Join the New Mexico History Museum and KNME for a free sneak peek at Ken Burns’ new documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, at 6 pm Friday, Sept. 25, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. Seating is first-come first-served. Besides the preview, attendees can enter to win a variety of […]
The Surreal Life sets up a dialogue between the work of two artists, Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli, who share a desire to create alternative universes both familiar and strange. A Surreal Life opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on September 25, 2009. Snyder and Rosichelli present in their art extremely well known […]
The Surreal Life sets up a dialogue between the work of two artists, Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli, who share a desire to create alternative universes both familiar and strange. A Surreal Life opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on September 25, 2009. Snyder and Rosichelli present in their art extremely well known elements […]
Honoree's Exhibition, Governor's Gallery, Fourth Floor, State Capitol Opening Reception: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Governor Bill Richardson and First Lady Barbara Richardson, along with the New Mexico Arts Commission, have announced the eight artists and arts supporters who will be recipients of the 2009 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. “Arts and cultural activities […]
Life as we know it includes shapes known, locations mapped, and landscapes photographed. But just beneath this logical surface of expected reality exists amorphous forms, uncharted territory, and unknown places. Imagined inhabitants of this alternative world would lead an odd life, one both familiar and strange. Two Southwest artists, Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli, weave […]
New Mexico residents are well-represented in this distinguished group of talented artists, especially given the size of the state’s population. The Museum of International Folk Art holds examples of the works of all the Fellows from New Mexico in its collections, from weavings, colcha embroidery and silversmithing, to pottery, tinwork, straw appliqué, hide painting, retablos, […]
Join noted English scholar Jeff Saward for The Origins and Symbol of the Labyrinth in the Southwest, exploring the use of the labyrinth symbol, most notably the "man in the maze" design, by Southwestern Native people. The lecture is followed by a labyrinth walk. This event is free and does not include admission to Museum […]
Sun Mountain Gathering has been held annually since 2002, is an exploration of Southwestern archaeology and celebrates over 12,000 years of cultural heritage in New Mexico. Native American dancers and musicians will perform throughout the day on spectacular Milner Plaza. Sun Mountain Gathering has activities for every age and interest. Visitors can learn about archaeology […]
The New Mexico Museum of Art will host an advance screening of a new episode of the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy nominated PBS series CRAFT IN AMERICA. The reception and screening will take place in the Museum’s St. Francis Auditorium 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2009. The new episode, entitled “Origins,” features […]
The work of nine artists will be featured in Manmade: Notions of Landscape from the Lannan Collection. Landscape is often thought of as a pristine wilderness, uninhabited and unmarred by human presence, despite the fact that for many decades now landscape has in practice been represented as incontrovertibly interconnected with mankind and the land itself […]
Manmade: Notions of Landscape from the Lannan Collection features the work of nine artists whose work is an exploration of man and the landscape—not landscape in its most literal sense, but landscape as a construction of meanings and relationships that are always morphing, growing, decaying, and exploding. These various facets of landscape include the natural, […]
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