Plaza Building

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.  Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by the Amazing Cyndi, this program will introduce children to...

Looking for a creative outlet during your lunch break? Stop by the Museum for a casual session of life drawing. We will have a clothed model and supplies for participants to practice their drawing skills. This event will be recurring on the second Tuesday of each month. $10 (Museum admission not included) Click Here for...

To kick off opening week of the Vladem Contemporary, we invite you to a lecture by artist Leo Villareal. Villareal will discuss his artwork, focusing on Astral Array, created specifically for the Vladem Contemporary. Villareal’s installation implies a connection to the myriad stars visible in the night sky, while also referring to a hidden spiritual...

This summer, we are offering a new, two-week photography program for high school students. Starting on July 24th and ending August 4th, this program is designed to treat the art of photography seriously, regardless of what kind of camera you are using. Professional DSLRs to cell phone cameras, all are welcome. Students will learn, both...

Join us for a gallery talk in the exhibition Manual Carrillo: Mexican Modernist by curator and former Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art, Stuart A. Ashman. FREE

Looking for a creative outlet during your lunch break? Stop by the Museum for a casual session of life drawing. We will have a clothed model and supplies for participants to practice their drawing skills. This event will be recurring on the second Tuesday of each month. $10 (Museum admission not included) Click Here for...

Stop by and make art at our Create Station! for Santa Fe Indian Market. Located on the east side of the Museum at 107 W. Palace Avenue, this free drop-in activity station will provide art making materials plus guided activities for visitors of all ages. We invite you to put your inspiration to use!

 Join artist Erika Wanenmacher and Assistant Cuator, Katie Doyle for an enlighting conversation around Erika’s work in the exhibition The Nature of Glass. 

Patrocinio Barela gained national recognition when he was one of the few sculptors included in the New York Museum of Modern Art’s  exhibition New Horizons in American Art in 1936. What set Barela apart from the majority of twentieth-century santeros was a modern approach to materials: letting the material guide his hand and using the natural forms, curves, and...

We invite you to join us for tea and pastries in the Museum’s beautiful Courtyard in honor of Bastille Day  and the exhibition, An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard.  Free with Museum admission. Image:  Donald Beauregard, Rue Royale, Paris, circa 1910, oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. Collection of the New Mexico...