Laiti has been active in Saami civil society since she was 16 years old. In recent years she has been organizing community resistance against mining projects in her hometown of Kallak/Gállok, advocating for climate justice in Sápmi, working with local Saami communities to build and strengthen Saami self-determination, and creating post-apocalyptic worlds-to-be. Laiti’s artivisim is […]
Known primarily for his large-scale wood carvings, Ed Archie NoiseCat is talented in working with a variety of media, including his original field of printmaking, as well as in cast and fused glass, metal, and furniture making. While he has won numerous awards for his wood carvings, he is increasingly recognized for his work in […]
When New Mexico became a state in 1912, its constitution denied Indians the right to vote. In 1948, Miguel Trujillo, a WWII Marine veteran from Laguna, sued New Mexico and obtained the right to vote for Indians of the state. This presentation tells his story. It encourages an understanding of the background for denying Indians […]
Join us for this FREE event with Dr. Ana Castillo, an award-winning and best-selling author, poet, translator, and editor. Her books include So Far from God, The Guardians, and Peel My Love like an Onion, in addition to her poetry collection , Ask the Impossible. Dr. Castillo will be reading from her latest poetry collection, My Book of the Dead, followed […]
Located on a hill at the Frank S. Ortiz Park in Santa Fe, NM, stands a stone Marker, placed there April 20, 2002, commemorating the Santa Fe Internment Camp (SFIC). Established in March of 1942, the camp interned over 4,500 Japanese immigrant men, making it one of America’s largest prison camps for resident aliens in […]
Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program with Free museum admission included April 9th - Celebrate Earth Day with Recycled Instruments
From the village of Sichomovi, Upper Polaaca, Arizona and of the Rabbitt/Tobacco Clan, Garrett has established his own style of Hopi pottery artistry through the guidance and teachings of his late material grandmother, Marilyn Mahle, as well as the mentorship of renowned traditional Hopi potter, Jacob Koopee, Jr. Garrett has over 35 years of experience […]
Dress helps us fashion identity, history, community, and place. Dress has been harnessed as a metaphor for both progress and stability, the exotic and the utopian, oppression and freedom, belonging and resistance. Dressing with Purpose examines three Scandinavian dress traditions—Swedish folkdräkt, Norwegian bunad, and Sámi gákti—and traces their development during two centuries of social and political change […]
Join us for a celebration of Afro-Latinx culture at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), as the Center hosts a series of events as part of the 1st annual Shared Roots festival from AfroMundo. Events include a literary reading and discourse with Puerto Rican and Dominican authors Mayra Santos Febres, Eleuterio Santiago Díaz and Loida Maritza […]
In the 1930s, artist Alexandre Hogue earned national attention for his Erosion series, a striking series of paintings and drawings decrying poor farming practices in America’s heartland. In honor of Earth Day 2022, Dr. Mark White, Executive Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art, will discuss Hogue’s condemnation of the environmental abuses that led to the […]
Join us at Los Luceros for a nice low-key day spent out in the beautiful outdoors. Bring a picnic and enjoy the spring views! Join us for:- Spring Photo Scavenger Hunt- Bring your phones and cameras to participate in this site-wide search for signs of Spring at Los Luceros. Don’t have a camera? Not to […]
Located on a hill at the Frank S. Ortiz Park in Santa Fe, NM, stands a stone Marker, placed there April 20, 2002, commemorating the Santa Fe Internment Camp (SFIC). Established in March of 1942, the camp interned over 4,500 Japanese immigrant men, making it one of America’s largest prison camps for resident aliens in […]
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