May 2005

Through August, 2005
Museum of International Folk Art
CARNAVAL! featuring living Carnival traditions from eight international sites in Europe and the Americas.
May 1, Sunday
2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Museum of International Folk Art
Japanese Children's Day
May 5 is a day for boys, Long the Tango no Sekku, it has been officially renamed Children's Day and made a national holiday in Japan. Families with sons usually buy armored samurai dolls and miniature helmets hang out Koi-Nobori (windsocks) and pray for their son's good health and success in life. Santa Fe JIN (Japanese Network) will show participants how to make Origami Samurai helmets and Koi-Nobori. Presented by the Santa Fe JIN. For more information contact Shizuko Kobayashi 471-9022

5/1/2005 - 3/31/2006
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
505-476-1250
Doug Hyde—The newest exhibition in the Roland Sculpture Garden features the work of renowned sculptor Doug Hyde (Nez Perce/Assiniboine/Chippewa). www.miaclab.org

May 4, Wednesday
5:30 - 7: 30 p.m.
Museum of International Folk Art 476-1200
ATRIUM Santa Fe Teen Treasure Award program, for more information contact Michelle Hurling 982-0904

May 13, Friday
A Day in the Galisteo Basin: Pueblos Largo and Colorado and Comanche Gap
Day Adventure with Chris Turnbow, Deputy Director of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology. This day tour to the private San Cristubal Ranch in the Galisteo Basin will focus on rock art made after AD 1300. We will visit the Comanche Gap rock art site as well as the very large pueblo ruins of Largo and Colorado with its extraordinary architecture and petroglyphs. The Southern Tewa pueblos were occupied from at least the AD 1300s to 1500s and were among of the largest of the late pre-contact villages within the region. $75/person ($55/MNMF Members) Call 476-1258 for reservations.

May 18, Wednesday
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Let's Take a Look: Come to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with your Native American artifacts and artwork, and the museum's curators will try to solve the "who, what, when, where, and how" of those mystery pieces.
This popular program continues every third Wednesday of the month at 12:00. Appraisals are not included. This event is free with regular museum admission. Call 476-1250 for more information.

May 20, Friday
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Pueblos Ku and Ponsipa-Akeri: Day Adventure With Paul Williams, Bureau of Land Management Archaeologist, and Glenna Dean, NM State Archaeologist. The Pueblos of Ku and Ponsipa-Akeri are large Tewa, Classic Period (AD 1325-1600) located on tributaries of the Rio Chama. They are classic Biscuitware sites and represent two of about twenty of these sites in the Rio Chama area. Ponsipa is on a river terrace above the Rio Ojo Caliente. It is a huge adobe pueblo with an estimated 1600-2000 rooms. Ku is a smaller settlement on a mesa top overlooking the Rio del Oso; the Sangre de Cristos are visible in the distance. It is a large, mounded adobe pueblo with many interesting features. $75/person ($55/MNMF Members) Call 476-1258 for reservations.

May 27, Friday
Laboratory of Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00-1:00 pm
On the fourth Friday of each month, curators, archaeologists and others gather to discuss current and ongoing research in southwestern anthropology. Topics may be multidisciplinary with anthropology, archaeology, history, and art represented. The free programs are held at 12:05 pm in the Meem Auditorium of the Laboratory of Anthropology, and the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the museum at 505/476-1250.

May 27-28, Friday and Saturday
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture - 505-476-1250
Small Wonders—Offering art lovers the unique opportunity to view and purchase smaller works by more than 50 celebrated Native American artists. Featuring such artists as jeweler Duane Maktima, potter Robert Tenorio and bead-worker Marcus Amerman.

May 29, Sunday
1-4 pm
Museum of International Folk Art - 476-1200
Celebrate New Orleans Carnival traditions

June 2005

June 4, Saturday 11am-3 pm
Palace of the Governors
"Special Delivery: Words and Threads from Kathmandu." Deepak Shrestha of Nepal and Tom Leech, Director of the Palace Press, demonstrate the making of shifu, fabric woven of handmade paper at the palace of the Governors. Free. Shrestha's shifu creations are on exhibit at the Santa Fe Art Institute, a co-sponsor of this event. Tom Leech:505 476-5096

