Community Calendar

Art Through Struggle Gallery in We Are of This Place: The Pueblo Story – The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's newest 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.

“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.

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.

Weems Gallery hosts the first multi-media show of the Rio Grande Art Association. The exhibition which runs until March 29 features sculpture, jewelry, assemblage, basketry, fused glass and painting. Come vote for People’s Choice. See it online at https://weemsgallery.com Hours are 10-5, Monday – Saturday.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by American playwright Richard Alfieri written in It is a play with only two characters: Lily Harrison, the formidable widow of a Baptist minister, and Michael Minetti, a gay and acerbic dance instructor hired to give her dancing lessons. It premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles (with Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce) before moving to Broadway. It has been performed in 24 countries and has been translated into 14 languages. The 2014 movie starred Gena Rowlands. Here, in Albuquerque, audiences will be treated to enchanting performances by Georgia Athearn and Jason Godin.

Director Terri Klein chose Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks “because I love plays with interesting characters, witty dialogue, and a story that tugs at my heart. This play has all of those elements, plus beautiful music and dancing. I also chose this play because it has only two characters, which allows us to see Michael Minetti and Lily Harrison in all their dimensions, to get the full back story on each of them, and to enjoy the growth and flowering of their relationship without distraction”.

Art Through Struggle Gallery in We Are of This Place: The Pueblo Story – The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's newest 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.

“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.

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.

Bosque Redondo Memorial presents its second annual Fiber Fair in celebration of Navajo-Churro sheep. Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild will offer live demonstrations and hands-on activities using sheared wool from the site’s flock of sheep. The day’s festivities include sheep shearing, ranger talks, workshops, and food trucks provided by the Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Wonders on Wheels mobile museum will be onsite with an exciting new exhibit featuring all eight New Mexico Historic Sites. The Office of Archaeological Studies will also be at the event, offering a wide variety of hands-on activities. Admission: $7 for adults. Free to children 16 and younger, Diné, Ndé, NM foster families, NM disabled veterans, Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial, and MNMF members.

Harwood Art Center is pleased to present our new exhibitions: Poetry in Place by a collective, For
the Love of Poetry and Fruiting Body by Tanesia R Hale-Jones who is an anti-racist Montessori educator and poet. We invite you to join us for an Exhibition & Opening Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4:30p-6:30p and a Community Retrospective & Celebration: Saturday, May 30, 2025, 4:30p-6:30p. These events are free and open to all ages. For more information visit harwoodartcenter.org.