Oct 1, 2023
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In October, we will be creating cyanotypes and experiementing with pin hole cameras at the new Vladem Contemporary.
Oct 4, 2023
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale - October 20 -22, 2023
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Artwork Drop-Off Day Wednesday, September 20th. Donate or consign your Native artwork and jewelry to support the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is excited to announce the return of the Collectors’ Sale, October 20-22, 2023. This sale traditionally has been an important fundraiser for the museum as well as a wonderful way to celebrate the collecting prowess of local donors and the community at large. The Collectors’ Sale is a three-day event including a live auction, fixed-price sale, lectures from experts and demonstrations by artists. The Collectors’ Sale will take place at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are asking for donations and consignments of Native artwork for this special fundraising event. Proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture to support their ongoing outreach efforts with tribal communities across the Southwest.
To donate or sell your pieces, please bring your item(s) to a drop-off day at the museum, or contact the event manager, Josh Rose, directly at collectorsale@museumfoundation.org.
Oct 4, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023
Fall Fiber Arts Programming
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fall Fiber Arts Programming: October 4-8 and October 18-22: Throughout the month of October, Bosque Redondo Memorial is hosting ongoing fiber arts programming featuring New Mexico Spinner and Weaver, Ms. Margaret Martinez-Blea. The Memorial is home to an average of 30 Churro Sheep and sometimes upwards of 50 during lambing season. Each fall, Site Staff, with the help of professionals, process wool fleeces to prepare it for use for weaving classes or for interpretive purposes. During this time, visitors will have a chance to observe the process that the site wool undergoes to become a useable textile. Demonstrations will include skirting, cleaning, carding, spinning, and weaving. Demonstrations can be observed in the Memorial Resource Room and is included in general admission.
Oct 4, 2023
Friends of History Wednesday ONLINE Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Blood in the Borderlands: The Rise and Fall of Charles Bent, 1829-1847
Please join David C. Beyreis, Author, Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saint Mary’s School, Raleigh, North Carolina, for an ONLINE talk as he shares the history of Charles Bent, New Mexico Governor, 1846, as part of our Friends of History ONLINE lecture series.
At the time of his violent death in 1847, Charles Bent was one of the most powerful men in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. He first came to New Mexico in 1829 and rapidly became an economic powerbroker in the region. Bent and his close associates used intermarriage with prominent local women to expand their business and political connections in New Mexico and the southern plains. As Bent’s influence grew, however, other powerful factions arose to oppose him. When the United States government made Bent governor of New Mexico in September 1846 his possibilities seemed limitless. His death four months later in the bloody Taos Revolt of 1847 exposed the deep rifts in the region’s communities and led to the rapid collapse of Bent, St. Vrain, and Company in 1849.
David C. Beyreis is the author of Blood in the Borderlands: Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821-1920 and articles on Southwest borderlands and Great Plains history. His work has won awards from the Historical Society of New Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail Association, Westerners International, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and currently teaches history at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Register for the ONLINE event here: Blood in the Borderlands: The Rise and Fall of Charles Bent, 1829-1847 - Friends of History (friendsofhistorynm.org)
Dr. Beyreis’ book, Blood in the Borderlands: Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821-1920, is available for purchase through the University of Nebraska Press at https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496202420/
Copies are also available at the New Mexico History Museum’s Spiegelberg Museum Shop or through your local bookstore at bookshop.org
Photo credit: Portrait of Charles Bent
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Friends of History Donations Welcome!
Oct 6, 2023
First Friday: Opening for Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us to celebrate the opening of our exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again.
Oct 7, 2023
Lincoln Lecture: The Escape and Death of Billy the Kid | Lincoln Historic Site
Lincoln Historic Site
On October 7, Herb Marsh will present "The Capture and Death of Billy the Kid," this year’s last Lincoln Lecture. Mr. Marsh will talk about what Billy and his friends were doing after the Lincoln County War. The lecture will be in the San Juan Church from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oct 7, 2023
Flea Fall Donation Days for Friends of Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.
Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.
Anyone can donate! If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.
Fall Donation Days
Saturday, October 7
Saturday, October 21
All 11 am to 2 pm
Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods.
All folk art donations are tax deductible.
If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.
Oct 8, 2023
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.
Dates & Themes:
The program time is from 10 am - 4 pm, and the program is free with museum admission. Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program is included with admission.
Oct 11, 2023
Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Join Ranger Kevin as he opens Fort Selden Historic Site at 6:00am to allow for early morning birding, photography, artist inspiration, and wildlife viewing.
Oct 11, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
While birdwatching during the simultaneously run event "Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins," join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins.
Oct 11, 2023
An Afternoon with the Curator of Contemporary Art
New Mexico Museum of Art
We invite you to meet the Museum of Art’s new Curator of Contemporary Art, Alexandra Terry.
Oct 12, 2023
Insider Insights: Collections Tour
New Mexico Museum of Art
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Go behind the scenes with a Katie Doyle, Assistant Curator, to explore our collections storage for a deep dive into facets of the Museum’s rich holdings.
Oct 13, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: Lensic Theater, San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1935.
Photographer: T. Harmon Parkhurst Negative number: 051556
Oct 13, 2023
Santa Fe High School Choir Performance
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Santa Fe High School Choir returns to the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium for their fall concert.
