Highlights from the Collection Palace of Governors This ongoing installation features a selection of the over 16,000 objects in the museum’s permanent collection. Visitors can see 18th-century paintings from the International Institute of Iberian Colonial Art collection, as well as selections from the Larry and Alyce Frank Collection of Nuevomexicano santos. The museum has also placed on exhibition approximately seventy pieces of Native American jewelry, made by David Taliman (Diné) and commissioned by William C. Ilfeld.   Photo Credit: Tourists at Mesa Encantada near Acoma Pueblo, 1954. Photograph by Harvey Caplin. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Neg. No. 058264. Enchantorama! New Mexico Magazine Celebrates 100 Years This exhibit, presented in partnership with New Mexico Magazine, tells the story of the magazine’s 100-year history. Visitors can learn about the magazine’s founding, see a selection of over one thousand magazine covers, and enjoy seeing over two hundred photographs published in the magazine since 1923. Visitors will also enjoy a mid-century office space—replete with a rotary telephone—as they peruse previous editions of the magazine or type up an article on a 1970s typewriter. Honoring Tradition and Innovation: 100 Years of Santa Fe’s Indian Market 1922-2022 This exhibit, presented in partnership with the Southwest Association of Indian Arts (SWAIA), commemorates a century of Santa Fe’s Indian Market. The exhibit traces the history of this historic market and explores the impact of Federal Indian policies on the Native American art world. The exhibition celebrates the artists and collectors who have made it possible and includes over 250 works by Native American artists from private and public collections, as well as historic and contemporary photographs, and interviews with artists and collectors. Photo credit: Maria and Julian Martinez polychrome jar Courtesy of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture We hope you will visit the New Mexico History Museum to see these and other exhibits. Your support makes these exhibits possible, and we are grateful for your generosity. In addition to our new exhibits, we also have a number of upcoming events and late night Friday hours that we hope you will join us for. Palace Avenue First Friday Art Walk: Friday, June 2 From 5 to 7 p.m. the museum is featuring family-friendly hands-on activities to create your own magazine article while exploring the Enchantorama! New Mexico Magazine Celebrates 100 Years exhibition and the history of NM Magazine!   Late Night Fridays Please join us for Late Night Fridays (June 9, 16, 23, and 30) as we offer the public the opportunity to extend their visit to the museum and explore our amazing collections, and learn more about the historic people, places, and events that over time touched New Mexico. Late Night Fridays are FREE TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS!

Image: Front entry of Museum, courtesy of DCA MOIFA Welcomes Charlie Lockwood as the New Executive Director New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) has announced that Charlie Lockwood has been appointed to serve as executive director of the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). Lockwood will begin in this role on June 24, 2023. Charlie Lockwood has over a decade of experience as a nonprofit arts administrator and public folklorist. He holds an MA in Ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, where he played the oud with the UCSB Middle East Ensemble and did research with the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans. As the Executive Director of Texas Folklife, the National Endowment for the Arts state-designated folklife program of Texas, Lockwood oversaw a variety of flagship public programs and initiatives, including an archival preservation project to organize, digitize, and ultimately disseminate the organization’s rich archival holdings dating from 1984. Over the last several years Lockwood has spearheaded programs focusing on the intersections of folk and traditional arts and health, including a military veterans folklore and storytelling initiative with support from NEA Creative Forces and Hechos, No Miedo (Facts, Not Fear), a covid-19 PSA Series in partnership with a variety of central Texas partners. To read the full press release, click here. Folk Art Flea Success! A special thank you to all the dedicated Friends of Folk Art board members and volunteers who worked tirelessly for thousands of hours throughout the year to organize and execute the Folk Art Flea on May 6. The Folk Art Flea raised over $145,000 thanks to generous support from donors and Flea shoppers. These funds will support the Museum of International Folk Art’s educational programs and exhibitions during the coming year. Every year, more than 100,000 visitors and 6,000 schoolchildren and their families across the region benefit from the museum’s outreach and programs. Image: Flea sponsors, Sylvia Seret and Nance Lopez La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste extends to Milner Plaza Visitors to Milner Plaza this summer are in for a surprise when they encounter seven large-scale alebrijes sculptures (fantastical, imaginary creatures) that are on loan from the Mexican Cultural Center (MCC) in Du Page County, Illinois from their exhibition, Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World. The MCC Du Page will be installing these works on Milner Plaza on June 14, 15 and 16. Please come by and see two of the artists from Mexico City who will be on-site to assist in their installation. This exciting partnership will provide a summer outdoor installation in conjunction with the indoor exhibition that opened at the Museum at the end of January 2023, La Cartonería Mexicana: The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste. This outdoor installation is sure to attract new visitors to the museum during the busy summer months and offer added opportunities for guests to learn about this innovative and creative artform. We are grateful to Los Amigos del Arte Popular for providing a grant in the amount of $7,500 to help make this installation possible. Image: Courtesy of MCC Du Page Programming for Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan Continues There will be a 90-minute program at the museum including an explanation and a video of Awa Ningyō Jōruri from Tokushima Prefecture with a demonstration and hands-on experience of how to operate the large puppets, and the performance of “Keisei Awa no Naruto, The Scene of the Pilgrim’s Song” on Saturday, June 24 and repeated again on Sunday, June 25 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Image: Puppet musicians, tayu and shamisen Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy: A Community Conversation On Father’s Day, June 18 from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be poetry readings in the Vernick Auditorium related to the impact of mass incarceration on families and communities. Please keep a look out for other community-based programming that engages visitors with the themes explored in the current exhibition in our Gallery of Conscience. Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka Opened on May 20 Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm opened with a reception attended by over 50 museum supporters, exhibition collaborators as well as a Member Day attended by over 100 museum members. Be sure to visit this exquisite exhibition that explores the art of the parka, a garment made for survival in the harsh environments where Alaska Native peoples live and thrive. You can watch this short promotional video here. Image: Susan Steinhauser, donor, and museum curator, Laura Addison   To support MOIFA’s Exhibition Development Fund and/or Education Fund please contact Laura Sullivan at [email protected], or by phone at 505.216.0829.

