Art Making: Try this at home!
2019-04-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
In April 2019, we made lemonade out of lemons in the Art Museum. Not real lemonade, because food and drink aren’t allowed in the Museum!
We were expecting construction, and to keep the art safe, it had to be put in storage. We took the families participating in our Saturday program, Vamos al Museo into the Museum to look at blank walls. Crazy right?! It turned in to one of our favorite art making experiences during this program. Our source for art making inspiration were the wall labels that accompany the art, written by our curators which often include statements from the artists. Art makers from age 2 – 80 years old participated.

Click HERE and find three wall labels from popular art pieces in the museum. What clues do these labels give you about the art?
We hope artists of all ages will participate by creating art inspired by this text. Please use what ever you have at home. Post your art and tag us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter @nhccnm #nhccnmart or snap a pic and email to elenad.baca@state.nm.us Include the name and age of the artist. All ages, experience and styles are encouraged.
We will repost your creations on our social media platforms and reveal what the pieces in the collection look like soon, so check back! No google searches, only imagination required!
#newmexicoculture #nhccnmart #nhccnm #make #createathome #artisforeveryone

Mundos de Mestizaje
2019-04-06 - 2019-04-07, 2019-04-13 - 2019-04-14, 2019-04-20, 2019-04-27 - 2019-04-28, 2019-05-04 - 2019-05-05, 2019-05-11 - 2019-05-12, 2019-05-18 - 2019-05-19, 2019-05-25 - 2019-05-26 and 2 more dates | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
12 pm to 5 pm
A Vision of History through Fresco…
Mundos de Mestizaje by Frederico Vigil is a mural housed in the Torreón on the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This monumental fresco depicts thousands of years of Hispanic history highlighting diverse cultural connections between people and places from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas. The 4,000 square foot painting is one of the largest frescos in North America.
The digitized imagery of the painting ensures that this culturally significant work can be a sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.
(It may take a moment to load. Microsoft Internet Explorer is NOT recommended. Best experienced with Safari, Firefox or Chrome.)
Free

¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2019-04-09, 2019-04-16, 2019-04-23, 2019-04-30, 2019-05-07, 2019-05-14, 2019-05-21, 2019-05-28 and 1 more date | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate – This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary.
7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced – In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn.
Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam “El Caballo” Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends.
In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance Group who was just in Cuba Rueda con Ritmo with Jorge Luna Roque in Holguín.
Click Here.
There is no need to pre-register. Just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, contact elsa.menendez@state.nm.us or 505-246-2261 ext.34744
$5 – $10 per class (pay what you can)

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-04-19 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
April’s Colcha Community Stitch-Along is cancelled! Please join us in May
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
Facilitated by Sandia Mountains Chapter-EGA

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-05-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. This month we will learn with artist, Pamela Enriquez-Courts whose artwork is in our current exhibit, “Qué Chola”. She will show us how she works with patterns and floral elements. We will create with metallic paints, different types of wood, and images provided by Pamela (or bring an image or copy of a photo of your choice.)
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
2019-05-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:00 am – 11 am
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 location and 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!
2019-05-04 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am to noon
On the first Saturday of the month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center invites families to ¡Vamos al Museo!, an artist lead hands-on art experience. Our morning begins with inspiration in the art museum, looking at design, materials and construction. Back in the education building we will create our own art piece to take home. A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes!
This month we will learn with artist, Pamela Enriquez-Courts whose artwork is in our current exhibit, “Qué Chola”. She will show us how she works with patterns and floral elements. We will create with metallic paints, different types of wood, and images provided by Pamela (or bring an image or copy of a photo of your choice.)
Please pre-register HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

¡Doble Tour!
2019-05-04 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
2 pm
Join us for a paired perspective tour of the exhibition, Qué Chola, with Dr. Nancy López and Jessica Helen Lopez as they share their unique insights on the artworks and exhibition as a whole! Dr. López is a professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico. She directs and co-founded the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Justice and she is the founding coordinator of the New Mexico Statewide Race, Gender, Class Data Policy Consortium. Jessica Helen Lopez is the City of Albuquerque Poet Laureate and is a nationally recognized award-winning slam poet with a number of published poetry collections. She is the host of arts-based PBS, ¡COLORES! and named one of the “10 Up and Coming Latinx Poets You Need to Know” by “Remezcla.”
Free and open to the public (donations welcome)

