Join Flamenco artists from Casa Flamenca for the final live Flamenco in the Joan and Clifford Vernick. Curator Nicolasa Chavez will be adding her voice to the Casa Flamenca Final Fiesta! By Museum admission, New Mexico resident Seniors (age 60 & up) FREE on Wednesdays; youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation […]
The architectural team of DNCA + StudioGP of Albuquerque, N.M. are the designers of the conversion of the former Halpin State Archives Center at 404 Montezuma Avenue into an annex of the museum focused on contemporary art. The project is the subject of a capital campaign by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, and the target […]
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. David Grant Noble served in the US Army from 1962 to 1964. By 1971 he was in New Mexico and began photographing […]
The Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts were established in 1974 by Governor Bruce King and First Lady Alice King to celebrate the significant roles – both economic and cultural – that artists, craftspeople and arts supporters play in the life of New Mexico. The 2017 recipients of this life time achievement award are: Bayou […]
Unanticipated forms of art emerged from the first Industrial revolution in the 1880s. Combining the art of stone lithography, the hand-rolled artisan cigar, and skilled makers of fine quality cedar cigar boxes are in exhibits currently on display at the New Mexico History Museum and the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. […]
Lecture, The Art of the Cigar and Its Boxes with Dr. Loy Glenn Westfall at the New Mexico History Museum. Co-presented by the Museum of International Folk Art and the New Mexico History Museum in conjunction with the exhibitions No Idle Hands (MOIFA) and Out of the Box (NMHM). New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 […]
On Saturday, September 16 at 3:00 the New Mexico History Museum will present Letters Home from the Vietnam War: Herbert Lotz in conversation with Gregory Hinton in conjunction with the Lotz photography exhibit Sleeping During the Day: Vietnam 1968; in honor of Santa Fe Gay Pride weekend. The evocative photographs Herbert Lotz exhibits in Sleeping During […]
More formally known as “The Creston,” a prominent volcanic dike forms a curtain across the landscape in the southwestern portion of the Galisteo Basin. Famous in the pantheon of great New Mexico rock art locations, the south face of the top of The Creston is the canvas for a remarkable array of pecked images, most […]
(Alcalde, NM) – Set aside Sunday, September 17 for a family fun day at the Fall Festival at Los Luceros historic property in Alcade. The festival features demonstrations on heritage apple cooking, cider pressing, live music and tours of the property. Sponsored by New Mexico Historic Sites, the 2nd Annual Los Luceros Fall Festival is […]
Colorful tiles are popular in New Mexican kitchens and inlaid in adobe architecture. This month we will make some custom tiles of our own using stencils and acrylic paint to mimic traditional designs. Free.
The Museum of Art will be temporarily closed to all visitors for restoration. While we are at work restoring the floors, painting the walls, and installing new exhibitions, researchers will not be able to study in-person the holdings in our art collection, library or archives.
Despite nearly 4,000 years of ceramic technology in the Southwest, the common use of pottery for cooking only dates within the past 2,000 years. The history of innovation in cooking jar design is fairly sophisticated, starting with the simplest of forms and clay-temper combinations and ending with the use of micaceous clay for the ultimate […]
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