7
Thursday

Arts Alive!
Museum of International Folk Art Event
10 am - 1 pm
Free hands-on workshops for all ages. Artists and museum educators teach a variety of art making activities, materials are provided, and everyone can take home a handcrafted object! This week make amulet necklaces. Appropriate for all ages, adults must accompany children. Museum of International Folk Art Outdoor Classroom, atrium when it rains. Groups of 6 or more please call Patricia Sigala (505) 476-1212 to coordinate participation and guarantee free admission to the Museum.
Contact Info:
505-476-1212.

10
Sunday

Adventures in Anthropology Trip - SOLD OUT!
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
7:30 am - 5 pm
Explore the Pot Creek Ruin and take part in the Picuris Pueblo Feast Day. This unique trip pairs a visits to the modern pueblo of Picuris on its traditional San Lorenzo Feast Day with a tour of the nearby Pot Creek Pueblo ruin, which was ancestral to both Picuris and Taos pueblos. We will view the famed foot races, tour Pot Creek, enjoy lunch, and then return to Picuris for the trade fair and various dances. Participants will have the option of staying later at Picuris to view the amazing pole climb. Tour conditions: Easy to moderate. (Price: $95/$75 MNMF)
Contact Info:
For more information call 505-476-1250 or visit www.indianartsandculture.org/adventures

12
Tuesday

From Past to Present at Lemitar Shelter: A Deep Stratified Rock Shelter in Socorro County, New Mexico
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
12 pm
Lecture by Robert Dello-Russo, OAS Deputy Director - While work at Lemitar Shelter began in 1952 with efforts by C. Vance Haynes, the 2003 field season produced the first radiocarbon dates for the site. Dr. Dello-Russo will discuss the history of excavations at the site, his current interpretation of the rock shelter's archaeology, and the site's potential for expanding our understanding of New Mexico prehistory.
Contact Info:
505-827-6386

13 - 17
Wednesday-Sunday

Annual Mountain Man Rendezvous and Trade Fair
Palace of the Governors Event
9 am - 4:30 pm
Discover what trappers needed, how they trapped, what they caught–and why! Touch, feel and smell the wonders of the times at the education table. Also, become a mountain man and look for your fellow friends in the courtyard with the “Find the Mountain Man” activity page.The Wildlife Center from Española, NM will have many animals from their center on Saturday from 10-2. All ages. Palace Courtyard. FREE entry at Blue Gate.

14
Thursday

Breakfast with the Curators: Anita McNeese
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
7 pm - 8:30 pm
Breakfast with MIAC curator Anita McNeece, followed by a tour of the exhibit Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style. Catered breakfasts at the Museum Hill Café followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations.

15
Friday

Breakfast with the Artists: Pilar Agoyo
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
8:30 am - 10 am
Breakfast with the artist and fashion designer Pilar Agoyo of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, followed by a talk about her work in contemporary fashion and film. Catered breakfast at the Museum Hill Café followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations

17
Sunday

Discovery Box
Palace of the Governors Event
9 am - 3 pm
What's in the box? Animal? Tool? Trap? Discover what trappers needed, how they trapped, what they caught?and why! All ages. Palace Courtyard. Free entry at Blue Gate.
Contact Info:
505-476-5100.

19
Tuesday

Home Tours: Ehrenberg & Thoma Collections
The Circles Event
5 pm - 8 pm
Our signature home tour is a highlight of Santa Fe's summer season. This year we'll see two exciting collections in architecturally significant homes in Casas de San Juan.
Contact Info:
For more information, please call 505-982-6366 ext. 100.

20
Wednesday

Let's Take a Look
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
12 pm - 2 pm
Solve the mysteries of your Native American artifacts. Free.
Contact Info:
505-476-1250.

21
Thursday

Annual Native American Music Under the Stars
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
7 pm - 9 pm
Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band kick off Indian Market weekend. Tickets $20 in advance at the Museum Shops; $25 at the door.
Contact Info:
505-476-1250

21
Thursday

Breakfast with the Curators: Tony Chavarria
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
8:30 am - 10 am
Breakfast with MIAC curator Tony Chavarria, followed by a tour of the exhibit Comic Art Indigène. Catered breakfasts at the Museum Hill Café, followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations.

