• (Indigène Vérité) Digital Reclamation of Indigenous Storyscapes Films by Jeffrey Palmer

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join us on Saturday October 18, 2014, in the In the Kathryn O’Keefe Theatre for screenings of films by Jeffrey Palmer. Origins (18:26 mins.) Visually and sonically, "Origins" records the vastness of landscape as well as the intimacy of nostalgic memory. For centuries, Kiowa people traveled far distances, following herds of buffalo across the Great […]

  • Friends of Archaeology: Yucatan, The Mayan Route and Chiapas

    Office of Archaeological Studies 7 Old Cochiti Road (off 599), Santa Fe, NM, United States

    From Merida to San Cristobal de las Casas, this excursion will visit several of the most famous Mayan cities: Palenque, Chichen Itza, Calakmul, and the murals of Bonampak. Museums, shopping and sharing experiences with local residents are also on the activity list. Organized by Rosa Carlson, and accompanied by OAS director emeritus, Tim Maxwell. Cost […]

  • Member Preview: Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition

    Museum of New Mexico Foundation PO Box 2056, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Foundation members are invited to be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition at the Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibition features traditional stoneware from North Carolina and Georgia, characterized by earthy local clays, salt and ash glazes and surprising effects of wood firing. Crucial to agrarian life in the […]

  • First Look: Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition

    Museum of New Mexico Foundation PO Box 2056, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition, which showcases stoneware rooted in British and German traditions and is characterized by earthy local clays and surprising wood firing effects. Meet and mingle with Laura Addison, Curator of European & American Folk Art Collections, and co-curator Karen Duffy. First Looks are designed exclusively […]

  • Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Pottery of the U.S. South presented traditional stoneware from North Carolina and northern Georgia — current works characterized by earthy local clays and surprising effects of wood firing. Rooted in British and German ceramic traditions and once crucial to Southern agrarian life, Southern pottery today remains vital, a distinctive art form through which potters actively […]

  • Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care: A Day of Learning A special workshop

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    From offering caregivers an hour of respite to discovering new wells of creativity, the acclaimed Alzheimer’s Poetry Project has spent the last decade developing techniques to reach people with memory illnesses through literature, performance, art and museum exhibits. Now you can learn these techniques from dynamic teachers with proven abilities to reach learners of all […]

  • Cameras from the Kitchen A family-friendly workshop for Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Bring an empty coffee can, oatmeal box, potato chip can or shoebox (with lids). We’ll provide the rest to help you make your own camera obscura and see the world through a pinhole of light. A drop-in, family-friendly event suitable for all ages. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.

  • Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico A Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Stephen Fried, author of the best-selling biography, Appetite for America, delivers a Brainpower & Brownbags Lunch Lecture on “Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico.” Fried is an expert on the legacy of Fred Harvey and his many Harvey Houses, including the soon-to-be-renovated Hotel Castañeda in Las Vegas, […]

  • New winter hours

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Starting November 1, the New Mexico History Museum switches to its winter hours, meaning we will be closed on Mondays and observe Free Friday Evenings only on the first Friday of each month (rather than every week). Winter hours, November through April: 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday; Free Friday Evening, 5-8 pm, […]

  • Dia de los Muertos

    Lincoln Historic Site 988 Calle La Placita, Lincoln, NM, United States

    Polly Chavez, newspaper columnist, santera, and descendent of early residents of Lincoln, will give two talks in Lincoln Historic Site’s Convento Museum on the cultural customs of Dia de los Muertos and explain the construction of the traditional altar (ofrenda) that is an important Dia de los Muertos custom. Children’s activities, live music, and altars […]

  • Community Altar Building Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The public is cordially invited to join us in making the Community altar "Ofrenda" in the Outdoor classroom. Bring a picture or other memento you do not need back to add your loved one to the community altar. Enjoy music by Mariachi Buenaventura and refreshments. The FREE event is for all ages