NHCC Book Club: Children of the Land: A Memoir—Marcelo Hernandez-Castillo
2021-05-27 | NM
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Honest and unsparing, this book offers a detailed look at the dehumanizing immigration system that shattered the author’s family while offering a glimpse into his own deeply conflicted sense of what it means to live the so-called American dream. A heartfelt and haunting memoir just right for the current political and social climate.” -Kirkus Reviews.
Free community event

Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2021-05-27, 2021-05-28 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11 am (MST)
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am. 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 online here. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.

Film: Zonazine documental, Una corriente salvaje
2021-05-28 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Una corriente salvaje, Nuria Ibañez’ third feature film, explores the daily lives and the burgeoning relationship of two men who have chosen to live on an isolated beach in Baja California, Mexico, leaving their separate pasts behind, living off the grid, and fishing to survive. Alone with only the sand and water for company, Omar and Chilo become unlikely friends as they harvest food from the ocean, share meals together, and talk late into the night in this “delightfully intimate and beautifully realized portrait of male companionship.”
Mexico; 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 72 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

During May, in collaboration with Spain’s Festival de Málaga, established in 1998 to promote Spanish cinema and celebrating its 24th anniversary next month, Instituto Cervantes presents four documentaries that were screened at the festival in 2019. The series “Zonazine documental,” whose name is taken from one of the components of this festival, has been an integral part of Instituto Cervantes’ programming since 2014, sharing the best work of contemporary Spanish and Latin American documentary filmmakers.
Zonazine documental Film Schedule:
May 7: El cuarto reino: El reino de los plásticos (Adán Aliago & Álex Lora, 2019)
May 14: Para la guerra (Francisco Marise, 2018)
May 21: Baracoa (Pablo Briones, Sean Clark & Jace Freeman, 2019)
May 28: Una corriente salvaje (Nuria Ibañez, 2018)

VOCES Summer Writing Institute for Teens
2021-05-31 - 2021-06-24 | NM
9:30 am – 4 pm (MST)
Weekdays, Monday – Friday
Registration link coming soon.
Limited to 15 teens
(Apply early to get in! First come, first served)
Voces is a FREE, month-long writing institute for high school writers. Teens (rising 9th graders through graduating seniors) are inspired to write prose, poetry and monologues through a wide range of experiential activities. The program culminates with chapbooks and a public reading/performance. This free institute is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for teens to experience the equivalent of a writing intensive, with guest writers and artists and a wide range of field trips that inspire writing, at no cost.
Free community event

Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!
2021-06-03 | NM
Thank you for your interest in Happy Arte Hour. Unfortunately, tonight’s program has been canceled. We appreciate your interest in NHCC programs and hope you will join us in August for the next Happy Arte Hour!
6:30 pm (MST)
Live on Zoom
Register in advance HERE
We are back! Coming to you through zoom!
Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February – December.
Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies to gather from around your house. Please do not pass out the link, we will let you in to the zoom room from your registration, thank you!
Free community event

We will have simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. We will have breakout rooms to bring back our roundtable small group discussions.
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 a creative night of fun!
#NewMexicoCulture #HappyArteHour #NHCC #Make #MuseumatHome

Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
2021-06-03, 2021-06-04, 2021-06-10, 2021-06-11, 2021-06-17, 2021-06-18, 2021-06-24, 2021-06-25 and 2 more dates | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11 am (MST)
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am. 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 online here. 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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Film: Berlanga cumple cien años, Esa pareja feliz
2021-06-04 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Set in Madrid in the 1950s, Esa pareja feliz is the feature film debut by Luis García Berlanga and Juan Antonio Bardem. Underlying the 1951 comedy, heavily influenced by Italian neorealism, is a critical look at the incipient consumerism that was beginning to infiltrate the society of the day. A young couple, searching for ways to improve their lot in life, win a contest sponsored by the Florit soap company and receive the gifts and invitations awarded to the “happy couple” for 24 hours, before they must return to their everyday reality.
Spain; 1951; Spanish with English subtitles; 102 minutes; rated PG.
Free community event

