Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2023-05-18, 2023-05-19, 2023-05-25, 2023-05-26, 2023-06-01, 2023-06-02, 2023-06-08, 2023-06-09 and 9 more dates | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11:00 am (MST)
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil. Tours of the fresco are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 11am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.
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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Community Listening Session- Voces de Latinidad Project: Damián Vergara Wilson, PhD.
2023-05-18 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6:00 pm
Reception followed by Speaker & Discussion
Join us for the first Community Listening Session in a series of six for our Voces de Latinidad documentary film project. Each gathering in this series will focus of a different cultural aspect of the question: “Who or what is Latinidad?” Voces de Latinidad aims to feature unique voices from our community culminating in a short documentary and digital archive celebrating the rich diversity of our lived experiences.
Recently featured in a New York Times article, this first gathering will be led by UNM Professor of Spanish as a Heritage Language, Damián Vergara Wilson, PhD.
Free community event. Register and save your spot below.

On May 18, we invite all Hispanic, Latina/o/x/e, Chicano/a/x/e, Burqueño/a/e, Mestiza/o/e members of Barelas, Atrisco, the South Valley, and surrounding neighborhoods to come and share how you identify culturally and how language shapes your reality and lived experiences. Maybe you grew up speaking Spanish and keep it in your family or community, or maybe you feel cut off from it. Either way, we’d love for you to share your stories for an evening of discussion, story-telling, food-sharing, and all around diversión! Please feel free to bring a cherished object, photo or writing as a story prompt.
Note: Community sessions will be filmed and some individuals may be selected for one-on-one interviews.
Check back for additional Voces de Latinidad Community session dates & speakers
The Voces de Latinidad project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2023-05-23, 2023-06-27 | Live via Zoom or in-person
9:30 am on the 4th Tuesday of each month
Our Colcha community workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, on zoom or in person. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the zoom link to you. Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.baca@dca.nm.gov or call 505-220-7928.
Free Community Event. Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.

For more on Colcha, please watch this video: Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

Nuestra Herencia: Genealogy Workshop for Seniors
2023-06-01 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with free genealogy workshop as part of our Nuestra Herencia program! Nuestra Herencia will provide participating seniors with the opportunity to participate in interactive tours of the NHCC Art Museum and Torreón, paired with genealogy workshops and coffee socials.
This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Happy Arte Hour
2023-06-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. 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. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase from La Fonda del Bosque and Pop Fizz. Explore printmaking inspired by the current NHCC Art Museum exhibit, Nexo Entre Raíces / Nexus Between Roots. Participants will work with a variety of tools and techniques to create a unique print to take home.
Please pre-register here or use the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. $5+ donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies.

Community Listening Session- Voces de Latinidad Project: Maritza Perez
2023-06-03 | Off Campus: South Valley Social Enterprise Center
NOTE: Thank you for your interest in our June 3 Voces de Latinidad community listening session. Due to a change in the scheduled speaker’s schedule, this session will be rescheduled for a later date. Please check our website and social media for updates. Thank you, and we appreciate your support of the Voces de Latinidad project.

Arte Poquito
2023-06-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers will have a chance to explore visual arts and even visit the NHCC Art Museum. This multi-sensory program includes time for socializing and art exploration.
Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Museum, Performing Arts Center, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment.
Free Community Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.

Voces de Latinidad: Gregorio Gonzales
2023-06-15 | Indian Pueblo Cultural Center , 2401 12th Street NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
6:00 pm
Join us at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center for the second Community Listening Session in a series of 6 for our Voces de Latinidad documentary film project. Each gathering in this series will focus on a different cultural aspect of the question: “Who or what is Latinidad?” Voces de Latinidad aims to feature unique voices from our community culminating in a short documentary and digital archive celebrating the rich diversity of our lived experiences.
On June 15, we invite all people of Hispanic, Latina/o/e/x, Chicana/o/e/x, Indigenous, and New Mexican heritage from the communities of Barelas, Atrisco, the greater South Valley, and surrounding neighborhoods to come and share how you identify culturally and how this shapes your reality and lived experiences.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.

Speaker: Hailing from the New Mexico borderlands, Gregorio Gonzales identifies as Comanche & Genízaro. He is a tribal cultural empowerment professional, NDN músico, and Tribal Liaison with the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA). Gregorio works with American Indian tribal governments, NMDCA divisions, and urban Indigenous community stakeholders to preserving New Mexico tribal cultures. Dr. Gonzales is also an active collaborator with Americans for Indian Opportunity.
*Note: Community Sessions will be filmed and some individuals may be selected for interviews.
The Voces de Latinidad project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Democracy Demands Wisdom.

