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  • Herrera Internship Endowment

    The Herrera Internship Endowment was created by Dr. Denise Herrera to honor her parents (Yolanda and Fred Herrera) and grandparents (Reyna and Mariano Herrera), who did not have the opportunity to pursue higher education. As a native New Mexican, Dr. Herrera has dedicated much of her academic and professional career to the advancement of underrepresented groups in higher education. As a participant in several diversity programs herself, Dr. Herrera has mentored students from elementary through postdoctoral levels. This internship is intended to honor that tradition of “lifting (more...)

  • Colcha Community Stitch-Along

    1 pm Live via Zoom Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone wherever they may reside. 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. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting.  Annette will demonstrate as well as (more...)

  • US Postal Service Release of Our Lady of Guápulo Stamp

    9:30 am (MTS) A virtual first day of issue ceremony held on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages: usps.com/guapulo, facebook.com/USPS, and twitter.com/USPS The United States Postal Service is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) on the release of the Our Lady of Guápulo Christmas forever stamp. The event will include remarks from Postal Service Vice President for Retail and Post Office Operations Angela Curtis and NHCC Art Museum and Visual Arts Program Director and Chief Curator Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, and entertainment will be (more...)

  • Opening: The Bosque Gallery at the NHCC

    Bosque Gallery at the NHCC 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    The Bosque Gallery at the NHCC Is an outdoor exhibition space opening on October 23. The open-air gallery will consist of 31 panels measuring 48 inches by 60 inches each, mounted on 730 feet of fencing along the western border of the NHCC campus, facing the Paseo del Bosque Trail. In celebration of the NHCC’s 20th anniversary, the first exhibition presented along the open-air Bosque Gallery will be ¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey, an architectural history of NHCC’s past, present, and future. Exhibitions at Bosque Gallery will rotate among the key program areas of the (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos: Home Ofrenda

    Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can't invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post (more...)

  • Bosque Gallery: Community Inspiration

    We hope you take a walk on the trail, west of the NHCC campus to view a new outside exhibit space. After your experience with the exhibit, go home and make something! Can you transform your outside space in to an exhibit space? 

  • Art Making: See Think Wonder

    This painting has been included in a variety of physical exhibits in the art museum and soon will be making an appearance in our upcoming digital exhibit,  "Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 years of NHCC Exhibitions" We hope you follow the prompts, share your thoughts and learn more about the artist and this painting. #NewMexicoCulture #PZThinkingRoutines #SeeThinkWonder #nhcc Try this Art making project at home: Click oh photo to enlarge:

  • Art Making: See Think Wonder

    This photograph was included in one of the first physical exhibits in the art museum and soon will be making an appearance in our upcoming digital exhibit,  "Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 years of NHCC Exhibitions" We hope you follow the prompts, share your thoughts and learn more about the artist and this painting. #NewMexicoCulture #PZThinkingRoutines #SeeThinkWonder #nhcc ​#20in2020 #MiguelGandert Try this Art making project at home: Click on photo to enlarge:  

  • Mira, Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions – Virtual Edition

    The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) turns twenty years old in 2020 and the museum now has twenty years of exhibitions to reflect on and learn from. Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions - Virtual Edition recounts a selection of exhibits that have been presented over the last two decades. It examines their impact on the permanent collection, the importance of the stories that have been told, and celebrates the artists that have participated in shaping the identity of the museum over (more...)

  • Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    6:30 pm Live via Zoom Please use this link to register HERE Happy Arte Hour is an adult only art making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us for our first virtual Happy Arte Hour. We will have some simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. This virtual Happy Arte hour is a chance for us to reconnect with our regular participants  and for new people near and far to join us for (more...)