Community Calendar

Join STEMarts Lab for a free evening of stargazing, storytelling, and augmented reality under the New Mexico sky. Held at the Harwood Museum of Art, AstroTour blends Indigenous knowledge, space science, and creative coding. Hear celestial stories from a Lakota astrophysicist, a Taos elder, and a NASA ambassador. Explore AR constellation stations created by local students using P5.js, and view the night sky through telescopes with expert guides. A unique sci-art experience for all ages!

STEMarts Lab is pleased to announce the launch of the STEMarts [AR] AstroTour; an evening of sky gazing and storytelling through art, science, and technology. This special event is part of our continued collaboration with the Harwood Museum of Art and UNM-Taos. Sponsored by the Lor Foundation.

More information at https://harwoodmuseum.org/events-calendar/

Image Credit: Generative Art: Claudia Angelina Diaz Grano

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.

Every Sunday May-Oct 10am to 2pm. The Rail Yards Market is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity. Rail Yards Market is a community organization and a certified 501(c)(3)

The Rail Yards Market of Albuquerque operates on Sundays from 10am-2pm during the months of May-October. A non-profit run growers' market, originally established in 2014 by volunteers and neighborhood residents, celebrating all things local and at the heart of New Mexican culture. We are much more than your typical farmer's or grower's market; every Sunday you can peruse 100's of New Mexico's finest food, farm, artisan, and healing vendors, hear live musicians, and come away enriched from our educational and demonstration zones for kids and adults! Every Sunday is a different theme with different activities and vendors you wont want to miss. All located at The Rail Yards in the historic Barelas neighborhood in the heart of our City!

Inga Hendrickson received the SURFACE Harwood Art Center Solo Exhibition Award in 2024, presented annually for artistic excellence, originality of vision and dedication to practice. This year, her awarded solo exhibition Oops, Blurt will run concurrently with SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico in Harwood’s Front Gallery.

We invite you to join us for an exhibition reception, awards presentation and artist alk by Inga Hendrickson at Harwood Art Center, Saturday, June 21. The reception is 4:30pm - 6:30pm with awards and artist talks starting at 5:00pm. This event is free and open to all ages.

Harwood Art Center is pleased to present SURFACE: Emerging Artists of New Mexico and Oops, Blurt by Inga Hendrickson. SURFACE is an annual juried exhibition, endowed awards and professional development program presented by Harwood Art Center, to support the creative and professional growth of emerging artists and to expand their visibility and viability in our community. curated through an open call application; as of this year, the program has served 156 exceptionally talented, committed artists, including the 15 we accepted for 2025.

This year’s SURFACE exhibition in Harwood’s Hall Gallery features Benjamin Tobias, Chris Kemler, Christine Sullivan, Desara Boehm, dylan lilla, Geo Evans, Jared Putnam, Latasha Hagan, Linden Eller, Marie-Pier Frigon, Maya Perez, Ocelotl Mora, Olivia Berkey, Roxanne Márquez and Yu Yan.

Gallery Hours are Thursdays - Saturdays from 10am-3pm.

We invite you to join us for an exhibition reception, awards presentation and artist talk by Inga Hendrickson at Harwood Art Center, Saturday, June 21. The reception is 4:30pm - 6:30pm with awards and artist talks starting at 5:00pm. This event is free and open to all ages.

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 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