Sun Mountain Gathering has been held annually since 2002, is an exploration of Southwestern archaeology and celebrates over 12,000 years of cultural heritage in New Mexico. Native American dancers and musicians will perform throughout the day on spectacular Milner Plaza. Sun Mountain Gathering has activities for every age and interest. Visitors can learn about archaeology […]
The New Mexico Museum of Art will host an advance screening of a new episode of the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy nominated PBS series CRAFT IN AMERICA. The reception and screening will take place in the Museum’s St. Francis Auditorium 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2009. The new episode, entitled “Origins,” features […]
Manmade: Notions of Landscape from the Lannan Collection features the work of nine artists whose work is an exploration of man and the landscape—not landscape in its most literal sense, but landscape as a construction of meanings and relationships that are always morphing, growing, decaying, and exploding. These various facets of landscape include the natural, […]
Jason S. Shapiro is author of "Before Santa Fe: Archaeology of the City Different" and "Fingerprints on the Landscape: Space Syntax Analysis and Cultural Evolution in the Northern Rio Grande." He holds a PhD from Pennsylvania State University.
Introduction by Kate Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art Thomas Joshua Cooper will discuss his epic project “An Atlas of Emptiness and Extremity,” which he has been working on since 1990. With an 1898 field camera, Cooper has traversed the extreme edges of the entire Atlantic Basin, photographing the points where land […]
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 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 but […]
A wave of publicity during the 1980s projected Santa Fe to the world as an exotic tourist destination--America's own Tahiti in the desert. Chris Wilson's The Myth of Santa Fe goes behind the romantic adobe facades and mass marketing stereotypes to tell the fascinating but little-known story of how the city's alluring image was quite […]
Gamelan Demonstration by Professor Sumarsam» Master Gamelan Musician from Wesleyan University with New Mexico’s Gamelan Encantada».
Deepen your understanding of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, as well as the new exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, at this special symposium, 1-5 pm, Saturday, Nov. 7, at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Admission is $10; call 505-954-7200 for tickets."Beneath the City Different: The Archaeology of Santa Fe" is […]
Join historian and genealogist José Esquibel for a free public lecture in honor of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary at 6 pm, Thursday, Nov. 12, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Esquibel will speak on “The Jewish-Converso Lineage of Don Juan de Oñate.”The lecture is part of a series, with subsequent lectures […]
These aren't your parents' pop-up books! The Santa Fe Book Arts Group brings its popular Flea Market back to the John Gaw Meem Room for an extravaganza of art materials, handmade items and intriguing miscellany from the nooks and corners of members' studios and lives. Something wonderful awaits!Besides fantastic purchases, you can study and learn […]
The Folk Art Committee invites everyone to this gala fundraising event! With its roots in Pre-Columbian Mexico, Noche de los Muertos is a festive celebration of life, family and community. Join us as we recreate one of the most colorful and vibrant holidays in the Mexican Calendar. You will enjoy lavish foods from Santa Fe's […]
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