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Join Diane von Arx, special treatment artist for The Saint John's Bible, for a hands-on calligraphy workshop, "Oh My Gouache." The event costs $100; to reserve a spot, call (505) 476-5096. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.

See the most anticipated museum exhibitions before they open to the public. Location:  Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico

Artist, calligrapher and illuminator Diane von Arx will talk about her work for The Saint John’s Bible in the museum’s auditorium. Her lecture, “Special Treatment Illuminations for The Saint John’s Bible,” is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents. Part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape.

MIAC presents a Series of Story Hours of Native American Tales, for all ages in the MIAC Discovery Room. During winter months, the dark and cold time of the year, it is traditional to share stories, so come and share in this tradition

Programs are at 2:00 pm and repeated again 3:00 pm. The storyteller is Jonathan Warm Day of Taos Pueblo, so bring the whole family. FREE admission for New Mexico residents on Sundays with ID, and always FREE admission for 17 and younger.

GranMary’s Place storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is dedicated to and celebrates the memory of Docent, Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, loved children, and loved telling stories to children visiting the Museum.

Les Namingha's work is as complex as his personal experience being a Native artist inhabiting a contemporary world.  His work evokes concepts of time and space as he weaves color, line, image and pattern into intricate work on structural ceramic pieces as well as the flat plane of his painted work.  Join Les as he demonstrates the physical process of working with native ceramic materials, as well as his story of personal exploration within the contemporary realm of art. All events are subject to change.  Specific details, such as time, location, maps and information about transportation, will be included in the letter of invitation which all Friends of Indian Art members will receive prior to each event. Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them.

The event is always FREE and open to the public.  Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.

See the most anticipated museum exhibitions before they open to the public. Location:  Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Dr. Richard Ford will lead strenuous hikes (about four miles total) to three areas of rock art west of the Taos Junction Bridge near Pilar.  The petroglyphs are unusual for the Rio Grande Valley and are dominated by Plains-style images. 

The trip fee is $65 per person for FOA members; $75 for non-FOA members. To make a reservation or for more information, please call the MNMF hotline at 982-7799, Ext. 5 after 12:05 am, March 14, 2012.

Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Archaeology member?  Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

Rangers will lead a hike up Oak Canyon (a.k.a. Church Canyon).  This is a strenuous hike over rough terrain (approximately 1.5 miles)—hikers should bring water, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and a sack lunch.  Rangers will do their best to identify the species of flora and fauna encountered.   

Join Noel Pugach for "Understanding William Howard Taft: The President Who Approved New Mexico's Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.

Pugach is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. He has taught on Jewish history, foreign relations, and American diplomacy.

During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them.

The event is always FREE and open to the public.  Federal and State regulations prohibit the curators from appraising any artifact.

Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation or Friends of Indian Art member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

In honor of Earth Day, Coronado State Monument will conduct a general spring cleaning of the site. The focus will be on clearing away accumulations of tumbleweeds, dead brush and other plant debris. The debris removal and disposal will once again be sponsored by Waste Management Inc. of Albuquerque with a dumpster on site.

Monument Rangers will also conduct hands-on demonstrations of adobe plastering and adobe wall construction in partnership with the Town of Bernalillo’s Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) crew.  The Friends of Coronado will sponsor storytelling and docent-led tours of the Painted Kiva and Bosque Trail.  The public is invited to volunteer or just observe.  All Earth Day activities are free.   For info: 505-867-5351

Learn more about the experiences of people held in New Mexico's Japanese internment camps during World War II at an April 21 and 22 symposium. “From Inside and Outside the Barbed Wire: New Mexico’s Multicul­tural World War II Internment Stories,” will be in the History Museum auditorium, 10:30 am-4:30 pm on Saturday, April 21; and 1-4 pm on Sunday, April 22.

Tickets are $15 at the Lensic Theater Box Office, 505-988-1234, or www.ticketssantafe.org/tsf/content/about_tsf.

Learn more about the experiences of people held in New Mexico's Japanese internment camps during World War II at an April 21 and 22 symposium. “From Inside and Outside the Barbed Wire: New Mexico’s Multicul­tural World War II Internment Stories,” will be in the History Museum auditorium, 10:30 am-4:30 pm on Saturday, April 21; and 1-4 pm on Sunday, April 22.

Tickets are $15 at the Lensic Theater Box Office, 505-988-1234, or www.ticketssantafe.org/tsf/content/about_tsf.