PROGRAMS & EVENTS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2-4 P.M.
Community Gathering: Mario Ybarra Jr.: Nuevo Complexican
Shake off the week with a daytime Día de los Muertos celebration featuring Mario Ybarra Jr., an acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist and culture worker. Dance to old-school R&B records that inspired Ybarra Jr.’s parade float titled Music My Mom Played While Cleaning The House on view in the exhibition. Enjoy local food trucks, music, community art making and more!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 5-8 P.M.
Conversation & Film:
Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger
Award-winning Seminole/ Muscogee filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) will introduce a screening of his Indigenous artist focused documentary film, Love and Fury. Following the screening there will be a live audience recording of the Broken Boxes podcast series Long Con, an ongoing conversation between Harjo and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.
Movie poster for Sterlin Harjo’s film Love and Fury
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 5–8:30 P.M.
Third Thursday: Border Stories
Free event
Join us for a program celebrating Puertas fronterizas / Border Doors an exhibition of multimedia doors created by students from Sandia Preparatory School. The doors tell the stories of the people they met along the U.S.–Mexico border and reflect on major themes of immigration. Hear from student artists in the exhibition. Learn about the exhibition from AM History Curator Alicia Romero and Claudio Pérez, a Spanish teacher at Sandia Preparatory School who started the project. Create artwork inspired by the exhibition facilitated by students from the school. Enjoy performances by Ballet Folklórico Fiesta Mexicana and Albuquerque High School’s mariachi band, Mariachi San Jose.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 5-8 P.M.
Old Town Holiday Stroll
Free event
The Museum stays open late for the annual Old Town Holiday Stroll. Make a holidayinspired work of art, listen to live music by Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies, and tour the Museum galleries. Shop the Museum Store for all your holiday gift needs.
Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies
Mario Ybarra, Jr., Music My Mom Played While Cleaning the House, artist’s process, 2023. Photo courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Ballet Folklórico Fiesta Mexicana
ONGOING PROGRAMS & EVENTS
THROUGH NOVEMBER 24
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SUNDAYS, 11 A.M. – 12 P.M.
Old Town Walking Tours
Explore historic Old Town on foot with an informative guide who will provide insight into the people and places that shaped our early community.
ONLINE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 & 20
11 A.M.–12 P.M.
Collection Spotlight:
Women Ceramic Artists
Online
Join Museum guide Sarah Geiger for an online presentation exploring tradition and innovation in ceramic works from the Museum’s collection. Her talk highlights the long tradition of ceramic art in the Southwest by Pueblo potters and artists who have revived ancient traditions based on archeological artifacts. Featured artists include Fannie Nampeyo, Beverly Magennis, Edna Leki, Jami Porter Lara, and Charmae Natseway. Join the presentation at the Zoom link (available on the event pages at albuquerquemuseum.org) Beverley Magennis, The Pathway (detail), 1992-1993, ceramic
TUESDAYS – SUNDAYS, 2 P.M.
Gallery Tours
Guided tours of select gallery exhibitions are offered year around.
SATURDAYS, 1 – 2:30 P.M.
Family Art Workshops
Make art with the whole family.
THROUGH NOVEMBER 23
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS 11 A.M. – 12 P.M.
Sculpture Garden Tours
Enjoy a pleasant stroll in our sculpture garden with a friendly guide who will share stories about the artists and their works.
EVENTS AT CASA SAN YSIDRO
973 Old Church Road, Corrales, NM 87048 | 505-898-3915
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1–3 P.M.
Second Saturday: Agriculture and Commerce in Spanish & Mexican-Era New Mexico
Free event at Casa San Ysidro
This presentation by historian Robert Torrez reviews the documents found in New Mexico’s own Spanish and Mexicanera archives and explores the agricultural practices and commercial activities that have allowed New Mexicans to make a living. The reports that were documented by the early colonists provide great detail on the types of crops grown in communities throughout New Mexico as well as important information on the broad range of economic activities in which these hardy pioneers participated.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1:30–3 P.M.
Heritage
Spinning and Weaving: Colcha
Purchase your ticket in advance
This class led by weavers Myra Chang Thompson and Carla Wackenheim, features a demonstration and hands-on activity on how to create a typical Spanish Colonial colcha sampler with a tapestry needle and colorful wool yarn.
Floral Colcha, 1865-1875, churro wool, cotton cordage, cochineal, natural, synthetic dyes, PC2015.26.13
THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 | TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: 9:30 A.M. & 1:30 P.M.
SATURDAY: 10:30 A.M., NOON & 1:30 P.M.
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.
Historian Robert Torrez
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Through March 2, 2025
BROKEN BOXES: A DECADE OF ART, ACTION, AND DIALOGUE
Large-scale installation, sculpture, video, and a robust programming line-up celebrate the work and ideas of 23 artists who have contributed to Ginger Dunnill’s Broken Boxes podcast. The exhibition celebrates ten years of the podcast of the same name and amplifies the collective strength of contemporary artists. Broken Boxes is curated by Ginger Dunnill and Josie Lopez and extends beyond the confines of Gallery 1.
