Community Calendar

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.

Join us for the Pueblo Pottery Artist Panel Talks Day in honor of the IPCC’s Pueblo Pottery Community Project that brings the IPCC Collections and Pueblo Communities together! Taking place in Chaco Rooms 1 and 2, the presentations by Pueblo pottery artists will focus on their journeys and influences in clay and the ways that they cultivate community and mentorship in their practices through their experiences at home and afar. Tickets are available as a Saturday Day Pass that includes attendance to Session 1 (10:00am-12:00pm) featuring Lorraine Gala Lewis (Laguna/Taos/Hopi), Leah “Povi” Lewis (Laguna/Taos/Zuni/Hopi/Diné), Jonathan Loretto (Cochiti/Jemez); Session 2 (2:00-4:00pm) featuring Sonny Ray Olguin (Isleta), Kathleen Wall (Jemez), Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh/Tewa); and the museum (9:00am-5:00pm). This program is supported by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the First Nations Development Institute. Light refreshments will be served. Two-day and three-day passes are also available for the Pueblo Pottery Arts Celebration & Gathering Weekend (July 11-13).

The Native American Artisans Portal Summer Youth Show and Sales features art and crafts by youth artists ages five to 17 who specialize in a variety of artistic mediums. The youth will be showcasing and selling their work in the museum’s courtyard of the Palace of the Governors. The event fosters the development of young artists who are descendants of current Native American Artisans Portal Program members and celebrates the importance of the continued traditions of Native American artistry. The Portal Program offers buyers the chance to interact with artisans who display their handmade wares under the portal of the Palace of the Governors, as they have for decades. Admission to the Summer Youth Show is free. Regular admission applies to visit the rest of the museum.

The Monthly Book Sales are held on the second Saturday of every month, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, in the Main Library Lower Level. This sale boasts more than 25,000 items for sale, all at 70–90% of list price. Paperbacks start at just 25 cents each! You’ll also find bargain prices on used DVDs, CDs, and records. Entry is free for Friends members and $2 for non-members before noon.

The Friends of the Library use funds from the Bookshop and Book Sales to support the Public Library Albuquerque and Bernalillo County programs, such as the Summer Reading Program, El Día de los Niños, staff development, community outreach, and many other offerings.

The Friends rely on the generous donations of books and other media from the community. Small donations can be dropped off at the local library branches and larger donations at the Main Library. For more information about the Book Sales, Bookshop, donation guidelines, and how to become a member, please visit www.friendsofthepubliclibrary.org.

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

The Same Place at the Same Time is a series of three exhibition rotations that trace how art lives within, emerges from, and connects Taos’s creative communities. By gathering a varied array of arts—wood-fired ceramics, volunteer radio, and Pueblo foodways—into the rotating gallery space, the exhibition highlights the many interconnected maker groups within our larger Taos community. The inclusion of visual art, music, and food emphasizes the diversity of creativity that constructs thriving cultures and communities.

The exhibition is process-focused and collectively developed, documenting how these groups operate and co-curated by the groups themselves. It explores the wide-ranging organizational structures of these collectives, in turn allowing us to consider how these frameworks influence art making, relationships, and the rich culture of Taos. It asks how we might further nurture this expansive web of connections, both inside and outside of the gallery space.

Harwood Museum of Art is honored to collaborate with local artists, makers, and cultural leaders who shape and define Taos’s remarkable artistic landscape.

Curated by Kate Miller, Curatorial Assistant, Harwood Museum of Art.

Image Credits: Happy Kiln. Courtesy of Logan Wannamaker

Saturday, June 21, 2025 - Sunday, September 7, 2025
Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm

Looking for something fun and creative this summer? Join us Saturday, July 12th from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Astoria Art Loft for a special Book Launch and Artist Reception! Local author Jennifer Goodenberger presents "Musical Dinosaurs" and "Paleo Palette"—two imaginative new books blending dinosaurs with music and art history. Books, prints, and more will be available. Astoria Art Loft is located at 106 3rd Street in Astoria, above Fine Art Supply. For more info, call 503-325-4442.

Join Palace Press Curator Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder for an artist talk and tour of the Palace Press at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. Schroeder is an award-winning book artist and the new curator of the Palace Press. This hybrid artist talk, and Press tour will include an introduction of Schroeder’s artist books and fine press projects followed by a presentation about the new evolving plans for the Palace Press. Guests will be able to view limited-edition books and prints and take a tour of the historical letterpress printing showroom and Gustav Baumann Studio. Schroeder is the proprietor of Coyote Bones Press, and her limited-edition books are held in many prominent collections including The Library of Congress, The British Library, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. This program is included with admission.