Image: Bruce Larsen, MNMF Trustee. Consider Funding a Charitable Gift Annuity with a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA- This Year Only! A charitable gift annuity is a simple contract between you and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation promising to pay you a fixed amount of money each year for life. The amount paid to you will depend upon your age at the time of your gift and does not change for the rest of your lifetime. A Qualified Charitable Distribution is a contribution from your IRA. You can make a Qualified Charitable Distribution if you are at least age 70½. Unlike most distributions from your retirement account, you pay no income tax on a Qualified Charitable Distribution. Under the new law, donors can now make a Qualified Charitable Distribution in exchange for a charitable gift annuity. There are some rules and limitations. You can do it once during 2023 only and there is a limit of $50,000. The entire payment you receive from your charitable gift annuity will be subject to income tax. There is no income tax deduction for your contribution (although there is no tax on your Qualified Charitable Distribution either). Bruce Larsen, MNMF Trustee and Chair of MOIFA Advancement Committee, has chosen to take advantage of this new opportunity to receive quarterly pay-outs and to benefit the Girard Legacy Endowment Fund. Thank you, Bruce! Please contact Laura Sullivan at [email protected] or 505.216.0829 for more information. Please be sure to work with your tax or financial advisor to determine how this new option might work for you.

Rendering Courtesy DNCA Architects | StudioGP REVENUE Great news! We’ve already made our revenue goal for general membership! Our goal is $750,000 this fiscal year and we have $762,000 to date. We attribute this revenue growth to a high retention rate of 78%, successful shop acquisition efforts, and strong participation in our upgrade campaign. EVENTS Members enjoyed two member events last month. The first was a Member Day Preview of Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm which explores the art of the parka, a garment made for survival in the harsh environments where Alaska Native peoples live and thrive. Now on view at the Museum of International Folk Art. The other event was free admission on Sunday to the Native Treasures Art Market. For the event recap, please see my colleague, Lauren Paige’s section. CAMPAIGNS We’re in the final weeks of our Step Up upgrade appeal. Members who step up to a higher membership level receive added member benefits, including permanent recognition at the Vladem Contemporary at the Patron level and higher. Read all levels and details here. El Palacio and Member News have been mailed to members. You may view a digital version of Member News here. DIGITAL Do you follow us on Facebook and Instagram? We post daily about happenings at the museums, historic sites, and the Office of Archaeological Studies. Also, did you know we have a blog? Check out our twice-weekly posts here. 

