¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-10-03
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)
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

¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-10-05
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.
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

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-10-18, 2019-11-15 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
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

Día de los Muertos: Community Ofrenda Exhibit 2019
2019-10-21 - 2019-11-08
Each year the National Hispanic Cultural Center works with schools and community organizations to host an exhibit of ofrendas (altars) in celebration of Día de los Muertos.
The ofrendas will be placed throughout the Domenici Education Building and the Roy E. Disney Performing Arts Center. There is also a community ofrenda that you are welcome to contribute items in remembrance of your loved ones. Keep in mind we are not responsible for any items that are lost or stolen. Please do not bring irreplaceable photographs or items. We encourage photo copies.
This year we are working with 516 arts and are asking for a select number of submissions to be dedicated to the “Species in Peril” along the Rio Grande.
We can provide you with a list of plants and animals that are extinct or facing extinction along the Rio Grande. For information on the exhibit at 516 Arts and programming https://www.516arts.org/
https://www.516arts.org/exhibitions/species-in-peril-along-the-rio-grande-contemporary-artists-respond
For more information about the call for entries to create an ofrenda for the exhibit, click HERE.

Día de Los Muertos: Lecture and Book Signing with Ann Murdy
2019-10-27 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Free
You are invited to a special lecture and book signing!
Join artist and author, Ann Murdy, for a discussion of her book, On the Path of Marigolds: Living Traditions of Mexico’s Day of the Dead / En el camino de los cempasúchitles: Tradiciones vivas del Día de Los Muertos de México with Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, Director of the NHCC Art Museum. The discussion will be followed by a book signing with the author.
About the Author
Ann Murdy is an award-winning photographer who has been taking pictures of México’s Day of the Dead and other celebrations since 1991. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, the photo archives of the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, and the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. She has a B.A. from Chapman University in Orange County, and also B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Her images have been featured in solo exhibitions at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, and the Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, as well as at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, California, Museo Chicano in Phoenix, other venues throughout the West, and in Oaxaca, México. She has built Day of the Dead altars at Self-Help Graphics and Olvera Street, a Mexican marketplace in Los Angeles, The California Heritage Museum, the Museum of Latin American Art, the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California, and the Museum of International Folk Art and the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe.
Her pictures have been published in The Santa Fean Magazine, and New Mexico Magazine, and in the books Christmas in Santa Fe, by Susan Weber (Gibbs Smith, 2011), The Santa Fe Fiesta Reinvented: Staking Ethno-Nationalist Claims to a Disappearing Homeland, by Sarah Bronwen Horton (School of Advanced Research Press, 2010), Visions of Santa Fe: Photographers See the City Different, edited by Baron Wolman (Squarebooks, 2005), Southwest Art Defined: An Illustrated Guide, by Margaret Moore Booker (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2016), and Contemporary Chicano and Chicana Art: Artists, Work, Culture, and Education (Bilingual Press, 2002), among others. A native of Los Angeles, she has lived in Santa Fe for more than fifteen years.

Día de los Muertos: Despedida
2019-11-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5 pm – 7 pm
Free Community Event
The National Hispanic Cultural Center will hold its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. This is a great event for all ages. Tour the ofrendas around the NHCC campus and enjoy music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the sharing of heartfelt memories.
Día de Muertos is an annual traditional holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and many Hispanic communities. Join the NHCC and experienced, knowledgeable local artists to learn about the meaning of this celebration, the traditional arts and crafts associated with the celebration and development of ofrendas that honor families and individuals.
For more information please call 505-246-2261.
Free community event

¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-11-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
¡Vamos al Museo! is cancelled for the month of November but will resume on December 7, 2019.
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.
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

Salud y Sabor celebrates Mexico and Día de los Muertos
2019-11-02 | Domenici Education Building – Grand Hall
11:30 am – 2 pm
Free Family Fun
Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC is a free event with 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 local Western and alternative health practitioners, and creating a vibrant atmosphere with art activities and live music. In most months, free samples of local produce are available.
This month’s theme is Mexico and Día de los Muertos.
For more information on Salud y Sabor, call 505/246-2261.
Free public event

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-11-07 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour is cancelled for the month of November but will resume on December 5, 2019.
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)
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

La Cosecha Student Leadership Institute
2019-11-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the 11th Annual Student Leadership Institute (SLI 2019).
SLI will take place Friday, November 15, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The institute is part of La Cosecha Dual Language Conference and will bring together over 240 linguistically and culturally diverse students from around the country to focus on issues of identity, leadership, and the development of an asset-based perspective related to their diverse backgrounds.
Gathering the Truths of our Past…
Embracing our Present…
Preparing our Future!
MISSION
The mission of the DLeNM Student Leadership Institute is to support linguistically and culturally diverse youth to:

embrace language, culture, and history as a source of power and responsibility;
embrace their power and responsibility as an invitation to lead; and to
embrace their invitation to lead as an incentive to build partnerships with each other as a means of preparing themselves for a future of advocacy and the use of power for the betterment of our diverse communities.

