Have you ever said “I can’t draw?” We think you can! Starting at 5pm, Museum staff will be offering beginning drawing lessons in our galleries and sculpture gardens for anyone who would like to join us. Materials will be provided, but you are also welcome to bring your own sketch pad if you would like. […]

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. In April, the […]

The Holt/Smithson Foundation announces the second in the ten-year series of Annual Lectures, an initiative that invites artists, writers, and thinkers to raise questions and present research extending the creative legacies of the artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Over the course of a decade, the Foundation will partner with a new institution each year […]

Join us on March 18 for an opening celebration for our newest exhibition, With the Grain.  The afternoon will start with a Members’ Preview of the new exhibition at 4:00 PM followed by  the public opening starting at 5:00 PM.   Enjoy music by Lone Piñon from 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM.   At 6:00 […]

Eminent photo-historian Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will give 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 1970s, Tucker will address the challenges of being female in the art […]

Join us for a concert with acclaimed organist Damin Spritzer on the Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ in the historic St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The concert will include pieces by Pierre Kunc, René Louis Becker, William Grant Still, Mary Howe, and other notable composers. Organist Damin Spritzer serves at Area […]

The Santa Fe High School Choir program will be debuting their first concert of the season. 4 choirs will be represented, including the Demon Choir, Vox 25, Bel Canto, and Caballeros. The performance in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium will be from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.   This is the inaugural performance in […]

The New Mexico Museum of Art Library is proud to partner with the Santa Fe Public Library to offer this program as part of the 2022 Big Read.  Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Big Read is a commmunity-wide reading programs centered on one book. This year’s program encourages […]

Art Chats return to the New Mexico Museum of Art at 5:30pm on every third Friday of the month, from July through October.   Join one of our outstanding docents for a deep dive into some of their favorite artworks currently on display. Spend some time learning about a Docent favorite and talking about art! […]

Frontiers in Science presents Harshini Mukundan and a look at how our own immune system inspired a new, universal approach to diagnosing emerging infectious diseases. Join us for this free public talk on Friday, September 16, in Santa Fe at the St. Francis Auditorium. Emerging infectious diseases are a major concern to national health security, […]

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.  Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by the Amazing Cyndi, this program will introduce children to […]

Join the Museum for some photographic fun using instant cameras! Celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition, Transgressions and Amplifications: Mixed Media Photography of the 1960s and 1970s, by trying your hand at making photographs that don’t live on your phone. Museum staff will help with basic camera and image-making instructions. All materials will be provided […]