Gamma-ray bursts may produce an extraordinary amount of light from the other side of the universe, but they occur so randomly that we don’t know where to look. We need a camera that can image the gamma-rays to locate them. Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists considered this high-tech problem and wondered whether a pinhole camera—the […]
The third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. 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 […]
Join members of The Circles at the Governor’s Circle level and above at the home of Lora and Bob Sandorini. View the Sandorini’s extensive collection of Native American beadwork, which has been featured in Western Art and Architecture, Su Casa, Western Art Collector and Cowboys and Indians. By invitation only. Offered to Governor’s Circle level […]
The Friends of Indian Art (FIA) invite you to meet Martha Hopkins Struever, a scholar of historic and contemporary Pueblo Indian pottery and Pueblo and Navajo jewelry. A primary focus of her career as an art dealer has been to identify and encourage talented Indian artists. She sponsored the first exhibitions of Gail Bird and […]
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in partnership with the Institute of American Indian Arts, will honor Dr. Dave Warren with a symposium that examines the wide-ranging, profound impact his career has had on issues concerning modern indigenous people. Round-table and paper sessions will focus on areas related to his groundbreaking work in fields […]
Join the Friends of Archaeology for tours of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology. This is your chance to throw an atlatl, learn how to flint-knap and grind corn. A family-friendly event. Free! Please check here and here for updates. To become a FOA member, click here.
A Free Concert Series featuring performances by award-winning guitarists Randy Rane and Ivan Rane, well-known Brazilian group Rio, classical guitarist Jesse Vernier, and Western Americana band Bone Orchard. Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful Southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine and museum exhibits on the history of El Camino Real. 10 am to […]
¡Viva la Fiesta! Enjoy panoramic views of the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the Sandia Mountains during Fiesta of Cultures, a celebration of local traditions including Pueblo, Hispanic and Anglo. The emphasis is on craft demonstrations, folk art and pre-industrial lifeways. Before overcrowded freeways and information highways imposed the relentless sameness that is modern living, […]
Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine, and museum exhibits at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site Beginning on Saturday, October 18, and again on Saturday, November 22, and on Saturday, December 13 will be a free concert series and festival of the Spanish guitar at El Camino […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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