NMAC Calendar


Events and deadlines relevant to New Mexico archaeologists and archaeology enthusiasts.

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May 21, 2026
  • Crow Canyon Webinar - Putting Cherokee Places Back on the Map Through Collaborative Archaeology

    May 21, 2026  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Prior to the late nineteenth century, the mountain valleys of western North Carolina were marked by dozens of platform mounds and townhouses built by the Cherokee and their ancestors. These monumental structures are important places on the Cherokee cultural landscape, but many have been damaged by looting, development, and modern agriculture. In this presentation, Dr. Ben Steere talks about how collaborative archaeological and archival research and community outreach have led to a better understanding of these sites, and in some cases, have helped combat erasure and put important Cherokee cultural places back on the map.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/putting-cherokee-places-back-on-the-map-through-collaborative-archaeology/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 23, 2026
  • Plein Air Sketching Experience

    May 23, 2026  9:30 am - 11:30 am
    Coronado Historic Site, 485 Kuaua Rd, Bernalillo, NM 87004, USA

    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

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 24, 2026
  • Make You Own Stamp Workshop with Andi Murphy (Diné)

    May 24, 2026  1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    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

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 30, 2026
  • Native Narratives Speaker Series with the Denipah-LaRance Family (Diné/ Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo)

    May 30, 2026  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    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

    -This is not an NMAC event.

May 31, 2026
  • Coffee and Clay in MIAC’s Education Classroom

    May 31, 2026  9:00 am - 11:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    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.

June 4, 2026
  • Crow Canyon Webinar - Who Tells the Stories in Southwest Archaeology: Gender and Archaeological Practice

    June 4, 2026  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Gender inequality in the discipline of archaeology has been well-documented in the academic literature. Yet, archaeologists continue to be fairly homogenous, particularly in high-profile positions. Drawing on recent coauthored published work and past studies, Dr. Fladd considers the status of women through the lens of authorship and co-authorship with a focus on Southwest archaeology. Blending documentation and theories of fit, prestige, and “performative informality,” she shares recommendations for creating a more inclusive and equitable field and emphasizes the importance of multivocality in constructions of archaeological narratives.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/who-tells-the-stories-in-southwest-archaeology-gender-and-archaeological-practice/

    -This is not an NMAC event.

June 6, 2026
  • Opening Reception: Coiling Kin: The Life of Pueblo Pottery

    June 6, 2026  2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 500 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA

    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.

June 7, 2026
  • MIAC Book Club

    June 7, 2026  10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Join us for our new bookclub to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi).

    Taking place every other first Sunday of the Month in our Docent Library.

    Books available for purchase in the Colleen Cloney Duncan Museum Shop

    Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7108

    -This is not an NMAC event.

June 12, 2026
  • CPRC Meeting

    June 12, 2026

June 17, 2026
  • Santa Fe’s La Fonda Hotel Art & History Tour

    June 17, 2026
    La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA

    Tour of the La Fonda hotel with the Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites.

    For more info and to register: https://www.coronadojemezfriends.org/field-trip-registration-form

    -This is not an NMAC event.

  • Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery

    June 17, 2026  11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Every Third Wednesday

    Pottery Demonstration in the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery. Program is included with museum admission.

    Every Wednesday is free for New Mexico Seniors!

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=7065

    -This is not an NMAC event.

  • MIAC Let’s Take a Look!

    June 17, 2026  12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA

    Third Wednesday of Every Month

    Curators wait in the lobby to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. Free and open to the public, but please note Federal and State regulations prohibit the monetary appraisal of objects.

    For more info: https://www.miaclab.org/calendar?eventID=6989

    -This is not an NMAC event.

June 18, 2026
  • Crow Canyon Webinar - Reconciliation at Fort Lewis College

    June 18, 2026  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Online

    This presentation explores the history and intergenerational impacts of Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School and how those legacies shape Fort Lewis College’s ongoing reconciliation process, emphasizing healing, accountability, and shared responsibility to Indigenous communities.

    For more info: https://crowcanyon.org/programs/reconciliation-at-fort-lewis-college/

    -This is not an NMAC event.