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Art Museum Reception: Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection.
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Join us for the opening reception of Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection. Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection is an exhibition celebrating paños as an art form and the contributions of incarcerated artists to the broader fields of Chicano and American art. The exhibition features over 100 paños or pañuelos (Spanish for cloth or handkerchief) amassed by the late collector and community advocate, Rudy Padilla, as well as artworks by New Mexican artists (more...)
The Albuquerque Folk Festival
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm Saturday Enjoy 2 fun days at the festival this year! Kids under 12 & seniors 85+ FREE at the gate. Friday Night: Three performances (Flamenco, Lone Piñon, & Baracutanga) in the Journal Center Theatre; alcohol, soft drinks & snacks available for purchase; arts & craft vendors. Gates open 5pm, performances 6pm to 9pm. La Fonda Restaurant open till 8pm. Saturday Full Day & Night: 100+ events indoors and outdoors with 5 stages, 5 music and dance (more...)
Guerrilla Opera: A Discussion with Composer/Director Nathan Felix
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00pm A discussion with composer/director Nathan Felix about his guerilla approach to opera and staging unconventional classical music performances in non-traditional spaces and how it relates to his collaboration with NHCC. Felix will also give a retrospective insight into his process and inspiration behind his imaginative works such as '6 Pianos in Surround Sound', 'Opera on a Bus' and 'Immersive Operas'. Free Community Event
Prophets, Pyramids & Paños
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States1:00pm - 4:00pm Explore music and performance art in various areas of the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) on Saturday, October 28th. The brainchild of composer Nathan Felix, this exploratory, immersive production titled, Prophets, Pyramids & Paños, showcases an array of local talent that will come together to create a surrealistic musical world at the NHCC where attendees can walk through various locations on the NHCC campus including the pyramid and Torreón to see these different site-specific presentations. Free Community Event
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:00 am to 4:00 pm On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Canceled: Happy Arte Hour
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMIt is with regret we are canceling the December 7th Happy Arte Hour. Please sign up for the next Happy Arte Hour on February 1st when it will return. Thank you for your continued support. Your interest and dedication to this program is what makes it so great! Wishing you and those you love, a happy and safe holiday season. We are looking forward to seeing you in 2024! You can sign up for February 1st HERE. Thank you for your support.
Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 am (MST) on the 4th Tuesday of each month Our Colcha community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. 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. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, on zoom or (more...)
Rudy Padilla Paño Project Community Symposium
NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States11:00 am - 3:00 pm As part of the Rudy Padilla Paño Project Community Symposium, join us for a series of presentations by local organizations and meet artists whose work is featured in the exhibition Into the Hourglass. As presenters are confirmed, more information will be shared here. The full schedule of events is available below. Free Community Event, generously supported by the Ford Foundation & McCune Foundation. For questions, email Rebecca Gomez at Rebecca.gomez@dca.nm.gov 11:00 am - Welcome & Refreshments 11:15 am - Curators’ Presentation 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 On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Art Museum Reception: Paño Connections – Corazon Knows No Bounds
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States5:00pm - 7:00pm Join us for a free public reception to celebrate the opening of Paño Connections - Corazon Knows No Bounds. The Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is honored to host the exhibition Paño Connections organized by artist and guest curator Eric "Christo" Martinez. On display in the Community Gallery, which is dedicated to showcasing art by New Mexican artists, this exhibit explores artworks inspired by paños (drawings on handkerchiefs) and other artworks created by incarcerated artists. This is the second iteration of this (more...)