Sign up for the event here! About the Artist: “I work both in the studio and en plein air, often painting scenes of urban life, cafes, architecture and landscapes. I enjoy the challenge of painting from life, observing the changing light, colors, and shapes. Painting with both brush and palette knife, I prefer the latter for its versatility and spontaneity. I use the palette knife to apply thick layers of paint, creating rich impasto effects that enhance the sense of movement and depth. I also use the palette knife to scrape, blend, and draw with the paint, creating interesting marks and edges.” Visit Michele Byrne Fine Art for more information: michelebyrne.com Ticket options are for 1-day or 2-day participation. Make sure to check the correct box at check out! 30% of all proceeds will be donated to The Museum of New Mexico Foundation, specifically to support Los Luceros Historic Site exhibitions and educational programming. If you have any questions about registration, please contact Asya G. Beardsley, [email protected].

New Mexico History Museum Invites People to Share Their Memories of Notable NM Restaurants The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is asking people with stories about notable New Mexico restaurants to give them a call. Selected stories will become part of a new exhibition showcasing historic or iconic eateries across New Mexico. The exhibition will share firsthand accounts of memorable meals in places as varied as family-owned cafés and 1960s drive-ins to high end landmarks and everybody’s favorite hole-in-the-wall. Stories will be collected by voicemail recordings. This project is part of a multi-year initiative at NMHM which will explore the influences that shaped the state’s diverse food heritage. It aims to foster a deeper appreciation of the people, technology, ingredients, and cultural influences that contribute to a defining aspect of New Mexico’s food economy, history, and identity. “New Mexico’s food goes far beyond the sizzle of a chile pepper,” says NMHM Executive Director, Billy G. Garrett. “The food we prepare and share in New Mexico is the product of centuries of tradition, contributions from people all along the farm to table continuum, continuous innovation, and a belief in the enduring value of family and community.” The inaugural exhibit, co-curated by Chef Johnny Vee is entitled, Forks in the Road: Notable New Mexico Restaurants. Scheduled to open in the summer of 2024, this immersive exhibit will combine photography, historic objects, soundtracks, video, and built-in displays to recreate the sights and sounds of eating out. Special programming will include tastings and presentations by food experts. Social media links will allow everyone to share their impressions and memories in real time. To share a story, people can call (623) 335-BITE (2483) and follow the instructions when prompted. Callers will be asked to provide their first name, the name of the restaurant they are going to talk about, the city or community where the restaurant is or was located, the approximate date of their memory, and then what they remember. Recordings will be limited to 3 minutes and participation is voluntary. By calling and leaving a message, people consent to the use of their recording in the Forks in the Road exhibit or other programming by NMHM. All recordings will remain anonymous and there is no guarantee that a recording will be selected. Recorded stories may be transcribed and edited by the Museum for a variety of uses in future exhibitions, research, publications, and online venues. For more information visit https://tinyurl.com/NMHM-Restaurants.

Line by Line Richard Hogan, Bosque #5 (detail), 1982, pastel on paper, 26 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Gifford and Joann Phillips, 1991 (1991.45.1). © Richard Hogan. Photo by Kevin Beltran. Line by Line surveys a century of innovative, energetic, and intriguing approaches to one of art’s most ancient and foundational elements: line. The exhibition, opening in two sections, explores the language of line in work by more than seventy artists working from the 1920s to now. Spanning a range of mediums – including painting, weaving, prints, photography, and sculpture – the art is organized into evocative categories, such as “A Line Alone,” “Land Lines,” and “Unaligned.” Visitors can immerse themselves in the extraordinary variety of linework, from pieces featuring a single line to those with grids, scrawls, stripes, and swirls. The first section of the exhibition opens on July 6, 2024, with the second section opening on October 5, both on view through March 9, 2025. https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/line-by-line/ Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain Cristóbal de Villalpando, The Mystic Marriage of St. Rose of Lima, ca. 1700, oil on canvas, 93 ¾ x 63 3/8 inches (238.125 x 160.9725 cm). Gift of Robert K. and Gene O. Woolf, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, 1986.411. Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain speaks to the importance of saints in New Spain, a viceroyalty that was part of the Spanish Empire from 1521-1821 and included modern-day Mexico, Central America, and the US Southwest. In the late sixteenth century, Rome’s attempts to manage sanctity as an official process had a profound impact throughout Spain and the Spanish viceroyalties. Saintly devotions traveled to Mexico, and circulated within the vast territory, transforming in the process. This show examines those devotions and transformations, and explores the region’s attempts to propagate its own holy figures. Drawing on public and private collections from Mexico and the United States, the exhibition attends to the role of images in the construction of the holy: not only were paintings, sculptures, and engravings routinely used to propagate, celebrate, resuscitate, and venerate saintly figures, they were often employed in official beatification and canonization proceedings. The relationship between sanctity and the pictorial is a long and revered tradition that continues in the work of New Mexico’s santero artists today. A lavishly illustrated catalogue and a scholarly symposium will accompany the exhibition in Santa Fe. https://www.nmartmuseum.org/events/saints-santos-community-day/ https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/saints-santos-picturing-the-holy-in-new-spain/

