Latest News from the Department of Cultural Affairs
- 8/4/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs bolsters facilities workforce with new regional facilities manager
- 8/4/2022 The one true king
- 8/4/2022 Pueblo Independence Day returns to Jemez Historic Site on August 14
- 8/4/2022 Dramatic landscape images featured in new show at Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces
- 8/3/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites elevates local volunteers to staff at Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 8/2/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites celebrates second new instructional coordinator at Lincoln Historic Site and Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 8/1/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites explores the potential of Fort Stanton Historic Site and Lincoln Historic Site with enthusiastic new interpretive ranger
- 8/1/2022 NM Historic Preservation Division prioritizes chronicling African American experience in New Mexico with support from national grant
- 8/1/2022 Author Leticia Urieta brings blend of folklore and futurism to the National Hispanic Cultural Center
- 7/29/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites welcomes a new instructional coordinator to Lincoln Historic Site and Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 7/28/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites brings on new regional manager for Fort Stanton Historic Site and Lincoln Historic Site
- 7/22/2022 Anthony R. Fiorillo, Ph. D. named executive director of New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque
- 7/19/2022 Native youth of all ages will come together for the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition August 6 and 7, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe.
- 7/18/2022 Grounded in Clay exhibition at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe debuts July 31; travels to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2023
- 7/14/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites announces new regional manager for Los Luceros Historic Site
- 7/6/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announces new deputy directors at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe
- 7/5/2022 NHCC welcomes novelist and scholar Robert Arellano for a special presentation on Cuban-American culture
- 7/4/2022 Temporary changes to operations at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Museum of International Folk Art July 4-11
- 6/30/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites and New Mexico Historic Preservation Division coordinate on a preservation roadmap for Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 6/21/2022 Fossil of oldest known species of tree-climbing reptile discovered in Northern New Mexico
- 6/16/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites announces new deputy director
- 6/16/2022 New Mexico History Museum and Fray Angélico Chávez History Library announce the inaugural Steve Wimmer scholar
- 6/14/2022 New Mexico participates in sixth national, most comprehensive study of nonprofit arts and culture industry; new focus on equity and inclusion
- 6/14/2022 Adventurous Approaches to Photography of the 1960s and 1970s on view at New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, opening July 23, 2022
- 6/13/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs announces interim leadership at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe
- 6/3/2022 Acclaimed childrens book author to visit National Hispanic Cultural Center in June for celebration of Pinturas, Palabras, y Paletas
- 5/24/2022 New Mexico State Library announces champions of 2022 New Mexico Letters About Literature contest
- 5/23/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs to offer free admission for New Mexicans affected by fires
- 5/18/2022 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture celebrates Native lives and histories with its new permanent exhibition, Here, Now and Always
- 5/17/2022 State takes Wonders on Wheels with Música Buena to Carlsbad for an afternoon of free flamenco, music and food June 1
- 5/6/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs works to aid preservation work at Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 5/5/2022 Nineteen-time Emmy® Award-Nominated PBS program ANTIQUES ROADSHOW coming to Santa Fe June 14
- 5/4/2022 Global supply chain and weather delay opening of new museum; preparing collection for upcoming move becomes focus
- 5/4/2022 Sweet new exhibit Chocolate opens in June at NM Museum of Natural History & Science
- 5/2/2022 Museum of International Folk Art Executive Director to head Dissemination and External Affairs at Getty Research Institute
- 4/29/2022 States Mobile Museum, Wonders on Wheels, to bring İMúsica Buena! Celebrating Music in New Mexico! Exhibit to Magdalena for a Cowboy Cookout
- 4/29/2022 Textiles on the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation - R.B. Burnham & Company to hold art and rug auction on May 28
- 4/22/2022 Nominations for the 2022 Governors Awards for Excellence in the Arts are now open
- 4/21/2022 New role at NMDCA solidifies the agencys commitment to engagement and education statewide
- 4/14/2022 Rodents of Unusual Size NMMNHS publishes study on Island Gigantism in voles
- 4/13/2022 National Hispanic Cultural Center plays host to unique Flamenco performance
- 4/12/2022 Juried art show features watercolors at Farm & Ranch Museum
- 4/12/2022 Celebrate MIACs 18th annual in-person Native Treasures Art Market this Memorial Day weekend
- 4/12/2022 New Mexico state champion will take part in national semifinal round of Poetry Out Loud contest
- 4/11/2022 Celebrating 2022 Living Treasure Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), MIAC opens ReVOlution
- 4/11/2022 New Mexico History Museum celebrates 100 years of Santa Fes Indian Market
- 4/11/2022 New Mexico Arts announces American Rescue Plan arts funding opportunity
- 4/7/2022 Farm & Ranch Museum showcases new artwork
- 4/7/2022 Stories, Memories, and Legacies: Symposium on the Santa Fe Internment Camp and the 20th anniversary of its historical marker
- 4/7/2022 NHCC, Festival Ballet Albuquerque collaborate for unique performance
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