Events for May 2013
May 2, 2013
A Celebration of the BookSanta Fe Book Arts Group
10:00 am
Continues through May 4, 2013 Check out the handmade creations of people devoted to the beauty of books at the Santa Fe Book Arts Group's "Celebration of the Book" Thursday, May 2, through Saturday, May 4, 10am to 4 pm, in the History Museum's Meem Community Room. Approximately 100 one-of-a-kind books will be on display, including rubber-band books, popup cards, origami, bookmarks and calligraphy demonstrations. Enjoy the intricacies of marbled papers, accordion folds and embellished bindings—while escaping cover-to-cover hum-drum in a world where books become visual art. Admission is free to the event (and the inspiration you’ll receive is priceless).
New Mexico History Museum
May 3, 2013
Haute Flea & 60th Anniversary Celebration 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm Enjoy delectable food, wine, fashion and fun. A silent auction of folk art treasures available Friday night only.
Museum of International Folk Art
May 3, 2013
Opening ReceptionPeter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1994-2011
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1994-2011 opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on Friday, May 3, 2013 with a free reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. The exhibition features 15 video and mixed-media works spanning 18 years and will be on view through August 18, 2013
New Mexico Museum of Art
May 3, 2013
Business Council: Still Motion: An Exploration of Photography and Video 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmBusiness Council members and their guests are invited to this exclusive event that explores the contrast between Shiprock and St. Michel: Photographs by William Clift and Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1994-2011. Not a member of the Business Council ? Join here , or call Mariann Minana-Lovato at (505) 982-6366 ext. 117.
New Mexico Museum of Art
May 4, 2013
Fifth Annual Folk Art Flea MarketFriends of Folk Art
10:00 am to 4:00 pmA sale organized by the Friends of Folk Art supporting education programs and exhibitions at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Museum of International Folk Art
May 4, 2013
Early Bird Folk Art Flea MarketFirst Pick Shopping
9:00 am to 10:00 amFor the first hour of the 5th Annual Folk Art Flea Market!
Museum of International Folk Art
May 5, 2013
What’s New Contemporary Native Artist SpeakDiverse Arts with Ross Chaney and Cliff Fragua
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Diverse Arts with Ross Chaney and Cliff Fragua. Lecture Series start at 2pm in the MIAC theater, seating is limited. This speaker series highlights artists in our newest exhibit "What's New in New: Recent Recent Acquisitions" This exhibition highlights new additions to the MIAC/LAB collections from recent years. The focus is on modern and contemporary Native art including paintings, monotypes, pottery and sculpture ranging from 1968 to 2012. FREE admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always free admission for 16 and younger, and MNMF members.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 5, 2013
I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy ClothingCowboys Real and Imagined
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Enjoy a lively presentation by Emmy Award-winning costume designer and historian Cathy Smith, "I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Clothing," at 2 pm on Sunday, May 5, in the History Museum Auditorium. Smith's presentation is part of the exhibit, Cowboys Real and Imagined. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents).
New Mexico History Museum
May 9, 2013
Speaker Series: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Preservation of the ArtsJoint Hosted by SAR and MIAC
Noon to 1:30 pm Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: School of Advanced Research Boardroom The Museums’ Dilemma: Culturally Appropriate Conservation Kelly McHugh , Objects Conservator, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Many indigenous communities have differing ideas about the concepts of preservation and conservation. Often, these beliefs contradict typical museum practices. How does one balance museological best practices with cultural worldviews? This series is open and FREE to the public. These are brown bag lunch events, so please feel free to bring a meal with you to the lectures. Reservations can be made by calling (505) 954-7205 or e-mailing iarc[at]sarsf.org.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 10, 2013
“Wonderlust: Linda Durham’s Thirty Fearless Years in the Art World”Lecture
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Linda Durham speaks in the St. Francis Auditorium for a Free Friday Evening event.
New Mexico Museum of Art
May 15, 2013
Becoming St. Kate: St. Catherine Indian School and St. Katharine DrexelA Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture
Join Anna Cabrera at noon on Wednesday, May 15, for “Becoming St. Kate: St. Catherine Indian School and St. Katharine Drexel,” part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Cabrera is a doctoral student in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. The lectures are free and are held in the Meem Community Room; enter through the museum's Washington Avenue doors.
