Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2022-09-15, 2022-09-16, 2022-09-22, 2022-09-23, 2022-09-29, 2022-09-30, 2022-10-06, 2022-10-07 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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Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Don Gato
2022-09-20 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
El Romance de Don Gato y Otros Cuentos Populares de America Latina
By Lucia M. Gonzalez (Author), Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
The poem and traditional song “Don Gato” comes to life in this program! Children and caregivers will have the chance to explore the story through acting out the characters, singing the traditional song, making a cat mask, and meeting the Don Gato puppet.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.

¡La próxima Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe Preescolares ya se acerca con el poema popular “Don Gato!”
¡Evento Gratuito! Explorar las Artes: Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe Preescolares
El martes, 20 de septiembre, 2022
10:00 am | Biblioteca de NHCC
¡El poema y la canción tradicional “Don Gato” se llena de vida en este programa! Explora la historia interpretando a los personajes, cantando la canción tradicional, creando una máscara de gato, y conociendo a la marioneta de Don Gato.
Vamos a leer de El Romance de Don Gato y Otros Cuentos Populares de America Latina, por Lucía M. González (autora) and Lulu Delacre (Ilustradora).
Para niños de 3 a 5 años de edad y sus cuidadores.

¡Globalquerque!: Free Global Fiesta
2022-09-24 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Join us for a fun-filled international journey packed with educational workshops, inter-activities, film, panels, food demos, performances, and much more – with offerings for all ages! – created in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Department of Education! There will be interactive art activities inspired by the music and global cultures visiting the festival to multilingual poetry readings to International Dance Lessons to the NY International Children’s Film Festival Viva Kids Flicks to International Food Demo & Tasting to a presentation on New Mexican History Through New Mexican Traditional Music to workshops from visiting artists from Haiti, Israel, Taos Pueblo, and Malawi and so much more! The ¡Globalquerque! Free Gobal Fiesta is a day filled with exploration and discovery for all ages!
This community event is free, but ticketed.
Please register in advance HERE.

¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s 18th Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture is one of the premiere festivals in the Southwest and is recognized around the country and the world for its adventurous programming. ¡Globalquerque! is committed to presenting and exploring our world through music and the arts, bringing people together to reflect on our similarities, celebrate our differences and consider and revel in what makes our experiences unique and what makes them shared. The Festival offers an eclectic, wide-ranging global exploration with a diverse program of dance, film, crafts, food, educational workshops and activities – and, of course, a myriad of exciting and surprising live musical offerings! From the legendary to up-and-coming, from the traditional to the cutting edge, year to year, ¡Globaquerque! presents of the best of what our planet has to offer.

Explorar las Artes: Baila Conmigo
2022-10-04 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
10:00 am
Children 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers will have the chance to explore arts through traditional New Mexico dance and other dance forms using ribbon sticks, rhythm instruments, and even flamenco.
Explorar las Artes is a free, bi-monthly 45-minute program for toddlers ages 18 months to 4 years and caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC museum 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. Register below.
This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.

2022 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, featuring Erika L. Sánchez
2022-10-06 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
“CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that the 2022 Anaya Lecture has been cancelled upon the request of the speaker. Please join us for a film screening of Carl Franklin’s Bless Me, Ultima at the NHCC on Sept. 30 with a pre-lecture introduction by Dr. Gabriel Meléndez. Reception at 6pm, pre-lecture introduction at 6:30, and film screening at 7pm. The film screening is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Free ticketed event; visit https://nhccdev.wpengine.com/event/film-bless-me-ultima/.”

7:00 pm
Join us for the the 2022 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, featuring New York Times bestselling author Erika L. Sánchez. This program is in collaboration with the University of New Mexico’s English Department.
The English Department is excited to host Sánchez as this year’s featured speaker in the annual lecture series that Mr. Anaya established. Sánchez is a Lobo alumna and graduate of the English Department’s MFA program, and she penned the foreword to the Penguin Vitae fiftieth anniversary edition of Anaya’s canonical novel, Bless Me, Ultima.
Please register for this event here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
Sánchez, a Lobo alumna, is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist whose work pays tribute to Anaya’s novel and its significance to Southwest literature and culture.
Sánchez’s debut poetry collection, Lessons in Expulsion (Graywolf Press 2017) was released alongside her Young Adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Knopf 2017), a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. The novel also won the 2018 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for Older Readers, and it is currently in production to become a feature film. Her third book, Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir, was just released to critical acclaim (Viking 2022). Sánchez’s poems have appeared in Poets.org, Vinyl Poetry, Guernica, diode, Boston Review, Paris Review, Gulf Coast, Poetry Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine, and her non-fiction in Al Jazeera, ESPN.com, the Guardian, NBC News, Rolling Stone, Salon, and Cosmopolitan for Latinas, where she was the sex and love advice columnist.