Photo credit: By Tierra Wools Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Click here to purchase tickets to the Native Treasures Night Market starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26. The event will include refreshments provided by Tres Colores, music by Jacob Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo) and his band, the 2023 Native Treasures artist award ceremony and early-access shopping. You will definitely want to shop early with artists in attendance including Thomas Tapia, Lonnie Vigil, Kathleen Wall, Maria Samora, Althea and Joe Cajero, Adrian Pinnecoose and so many more. All ticket proceeds benefit the museum’s educational programs and exhibitions, including the upcoming Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles show opening in July. The market continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28. All Museum of New Mexico Members receive free admission to the market on Sunday. The market will be filled with performances by the Tesuque Dance Group, Zuni Olla Maidens, Black Eagle Singers, Ria Thundercloud and more. Marita Hinds, Director of Education at MIAC, will be providing educational activities throughout the market for all ages. It will be an experience to remember! Photo credit: Toh-Atin Gallery This past weekend, a group of Circles Explorers members and MIAC supporters traveled to Durango, C.O. and Chama, N.M. for a special weaving-themed adventure. We visited the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College and saw collection highlights including a pristine 1,300-year-old Puebloan cotton textile as well as a preview of a new Diné textile exhibition opening soon. Afterwards we visited Toh-Atin gallery where we learned about many different styles of Navajo weavings from owner, Jackson Clark. The following day, we traveled to Chama, N.M. where we had lunch at Local thanks to our supporters, Dan and Ashlyn Perry. Lunch was followed by a special tour of Tierra Wools where we learned about Rio Grande style weaving and natural dying processes. The trip was fun and memorable, and I hope to collaborate on future trips themed round the incredible work of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Photo credit: Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. To support MIAC’s Exhibition Development Fund and/or Education Fund please contact Lauren Paige at [email protected], or by phone at 505.982.2282

Photo description (right to left): Image of Adrian Wall. Image of earrings created by Adrian Wall.  Acoma Pueblo potters are renowned for their thin walled hand coiled pots with fine line painting and vivid geometric patterns, often symbolizing elements from nature. Acoma Pueblo is the oldest continually inhabited community in the United States. The Pueblo of Acoma consists of several villages, but the best known is the one referred to as Sky City, which sits on a 357 foot mesa just 60 miles west of Albuquerque. Shop our great selection of traditional and contemporary Acoma pots at the Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the Spiegelberg Shop at the New Mexico History Museum. Artists include C. Estevan, M.C. Antonio, B.D. Garcia, V. Seymour, and A. Chino. We are proud to present renowned Jemez Pueblo sculptor and glass artists, Adrian Wall’s glass earrings on sterling wires. Find his jewelry at the Rosalie D. and Steven J. Harris Shop at the New Mexico Museum of Art Shop and the Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.  

Storyteller, 1984 by Mary Evangeline “Vangie” Suina (Cochiti). Bequest of Sarah Crane. Photo by Tira Howard.   Your legacy is important. That’s why you take time to plan and provide for the people and causes that mean the most to you. To honor those who have included the Foundation or one of our cultural institutions in your will or estate plan or are considering doing so, the Foundation will be hosting a Legacy Society event on May 11 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC). Come join us for a special reception focused on the impact of legacy giving at our museums and cultural institutions. The event includes a tour highlighting legacy gifts on display in the MIAC Living Treasure and Here, Now and Always exhibitions, led by museum executive director Polly Nordstrand (Hopi) and curator of ethnology, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo). Continental breakfast and refreshments will be served before the tour. We are grateful to John Duncan, Chair, MNMF Legacy Society/Planned Giving, for his generous sponsorship and to John Rochester for helping plan and present this event for you and our Legacy Society members. Contact Laura Sullivan, Director of Leadership Giving/Legacy Society, at [email protected] or call 505-216-0829 to RSVP for the event on May 11 or to discuss ways to make a planned gift to the Foundation.

Photo description: Nora Henn Preservation of Lincoln through the Lens of Walter and Nora Henn Mark your calendars! Visit the upcoming exhibition Preservation of Lincoln through the Lens of Walter and Nora Henn, opening on June 22 at the incredible Lincoln Historic Site — a community frozen in the 1870s and 1880s. Learn about these champions for historic preservation: Throughout the years, Lincoln Historic Site has had many champions to help keep it preserved. Walter and Nora Henn were just two of these champions. Walter Henn spent his life as an artist, but upon moving to Lincoln loved the area and wanted to do what he could to preserve it. Walter’s love for Lincoln and the area led him to create several pen and ink drawings of the buildings and other paintings. Walter was the first director of the Lincoln County Heritage. Trust as well as a founder, Charter Member, and longtime Board Member of Lincoln County Historical Society. Walter and Nora also helped to draw up Lincoln’s first Historical Preservation Ordinance and gave guided tours of Lincoln together. Nora loved Lincoln and spent  extensive time researching the history and collecting books, oral histories, and other historical documents that are now part of New Mexico State University’s special collections. Her research culminated in the posthumous publication of her book “Lincoln County and Its Wars.” Their love for Lincoln helps it to continue to be the place that it is today. Meet Alex Wilson, Director, Leadership Giving for the History Museum and Historic Sites It is a pleasure to introduce myself to the Trustees as the new Director, Leadership Giving for the History Museum and Historic Sites. The museums and historic sites the Foundation supports have provided important historical and cultural context to my experience living in New Mexico. I look forward to learning about your individual experiences with these essential institutions and advocating for the NMHM and NMHS. Please feel free to reach out directly to [email protected] to schedule a time to grab a coffee or lunch for initial introductions. Can’t wait to meet you and hear about your connection to these wonderful places!