Luis García Berlanga is one of the most renowned directors in the history of Spanish cinema. His long and fruitful film career, his unmistakable creative hallmarks, his corrosive humor, and his work in directing some of the great classics of the 20th century all merit the tribute of this on-line film series, presented on the centenary of his birth. In June, Instituto Cervantes showcases four films that represent the trajectory of Berlanga’s career and demonstrate his evolution as a filmmaker.
Berlanga cumple cien años: Film Schedule
June 4: Esa pareja feliz (Luis García Berlanga & Juan Antonio Bardem, 1951)
June 11: Calabuch (Luis García Berlanga, 1956)
June 18: Plácido (Luis García Berlanga, 1961)
June 25: Patrimonio nacional (Luis García Berlanga, 1981)

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2021-06-11 | NM
1 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Our Virtual Colcha Community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting, 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 answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the second Friday, for this virtual stitch-a-long. 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@state.nm.us or call 505-220-7928
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains- EGA for their continued support of this program.
This is a free community event

For more information on Colcha, please watch this video.
Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click on thumbnail to enlarge.

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Materials needed: Fabric, wool yarn, needle (recommended needle, chenille #18 ,sharp point, large eye) marking materials, sewing or embroidery scissors and copy of pattern piece.
Sources for Materials:
3-ply wool embroidery yarn Is available at Yarn Store at Nob Hill, 120 Amherst, NE, Albuquerque NM 87106
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Single ply needlework wool at Twisted Stitches, 1011 Juan Tabo Bl NE, Albuquerque NM 87112
Osnaburg utility fabric as base cloth can be purchased at JoAnn Stores, usually found in upholstery department; 2 stores in Albuquerque.
Recommended needle, chenille #18 (sharp point, large eye), also found at Jo Ann Stores in needlework department.
Quilter’s blue marking pen or Sharpie also available at Jo Ann Stores.

Film: Berlanga cumple cien años, Calabuch
2021-06-11 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
An illustrious American rocket scientist, wearied of working on atomic bombs and increasingly concerned about their destructive potential, flees the country to find refuge in Calabuch, a small village on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, in Berlanga’s 1956 film of the same name. First taken for a smuggler’s accomplice and then for a kindly tramp, he soon blends into the everyday life of the community, but when he helps his neighbors win a fireworks competition, the international authorities discover his whereabouts.
Spain/Italy; 1956; Spanish with English subtitles; 92 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

Luis García Berlanga is one of the most renowned directors in the history of Spanish cinema. His long and fruitful film career, his unmistakable creative hallmarks, his corrosive humor, and his work in directing some of the great classics of the 20th century all merit the tribute of this on-line film series, presented on the centenary of his birth. In June, Instituto Cervantes showcases four films that represent the trajectory of Berlanga’s career and demonstrate his evolution as a filmmaker.
Berlanga cumple cien años: Film Schedule
June 4: Esa pareja feliz (Luis García Berlanga & Juan Antonio Bardem, 1951)
June 11: Calabuch (Luis García Berlanga, 1956)
June 18: Plácido (Luis García Berlanga, 1961)
June 25: Patrimonio nacional (Luis García Berlanga, 1981)

Money for Writers Workshop: Grant Writing for Latinx Writers
2021-06-12 | NM
11 am (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
“Beyond Teaching: Out-of-the-Box Writing Gigs and Getting Them Funded”
This workshop features three Latinx writers who generate income outside of teaching. They collaborate with other writers and artists, work in journalism, provide professional writing services, and create innovative projects that support their careers as writers. These gigs are financially supported by foundations, municipal agencies, and other funders. Join us to learn more. There will be time for Q & A at the end of this session. This workshop is a response to the requests for workshops expressed by Latinx writers at the National Latinx Writers Gathering in October of 2020. Presenters: Néstor David Pastor, Valerie Martínez, and Raul A. Reyes.
Workshop fee: $20.

