Please join Chaco Culture and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society for a star party at the visitor center! The evening will kick off with a ranger program outside behind the visitor center (at the benches in the back) while the astronomers align and prepare their telescopes for the night. Then you will be invited to look through telescopes at planets, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and more. You are welcome to stay as long or as little as you'd like. The ranger program will go on regardless of weather. Telescope viewing is weather-dependent; please check in with the visitor on the day of your visit for the current weather forecast or any additional details you'd like to know. Reservations are not required.

For more info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=5252A7BD-CD42-B87B-AA31A66BB9EC9BE0

-This is not an NMAC event.

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is pleased to partner with Downwind Film LLC to bring “First We Bombed New Mexico” to Santa Fe for this special screening and panel presentation.

It is the untold story of Trinity, the world’s first nuclear bomb, detonated in New Mexico, one month before Hiroshima. The film focuses on Hispanic cancer survivor and businesswoman, Tina Cordova, who initiated a movement for justice and fought for compensation for families suffering multi-generational health impacts from the bomb. This new updated version shares the extraordinary victory of the many years battling the U.S. government for their community’s radiation exposure resulting from the testing of the Trinity Bomb in 1945.

Lois Lipman, Director, is an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker. Tina Cordova, activist, cancer survivor, and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium (TBDC) and Loretta Anderson (Laguna Pueblo) organizer of Southwest Uranium Miners Coalition Post ’71, will have a discussion following the screening.

Admission to the museum and to the screenings are free and generously sponsored by Gwynne and David Richards

First screening starts at 11:00 and second starts at 2:00.

For more info: https://www.indianartsandculture.org/calendar

-This is not an NMAC event.

Please join Chaco Culture and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society for a star party at the visitor center! The evening will kick off with a ranger program outside behind the visitor center (at the benches in the back) while the astronomers align and prepare their telescopes for the night. Then you will be invited to look through telescopes at planets, nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and more. You are welcome to stay as long or as little as you'd like. The ranger program will go on regardless of weather. Telescope viewing is weather-dependent; please check in with the visitor on the day of your visit for the current weather forecast or any additional details you'd like to know. Reservations are not required.

For more info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=5252A7BD-CD42-B87B-AA31A66BB9EC9BE0

-This is not an NMAC event.

Angelyn Bass & Douglas Porter
Architectural Conservators​

In the ancient Southwest, earth was the primary raw material used for constructing buildings. In addition to it forming walls, it was molded into built-in features, applied as plaster to walls, floors and roofs, and used as paints and washes for wall paintings and to convey overall color and sheen to architectural surfaces. But earthen materials are extremely fragile and prone to weathering and erosion. This talk will cover how these raw materials are analyzed and along with architectural and structural examination, help guide value-based preservation strategies that respect materiality and authenticity.

Angelyn Bass is a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UNM who focuses on analysis of earthen plaster and building materials. She was the conservator of Maya wall paintings in Guatemala from 2002 – 2024.

Douglas Porter holds a research faculty position in the School of Engineering at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the stabilization and repair of precontact structures.

For more info: https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/lectures

-This is not an NMAC event.

In Collaboration with STEMarts Lab and the Santa Fe Indian School

In partnership with STEMarts Lab and students from the Santa Fe Indian School, explore the night sky on an AstroTour[AR], a powerful fusion of science, storytelling, and technology. Participants gather to explore the mysteries of the cosmos through interactive Augmented Reality Astro Stations where students will guide guests through the constellations, blending astronomy, storytelling and cultural narratives with space science.

The event also features a planetarium experience in the Meem Auditorium, presented by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, as well as opportunities for night sky observation with telescopes provided by the Santa Fe Star Gazers. The evening includes storytelling sessions, hands-on activities facilitated by NASA Punch and STEMarts staff, and access to local food vendors.

FREE ADMISSION generously sponsored by Gwynne and David Richards.

For more info: https://www.indianartsandculture.org/calendar

-This is not an NMAC event.

Join local artist Mary Beth Woiccak for a 90-minute guided sketching experience at Coronado Historic site. Each session will have a different theme. Students may sign up for one session or all three. Sessions are open to all levels. Students will receive a small sketch pad, drawing pencil, an kneaded eraser to take home.

Sessions and themes are: May 23 - Plants, June 27 - Structures, July 25 - River & Mountains.

For more info: https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/site-activities

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Carve your own food-themed stamp with guidance from Andi Murphy, host of the Toasted Sister Podcast!

Bring your custom stamp back for the Indigenous Foodways Festival, where Andi will be hosting a zine workshop focused on Indigenous Foodways.

$10 per person, $5 for MNMF Members

For more info and to buy tickets: https://my.nmculture.org/48069/55367

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Learn about the Denipah-LaRance family’s journey as individuals and as a creative artistic family their dynamics, the importance of community, traditions and the strength in supporting each other through art and love.

Generously funded by the Edward and Maria Gale Foundation.

Seats are limited, reserve your spot today!

For more info and to buy tickets: https://my.nmculture.org/48069/55978

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In conjunction with the New Mexico Museum of Art, create your own air-dry clay creations with coffee and conversation before the museum opens!

Learn more about the New Mexico Museum of Art’s exhibition, O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell.

Jody Folwell (b. 1942), a contemporary potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, has revolutionized Pueblo pottery, and Native art more broadly, by pushing the boundaries of traditional form, content, and design. She is the first Pueblo artist to use pottery for advocacy of social justice and political commentary, and over the past 5 decades, single-handedly set the trend for employing writing and innovative designs as direct narrative that is now widely used by younger clay artists

For more info and to buy tickets: https://my.nmculture.org/48069/55984

-This is not an NMAC event.

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is proud to present a new exhibit, Coiling Kin: The Life of Pueblo Pottery, which presents a comprehensive exhibit of its permanent collection explored through Pueblo artists’ perspectives. It is co-curated by Dr. Lea McChesney, former Curator of Ethnology at the Maxwell Museum, and twenty-three potters from fourteen Pueblos.

Join us for its Opening Reception in which we will host a panel of co-curators who will discuss their roles in the exhibit, while others will provide small group tours of each of the four exhibit sections. Refreshments will be served (while supplies last).

For more info: https://maxwellmuseum.unm.edu/news-events/event/opening-reception-coiling-kin-life-pueblo-pottery

-This is not an NMAC event.