A talk about the skeletal and dental evidence that document the health of past peoples in the Southwest, and some new approaches to interpreting these data to understand the lives of individuals and communities. The Brown Bag talks will take place at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology at 12:00 noon in the CNMA library. […]
Georgia O’Keefe wrote for the catalogue cover of Cady Wells first New York City exhibition, in 1944, “I’m glad that you are showing Cady’s paintings at the same time that Stieglitz is showing mine, because I think we are the two best painters working in our part of the country.” These two artists, whose lives […]
Dennis Hopper’s arrival in Taos during the making of his explosive indie cult film Easy Rider, coincided with the height of the commune movement in northern New Mexico. The “back-to-the land” hippie movement, easy access to drugs, manners and mores that violated local Hispano cultural norms, and the presence of radical Chicano activists all created […]
Members are invited to shop at the five museum shops this weekend and enjoy an extra 10% member discount. Members will receive 20% off and members of The Circles will receive 25% off. This event it for Foundation members. To become a member please contact the Membership Office at 505.982.6366 ext. 100.
Living Treasures: A Celebration of Vision exhibition, Governors Gallery, 4th floor of the State Capital Building, Santa Fe New Mexico. May 5, thru August 25th 2017 Upcoming Event: Meet the Living Treasures, reception August 17th, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. the Governors Gallery, 4th floor of the State Capital Building. Living Treasures: A Celebration of […]
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture’s (MIAC) Living Treasures: A Celebration of Vision exhibition opens in the New Mexico Governor’s Gallery on May 5, 2017. Each year since 2006, MIAC honors an innovative Native American artist for the annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival. Artists, communities, and museum patrons come together to recognize a […]
Ethran Chkhiro plays music rooted in classical guitar and profoundly inspired by the Moroccan sounds he grew up with as well as the environment he now inhabits. 5-7pm. Free.
The UNM Department of Theatre and Dance, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Art (MoCNA), and the New Mexico Museum of Art present Decolonial Gestures : A Symposium on Indigenous Performance. This two-day symposium will consist of performances, workshops, a film screening, and a roundtable discussion. The program includes a screening of Through the Repellent Fence: A […]
Folk Art treasures from around the world-masks, textiles, baskets, pottery, art, jewelry, sculpture, rugs, costumes and much more-ALL at bargain prices! PLUS a Collector’s Corner of Folk Art Treasures too fine to be included with the Flea! Admission to the Folk Art Flea is free, and does not include Museum admission. The Folk Art Flea […]
New Mexico residents are admitted free the first Sunday of each month.
The Circles members will be first to see this imaginative exhibition exploring the pilgrimage of young people who sought an alternative way of life at burgeoning communes during the 1960s and 70s in New Mexico and the social and civil rights movements of the era. Topics include issues of justice and identity and countering social […]
The New Mexico State Library has announced the state level champions of the 2017 Letters About Literature competition. This annual writing contest for young readers in grades 4 through 12 is made possible by a generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and is administered nationally by the Library of Congress Center for the […]
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