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  • Call for Art and Writing: “Lost Places”

    History and Literary Arts Building

    Submission deadline:  10/5/18  For Día de los Muertos 2018, the NHCC will present a special ofrenda remembering lost, beloved places. Local artists are invited to create art (memorials, tributes, offerings) with accompanying writing/poetry that honors a place whose absence they mourn--whether a lost region of the Amazon, Chaco Canyon, or your abuela's kitchen. Any medium is welcome and pieces should be no larger than eight inches square. Finished work with text/poetry must be submitted by September 29. There will be a public reception for works chosen (up (more...)

  • ¡Vamos al Museo!

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:30 am to noon A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this workshop led by artist Ehren Kee Natay from the NHCC Art Museum exhibit Because It's Time: Unraveling Race and Place in NM. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building. Please pre-register (so we know how many materials to prepare): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnco4M-Pt962pqqqtS5H7WUOkIPhyq5n0tUyoTeYDRFpri9w/viewform For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us Free, $5 donations are (more...)

  • Escribir Nuevo Mexico—Taos County

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    3 pm Escribir Nuevo Mexico—Taos County: Featuring NM Authors David Gurule, Rose Spader, and Joanna Vidaurre-Trujillo The NHCC is proud to present a new reading series featuring books about New Mexico authored by New Mexican writers. Each reading will feature 2-3 writers whose books focus on a particular place in the Land of Enchantment. On Oct. 6 we feature Tortillas and Butter, A Young Man’s Quest for a Meaningful Life by David J. Gurule, Overturned Bucket, by Rose Spader, based on the true story of one woman’s (more...)

  • Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    10:30 am Suzanne Stamatov will present, “Colonial New Mexico Families: Community, Church and State 1692-1800.”  The title is from her book of the same name, which will be available after the meeting. In villages scattered across the northern reaches of Spain's New World Empire, remote from each other and from the centers of power, family mattered. In this book Suzanne M. Stamatov skillfully relies on both ecclesiastical and civil records to discover how families formed and endured during this period of contention in the eighteenth century. Family (more...)

  • Celebrating 50 Years of New Mexico’s Rivers and Trails (Rental)

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10 am to 7:30 pm  Family-friendly recreation opportunities and games, conservation education activities, conservation job outreach for youth ages 15 to 25, volunteer opportunities, music, and panel. Visit www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r3/events for more information. 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 (more...)

  • Mundos de Mestizaje

    NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    12 pm to 5 pm 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 (more...)

  • Ballet Folklórico de Mexico de Amalia Hernández

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:30 pm Ballet Folklórico de México was formed in 1952 by the dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernández. For six decades it has presented dances that reflect the traditional culture of Mexico, including indigenous Mesoamerica. The ensemble performs three times weekly at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Additionally, it has toured widely and has appeared in over 80 countries, including a private performance at the White House for President and Mrs. Kennedy and command performances at the feet of the Sphinx in Egypt, bringing the (more...)

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  • Latin Hip Hop Dance Class With Carlota Silva

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    7:15 pm Super fun Latin hip-hop and body isolation dance class with Carlota Silva! No experience necessary and all ages welcome. Carlota began dancing at the age of 2. She currently teaches jazz, hip-hop, tap, and contemporary dance at Fishback studio of dance. She coached the Viking Vikettes and is the director and choreographer for local dance company Off Broadway. She is excited to share her love of dance with our community! $5 to $10 donation suggested. Please come and have a great time and invite your friends! Casino (Cuban (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Exhibit and Community Ofrenda

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10 am to 5 pm Each year the NHCC works with schools and community organizations to host an Ofrenda (altar) Installation, in celebration of Día de los Muertos. Participants’ submissions will be on display in the Domenici Education Building and the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts at the NHCC. You are welcome to contribute to our community ofrenda (please don't bring valuables or irreplaceable photographs, reproductions are encouraged). For more information, contact Elena Baca at elenad.baca@state.nm.us or 505-383-4734. Free Family Fun Thank you to our (more...)

  • Film: Coco (English)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm Beginning in October, the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series joins in the Center’s annual commemoration of Día de los Muertos, and thanks The Walt Disney Studios for permission to show the delightful Disney/Pixar musical fantasy film Coco, inspired by the Mexican celebration of that holiday, in both English and Spanish versions. A final Spanish screening is scheduled for November 1—the first day of Día de los Muertos, or All Saints Day. Tickets to the films are available at the Center one hour before each (more...)