Vladem Contemporary

Reclaiming the Future: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration Public Exhibition Opening

Saturday, September 5 5:30 – 7:30 PM Vladem Contemporary 404 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe This free public opening for Reclaiming the Future: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration will feature brief remarks at 6:15pm from guest Curator, Machiko Harada, artist Lehuauakea and Nikki Nojima Louis, childhood survivor of the incarceration camps. Light refreshments will be...

Book Club

Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books?  We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we host an art-themed book club! Our next Book Club will begin at Noon on Sunday October 4 at the Vladem Contemporary. We will be reading Only What We Could Carry:...

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us for a fun drop-in art making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. In October we will practice sketching and observation skills. Sketching and drawing are fundamental skills...

Family Art Making

Join us for a fun drop-in art making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. In September we will make hand-built clay creations with New Mexico Sheepdog fiber clay, which dries without firing. Inspired...

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends! For the first Sunday in August, we will make sunprints. Light snacks will be available. This event is FREE for all New...

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in July, we will make flags of all types and sizes.  FREE for NM residents 

Public Opening for Continuum: Blindfall, First Strike

Join the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary for the FREE public opening of Continuum: Blindfall, First Strike from 5-7pm on Saturday, June 20th. Remarks by the artists Virgil Ortiz and Eric F. Garcia at 5:45pm. Lite refreshments will be served, and all are welcome. The exhibition will be on view from June 20,...

Final Friday: Marianne Hall

Join us for a free talk by Window Box Artist, Marianne Hall. Albuquerque-based artist Marianne Hall explores themes of personal loss and spirituality through a contemplative visual language. Shaped by an interest in alternative materials, introspection, and domestic craft, her installation Between Heaven and Earth uses organza, felt, and thread to suggest the landscapes and...

Final Friday: Button Making

Come visit the Vladem Contemporary for Final Friday. Admission is free and there is always something special to see or do. This month we will take a cue from the exhibition Lucy R. Lippard: Notes from the Radical Whirlwind and make some buttons! Featured in the show is a collection of political and activist buttons...

Family Art Making

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in June, we will create summer journals to document the season’s adventures. This...