Dec 16, 2022
Winter Glow Holiday Stroll on Museum Hill
Museum of International Folk Art
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a delightful winter celebration at the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Explore and enjoy family-friendly activities at each of our sites throughout the program.
Dec 16, 2022
Winter Glow Holiday Stroll on Museum Hill
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for a delightful winter celebration at the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Explore and enjoy family-friendly activities at each of our sites throughout the program.
Dec 17, 2022
Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
It’s an opportunity to experience our holiday traditions here in New Mexico blended with the most popular holiday ballet of all time!
Dec 17, 2022
Lights of Los Luceros
Los Luceros Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Walk the grounds and explore the majestic historic buildings while they are all lit up for the holidays!
Construction along NM68 is currently impacting the entrance to Los Luceros. Please see the directions in this downloadable PDF map.
Dec 17, 2022 - Dec 18, 2022
Native American Portal Artisans’ Winter Youth Show
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission
A fantastic opportunity to begin supporting the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople.
Dec 17, 2022
Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It’s an opportunity to experience our holiday traditions here in New Mexico blended with the most popular holiday ballet of all time!
Dec 17, 2022
Holiday on the Hill!
New Mexico Museum of Space History
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A Free Day at the Museum for You and Yours!
The Museum of Space History is pleased to present "Holiday on the Hill" on Saturday, December 17. This free day at the museum features free admission for the entire family, fun activities for kids, holiday carolers, and a food drive at the New Horizons Theater and Planetarium - see a planetarium film or live star show for the low admission price of two cans of food per person!
Dec 18, 2022
Native American Portal Artisans’ Winter Youth Show
New Mexico History Museum
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free Admission
A fantastic opportunity to begin supporting the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople.
Dec 18, 2022
Nacimientos Open House
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Explore the Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property’s more than 200 Nativity scenes!
Dec 18, 2022
Winter Stroll at the Palace
New Mexico History Museum
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Free public event presented by the New Mexico History Museum
Experience the Palace of the Governors’ historical ambience, plus a taste of the holidays.
Dec 18, 2022
MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Museum of International Folk Art
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for art in the atrium on Sundays with art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. Our projects are always changing with changing gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.
This month’s themes: Sunday, December 18th - Tin Art, Make an Embossed Aluminum Frame!
Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission.
Dec 18, 2022
Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
It’s an opportunity to experience our holiday traditions here in New Mexico blended with the most popular holiday ballet of all time!
Dec 18, 2022
Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
National Hispanic Cultural Center
7:00 PM - 7:00 PM
It’s an opportunity to experience our holiday traditions here in New Mexico blended with the most popular holiday ballet of all time!
Dec 19, 2022
VIRTUAL TOURS: 40th Anniversary of the Alexander Girard Wing
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kick-off the 40th Anniversary of the Alexander Girard Wing with the Museum of International Folk Art in December. As part of the Celebration, we invite you to join us for 3 different virtual tours of the Wing- Nativities; 40th Fab Favs; and Focus on Five- presented over zoom with our Fabulous Docents as your guides. An engaging and intriguing peek into the world of "Multiple Visions: Common Bonds" for everyone; and all free. Please note tours run on MOUNTAIN TIME.
Register for the zoom at the date and time you prefer below:
Dec 20, 2022
Farm-La-La
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum’s first "Farm-La-La" event is scheduled for Dec. 20 from 4-7 p.m.
Dec 20, 2022 - Dec 29, 2022
Family Science Days at NMMNHS
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Winter break is nearly upon us, but there are plenty of opportunities for kids to continue learning about science even after school lets out. Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) for a series of Family Science Days over winter break.
Dec 21, 2022
SAR Artists Live on Instagram with Joseph Aguilar
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tune into SAR Artists Live on Thursday, December 1 at 6:00 p.m. MDT!
We chat with Joseph Aguilar (San Ildefonso), a member of the Pueblo Pottery Collective. This Native-based collective is comprised of artists, community organizers, museum professionals, scholars and more – namely, all of whom have been curators for the exhibition “Grounded in Clay”.
Dec 21, 2022
Let’s Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
MIAC staff are returning to the museum’s lobby to look at your treasures for "Let’s Take a Look". Bring a weaving, ceramic, piece of jewelry (or something else!) to our in-person meeting, and curator of ethnology Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) and MIAC assistant curator, Lillia McEnaney.
Dec 21, 2022
Science Fiction or Fact- "The Martian" (2015)
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Join us at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science as we celebrate the Winter Solstice with an evening of science fiction and stargazing!
Dec 21, 2022
Library Open House
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
We invite you to drop into the Museum Library on Dec. 21 from 10 AM - 1 PM to view greeting cards from our archival collections.
Dec 31, 2022
Opera Southwest: New Year’s with the Opera!
National Hispanic Cultural Center
2:30 PM - 2:30 PM
New Year’s with the Opera! is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year.
Dec 31, 2022
Noches de Luminarias
Fort Selden Historic Site
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
After two years, the Site’s annual holiday tradition has returned!
