“Riding Herd with Billy the Kid: The Rise of the Cattle Industry in New Mexico” begins with the 1866 cattle drive along what would become the Goodnight-Loving Trail in eastern New Mexico and ends with the Lincoln County War in the late 1870s and its aftermath. While there are many facets to this story, it […]
Painted Reflections emphasizes the sophisticated aesthetic qualities of Pueblo art through the study of reversible optical illusions and ambiguous figure-ground relationships. Beginning around 900 AD, Ancestral Pueblo artists began producing new designs on their ceramics—they painted pairs of motifs called isomers, or equal forms. From a conventional perspective, these works appear as painted motifs on unpainted backgrounds. But […]
Los Luceros Historic Site will extend its hours from sunrise to sunset on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, entrance into Los Luceros will be FREE for New Mexico residents and includes access to the site’s visitor center, historic buildings, trails, and picnic areas. The early morning and late evening are ideal for bird watching at Los Luceros, which boasts a […]
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200. Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds […]
VIRTUAL TOUR OF MOIFA’s "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond" Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or re-tour—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain […]
The pottery inspires me to keep going. Keeping the tradition alive in making pottery, that’s how we were brought up. Our ancestors started making pottery. It’s amazing what comes of a piece of clay. When you come to Acoma it’s peaceful and quiet. When you look a piece of pottery, you see the same peacefulness. […]
VIRTUAL TOUR OF MOIFA’s "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond" Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or re-tour—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain […]
Join artist Judith F. Baca who will share with us the plans for the expansion of her acclaimed 2,754 feet long mural The Great Wall of Los Angeles as well as discuss formative early works that shaped her personal and creative narrative. Merry Scully, curator of the Poetic Justice exhibition will introduce the artist and there will be […]
VIRTUAL TOUR OF MOIFA’s "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond" Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries? Here’s an opportunity to tour or re-tour—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain […]
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/ Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six […]
For more information contact: Kelly White @ 505.328.9439.
The staff at the Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property have chosen 32 objects from the extensive Taylor Family Collection and for the entire month of March we are going to let them face off in a bracket-style competition where you get to pick the winner! Beginning Tuesday, March 1st on the New Mexico Historic Sites Facebook and […]
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