Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2023-03-10, 2023-03-16, 2023-03-17, 2023-03-23, 2023-03-24, 2023-03-30, 2023-03-31, 2023-04-06 and 12 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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Navajo Star Wars Intergalactic Night
2023-03-10 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Art Activities, Music, Food Truck, & Cash Bar – 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Fronteras del Futuro Exhibition open – 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Prefilm Talk with Manny Wheeler – 6:00 pm
Film Screening – 7:00 pm
Join the NHCC for a special screening of Star Wars: A New Hope in Navajo. Manny Wheeler, who was instrumental in getting this version of Star Wars made into an official dub, will give a pre-film talk about the importance of access to cultural resources in the Navajo language and equitable representation for native nations. Arrive early to tour the NHCC Art Museum exhibition, Fronteras del Futuro, to find other Star Wars connections while you enjoy artmaking, music, food trucks, and a cash bar. If you are lucky, you might spot a stormtrooper or two!
Free Community Event. Please register HERE or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
Generous support for this event provided by Bank of America. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Book Reading
2023-03-23 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
5:00 pm: Pre-event reception
6:00 pm: Reading begins
Join us for the first event in the NHCC’s El Arte de la Palabra series, featuring author Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The award-winning author will be reading from her collection of short stories and essays, Crimes of the Tongue.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Alicia Gaspar De Alba is a Professor of Chicana/o and Central American studies, English, and gender studies at UCLA, where she has worked since 1994. She has published 12 books, including novels, collections of fiction and poetry, and academic books. Her 13th book is coming out later this spring. She has won several awards for her writing, including the Lambda Literary Foundation Award for Best Lesbian Mystery in 2005 for Desert Blood, which also won the Latino Book Award for Best Mystery in English in 2006 and Best Mystery in Spanish in 2009. Her first novel, Sor Juana’s Second Dream, won the Latino Hall of Fame Award for Best Historical Novel in 2000. Her forthcoming book, Crimes of the Tongue: Essays and Stories, will be published by Arte Publico Press. On Saturday, she will be offering an oral storytelling workshop based on techniques from The Moth, which she teaches in her bilingual creative writing class, The Mariposa Hour.

Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration: 30th Anniversary
2023-03-25 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
March for Justice: 10:00 am
Fiesta: 12:00 – 3:00 pm
The Recuerda a Cesar Chavez Committee (RCCC) is excited to announce the 30th Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration – the only celebration of its kind in the country that honors both great civil rights leaders. The legendary Dolores Huerta will be our honored guest!
The event, which will be held from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, will feature a keynote address from Dolores Huerta, presentation of the “Sí Se Puede” Awards, a car show presented by the Drifters Car Club, live dance and music performances, local dignitaries, and fun activities for the entire family.

The 30th Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration is sponsored by the City of Albuquerque and supported by the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) and the County of Bernalillo.

Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

RCCC is committed to educating communities throughout Albuquerque and the state about the legacy, life, and work of the great American civil rights activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. This year marks the 30th anniversary of those efforts.

RCCC shares the vision that Cesar and Dolores championed – that nonviolence is our strength and in recognition of their remarkable history of nonviolent resistance, this year’s Celebration is conducted in the spirit of “Sí Se Puede”, “Yes, we can.” Join us as we gather in solidarity with others around the country in support of the movement toward nonviolence.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2023-03-28 | NM
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.

Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2023-04-07 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
The Mundos de Mestizaje fresco tour on April 7th has been canceled.
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.
(It may take a moment to load. Microsoft Internet Explorer is NOT recommended. Best experienced with Safari, Firefox or Chrome.

Feature Film: What We Leave Behind
2023-04-14 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories
Feature: What We Leave Behind (2022) directed by Iliana Sosa
6:00 pm: Pre-film reception and cash bar
7:00 pm: Film Screening followed by Director’s Q&A
What We Leave Behind is a 2022 documentary film. It’s a portrait of director Iliana Sosa’s grandfather, Julián Moreno, as he starts building a house in the Mexican state of Durango. As a younger man, Julián had spent decades living between the United States and Mexico, first working as a bracero and later traveling by bus to visit his children and grandchildren in the Southwestern United States. In the film, Julián revisits this past with his granddaughter as the two forge a tighter bond together. Voiceovers from the director punctuate the film and pair with imagery of the local landscape; the soundtrack features an a cappella song by the Cardencheros de Sapioriz, who are also from Durango.
The film received development, production, and post-production support from several institutions, including the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, the Sundance Institute, the IDA, the Austin Film Society, the True/False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, the Jacob Burns Film Center, the Gotham Documentary Lab, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
2022 | Documentary | Spanish with English Subtitles | 71 minutes | not rated

Directors’ Talks with Iliana Sosa, Patricia Nazario, & Aracely Chapa
2023-04-15 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
On April 15th, participate in Director’s Talks and question and answer sessions with filmmakers Patricia Nazario, Iliana Sosa, and Aracely Chapa from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Salón Ortega. A full schedule of events is available below.
This is event is part of the 1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

1:00 pm – Iliana Sosa: Ethics and Challenges in Making a Personal Documentary. Sosa discusses the ethics and the many challenges of the 12-year journey and production with film clips, stories and images. Over these years, Sosa filmed her grandfather’s work, gently sifting through Julian’s previously unspoken memories brought up by the construction project to reveal both the daily pragmatism and poetry of life. The personal documentary unfolds as a love letter to her grandfather and an intimate and insightful exploration of her own relationship with her grandfather and his homeland.
2:00 pm – Aracely Chapa: A Behind the Scenes look at the making of the film, Acequias – The Legacy Lives On. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Aracely “Arcie” Chapa, Acequias is an hour-long, visually stunning documentary film about New Mexico’s enduring acequias as seen through the eyes of farmers, advocates, scholars, parciantes and more. Chapa recounts an oral history of the films 5-year production with film clips and archival pictures.
3:00 pm – Patricia Nazario: How to Finish a Documentary Film on a Shoestring Budget. Learn about the experience of a non-traditional filmmaker and resources used to maximize your budget. The talk will empower anyone, regardless of their educational level, to compose a sequential film timeline. I will share concepts, shortcuts, and links that helped me get started. I went to journalism, not film school. So, my learning curve was steep! Learn some tips and tricks of how to make a documentary film without going to film school.

AfroMundo Festival: Resistance & Creativity: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival
2023-04-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7:30 pm
Join us on April 19 for a panel discussion by renowned chefs!
For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of what “soul” food is.
Panelists include:

New Mexico resident Seiça Santana Carriaga, from the coastal town Itanhaém in São Paulo, who is renowned in Albuquerque for serving up her native cuisine, including Feijoada—a culinary creation of Africans enslaved in Brazil’s sugar plantations.
Gullah Geechee chef Benjamin BJ Dennis, featured in Netflix documentary series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.
Honduran Garifuna Francesca Chaney whose vegan restaurant has been featured in the 2020 Michelin Guide, Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour, Rachael Ray, Tamron Hall, Good Morning America and more.

Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2023-04-25 | Live via Zoom or in-person

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.
