May 03 Saturday
“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
Harwood Art Center is pleased to present our new exhibitions: Poetry in Place by a collective, Forthe 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.
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
The New Mexico Watercolor Society hosts its Annual Spring Exhibition May 3 through May 24, 2025 at the Hispanic Arts Gallery at Albuquerque’s Expo-New Mexico. The show features more than 200 standard-sized and small-to-miniature works. All paintings are original, and all are available for purchase.
Please join us at our gala Opening Reception and Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 3 from 1 to 4 PM for fine art, food, fun, and music. For a quieter experience and a chance to talk one-on-one with some of the artists, stop by between 10 and 4 on any Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday from May 4 through May 23.
Admission is free, however Expo-NM parking fees may apply. For more information, check out our website at nmwatercolorsociety.org.
May 04 Sunday
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.
May 05 Monday