Department of Cultural Affairs

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is traveling around the state with a new exhibit celebrating the “Art of Democracy in New Mexico.”

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announced Thursday that New Mexico’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated over $740 million in economic activity over the last year.

The U.S. Department of Interior held a listening session in Albuquerque last week to seek comments on proposed changes to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. KUNM reports that the proposed changes are designed to better protect Native artisans.