History

Chicago & Bell At New Mexico Museum Of Art April 5

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NMDCA News:

Join New Mexico Museum of Art for a First Friday event with Larry Bell and Judy Chicago 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 5.

Chicago (born July 20, 1939 in Chicago, Ill.) American feminist artist whose complex and focused installations created some of the visual context of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s and beyond. 

Throughout his career Bell has made investigations into the properties of light on surface. By experimenting with the nature of surface and its relationship to space, Bell has devised a methodology characterized by spontaneity, intuition, and improvisation. Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Receives ‘Gold Standard’ Reaccreditation From AAM

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An aerial shot of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science at 1801 Mountain Road NW in Albuquerque. Courtesy/Tira Howard, NMMNHS

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) has announced that it has been awarded reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), an industry-wide “gold standard” that a small fraction of museums across the country have received.

Museum leadership received notification from AAM’s Accreditation Commission earlier this month informing them NMMNHS had been awarded this honor, in recognition Read More

New Mexico History Museum Seeks Zozobra Objects

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NMHM News:

The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is offering two more drop-in opportunities for New Mexicans to share their Zozobra memories and mementos.

The tradition of Zozobra turns 100 this August and NMHM is telling this 10-decade story. The Museum wants to see the community’s favorite Zozobra memories to consider for inclusion in this exhibition.

Community members can bring materials like vintage merch, goofy family movies, or other memorabilia directly to NMHM, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 30 and 10 a.m. to noon Monday, April 1, at 113 Lincoln Ave. in Santa Fe to have them examined and photographed Read More

(VIDEO) Documentary Returns To Vietnam 50 Years Later

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Wreaths Across America News:

In November 2023, 10 Vietnam veterans embarked on a journey they never thought possible, returning to Vietnam, and exploring the locations and memories that for 50 years have held deep significance for each of them.

Mission Veteran Expedition, a collaborative venture between CDLLife, FASTPORT, and nonprofits Waypoint Vets and Wreaths Across America, made this journey possible and, together, proudly announce the upcoming release of a new documentary of the trip, “Mission Veteran Expedition: Honoring Vietnam Veterans in the Transportation Industry.” Read More

Local Weaving Business Launches Educational Classes

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Centinela Traditional Arts at 946 State Road 76 in Chimayo. Courtesy/Centinela

Centinela Traditional Arts News:

Centinela Traditional Arts has announced two new weaving programs for those interested in learning the Hispanic Rio Grande/Chimayo Weaving Tradition of Northern New Mexico.

Class Offerings:

  • A 12-week open studio program workshop will be held at McCurdy Ministries Community Center (Espanola) May 28 to Aug. 21. Classes with instructor assistance are 4:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Looms will be available for rent by the hour outside of the set class times (available
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Robinson: War Veterans Join Public Debate Over Monuments

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By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

On Indigenous Peoples Day 2020 in broad daylight, a mob of vandals tore down the 154-year-old Soldier’s Monument in the center of Santa Fe Plaza because it was offensive to some Native Americans. Now veterans groups are demanding it be restored.

The destruction followed months of controversy that was notable for its absence of historical fact. Nobody seemed to know the obelisk honored Union soldiers, many of them Hispanic, who died in New Mexico’s two Civil War battles. But there was plenty of vitriol directed at one word that’s been Read More

New Mexico History Museum Presents Talk On First Known Publication About America April 3 On YouTube

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NMHM News:

Friends of History in collaboration with Southwest Seminars invites the public to a talk by Dr. Thomas E. Chavez, 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 on YouTube, in which he discusses the first known publication about America in Europe.

Written as a narrative epic poem, La Historia de Nuevo Mejico recounts the early days of Juan de Oñate’s 1598 expedition to colonize northern New Mexico. It was written by Captain Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, a member of Oñate’s settlement party, and published in Spain in 1610.

Chavez is an independent researcher, consultant, and historian; former Director Read More

Abiquiu Inn Presents Colcha Of New Mexico: The Legacy Of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval Exhibit Through April

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Courtesy/Analinda Dunning

Abiquiu Inn News:

The Abiquiu Inn has launched a new exhibit in the Upstairs Gallery in honor of Women’s History Month. Colcha of New Mexico: The Legacy of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval is now open and will be on display until April 30, 2024. Included in the exhibit are her Colcha works, rugs and tinwork. March is designated Women’s History Month and honors the contributions by women to American history.

Colchera Beatrice Maestas Sandoval was born in 1947 in Las Vegas, N.M. She was raised alongside her six siblings in the adobe home her father built. As a child, Beatrice heard Read More

MIAC: Native Narratives Speaker Series Continues March 16

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Julie O’ Keefe (Osage)

MIAC News:

The community is invited to join Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 16 for another event in the Native Narratives Speaker Series featuring Julie O’ Keefe (Osage).

O’ Keefe will offer insight into Osage culture and history, especially regarding clothing. O’ Keefe was the lead Osage clothing consultant for the Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

This is a great opportunity to learn from someone deeply involved in preserving and sharing Indigenous narratives.

The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a museum Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Researcher Contributes To Discovery Of Massive Prehistoric Carnivore

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A rendering of the ancient amphibian Stenokranio boldi. NMMNHS research associate Larry Rinehart contributed to the discovery. Courtesy/Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP

NMMNHS News:

ALBUQUERQUE —  An international team of researchers that includes a research associate from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) has discovered a new species of carnivorous amphibian that lived nearly 300 million years ago.

Earlier this year, NMMNHS research associate Larry Rinehart, in collaboration with researchers from Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP in Thallichtenberg, Germany, Naturhistorisches Read More