Santa Fe, NM (Oct 9, 2009) – Ilan Stavans, "the czar of Latino culture in the United States," will speak on "The Jewish Experience in Latin America" at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the New Mexico History Museum. The event is free with Museum admission and open to the public. The Museum is […]
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Santa Fe (Nov. 12, 2009) – Worried about how well you’re safeguarding that family finery tucked into a closet or stuffed into a cedar chest? Learn how professionals care for heirloom textiles at a workshop in the New Mexico History Museum classroom from 2-4 pm on Saturday, Jan. 16. The Museum is at 113 Lincoln
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Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Daniel Libeskind,Tadao Ando, Spacelab’s (Peter Cook/Colin Fournier), Rafael Viñoly, and Yoshio Taniguchi are members of a pantheon of architects regarded for their original, innovative, and groundbreaking designs. In common, they were all commissioned between 2000 and 2010 to design museums – some realized, others in progress, and a few indefinitely on
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The Scientific Nature and Artistic Culture of Landscape: Naturalists, Classifiers and Model Builders Lecture by David Krakauer November 19, 2009 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Free admission David Krakauer is a professor and faculty chair at the Santa Fe Institute, where his research includes, in part, the evolution of cultural forms, the electronic dissemination of
New Mexico Center for Museum Resources and Museum of Natural History and Science Win Regional Awards Santa Fe (Sept. 24, 2009) – The Mountain-Plains Museums Association, representing museum professionals in 10 states, has honored the Center for Museum Resources and the Museum of Natural History and Science in its 2009 Publications Design Competition and
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Santa Fe, NM (November 12, 2009)—For the first time, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology presents a significant collection of Huichol art from the early part of the last century in Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture April 11, 2010
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Santa Fe, NM (August 20, 2009)—Material World: Textile and Dress from the Collection gives a tantalizing glimpse into the Museum of International Folk Art’s largest collection, textiles and costumes stored in 57 closets and numerous trunks and drawers. The 138 rarely-seen items in this exhibition, ranging from everyday household articles to elaborately detailed ceremonial wear,
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Santa Fe, N.M. – In another place and time, she might have been prosecuted or even condemned to death for her chosen profession. But in the rowdy, rough-and-tumble gambling center that was Santa Fe in the mid-1800s, the legendary Doña Maria Gertrudis Barceló was an influential and respected member of the social elite.How did a
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SANTA FE – Governor Bill Richardson today presided over groundbreaking ceremonies for the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, which will be constructed on Caja del Rio Road, off US 599/Santa Fe Bypass, across from the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. “The irreplaceable artifacts that represent New Mexico’s past, together with the archaeologists who dig them up,
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Santa Fe, NM (August 3, 2009)—The Surreal Life sets up a dialogue between the work of two artists, Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli, who share a desire to create alternative universes both familiar and strange. A Surreal Life opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on September 25, 2009. Snyder and Rosichelli present in
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