Hopefully you received a copy of the Digging Deeper Into New Mexico Archaeology booklet that was recently mailed. Inside is a fascinating look into some of the research areas of the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS). The booklet is a part of our annual appeal for research donations. Private contributions fuel the innovations and research progress housed at the OAS. If you would like to make a contribution to support their great work, click here. The Office of Archaeological Studies is looking forward to a busy summer in 2024. OAS archaeologists have been busy completing field projects. They completed monitoring of the installation of new historic markers along the Santa Fe River for the New Mexico Department of Transportation and they are currently completing surveys across New Mexico for the State Land Office. OAS has been contracted by a local Pueblo for a large excavation project that is expected to start in July. Their scientists in the analytical laboratories have been busy as well. The archaeomagnetic lab recently completed a study for the National Park Service. Progress continues on developing the procedures for the Super Critical Fluid process in the Carbon 14 lab. If you would like to learn more about what is happening at the archaeology office, feel free to reach out so I can help schedule a tour.

The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce Elisa Phelps has been named Head of Curatorial Affairs. Phelps brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Native American art and culture, and her leadership is set to enhance the museum’s mission of preserving and celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of Native American communities. In her new role Phelps will oversee the museum’s curatorial department, leading efforts to expand and diversify MIAC’s programming, develop new exhibitions, and engage with Native American communities to ensure their voices are represented and honored in the museum’s programming. Phelps is originally from Houston, Texas, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Southwest Studies focusing on Anthropology from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, England. Phelps considers herself extremely fortunate to have been able to spend her career working in museums, most recently as Vice President and Chief Curatorial Officer at the Eiteljorg Museum, in Indianapolis, where she oversaw the curatorial, collections, and exhibition teams. Phelps served as project director for the 2022 reinstallation of the Eiteljorg’s 12,500 square foot core Native American galleries Expressions of Life: Native Art in North America. Phelps will be busy preparing for the upcoming opening of the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market & Contemporary Art Gallery exhibition opening featuring a selection of contemporary market art pieces. Save the date – MNMF plans to co-host a great opening event the evening of Thursday, August 15! In other news, the Education department is excited to launch a free Summer Native Dance Series. Dance performance are at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the Milner Plaza Performance Circle each first Sunday, and will include Tesuque Pueblo Dance Group, the Third Annual Nakota LaRance Youth Hoop Dance Championship, the Oak Canyon Dancers (Pueblo of Jemez), White Mountain Apache Crown Dancers and more. To stay up to date with MIAC’s event, click here to join their monthly newsletter.

At the time of writing for this newsletter, the general membership program had $12,000 more to go to reach its fiscal-year-end goal of $900,000. June is our second busiest month after December and I am confident we’ll exceed goal. I will provide an update in the August newsletter with official membership results. I encourage you to stop by the shops at Vladem Contemporary and the New Mexico History Museum to see our new member kiosks. Here members can join, renew, check their membership status and send a customer service inquiry. Another exciting tech development related to the kiosks is that the web forms are now integrated with our database expediting the membership process, allowing members to receive confirmation and digital cards within 24 hours. Be on the lookout for kiosks in the coming year at the Folk Art Museum, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Another development in the tech side of membership is beginning July 1, the front desk teams at our four museums will begin to scan membership barcodes. This information on member visits will provide helpful information to know which museums members visit and how often. As one fiscal year comes to an end another one begins. We are planning our next member events, the next one will be a two-museum collaboration between the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Palace of the Governors on their complementary exhibitions on Zozobra in hon of Old Man Gloom’s 100th birthday. Last month we had two fabulous member preview celebrations for Off Center at the New Mexico Museum of Art Valdem Contemporary. Check our Flickr page for photos, coming soon. We look forward to seeing you in the museums this summer!

A new Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) research booklet will be delivered to your doorstep soon. The brochure highlights a few of the OAS’s current research programs and future goals, such as innovations in their radiocarbon sampling laboratory; renovations and updates to the archaeomagnetic laboratory; and continuing archaeological fieldwork and research that is uncovering new clues about New Mexico’s past. Donations help the Office of Archaeological Studies to invest in more opportunities for their staff to collaborate with leading scientists, develop internships and invest in updates for the analytic equipment. Each spring the Museum of New Mexico Foundation launches a campaign to help raise funds to support the incredible research housed at the State archaeology office. I hope you will consider making a donation of support this summer. In other news, the Friends of Archaeology hosted a wonderful event at San Cristobal Basin in early May. Six full tours explored the rock art on the state lands, guided by expert archaeologists. The Office of Archeological Studies has recently held a number of fascinating Brown Bag lectures. The latest lecture by Executive Director Dr. John Taylor-Montoya titled It’s a Hard-Rock Life: Women and Children at Historic Mines in Southern New Mexico, was recorded and is now on the Friends of Archaeology’s YouTube channel. Click here to watch this Brown Bag lecture and others. The Friends of Archaeology also recently nominated the Singleton Family of San Cristobal Ranch for a Historic Preservation Award, which as approved by the State Historic Preservation Division. The Singleton family has been incredibly generous to the group over the years, allowing access to special archaeological sites for research and group tours. We are thrilled that the family is being recognized by the State for their work to conserve, protect and share areas of archaeological significance. If you know of private lands with fascinating archaeological histories that would be good for tours, please let the Friends group know at [email protected].

