Community Calendar

The works in this exhibition span critical moments in Ross’ career and have never previously been exhibited.

Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac is an exhibition of Ross’ artwork inspired by sunlight, starlight, time, and planetary motion. Charles Ross emerged in the 1960s with the advent of minimalism and earthworks, and is considered one of the preeminent figures of land art. This exhibition opens as Ross nears the completion of his earth/sky work, Star Axis, a monumental architectonic sculpture, and naked eye observatory located on the eastern plains of New Mexico.

Image Credit: Charles Ross, Point Source / Star Apace: Weave of Ages, 1975/86, mixed media on paper mounted on canvas, created with 428 photographs from the Falkau Star Atlas which covers the entire celestial sphere from pole to pole, the viewpoint is that of the observer at the center of the earth, 106 x 225 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

$10 Admission, $8 Students and Seniors

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.

Join us from 4pm to 7pm the first Friday of every month for pay-what-you-wish extended hours at the museum!

This month's program will feature a screening of Rolling Alters by True Kids 1.

Rolling Altars is a short documentary produced by Taos-based nonprofit True Kids 1 that looks at Lowrider culture as it evolves from lifestyle to art form, documenting the colorful and vibrant pastime in the cultural epicenter of New Mexico. Featuring Nicholas Herrera, Fred Rael, Diego Lopez, Toby Morfin, Don Usner and others, the film was shot and edited by New Mexico youth, under the direction of True Kids 1 Director of Media, Pete Monro.

Image: Fall Community Day, “Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero” September 21-June1 2025, Harwood Museum of Art. Photo: Shayla Blatchford Photography

Art Through Struggle Gallery in We Are of This Place: The Pueblo Story – the next indoor mural project is by NSRGNTS, two Indigenous artists based in Albuquerque. NSRGNTS is Leah Povi Marie Lewis (Laguna, Taos, Zuni Pueblos/Hopi/Diné) and Votan Henriquez (Maya/Nahua). Leah and Votan are becoming well known for their unique anime-inspired style of mural painting in vivid colors. Their artwork for IPCC will focus on Pueblo empowerment of past, present, and future. The mural will place emphasis on Po’pay as a Pueblo role model and a figure of strength. The space will invite storytelling and teaching for all ages, through the mural’s approachable style that will be accessible even for our youngest audiences and community members. The reception is scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 28, from 5-7pm. The exhibition will be on view from June 28, 2024 through June 1, 2025.

Curated by the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at The University of New Mexico, “Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture” showcases a near-present history of the architectural sovereignty that emerged after the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act. This exhibition focuses on the work of Pueblo architects while representing design concepts from regional ancestral sites that continue to influence 20th and 21st century Pueblo architecture. It will be on view in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s South Gallery from March 25 through December 7, 2025

Free for museum members, or with admission.

“Sage Mountainflower: House of Fashion” showcases the artist’s contemporary clothing designs inspired by visual patterns and textures of her home and her experiences in the fashion world from the Pueblos to Paris. Mountainflower (Ohkay Owingeh/Taos Pueblo/Diné) brings together layered narratives of community and cultural landscapes in her wearable art forms that share stories of the land with audiences. The exhibit will be on view in the Artists Circle Gallery from March 15 through July 13, 2025.

Free for museum members, or with admission.

100 Years of Collecting|100 Years of Connecting is on view through December 13, 2025 at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum, located at 750 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit nmheritagearts.org.

The exhibition marks the Spanish Colonial Arts Society's centennial by telling its century-long story of creating and caring for an extraordinary trove of nearly 4,000 objects representing the distinctive Hispano heritage of New Mexico. This provides a unique lens on the Society’s legacy of connecting to a community of artists and supporters of Hispano arts in New Mexico and beyond.

Harwood Museum of Art is pleased to announce its exhibition Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero, a glimpse into the life and works of master santero Nicholas Herrera. Born and raised in the village of El Rito, New Mexico, Herrera’s art is rooted in the spiritual traditions and artistic practices of his Northern New Mexican mestizo (Spanish, Mexican, Native American) heritage.

As a modern santero, Herrera creates bultos, retablos, and large-scale mixed media works, many of which detail rich and often challenging chapters in his storied life. Through varied mediums, this exhibition surveys Herrera’s personal identity, family history, relationship to place, and political ideology.

Harwood Museum of Art is proud to exhibit the first solo museum exhibition of Nicholas Herrera.

Nicholas Herrera, Altar Dedicado a Mi Hermano, hand carved wood with natural pigments, 129 x 62 x 13.25 in. Image courtesy of Evoke Contemporary.

The works in this exhibition span critical moments in Ross’ career and have never previously been exhibited.

Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac is an exhibition of Ross’ artwork inspired by sunlight, starlight, time, and planetary motion. Charles Ross emerged in the 1960s with the advent of minimalism and earthworks, and is considered one of the preeminent figures of land art. This exhibition opens as Ross nears the completion of his earth/sky work, Star Axis, a monumental architectonic sculpture, and naked eye observatory located on the eastern plains of New Mexico.

Image Credit: Charles Ross, Point Source / Star Apace: Weave of Ages, 1975/86, mixed media on paper mounted on canvas, created with 428 photographs from the Falkau Star Atlas which covers the entire celestial sphere from pole to pole, the viewpoint is that of the observer at the center of the earth, 106 x 225 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

$10 Admission, $8 Students and Seniors

Join Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha for a guided tour of the permanent exhibition, "Bosque Redondo…A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival." Participants will also experience a tour outdoors, visiting the site’s flock of Navajo Churro sheep and exploring the exterior grounds at Fort Sumner Historic Site. These tours teach people about the experiences of the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) who were forced to live at Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation in the 1860s, as well as stories of their resilience and hope through time. The tour is included with general admission of $7/adult and free for children 16 and younger and Native/Tribal Affiliations