We hope you take a walk on the trail, west of the NHCC campus to view a new outside exhibit space. After your experience with the exhibit, go home and make something! Can you transform your outside space in to an exhibit space?
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Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can’t invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post
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3 pm Free community event on the NHCC YouTube Channel HERE On the wings of melody, rhythm, and poetry, ¡Música del Corazón! concerts, featuring new groups and different traditions each year, tell us as much about our past as about our future. The concerts honor the contributions of John Donald Robb, Sr., former dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts and a recognized music pioneer, and are dedicated in memory of his son, John Donald Robb, Jr., a driving force in the development of the UNM John
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7 pm Museum of International Folk Art Facebook page HERE Every year the NHCC holds its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. Unfortunately, with the current health restrictions, this year’s Despedida is another wonderful in-person event that has been canceled. We are going to miss our ofrendas around the NHCC campus, as well as the music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the opportunity to share our heartfelt memories with you,
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7:15 pm Friday, 3:15 pm Saturday A special pre-show conversation before the Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company: Xicano Power performance will take place in the NHCC Visual Arts Museum. National Institute of Flamenco & the NHCC present the Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company in Xicano Power. Xicano Power is the seasonal culmination of Yjastros’ progression and evolution. This performance made its world premiere at the 2023 Festival de Jerez, marking the first time a company from the United States was ever invited to perform in the prestigious international
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7 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Free with registration; suggested donation of $7. Register HERE Our friends and partners at Teatro Paraguas are presenting a live Zoom performance of Volver, Volver, Volver, a play by New Mexico playwright Leonard Madrid. Both Teatro Paraguas and Leonard Madrid have collaborated on various projects with the NHCC’s Performing Arts program over the years. In Volver, Volver, Volver, which premiered at the NHCC in 2009, a young man who led a fast and reckless life is called back from the dead
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10 am to 4 pm The first Sunday of every month the NHCC Art Museum is free to all New Mexico residents. Visit exhibitions such as: Aquí Estamos: New Selections from the Permanent Collection, Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve, and Mira Mira on the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of NHCC Exhibitions. Reserve tickets for the free first Sunday of the month early by clicking on the link below. All visitors and employees will be required to wear masks or cloth face coverings at all times.
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12 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Attendance is free with registration. Register HERE Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal, the executive director of the NHCC, will share her leadership story in a virtual lunch hosted by the Young Professionals of Albuquerque. In May 2020, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) named Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal the executive director of the NHCC, and she has an incredible leadership story! She grew up and studied art history in Mexico City. She has dual citizenship (Mexican and American), and speaks several languages.
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The Bosque Gallery at the NHCC Is an outdoor exhibition space opening on October 23. The open-air gallery will consist of 31 panels measuring 48 inches by 60 inches each, mounted on 730 feet of fencing along the western border of the NHCC campus, facing the Paseo del Bosque Trail. In celebration of the NHCC’s 20th anniversary, the first exhibition presented along the open-air Bosque Gallery will be ¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey, an architectural history of NHCC’s past, present, and future. Exhibitions at Bosque Gallery will rotate among the key program areas of the
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