Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque: Film Series: Un millón en la basura
2024-02-09 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
José María Forqué’ Un millón en la basura is about Pepe Martínez works in the night cleaning service of Madrid watering the streets. His family is about to be evicted from their apartment, as they have not paid the rent for more than a year. The situation of grief worsens with the Christmas season. But, one night, Pepe finds a wallet in a garbage can full of bills. It seems that his luck has changed.
Free Community Event.
Screening: Un millón en la basura | Director/s: José María Forqué | Year: 1966 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 89 min | Genre: Fiction | Country: Spain/España | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: TP
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

Carnaval 2024: Comunidade
2024-02-10 | NM
Attention Carnaval ticket holders.
Due to an unforeseen medical issue with tonight’s performers, tonight’s, Saturday, February 10th, show has been canceled. We sincerely apologize for the cancellation. A full refund will be issued to the card you purchased your tickets. Questions can be directed to our box office by calling 505-724-4771.

Arte para chiquitos
2024-02-13, 2024-03-12 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 – 10:45 am
Our popular Early Childhood program is returning with a new name in 2024!
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 Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by NM Gas.

Noche de Familia: Fiesta de Baile
2024-02-16 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Join us for a family-friendly dance party. Enjoy Valentine’s and music-inspired art activities, snacks, and learn some new dance moves! Extend the fun with our free family film, Selena, at 7:00 pm in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Family Film: Selena (1997)
2024-02-16 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
Celebrate the life of the talented and beloved Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in this biopic featuring Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque: Film Series: El astronauta
2024-02-16 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
Javier Aguirre El astronauta takes place in a village in southern Spain, a group of friends awaits the arrival of man on the moon, broadcast by the bar’s television set. One of the parishioners warns his friends that such a feat is nothing exceptional. Convinced that they can start the Spanish space race, they set out to set up a base on nearby land and build the first space prototype.
Free Community Event.
Screening: El astronauta | Director/s: Javier Aguirre | Year: 1970 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 84 min | Genre: fiction | Country: Spain/España | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: SC
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

21st Annual Breakin Hearts: All Ages Hip-Hop Event
2024-02-17 | NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Breakin Hearts serves as a community event that encompasses all elements of Latinx, indigenous, and all communities that represent hip hop culture for the past 20 years in the Southwest. Breakin Hearts serves as a platform for local and national artists. The purpose of the event is to create a safe space for under-represented artists AND established professionals to showcase their talents, compete, and celebrate hip hop culture under one roof. Hip hop is all about peace, love, unity and having fun, which really shines through at Breakin Hearts.
The United Hip Hop Family (UHF Crew) & Movement is Medicine is excited to keep tradition alive at the NHCC Grand Ballroom. The event, taking place on Valentines weekend, is a family friendly one day festival featuring dozens of live hip hop performers, MC’s, DJ’s, a beatbox competition, a breaking tournament, flamenco performance, Soul/Reggae/Funk bands, vendor market, open-to-the public canvas art competition, a hip hop fashion contest, spoken word poetry performances, food trucks, lots of dancing, music and more.
Come join us this year as we celebrate with Breakin Hearts basic principles of Education, Competition and Reflection. See you there!
$27, with a $2 discount for NHCC members

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-02-20 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In February, we will be reading from Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy, and Dragones y Tacos, by Adam Rubin. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Film Screening: Free CeCe (2018)
2024-02-21 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
Afro Mundo & the NHCC present Free CeCe. This film confronts the culture of violence surrounding trans women of color. It is told through the voices of Laverne Cox and CeCe McDonald.
On her way to the store with a group of friends, Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked. While defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox.
Panel Discussion immediately following the screening.
Director: Jacqueline Gares | English | 86 min | 2018 | Rated R (17+)
Free Community Event.

Art Museum Reception: Paño Connections - Corazon Knows No Bounds
2024-02-23 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us for a free public reception to celebrate the opening of Paño Connections – Corazon Knows No Bounds.
The Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is honored to host the exhibition Paño Connections organized by artist and guest curator Eric “Christo” Martinez. On display in the Community Gallery, which is dedicated to showcasing art by New Mexican artists, this exhibit explores artworks inspired by paños (drawings on handkerchiefs) and other artworks created by incarcerated artists. This is the second iteration of this exhibit, and Martinez’s goal is to expand connections among those who are passionate about this body of work.
Featured Artists:
Adan Hernandez , “Big Dave” Griego, Carlos Contreras, Carlos “Gordo” Vigil, Chuey Armenta, Crystalynn Maestas, David C. Luna, Eric Christo Martinez, Eric Javier Martinez, Eric Martinez, Gerald Lovato, Jeremy Hovey, Jesse Casias, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Joey Nelson, Keith Coughenhour, Kevin Herrera Mauldin, Leticia Luna, Merrick Morton, Phillip “Oso” Barrios, Taylor Hackford
Additionally, Paños Connections builds upon The Rudy Padilla Paño Project at the NHCC Art Museum. The Rudy Padilla Paño Project includes a collection of art and paños by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists that was amassed by the late collector and community advocate, Rudy Padilla, his archive, a traveling exhibit, and catalogue. This collaboration with Martinez builds upon the dialogue that honors the longstanding and ever-evolving artistic traditions born inside and expanding beyond the United States prison system.

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque Film Series: La grieta
2024-02-23 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
A NATO mission dives to a crevice 15,000 meters deep where an experiment seems to have caused strange mutations in the creatures that inhabit it and where a submarine has been lost, which the latter seeks to rescue. The Dannekin rift will bring more than surprises to this group, which ignores the true nature of their expedition.
Free Community Event.
Screening: La grieta | Director/s: Juan Piquer | Year: 1989 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 80 min | Genre: Fiction | Country: España y Estados Unidos | Original version: español (doblado) | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: TP
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

Paño Connections - Corazón Knows No Bounds
2024-02-23 - 2024-08-18 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
The Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is honored to host the exhibition Paño Connections organized by artist and guest curator Eric “Christo” Martinez. On display in the Community Gallery, which is dedicated to showcasing art by New Mexican artists, this exhibit explores artworks inspired by paños (drawings on handkerchiefs) and other artworks created by incarcerated artists. This is the second iteration of this exhibit, and Martinez’s goal is to expand connections among those who are passionate about this body of work.
Featured Artists:
Adan Hernandez , “Big Dave” Griego, Carlos Contreras, Carlos “Gordo” Vigil, Chuey Armenta, Crystalynn Maestas, David C. Luna, Eric Christo Martinez, Eric Javier Martinez, Eric Martinez, Gerald Lovato, Jeremy Hovey, Jesse Casias, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Joey Nelson, Keith Coughenhour, Kevin Herrera Mauldin, Leticia Luna, Merrick Morton, Phillip “Oso” Barrios, Taylor Hackford
Additionally, Paños Connections builds upon The Rudy Padilla Paño Project at the NHCC Art Museum. The Rudy Padilla Paño Project includes a collection of art and paños by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists that was amassed by the late collector and community advocate, Rudy Padilla, his archive, a traveling exhibit, and catalogue. This collaboration with Martinez builds upon the dialogue that honors the longstanding and ever-evolving artistic traditions born inside and expanding beyond the United States prison system.

AMP Concerts: Las Migas
2024-02-24 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts & the NHCC present Las Migas. 18 years ago, four women joined forces and talents to rebirth themselves as Las Migas, a group that would find its way to the top of the international flamenco music scene, with a Latin Grammy nomination in 2017 and later winning an Independent Music Award (MIN) for Best Flamenco Album in 2020 and a Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album in 2022.
$22, $32, $42
Run Time: 2 hours
Tickets for AMP Concerts members will go on sale starting on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 10:00 am with a special promo code. Tickets for the general public will go on sale starting on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 10:00 am.

Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
2024-02-27 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am (MST) 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: email Annette at Annette.Lujan@dca.nm.gov or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771.
Free Community Event. Call the NHCC Welcome Center if you need assistance.
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.

Pláticas Para Cambio: Virtual Film Panel
2024-02-28 | Virtual
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Please join us for a virtual panel discussion with Hispanic, LatinX, Chicana & Indigenous filmmakers regarding representation in the film industry. A 2-hour dialog with leading cultural producers, academics & media artists explores how storytelling and representation shape our cultural identity, career opportunities, and societal perceptions. We examine the transformative power of authentic stories to create new narratives, increase access, and build deeper understanding and connection with Jaelyn DeMaria, Marcella Ernst, Alex Ontiveros, Aubrey Trujillo and moderated by shiloh burton, NHCC Film Coordinator. Join this incredible knowledge exchange which concludes with a Q&A.
Free community event
Please register below and a link to the ZOOM webinar will be sent to you.
This program is generously supported by Bank of America.

Opera Southwest: Before Night Falls
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-03 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm Friday
2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday
Music / Jorge Martín-Buján
Libretto / Jorge Martín-Buján & Dolores M. Koch
A poet in love with the moon.
Jorge Martín-Buján’s Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (which has also been made into a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem). Reinaldo experienced childhood poverty, joy in nature, a stint with the guerillas, international acclaim as a writer, imprisonment as a political dissident (and unapologetically gay man), a daring escape from Cuba, and exile in the U.S. Arenas is determined to stave off death to finish his memoir “Before Night Falls.” The book was published posthumously to great acclaim in 1993.
This opera will be produced with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus (NMGMC). They have been an empowering voice in Albuquerque since 1981, with their mission to reduce intolerance through musical performance.
$22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, anyone 30 years old and younger and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.
The production of Before Night Falls received funding from OPERA America’s Next Stage grant.
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes, including one intermission.

Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
2024-03-03 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!

PAPA Spring Dance Concert 2024
2024-03-07 - 2024-03-09 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm Thursday & Friday, 2:00 pm Saturday
The Public Academy for Performing Arts presents the annual Spring Dance Concert featuring beginning to pre-professional ballet, contemporary, flamenco, hip-hop, and jazz dance students in grades 6 – 12.
$10, $15 & $20
Approximate length of event: 2 hours
*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.

