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  • Making Art: Earth Day: Recycled Art & Bosque Walk

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

    10 am to 12 pm Students tour select sections of current museum exhibits, create artwork with re-cycled or “second life” materials, attend a tour of the Bosque, adjacent to the NHCC and have a discussion on connections between land, culture, art and sustainability. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. Limit 35 per session 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 (more...)

  • UNM Decolonizing Nature Conference

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

    8:30 am - 7 pm—Thursday & Friday 8:30 am - 4 pm—Saturday The University of New Mexico is hosting an interdisciplinary environmental justice public forum, “Decolonizing Nature: Resistance, Resilience, Revitalization,” which includes a four-day interdisciplinary conference from April 19 through April 22 at the NHCC; a companion exhibition at 516 ARTS from April 15 through April 29; a film screening at the UNM Art Museum on April 18; and a community event, “Abrazos: A Community Celebration of Environmental Justice,” at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, (more...)

  • ¡Salud y Sabor!: Nuevo México

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

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of food, art, and entertainment aimed at providing families with an opportunity to connect around nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and culture. Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, as well as fun art activities for kids and adults, health screenings, and live entertainment. An emphasis is placed on exploring traditional Hispanic dishes, providing basic information/free screenings from (more...)

  • La Canoa Legacy Talks: Rebecca Blum Martinez, Standing on Their Shoulders: A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join Rebecca Blum Martinez, professor of bilingual and ESL education in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, for a talk on the history and present state of bilingual education in New Mexico. Blum Martinez has worked with and advocated for bilingual students and their families in New Mexico since 1975. Bilingual education has been a contentious educational reform since its inception in the late 1960s. New Mexico, in 1969, was one of the first states to embrace Spanish/English (more...)

  • Making Art: Earth Day: Recycled Art & Bosque Walk

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

    10 am to 12 pm Students tour select sections of current museum exhibits, create artwork with re-cycled or “second life” materials, attend a tour of the Bosque, adjacent to the NHCC and have a discussion on connections between land, culture, art and sustainability. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. Limit 35 per session 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 (more...)

  • Dance Classes: ¡Baile! Mexican Folklórico Dance

    PNM Rehearsal Hall 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    9:30 am OR 11:30 am In anticipation of Cinco de Mayo, students are invited to participate in a unique cultural movement workshop with local dance instructors leading the way.  A terrific way to increase physical activity and cultural awareness at the same time! This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. Limit 45 per session 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 (more...)

  • ¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour

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

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm UPDATE: Because of unexpected demand for this event and limited supplies, we have to close registration and cannot accept any additional participants. Please consider joining us for the next Happy Arte Hour on June 1. 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 (more...)

  • ¡Vamos al Museo!

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

    10:30 am to 12:00 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging artist-led family program.  Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of material.  Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Creative Classroom. This week's event will be led by Cindee Ulibarri, one of the artists whose work (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

  • Reading & Booksigning: A. Gabriel Meléndez, The Book of Archives

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author A. Gabriel Meléndez for a reading from his new book The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico. The Book of Archives tells the story of New Mexico’s Mora Valley, located in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, through the ghosts of history it harbors: troubadours and soldiers, Plains Indians and settlers, families fleeing and finding home. There, more than a century ago, villagers collect scraps of paper documenting the valley’s history and (more...)