DESCRIPTION
SLI 2019 will begin with students reflecting and working together to define their roles for the day and the work to which they are committing. Students will then attend workshop sessions in the morning and after lunch. Some workshops will be student-led and all will support participants to reflect on ways to affect positive change in their communities.
Tertulias (brief round-table conversations) will take place in the afternoon and create a space where adult leaders will host intimate conversations about their own linguistic and cultural background and how their diverse experiences have helped them in their lives and along their career paths. They are intended to be informal and are a great way for adults to engage and briefly mentor our student leaders.
SLI truly is an investment in our collective future that has the potential to be a benchmark moment in the minds of each of the participating students. As a networking opportunity for our future leaders, it ensures that our young people form strong and meaningful peer relationships at a young age, recognize assets, and develop a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for one another.

The Neighborhood Project: Las Voces de Barelas Opening Reception
2019-11-24 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3 pm – 5 pm
The Neighborhood Project: Las Voces de Barelas is a community art initiative by Working Classroom student artists under the instruction of guest teaching artist Adria Malcolm which set out to explore the people of the historic Barelas area through the mediums of environmental portraiture and feature-writing. The project aims to bridge the gap between otherness and commonality through the sharing of the most vital elements of an individual’s story.
The project artists learned how to conduct thorough interviews, explored rapport building with subjects, and learned the basics of journalistic feature writing and portraiture. Las Voces de Barelas serves as a way for Working Classroom to give back and explore the community that it calls home and present stories of a shared human experience.
Free Public event

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-12-05 | 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.
Welcome to Elena’s Holiday Gift Making Extravaganza! We will have a variety of supplies available to make cards, gift tags, gifts, ornaments….no two alike! We also have felt to weave place mats and more. There will be a variety of gift making stations!
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

¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-12-07 | 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.
We will visit with six Winter Spanish Market youth artists and then return to the classroom and create an ornament inspired by our observations.
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

La Canoa - Giving Baque: On Hemispheric Indigeneities and the Southern Border of New Mexico
2019-12-14 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
2 pm – 4 pm
Building on and departing from the work of interethnic thought-leaders in New Mexico, Dr. Gregorio Gonzales will consider how competing logics of settler-statecraft and Native American nationhood operate in a place of both Native- and nuevomexicanx-led struggles for political autonomy and religious liberty. The current humanitarian crisis along New Mexico’s southern border demonstrates the urgency of Indigenous transnational existences as they transit and transgress the political integrities of settlerstates and tribal nations alike. Dr. Gonzales will discuss the significance of New Mexico in building bridges of critical understanding and alliance inside this vital thoroughfare between Native America and Latin America.
This is a FREE event OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Gregorio Gonzales is Genízaro and Comanche from the borderlands of Comanchería and Genízaro country in northern New Mexico. He is currently the 2019-2020 Riley Scholar-in-Residence in Anthropology and Southwest Studies at Colorado College. Earning his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017, Dr. Gonzales’s writings have appeared in the New Mexico Magazine, Peace Review, and Red Ink, among others. As a community-engaged scholar and relative, Dr. Gonzales remains involved with the Albuquerque-based urban Indian nonprofit, Americans for Indian Opportunity, and continues his youth development work this fall with relatives in the Taos and Rio Chama valleys.

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-12-20, 2020-01-17 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
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

¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2020-01-07, 2020-01-14, 2020-01-21, 2020-01-28 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6 pm to 8:15 pm
6 pm to 7:15 pm—Beginning and Intermediate Class.
No experience is necessary to participate in this class.
7:15 pm to 8:15 pm—Advanced Class
In order to participate in this class, dancers must come to at least one 6 pm class and be familiar with the vocabulary and movement introduced in these classes.
Dance classes are taught by Larry Heard and Rueda 505 Friends.
There is no need to pre-register; just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, call 505-246-2261.
$5 to $10 per class (pay what you can)

