5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for December: Sabrina and Corina: Stories, Kali Fajardo-Anstine. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for December: A flor de piel by Javier Moro Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.
6:30 pm Live via Zoom Please use this link to register HERE Happy Arte Hour is an adult only art making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us for our first virtual Happy Arte Hour. We will have some simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. This 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 (more...)
1 pm Live via Zoom Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone 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 (more...)
One of the exhibitions this artwork was featured in was Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage (October 14, 2016 - May 7, 2017). We hope you follow the prompts below, share your thoughts and learn more about the artist and this sculpture. click on image to enlarge: #NewMexicoCulture #PZThinkingRoutines #SeeThinkWonder #nhccnm #NickAbdalla
2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting HERE. State Historian Rob Martínez examines the fascinating origins of these uniquely New Mexican cultural expressions. Before there was a Christmas tree, mistletoe, egg nog or Santa Claus, there were luminarias and farolitos lighting the dark paths for ancient New Mexicans, commemorating that long ago tradition of High Mass at midnight. Like most New Mexican traditions, these lights, like Las Posadas, reach back deep into a rich Catholic tradition that is a blend of Spanish, Puebloan, (more...)
12 pm Online screening will be available on the Cervantes Institute's Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 12 pm on Monday, December 21, 2020. Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Free Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “ El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors (more...)
11 am The NHCC will be a special drive-thru distribution location for the Roadrunner Food Bank on Wednesday, December 23rd starting 11am. The Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico supplies food to hundreds of organizations throughout New Mexico and it is an honor to be a distribution partner during this difficult holiday season. If you need help please reach out to the Roadrunner Food Bank by calling 505-349-5340 or go to their website at https://www.rrfb.org for more information.
Christmas Day is usually filled with get togethers with family and friends and if you are in New Mexico attending dances at one of the Pueblos. Holiday celebrations represent rich cultural and artistic traditions. We thought we would bring a little bit of the museum to you, the objects represented are integral to holiday festivities. What objects do you have in your personal collections that evoke holiday memories and traditions? Please share an object and why it is special to you. Happy Holidays from everyone at the National (more...)
12 pm Online screening will be available on the Cervantes Institute's Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 1 pm on Monday, December 28, 2020. Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Free Instituto Cervantes-Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “ El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors working (more...)
