For this Third Sunday, join us to learn about painting with a natural dye, cochineal. This dye powder is made from the bodies of dried female cochineal insects, found in Mexico, Central America and some parts of the southwestern U.S. Make your own watercolor paints in reds, pinks and purples and experiment. Seating and materials […]
Guests attending the international folk art market are invited to a Drum and Dance workshop with Frank and Pilar Leto. Frank Leto of PANdemonium and Pilar Leto of the Odara Dance Ensemble will present a hands-on workshop for the whole family on the connection between drum and dance. Dancing and drumming go hand in hand […]
Zarina Kenjaeva is a master artisan of embroidered Suzani textiles who began exhibiting her work at the International Folk Art Market in 2005. Her Suzani’s are made from silk yarns dyed in her family’s Carpet Weaving Training School in Bukhara. During this workshop she will demonstrate traditional Uzbek suzani embroidery including drawing and hand stitching. […]
Abduljabbar Khatri, Co-Founder of Sidr Craft, works with 150 artisans to produce Bandhani resist-dyed scarves and shawls. This ancient technique is practiced by generations of artisans in Gujarat, India. During the workshop you will learn two techniques of bandhani tie and dye and also a clamp resist dye approach. The $75 cost includes materials to […]
Friends of Indian Art members and their invited guests are in for a double treat, with presentations by two young emerging artists. Valerie Rangel (Dine) and Matagi Sorenson (Apache) are exciting and progressive artists in the fields of paper crafting and jewelry-making. They will address the inspirations behind their work and discuss their techniques. Work […]
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. […]
Get an earful of music and an eyeful of art on Friday evenings all summer long. Music at the Museum presents the sounds of local musical talent, performed in the garden courtyard at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Included with cost of admission. Admission is free for NM Residents with ID after 5:00 pm.
Join us for the 4th and final installment of our Lincoln After Dark tours for the season on July 21st!Tours will start at 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm. The 7pm tour will be led by author, historan, and T.V. personality Drew Gomber and costs $15 per person. The 8pm and 9pm tours are $5 per person. The […]
Early ceramics place the date of Vallecitos Pueblo to the early part of the area’s history, around 1250 to 1350. It is located three and a half miles northeast of Jemez Pueblo within the boundaries of the reservation. It is one of the villages found at the lower elevations of the Jemez Province and contains […]
The New Mexico History Museum is pleased to partner with the Santa Fe Opera on Tech and the West, a two-day symposium at the museum July 21-22, presented as part of the upcoming world premiere of the opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. For tickets to the symposium contact santafeopera.org. As a special treat, Santa […]
The history of the ancient village of Kuaua has been interpreted at Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo, New Mexico for over 75 years. Could it be possible that the original anthropological interpretations of the site were politically and socially influenced during its formation as New Mexico’s first state monument? With the help of a few […]
Meggan Gould and Andy Mattern will talk about their work in the show, Light Tight, and their interest in critically reexamining the medium of photography. Included with cost of Museum Admission.
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