• Walter Noble Burns and the Myth of Billy the Kid Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

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

    Author Mark Dworkin speaks on "Walter Noble Burns and the Myth of Billy the Kid," at noon on Thursday, April 7 in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public. Dworkin is a free-lance writer, editor, history educator, […]

  • Preview of Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment Friends of Contemporary Art Event

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join the Friends of Contemporary Art and celebrate the New Mexico Museum of Art’s newest photography exhibition. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the private reception and meet some of the artists in the exhibition. Plus, you'll get a sneak peek before it opens to the public.Reservations by calling (505) 992-2715, ext 1 or send […]

  • Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Earth Now: American Landscape Photographers and the Environment offers both a survey and a contemporary view of how artists working in photography have addressed our relationship to the environment. - April 8, 2011 through October 9, 2011. Free public opening 5:30-7:30 pm, Friday April 8. Hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New […]

  • Opening for Earth Now American Photographers and the Landscape

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Ansel Adams’ and Eliot Porter’s landscape photography fueled a growing concern for the environment in this country. Earth Now starts with a suite of works by these two artists and moves on to a group of landscape photographers who came of age in the 1970s.A small historical section at the beginning of the show focuses […]

  • Urban Bird Hike with the Audubon Center A Wild at Heart event

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

    Join birding experts from the Randall Davey Audubon Center for an urban bird hike in the "wilds" of downtown Santa Fe. This event is free, but space is limited. Call (505) 476- 5106 for a reservation.The wonders of nature are closer than you may think. Learn how to identify a few of our feathered friends […]

  • Glass Studio Tour: Liquid Light & Mitch Berg Studios Friends of Folk Art Event

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

    Visit the Liquid Light Studio with Elodie Holmes on Baca Street with an opportunity for four to make an individual glass item (small charge) and visit the Mitch Berg Studio in the afternoon.  Lunch on your own at "Counter Culture" on Baca Street.  Free to Friends of Folk Art members.Not a Museum or Friends of […]

  • Michael P. Berman Keynote lecture for Earth Now

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Untrammeled: A Model for Wilderness Working in black-and-white with a large camera, the artist Michael P. Berman acknowledges his place in the landscape photography tradition established by Ansel Adams. Like Adams, Berman's emphasis is on a profound appreciation of the land that is based on direct personal experience of the places he photographs. While Adams […]

  • Return of the Lobo: The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program A lecture on efforts to restore the wolf to the wild

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

    The presence of wolves in the West and how humans relate to them were questions that Ernest Thompson Seton asked at the turn of the last century. They continue to be questions that we are still trying to answer today.  At 2 pm on Sunday, April 10, Maggie Dwire, assistant Mexican wolf recovery coordinator for […]

  • Albuquerque Home Tour The Circles Member Event

    Museum of New Mexico 725 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Nestled along the Rio Grande, New Mexico's largest city hosts some of the state's best private collections.  Spend a delightful afternoon exploring Hispanic and contemporary art and genres in between.Not a Circles member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 116 to join!

  • New rock Art Finds in No. New Mexico Friends of Archaeology Event

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

    This spring join Dr. Richard Ford, Professor Emeritius, University of Michigan, and members of the Friends of Archaeology for a tour of recently discovered petroglyphs.  The tour will take place in the Vista Verde, BLM area, west of the Taos Junction Bridge.  The total distance will cover approximately 4 miles and is semi-difficult, somewhat rugged, full […]

  • Ranch Women of New Mexico Exhibit opening

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

    From Evelyn Fite Tune’s famously monogrammed cowboy boots to Fern Sawyer’s irrepressible spirit, Ranch Women of New Mexico celebrates an icon of the American West, from a female point of view. Featuring 11 women who have “cowgirled” or owned ranches in New Mexico, the exhibit represents selections from work by photographer Ann Bromberg and writer […]

  • Ranch Women of New Mexico

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

    From Evelyn Fite Tune’s famously monogrammed cowboy boots to Fern Sawyer’s irrepressible spirit, Ranch Women of New Mexico celebrates an icon of the American West, from a female point of view.Featuring 11 women who have “cowgirled” or owned ranches in New Mexico, the exhibit represents selections from work by photographer Ann Bromberg and writer Sharon […]