Events Calendar of
Albuquerque
MUSEUM HOURS: Tuesdays–Sundays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. STORE HOURS: Tuesdays–Sundays 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024
DON’T MISS THESE SPECIAL EVENTS: OPENING DAY TALK: COAST TO COAST TO COAST JANUARY 27, 2 P.M.
CASA SAN YSIDRO OPEN HOUSE
FEBRUARY 10, 1 – 4 P.M.
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G AL L ERY E X H IBITIO NS On view through February 11, 2024
DICTATORS AND THE DISAPPEARED: DEMOCRACY LOST AND RESTORED Artists, publishers, and citizens reacted to the rise and imposition of military dictatorships in southern South America in the late 20th century, and how they fought to restore democracy.
On view through May 19, 2024
PEARL IN THE NIGHT SKY: REFLECTIONS ON THE MOON IN ART AND POETRY A selection of the Albuquerque Museum’s permanent collection of works on paper addresses our collective fascination with the moon, and with bodies more distant still.
ON VIEW January 27 – April 21, 2024
COAST TO COAST TO COAST Coast to Coast to Coast: Indigenous Art from the McMichael Canadian Art
Collection explores the powerful tensions and continuities that exist between the present and the past, and the artists’ relationships with the land, with their ancestors, and with each other. ABOVE: Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), Thunderbird with Inner Spirit, c. 1978, acrylic on canvas, 208.3 x 127 cm, Purchase 1979, 1979.6, Photo: Craig Boyko
On view through March 3, 2024
NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE: LOCAL JOURNALISM IN THE 1970S From early typewriters to radios, to alternative publications and the UNM Riot of 1970, this exhibition demonstrates how journalism is a bastion of democracy through an exploration of those involved in journalism.
On view through March 24, 2024
READING, WRITING, AND REPORTING: A SNAPSHOT OF JOURNALISM This exhibition highlights how journalism is made from school publications to the printing presses of the Albuquerque Tribune and local news networks.
ONG O I NG COMMON GROUND: ART IN NEW MEXICO
ONLY IN ALBUQUERQUE
Drawn from the Museum’s permanent
are featured in an engaging, fun, and
collection of almost 10,000 works of art,
interactive atmosphere. Our story is told
Common Ground celebrates the diverse
through four galleries: Spirited, Courageous,
creativity of artists living in or influenced
Resourceful and Innovative, all connecting
by this region.
to a central gallery entitled Our Land.
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024
Hundreds of our city’s most beloved artifacts
FROM TOP: Unidentified artist, Villa Grimaldi: aquí se torturó a los detenidos desaparecidos (Villa Grimaldi: Here the Detained and Disappeared were Tortured), Chile, ca. 1983, cotton appliqué panel, 15 x 19 in., Chile Ephemera Collection (PICT 2012-011(3)0002), CSWR, University Libraries, University of New Mexico; Eliot Porter, Storm Clouds With Moon, New Mexico, 1977, dye-transfer print, overall: 9 7/8 x 11 in. (25.1 x 27.9 cm) Museum Purchase, 1987 General Obligation Bonds, PC1988.35.23; Patrick Nagatani, The Evening News, Native American Pueblo Dwelling, New Mexico, 1990, Chromogenic print (Ilfocolor Deluxe) on paper, ed. 8/24, 27 1/2 x 31 in., museum purchase, 1989 General Obligation Bonds, PC1991.30.35; Far West Photography, Printing “The Warrior” School Newspaper, ca. 1960, gelatin silver print, 4 5/8 × 5 in., gift of Albuquerque Public Schools, PA1997.046.403
PR O GR AMS & E VENT S THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 5 – 8:30 P.M.
Third Thursday: News for the People Free event Get an up-close look at historic film technology as seen in the current exhibition News for The People: Local Journalism in the 1970s. Watch short films from the Basement Films archive, learn how analogue motion picture film works, and get hands-on experience with moviescopes, splicers, and projectors. Learn about the story of Larry Casuse and the fight for Native liberation through a talk by Dr. David Correia on his book, An Enemy Such as This. Enjoy Felix Gato Peralta whose Southwestern music combines Cumbia Indigenous and Blues on the button accordion and guitar. Get started on your New Year’s resolution with yoga in the galleries!
