NAGPRA Reshapes New Mexico Museums
AMENDED IN 2024 BY THEN Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna), the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) mandates a 2029 deadline for museums and federal…
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Tag: Museum of International Folk Art
From Earth to Acoma’s Sky City
MARIA “LILLY” SALVADOR would know the red cheeks of her late mother’s face pots anywhere. She recognized Frances Torivio’s figurative pieces at the Museum of International Folk Art as soon as she saw…
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New Mexico Museums Mark 250
AS THE UNITED STATES celebrates its 250th birthday, New Mexico’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) has curated special exhibitions at its museums and historic sites in honor of the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Hit spring arts festivals. Bosque Redondo Memorial Fiber Fair, Fort Sumner Sheep shearing, wool carding, and weaving are on the schedule Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bosque Redondo…
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A Look at Policarpio Valencia's Textiles
ON A QUILT THAT’S NEARLY A CENTURY old, a line of embroidery by Policarpio Valencia captures what makes the wordplay-loving textile artist an enigma of his time (1853–1931). Not even the lion is the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Time travel at a new exhibition. A new retrospective exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art takes viewers back to the early years of New Mexico statehood through the embroidered works…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Get jazzy in Taos. The great alto saxophonist Frank Morgan called Taos home for five years before his passing in 2007. Now, the Frank Morgan Jazz Festival honors his legacy by bringing some of the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Visit artist studios. Santa Fe Studio Tour With an abundance of creative power to showcase, the Santa Fe Studio Tour includes mediums from photography to sculpture and textile art. “We’ve been…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Get three-for-one art. SITE Santa Fe celebrates the opening of three new exhibitions on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. Arturo Herrera’s You Are Here , Erin Shirreff’s Folded Stone , and Carmen Herrera’s I’m…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Sing the praises of Raven Chacon. Pulitzer prize-winning composer, performer, and installation artist Raven Chacon (Diné) presents three works honoring Indigenous women in the new Harwood Museum of…
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