The first Sunday of each month we invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. These events are FREE for all New Mexico residents.

Join us in the galleries for an informal discussion by the Museum’s Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware, about her newest exhibition, Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. Museum admission will be free all evening (5-7PM), and the talk will begin at 5:30 in the upstairs gallery.   Mexican photographer Manuel Carrillo (1906-1989) turned to the camera fairly […]

Join our Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack and Mary Statzer, Curator of Prints & Photographs for the University of New Mexico Art Museum for an in-gallery conversation about one of our most popular paintings from the Transcendental Painting Group, Awakening, (Memory of Father) 1943 by Agnes Pelton.   Free With Admission […]

Many of the artists in With the Grain source their materials themselves, from the local environment. In this presentation we will hear from Dr. John Formby about the environmental factors that can impact the local trees and how evidence of those factors can be found in some of the sculptures in the exhibition.   John Formby is […]

May through November the New Mexico Museum of Art invites you to join us on one of our weekly Art Walking Tours of Santa Fe (weather permitting). Led by a docent, the tour highlights the art and architectural history of downtown Santa Fe. Tours leave at 10 AM on Fridays from the steps of the Museum Gift Shop. Tours are $20 per person, […]

Looking for a creative outlet during your lunch break? Stop by the Museum for a casual session of life drawing. We will have a (clothed) model, supplies, and ample space for participants to practice their drawing skills. This event will be recurring on the second Tuesday of each month. Cost: $10

Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books?  We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we started an art-themed book club!   Join us in the galleries on May 7 to discuss this month’s title, The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making by David Esterly […]

The first Sunday of each month we invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Museum. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. These events are FREE for all New Mexico residents.

The New Mexico Museum of Art is, once again, excited to host an annual exhibition of student art with our partners, ArtWorks. This celebration will feature creative works from schools all over Santa Fe that have participated in the ArtWorks program under the guidance of their outstanding teaching staff. This free event is open to […]

Join us for a gallery talk exploring the exhibition An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard with executive director Dr. Mark White. An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard surveys the short yet ambitious career of one of the first artists affiliated with the New Mexico Museum of Art. When artist Donald Beauregard (1884-1914) passed away prematurely at age […]

Join us on Thursday, April 20th at 5:30pm for a People to People conversation between Christy S. Coleman, Executive Director of the Taos Art Museum at Fechin House and Mark White, Ph.D., Executive Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Inspired by the painting The Artist Burliuk 1923 by Nicolai Fechin which was recently added to our […]

Sometimes the best way to really see something is to slow down and take your time. There is a lot to enjoy at the New Mexico Museum of Art, but in celebration of Slow Art Day we invite you to slow down and look at just a few works of art with us. This guided […]