Felix Gato Peralta
PR OG RA MS & E VE NTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1 – 2:30 P.M.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 2 – 3 P.M.
Film Screening: Beans
Opening Day Talk: Coast to Coast to Coast
Free event In the early 1990s, two prominent Mohawk communities find their
Free event Learn about the first large scale survey of Indigenous art from Canada to be presented internationally from Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Milroy will provide insight into the exhibition, which was assembled from the McMichael’s collection of historic and contemporary Indigenous art.
land and livelihood in jeopardy from the encroaching force of gentrification. Determined to protect their rights, the Mohawk take a stand against the Quebec government. In an all-out protest that spans nearly eighty days and in defiance of government force, the Mohawk demonstrate the significance of preserving their traditional way of life. Based on true events. Written and directed by filmmaker Tracey Deer.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 1 – 4 P.M.
Second Saturday: Open House Free Event Casa San Ysidro is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of New Mexican art and furnishings in existence. The property consists of a four-bedroom home, originally built by Jesús María Gutiérrez in 1875, and renovated by Dr. Ward Alan Minge and his wife Shirley Jolly Minge in the 1950s. Additional adobe rooms, designed and hand built by the Minges, were constructed using salvaged structural parts from historical buildings. Learn about the Museum’s history and its full year of programming. The Museum offers daily tours, monthly lectures and workshops, heritage arts classes, annual festivals, and educational training throughout the year.
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 & 28 11 A.M. – 12 P.M.
Online Discussion: Women Who Sculpt
Learn about women artists in the Museum’s collection. This presentation by museum guide Sarah Geiger, highlights women sculptors working in a variety of styles and media. Artists include Louise Nevelson, Nora Naranjo Morse, and Ema Tanigaki, among others. This program is held on Zoom.
Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo, Khwee…Seng, 1991, bronze, 48 × 36 × 36 in. each, museum Purchase, 1991 General Obligation Bonds, 1% for Art Funds, and Albuquerque Museum Foundation, PC1993.32.1.A-B
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 5 – 8:30 P.M.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1:30 – 3 P.M.
Free event
Included with admission to Casa San Ysidro,
See Coast to Coast to Coast a traveling exhibition from the
purchase online.
McMichael Collection of Canadian Art showcasing the vitality
This series of classes explores the origins and histories of
and diversity of Indigenous art in Canada. Create art related
fiber in Spanish Colonial New Mexico along El Camino
to the exhibition. Enjoy music by the Alex Maryol Band whose
Real. This class features fiber harvesting and preparation
sound combines muddy Mississippi river blues, gritty indie
using Churro wool. Participants will learn to wash, card, and
rock, buttery R&B, and sweat-soaked Chicago-style blues.
comb fiber in preparation for processing wool into yarn for
Take a guided tour or do yoga in the gallery.
domestic and commercial use.
Third Thursday: Coast to Coast to Coast
Heritage Spinning and Weaving: Fiber Prep
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ON G O ING P RO G R AMS & E VE NTS
TUESDAYS – SUNDAYS 2 P.M.
Gallery Tours Guided tours of select gallery exhibitions are offered year around.
Tours of Casa San Ysidro Schedule a tour to visit this charming historic house museum in Corrales, New Mexico. The collections, as well as the structures, are listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties.
JANUARY: Closed for the season FEBRUARY TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: 9:30 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. SATURDAY: 10:30 A.M., NOON & 1:30 P.M.
SATURDAYS 1 – 2:30 P.M.
Family Art Workshops Included with admission. Make art with the whole family.
ME MORIA LS A N D TR IB UT E S In Memory of Gay Betzer
In Memory of
Mary LaBorde
Jinni Thomas Nanci and Jerome Beckes
In Memory of Marilyn Bromberg
and Pippa and
on her 90th birthday
Wee Lord Byron Adonis
Rebecca Berkowitz In Honor of
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In Honor of
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MUSEUM HOURS Tuesdays–Sundays 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Beverly and Leland Gehrke Elaine Goldstein
Nancy and Stephen Zook
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STORE HOURS Tuesdays–Sundays 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
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