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FIRST FRIDAY: LARRY BELL AND JUDY CHICAGO IN CONVERSATION April 5, 2024 5:30-6:30 Plaza Building Join celebrated artists Judy Chicago and Larry Bell for a conversation about their careers in New Mexico. Sold Out   The Vladem Contemporary inaugural lecture series is made possible with the generous support of Maria and Edward Gale, Gale Family...

In the exhibition Ways of Seeing: Four Photographic Collections, the eye of the collector play an important role. Anne Kelly, Gallery Director for photo-eye Gallery joins us for a gallery talk to introduce us to how to get started collecting photography. Free w/ admission

Get to know your Museum Library and help us celebrate National Library Week! Drop in for library tours and fun facts, refreshments, kids book giveaways, and bookmaking crafts starting at 1 PM. Free to attend!

Join St. John’s College Tutors Charlie Barret, Alison Chapman, and Ron Wilson in conversation with a member of the New Mexico Museum of Art Curatorial Team. This series of short presentations followed by a moderated discussion will explore the relationship between artmaking and the natural environment through questions such as how do artists address something...

Let’s continue  celebrating the exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again by making pottery with our friends from Tumbleroot Pottery Pub!  This is a FREE event.

In the first installment of Pro Musica’s Organ Recital Series local organ extraordinaire David Solem performs music by Louis Vierne, J.S. Bach, and César Franck. David Solem has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Baltimore’s PeabodyConservatory where he studied organ, harpsichord, piano, and flute. He has over 30 years ofexperience in liturgical music and has taught...

Hear directly from the collectors who donated the photographs on view! Jamie Brunson, Caroline Burnett, and W.M. Hunt will share stories and insights and talk about their collections on view in Ways of Seeing. Free with Admission image credit:  Jeff Brouws, Mobil/Trailer, Inyokern, Calif., 1991, chromogenic print, 18 × 18 in. Collection of the New...

Join us in the Goodwin Gallery for a walk through of the exhbition Ways of Seeing with Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware as she discusses the works on view and their importance to the museum’s collection.  Free with Admission image credit: Anthony O’Brien, Untitled (Portrait of a young girl), 2013, pigment print, 20 x 16...

Sharpen your pencils and join us for an evening of drawing in the galleries! Staff will lead a series of introductory drawng exercises for those who would like. Everyone else is invited to pull out their sketch pad and find inspiration in the galleries. Participants are invited to bring their own drawing supplies (pencils only...

Join Assistant Curator, Katie Doyle for an in depth gallery talk on the exhibition Rick Dillingham: To Make, Unmake, and Make Again and explore Dillingham’s personal ceramic practice and collection of artwork and Indigenous ceramics.  Free with Admission image credit:  Rick Dillingham, Untitled Ceramic Vessel, 1985-1986, ceramic, gold leaf, enamel and glue, 12 x 15...