An annual tradition at MIAC, the Native Treasures Collectors’ Sale is a unique opportunity to purchase objects from private collections in Santa Fe and beyond! Pottery, jewelry, textiles, paintings, baskets, carvings - old and contemporary - whether you are a new or seasoned collector, come find your own treasure! Saturday and Sunday, October 8 and […]
This program provides an opportunity for museum visitors to explore the work on view by sketching in the galleries. A practicing artist will be present to offer insights and suggestions on observational drawing techniques to participants who would like a bit more guidance. Summer Salon provides an avenue for engagement with the exhibitions through hands-on practices. […]
Using all natural material and handmade processes, he makes beautiful heishi necklaces. Nick learned the art from his parents, Ray and Mary Rosetta. The heishi artform goes back to ancestral pueblo times, long before the arrival of the Spanish in the Southwest, when Kewa stone and shell jewelry - believed by many archeologists to be […]
The Circles will travel overseas to the Iberian Peninsula this fall, in conjunction with the Fractured Faiths exhibition opening in May at the New Mexico History Museum. Museum Director Andrew Wulf will be our travel companion. Our first stop is Madrid, Spain, for three days visiting world-renowned museums, cultural attractions and private art collections, including […]
Stay tuned to learn our special speaker at the next installment of CreativeMornings on the global them of "transparent." Enjoy some networking with other creative professionals before the talk, along with coffee and pastries courtesy of Iconik Coffee Roasters. Free.
View new works by Mira Burack, Kelly Eckel, Shaun Gilmore, Dara Mark, and Signe Stuart.
The Office of Archaeological Studies, in collaboration with the Santa Fe Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America and other organizations in northern New Mexico, will host an open house at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 10 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour […]
Exhibition Opening & Archaeology Open House October 15 ~ 10am to 4pm Celebrate World Archaeology Day at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology See the Miracle of Maize exhibit Watch the film "She Brings Life: Maize, a Sacred Sustenance" Tour the Southwest’s largest archaeology repository Participate in maize-related activities Throw an atlatl, build a corn […]
The museum is making a big deal about little pictures! This selection of photographic work, both historic and contemporary, invites visitors to revel in the pleasures of the miniscule. Featured are a small selection of nineteenth-century photos that provide a historical grounding for an engaging group of work by six contemporary artists who work on […]
Levi Romero, associate director of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM, leads a slam, Take a Little Trip with Me, with young poets on the topic of lowriders. Join the fun, part of the History Museum exhibit, Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. […]
Join Feng Shui expert Carol Olmstead for a discussion of the basics of contemporary Feng Shui and how she and Curator Felicia Katz-Harris applied these principles into the design of the acclaimed exhibition Sacred Realm: Blessings and Good Fortune Across Asia. The exhibit uses objects from the museum’s Asian Art collection to show how people […]
Afghan woman wake each morning surrounded by boundaried-- walled compounds, voluminous burqas, and rules dictated by their menfolk. Embroidered boundaries also enclose their exquisite khamak handwork. The 200 women of the Kandahar Treasure workshops bravely leave their homes to revive a textile tradition and earn income that is changing their lives.
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