New Mexico History Museum
May 15, 2013
Let’s Take A LookCurators Look at Your Treasures
Noon to 2:00 pm During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. The event is always FREE and open to the public. Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 16, 2013
National Historic Landmark Designation Ceremony 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Jemez State Monument
May 16, 2013
Friends of Indian Art Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association 5:30 pm to 8:00 pmFriends of Indian Art members are invited for a program presented by Bob Gallegos, a well-known dealer and supporter of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA). He will explain the importance of a strong relationship between collectors, dealers and museums. Wheelright Friends are also invited. Refreshments will be served at 5:30, followed by the program at 6.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 17, 2013
Cowboy Movie Night: Max Evans and the Hi-Lo CountryCowboys Real and Imagined
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Author, painter, and raconteur Max Evans is joined by Jim Harris, director of the Lea County Museum, to talk about his storied career, including the making of movies from his works, at 6 pm on Friday, May 17. After jawin’ about the cowboy life, the two will introduce a special showing of The Hi-Lo Country (1998), starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, and Patricia Arquette. The evening, part of the exhibition Cowboys Real and Imagined (through March 16, 2014), is in the History Museum auditorium. Admission is free every Friday 5-8 pm.
New Mexico History Museum
May 19, 2013
Migration Route from Mesa Verde to Present Day Santa Ana and History of Metallurgy and SmeltingFriends of Coronado Lecture Series
2:00 pmSpeakers: Walter Cristobal and Julian Garcia, members of the Santa Ana Pueblo Tribal Preservation Office - Migration Route from Mesa Verde to Present Day Santa Ana and History of Metallurgy and Smelting Lecture is held at 2:00 pm at Coronado State Monument. Lectures are free for Friends organization members and $5 for guests. Come early because seating is limited, and per the Fire Marshal no one will be admitted after the limit is reached.
Coronado State Monument
May 19, 2013
Herbal Cures & RemediesCuranderismo
1:00 pm to 4:00 pmfolkways of herbal medicine in conjunction with the exhibition New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Mas
Museum of International Folk Art
May 22, 2013
Native Treasures Breakfast with the ArtistBreakfast with Tammy Garcia
9:00 am to 10:30 am Get to know renowned artist, Tammy Garcia. Enjoy a delicious breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe followed by an intimate walk-through of an exhibit of Tammy's work, led by her, at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Wednesday, May 23, 9:00 am. Museum Hill Cafe/Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.Museum of New Mexico Foundation member price is $35; non-member price is $40. To buy tickets, please call the Lensic at 505-988-1234, visit the Lensic Box Office, or click here: Breakfast with Tammy tickets .
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 23, 2013
Speaker Series: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Preservation of the ArtsJoint Hosted by SAR and MIAC
Noon to 1:30 pm Thursday, May 23, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Meem Auditorium Admiration/Appropriation: Native Art Globalized Adrienne Keene , Ed.D candidate, Harvard University; blogger, Native Appropriations Fascination with Native cultures and aesthetics has become increasingly globalized over the last century. Most recently, appropriations of Navajo designs have prompted the tribal government to issue cease and desist letters to an American fashion-forward retailer. When does admiration cross the line into appropriation? This series is open and FREE to the public. These are brown bag lunch events, so please feel free to bring a meal with you to the lectures. Reservations can be made by calling (505) 954-7205 or e-mailing iarc[at]sarsf.org.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 24, 2013
Native Treasures Indian Arts FestivalFriday Night Gala and Benefit
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Come celebrate Native Treasures’ opening night on Friday, May 24, from 5:30 –7:30 p.m. Mingle with the artists and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and an open wine and champagne bar. At this year's Friday Night benefit, artists are invited to create a special piece for sale that evening. This year’s theme is “Rain”. Come see how each artist has interpreted this theme in his/her medium To buy tickets, please call the Lensic at 505-988-1234, visit the Lensic Box Office, or online at Tickets Santa Fe .
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 25, 2013
Native Treasures Indian Arts FestivalShow Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26
9:00 am to 4:00 pmAt the Santa Fe Convention Center in downtown Santa Fe Early Birds 9-10 am ($20) General Admission 10-4 ($10) All tickets available at entrance Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival , Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. Over 200 Native American artists participate, each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival benefits the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Each artist generously donates a portion of sales to the Museum’s programs. Please join us and support your favorite artists and the Museum at the same time!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 26, 2013
Native Treasures Indian Arts FestivalShow Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26
10:00 am to 4:00 pm At the Santa Fe Convention Center in downtown Santa Fe Free admission all day - Sunday Join us for Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival , Santa Fe’s only museum-quality Indian art show and sale. Over 200 Native American artists participate, each of whom is specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world. Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival benefits the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Each artist generously donates a portion of sales to the Museum’s programs. Please join us and support your favorite artists and the Museum at the same time!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
May 31, 2013
Free Friday EveningsSummer on the Hill
5:00 pm to 8:00 pmFREE Friday evenings at the The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the Museum of International Folk Art. Enjoy our Museums and dine at the Museum Hill Cafe.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
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On Exhibit during May 2013
Through August 18, 2013
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets
They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on March 25, 2012 (on long-term view). The exhibition highlights both the textile-weaving proficiency of Diné weavers who produced complex saddle blankets for all occasions and the design skills of Diné silversmiths who created dazzling headstalls of silver and turquoise. The saddle blankets on exhibit date from 1860 to 2002 and are arranged by weaving methods: tapestry weave; two-faced double weave; and twill weaves of diagonal, diamond, and herringbone patterns. By using a variety of warp and weft yarns—natural wool, cotton, angora mohair, unraveled bayeta, and Germantown—weavers added individuality to the everyday and fanciful tapestries they created for horses. Horse trappings on exhibit reveal the great pride that Diné horsemen took in their horses and how they adorned them for ceremonial and social events. The Diné first learned how to manufacture saddles and bridles from neighboring cultures and their proficiency quickly surpassed that of their mentors. That devotion resonates still, as the horse remains a viable living force in Diné life today.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Through August 18, 2013
PETER SARKISIAN: VIDEO WORKS, 1994-2011
Throughout his career Santa Fe-based artist Peter Sarkisian has been an innovator working at the cutting edge of multi-media art. Juxtaposing projected video and physical objects, his installations explore the intersection of the moving image and sculpture. Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1994-2011 opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art Friday, May 3, 2013 with a free reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. The exhibition features 15 video and mixed-media works spanning 18 years and will be on view through August 18, 2013 .
