Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]
Want to get in on the ground floor of collecting from a future Native arts star? On July 4 and 5, the Young Native Artists Show & Sale returns to the Palace Courtyard, from 9 am to 4 pm. Children and grandchildren of artists who belong to the Native American Artisans Program will show off […]
1-2PM Come and explore the new artworks, interviews, spoken word poetry, and multi-media presentations resulting from a year’s journey of community based conversations, explorations, and programs with Gallery artists and artworks. 2-4PM Narrated stage in the auditorium: slides and conversation with local and international artists, and the public around the issues of Home, Displacement & […]
ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS + HANDS ON Painting with cochineal hands -on project for ages 3 to 103, with tours of the exhibition The Red That Colored the World. Artist demonstrations with Suzani embroiderer Zarina Kendjaev from Uzbekistan and colcha embroiderers Julia Gomez and Beatrice Maestas Sandoval. Book Signing, A Red Like No Other with Carmella […]
Poetry Chapbook project for hands on art making for ages 3 to 103. Write the poetry and design and print the cover for the book.Artist demonstrations in the atrium: Catalina Delgado Trunk, USA- papel picado, Camurdino Mustafa Jetha, Mozambique, carving, Thomas “Red Owl” Haukaas, Florida, USA, cradle making, Gasili Adeyemo, Nigeria, resides in New Mexico, […]
Join us as Bea Duran demonstrates how she works with clay.
Gallery Talk with Artist Gay Block whose work is on view at the Museum in To Feel Less Alone : Gay Block, A Portrait until July 26, 2015. A selection of more than thirty photographs by internationally recognized portrait photographer Gay Block, the exhibition ranges from her early black-and-white work in the 1970s to recent color […]
The New Mexico Museum of Art is pleased to have a booth at the Art Santa Fe art fair, where we will be showcasing information about the museum. Join us for the Opening Night, July 9, 5-8pm or during regular fair hours, July 10-12, 11am-6pm, at the Santa Fe Convention Center located at 201 W. Marcy […]
Fort Stanton; Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 9am to 8pm. Costumed re-enactors from the Civil War and Indian Wars era will be at the Fort for demonstrations, presentations, concerts and a military ball which will have visitors dancing into the night. Additionally, the event brings authors, historians, photographers, artists, and a variety of historical vendors […]
Learn from Director of the Office of Archaeological Studies, Eric Blinman, and Jeff Cox, a specialisit on archaeomagnetic dating, on current research in the discipline. Event is free to Friends of Archaeology members and takes place at the Center for New Mexico Archaelogy Library.
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. The event is always FREE and open to the public. Federal […]
Get to know a local gem during a guided tour of the Bradbury Museum of Science. During lunch at the historic Hans Bethe house, Jon Hunner, author and historian discusses the July 16, 1945, Trinity nuclear bomb test and its lasting legacy. Finish with a tour of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s collection. $45. Reserve […]
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