Erika L. Sánchez Poetry Workshop: “Negative Capability and the Imagination”
2022-10-07 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
“CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that the 2022 Anaya Lecture has been cancelled upon the request of the speaker. Please join us for a film screening of Carl Franklin’s Bless Me, Ultima at the NHCC on Sept. 30 with a pre-lecture introduction by Dr. Gabriel Meléndez. Reception at 6pm, pre-lecture introduction at 6:30, and film screening at 7pm. The film screening is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Free ticketed event; visit https://nhccdev.wpengine.com/event/film-bless-me-ultima/.”

11:00 am
Following Erika L. Sánchez’s reading, head back to the Center for her poetry workshop: “Negative Capability and the Imagination.” This event is in collaboration with the University of New Mexico’s English Department.
This is a free, ticketed event. Please register here.
Sánchez, a Lobo alumna, is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist.
Sánchez’s debut poetry collection, Lessons in Expulsion (Graywolf Press 2017) was released alongside her Young Adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Knopf 2017), a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. The novel also won the 2018 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for Older Readers, and it is currently in production to become a feature film. Her third book, Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir, was just released to critical acclaim (Viking 2022). Sánchez’s poems have appeared in Poets.org, Vinyl Poetry, Guernica, diode, Boston Review, Paris Review, Gulf Coast, Poetry Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine, and her non-fiction in Al Jazeera, ESPN.com, the Guardian, NBC News, Rolling Stone, Salon, and Cosmopolitan for Latinas, where she was the sex and love advice columnist.
Please register in advance here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2022-10-11, 2022-11-08 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am (MST) on the second Tuesday of the Month
On Zoom and onsite
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 second Tuesday, for this virtual stitch-a-long. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
This is a free community event. Register in advance here.

Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call 505-220-7928
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.
Colcha Community Stitch-A-Long dates:
Second Tuesday of every month at 9:30 am (MST)
For more on Colcha, please watch this video.
Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit.
Click thumbnail to enlarge.

An Evening for Educators: Día de los Muertos Professional Development
2022-10-11 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Spend a lively evening exploring Día de los Muertos celebrations, arts, and history at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Take back lessons for your students that will give them a deeper understanding of this important cultural holiday.
This is a free event for educators. The event is jointly sponsored by the National Hispanic Cultural Center and the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Arte Poquito: Arte de Bebé
2022-10-13 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
10:00 am
Infants 0-18 months 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 infants ages 0 to 18 months and caregivers that nurtures creativity and provides bilingual introductory arts experiences balanced with social interaction. Each program focuses on different aspects of Hispanic/Latine arts, including music, dance, and storytelling. NHCC instructors model the introduction of core arts concepts to infants and caregivers in a supportive environment.
This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Tía with the Tortilla
2022-10-18 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
The art of storytelling comes to life for children ages 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers with the eerie story of “Tía with the Tortilla.” Children and caregivers will have the chance to explore the story by acting out the characters, dancing La Varsoviana, and making a tortilla mask.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.

Día de Familia: Día de los Muertos
2022-11-06 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
The spirit of Día de los Muertos comes alive at our next Día de Familia!
Decorate sugar skulls, craft a mini-ofrenda and marigolds, get your face painted, and contribute to our community ofrenda while you enjoy music and dance traditions of Día de los Muertos.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Student Outreach: UNM John D. Robb Musical Trust with Alex Manzanares’ Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe
2022-11-09 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
9:00 to 10:00 am
In partnership with the UNM’s John Donald Robb Musical Trust we invite school groups and the community for a free performance and demonstration led by Alex Manzanares and members from Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe in our Bank of America Theatre. Audience members will be asked to participate and learn some of the dances the group performs. Don’t miss it!
This is a free event for school groups and community members. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This event will also be livestreamed on the NHCC’s Facebook page.

Arte Poquito: Teatro de Bebé
2022-11-10 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
10:00 am
Infants 0-18 months and their caregivers explore dramatic arts and even visit the NHCC Wells Fargo Theater. This multi-sensory program includes time for socializing and dramatic play.
Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for infants ages 0 to 18 months and caregivers that nurtures creativity and provides bilingual introductory arts experiences balanced with social interaction. Each program focuses on different aspects of Hispanic/Latine arts, including music, dance, and storytelling. NHCC instructors model the introduction of core arts concepts to infants and caregivers in a supportive environment.
This program is generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