Presenters:
Néstor David Pastor is a writer, editor, and translator from Queens, NY. His past experience includes Radio Ambulante, Feet in 2 Worlds, and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, in addition to community-based work with the Afro-Latino Festival of NYC, Newtown Literary, and the Loisaida Festival. Currently, he works as an editorial assistant at the North American Congress on Latin America and managing editor of Intervenxions, a digital publication of the Latinx Project at New York University. He is also the founding editor of Huellas, a bilingual magazine of crónicas narrativas. He holds degrees in Spanish and English from Binghamton University, as well as an MA in Spanish from Queens College.
Raul A. Reyes is a journalist and television commentator in New York City. He has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Texas Monthly, and NBC Latino. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, PBS, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. Graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Law School.
Raul A. Reyes Twitter: @RaulAReyes , IG: @raulareyes1.
Valerie Martínez is a poet, educator, arts administrator, and collaborative artist. She is the author of six books of poetry and her writing has appeared widely in U.S. journals and magazines. Since 2008, Valerie has been working collaboratively with artists in different disciplines on a range of writing, performance, and community arts projects. She is Founding Director of Artful Life which is dedicated to transforming communities through the beauty and power of collaborative art. She is also the Founding Director of EKCO (EKphrasis + COllaboration) a poetry performance ensemble which addresses issues of art and urgency to women. Valerie is the Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Film: Berlanga cumple cien años, Plácido
2021-06-18 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
In Berlanga’s 1961 film Plácido, an impoverished truck driver in rural Spain becomes involved in a Christmas Eve “Invite a poor person to dinner” event sponsored by a cookware manufacturer. The fast-paced, darkly comic farce takes a satirical look at the true meaning of charity, contrasting charity from the head—the cold, calculated kind practiced by a hypocritical upper class—with charity from the heart.
Spain; 1961; Spanish with English subtitles; 85 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

Luis García Berlanga is one of the most renowned directors in the history of Spanish cinema. His long and fruitful film career, his unmistakable creative hallmarks, his corrosive humor, and his work in directing some of the great classics of the 20th century all merit the tribute of this on-line film series, presented on the centenary of his birth. In June, Instituto Cervantes showcases four films that represent the trajectory of Berlanga’s career and demonstrate his evolution as a filmmaker.
Berlanga cumple cien años: Film Schedule
June 4: Esa pareja feliz (Luis García Berlanga & Juan Antonio Bardem, 1951)
June 11: Calabuch (Luis García Berlanga, 1956)
June 18: Plácido (Luis García Berlanga, 1961)
June 25: Patrimonio nacional (Luis García Berlanga, 1981)

Circo Latino: ¡El Regreso!
2021-06-18 | NM
1 pm
Live on YouTube and Facebook:
Circo Latino YouTube page here
Circo Latino Facebook page here
Families and friends, we are proud to feature the culmination of our first (of two) Circo Latino 2021 summer sessions! LIVESTREAMING to your very homes and devices.
Join us to witness our explorations of the concept of returning to community after our extended time apart.

CIRCO LATINO MISSION STATEMENT
We are a community of circus artists of all ages who value passion and creative expression. We are curious, courageous, self-disciplined, determined, collaborative, and compassionate. We are committed to love, humor, and fun. Our goal is to build community with respect, to safely develop and deepen our skills, explore culture, create performance, and inspire a sense of wonder and magic.

