Events

Events

¡Vamos al Museo! Valentines with Nick Abdalla

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

10:30 am to 12:00 pm On the first Saturday morning of every month, join us for this fun and engaging docent- and artist-led family program. During the February event, families (limited to 25 participants) will get a 30-minute museum tour focused on the NHCC Art Museum's current exhibit Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage led by artist Nick Abdalla, whose work you will see in the exhibit. Following the tour, Nick will lead you in a family-friendly project that will include an exploration of sculptural valentines that Nick (more...)

First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 am – 12 pm On the first Friday of each month, NHCC docents and core volunteers meet for coffee and conversation along with monthly presentations on topics that build the knowledge and skills of the docent core to give tours, educate the NHCC visitors and share the NHCC mission and programs. For more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call Annette Lujan at 505-383-4783 or email her at Annette.Lujan@state.nm.us for more information. Free event

Colcha Community Stitch-Along

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 am – 12 pm Join our monthly gathering for colcheras of all skill levels led by Annette Gutierrez Turk. If you are beginning or advanced in the traditional New Mexican style of embroidery, bring your current colcha project along and enjoy these monthly, informal, community work sessions to share ideas, resources and encouragement! For more information, call Elena at 505-246-2261 or e-mailing elenad.baca@state.nm.us. Free event

La Canoa: Nuevomexicano Children’s Literature: Bilingual and Bicultural in Both Past and Present

History and Literary Arts Building

2 pm to 4 pm Join panelists Amy Córdova, artist and illustrator; and Enrique L. Lamadrid, Gabriel Meléndez, Anna M. Nogar, and Michael Trujillo, from the University of New Mexico for a discussion on Nuevomexicano children’s literature. Recent studies of popular cultural production often center on forms intended for adults. This roundtable will consider a genre designed for children that involves adult interlocutors and mentors. The panelist discussion will center on bilingual, culturally informed children’s books that treat topics relating to New Mexican history, oral literature and (more...)

Siembra: Solving for X: The Education Project, School Day Event

NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

By the Working Classroom 10 am  Working Classroom’s theatre ensemble collaborates with Scott Barrow from Tectonic Theater Project and guest director/playwright Milta Ortiz from Arizona’s Borderlands Theater to create an immersive bilingual performance based on community interviews and dedicated to bringing a face and voice to educational inequity. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. If you would like to register please click HERE. For more information please contact Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or (more...)

Aliento: Carnaval 2017, School Day Event

Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

10 am The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval is a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, featuring the band PANdemonium and the Odara Dance Ensemble and showcasing the Carnaval celebrations of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New Orleans. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. If you would like to register please click HERE. For more information please contact Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call her direct line at 505-383-4734

Women’s History Month

NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

Each year in March the National Hispanic Cultural Center celebrates women with programming that honors their contributions to dance, music, theatre, art, poetry, films, novels, and much more. Listed below are all the events that you can experience at the Center during Women’s History Month. Below are our offerings for 2017. Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage Programming: ¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour with Artist Rachel Muldez March 2, 2017 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Domenici Education Building Free public event On the first Thursday of each (more...)

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour with Artist Rachel Muldez

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm On the first Thursday of the month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center invites adults for artistic fun. Snacks and refreshments, as well as beer and wine are for sale from Pop Fizz to fuel your creative juices. This month, artist Rachel Muldez will be guiding a project inspired by her work in the NHCC Art Museum exhibition, Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage! Please pre-register using the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare) https://goo.gl/forms/yALP5QDJlO1F5oJx1 For more information (more...)

First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 am - 12 pm On the first Friday of each month, NHCC docents and core volunteers meet for coffee and conversation along with monthly presentations on topics that build the knowledge and skills of the docent core to give tours, educate the NHCC visitors and share the NHCC mission and programs. For more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call Annette Lujan at 505-383-4783 or email her at Annette.Lujan@state.nm.us for more information. Free event

¡Vamos al Museo! With Artist Rachel Muldez

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

10:30 am to 12:00 pm On the first Saturday morning of every month, join us for this fun and engaging artist-led family program. During the March event, families (limited to 25 participants) will get a 30-minute museum tour focused on the NHCC Art Museum’s current exhibit Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage led by artist Rachel Muldez, whose work you will see in the exhibit. Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork with Rachel's help in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Creative Classroom. Please (more...)