Spend a weekend exploring the life of Mary Jane Colter, the brilliant architect and designer whose work for the Fred Harvey Co. left a lasting legacy of what became known worldwide as Southwest style. Begin with a reception April 1 at La Fonda on the Plaza, where Colter’s designs still define an authentic Santa Fe […]
Artist of the Week - A series of gallery talks by docents of the New Mexico Museum of Art, featuring artists on display in the museum. Wednesdays at 12:15 - FREE with museum admission (NM Seniors are free on Wednesdays; NM residents: $6; Adults $9; children 16 and under free; $1 discount for students). April […]
Author Mark Dworkin speaks on "Walter Noble Burns and the Myth of Billy the Kid," at noon on Thursday, April 7 in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public. Dworkin is a free-lance writer, editor, history educator, […]
Join the Friends of Contemporary Art and celebrate the New Mexico Museum of Art’s newest photography exhibition. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the private reception and meet some of the artists in the exhibition. Plus, you'll get a sneak peek before it opens to the public.Reservations by calling (505) 992-2715, ext 1 or send […]
Ansel Adams’ and Eliot Porter’s landscape photography fueled a growing concern for the environment in this country. Earth Now starts with a suite of works by these two artists and moves on to a group of landscape photographers who came of age in the 1970s.A small historical section at the beginning of the show focuses […]
Join birding experts from the Randall Davey Audubon Center for an urban bird hike in the "wilds" of downtown Santa Fe. This event is free, but space is limited. Call (505) 476- 5106 for a reservation.The wonders of nature are closer than you may think. Learn how to identify a few of our feathered friends […]
Visit the Liquid Light Studio with Elodie Holmes on Baca Street with an opportunity for four to make an individual glass item (small charge) and visit the Mitch Berg Studio in the afternoon. Lunch on your own at "Counter Culture" on Baca Street. Free to Friends of Folk Art members.Not a Museum or Friends of […]
Untrammeled: A Model for Wilderness Working in black-and-white with a large camera, the artist Michael P. Berman acknowledges his place in the landscape photography tradition established by Ansel Adams. Like Adams, Berman's emphasis is on a profound appreciation of the land that is based on direct personal experience of the places he photographs. While Adams […]
The presence of wolves in the West and how humans relate to them were questions that Ernest Thompson Seton asked at the turn of the last century. They continue to be questions that we are still trying to answer today. At 2 pm on Sunday, April 10, Maggie Dwire, assistant Mexican wolf recovery coordinator for […]
Nestled along the Rio Grande, New Mexico's largest city hosts some of the state's best private collections. Spend a delightful afternoon exploring Hispanic and contemporary art and genres in between.Not a Circles member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!
This spring join Dr. Richard Ford, Professor Emeritius, University of Michigan, and members of the Friends of Archaeology for a tour of recently discovered petroglyphs. The tour will take place in the Vista Verde, BLM area, west of the Taos Junction Bridge. The total distance will cover approximately 4 miles and is semi-difficult, somewhat rugged, full […]
From Evelyn Fite Tune’s famously monogrammed cowboy boots to Fern Sawyer’s irrepressible spirit, Ranch Women of New Mexico celebrates an icon of the American West, from a female point of view. Featuring 11 women who have “cowgirled” or owned ranches in New Mexico, the exhibit represents selections from work by photographer Ann Bromberg and writer […]
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