John Carter, a curator and historian with the Nebraska State Historical Society speaks on “Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography,” at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.Download a high-resolution image of Carter and images from […]
Join Paul Hutton for "The Volunteers of the Spanish American War: New Mexico and its Rough Riders," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.Hutton is a history professor at the University of New Mexico and offers film classes […]
The third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. […]
To close our 2012 season, we have Avis Charley, an accomplished ledger artist of Dakota heritage from the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota, and Navajo from the Naakai Dine’ clan in New Mexico. Avis will speak of being an “Urban Indian” who went to live on her parents’ respective reservations as an adult. Join […]
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This day trip will include visits to two working New Mexico ranches, both of which are on the National Register. One has a showcase historic hacienda of nineteen preserved and beautifully maintained rooms. We will lunch on the hacienda’s portal and view the confluence of the Pecos and Gallinas rivers, where the Navajos on the […]
¡Viva la Fiesta! Enjoy panoramic views of the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the Sandia Mountains during Fiesta of Cultures, a celebration of local New Mexican traditions including Pueblo, Hispanic and Anglo. Event will feature fine artists and craftspeople, Native and old-world lifeways demonstrations, pottery firing, Spanish dancers, Mariachi band, living history, and art activities […]
Bake pan de muerto, a traditional Day of the Dead bread, in a period wood cook stove and an adobe horno. Visitors are welcome to join in the making and baking of these classic loaves, which they can then take home and share with friends and family. All supplies will be furnished.
Well-known artist and calligrapher Carol Pallesen of Reno, Nevada, offers a class on creating and binding a modern version of a Book of Hours, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28. Our contemporary book of hours will contain words closet to our hearts: inspirational words we will want to read and ponder daily. In this workshop we will decorate […]
Join poet Lisa Gill for readings from her book Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist, interspersed with portions of the film, Compassion Rising, an outgrowth of the 1968 meeting between the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton. The event, part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s […]
The Friends of Archaeology Holiday Party will be held at the Hotel Santa Fe. Come join the revelry and meet the Office of Archaeological Studies staff, the Friends of Archaeology Board members and see what archaeology projects Office of Archeaological Studies has been delving into during the past year. Bid on unique and unusual art […]
Space is still available to join the Friends of Folk Art on a trip exploring the beauty and wonder of Southern Folk Art. This trip will take you to see some beautiful museums, eccentric collections, and an amazing auction of folk art! This trip is first come, first served with limited numbers for Friends of […]
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