Sandia Performing Arts Company: Tacos Ricos
2024-03-08 - 2024-03-17 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
March 8—10 & 15—17, 2024
7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays
2:00 pm Sundays
Sandia Performing Arts Company and the NHCC present Tacos Ricos. Mix together a competition between three taco trucks, a lovelorn security guard, and beings from another world and you have Tacos Ricos! Tacos Ricos is a comedy about competing food carts working the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A culinary comedy about a karaoke contest with a twist. The contest is locally run and is modified. The words of the song must be changed to be about food. The vendors also compete selling food. They each specialize in different foods. Rita’s Burrita’s has specialty burritos. Tacos Ricos is “so tasty”. And NYC food cart has combined a taco and a burrito and calls it a “Burtaco.”
$20, with discounts for children 10 years old and younger and NHCC members

Stitch Night
2024-03-13 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 to 7:00 pm
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!
In 2024, we will meet on March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11.
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Free Community Event. For young adult and adult audiences.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-03-19 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In March, the theme is “Sweet, Lovable Me,” and we will be reading from the beloved classic Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes/Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas y Pies. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

PAPA’s Senior Showcase
2024-03-21 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
The Senior Class of 2024 at Public Academy for Performing Arts showcases what they do best in music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Don’t miss your opportunity to see these rising stars as this event is one night only!
$10, $20, & $30
Approximate length of event: 2 hours
*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.

AMP Concerts: Brian Culbertson
2024-03-22 | NM
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents Brian Culbertson. Over the course of crafting a 25-album catalog and architecting nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, Brian Culbertson has charted his own unique course in music. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Call him an R&B artist and he drops an acoustic jazz trio collection. Brand him pop and he creates a 32-minute New Age opus. And you’d be hard pressed to name another instrumentalist of his ilk who can mount an elaborately designed concert production that will keep him on the road for three consecutive months.
$37, $47, $57, and $132
Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.
*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.

Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
2024-03-26 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 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 at 10:30am. 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: email Annette at Annette.Lujan@dca.nm.gov or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771.
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.

Book Club
2024-03-27 | History and Literary Arts Building
5:00 – 7:00 pm
In a world that has felt ever more disconnected, the Center is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in-person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. In March, we will be reading The Queen of the Cicadas, by V. Castro.
Some 2024 Book Club selections are meant to enrich our everyday lives, some to give escape from our everyday troubles; a few give us all a glimpse of lives lived in other parts of the world, and from our own backyard. Selections will touch on a variety of topics and themes, and will surely invite some fun conversations!
Free Community Event.

New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus: An Evening With Tony
2024-03-30 - 2024-03-31 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm Saturday & 3:00 pm Sunday
The New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents An Evening With Tony. Come spend an evening (and afternoon!) with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus as we bring some of the best songs from Tony Award-winning musicals. Get ready for intimate solos, touching ensembles, and big showstoppers from some of your favorite shows.
$20, $30, $45 & $60
Run time: Approximately 2 hours
*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.

AMP Concerts: Flor de Toloache
2024-04-01 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts and the NHCC present Flor de Toloache. Latin Grammy® winning, New York Based all-female ensemble Flor de Toloache continue to win the hearts of both progressive and traditional mariachi music fans alike through their distinct artistic vision and sophisticated, enlightened interpretation of traditional mariachi instruments. The female quartet’s diverse ethnicities and musical backgrounds have also transcended culture and gender by forging new paths.
$22, $32, $42 w/ discounts for children 12 and younger.
Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.
AMP Concert members will have early access to this event starting on Saturday, February 24th at 10:00 am. General public sales will begin on Sunday, February 25th at 10:00 am.
NOTE: This concert is part of the NHCC Cultural Ambassador Program, with an additional concert slated for the Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces on April 3.

AMP Concerts: Flor de Toloache (Las Cruces)
2024-04-03 | NM
7:30 pm
Join us in Las Cruces for a second performance featuring Latin Grammy® winning, New York Based all-female ensemble Flor de Toloache!
Flor de Toloache continue to win the hearts of both progressive and traditional mariachi music fans alike through their distinct artistic vision and sophisticated, enlightened interpretation of traditional mariachi instruments. The female quartet’s diverse ethnicities and musical backgrounds have also transcended culture and gender by forging new paths.
$25 w/ discounts for children 12 and younger.
Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.
NOTE: This concert is part of the NHCC Cultural Ambassador Program, with an additional concert slated for the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre on April 1.

Happy Arte Hour
2024-04-04 | 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.
During this month’s Happy Arte Hour we will create mixed media collage with artist Micaela Seidel. Micaela is a multi-media artist who has worked throughout New Mexico for over 20 years as a teacher, curator and community arts organizer. She has worked on giant puppets, masks, costumes, and floats for several parades.
Her countless workshops have included gelli-printing, hat-making, kites, cardboard structures, alebrijes, and wire and cloth figures, among others. Since retiring she focusses on the book arts and collage. She hopes to always infuse others with a passion toward curiosity and self-expression.
Please pre-register 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.