June 5, Sunday 11AM-2:30PM
Palace of the Governors
"Special Delivery: Words and Threads from Kathmandu." Deepak Shrestha of Nepal and Tom Leech, Director of the Palace Press, demonstrate the making of shifu, fabric woven of handmade paper at the palace of the Governors. Free. 505 476-5096

June 10, Friday 5-8PM
EXHIBITION OPENING
Museum of Fine Arts
Explorations in Bronze: Degas and New Mexico Sculptors opens at the Museum of Fine Arts. Free Friday Evening. 505-476-5041

6/10/05-10/2/05
Museum of Fine Arts
Explorations in Bronze: Degas and New Mexico Sculptors —Bronze sculptures by Edgar Degas will be on exhibit with bronze pieces produced in New Mexico foundries. Visitors will learn about the complex processes involved in the making of bronze sculpture in an informative video produced specifically for the show. Some of the contemporary New Mexican artists featured in the exhibit will be Dunham Aurelius, Daisy Youngblood and Dean Howell. www.mfasantafe.org

Saturday, June 11
Rock Art Tour On BLM Land Near Velarde, NM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Day Adventure with Dr. Richard Ford, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan. This tour will explore petroglyphs on BLM land near Velarde, New Mexico, emphasizing their cultural and geographical contexts. Participants will examine an unexcavated Archaic site and its associated petroglyphs then survey Rio Grande Style petroglyphs and the often-neglected Hispanic rock art, which forms an important historical legacy of northern New Mexico. The latter will include an important Spanish boundary text (ca. 1780), shepherd art, and a Catholic ritual area along the Rio Grande. The petroglyphs observed on this tour will cover a time period from ca. 4,000 years ago to ca. 19th century AD. $75/person ($55/MNMF Members) Call 476-1258 for reservations.

June 12, Sunday 2-3:30 pm
Palace of the Governors
Booksigning and Reading from "Return to Abo" with author Sharon Niederman. Free to New Mexico residents with ID. For more information: 505 476-5087.

June 13, Monday all day
Palace of the Governors
Jemez Pueblo Portal Artisans Studio Tour sponsored by the Palace Guard. Reservations required. For more information: 505-992-2715 ext. 4.

6/17/05-8/31/05
Governor's Gallery
2005 Indian and Spanish Market Award Winner Exhibition
www.mfasantafe.org

June 15, Wednesday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Let's Take a Look: Come to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with your Native American artifacts and artwork, and the museum's curators will try to solve the "who, what, when, where, and how" of those mystery pieces. This popular program continues every third Wednesday of the month at 12:00. Appraisals are not included. This event is free with regular museum admission. Call 505/476-1250 for more information.

June 18, Saturday 10AM-4PM
June 19, Sunday 10AM-2PM
Museum of Fine Arts
ANNUAL BOOK AND ART SALE. Books on art, photography, travel, design, southwest, rare books, prints, paintings, jewelry and collectibles. Silent auction. Museum of Fine Arts. For more information: 505-476-5041

June 19, Sunday 3-5PM
LABYRINTH WALK
Museum of International Folk Art
Celebrate the Summer Solstice on Milner Plaza at a Community Labyrinth with Santa Fe Labyrinth Resource Group. Live music. Free. 505-476-1200

June 24, Friday
Laboratory of Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00-1:00 pm
On the fourth Friday of each month, curators, archaeologists and others gather to discuss current and ongoing research in southwestern anthropology. Topics may be multidisciplinary with anthropology, archaeology, history, and art represented. The free programs are held at 12:05 pm in the Meem Auditorium of the Laboratory of Anthropology, and the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the museum at 505/476-1250.

June 24, Friday 5-8PM
OPENING RECEPTION
Museum of Fine Arts
The West Through My Eyes: Highlights from the Collection of Billy Schenck opens at the Museum of Fine Arts. Free Friday Evening. 505-476-5041

June 25 & June 26,Saturday/Sunday
1-4PM
CARNAVAL! EVENTS
Museum of International Folk Art
Celebrate Brazilian CARNAVAL! traditions. 505 476-1200 or www.internationalfolkart.org for details

June 28, Tuesday
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities.
Today: Making Willow baskets with Bob Allalunis.

Thursday, June 30
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities.
Today: Making Willow baskets with Bob Allalunis.

