Genealogy Workshops
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or their connection with an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines. This workshop will feature a presentation from the Hispanic Genealogical Research (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. Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to NHCC Librarian Amy Padilla at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov or the NHCC HLA Interim Program Manager Robin Moses at robin.moses@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. Free community event, generously supported by (more...)
New Mexican Chicanas in the Spotlight: Chicana Feminism and Art in New Mexico
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6:00 to 7:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a conversation a Lecture and Q&A with Bernadine Hernández, associate professor in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who (more...)
OSW: NM Symphonic Chorus: Mozart – C Minor Mass K 427
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm Opera Southwest Presents: The New Mexico Symphonic Chorus Mozart – Mass in C Minor, K. 427 Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (Sung in Latin and performed in original languages) Two pillars of Mozart’s mature style: one sacred, one symphonic. Modeled on the grandeur of Bach’s Mass in B Minor and the Salzburg ceremonial tradition, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor blends contrapuntal rigor with operatic brilliance. Though unfinished, it stands among the most exalted sacred works of the Classical era. Paired with the (more...)
¡Vamos!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | 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, fun, and (more...)
Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States2:00 to 4:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour led by Roberta Márquez and Adelita M. Medina, two of the artists featured in the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on (more...)
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:00 am to 4:00 pm The Art Museum presents multiple exhibitions in its three gallery spaces each year and welcomes visitors of all ages. Our three galleries showcase artworks from a range of media that focus on diverse subject matter and examine identity and culture. On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Arte Para Chiquitos
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 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 Visual Art Museum, Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts, 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 (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...)
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 Welcome (more...)