  Visitors Celebrate the Opening of Enchantorama! On Friday April 14, the New Mexico History Museum unveiled “Enchantorama! New Mexico Magazine Turns 100” with remarks by Cabinet Secretary Garcia y Griego and Department of Tourism Cabinet Secretary Schroer. EnchantOrama! is a new exhibit showcasing how New Mexico Magazine evolved over the decades along with coverage of key moments in history and New Mexico’s unique cultural celebrations. Visitors are invited to take a step back in time with an interactive vignette depicting a mid-century office complete with a vintage typewriter. Congratulations to the museum staff who contributed to the success of the exhibition! On Sunday April 16, visitors were welcomed to the museum for a public reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. This free admission day event brought 310 visitors into the museum. Photographer Mark Nohl was in attendance, who humbly shared that he worked for the magazine for almost 25 years and was excited to see his work on display. The exhibit is set to run through February 16, 2024. Archivists Convene, Focus on Inclusive Archives Albuquerque hosted the Society of Southwestern Archivists’ (SAA) conference on April 27 -28. Covering six states, SSA serves over 500 archivists, special collections librarians, preservationists, conservators, record managers, and others interested in the preservation of documentary heritage. Presenters addressed hot topics in the field, including community engagement, diversifying archives, and expanding access. History Museum and DCA staff attended, including three members of the Local Arrangements Committee: Brian Graney (MOIFA), Abby Smith (MOA), and Kathleen Dull (NMHM), as well as Amy Montoya from the Center for New Mexico Archaeology. Additional attendees include Hannah Abelbeck (Local Arrangements), Ada Negraru (presenter), and Heather McClure (poster). Thank you to New Mexico History Museum Volunteers The New Mexico History Museum honored volunteers with a luncheon and recognition awards on April 17. The museum recognized volunteers for high rates of service hours, consistent schedules for projects and tour guides. Also honored were those volunteers with 20, 15, and 10 years of service. The appreciation luncheon honored all volunteers who play a huge role in supporting the museum’s vision and approach by serving the institution’s Education Program through training and research, development and presentation of tours, and other educational initiatives that lead to a better understanding of the Museum’s mission, collections, and special exhibitions. While all docents are volunteers not all volunteers are docents. The docents’ role is to stimulate visitor curiosity, imagination, and active participation of members of a tour group. Docents participate in a rigorous education training program that provides background knowledge and various viewpoints about New Mexico’s history to be successful in encouraging visitors to actively engage with the exhibitions. Meet Alex Wilson, Director, Leadership Giving for the History Museum and Historic Sites It is a pleasure to introduce myself to the Trustees as the new Director, Leadership Giving for the History Museum and Historic Sites. The museums and historic sites the Foundation supports have provided important historical and cultural context to my experience living in New Mexico. I look forward to learning about your individual experiences with these essential institutions and advocating for the NMHM and NMHS. Please feel free to reach out directly to [email protected] to schedule a time to grab a coffee or lunch for initial introductions. Can’t wait to meet you and hear about your connection to these wonderful places!

Photo credit: Judy Chicago, Poppy, 2005 White clay, underglaze paints, China paints, and oil paint 5 x 10.5 x 8 in. In support of these upcoming exhibitions and programs at the Museum of Art, I am pleased to share that in April we received a gift to name the Grande Arcade (lobby) at the Vladem Contemporary. This gift pushed us well over our $1.5mil programming goal to $2.5mil. We are delighted that this gift will give the museum the ability to successfully program for one museum, two locations and create unique programming like Judy Chicago’s Kitty City, an augmented reality tool the museum will launch at the Vladem Contemporary. As part of the educational programming of the Vladem Contemporary, the New Mexico Museum of Art has entered into an agreement with artist Judy Chicago to create an animated augmented reality experience around her body of work, collectively known as Kitty City. In 2005, Chicago began memorializing her former pet cats as ceramic sculptures, all of which have been promised to the museum through bequest. The New Mexico Museum of Art will use the sculptures as models for animated cats that will inhabit the Vladem Contemporary through an augmented reality application. Museum patrons, through the use of Microsoft HoloLens, will be able to see the animated cats wandering throughout the museum and will be able to follow them to specific educational prompts to learn more about exhibitions and collections. Judy Chicago’s Kitty City will re-envision a bequest from a major contemporary artist and create an educational gateway for younger viewers that allows them to approach contemporary art in a whimsical yet informative way. To support Judy Chicago’s Kitty City, please contact Kristin by emailing [email protected] or call 505.216.1199. You can find a link to available naming opportunities here.