DECEMBER 2012
Sunday, December 2, 1-4 pm
Gallery of CONSCIENCE/ AIDS Awareness Day
Participate in an afternoon of programs and a sneak preview of our new exhibit lab. Lend a hand in developing our upcoming exhibit, Let’s Talk About This: Folk Artists Respond to HIV/AIDS
By museum admission; New Mexico residents free on Sundays.
Sunday, December 9, 1-4 pm
OPENING OF NEW WORLD CUISINE and ANNUAL WINTER CELEBRATION
Opening of New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más and the Museum’s Annual Winter Celebration. Gourd painting for ages 3 – 103 with Spanish Market artist Monica Sosaya Halford, chocolate tasting with Mark Sciscenti, and live music by Frank McCulloch y Sus Amigos. By museum admission; New Mexico residents free on Sundays.
**TUESDAY DECEMBER 25 MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY (please note all four New Mexico State Museums and the State Monuments will also be closed)**
JANUARY 2013
Sunday, January 6 , 2013, 1:30-4 pm
CLOSING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG BRIDES, OLD TREASURES: MACEDONIAN EMBROIDERED DRESS
1:30 Gallery talk on Macedonian Aprons with exhibition curator Bobbie Sumberg, Ph.D.,
2:00 Lecture on Aprons by Joyce Cheney, author Aprons: Icons of the American Home
3:00 Open Discussion: Bring an Apron to Share.
By museum admission; New Mexico residents free on Sundays.
Thursday, January 10, 2013, 2-4 pm
SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN WINTER LECTURE SERIES
First in a series of lectures taking place on the 2nd THURSDAY of each month in the museum auditorium. SFBG members admitted free, or $5 at the door. Reservations required, call 505-471-9103. Visit santafebotanicalgarden.org for more information.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 2 pm
FILM SCREENING –TODOS SANTOS IN CANDELARIA
Presentation and film about the celebration of Todos Santos in Candelaria, in the southern Andes of Bolivia in conjunction with the exhibition Folk Art of the Andes. By museum admission; New Mexico resident seniors 60+ free every Wednesday.
FEBRUARY 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 2 pm
SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN WINTER LECTURE SERIES
Second lecture of the series taking place on the 2nd THURSDAY of each month in the museum auditorium. SFBG members admitted free, or $5 at the door. Reservations required, call 505-471-9103. Visit santafebotanicalgarden.org for more information
Sunday, February, 2013, 2 pm
CHOCOLATE LECTURE AND TASTING
Chocolate historian Mark Sciscenti talks about chocolate’s long history followed by a chocolate tasting. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más. By museum admission; New Mexico residents free every Sunday.
SAVE THE DATE– SUNDAY MARCH 3, 2013, 1 – 4 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Plain Geometry: Amish Quilts opens in the Cotsen gallery of the Neutrogena Wing
Public information number: 505-476-1200
http://www. internationalfolkart.org
OPEN Tuesdays-Sundays 10 am-5 pm
Closed Mondays, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.