A Weekend Adventure to Canyon de Chelly, Acoma Sky City and More Friday, Saturday and Sunday October 25, 26 and 27, 2024 Only a few spaces left! Join us for a unique trip to beautiful Canyon de Chelly If you joined us in 2019, we invite you to come again, if you missed it last time, now’s your chance. Spend a day exploring the Canyon with Navajo guides learning about the Navajo and ancestral peoples who have lived in the area for millennia. We will stop at incredible cultural sites including Acoma Sky City, the Navajo Nation Museum and the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. Overnight accommodations are at the famous Thunderbird Lodge. Itinerary Friday, October 25 The weekend kicks off with a private tour of the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. Then we continue to Thunderbird Lodge for check in and a welcome dinner. Saturday, October 26 After breakfast we depart for an open-air Jeep tour of the canyon, featuring Canyon de Chelly and Canyon Del Muerto. The all-day tour leaves at 9 am. and lasts approximately eight hours. The first tour will explore the full length of Canyon de Chelly, traveling to the base of the towering 800-foot monolith of Spider Rock, where canyon walls rise over 1,000 feet. This portion of the trip exceeds 32 miles. There we will pause for a picnic-style lunch. The second tour is through Canyon Del Muerto, exploring Mummy Cave, Antelope House Ruin and Navajo Fortress. Mummy Cave is a partially restored ancestral apartment complex constructed under an arching overhang in weathered sandstone. Antelope House features colored drawings of antelope created at the beginning of the last century. Round trip, this portion of the canyon exceeds 30 miles. After, we travel to Thunderbird Lodge for our group dinner. Sunday, October 27 After breakfast and early morning Lodge checkout, we will stop for a private tour of Hubbel Trading Post National Historic Site followed by shopping. Built in 1878, Hubbel is an active trading post and historic site showcasing the history of Navajo textiles and trading posts. Our last stop on the way home is at the Pueblo of Acoma, Sky City Cultural Center & Haak’u Museum for a farewell lunch and tour. Lodging Everyone must secure their own accommodations through Thunderbird Lodge, 4 hours and 41 minutes (292 miles) from downtown Santa Fe. Thunderbird is offering a group rate of $102.96 (includes tax) per night for double occupancy and $93.60 (includes tax) for single occupancy. A group reservation code to secure your lodging will be provided upon your R.S.V.P. Program Pricing At the time of reserving your place on the trip a $365.00 per person must be paid. Program pricing includes private Navajo Nation Museum and Acoma tours, two dinners, two breakfasts, one lunch, and Canyon Jeep tour. Per person deposit is required upon reserving your spot. This fee is nonrefundable 35 days from check-in date, Sunday, October 27, 2024 at the Thunderbird Lodge. Not Included in Program Fee Lodging and transportation not included and are made independently. Carpooling If you are interested in carpooling with other travelers we will reach out to the entire R.S.V.P.’d group early August. R.S.V.P. Here Mark your calendar for more FY 25 events November 15 –First Look: Wire Baskets, Museum of International Folk Art December 5 – Holiday Party, Santa Fe Farmers Market May 2025, TBD – Circles First Look: Astronomy, Museum of Indian Art and Culture May 29 – June 1 – Glamping trip to Vermejo Ranch, a private ranch that is part of the Ted Turner Preserve Vermejo Glampsite May 31-June 1, 2025 Travel to India November 2025. Itinerary to come soon.  

The New Mexico Museum of Art invites you to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Vladem Contemporary and the new rotation of Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000 on Friday, September 27th with Beyond the Stars: A Sci-Fi Celebration! Come dressed to impress in your favorite sci-fi costume from steam punk to atomic punk. Musical guest Rhythm and Blues artist Elizabeth Wise and videos by Magnetic Laboratorium. Celebration starts at 7 p.m. Join us ahead of the celebration on Friday, September 27th to learn more about Constance DeJong and her work as she presents about her artistic career. This Final Friday Program at the Vladem Contemporary is part of a series of artist talks in conjunction with the exhibition Off-Center. Photo courtesy of the artist. Constance DeJong is a contemporary visual artist whose work often defies classification between sculpture and painting. Metal and light are prominent mediums in her practice, which is demonstrated by her piece in Off-Center. She is a Professor of Sculpture at the University of New Mexico, and her work can be found in the collections of institutions such as Fisher-Landau Center, Long Island City, NY, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KA, Albuquerque Museum, NM, Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ, and Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, WV. DeJong received an NEA Visual Artist’s Fellowship in 1982, and she had a retrospective at the Albuquerque Museum in 2003/4 (Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, a Retrospective). Off-Center: New Mexico Art 1970-2000 features a diverse array of New Mexican artists who were active during this pivotal period. Join us for an engaging artist talk, where you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the artists who helped shape contemporary art in our state. Don’t miss this chance to delve into their creative processes and inspirations.