La Canoa - Nina Otero-Warren: New Mexican 20th Century Mujerota
2020-01-11 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
2 pm – 4 pm
In celebration of the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial, please join Dr. Anna Nogar as she explores the many facets of Nina Otero Warren. Early 20th century nuevomexicana Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren ran for national office as a Republican candidate to Congress from New Mexico in 1922, shortly after women gained the right to vote. An advocate of suffrage, Otero-Warren achieved political prominence for her promotion of Spanish/English education, and involvement in educational and health efforts supporting Indo-Hispano nuevomexicanos. Otero-Warren authored Old Spain in Our Southwest (1936), was superintendent of schools, and an educator, who supported herself and her extended family; in short, a nuevomexicana mujerota.
This is a FREE event OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Anna Nogar is Associate Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UNM. Dr. Nogar’s teaching and research specializations include Mexican American cultural and literary studies; colonial Mexico; early modern writers and communities of reading; and community oral histories.

Mundos de Mestizaje
2020-01-11 - 2020-01-12, 2020-01-18 - 2020-01-19, 2020-01-25 - 2020-01-26, 2020-02-01 - 2020-02-02 | 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.
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Free

Inside Opera Series: Il Postino
2020-01-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-01-28 18:00 - 19:30 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6-7:30 pm
Tuesdays, January 21, 28, and February 4
Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest. This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance (see below). Those who attend any one of the three workshops will receive a 15% discounted ticket to the show. Sign up for the workshops here: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/inside-opera-workshop-series-il-postino/

Inside Opera: The Three Versions of Il Postino
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On January 21, join poet Valerie Martinez for an in-depth discussion of the story of Il Postino and how it developed on its journey from the printed page to the big screen to the opera stage. Daniel Catán’s opera was inspired by the novel Ardiente Paciencia (Burning Patience), by Antonio Skarmeta, and the Academy Award-nominated film adaptation, Il Postino, directed by Michael Radford. Register here.
Valerie Martínez is the Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Valerie spent 23 years as a professor of literature at the college and university level, and was Santa Fe’s second Poet Laureate. As a core artist and Executive Director of Littleglobe, Valerie worked in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera to create two community-based operas: Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas (2008), and The Santa Fe Bus Opera (2010). Valerie joins the Inside Opera series as presenter for the second year.

Inside Opera: The Music of Il Postino
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC Center on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On January 28, conductor and educator Oliver Prezant will introduce you to the music of Il Postino. We’ll explore the way the composer uses melodic shape, harmony, and rhythm to define characters and situations, and we’ll take a detailed look at how music adds meaning and expression to the text. Register here.
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Opera Southwest, and Chamber Music Albuquerque, and has presented programs on art and music for museums including The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. Oliver was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design and The College of Santa Fe.

Inside Opera: Bringing Il Postino to Life
Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On February 4, Oliver Prezant and special guests will lead you on a magical journey through the creative process of bringing the Opera Southwest production of Il Postino to life. We’ll see the set on stage as well as costumes and props, in the Journal Theater. We’ll also meet some of the people who have created the world of this enchanting opera experience. A very special opportunity to see what life is like on the other side of the footlights! Register here.
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Opera Southwest, and Chamber Music Albuquerque, and has presented programs on art and music for museums including The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. Oliver was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design and The College of Santa Fe.

ABOUT THE OPERA
From the Opera Southwest website: “When exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrives on a tiny Italian island, he receives so much fan mail that Mario is hired as his personal postman. Mario soon becomes Neruda’s student, learning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid. Inspired by Neruda, Mario’s poetic voice continues to take wing as he expresses the struggles of his fellow working-class villagers. A firm friendship develops, and the postman is forever a changed man. The sounds of the Mediterranean come alive in Catán’s stunningly beautiful, Puccini-esque score – a story of love in its many forms, set against a backdrop of conflicting political and spiritual ideologies. Based on the novel “Ardiente Paciencia” by Antonio Skármeta and the film by Michael Radford. Sung in Spanish with English supertitles.”

¡Vamos al Museo!
2020-02-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am to 12 pm
Join us on the first Saturday of the month for a morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this NHCC staff and artist-led workshop. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building.
This month, artist Lita Sandoval will guide a fun valentine themed workshop for all ages!
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

NHCC Library: Saturday Hours
2020-02-01 13:00 - 17:00 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
The NHCC Library holds over 13,700 titles, with a concentration on the history and culture of the Hispanic/Latino world, as well over 700 children’s books, many of which are bilingual.
The NHCC Library also houses the Manuel y Lorenzita Lujan Genealogy Center, containing, among other items, the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The library also provides access to Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest.
The NHCC Library is open:
Tuesdays – Fridays from 10am-5pm AND
the first Saturday of each month from 1pm-5pm.
Come see what the NHCC Library has to offer!
