This informal gallery conversation with the artists exhibiting in the museum alcoves is a combination of exhibition walk-through and dialog with the artists. It is open to all, and all are encouraged to participate in the conversation.
September 16, Ben Perea Banjo and Guitar classics September 23, 2016 Annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts Public Awards Ceremony September 30 Pat Malone Jazz Guitar
Guided by our museum staff and volunteers, explore the parts of the museum that most visitors don’t. Go downstairs to see where we store, research and prepare the art for the galleries. Timed tours will take place every 15 minutes. Upstairs, make your own art gallery in the courtyard. Instructions and materials will be provided. FUN FOR […]
A special adventure for members of the museum’s Friends group, the Palace Guard: El Paso has long been a historic crossroads and entryway into the Land of Enchantment. New Mexico State Historian Dr. Rick Hendricks will lead us through the 1680 Pueblo Revolt refuge locations of Isleta, Socorro, and the early presidio of San Elisario. […]
A monthly offering at MIAC, Let’s Take a Look is your chance to bring by your personal treasures for evalauation. While curators are prohibited from assigning retail value (we have a list of external appraisers for you), our curatorial staff is great at helping determine age, origin, use, etc. of many objects. Items with Native […]
Fabulous live flamenco guitar music in the gallery. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico. By Museum admission: New Mexico resident seniors (60 &up) with I.D. admitted FREE every Wednesday. The guitar series continues each Wednesday through and including October 5, 2016.
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 […]
SCHEDULE Food Sovereignty Symposium (September 23-24 from 10 am to 3 pm). (Symposium sessions will be available via a live Facebook feed.) Friday, September 23 from 10 am to 3 pm The first day of the symposium focuses on the central role of food in traditional daily life. Speakers explore the beauty and familial […]
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9:00: NPS Santa Fe Trail Tour (starts at Wheelwright) 9:30 am – 4 pm: Matanza (MOSCA) (Join MOCSA for breakfast and lunch at our Matanza (traditional pig roast; $10 all you can eat) 10 am – 1 pm: Face Painting (Wheelwright) 11 - 12 Opening Blessing (John Garcia, Della Warrior and Ron Soloman) and Buffalo […]
Author and photographer Don Usner talks about his youth in Chimayó and his experiences in documenting the lowriders of northern New Mexico. His work is included in the History Museum exhibit Lowriders, Hoppers, and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico. This event is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. Born […]
Fabulous live flamenco guitar music in the gallery. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico. By Museum admission: New Mexico resident seniors (60 &up) with I.D. admitted FREE every Wednesday. The guitar series continues each Wednesday through and including October 5, 2016.
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