General Membership is $47,000 ahead of goal with $146,000 in to date. We had a big month in July with many members renewing. The shops processed more than 255 of those memberships! We have installed two member kiosks at NMHM and Vladem Contemporary Shops. There you can renew, join, ask a membership question or look up your membership status. The fall edition of Member News hits mailboxes this month along with your complimentary copy of El Palacio. You can also read online at: https://www.museumfoundation.org/member-news/ Last month Members were treated to a Member Monday event about Zozobra at the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art on Monday, August 26. Members enjoyed talks by curators, viewed the exhibition, Zozobra shaped biscochitos and a screening of a new Zozobra documentary. Lastly catch us on Museum Hill on September 21 for Extravaganza! Enjoy Mexican cultural heritage, with food, crafts and the highlight of the day lucha libre wrestling! Free and open to the public from 1 to 6:30 p.m.

Benefits of an IRA charitable rollover · Avoid taxes on transfers of up to $105,000 from your IRA to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and designated to the institutions we support. · May satisfy your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year. · Reduce your taxable income, even if you do not itemize deductions. · Make a gift that is not subject to the deduction limits on charitable gifts. · Help further the work and mission of the Foundation and that of the institutions we support. How an IRA charitable rollover gift works 1. Contact your IRA plan administrator to make a gift from your IRA to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and designated to one or more of the institutions we support. 2. Your IRA funds will be directly transferred to the Foundation to help continue our important work and that of the institutions we support. 3. Please note that IRA charitable rollover gifts do not qualify for a charitable deduction. 4. Please contact us if you wish for your gift to be used for a specific purpose. Gifts from your IRA If you are 70½ or older, you can use your IRA to fulfill your charitable goals. You can use the “Make a Gift from My IRA” tool to contact your IRA custodian and make a qualified charitable distribution. We will acknowledge your generous gifts as a qualified charitable distribution, which may satisfy your RMD, if applicable. If you have any questions about an IRA charitable rollover gift, please contact Laura Sullivan, Director of Planned Giving, at laura@museumfoundation.org or 505.216.0829.

Mark your calendar for November 15 for the First Look event of iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa. Weaving Meanings shares histories of the wire medium in South Africa, from the 16th century uses as currency to the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. The first major exhibition of telephone wire art in any North American museum, this show features a significant telephone wire art collection generously assembled and donated by David Arment and Jim Rimelspach, the David Arment Southern African Collection. Invitation to come mid-October. Also starting in October is your annual Fall Step Up campaign. Our goal this year for Circles is $700,000. This membership revenue if vital to the supporting the Foundation operations. We raise the Circles revenue funds through renewals, rejoins and Step Up campaigns. Our Step-Up campaign runs for the months of October and November. When you Step Up you receive the new membership level benefits immediately for the duration of your current membership and for an additional year. Each membership level will be offering special thank you gifts, see below. Please feel free to contact me with any questions about Step-Up at 505.216.0848 or email cara@museumfoundation.org. Governor’s Circle $2,500 (All but $50 tax-deductible) All Regents Circle benefits, plus: • 2 additional Member for a Day Passes (total of 10) • Third opportunity to register for International Travel • Invitation to the Signature Summer event • 2 additional permanent membership cards for friends or family Plus, these “thank you” gifts:  One-time 25% Off Shops coupon  Brunch and private tour of Weaving Meanings  Exhibition Catalogue: Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets, Signed by author National Circle $5,000 (All but $100 tax-deductible) All Governor’s Circle benefits, plus: • 2 additional Member for a Day Passes (total of 12) • Second opportunity to register for International Travel • Invitation to Cocktails with the Artist or Collector • Behind-the-scenes museum collections tour Plus, these “thank you” gifts:  One-time 25% Off Shops coupon  Brunch and private tour of Weaving Meanings  Exhibition Catalogue: Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets, Signed by author  Handcrafted basket by South African artist Nobuhle Maphumulo (value $250) Chairman’s Circle $10,000 (All but $110 tax-deductible) All National Circle benefits, plus:  2 additional Member for a Day Passes (total of 14)  First opportunity to register for International Travel  30-minute early access to First Looks  Reserved parking at select events Exclusive Chairman’s Circle event Plus, these “thank you” gifts:  One-time 25% Off Shops Coupon  Brunch and private tour of Weaving Meanings  Exhibition Catalogue: Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets, Signed by author  Exclusive basket by South African artist Nobuhle Maphumulo (value $450) Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur: Circles Travel 2025