New Mexico Museum of Art
Through August 18, 2013
PETER SARKISIAN: VIDEO WORKS, 1994-2011
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1994-2011 opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art Friday, May 3, 2013 with a free reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. The exhibition features 15 video and mixed-media works spanning 18 years and will be on view through August 18, 2013. Throughout his career Santa Fe-based artist Peter Sarkisian has been an innovator working at the cutting edge of multi-media art. Juxtaposing projected video and physical objects, his installations explore the intersection of the moving image and sculpture.
New Mexico Museum of Art
Through September 2, 2013
Plain Geometry Amish Quilts
Plain Geometry Amish Quilts explores the origins and aesthetics of a tradition that has evolved in a changing world. Opening at the Museum of International Folk Art on Sunday, March 3, 2013, thirty-four quilts will be on view from the museum’s collection and loans from local collectors. These remarkably crafted textiles illustrate the influence of religious proscriptions, westward migration, and interaction with "English" neighbors. The exhibition runs through September 2, 2013.
Museum of International Folk Art
Through September 8, 2013
Mont St. Michel and Shiprock: Photographs by William Clift
The New Mexico Museum of Ar t is pleased to present this one-man exhibition by master photographer William Clift, a long-time Santa Fe resident. The exhibition opens April 19 and runs through September 8, 2013. For almost four decades, Clift has photographed two monolithic sites that dominate their expansive landscapes: Shiprock, an eroded volcanic form that rises above the northwestern New Mexico desert and is sacred to the Navajo (Diné), and Mont St. Michel, a tidal island off the north coast of France that is famous for its Romanesque-Gothic church and monastery. In this selection of more than seventy beautiful photographs, Clift shares his ongoing, nuanced exploration of the two places.
New Mexico Museum of Art
Through September 15, 2013
Back in the Saddle and Georgia O’Keeffe
New Mexico artists have incorporated horses in their Southwestern imagery since the 1880s. During the twentieth century, the horse became an icon of the region, reflecting its ethnic diversity and changing aesthetic styles. The 25 paintings, prints, and photographs in Back in the Saddle capture the changing spirit of Southwest art. The works are drawn from the New Mexico Museum of Art collection. Artists in the exhibition include Gerald Cassidy, W. Herbert “Buck” Dunton, Betty Hahn, Luis A. Jiménez Jr., Barbara Latham, Eliot Porter, Olive Rush, Fritz Scholder, Joseph Henry Sharp, Theodore Van Soelen, and Walter Ufer. The Native American, Hispanic, and European American art on view reveals some of the fusions that have occurred across cultural divides.
New Mexico Museum of Art
Through December 30, 2013
What’s New in New: Recent Acquisitions
What’s New in New: Recent Acquisitions is the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s annual exhibition of new acquisitions celebrating the gallery’s namesake, Lloyd Kiva New . What’s New in New opens on Sunday, February 17, 2013 from 1 to 4 p.m. and runs through December 30, 2013. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will serve refreshments in honor of Kiva New’s birthday anniversary. Curator Tony Chavarria’s focus with this show is on modern and contemporary Native art including paintings, monotypes, poetry, and sculpture created between 1968 and 2012.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Through January 5, 2014
New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate Y Más
An exploration of the dawn of world cuisine as we know—and consume—it today opens December 9, 2012 at the Museum of International Folk Art with New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate Y Más . The exhibition runs through January 5, 2014. New World Cuisine explores how foods around the world developed from mixing the old and the new, and how many of the tastiest dishes and desserts came to be associated with New Mexico.