Artist Talk and Book Signing: Joel Salcido
2023-06-16 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
7:00 pm
Salon Ortega
Join us for an artist talk with Joel Salcido from Aliento a Tequila y el Arte de Agave (or The Spirit of Tequila and the Art of Agave). Joel will do a reading from his book, The Spirit of Tequila and guests from the audience will have an opportunity for a Q&A followed by a book signing.
The Aliento a Tequila y el Arte de Agave (or The Spirit of Tequila and the Art of Agave) exhibition explores and celebrates the landscape, culture, and traditions that gave birth to tequila, Mexico’s national drink. In this series, photographer Joel Salcido includes the original distilleries that literally founded the industry, as well as several artisanal tequileras committed to the ancestral ways of making tequila from harvest to bottle. Objects and paintings related to the theme of agave will be on display from the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum Permanent Collection and loans from various institutions and artist Hailey Marmolejo.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Comiendo el Arcoíris
2023-06-20 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime features Patricia Barrera Boyer’s colorful story Comiendo el Arcoíris/Eating the Rainbow! Join us as we enjoy fruit smoothies and participate in family-friendly rainbow crafts.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Animal Humane New Mexico: Feline Film Festival 2023
2023-06-23 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Pet Adoptions
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm VIP Reception
6:15 pm to 7:45 pm Film Screening
7:45 pm to 8:00 pm Film Awards/Winner Celebration
Your mission if you choose to accept it… Join us for the epic return of Animal Humane’s Feline Film Festival! Hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and sponsored by Garcia Subaru, this cat-tastic event will feature an incredible collection of cat-inspired cinema from around the world, food trucks, pet adoptions & MORE. Only the film screening & VIP event are ticketed, meeting adoptable pets from around the state is priceless!
$30 w/ discounts for seniors, members, and students. VIP Ticketing includes access to the VIP Reception from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

4:00pm-6:30pm: Local animal welfare organizations will be hosting information tables & cat adoptions. Participating Organizations: Animal Humane New Mexico, Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department, Bernalillo County Animal Care and Resource Center, Española Humane and June’s Senior Cat Rescue. Two food trucks on site: Mi Taco Su Taco and Pop Pop’s Italian Ice.
5:00pm-6:00pm: VIP Reception Presented by Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Tickets are $75.00 and will include appetizers, an array of beverages and a commemorative wine glass along with entrance to the screening.
6:15pm-7:45pm: Film screening consisting of 32 cat-centric films from all over the world. The theme of this year’s film is MISSION IMPAWSSIBLE!
7:45pm-8:00pm: Winners announced, and awards given out. Categories include: Top 3 Films, Fan Favorite and Best in Theme.

The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Voces de Latinidad: Joanna Keane Lopez
2023-06-24 | Off Campus: Hubbell House (6029 Isleta Blvd SW)
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Join us at the Hubbell House in the South Valley for the third Community Listening Session in a series of 6 for our Voces de Latinidad documentary film project, featuring Joanna Keane Lopez. Each gathering in this series will focus on a different cultural aspect of the question: “Who or what is Latinidad?” Voces de Latinidad aims to feature unique voices from our community culminating in a short documentary and digital archive celebrating the rich diversity of our lived experiences.
On June 24, we invite all people of Hispanic, Latina/o/e/x, Chicana/o/e/x, Indigenous, and New Mexican heritage from the communities of Barelas, Atrisco, the greater South Valley, and surrounding neighborhoods to come and share how you identify culturally and how this shapes your reality and lived experiences.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.

Speaker: Joanna Keane Lopez is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is informed through adobe, paper, clay, wood, textiles and song. She inherited the practice of working with adobe, a mixture of mud and straw, from her family who constructed, maintained, and lived in earthen homes. She is also informed by the teachings of enjarradoras and adoberas, women who specialize in the traditional craft of earthen architecture who continue the practice today in the complex cultural landscape of New Mexico.
*Note: Community Sessions will be filmed and some individuals may be selected for interviews. The start time for this event has been updated to 3:00 pm.
The Voces de Latinidad project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Democracy Demands Wisdom.

Voces de Latinidad: Community Session featuring Mónica Sanchez
2023-07-11 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Join us in Salón Ortega for the fourth Community Listening Session in a series of 6 for our Voces de Latinidad documentary film project. Each gathering in this series will focus on a different cultural aspect of the question: “Who or what is Latinidad?” Voces de Latinidad aims to feature unique voices from our community culminating in a short documentary and digital archive celebrating the rich diversity of our lived experiences.
On July 11, we invite all people of Hispanic, Latina/o/e/x, Chicana/o/e/x, Indigenous, and New Mexican heritage from the communities of Barelas, Atrisco, the greater South Valley, and surrounding neighborhoods to come and share how you identify culturally and how this shapes your reality and lived experiences.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.

Speaker: Mónica Sánchez holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of New Mexico. She has followed her bliss throughout a life in the theatre and the theatre of life. Over 30 years she has honed her craft as a professional actor, written and devised work collaboratively and independently for the stage, directed a handful of productions small and large, and enjoyed a myriad of assignments as a teaching artist and community engagement facilitator with diverse and intergenerational communities.
*Note: Community Sessions will be filmed and some individuals may be selected for interviews.
The Voces de Latinidad project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Democracy Demands Wisdom.
