Events

visual arts

Artist Chisme: Creative Conversations

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

2:00 to 4:00 pm  Join the curator and artist Vicente Telles along with artists Vanessa Alvarado and Eric Romero for a fun and casual afternoon celebrating the NHCC art exhibition Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México.  Attendees will have a chance to walk through the exhibit with the artists. Community, artists and NHCC staff will sit and relax in the museum while participating in engaging conversation. The chisme will continue over light refreshments served in the museum courtyard. Free community event, please register using the link below. (more...)

Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

2:00 to 4:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour and Musical Performance led by Francisco Lefebre, one of the featured artists 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 (more...)

The Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University, ca. 1968–1970: A Historical Overview

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

6:00 to 7:00 pm Join us at the Visual Art Museum for a Lecture and Q&A with Julianna Loera-Wiggins on the Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D, 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 were among the earliest generation (more...)

Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

2:00 to 4:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour led by Juanita J. Lavadie and Ignacio “Nacho” Jaramillo, 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 (more...)

NHCC 25th Anniversary

NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

Save the Date!  Join us on Saturday, October 25th to celebrate 25 years of art, community, and culture at the National Hispanic Cultural Center!  

New Mexican Chicanas in the Spotlight: Chicana Feminism and Art in New Mexico

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

6:00 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...)

Voces del Pueblo Closing Reception and Book Release Celebration

Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

2:00 to 4:00 pm Join us as we say goodbye to the art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico with a reception and catalog release. Meet with the Co-Curators, Catalog Contributors, and UNM Press Representatives, including Ray Hernández-Durán, Irene Vásquez, Howard Griego, Sonja Elena Gandert, and Phillip B. (Felipe) Gonzales. Exhibition catalogs will be available for purchase. 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 (more...)