PROGRAMS & EVENTS All Events Are Free Unless Otherwise Noted
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 3 P.M.
Talk: Lessons in Abstraction: Karen Yank and Agnes Martin
Sculptor Karen Yank reflects on her mentor Agnes Martin, touching on their shared practices of meditation, love for the land, and emotional abstraction. The program includes a brief gallery talk in Abstracting Nature. Supported in part by the Chicago Woodman Foundation.
THURSDAYS, AUGUST 7, 14, 21, & 28, 6 P.M.
Concert Series: Chatter at the Museum
Chatter ABQ's August 2025 series, inspired by Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945, highlights music once banned by the Nazis and features a major work by Pulitzer winner Raven Chacon. Supported by New Mexico Arts and the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund.
AUGUST 7, 6 P.M.
Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet no. 2
Agnes Martin and Karen Yank, Taos, NM, 2004.Photo b y Rodney Hamon
Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet no. 2 is a modernist landmark, here sung by soprano Tara Khozein. In the final two movements, Schoenberg sets poetry by Stefan George, including the famous line "I feel air from another planet."
AUGUST 14, 6 P.M.
Ernst Krenek, Erwin Schulhoff, and Erik Satie
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 5-8:30 P.M.
Third Thursday: Light, Space, and the Shape of Time
This concert features composers targeted by the Nazis, including Austrians Krenek and Schulhoff, plus Satie's Truly Flabby Preludes (For a Dog), celebrating the Good Dogs exhibition.
Explore science, tech, and perception in Light, Space and the Shape of Time, create your own ethereal art, and enjoy Fusion
AUGUST 21, 6 P.M. (DURING THIRD THURSDAY)
Theatre's not LOST but FOUND in TRANSLATION. Third Thursdays are supported by the City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, New Mexico Arts, Albuquerque Museum Foundation, and American Home.
This narrative score tells the creation story of the of the founding of the United States through sound-using instruments, coins, axe and wood, a police whistle and a match.
AUGUST 28, 6 P.M.
SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2 P.M.
Performance: not LOST but FOUND in TRANSLATION by FUSION Theatre Five artists weave personal stories of strength, resilience, and connection during challenging times. Inspired by Light, Space, and the Shape of Time, the performance invites audiences to shift perception and find light and expansion, even in life's darker corners. Supported in part by New Mexico Arts.
Raven Chacon: American Ledger no. 1
FUSION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 5-8:30 P.M.
Third Thursday: Open to All Celebrate all forms of literacy with pop-up story times and readings throughout the Museum, hands-on art activities, film screenings, and community story sharing. Learn about the valuable resources the libraries offer, sign up for your free library card, and even check out a book.
Alban Berg, Matyas Seiber
This program features Berg's Lyric Suite and Seiber's Divertimento, performed by Chatter's Artistic Director David Felberg and Associate Director James Shields.
Chatter Ensemble: Elizabeth Young, Luke Gullickson, David Felberg, James Shields, Jesse Tatum
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 10 A.M.-NOON
Movement at the Museum: Site-Specific Dance Experience the power of place through site-specific dance with Lara Segura in the sculpture garden, for movers of all ages and abilities. Dress for movement, bring water, and note that minors must be accompanied by an adult. This event is presented in partnership with Albuquerque Dance Connect and is supported in part by New Mexico Arts.