Masaaki Modegi from the Kite Museum of Japan and a Japanese kite maker Mikio Toki conduct kite making demostrations in the Museum Atrium in Santa Fe. This program is presented in conjunction with Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan, an exhibition of 300 Japanese kites with an interactive kite making station for visitors of all […]
Advanced Kite Making Workshop for adults 16 & older. Master Kite Maker Mikio Toki leads a workshop in Ori-Zome Kaku Dako (fold and Dye Tokyo Style) for ages 16 and up. Pre-registration required, includes materials and lunch. The workshop is $30per person, $25 for Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Call Stephanie […]
At 1 p.m. Masaaki Modegi, President of The Tokyo Kite Museum will give a public lecture on Japanese kites in conjunction with Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan. The lecture will be followed by a drop-in, hands-on kite-making workshop for ages 3–103. If the weather permits, kite flying will also take place on Milner Plaza. This program […]
Join Frank & Pilar Leto for an afternoon of Brazilian music and dance. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Brasil & Arte Popular
Join New Mexico’s own Joe Hayes for an afternoon of tales inspired by the exhibition The Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico. Space is limited, come early for best seats By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. Free on Sundays, youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members always free!
Japanese kite making demonstration with Mikio Toki PLUS hands-on kite making for ages 3 to 103. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan
Decorate Sugar skulls, make memory boxes/muertos nichos, enjoy live music and Aztec dance performance by Danza MeXiKa and sample pan de muerto. All by Museum admission, New Mexico residents FREE every Sunday.
The public is cordially invited to celebrate winter with hands on art making for ages 3 to 103! Make festival headdresses inspired by objects and videos in Brasil & Arte Popular; get inspired in Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico and make beaded animal ornaments. Enjoy live music by Jazz Brasileiro and complementary refreshments. All […]
ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS + HANDS ON Painting with cochineal hands -on project for ages 3 to 103, with tours of the exhibition The Red That Colored the World. Artist demonstrations with Suzani embroiderer Zarina Kendjaev from Uzbekistan and colcha embroiderers Julia Gomez and Beatrice Maestas Sandoval. Book Signing, A Red Like No Other with Carmella […]
REE hands on art making for ages 3 to 103, in the Outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza, inside the atrium when it rains! To schedule groups, call Patricia at (505) 476-1212. Santero Charles Carrillo leads a painting with cochineal workshop
Join award-winning screenwriter and producer Kirk Ellis and his wife Sheila, passionate folk art collector, for images and experiences from their recent visit to historic cities of Teheran, Yazd and Isfahan, Iran. The Iran that Kirk and Sheila will talk about is one famous for many things—among them its long tradition of Persian–Islamic arts and […]
Looking for a fun, creative art class for your preschool-aged child? Want to share the wonders of museums with them? The New Mexico Museum of Art and the Museum of International Folk Art invite children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers to be part of an exciting new class series, S.T.A.R.T.: Sharing Time, Art, and […]
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