Through March 2, 2025
RAVEN CHACON: STORM PATTERN
On view through April 6, 2025
CHIP THOMASVISITING ARTIST
Chip Thomas’s large scale photo installations serve as a poignant reminder that art has the power to transcend boundaries, connect with communities, and inspire change. Thomas is Albuquerque Museum’s 2024 visiting artist supported by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. In this project, he collaborates with Sabrina Manygoats to create an installation on the Museum’s lobby walls to show how uranium mining impacts the land and people of New Mexico.
Chip Thomas, panaceas, promises + problems, Jordan, Jr on horseback, 2024, digital reproduction of
FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Storm Pattern (2021) is a textile score and eight-channel hyper-directional sound installation created by Raven Chacon who recently received the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. The work consists of isolated field recordings of flying drones that were captured at the 2016 Standing Rock Oceti Sakowin. Raven Chacon by Neal Santos
COMMON GROUND: ART IN NEW MEXICO
Common Ground celebrates the diverse creativity of artists living in or influenced by this region.
ONLY IN ALBUQUERQUE
Our story is told through four galleries: Spirited, Courageous, Resourceful, and Innovative, all connecting to a central gallery entitled Our Land.
Cannupa Hanska Luger, Blood Lust, 2022. Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, NY
original photograph
Through May 4, 2025
BORDER DOORS / PUERTAS FRONTERIZAS
This bilingual exhibition showcases the power of education to break down borders and build bridges of understanding. Curated by the Albuquerque Museum and Claudio Pérez, Spanish teacher at Sandia Preparatory School. After meeting immigrants and immigration advocates at the U.S.–Mexico border, Sandia Preparatory School students created mixed-media collages and paintings on doors based on their experiences.
On view through November 17, 2024
AROUND WE GO: PANORAMAS IN ALBUQUERQUE
From multi-plate images to today’s smartphone panoramas, the panoramic format intrigues viewers with its distortion and large-scale views. Around We Go features Cirkut prints, some encompassing a full 360-degree view, from the Museum’s photo archives. Unknown Photographer, Blueher Farms, ca. 1915, reproduction of a gelatin silver print, gift of unknown donor, PA1999.045.001
On view through February 9, 2025
VIVARIUM: EXPLORING INTERSECTIONS OF ART, STORYTELLING, AND RESILIENCE OF THE LIVING WORLD
The works of Nathan Budoff, Patrick McGrath Muñiz, Steven J. Yazzie, Eliza Naranjo Morse, Stanley Natchez, Julie Buffalohead, Eloy Torrez, and more explore the delicate balance within nature through a variety of visual languages and cultural lenses. Latin for “place of life,” Vivarium demonstrates how painters create stories that highlight the complex intersections between humans and the non-human living world.
November 23, 2024 –August 24, 2025
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE & WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
Poets and playwrights have long taken inspiration from urban life and the natural world, hoping to find words to encompass the fullness of humanity. These companion shows, All the World’s A Stage and Where the Sidewalk Ends, bring together two ideas that highlight the human condition: the various roles we play in public and the freedom to not perform in any role when we are in nature.
Unidentified Photographer, Man Sitting on a Cliff, ca. 1910, Albuquerque Museum, PA1978.031.255
Frank Dominguez, Untitled, January 25, 2016, Albuquerque Museum, museum purchase, PA2021.036.013
Benjamin Bartlett, American Dream, 2019
Eloy Torrez, Thinking of Dalí, 1991
Joining the Albuquerque Museum Foundation gives you more opportunities to experience the art, history, events, and educational programming offered at the Albuquerque Museum. Your annual membership entitles you to free admission, invitations to exclusive member previews, and discounts. Learn more at albuquerquemuseumfoundation.org
ANNUAL FUND
As the year comes to a close, your donation to the Albuquerque Museum Foundation’s Annual Fund helps sustain the Museum’s world-class exhibitions, educational experiences for children, and free community events.
Holiday2024 Gift Guide
Do you want to find inspired and unique gifts? Our Museum Store manager has curated a unique selection of shop favorites—jewelry, wearables, and catalogs that will make everyone ooh and aah!
Vickie Deane Jewelry, Modern Botanical Earrings | $225.00
Sterling silver earrings from Vickie Deane’s Modern Botanicals collection feature delicate floral designs, ideal for holiday celebrations.
Kei & Molly Textiles, Printed Sponges & Flour Sack Dishtowels
$6.95-$14.95
Locally designed and printed, these ecofriendly kitchen staples support immigrant and refugee communities while making perfect hostess gifts.
Joy Susan, Metallic
Gunmetal Classic Hobo Bag | $64.95
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Membership
The gift that keeps on giving, all year long. Share the love and gift an Albuquerque Museum Foundation Membership this holiday season! Members enjoy 10% off at the Museum Store for the entire year!
This vegan leather hobo bag, available in trendy metallic and suede finishes, is spacious and perfect for gifting or keeping.
Karst Stone Paper, Stone Paper Collection
$10.95-$49.95
Durable stone-crafted stationery and art materials offer eco-friendly elegance for every stationery lover’s daily needs.
Contemporary Mesh Ribbon Skirt | $250
A modern take on the classic ribbon skirt, crafted from black satin with ribbon and mesh details, locally designed and women-owned.
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HOLIDAY HOURS
Albuquerque Museum is closed on Thursday, November 28 for Thanksgiving, December 25 for Christmas, and January 1 for New Year’s Day.
Albuquerque Museum Foundation office is closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 & 29, and December 23 – January 1.