New Mexico Historic Sites elevates Rebecca Ward to instructional coordinator at Los Luceros Historic Site

Alcalde, NM – New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces that Rebecca Ward has been promoted to the role of instructional coordinator at Los Luceros Historic Site (LLHS). Ward had previously been the interpretive ranger at LLHS since February 2020. She assumed her new role on September 5, 2022.  “I am thrilled to see Rebecca shine in this new […]

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Smithsonian traveling exhibition at NM History Museum examines the complex history of WWII Japanese American incarceration camps

Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico History Museum presents the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II, opening on October 23, 2022. The exhibition examines the complicated history and impact of Executive Order 9066 that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It will

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Pollyanna Nordstrand (Hopi) named executive director of Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

Santa Fe, NM – The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) is pleased to announce that Pollyanna “Polly” Nordstrand (Hopi) has been appointed to serve as executive director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Nordstrand will assume the role on November 14, 2022.  As executive

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Anne Wilkes Tucker peels back layers of gender and personal narrative in photography talk at New Mexico Museum of Art on Nov. 4

Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico Museum of Art will host eminent photo-historian Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for a lecture on Friday, Nov. 4, at 5:30 p.m., in the St. Francis Auditorium. Speaking in conjunction with the exhibition Transgressions and Amplifications: Mixed-media Photography of the 1960s and

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NM Historic Preservation Division celebrates three decades of family-friendly archaeology with Oct. 15 Archaeology Fair in Bernalillo

Bernalillo, NM- Learn to use an atlatl, practice your flintknapping skills, and mingle with some of New Mexico’s foremost archaeological experts at the 2022 New Mexico Archaeology Fair on Saturday, Oct. 15!  The New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (HPD) and the Bernalillo Community Museum will host this year’s Archaeology Fair from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00

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Books by regional authors selected to represent New Mexico at the 2022 National Book Festival

Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico State Library (NMSL) announces that New Mexico Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, selected two books to represent the state at the 2022 National Book Festival. The Festival was held on September 3.   The books are Shaped by

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The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys to bring a unique sensory experience to the National Hispanic Cultural Center beginning November 4

Albuquerque, NM- The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is thrilled to welcome a unique, evolving art exhibition, The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys, to the NHCC Art Museum Community Gallery on Nov. 4.   “The National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to showcase a unique exhibition featuring New Mexican artists,” said NHCC Executive Director Dr.

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Celebrated organist Damin Spritzer to perform at New Mexico Museum of Art on October 21

Acclaimed organist Damin Spritzer will perform a concert on the Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ in the St. Francis Auditorium on October 21. Scheduled for 5:30pm in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s historic auditorium, the concert will include pieces by Pierre Kunc, René Louis Becker, William Grant Still, Mary Howe, and other notable composers. 

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