Circles Explorers 2023 Calendar of Events Circles Explorers Weekend Adventure to Durango, April 20-22 (Circles Explorers). We’ll visit the newly opened Blue Rain Gallery for a welcome cocktail reception, the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College for a private tour and Toh-Atin Gallery for an artist talk, followed by a group dinner. We journey on to Chama, NM, for a weaving/natural dyeing demonstration at Tierra Wools and luncheon (additional fee applies). (Trip is

New Mexico Historic Sites The Artist-In-Residence program at Bosque Redondo Memorial is particularly poignant to the Fort Sumner Historic Site. There are so many more facets of the site history that need to be told.  Art often provides a voice to those whose words are silenced by the trauma that this history has created. The first residency artists are DezBaa’ (Diné) and her father David Henderson (Diné), who will live and work at the Fort Sumner

The Circles As we close in on the last three months in our Foundations fiscal year, June 30, 2023   We launch our spring Step Up campaign. This campaign is vitally important in helping us close the gap on our revenue goals for Circles. A special Step Up invitation will be coming to your email inbox soon. Currently we are $156,314 away from reaching our revenue goal for Circles.  For Explorers we are $16,787 away from

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture I am so excited for the VIP MIAC Living Treasure cocktail party taking place Wednesday, April 26. MIAC Living Treasures who will be in attendance include Anthony Lovato, Virgil Ortiz, Kathleen Wall, Mateo Romero, Keri Ataumbi, Joe and Althea Cajero, Tony Abeyta, Upton S. Ethelbah Jr., Connie Tsosie Gaussoin and Robert Tenorio. All 2023 Native Treasures sponsors will receive an invite to attend this special event. Click here to

Office of Archaeological Studies As we head into the spring, I am excited to share that the Friends of Archaeology is moving forward with planning the much-anticipated Chiles and Sherds event at San Cristobal basin. Be sure you are signed up for the Friends group to get an invitation! The research campaign launched in the fall was tremendously successful. As we head into spring, we still have minimum of $11,000 to raise for educational programming.

Colourist Magazine featuring stories about Santa Fe and the Museums available at the MOIFA Shop Last year Pamela Kelly, VP of Licensing, sought out Annie Sloan, founder of the eponymous UK-based paint company and proposed to her the concept of developing a color range inspired by the Museums’ collections. Sloan agreed and in September she traveled with her design team to Santa Fe. Pamela hosted the group, showed Annie the collections at the Museum of

The Folk Art Flea Needs You! The ever-popular Folk Art Flea is back again this year and will take place on Saturday, May 6 at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds at 3229 Rodeo Road (next to the Genoveva Chavez Community Center) from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) is accepting personal donations of gently used art items for resale. Donations are tax deductible.  Popular items include folk, tribal and fine

Thank you to all who joined us on Saturday, March 18 for the public opening of With the Grain. The event was vibrant and well attended, and members enjoyed a preview of the new exhibition, followed by music by Lone Piñon and a conversation led by Christian Waguespack who was joined by artist Luis Barela in the gallery. With The Grain explores the dialogue between artists and their materials at play in the work of modern

REVENUE General Membership continues to exceed our expectations as we continue to be more than $85,000 ahead of expectations. At time of publication, we had received $645,000 in membership dues for the fiscal year. In addition to our renewal income, we will also begin our upgrade appeals to members. This spring we are offering special Vladem Contemporary-inspired limited-time benefits, such as a Vladem Contemporary membership card design, Milestone Member designation, a gift from the shop

Elizabeth and James Roghair Make a Tax Wise Decision and Support MOIFA Did you know that if you are over 70 ½, you can transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and avoid paying tax on that income? Elizabeth and James Roghair, long-time Foundation members, have made a generous gift from their IRAs to support the upcoming Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka