Feb 2, 2024
First Friday: Valentines Card Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Come make a card for the special people in your life!
Feb 2, 2024
Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk
New Mexico History Museum
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fall in love with history: Visit the EnchantOrama! New Mexico Magazine Celebrates 100 exhibition, and type love notes on a vintage typewriter & discover love stories including DH Lawrence’s connection to NM.
Photo credit: courtesy of the NMHM
Feb 4, 2024
SUNDAY FUN DAY AT MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CARD MAKING: Valentine card making for the whole family!
FREE to NM residents with a valid ID
Card Making and other fun art activities in the Education Classroom at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - on Museum Hill off Old Santa Fe Trail, 710 Camino Lejo. 505.476.1269 or www.indianartsandculture.org.
Feb 4, 2024
Lunar New Year Celebration
Museum of International Folk Art
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon and Asian New Year traditions from 1-4 pm.
1:00- 4:00 pm All ages art activities
1:30 and 3:30 pm Quang Minh Temple Lion Dance Group Parade
2:00 and 3:00 pm Taiko Drumming performance by Santa Fe Wadaiko *
Free Admission for New Mexico residents.
*Provided with ASL Interpretation
The Quang Minh Lion Dance Group of Albuquerque is a non-profit lion dance troupe. "All funds raised by the youth group are used to further the teachings of Buddhism and Vietnamese language and culture to the community. Quang Minh Buddhist Youth Group was founded in 1996 and is still going 15 years strong. Our lion dance troupe has been the finest and oldest team around for over a decade. Join us for one of our energy filled performances and experience the history and tradition! We perform year around. Bringing good luck and fortune to any event."
Feb 4, 2024
N.M. Art Book Club
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us in the galleries to discuss Walter Cooper’s memoir: "Unbuttoned: Gay Life in the Santa Fe Arts Scene" as we take a look at the current exhibition Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969
Feb 4, 2024
Family Art Making
New Mexico Museum of Art
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum.
Feb 7, 2024
Friends of History Wednesday ON-LINE Lecture Series
New Mexico History Museum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters
Please join Nick Pappas, for an ON-LINE historic talk related to the tragic mining events in Dawson, New Mexico, as part of our Friends of History lecture series.
In October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the lives of another 120 miners. Today, all that remains is a cemetery marked by a sea of white iron crosses memorializing the nearly four hundred miners killed in the two explosions — and a vibrant community that still gathers by the hundreds every other Labor Day weekend for a picnic reunion on the old townsite, long after the town was no more. Nick Pappas will present the history of these events, of the rise and decline of the mining town of Dawson, and of the strong bond of former residents and families of Dawson that remains to this day.
Nick Pappas worked for four decades in the newspaper industry, most recently as an editor at the Albuquerque Journal. He has written news stories, columns and award-winning editorials, as well as freelance articles for magazines. Prior to the Albuquerque Journal, Nick spent nearly 24 years at The Telegraph of Nashua, New Hampshire, where he served at different times as business editor, city editor, managing editor, editor-in-chief and editorial page editor. He was named an editorial writer of the year by the New England Newspaper and Press Association in 2009 and 2011, and he was recognized by the New Hampshire Press Association with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Nick now lives with his wife, Susan, in Albuquerque.
Free registration and ON-LINE lecture link here: Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico and Its Twin Mining Disasters - Friends of History (friendsofhistorynm.org)
Photo credit: Book cover-Courtesy of University of New Mexico Press, 2023
This presentation is drawn from Nick Pappas’ book, Crosses of Iron: The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters (2023). The book is available from the University of New Mexico Press (unmpress.com) and your local bookstore (bookshop.org).
Following the broadcast, the link to the full presentation will be posted on the Friends of History YouTube and Facebook pages. Videos of this lecture and all other online First Wednesday Lectures are available on the Friends of History website: https://friendsofhistorynm.org/lecture-series/
Donations Welcome
Feb 11, 2024
Friends of Folk Art present Rapa Nui  an In-Depth Tour of Easter Island with Ken Collins.
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FOFA, Lecture, members only
Please join us on Sunday, February 11, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to explore the mysteries and theories surrounding the ruins left behind by ancestors of the Rapa Nuians. Ken Collins will focus on a visit he made to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in 2019. This involved a detailed exploration of sites on the island led by a local couple. The husband being Rapa Nuian and the wife, an American ex-pat whose grandfather was perhaps the most famous non-native archeologist to explore the ruins left behind by ancestors of the present-day native people. There are many theories about why the sites were abandoned, but increasingly, a clearer picture is coming into focus. The presentation will include natural features, the moai (statues) at various sites and the fascinating quarry where the stone was excavated and carved.
This event is for FOFA members ONLY. FOFA members will receive an invitation by email which will include all the details. A single membership allows access to one ticket. A dual membership allows for two tickets.
Caption: Rapa Ranaku Archeological Site (the abandoned quarry where the "moai" (statues) were sculpted.
For information on joining FOFA, a membership group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, please click here.
For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com
Feb 16, 2024
HERE, NOW AND ALWAYS - NATIVE NARRATIVE SPEAKER SERIES SOLD OUT!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A Conversation with Artist TONY ABEYTA
Musuem of Indian Arts and Culture - Kathryn O’Keeffe Theatre.
SOLD OUT! Space is limited. Purchase your ticket in advance to reserve your seat. Visit my.nmculture.org/26827 or call (505) 476-1269 today! Members - use your promo code!
Generously funded by Edward and Maria Gale-Gale Family Foundation
Feb 16, 2024
Nancy Holt Film & Video Festival
New Mexico Museum of Art
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
We are proud to partner with the Holt-Smithson Foundation to present a special screening event of Nancy Holt film and video works at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 16 – 17, 2024.
Feb 19, 2024
NEW MEXICO ARTS ANNOUNCES POETRY OUT LOUD STATE FINALS
New Mexico Arts
High School Students in New Mexico Compete in National Poetry Recitation Competition
New Mexico Arts announces the state finals for Poetry Out Loud®. Presented in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
Feb 21, 2024
Organ Recital Series - Part I
New Mexico Museum of Art
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In the first installment of Pro Musica’s Organ Recital Series local organ extraordinaire David Solem performs music by Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach, and César Franck.
Feb 23, 2024
Final Friday: Painting with Light at the Vladem Contemporary
New Mexico Museum of Art
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join museum staff to learn about photographic light painting around the outside of the Museum
Feb 25, 2024
Join us for the exhibit opening of Staff Picks: Favorites from the Collection
Museum of International Folk Art
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FREE with Museum Admission
FREE with Museum Admission
Enjoy performances by the Academy for the Classics & Technology Varsity Stringband and refreshments by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico, while exploring this exciting new exhibit!
Staff Picks: Favorites from the Collection features objects that were selected by members of the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) staff. The exhibition showcases 70 artworks from 26 countries and includes 38 recognized artists.
The selections highlight the diversity of the museum’s collection and present the perspectives of staff through their favorite works. Staff made their selections by touring museum storage, researching work in the collection, picking pieces from previous exhibitions, or choosing from a geographic area.
Feb 27, 2024
Of Noble Kings Descended: Colonial Documents and the Ancient Southwest
New Mexico Museum of Art
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us on February 27 for the El Rancho de las Golondrinas Winter Lecture Series.
Feb 27, 2024
3rd Annual Taylor Collection Bracket Tournament
Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property
For the 3rd year running, Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property staff have chosen 32 objects from the extensive Taylor Family Collection to compete in a bracket-style tournament.
