Plaza Building

Gallery Talk and Hands On

Join Christian Waguespack, Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art, for a discussion of the sculpture Abstraction by Georgia O’Keeffe in our West Sculpture. Supplies will be provided to try your hand at creating your own sculpture as well. Free with admission.

First Friday: Community Lines

Help us explore the exhibition Line by Line through a community art project! After viewing the show to see how artists use one of the basic elements of design, lines, in a variety of expressive ways, join us in the courtyard to work on some large drawings to represent you and your community with lines....

Story Time

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library. Every other Monday at 10:30 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 and their caregivers, to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by Cyndi Korzec, an early childhood educator,...

Fast Art

Fast Art returns to the New Mexico Museum of Art! Join us to hear local artists, curators, historians, and cultural pulse-takers discuss contemporary art and culture in a series of 3-minute mini-lectures! Free to attend! St. Francis Auditorium is equipped with an audio loop assistive listening device.

Georgia OKeeffe and Frida Kahlo in Parallel Photograph Essay by Cristina Kahlo

Join us for a presentation by Cristina Kahlo, the acclaimed Mexican contemporary photographer. Kahlo will present a body of work that is a visual conversation through the intimate living and studio spaces of artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. This project was born in 2022, when Cristina was invited to photograph her great-aunt Frida’s home...

FIRST FRIDAY: LINE DRAWING WITH LINE BY LINE ARTIST TIM JAG

Tim Jag, Drawing Construction #15, 2014, graphite on paper, 27 × 27 3/4 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Tim Jag, 2014 (2014.10). © Tim Jag. Photo by Kevin Beltran.   FREE Join Line by Line artist Tim Jag for a free mini-drawing workshop! In this workshop, you’ll explore the fundamentals...

Saints & Santos Community Day

Francisco Martínez, Santa Rosalia de Palermo, 18th century, oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (95 cm x 80 cm). Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlan, Mexico. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.   Join the New Mexico Museum of Art for the opening of Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain...

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Summer Youth Concert and Tour

The New Mexico Museum of Art is once again excited to partner with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival for their summer Youth Concert. This free event features Festival musicians performing selections from the season’s repertoire as well as engaging stories music, composers, and instruments. For budding young artists and musicians this must-attend event!

Create Station! Santa Fe Indian Market

A visit to the Santa Fe Indian Market is sure to inspire artists of all ages. Drop by the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Create Station when you need to take a break and make some art!  We will have free and fun art projects along with a selection of art supplies to help you...

Story Time

Join us this spring for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library. Every other Monday at 10:30 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 and their caregivers, to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by Cyndi Korzec, an early childhood educator,...