State Historian to Deliver the Santa Fe Fiesta Lecture

Diego de Vargas’s 1693 reconquest of Santa Fe did not create the peaceful Spanish province he needed for successful governance. To get it, he employed a series of strategies, including compadrazgo (godparenthood) of tribal children, divide-and-conquer, and a sweet helping of chocolate diplomacy. State Historian Rick Hendricks will detail what Vargas did and how it

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New World: Timeless Visions

New World: Timeless Visions New Mexico Museum of Art to host biennial membership exhibition of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC)   September 7-23, 2012 (Santa Fe, NM)—The New Mexico Museum of Art will host New World: Timeless Visions, the biennial membership exhibition of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC). The exhibition coincides with the

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Pinhole Photography Collection Joins the New Mexico History Museum

Mysterious, artistic, and as low-tech as an oatmeal box, pinhole photography has captivated everyone from schoolchildren to professional photographers for more than a century. The Pinhole Resource Archives, the world’s largest collection of images, books and cameras, just joined New Mexico’s largest archive of photography, the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives at the New

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The Art of Gaman

The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 The Art of Gaman reflects the strength of Japanese American character in the face of humiliating internment through nearly 100 objects created during World War II. The exhibition opens at the Museum of International Folk Art July 8, 2012 and runs

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