July 2005

7/1/2005 - 1/15/2006
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
505-476-1250
Travels with My Aunt—Highlights a unique collection of Native American tourist art collected by a single woman traveler who crossed the country during her summer breaks in the early part of the 20th century. www.miaclab.org

July 5, Tuesday
Arts Alive on Milner Plaza!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities. Drop in and join the fun!

July 7, Thursday
Arts Alive on Milner Plaza!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities. Drop in and join the fun!

July 9 & 10, Saturday/Sunday
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Milner Plaza, Museum Hill
476-1200
International Folk Art Market—Master folk artists from around the globe will gather at Museum Hill's scenic open-air plaza outside the Museum of International Folk Art to celebrate their multicultural heritage and give visitors the rare opportunity to purchase their work. www.folkartmarket.org

Sundays in July
Discovery Sundays!
1:00-3:00pm
On each Sunday in July and August from 1 to 3pm, museum docents help visitors explore themes in Native American artistic traditions up close with hands-on objects from the museum's education collection.

Interactive fun for the whole family!
This event is free and open to the public. Call 505/476-1250 for more information

July 12, Tuesday
Arts Alive on Milner Plaza!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities. Drop in and join the fun!

July 13, Wednesday
Museum of Fine Arts 5:30PM
SLIDE LECTURE: "15 Minutes" Contemporary New Mexico artists talk about their work. St. Francis Auditorium at the Museum of Fine Arts. Free. 505-476-5041

July 14, Thursday
Arts Alive on Milner Plaza!
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Offered each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 28 through August 11, Arts Alive! is a free series of hands-on workshops for children and families. At each session in the Milner Plaza Outdoor Classroom, museum educators and invited artists will lead participants in hands-on artmaking activities. Drop in and join the fun!

July 15, Friday
The Cerrillos Mining District
Day Adventure with Bill Baxter, historian, and Leslie Cohen, archaeologist and Research Associate, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology
The Cerrillos Mining District, just 20 miles south of Santa Fe, contains the richest tri-cultural mining history in the American Southwest. We will visit Chalchihuitl, which archaeologists believe to be the source of most of the turquoise found in Chaco Canyon. Less than a mile away is Carbonateville, a Territorial "boom" town that flourished and then disappeared in the 1880s. There are legends that Lew Wallace stayed in Carbonateville while writing Ben Hur. We will also go to the Bethsheba lead mine, which was worked by the Pueblos and the Spanish prior to the Pueblo Revolt. $75/person ($55/MNMF Members) Call 476-1258 for reservations.

July 19, Tuesday 1-4PM
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
Artist Faith Gelvin gives a mask-making workshop with �CARNAVAL! exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

Wednesday, July 20
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Let's Take a Look: Come to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with your Native American artifacts and artwork, and the museum's curators will try to solve the "who, what, when, where, and how" of those mystery pieces.
This popular program continues every third Wednesday of the month at 12:00. Appraisals are not included. This event is free with regular museum admission. Call 505/476-1250 for more information.

July 21, Thursday 1-4PM
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
Artist Faith Gelvin gives a mask-making workshop with �CARNAVAL! exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. All ages. No advance registration or materials fee. 505-476-1200

July 22, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26.
Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

July 22, Friday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00-1:00 pm
Laboratory of Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture: On the fourth Friday of each month, curators, archaeologists and others gather to discuss current and ongoing research in southwestern anthropology. Topics may be multidisciplinary with anthropology, archaeology, history, and art represented. The free programs are held at 12:05 pm in the Meem Auditorium of the Laboratory of Anthropology, and the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the museum at 505/476-1250.

July 22, Friday TIME TBA afternoon
SWISS CARNIVAL TRADITIONS
With the �CARNAVAL! exhibition, a lecture on Swiss Carnival traditions. Auditorium at the Museum of International Folk Art. 505-476-1200

July 24, Sunday 1-4PM
SWISS �CARNAVAL!
Explore the Swiss version of �CARNAVAL! Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities for all ages. Museum of International Folk Art. 505-476-1200

July 25, Monday all day
LOS PINOS RANCH DAY TRIP
Palace of the Governors
Visit Los Pinos Ranch. Sponsored by Palace Guard. Reservations required: 505 992-2715, ext. 4.

