The Sangre de Cristo Chorale performance will include the piece that they created in honor of NEA award winner, Esther Martinez, one of the New Mexican artists featured in the A Century of Masters exhibition. The Los Titeriteros will do 2 puppet performances of the holiday favorite, Doña Adelina. Hands -on art making activities for […]
A special community holiday celebration featuring Pueblo children's book author/storyteller Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia, Navajo ribbon and basket dance performances by Diné Tah’ Dancers, Tewa Woman’s Choir (Ohkay Owingeh) and hands-on arts-and-crafts activities. Free with admission.The schedule:1-4 pm:Holiday hands-on ornaments with Bill and Steven Lockwood (Ohkay Owingeh), MIAC classroom. Make your own ornaments.1 pm: Diné Tah’ […]
Get a dose of old-fashioned charm at the 27th anniversary of the annual Christmas at the Palace -- a must-do event for a proper, Santa Fe-style holiday. Held in the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors, a National Historic Landmark, the evening is a popular community gathering with Santa, music and more.Children visit with Santa, families […]
A talk and booksigning: Turquoise :The World Story of a Fascinating Gemstone Authors Joe Dan and Joe P. Lowry begin at 2:30pm with their talk and the book signing will be from 3:00 to 4:00pm The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Theater Their wonderful new book, Turquoise focuses on the latest information inscience and […]
The annual candle-lit procession of Las Posadas travels around the Santa Fe Plaza and concludes in the Palace Courtyard. This version of an old Hispanic tradition recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place to give birth to the Baby Jesus – and throws in a few devils for good measure. Stay for carols in the Palace […]
The Palace Press will close on Tuesdays through Jan. 18. Until then, the press is open Wednesday through Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
During this time, 12noon-2pm, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest […]
Join us as the New Mexico Museum of Art launches three exciting new web projects to expand its reach throughout the state, and beyond. At the Santa Fe Complex, 3:00 p.m. on December 17, explore the new ways you can virtually visit the Museum. And, you can try all three projects firsthand.SAM (Searchable Art Museum) […]
It’s a New Mexico icon: Native American vendors at the Palace of the Governors. See what the future of their creations holds as children and grandchildren of the Portal Artisans show off their creations -- and give you a chance to pick up some nifty Christmas presents. Come to the John Gaw Meem Room on […]
Diné storyteller Sunny Dooley shares native tales in the Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton exhibition space at 10:30 am, Saturday, Dec. 18. This family event is free with museum admission (children are always free). Dooley is a storyteller, poet, playwright, lecturer, and folksinger from a Four Corners community called Chi Chil' Tah (Where the […]
"Freckles and Warts are back!" Come to enjoy an afternoon of merriment with the annual Gustave Baumann Marionette performance. After the two short plays, you can have Santa Claus sit on YOUR lap for a photo. And, you can make your own puppet characters. Cookies and hot cider will be served.Annual Holiday Open House, Starring […]
Maritime Archaeologist Eric Ray speaks on “Navio Quebrado: The Wreck of La Belle and the Failed French Colony in the Southwest” at 2 pm, Sunday, Dec. 19, in the History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. The Threads of Memory Lecture Series accompanies the U.S. debut of the […]
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