Arts

SALA Event Center Hosts Star-Studded Oscar Night Party Celebrating Local Heroes Of ‘Oppenheimer’

Scene from recent Oscar Night Party at SALA Event Center. Courtesy/SALA

Scene from recent Oscar Night Party at SALA Event Center. Courtesy/SALA

Scene from recent Oscar Night Party at SALA Event Center. Courtesy/SALA

SALA News:

SALA Event Center was a spectacle of glamour and celebration as it hosted its second Oscar Night Party, paying tribute to the local talents who contributed to the making of the critically acclaimed movie “Oppenheimer”.

The event was marked by an atmosphere of pride and excitement, particularly because “Oppenheimer” led the Oscar race with 13 nominations, a project Read More

Navajo Yucca Brush Painting Art Camp March 20, 21, 23

Tse Bi Taa Hi’ (Winged Rock). Courtesy photo

Tse Yaanii Chii (End of Red Rocks). Courtesy photo

ART News:

Parent Teacher Conference Break: Navajo Yucca Brush Painting Art Camp, March 20, 21, 23, 2024 at Los Alamos Church of Christ at 2323 Diamond Dr.

Instructor: Elmer “Charlie Rooster” Yazzie.

Wednesday March 20 – Cultural information on the bayonet yucca.
Make a set of yucca brushes.
Practice using the yucca brushes.

Thursday March 21 – Yucca brush painting techniques.
Paint a 9-inch x 12-inch yucca brush watercolor. 

Friday March 22 – Paint two 9-inch x 12-inch watercolors. Read More

Celebrate New Beginnings At New Mexico History Museum’s History Homecoming Free Community Day

Brown burro walks in the snow in front of the Palace of the Governors carrying wood on his back. Courtesy/Tira Howard Photography

NMDCA News:

SANTA FE — After five years of rehabilitation work at the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) Palace of the Governors, the Museum presents “History Homecoming: Past, Present, Palace” 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 21, 2024. This free community event celebrates the hard work in making this beloved landmark brighter than ever, and will included interactive experiences, cultural art performances, demonstrations and new exhibits inside the Palace.

The celebration Read More

Abiquiu Inn Presents Colcha Of New Mexico: The Legacy Of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval Exhibit Through April

Courtesy/Analinda Dunning

Abiquiu Inn News:

The Abiquiu Inn has launched a new exhibit in the Upstairs Gallery in honor of Women’s History Month. Colcha of New Mexico: The Legacy of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval is now open and will be on display until April 30, 2024. Included in the exhibit are her Colcha works, rugs and tinwork. March is designated Women’s History Month and honors the contributions by women to American history.

Colchera Beatrice Maestas Sandoval was born in 1947 in Las Vegas, N.M. She was raised alongside her six siblings in the adobe home her father built. As a child, Beatrice heard Read More

MIAC: Native Narratives Speaker Series Continues March 16

Julie O’ Keefe (Osage)

MIAC News:

The community is invited to join Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 16 for another event in the Native Narratives Speaker Series featuring Julie O’ Keefe (Osage).

O’ Keefe will offer insight into Osage culture and history, especially regarding clothing. O’ Keefe was the lead Osage clothing consultant for the Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

This is a great opportunity to learn from someone deeply involved in preserving and sharing Indigenous narratives.

The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a museum Read More