Oct 14, 2023
Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts Symposium
Museum of International Folk Art
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts is a one-day symposium that brings Indigenous artists and advocates into conversation about the climate crisis, which disproportionately affects Native communities “first and worst.” Coastal erosion, flooding, drought, wildfires, and severe storms threaten the well-being, lands, livelihoods, and arts of Indigenous peoples, with the impact being felt right now.
Featuring Diné ethnobotanist Arnold Clifford, Northern Chumash visual artist Leah Mata Fragua, Iñupiaq parka maker and climate initiatives program director Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer, and filmmaker, climate activist, and policy advocate Jade Begay (Tesuque/Diné/Southern Ute). With a reading by Iñupiaq poet dg nanouk okpik and a spoken word performance by IAIA students of Sheila Rocha’s Performance Poetry course.
Cautionary Tales is organized by the Museum of International Folk Art in collaboration with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the School for Advanced Research, and in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art’s current exhibition Ghhúunayúkata/To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. Funding for the symposium and the exhibition Ghhúunayúkata is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Oct 14, 2023
Shadow and Light: A Solar Eclipse Viewing Event
New Mexico Museum of Art
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Come celebrate the inaugural Vladem Contemporary exhibition Shadow and Light with a solar eclipse!
Oct 14, 2023
Museum Library Book Sale Fundraiser
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Support the Museum Library at a sale of art books, magazines, and catalogs.
Oct 14, 2023
Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Join Ranger Kevin as he opens Fort Selden Historic Site at 6:00am to allow for early morning birding, photography, artist inspiration, and wildlife viewing.
Oct 14, 2023
Ranger-Guided Tour | Fort Selden Historic Site
Fort Selden Historic Site
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
While birdwatching during the simultaneously run event "Sunrise and Inspiration Over the Ruins," join Ranger Mike for a guided tour of the Fort Selden ruins.
Oct 16, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.
Oct 18, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023
Fall Fiber Arts Programming
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fall Fiber Arts Programming: October 4-8 and October 18-22: Throughout the month of October, Bosque Redondo Memorial is hosting ongoing fiber arts programming featuring New Mexico Spinner and Weaver, Ms. Margaret Martinez-Blea. The Memorial is home to an average of 30 Churro Sheep and sometimes upwards of 50 during lambing season. Each fall, Site Staff, with the help of professionals, process wool fleeces to prepare it for use for weaving classes or for interpretive purposes. During this time, visitors will have a chance to observe the process that the site wool undergoes to become a useable textile. Demonstrations will include skirting, cleaning, carding, spinning, and weaving. Demonstrations can be observed in the Memorial Resource Room and is included in general admission.
Oct 19, 2023
New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department Site Specific Performance
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visit the Vladem Contemporary throughout the day for site specific performances by the New Mexico School for the Arts Dance Department.
Oct 20, 2023
Late Night Friday
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for Late Night Friday as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit at the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events, that over time touched New Mexico.
Tonight’s visit is FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS
Photo credit: Mission church at McCartys, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
Photographer: John Candelario, Date: 1940 - 1950?
Negative Number: 165882
Oct 20, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023
Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
October 20 -22, 2023
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is excited to invite you to the return of the Collectors’ Sale. This is an important fundraiser for the museum and a wonderful way to celebrate the art collecting community.
The Collector’s Sale will be a three-day event including a live auction, fixed-price sale, programming and demonstrations. Proceeds benefit the museum’s Native American education programs, outreach and exhibitions.
Friday, October 20 Live Auction Event: 5 - 8 p.m. on Milner Plaza. Tickets will be released soon.
Saturday October 21 - Sunday, October 22 Fixed-price sale: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Milner Plaza
For more information, email: collectorsale@museumfoundation.org. Or call: 505-660-8622
Oct 21, 2023
Flea Fall Donation Days for Friends of Folk Art
Museum of International Folk Art
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.
Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.
Anyone can donate! If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.
Last Fall Donation Day!
Saturday, October 21
Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods.
All folk art donations are tax deductible.
If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.
Oct 27, 2023
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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 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, Belen, and Las Vegas, NM. All net proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Pre-register at Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2023-tickets-482003223617?aff=oddtdtcreator
Talk schedule to follow.
Oct 27, 2023
Final Friday: Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Visit the Vladem Contemporary on the last Friday before Halloween for a Shadow and Light Scavenger Hunt and win some candy!
Oct 28, 2023
Fred Harvey History Weekend
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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 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, Belen, and Las Vegas, NM. All net proceeds will benefit the New Mexico History Museum.
Pre-registration required. Limited Seating available.
Pre-register at Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2023-tickets-482003223617?aff=oddtdtcreator
Talk schedule to follow.
Oct 29, 2023
Día de los Muertos 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.
1:00 pm - Enjoy a Gallery talk with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta in the Cartonería exhibit.
2:00 and 3:00 pm - Watch Los Niños de Santa Fe Dance Performances
2:00 – 4:00 pm - Book signing with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería/Paper Paste and Fiesta.
Leigh Thelmadatter lives in Mexico City and works as a freelance writer specializing in Mexican culture. She has a regular column with Mexico Daily News and is the author of Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta (Schiffer 2019). Her mission is to shed light on aspects of Mexican life and culture that do not get the attention they deserve.
Books will be available for purchase in our Museum Shop.
Oct 30, 2023
Elements of Art: Story Time at the Museum Library
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.