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico: A History
2021-06-19 | NM
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
The Inquisition is one of the most famous and infamous of religious courts in history.The reviled institution even had a presence in New Mexico during the colonial period. State Historian Rob Martinez presents a fascinating look at the history of the Inquisition in Europe, Spain and the Americas, with a focus on Mexico and New Mexico. Cases of heretical behavior reveal much about the social and religious practices and activities of people in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s.
Free community Event

State Historian Rob Martínez is a native New Mexican from Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with an M.A. in Latin American history, with an emphasis on New Mexico history. Rob was a research assistant at theVargas Project, learning research skills and paleography, abilities that would serve him well as a historian. Before becoming state historian in 2019, he was deputy state historian for six years at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque is presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with the Office of the New Mexico State Historian.

NHCC Book Club: Afterlife—Julia Alvarez
2021-06-24 | Live via Zoom or in-person
5:30 pm (MDT)
Live via Zoom
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves—lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack—but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.” – Goodreads.
Free community event

Call for Photographer
2021-06-24 - 2021-07-07 | NM
The NHCC Art Museum has received grant funding to support the professional photography and digital image capture of a collection of approximately 300 hand-painted paños (paintings and drawings on handkerchief cloth), a small selection of 3-D objects, letters and correspondence, and archival materials. Priority will be given to art objects before related archival materials. In total, the collection consists of approximately 1000 individual objects.

Photographer will capture and process digital images in a Master File suitable for the generation of production files and derivative files to support a multitude of uses including publication, on-line dissemination, and promotional materials.
Work will be completed on-site at the National Hispanic Cultural Center with photography completed no later than November 1, 2021. Selected photographer will be paid a total, not to exceed, $32,305 in two payments. The first payment of $10,000 will be paid upon invoice approximately half-way through the project, and the remaining balance will be paid upon invoice at the completion of the project.
NHCC will provide:

Staff assistance throughout the photography process in the form of object retrieval and handling;
Studio space at the NHCC.

Photographer will provide:

Appropriate digital equipment to capture and process images;
Lighting fixtures and/or shadow box.

Photographer will perform the work as a “contractor”. All photographic images, including copyright and related rights will become the property of the NHCC. Photographer will be given credit for the work.
It is understood that this Scope of Work does not imply any employee benefits from the State of New Mexico, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, or the NHCC Foundation.
Interested photographers should submit their C.V., a listing of recent projects, and 10-12 representative works to David Gabel at David.gabel@state.nm.us no later than 5pm Wednesday July 7, 2021 for consideration.

Prospectus #265 National Hispanic Cultural Center Acequia Revitalization Site-Specific Commission Project
2021-06-24 - 2021-08-06 | NM
Calling all artists/artist teams based in the Southwest!
Seeking an artist or artist team to create an exterior, site-specific commission project to be situated at the Paseo Acequia on the east side of campus. We are interested in commissioning artwork that will engage visitors of all ages to NHCC and explore the following ideas: acequias, water, movement, journeys, voyages, passageways, connections, the river, the history of acequias, water as life, and respond to the movement and shape of the acequia itself.

Project Amount: $80,274 all-inclusive
DEADLINE: Friday, August 6, 2021
To apply, visit: CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
Questions? Please email:
Meredith.doborski@state.nm.us

Summer Institutes Performances: Voces 2021
2021-06-25 | NM
6 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register here: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/z3dvsn21pljdpg/.
This reading and performance is the culminating event for the VOCES Summer Writing Institute for Teens, a free, four week intensive that inspires young writers to create new and original works of poetry, prose and dramatic writing.
For additional information email HLA.Admin@state.nm.us

Film: Berlanga cumple cien años, Patrimonio nacional
2021-06-25 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
The 1981 film Patrimonio nacional is the second in Berlanga’s “trilogía Nacional,”co-written late in his career with acclaimed screenwriter Rafael Azcona. It is preceded by La escopeta nacional and followed by Nacional III. After the death of Franco in 1975 and the restoration of the monarchy, the Marquis of Leguineche returns with his son to his palace in the heart of Madrid, intending to regain his position among the city’s aristocracy, and gain access to the king’s inner circle, following decades of voluntary exile. His estranged wife, however, has been ensconced in the palace for over 40 years, loathes both her husband and her son, and has no intention of leaving. When the Marquis plots to have her committed, a variety of eccentric characters pop in and out of the palace in this sardonic and surreal commentary on the opportunism and decadence of the Spanish upper classes post-Franco.
Spain; 1981; Spanish with English subtitles; 110 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free Community event