The 20th annual Native Treasures Art Market was a great success. Over 2,000 people showed up to shop over Memorial Day weekend, taking home oodles of incredible art handmade by over 200 Native artists. Thanks to our generous sponsors and attendees, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is set to net over $50,000 to support their exhibitions and educational programming at the museum. The weekend was a big win-win for the artists and the museum alike. Kenneth Johnson Marshall and Lea Ann Hunt Shopping the Night Market The museum is launching a new Native Dance Series this summer on Milner Plaza. The free programs will take place each first Sunday and will feature groups including the Grammy Award-winning Black Eagle Singers form Jemez Pueblo and more. Visit indianartsandculture.org/calendar to stay up to date on the events. In other education news, three new recording of the Native Narratives Series have been added online. Click here to watch the recorded conversations with Tony Abeyta, the Gaussoin Family and Julie O’Keeffe, Lead Osage Clothing Consultant for Killers of the Flower Moon. The museum’s newest exhibition, Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo), opened to rave reviews. Patricia’s incredible textiles are displayed alongside a film showcasing her unique silk-dying process. The exhibition is located in the Llloyd Kiva New Gallery. In other exciting news, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is welcoming Elisa Phelps as the new Lead Curator this week. In her new role Phelps will oversee the museum’s curatorial department, leading efforts to expand and diversify MIAC’s programming, develop new exhibitions, and engage with Native American communities to ensure their voices are represented and honored in the museum’s programming. Click here to read more about Elisa.

We have one more month left in our fiscal year and membership is ahead of schedule for revenue. We have received $832,000 in membership dues and our fiscal-year-end goal is $900,000. We are tremendously grateful for our members who have joined, renewed, rejoined or increased their support this spring. We hosted a lovely Conversation with the Curator event at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture last month with 2024 MIAC Living Treasure Award recipient Patricia Michaels. Michaels has a new exhibition now on view at the Museum, entitled Painted Reflections. Our next member event is our Member Preview for Off Center at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary on Friday, June 7 at 6:00 p.m. If you still need to rsvp for this event, please do so here. Members will see the new exhibition before it opens to the public and enjoy remarks by Executive Director Mark White, food and drink by Cowgirl Catering and music on the second-floor terrace by a ReMix Audio Lab DJ spinning music from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. Our summer edition of Member News just mailed to members along with El Palacio. We hope you enjoy our feature story on our New Mexico Historic Sites and consider taking a road trip to visit this summer. We’ll see you in the museums! Enjoy your summer!

Our Spring \ Summer 2024 Gift Guide is now live! Our guide spotlights some of our favorite items available this season. Whether it’s a birthday, holiday, or you’re just in the mood to buy something special, we’ve created a fabulous catalog for you to peruse. Shop curated features from all five Museum Shops, including jewelry, craft, functional home décor, books, and more. Head over to shopmuseum.org to shop the catalog. At the New Mexico History Museum, find some great additions to inspire your summer recipes. We have a wonderful selection of cookbooks from local authors to inspire new summer recipes. Add a touch of New Mexico history to your tablescape with Fred Harvey Mimbreno plates and dishes from HF Coors. And as always, find great local seasonings, spices, teas, and more. Find southwestern cookbooks, kitchen accessories, and more at the New Mexico History Museum Shop. New Mexico History Museum Shop Cookbooks and More The shop is in full bloom at the Vladem Contemporary. We have a wonderful selection of blooming essentials, whether you have a green or a black thumb. Treat your hands after a long day of gardening with handmade botanical salves and oils from local apothecary Loam and Mañana Botanicals. Bring the garden inside with new gorgeous ceramic wall and table plant decorations from Chive. Or show your houseplants some love with our self-watering planters. Find beautiful jewelry for the nature lovers in your life at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Accentuate your wardrobe with hand embroidered nature inspired pins crafted in a women’s co-op in India. Celebrate the local flora with bronze earrings, necklaces, and brooches from Michael Michaud. The Museum of International Folk Art is full of color. We’ve added new flip flop animals crafted from recycled flip flops in Kenya. Bring the fiesta home with wild and bright paper mache alebrijes, piñatas, sonajas, and hanging ornaments. Brighten up your home with colorful new handwoven Mayan table runners, and placemats, Quechua heirloom pillows, and grass and raffia baskets from Uganda. Colorful elephants and other animals made from recycled flip flops from Kenya. Add pops of summer blues and greens with turquoise accents at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Find stunning earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and rings in all shapes and sizes featuring our favorite stone. Spotlight turquoise in a new way with a new scarf from Living Treasure, Patricia Michaels. Add pops of blues and greens with scarves inspired by traditional quilting designs from Bethany Yellowtail. Silk scarves from Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Living Treasure, Patricia Michaels.