Education

Outstanding in His Field: San Ysidro—Patron Saint of Farmers

Art Museum hours and prices HERE Each spring, New Mexico communities celebrate San Ysidro (aka San Isidro or Saint Isidore) the patron saint of farmers, gardeners, and workers. San Ysidro blesses the fields, brings rain and discourages drought, and assures a healthy growing season for local crops such as chile, beans, corn and squash. The exhibition highlights contemporary and traditional depictions of this adored saint through approximately 65 art works by artists of all ages. New Mexican artist revere San Ysidro and a unique sense of place is (more…)

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Reading & Booksigning: Irene Blea, Beneath the Super Moon

2 pm to 4 pm Join author Irene Blea for a reading from her book Beneath the Super Moon. The third book in Blea’s “Suzanna” trilogy, Beneath the Super Moon follows Suzanna Montoya from the mid-1960s, in the early days of the Chicano Movement, as she has settled in the city, developed a critical consciousness, and begun to address urban concerns about race, class, and gender. Suzanna’s analytical gift provides a colorful voice as she takes action to address the manifestations of racism, sexism, and class discrimination

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La Canoa Legacy Talks: Rebecca Blum Martinez, Standing on Their Shoulders: A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico

2 pm to 4 pm Join Rebecca Blum Martinez, professor of bilingual and ESL education in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, for a talk on the history and present state of bilingual education in New Mexico. Blum Martinez has worked with and advocated for bilingual students and their families in New Mexico since 1975. Bilingual education has been a contentious educational reform since its inception in the late 1960s. New Mexico, in 1969, was one of the first states to embrace Spanish/English

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REZILIENCE Indigenous Arts Experience

8 am to 6 pm (Rio Rez Run in Bosque from 8 am to 9 am; NHCC campus opens at 9 am) A full day of interactive art, education, wellness, and technology programs, this premiere event features a mix of contemporary and traditional activities coordinated by various organizations and professionals working with and within Indigenous communities. Activities include music, film, poetry, creative workshops, panel discussions, community conversations, health and fitness activities, a fashion show, vendors, technology demonstrations, interactive projects, and live art! Most incredibly, every ticket sale

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Semana Cervantina / Cervantes Week

During Cervantes Week, we will commemorate one of the most universally acclaimed figures of Spanish language and culture, Miguel de Cervantes. This event is organized by Instituto Cervantes-Albuquerque in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Spanish Resource Center, and the Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque. La Semana Cervantina es un espacio en el que vamos a conmemorar una de las figuras más representativas de la lengua y cultura españolas, Miguel de Cervantes. Organizado por el Instituto Cervantes de Albuquerque en colaboración con el National Hispanic Cultural

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Reading & Booksigning: A. Gabriel Meléndez, The Book of Archives

2 pm to 4 pm Join author A. Gabriel Meléndez for a reading from his new book The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico. The Book of Archives tells the story of New Mexico’s Mora Valley, located in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, through the ghosts of history it harbors: troubadours and soldiers, Plains Indians and settlers, families fleeing and finding home. There, more than a century ago, villagers collect scraps of paper documenting the valley’s history and

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Reading & Booksigning: Celia López-Chávez, Epics of Empire and Frontier

2 pm to 4 pm Join author Celia López-Chávez for a reading from her new book Epics of Empire and Frontier: Alonso de Ercilla and Gaspar de Villagrá as Spanish Colonial Chroniclers. Epics of Empire and Frontier reveals new ways of thinking about the themes of empire and frontier from the muse of the epic poems La Araucana by the Spanish nobleman Alonso de Ercilla and Historia de la Nueva México by Gaspar de Villagrá, Mexican-born captain under Juan de Oñate in New Mexico, both of which

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La Canoa: Narrating the Manito Trail in Wyoming and Arizona

2 pm Join Vanessa Fonseca, Assistant Professor, English – Arizona State University; Levi Romero, Assistant Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies – University of New Mexico; and Trisha Martínez, Ph.D. Student, American Studies – University of New Mexico, as they discuss the Manito Trail. This is an interdisciplinary ethnographic project documenting Hispanic New Mexican, or Manito, migration from New Mexico to different parts of the United States from the 1850’s to the present. Looking at the many major migration routes of Manito families, this project focuses on the

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La Canoa Legacy Talks: A. Gabriel Meléndez, Humor and Healing: Cantinflas’ (Mario Moreno) Classic Screen Moments

2 pm – 4 pm Join A. Gabriel Meléndez, recently appointed director of UNM’s Center for Regional Studies, as he takes us on a fun and insightful journey through the life of Mexican actor Mario Moreno and his beloved character “Cantinflas.” Moreno starred in scores of films from the 1930s through the 1980s, and is also known for his Golden Globe-winning role as the ingenious valet Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days. In Latin America and beyond, he is a beloved icon. The talk will

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