Luis García Berlanga is one of the most renowned directors in the history of Spanish cinema. His long and fruitful film career, his unmistakable creative hallmarks, his corrosive humor, and his work in directing some of the great classics of the 20th century all merit the tribute of this on-line film series, presented on the centenary of his birth. In June, Instituto Cervantes showcases four films that represent the trajectory of Berlanga’s career and demonstrate his evolution as a filmmaker.
Berlanga cumple cien años: Film Schedule
June 4: Esa pareja feliz (Luis García Berlanga & Juan Antonio Bardem, 1951)
June 11: Calabuch (Luis García Berlanga, 1956)
June 18: Plácido (Luis García Berlanga, 1961)
June 25: Patrimonio nacional (Luis García Berlanga, 1981)

Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!
2021-07-01 | NM
Thank you for your interest in Happy Arte Hour. Unfortunately, the July program has been canceled. We appreciate your interest in NHCC programs and hope you will join us in August for the next Happy Arte Hour!
6:30 pm (MST)
Live on Zoom
Register in advance HERE
We are back! Coming to you through zoom!
Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February – December.
Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies to gather from around your house. Please do not pass out the link, we will let you in to the zoom room from your registration, thank you!
Free community event

We will have simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. We will have breakout rooms to bring back our roundtable small group discussions.
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 a creative night of fun!
#NewMexicoCulture #HappyArteHour #NHCC #Make #MuseumatHome

Film:Te estoy amando locamente, LGTBI+ Short Film Series: Una dedicatoria a lo bestia
2021-07-06 | NM
8 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Una dedicatoria a lo bestia, a 2019 documentary by Nucbeade (the collective formed by artists QuielaNuc and Andrea Beade), focuses on a variety of objects found at the headquarters in San Fernando de Henares of the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer. This internment center for young women ages 13 to 21 was in operation from 1944 to 1985. The filmmakers’ use of documentary as an archaeological exercise, uncovering evidence of the daily reality experienced at the site, offers valuable insights into an uncomfortable and little-known part of recent Spanish history, and raises ongoing questions. Can evidence of resistance and rebellion be found in a space that was constructed for the repression of female sexuality? What memories are activated by these relics, and how can they be integrated into the historical record of the Franco regime and Spain’s transition to democracy?
2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 10 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

During the month of July, in a collaboration with film distributor Marvin & Wayne, the Vimeo channel of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque hosts Te estoy amando locamente, LGTBI+ Short Film Series. The series comprises eight different stories by eight filmmakers, showcasing a remarkable variety of cinematic language while dealing specifically, but not only, with issues of gender identity, same sex love,and transsexuality. These personal reflections, testimonies, and portraits present viewers with realities that are generally underrepresented in cinema. Taking its name from a song popularized by Las Grecasin the 1970s, Te estoy amando locamente is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Te estoy amando locamente programming:
* Tuesday, July 6: Una dedicatoria a lo bestia (Nucbeade, 2019)
* Friday, July 9: Después también (Carla Simón, 2019)
* Tuesday, July 13: Su (Laia Foguet, 2019)
* Friday, July 16: Victor XX (Ian de la Rosa, 2015)
* Tuesday, July 20: Cantando en las azoteas (Enric Ribes, 2017)
* Friday, July 23: Snap (Felipe Elgueta & Ananké Pereira, 2018)
* Tuesday, July 27: Alma (Santiago León Cuéllar, 2018)
* Friday, July 30: El cuerpo de la mujer sin sombra (Tamara García Iglesias, 2021)