22
Friday

Breakfast with the Artists: Diego Romero
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
8:30 am - 10 am
Breakfast with the ceramic artist Diego Romero of Cochiti Pueblo, followed by a talk about his work in the neo-Mimbres narrative style of his own creation. Catered breakfasts at the Museum Hill Café followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations.

22
Friday

Family Storytelling Program
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
Well known storyteller Steven Wounded Deer Alvarez presents a program of short contemporary native tales and music. Steven Alvarez (Mescalero Apache, Yaqui, and Upper Tanana Athabascan) lives in Anchorage where he works for the Native Alaskan Heritage Center as director of cultural education and Strategic initiatives. In the O’KeeffeTheater at MIAC. Free. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
476-1271.

23 - 24
Saturday-Sunday

Native American Artisans Program's Indian Market Celebration
Palace of the Governors Event
9 am - 4 pm
The event features over 65 artisans from New Mexico's 23 tribes and Pueblos exclusively. The New Mexico Native artisans will exhibit and sell their traditional arts and crafts items inside the Palace of the Governors Courtyard. Additional programming includes traditional Indian dances, music, performances, art demonstrations, raffles and a Native specialties food booth. Free admission. Enter through the Blue Gate on Lincoln Avenue.
Contact Info:
Carlotta Boettcher 505-476-5112.

24
Sunday

FOCA House Party
Friends of Contemporary Art Event
5 pm - 8 pm
Enjoy FOCA's annual House Party on Sunday, August 24th.
Contact Info:
Watch this site for more information.

26
Tuesday

Garrison Keillor Dinner and Performance
5:30 pm
Dinner and a Show: Garrison Keillor Performance Kicks Off New Taste of Santa Fe: See "A Prairie Home Companion - the Rhubarb Tour with Garrison Keillor" live and on-stage at the Santa Fe Opera Tuesday, August 26. Tickets: Santa Fe Opera Box Office 505-986-5900 or 800-280-4654. A limited number of VIP tickets are available to museum members for a pre-concert dinner and reception at the new Encantado, an Auberge Resort. Meet Mr. Keillor and the cast at dinner, enjoy VIP parking at the Opera and the best seats in the house! Tickets for the evening are $250 per person [$100 tax-deductible]. Ticket purchases support Taste of Santa Fe, benefiting the Palace of the Governors. Encantado is offering special room rates the evening of the performance. Call 877-262-4666 and ask for the MNMF rate.
Contact Info:
505-982-6366, ext. 100

28
Thursday

Breakfast with the Curators: Valerie Verzuh and Tony Chavarria
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
8:30 am - 10 am
Breakfast with the MIAC curators Valerie Verzuh and Tony Chavarria, followed by a behind the scenes tour of the upcoming exhibit A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos. Catered breakfasts at the Museum Hill Café, followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations (required).

28
Thursday

Contemporary Reflections: Art Made of Glass
Museum of Art Event
6 pm - 8 pm
The Annual Director's Lecture Susanne K. Frantz is an art historian and independent curator. She was the former curator of 20th century glass at the Corning Museum of Glass, and has written numerous publications on glass art, including Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from the Corning Museum of Glass, The Glass Skin, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive, and Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass. In the St. Francis Auditorium, inside the New Mexico Museum of Art. Free
Contact Info:
505-476-5068.

29
Friday

Breakfast with the Artists: Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Event
8:30 am - 10 am
Breakfast with the artists Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano, Cochiti and Santo Domingo potters, followed by a talk about their work in large ceramics and figurines. Catered breakfasts at the Museum Hill Café, followed by talks or tours at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Seating is limited.
Contact Info:
Call 476-1271 or 476-1258 for information and reservations (required).

30
Saturday

Pueblo Story Telling Site Walk - Zia Pueblo
Friends of Archaeology Event
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Due to popular demand, we are repeating our March 29 visit to archaeological sites along the Rio Jemez, ancestral to the Zia Pueblo. We will return to the pueblo for a tour of the church and interaction with Zia artists, followed by lunch and general discussions of Pueblo Indian history. We will be walking over uneven gound and HIKING BOOTS ARE REQUIRED.
Contact Info:
This trip is already on wait list. Call 505-982- 7799, x5 for information. A volunteer will return your call and answer questions.