July 26, Tuesday 1-4PM
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
Artist Faith Gelvin gives a hat-making workshop with �CARNAVAL! exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

July 28, Thursday 1-4PM
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
Artist Faith Gelvin gives a hat-making workshop with �CARNAVAL! exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

July 29, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26.
Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 2005

August 2, Tuesday
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1-4PM
Espanola Valley Fiber Arts and the Museum of International Folk Art present weaving activities to celebrate the New Mexico Rio Grande Blanket Stamp Series. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

August 3, Wednesday
The Social Landscape of the Western Galisteo Basin: Burnt Corn Pueblo and Petroglyph Hill: Day Adventure with Dr. James Snead, Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University and Leslie Cohen, archaeologist and Research Associate, MIAC/Lab This day trip is an opportunity to learn about new discoveries concerning the archaeology of the Galisteo Basin from James Snead, who is conducting a long-term research project in the area. The tour will visit Burnt Corn Pueblo, a late Coalition period site that was built, occupied, and destroyed by fire within a generation. The pueblo is raising intriguing questions about this period of dynamic social change in the Galisteo Basin. We'll also see Petroglyph Hill, where Dr. Snead is completing a survey of a 1,400 acre tract recently purchased by Santa Fe County. The area contains impressive petroglyphs, prehistoric, and historic structures. $75/person ($55/MNMF Members) Call 476-1258 for reservations.

August 4, Thursday
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1-4PM
Espanola Valley Fiber Arts and the Museum of International Folk Art present weaving activities to celebrate the New Mexico Rio Grande Blanket Stamp Series. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

August 5, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26.
Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 9, Tuesday
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1-4PM
Artist Micaela Seidel leads a cape-making workshop in conjunction with �CARNAVAL! exhibition. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

August 10-14, Wednesday-Sunday All Day
21st MOUNTAIN MAN TRADE FAIR AND RENDEZVOUS
Palace of the Governors Courtyard
Join for the 21st annual Mountain Man Trade Fair and Rendezvous with music, demos of skills and crafts of the early 1800s. Mountain men and women sell and barter beads, weapons, iron and silver work, saddles and other "foofaraw," traditional items and reproductions that would have been use during the fur trade era. Free with entry at Blue Gate. 505 476-5087

August 11, Thursday
ARTS ALIVE ON MILNER PLAZA!
1-4PM
Artist Micaela Seidel leads a cape-making workshop in conjunction with �CARNAVAL! exhibition. All ages. No materials fee. 505-476-1200

August 12, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26.
Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 14, Sunday
Museum of International Folk Art - 476-1200
1 - 4 pm
Celebrate Mexican Carnival traditions in conjunction with �CARNAVAL! at the Museum of International Folk Art. Music, Hands-on Activities for all ages, Food and More!

August 17, Wednesday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Let's Take a Look: Come to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture with your Native American artifacts and artwork, and the museum's curators will try to solve the "who, what, when, where, and how" of those mystery pieces.
This popular program continues every third Wednesday of the month at 12:00. Appraisals are not included. This event is free with regular museum admission. Call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 19, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26. Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 26, Friday
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12:00-1:00 pm
Laboratory of Anthropology Brown Bag Lecture: On the fourth Friday of each month, curators, archaeologists and others gather to discuss current and ongoing research in southwestern anthropology. Topics may be multidisciplinary with anthropology, archaeology, history, and art represented. The free programs are held at 12:05 pm in the Meem Auditorium of the Laboratory of Anthropology, and the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the museum at 505/476-1250.

August 26, Friday
Breakfast with the Curators
8:30-10:00am
The popular Breakfast with the Curators series returns with a schedule of presentations certain to delight. Programs continue Friday mornings from July 22 through August 26.
Reservations are required for all programs in the Breakfast with the Curators series. Please call 505/476-1250 for more information.

August 26, Friday
Palace of the Governors
5:30pm
OPENING RECEPTION—Meet the Santa Fe Fiesta Royal Court at the opening of "Faith, Fashion and Fun: Santa Fe Fiesta" exhibition. Palace of the Governors. Free Friday evening. 505 476-5109.

August 27, Saturday
Palace of the Governors
10am-noon
Make printer's hats as a part of "Lasting Impressions", and Fire Dancer hats to celebrate Fiesta! Free with admission to the museum. For more information: 505 476-5109.

August 27, Saturday
Palace of the Governors
12:30pm
The Maria Benitez Institute for Spanish Arts Youth Dance Program will present "Nueva Generacion". Free when entering through Blue Gate. Fore more information: 505 476-5109.

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