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  • Opening Reception: The House on Mango Street: Artists Interpret Community

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum will be opening a new, bilingual exhibition entitled The House on Mango Street: Artist Interpret Community, on April 29, 2016, with a free, public opening from 6-8pm. Organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and curated by NMMA’s Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator Cesáreo Moreno, the exhibition features art works inspired by the classic novel The House on Mango Street, first published in 1984 by award-winning author Sandra Cisneros. Free event

  • La Canoa: Making Frederico Vigil’s Miracle Wall

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm Our La Canoa Legacy series features talks by Hispanic-Latino faculty and community researchers with long-standing and accomplished records of research and teaching about New Mexico and the region. The final talk of this season features Aracely Chapa, Director of the Center for Regional Studies, at UNM, talking about the process that resulted in Frederico Vigil's fresco "Mundos de Mestizaje" that graces the wall of the Torreon on the NHCC Campus. The talk will start in the Research Library in the History and Literary Arts Building (more...)

  • The House on Mango Street Neighborhood Mural Tour

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    11 am Using the House on Mango Street exhibit as a springboard for discussion on community spaces and how environments help shape our sense of identity, join us for a tour of the powerful murals of our own historic Barelas Neighborhood, led by Gabrielle Uballez, Executive Director of Working Classroom. Remember to wear walking shoes and bring water, hat, sunscreen! Meet at the NHCC Art Museum. Free community event

  • The House on Mango Street — Book Club

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

    Thursdays, July 7, 14 & 21, 2016 5:30 pm — 7 pm Join us for 3 weeks of reading and discussing the seminal work by author Sandra Cisneros. Your registration includes one copy of the book which will be mailed to you or can be picked up after June 6. Registration required. Limited to 25 participants. Please pre-register HERE. $15

  • The House on Mango Street — Book Club

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

    Thursdays, July 7, 14 & 21, 2016 5:30 pm -- 7 pm Join us for 3 weeks of reading and discussing the seminal work by author Sandra Cisneros. Your registration includes one copy of the book which will be mailed to you or can be picked up after June 6. Registration required. Limited to 25 participants. Please pre-register HERE. $15

  • The Art of Acquisition: New New Mexican Works at the NHCC: Exhibit Reception & Tours

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    Reception -- 2 pm to 4 pm Tours – 11 am. 1 pm & 3 pm (tours limited to 20 people each) Free community event How do museums acquire their collections? What makes an artwork, or an artist, worthy of collecting?   These are questions museums face every day and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum is no exception. "The Art of Acquisition:  New New Mexican Works at the NHCC" features art works that have been collected and added to the museum’s permanent collection over the (more...)