Gay Block Gallery Talk

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Gallery Talk with Artist Gay Block whose work is on view at the Museum in To Feel Less Alone : Gay Block, A Portrait until July 26, 2015. A selection of more than thirty photographs by internationally recognized portrait photographer Gay Block, the exhibition ranges from her early black-and-white work in the 1970s to recent color […]

Music at the Museum Round Mountain

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The New Mexico Museum of Art and The Lensic present Round Mountain,. Brown Bag lunchtime concert, free! Celebrating the end of the fiscal year! We will provide refreshing drinks, bring your lunch and enjoy the music.   About Round Mountain Blending dusty American grit with a worldly amalgam of global influences, Santa Fe-based duo Round […]

Speaking in Color Lecture by Steve Ford and David Forlano

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The collaborative duo of Steve Ford and David Forlano will present a brief slide show history of their twenty-seven years at the forefront of American contemporary jewelry. An ever changing palette is revealed as "color chapters" as they talk about their evolving creative process.

Family Fun Day Color of Fun

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The New Mexico Museum of Art invites all families to attend Color of Fun, a Family Fun Day! In conjunction with the exhibition "Colors of the Southwest" and Santa Fe’s "Summer of Color" the New Mexico Museum of Art invites you to Color of Fun, Free Family Fun Day. Discover the world of art and […]

Jerry West: The Alchemy of Memory book signing

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Book launch for Jerry West: The Alchemy of Memory published by the Museum of New Mexico Press. Following an introduction by Joseph Traugot, West and essayist MaLin Wilson-Powell will engage in a conversation about his work. Jerry West is an accomplished artist with a strong personal connection to the west, to New Mexico and to […]

Fire and Communities Images and Science

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

In honor of National Wildfire Preparedness weekend, the museum extends a special welcome to firefighters and their families on Sunday, May 3! Come see the new exhibition Fire Season, enjoy visiting the museum, and join us for a free lecture in the St. Francis Auditorium at 2:00 p.m. Fires are a natural part of New […]

Public Opening Focus on Photography

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The yearlong Focus on Photography series of exhibitions continues with its fourth and final rotation. To Feel Less Alone : Gay Block, A Portrait, Fire Season and Photo Lab will all be on the second floor.  To Feel Less Alone : Gay Block, A Portrait is a selection of more than thirty photographs by internationally recognized portrait […]

Fire Season

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The Southwest has become increasingly aware of  a season that begins around June with the unleashing of nature’s harsh and renewing forces: fire season. New Mexicans in particular are well acquainted with the apocalyptic plumes of smoke and sprinklings of ash that accompany this wildfire season. In this exhibition of more than a dozen photographs, […]

To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

May 1 through July 26, 2015 Longtime Santa Fe resident Gay Block’s photography is internationally recognized for its fearless exploration of personal identity issues—gender, class, religion, familial relationships, and sexual orientation. A survey of more than forty of her works from 1975 to 2012 in To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait, opens Friday, […]

Photo Lab cyanotypes and albumen prints

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The Photo Lab features photographs from the collection made with two historic processes: cyanotypes and albumen prints. Both were popular in the nineteenth-century and examples are on view by early practitioners including Francis Frith, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Arthur Wesley Dow. These processes have been revived by contemporary artists -- such as Rita Dewitt, Betty […]

Fire Season

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The Southwest has become increasingly aware of  a season that begins around June with the unleashing of nature’s harsh and renewing forces: fire season. New Mexicans in particular are well acquainted with the apocalyptic plumes of smoke and sprinklings of ash that accompany this wildfire season. In this exhibition of more than a dozen photographs, […]

Opening Reception Material Matters : Selections from the Joann and Gifford Phillips Gift

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Over a period of 35 years, Joann and Gifford Phillips gifted a series of paintings to the Museum of Art. These artworks represent two distinct locations with works created during eras of significant growth and change within their respective contemporary art scenes -- California from the 1950 -1980s and New Mexico from the 1980s. The […]

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