Following the Mexican Revolution, artists came to see the ancient and folk art of Mexico in new light. Building on the foundation of their predecessors Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla, the new generation printmakers of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, or the “People’s Graphic Workshop,” used their craft to promote the “progressive and democratic […]
Born in San Diego in 1946 and raised in the American Southwest, painter Paul Pletka has created a body of work that owes much to the West of his childhood, and more to the West of his imagination. Infused with an operatic sense of theater and drama, his paintings conjure scenes from the cultures, history, […]
Los Pleneros de la 21 (“LP21”), an Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena ensemble featuring musicians, dancers, and artisans, returns to New Mexico for a four-day National Performance Network (NPN) residency, Redobles de Cultura Boricua, which will include workshops and other activities as well as the group’s concert at the NHCC. LP21’s complex, multi-part vocal harmonies, set to the rhythms of […]
Following the Mexican Revolution, artists came to see the ancient and folk art of Mexico in new light. Building on the foundation of their predecessors Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla, the new generation printmakers of the Taller de Gráfica Popular, or “People’s Graphic Workshop,” used their craft to promote the “progressive and democratic interests […]
See the documentary Peasant Family Happiness with filmmaker Dr. Jenny Chio. In 2006, China’s government announced a campaign to “Build a New Socialist Countryside,” while the China National Tourism Administration launched the “Year of Rural Tourism.” Based on over ten years of fieldwork, this talk reflects on and reconsiders the benefits and unexpected consequences of […]
Bruce Held was a CIA covert officer and Chief of Station in Asia, Latin America, and Africa as well as Special Assistant to CIA Director George Tenet. During 2010-2012, he was Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence for the Department of Energy with responsibility for assessing foreign nuclear weapons programs, including those in Iran and North […]
CreativeMornings, a breakfast lecture series for the creative community hosted in over 160 cities around the world, tackles the global theme of “pioneer” with Jazz musician and Executive Director of the Outpost Performance Space, Tom Guralnick. Enjoy some networking with other creative professionals before the talk, along with coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee […]
From the 1880s into the early 20th century, cigar manufacturers provided an avenue for the lithographic arts to flourish. Layering up to 10 colors in a stone-lithography process and even adding gold embellishments and stamped embossings, the images sold cigars through romantic landscapes, Western adventures, and iconic representations of women. Historian Loy Glenn Westfall recently […]
Prickly Pear Family Workshop Saturday, October 14 10:00 am—Noon Discover the Fall Garden with your child – Prickly Pear Harvest, Garlic Planting, Windmill Workings, Why Worms, Mulching Manners, and more! $15 per child & 2 adults $25 for 2 or 3 children & 2 adults – Limited to 20 families. Preregistration required: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/17643 Garden Workshops […]
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. Iris Keltz, author of Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie, shares stories of living at New Buffalo and in the Taos area during […]
For Immediate Release: October 1, 2017 (Santa Fe, NM)— In conjunction with the current exhibition, “Syria: Cultural Patrimony Under Threat,” on exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum through November 3, 2017, author Claudette Sutton will give a lecture exploring her family’s Syrian roots on Saturday, October 14, from 2:00-3:30PM Claudette Sutton will take you […]
Knot again! Macramé is the art and craft of decorative knotting. Pretend you are back in 1970 and master your own macramé choker. Beads optional. Free.
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