Workshops
Saturday Special- Torreón Tour: Mundos de Mestizaje
NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States11:00 am In addition to our regularly scheduled Thursday and Friday Torreón Tours, the National Hispanic Cultural Center now has a newly added Saturday Tour on the second Saturday of every month. This is a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil, located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, depicting thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission to the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual (more...)
SOMOS ABQ 2025
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 – 11:00 pm (Doors open at 3:30 pm) NHCC Campus SOMOS ABQ 2025: A Love Letter to Albuquerque On Saturday May 10, the creative community of Burque will transform the National Hispanic Cultural Center into a living, breathing work of art—a place where music, creativity, and culture collide in a kaleidoscope of color, movement, sound and connection. By day, immerse yourself in large-scale art installations, hands-on maker activities, and interactive experiences that invite all ages to create, play, and explore. Wander through a world of sculpture, (more...)
Stitch Night
HLA Conference Room5:00 – 7:00 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration! Meetings will be in the Conference (more...)
Adobe Days!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 2:00 pm NHCC | Education Building/ Creative Classroom Have you ever wondered about the traditional making of adobe bricks? Want to pass down this knowledge to the next generation? If so, please join the NHCC and Cornerstones Community Partnerships for this annual event! All ages are welcome. Please register in advance. Registration is suggested but not mandatory - all are invited to come watch. This is a free community event, sponsored in part by Cornerstone Community Partnerships. Please let us know who will be attending below. Wear clothes you don't (more...)
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
NHCC Library 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am NHCC | HLA Library Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas. Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.
Colcha Community Stitch A-long
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 am in-person 10:30 am Zoom Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. Join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, in-person at 9:30am and on Zoom (more...)
NHCC Book Club
HLA Conference Room6:00 pm – 7:30 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and vast the array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room. In May, we will be reading Street of Too Many Stories, by New Mexican author Denise Chávez. In this new book, Chávez has woven the lives of four families intersecting in (more...)
Happy Arte Hour
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 – 8:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building 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. Please pre-register with 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, (more...)
¡Vamos!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, (more...)
Arte Para Chiquitos
10:00 am NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Arte para chiquitos 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 (more...)