Los Luceros Historic Site invites the community to join in their largest event of the year, which kicks off the apple picking season. The orchard will be open for people to pick apples. Ladders are not allowed in the orchard, so the site recommends people bring a picker or grabbing stick. Pajarito Environmental Education Center will bring a cider press for those interested in a fresh cup of cider. The annual Harvest Festival also features a variety of performances, children’s activities, wool dying, craft vendors, and food trucks. Activities – Cultures and Creators exhibit in the Community Room, featuring Native and Hispano artists from Northern New Mexico – Artist demonstrations including santero Joseph Lopez – Navajo-Churro sheep wool dying by Española Valley Fiber Arts – Book reading from middle grade graphic novel Under the Cottonwood Tree by Albuquerque novelists Carlos and Paul Meyer – NM Dept. of Cultural Affairs Wonders on Wheels mobile museum touring the exhibit “Growing New Mexico” – Bradbury Science Center Education Bus – NM Office of Archaeological Services – Bandelier National Park – Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project – Amigos Bravos – Vitalant Blood Mobile blood drive (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Performances 10:30 a.m. – New Mexico Wildlife Center 12:00 p.m. – Youth Folklorico Dancers from Moving Arts-Española 2:00 p.m. – Music by Johnny Sanchez Food trucks Manko El Pilar Chicken Scratch Melissa’s Crepes Regional vendors will offer hand-crafted items for sale ranging from earrings to etchings and candles to ceramics. Los Luceros historic buildings will also be open for touring, and visitors can say hi to the Navajo-Churro sheep, donkeys, and goats. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tribal Affiliation/Members, Veterans, Museum of New Mexico Foundation members, and DCA Staff/Family are free. Tickets are available for purchase online.

Support the New Mexico History Museum and honor the enduring legacy of Fred Harvey Be a part of our special sponsorship opportunity for the 15th Annual Fred Harvey History Weekend. This celebration of southwest history and of the special FredHead community it has built over the years has been a beloved tradition since 2010. This year’s event – #Fred15 – promises two afternoons of engaging history talks at the New Mexico History Museum and culminates in the renowned Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner and Auction at La Fonda. In honor of our 15th anniversary, and to support the museum, we ask you to consider our special “15 for 15” sponsorship opportunity. For a fifteen hundred dollar donation, you will receive four reserved tickets to the lectures, four reserved seats at the Foodie Dinner, a 15th Anniversary commemorative gift, and recognition at the event and in the program. Additionally, all dinner guests will receive a special Mimbreno China gift, designed by Mary Colter and replicated by HF Coors. Since its inception, the Harvey Weekend has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the New Mexico History Museum. With your support, this special “15 for 15” sponsorship can raise an additional $30,000 or more in this special year. Help make the 15th Annual Fred Harvey Weekend unforgettable. Become a #Fred15 Supporter with a $1,500 sponsorship. All net proceeds benefit the New Mexico History Museum’s Exhibition Development Fund, supporting projects related to Fred Harvey, the Santa Fe Railway, Native art, and the cultural, culinary, architectural, and economic history of the Southwest.

The Museum of New Mexico Foundation is excited to support an upcoming lecture with Dr. David Rachal about his research on the White Sands Footprints. The event will be held at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science on Thursday, September 12 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. This engaging lecture will delve into the fascinating footprints left behind by early humans and the incredible stories they tell. Dr. Rachal, a renowned geoarchaeologist, will guide us through evolving discoveries and research created in collaboration with Robert Dello Russo and Matthew Cuba. The lecture will overview ancient geomorphology in relation to the footprints near the White Sands Missile Range. Whether you’re a history buff, a science enthusiast, or just curious about our human origins, this event promises to be both enlightening and inspiring. Tickets are $20. All proceeds will support the educational programming and research initiatives at the Office of Archaeological Studies. Visit this link to save your seat today. In other exciting news, the OAS recently hired a new Educational Coordinator, Ziggy Prothro. In her role, Ziggy will leverage donations made through the Museum Foundation to create and implement educational programs across the state of New Mexico. A little more about Ziggy: While at the University of Texas in Austin, Ziggy developed a love for public outreach while delivering programming at a local archaeological center and volunteering with schools and community organizations. From there, Ziggy developed a lifelong interest in Paleoindian studies while working at the Gault site in central Texas and volunteering at the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory. Ziggy moved to New Mexico in 2004 to attend graduate school at Eastern New Mexico State University. At the university, she engaged with research at Blackwater Locality #1 and continued public outreach programming. Ziggy’s master’s thesis; Archaeology in Education: Public Outreach for Archaeological Awareness and Educational Enrichment, cemented her desire to work in outreach, bringing all of the exciting aspects of archaeological research to the public.

Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy Opens on August 11 Viva la Raza (Long Live the Race), Artist unrecorded, ca. 1984-1986. New Mexico State Penitentiary, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pillowcase, ink. Courtesy of Stuart Ashman in honor of the talented inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, T.2022.11.5. Photo by Addison Doty. After years of planning and a 6-month community-based exhibition in the Gallery of Conscience, Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy opens to the public on Sunday, August 11 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Neutrogena Wing. The afternoon will feature a series of events including poetry with advocacy organizations presenting in the Neutrogena Lounge, refreshments in the Vernick Auditorium by Santa Fe Youthworks Social Justice Kitchen and the MNMF Women’s Board, and a lecture by project collaborator Nicolasa Chavez, Deputy State Historian. There will also be a private donor opening reception and conversation with curators and collaborators on Friday, August 9. Participants will hear from artist John Paul Granillo and Santa Fe Poet Laureate Tommy Archuleta about their experiences with incarceration and how art can rehumanize those in confinement, showcasing the ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness of artists working inside prisons. We are grateful to the Cielo Foundation Boulder, Elaine and Harvey Daniels, Friends of Folk Art, the Frost Foundation, and the International Folk Art Foundation for major support, as well as to Rosalind Doherty, Jay Ihrig, Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn, Courtney and Scott Taylor, and TOKo Santa Fe for additional generous support.   MOIFA Educators at the International Folk Art Market International Folk Art Market As part of the 20th anniversary International Folk Art Market on the Railyard, the museum education team led Make & Take workshops designing Huichol-inspired Jicara, or beaded offering bowls. Over 100 people of all ages enjoyed using their creative skills to create unique works of art inspired by traditional designs.   Balzer Purchase Prize Provides Funds for Purchases from the International Folk Art Market Jo Ann and Bob Balzer with artist Chen-Chu Lin from Taiwan at the 2024 International Folk Art Market. Photo by Carrie Hertz. Each year, JoAnn and Bob Balzer provide funds to purchase art from artists at the International Folk Art Market that help grow the museum’s collection. This year, the funds helped purchase a beautiful Atayal woman’s bridal coat from Taiwan made by artist Chen-Chu Lin. Atayal is an Indigenous group from the mountains of central Taiwan, who have been revitalizing Atayal dyeing and weaving techniques. Members of the community are also helping build sustainable livelihoods through their art and educating their children in native language, culture, rituals and life skills.   UNM Son Jarocho Collective as Part of La Cartonería Mexican Music Festival UNM Son Jarocho Collective In conjunction with La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste exhibition in the Hispanic Heritage Wing, the Cartonería Concert Series was developed to celebrate Mexican cultural heritage with a vibrant fusion of music. The schedule includes UNM Son Jarocho Collective on Sunday, August 4 at 1 and 2 p.m.; Las Flores del Valle on Sunday, September 1 at 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.; and Mariachi Euforia on Saturday, September 21 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. The concert series is generously supported by the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA).   Your support helps make these impactful exhibitions and programs possible. Please click here or contact Laura Sullivan at laura@museumfoundation.org or by phone at 505.216.0829 to get more information or to make a gift using stock, your individual retirement account (IRA), a donor advised fund (DAF) or other tax-advantaged means.

The Museum Shops is hosting the 34th Annual Navajo Rug Auction in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard on Saturday, August 10. For the last 33 years, this annual action has sold over 3,500 rugs, both contemporary and vintage. As in years past, the annual Navajo Rug Auction will showcase museum-quality rugs in wide ranging styles, including Two Grey Hills, Ganado, Teec Nos Pos, Yeis, and Pictorials. Past auctions have included works by weavers Julia Pete, Arnold Begay, Daisy Kee, Nora Bitah, and Eunice Joe. Noted auctioneer Bob Payne of Bloomfield, New Mexico, who has overseen the auction since its inception, will return to lead the bidding. Known among collectors for its great value in rug prices, the auction will showcase Navajo rugs in wide-ranging styles, including both contemporary and vintage weavings. We hope you appreciate the beauty in these special works of art and even find a few to bring home. For more info, email shopsinfo@museumfoundation.org. The preview is from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and bidding begins at 11:00 a.m. until all the rugs are sold. This event is open to all member levels and the community. Admission is free and bid cards are $5. Member discounts do not apply to rug sales.