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Tibetan Monks to Construct a Mandala Sand Painting and Perform Special Ceremonies in Santa Fe, August 10-14, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 1, 2016, (Santa Fe, N.M.) Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting Wednesday, August 10 to Sunday, August 14 at the Museum of International Folk Art during the museum’s open hours (10:00am – 5:00pm). From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one […]

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Behind the Locked Doors of General Motors Design with Dennis Little

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SANTA FE, NM – July 25, 2016 Join Dennis Little, retired Cadillac Design Studio’s chief designer as he takes you behind locked doors of the General Motors Design Studios. This free talk will be held at the New Mexico History Museum auditorium at 2pm on Sunday, August 28, 2016. This promises to be a visual treat for anyone

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The New Mexico History Museum Hosts a Screening of New ARTBOUND Documentary Exploring the Life and Legacy of Charles Lummis

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SANTA FE, NM and BURBANK, CA – July 8, 2016 -The New Mexico History Museum has partnered with Link TV for a special screening of the Emmy® award-winning arts and culture series ARTBOUND which showcases the new documentary film “Charles Lummis: Reimagining the American West.” The event is free to the public and explores Charles

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A Passionate, Fiery, In-Depth Examination Of Flamenco In Three Acts Combining A Dance Performance, Dinner & Tour

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—July 5, 2016, (Santa Fe, N.M.) Famed Chef John Rivera Sedlar of Eloisa joins the Museum of International Folk Art to celebrate the living art form of Flamenco in several, three-part shows. Each event begins at 4pm with a tour of the Museum of International Folk Art’s ongoing exhibition “Flamenco: From Spain to

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Old Lincoln Days 2016

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The town of Lincoln, NM, perhaps better-known as Lincoln Historic Site, comes alive during the annual Old Lincoln Days, a three day-long celebration and historic re-creation of the frontier West. Bring your family and take a trip into the historic past. Old Lincoln Days begins Friday, August 5 and runs through Saturday, August 6, 2015

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Alcove 16/17.3, Third Exhibition in a Series of Seven Shows

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(Santa Fe, June 3, 2016)—The New Mexico Museum of Art’s third show in the Alcove 16/17 series will open on June 24, and be on view through August 14. Alcove 16/17.3 features works by Christina Dallas, Tom Joyce, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Heidi Pollard, and Cecilia Portal. The Alcove exhibitions are a distinctive feature of

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Rewriting the History of the Ancient Village of Kuaua

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A Talk Presented by Coronado Historic Site Ranger Ethan Ortega Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30pm Albuquerque Museum of Art and History Free with refreshments served afterward Brief: Coronado Historic Site Ranger Ethan Ortega will present the findings from the Kuaua Research Initiative this year at the Albuquerque Archaeological Society. The lecture is free and open

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Artist-in-Residence Justin Favela Creates Piñata-Style Lowrider for New Mexico Museum of Art Exhibition

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As part of its summer celebration of the influence of lowriders on contemporary art, the New Mexico Museum of Art welcomes innovative contemporary artist Justin Favela as its artist-in-residence. Favela will create a half-scale, three-dimensional, piñata-style lowrider to suspend from the ceiling of the museum’s exhibition Con Cariño: Artists Inspired by Lowriders, joining two of

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History Museum’s Chávez Library Wins National Award for Historic New Mexico Maps Project

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The American Association for State and Local History will bestow their Award of Merit for Leadership in History to the New Mexico History Museum at their annual awards banquet on September 16. This prestigious award recognizes the museum’s Historic New Mexico Maps project, the culmination of a four-year effort to catalog more than 6,000 maps,

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Artists and Arts Contributors Named for 2016 Annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts

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Santa Fe – Governor Susana Martinez and the New Mexico Arts Commission today announced the eight artists and major contributors to the arts who will be recipients of the 2016 Annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. “Our arts and culture make New Mexico unique, and are very important economic and tourism drivers in

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