• Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art

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

    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 […]

  • Harmony at Hemisfair’68?: Girard’s The Magic of a People a Zoom Talk with Monica Obniski, PhD A Zoom Talk with Monica Obniski, PhD

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

    Monica Obniski is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art, where she is responsible for collecting, exhibiting, and programming a global collection of design, which includes a yearly architectural piazza commission. Her curatorial practice engages social issues and is rooted in architecture and design history. She has held curatorial […]

  • Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists Conversations with Piikani visual artist Terran Last Gun

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Terran Last Gun (b. 1989) is a Piikani (Blackfeet) visual artist and printmaker. Sah’kwiinaamah’kaa (Last Gun) was born and raised in Browning, Montana, where the Rocky Mountains greet the Great Plains. As a citizen of the Piikani Nation in Montana— who are members of the Blackfoot Confederacy that includes Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani nations of […]

  • #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic Public Exhibit Opening Free with Musuem Admission

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

    In this global pandemic, face masks do more than protect health; they represent self-expression, politics, fashion, and humanity’s hope and care for one another. The exhibition is an ode to the mask, and to the artists and everyday citizens forging their way through the COVID-19 crisis.   Photo credit: Mask Cover, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (Ýrúrarí), 2020, […]

  • Friends of History Wednesday Lecture Series Pueblo Indian Sovereignty

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

    This talk will discuss the way in which Pueblo Indians have fought to preserve tribal sovereignty as it related to issues of land and water from the Spanish Colonial Period to the present day. Case studies of five pueblos will be examined, four in New Mexico and one in Texas: Pojoaque, Nambe, Tesuque, Isleta, and […]

  • Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces Panel Discussion—Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces” is currently on view. This new traveling exhibition highlights the generations of Native Americans who have served in the United States military. Native people have served for the same reasons as anyone else: to demonstrate patriotism or pursue employment, education, or adventure. Many were drafted, but tribal […]

  • Native Pottery Demonstration Aaron Cajero (Jemez Pueblo)

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Aaron Cajero is a member of the Fire Clan from Jemez Pueblo. He began working with clay art in 1993.  He learned the traditional way of hand coiling pottery using ancient methods by the members of his family. They taught him all the fundamentals of working with clay artforms. Aaron was quoted as saying “I […]

  • Yokai Series Lecture by Dr. Satoko Shimazaki

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

    Dr. Shimazaki’s areas of research include early modern Japanese theater and popular literature; the modern history of kabuki; gender representation on the kabuki stage; sound and visual media; and the interaction of performance, print, and text. Dr. Shimazaki was a contributor to the Museum of International Folk Art’s publication, Yokai: Ghosts, Demons, & Monsters of […]

  • ARTS ALIVE!

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

    Photo credit: Modern Hyakki yagyo ("Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") book by Sakyu. Kyoto, Japan, 2018. International Folk Art Foundation, Museum of International Folk Art Orihon are accordion-style books, composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper enclosed between two covers, which were used for Buddhist texts, journaling, poetry, and even yokai illustrations. Yokai […]

  • ARTS ALIVE!

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

    Photo credit: Modern Hyakki yagyo ("Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") book by Sakyu. Kyoto, Japan, 2018. International Folk Art Foundation, Museum of International Folk Art Orihon are accordion-style books, composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper enclosed between two covers. In comparison to scrolls these accordion books were more practical and allow enough […]

  • Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists Conversations with Cree LaRance (Ohkay Owingeh/Navajo/Assiniboine)

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The Museum of Indian Arts + Culture (MIAC) invites you to the second iteration of our new lecture series, Engaging the Future: Conversations with Goodman Fellowship Artists. This series will be an opportunity for our MIAC community to become better acquainted with our Goodman Fellows through hour-long Zoom visits to their home studios. They will […]

  • Dawn ’til Dusk Day Extended Hours from Sunrise to Sunset

    Los Luceros Historic Site 253 County Road 41, Alcalde, NM, United States

    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 large diversity of […]