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Join Head of Curatorial Affairs, Christian Waguespack for an in-depth exploration of the exhibition Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969. This exhibition explores the influential careers of LGBTQ artists working in the Southwest during that time period and their enduring legacy. FREE (does not include gallery admission)

Free admission and special activities & tours to celebrate Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest 1900-1969, and Santa Fe PRIDE. image: Harmony Hammond, What Have You Done With Our Desire?, 1997, mixed media in 3 parts, approx 117 x 106 x 27 in. Courtesy the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York....

Explore the New Mexico Museum of Art’s iconic Plaza location, the building that set the standard for Spanish Pueblo Revival architecture, or Santa Fe Style. Join us to discover the history and influences behind our building, all while sketching. 

Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000 is a landmark survey of contemporary art in New Mexico arranged by three themes: Place, Spectacle, and Identity. Join the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Curatorial Team as they explore the process of organizing this exhibition, its five partial rotations, and the artists working during this pivotal time in New...

Join us for the fourth installment in the Organ Recital Series featuring Maxine Thevenot. Maxine Thévenot is known for her skillful, musical organ playing, inventive concert programming, and passionate, informed conducting. Thévenot serves as Director of Cathedral Music & Organist at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque where she oversees an internationally renowned choral...

The New Mexico Museum of Art is proud to be a long running collaborator with ArtWorks, a program of Partners in Education. ArtWorks works with students all across Santa Fe to bring various forms of art into their classrooms, and to bring students to cultural organizations, including the Museum of Art. Under the guidance of...

Join artist Harmony Hammond as she discusses her work in Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest, 1900-1969 with Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack. Free with admission Photo by Clayton Porter

Go behind the scenes of the New Mexico Museum of Art with our Executive Director, Mark White, Ph.D. See how the Museum stores and cares for the collection and take a deep dive into the painting Chimayo by George Bellows. This program is limited to 10 participants. $20  Puchase tickets at this Link Image: George...

Explore the galleries at the New Mexico Museum of Art on the Plaza with a free and fun scavenger hunt that will test your powers of observation!

Join Mokha Laget, (Artist in Residence), in this performance, drawing inspiration from the visual scores that present her graphic and notational drawings, which, akin to conventional scores, will be musically interpreted. Animated by Morgan Barnard, these scores are projected to facilitate free improvisation among performers.     This collaboration is featured as part of the inaugural...