Surviving Microaggressions Workshop (Rental)
2019-05-18 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10 am – 5 pm
Domenici Education Building, Room 122/124
When you are often the only person who identifies the way you do, entering a room can be extremely uncomfortable. Now imagine that a joke is then made on your behalf. Poking fun at your natural hair, or teasing your personality characteristics because they reject the stereotype associated with your group affiliation. “Not being black enough,” “Acting white,” or having your native language skills criticized by friends and family are often commonplace. These statements or questions are often a way to challenge our belonging or even our presence in certain spaces. This can happen at school, work or even at the grocery store. Learn how to work through these situations and what to say when microaggressions appear.
$40 Early Bird Registration, $80 Groups of 3 & $60 Late Registration
(fees not included in the price of the registration)
Val Day-Sanchez and Carli Romero present a 1 day training on handling these dangerous comments in our daily lives. Using Val’s hit book, The Only Black Girl in the Room as the basis of the curriculum, Val creates a safe space to learn how to talk about difficult topics like race, implicit bias, sexism, and gender identity. Carli will focus on our bodies. How do we center ourselves and our breath when we are triggered by microaggressions.
Through a series of activities, and discussions, participants will leave with options when they are the target of a microaggression from family or friends. We’ve all been caught off guard when certain comments are made. When do we say something? When can we say something? And more importantly, when we speak, how can we ensure we are heard?
Schedule
10 am Introductions: We are all entering this workshop from different places in our lives and in our understanding. That doesn’t mean we should judge.
10:15 am What Is A Microaggression?: It doesn’t matter if it was a joke, or your intention was to provide support, if someone leaves the interaction feeling offended or unsafe, clearly your intention was not aligned with your impact, now what? Perhaps you are singled out because of your sexual orientation? You go home to visit and feel anxious and bombarded by the off the cuff comments that are made, asking why you aren’t married? Or perhaps at a company mixer your coworkers begin debasing your friends because of their race or religion? You want to say something but you’re worried about offending your family, being alienated at work, or ostracizing your friends, what are your next steps?
11 am White Fragility, Relationship Dynamics & Trauma: What are the barriers keeping us silent? Who is speaking? Do we feel safe? Do we have power? All of this can effect how we respond to this poisonous statements. We all have biases, some we are aware of while others just seem natural. We’ve never examined them before. How do microaggressions reintroduce us to our past trauma? What’s the harm in stereotypes and assumptions and why does it seem like white people seem more surprised by this than people of color? Well, that phenomenon actually has a name, “White Fragility.”
12 pm-1 pm Microaggressions and Recovery: The tightening of our chest, sweaty palms, shortness of breath, this is often how our bodies respond to microaggressions. Learn coping mechanisms to help with this process. Shame, grief, anger, guilt can come up when speaking to microaggressions on either side of the instances, how do we deal with that? Well, it starts with sending love to our past self. We are talking about the reality that our beliefs drive our behaviors. Now from a mindfulness/therapeutic/recovery perspective – growth requires an ongoing examination of beliefs, and that is intricately connected to our racial/gendered conditioning. Let’s learn how to recognize and shift our beliefs which are grounded in biases.
1 pm-2 pm Lunch Break: Off Campus
2 pm-3 pm How Can we Respond to Microaggressions?: Let’s work through case studies. If it was a friend or an acquaintance versus the family matriarch? What about your employer or someone you work with? What can you say when confronted with a microaggression depends a lot on the setting.
4:30 pm-5 pm Closing thoughts: Whether we identify as marginalized group members or as an ally, what can we do in our little space in the world to create a more inclusive environment? Is it the way that we talk? The way that we engage on social media? How we speak with our family members about politics?
***Early Bird Registration rate until April 30th***
**Scholarships Available, contact Event Organizer for details**
Facilitators:

Val Day-Sanchez (pronouns include, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs) is a tenured professor of communication, social activist, author, TEDX speaker, and intersectional feminist. Dedicated to education, she believes it has the power to combat social justice issues that plague our society. Val co-founded the All This podcast to discuss difficult topics and increase diverse representation in media. They facilitate Equity & Justice Workshops and Women’s Retreats around the world, to help professionals, and organizations, embrace inclusive practices. This inclusive lens is reflected in their cultural responsive teaching, equity based curriculum design, and college service within Equity centered policy change. Val’s TEDx Talk: Silence is Killing Us

Carli Romero (she/her/hers) has served communities throughout New Mexico as a community organizer and facilitator, through a gender and trauma-informed lens, for over a decade and now works as an Operations Coordinator with NewMexicoWomen.org. She holds a BA in Economics as well as Political Science and is currently studying for her master’s in Educational Leadership at the University of New Mexico. Carli has training in Reiki, Ortho-bionomy and Pranic Healing and enjoys the way energy interacts with all systems. In her commitment to dismantling internalized and externalized systems of oppression, she is continuously engaged in both learning and teaching opportunities that help her to better understand her role in promoting healing and equity.
If you would liked to get your copy of The Only Black Girl in the Room prior to the workshop it is available here. ***copies of the book will be on sale*** Carli’s book, Sistar, I See You: Writings of Womyn and Their Magical Ways can be purchased here

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¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-06-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am to 12 pm
A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this artist-led workshop. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building.
This month, create the Garden of Eden in honor of the NHCC Art Museum exhibit Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve.
Please pre-register HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-06-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts.
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
This month, work with artist, Delilah Montoya whose work is in our current exhibit, “Que Chola”. She will be instructing on how to use your phone as a photo art making tool and creating a staged photograph. Please bring a phone with a camera or digital camera (or if you choose, a Polaroid or film camera).
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
2019-06-07 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9 am – 11 am
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 location and 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

Salud y Sabor Celebrates New Mexico: A Blending of Cultures
2019-06-08 | Domenici Education Building – Grand Hall
11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Salud y Sabor is a free late morning/early afternoon of food, art, health, culture, and entertainment that celebrates our communities and connects families with nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and play. Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, fun art and movement activities for kids and adults, health screenings, cultural exchange, and live entertainment. Join us for free samples of local produce and special recipes. All activities emphasize traditional Latin American and Indigenous food and culture, basic information/free screenings from local Western and alternative health practitioners, and a vibrant atmosphere with art activities, storytelling, and live music.
This event is presented as a partnership between the NHCC, Agri-Cultura Network and Street Food Institute.
Thank you to our presenting sponsor UNM-Health Sciences Center!
This event is free and open to the public