Museum of International Folk Art
Through February 9, 2014
Tall Tales of the Wild West: The Stories of Karl May
The novels of German author Karl May served as trail guides to the mystique of the American West and even today are celebrated in European festivals and theme parks. His books have outsold those of Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey combined and were beloved by the likes of Albert Einstein, Herman Hesse, Fritz Lang, and Franz Kafka. But there’s a hitch: May never visited the West. Nevertheless, his faith in the land of cowboys and Indians nurtured an entire continent’s love for it. From Nov. 18, 2012, to Feb. 9, 2014, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors celebrates May’s life, legacy and lasting impact in an original exhibition, Tall Tales of the Wild West: The Stories of Karl May .
New Mexico History Museum
Through February 24, 2014
Woven Identities
Woven Identities features baskets woven by artists representing 60 cultural groups in six culture areas of Western North America: The Southwest, Great Basin, Plateau, California, the Northwest Coast, and the Arctic. All objects tell a story, if you know the right questions to ask. At the time the baskets in this exhibition were collected little to no information was recorded; the weaver’s names are largely unknown. Nonetheless, each basket has an identity, a woven identity. The identity of each basket—where it was made; when it was made; who made it; who it was made for; why it was made—by “reading” its individual characteristics.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Through March 16, 2014
Cowboys Real and Imagined
When America needed hard workers, the cowboy was there. The job was dirty and difficult, low-paid and lowly regarded. But when an America torn by the Civil War needed a hero to unite its soul, the unassuming cowboy was an unlikely—and ultimately lasting—pick. Since riding out of Spanish horse culture, he’s been an itinerant hired hand, an outlaw, a movie star, a rodeo athlete, a radio yodeler, and a rhinestoned disco diva. He’s been Spanish, Mexican, African American, Anglo, male, female, straight, and gay. His image has been co-opted to sell trucks, beer, boots, beans, jeans, tires, cigarettes, leather couches, presidential candidates, and a lifestyle far beyond the means of real-life buckaroos. Using artifacts and photographs from its wide-ranging collections, along with loans from more than 100 people and museums, Cowboys Real and Imagined (April 14, 2013, through March 16, 2014) blends a chronological history of Southwestern cowboys with the rise of a manufactured mystique as at home on city streets as it is in a stockyard. Augmented by archival footage, oral histories, musical performances, and a programming series that includes showings of classic Western movies filmed in New Mexico, the exhibition anchors the cowboy story in New Mexico, a place that gave birth to the real thing and held onto it longer than most other states.
New Mexico History Museum
on long-term display
The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
The Buchsbaum Gallery features each of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona in a selection of pieces that represent the development of a community tradition. In addition, a changing area of the gallery, entitled Traditions Today highlights the evolving contemporary traditions of the ancient art of pottery making.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
on long-term display
Here, Now and Always
Here, Now, and Always is a major exhibition based on eight years of collaboration among Native American elders, artists, scholars, teachers, writers and museum professionals. Voices of fifty Native Americans guide visitors through the Southwest's indigenous communities and their challenging landscapes. More than 1,300 artifacts from the Museum's collections are displayed accompanied by poetry, story, song and scholarly discussion.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
on long-term display
Segesser Hide Paintings
Though the source of the Segesser Hide Paintings is obscure, their significance cannot be clearer: the hides are rare examples of the earliest known depictions of colonial life in the United States. Moreover, the tanned and smoothed hides carry the very faces of men whose descendants live in New Mexico today...
New Mexico History Museum
on long-term display
Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time
Now 400 years old, Santa Fe was once an infant city on the remote frontier. Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, on long-term exhibit in the Palace of the Governors, explores the archaeological evidence and historical documentation of the City Different before the Spanish arrived, as well as at the settling of the first colony in San Gabriel del Yungue, the founding of Santa Fe and its first 100 years as New Mexico’s first capital. Co-curated by Josef Diaz of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors and Stephen Post of the DCA/Office of Archaeological Studies, Santa Fe Found collects more than 160 artifacts from four historic sites, along with maps, documents, household goods, weaponry and religious objects. Together, they tell the story of cultural encounters between early colonists and the Native Americans who had long called this place home.
New Mexico History Museum
on long-term display
Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now
Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now , the main exhibition of the New Mexico History Museum, sweeps across more than 500 years of stories - from early Native inhabitants to today's residents - told through artifacts, films, photographs, computer interactives, oral histories and more. Together, they breath life into the people who made the American West: Native Americans, Spanish colonists, Mexican traders, Santa Fe Trail riders, fur trappers, outlaws, railroad men, scientists, hippies and artists.
New Mexico History Museum
on long-term display
Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción contains bultos, retablos, and crucifijos dating from the late 1700s to 1900 which illustrate the distinctive tradition of santo making in New Mexico introduced by settlers from Mexico.
New Mexico History Museum
on long-term display
Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
"I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation, but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present." - Alexander Girard
Museum of International Folk Art
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