Latest News from the Department of Cultural Affairs
- 1/27/2021 NHCC Art Museum and Visual Arts Program Awarded Ford Foundation Grant for Creation of Paño Study Center
- 1/26/2021 MIAC Presents Virtual Native Pottery Demonstration with Karen Abeita
- 1/26/2021 Click Here: New Mexicos Impact from Mexican-American War, Draw Your Own Portrait, Return of Science Story Time, and More
- 1/22/2021 EDD and DCA host Save Our Stages Webinar
- 1/13/2021 NMMOA and CCA Presents Award Winning Film, Feels Good Man with Livestream Q&A
- 1/12/2021 Click Here: Herd at Farm & Ranch, Young Writers Workshop, Simple Outdoor Activities, and More
- 12/17/2020 MIAC Presents Baking with Norma: Blue Corn Muffins
- 12/16/2020 Click Here: Illuminating New Mexico, For America Goes Virtual, Bringing an Astronaut Back to Earth, and More
- 12/9/2020 Click Here: 20 Years of Exhibitions at the NHCC Art Museum, Fiber Arts Demonstrations, Telescope Buying Tips, and More
- 12/8/2020 MOIFA Presents Música Buena: Celebrating Yuletide Traditions in New Mexico
- 12/4/2020 New Mexico Museum of Art to Host Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Diversity
- 12/3/2020 Department of Cultural Affairs requests $31.5 million in general funds for FY22, 5% less than FY21
- 12/2/2020 MOIFA Hosts Virtual Talk with Zack Davisson, Award-Winning Author, Lecturer, and Scholar of Japanese Monsters, Ghosts, and Manga
- 12/1/2020 Popular Farm & Ranch Museum exhibit now online
- 11/23/2020 NM Natural History Scientist Selected for Mars Rover Team
- 11/18/2020 MOIFA Hosts Virtual Thanksgiving Concert Featuring Cipriano Vigil
- 11/17/2020 Click Here: Community Through Making, New Mexicos History with Viruses, Attracting Birds at Home, and More
- 11/16/2020 MIAC and SAR Announce Virtual Program to Explore Ongoing National Dialogues Concerning Historical Markers, Monuments, and Memory Making
- 11/13/2020 NMHM Receives Grant from the New Mexico Historical Records Advisory Board
- 11/12/2020 NHCC and UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust Present Virtual ¡Música del Corazón! Concert
- 11/12/2020 MIAC Presents Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass
- 11/10/2020 Click Here: Fred Harvey Weekend, Bilingual Education Across New Mexico, Mineral Mondays, and More
- 11/4/2020 MIAC Announces Indigenous Storytelling Speaker Series
- 10/30/2020 Click Here: Family Mornings at Folk Art, History of Revolts and Revolutions, Faces of Farming and Ranching, and More
- 10/28/2020 MIAC Announces Robert Whitehair Begay as Recipient of Goodman Aspiring Artist Fellowship
- 10/26/2020 MOIFA Announces Online Yokai Exhibition and Virtual Halloween Events
- 10/22/2020 MOIFA Hosts Virtual Día de los Muertos Concert Featuring Las Flores del Valle
- 10/22/2020 Click Here: "Qué Chola" Exhibit Goes Virtual, Learn About Life on the Farm, Build a Small Catapult, and More
- 10/20/2020 State-Run Museums and Historic Sites to Close on Friday, October 23
- 10/16/2020 NHCC Announces Installation of Bosque Gallery, a New Outdoor Exhibition Space
- 10/16/2020 NHCC and Postal Service Team Up on Release of Our Lady of Guápulo Stamp
- 10/14/2020 MIAC Presents "Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nations Armed Forces"
- 10/13/2020 Heather A. Reed Named Executive Director at Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
- 10/9/2020 Museum of Natural History & Science Opens Virtual Door to Over 110,000 Plant, Animal, and Fossil Specimens
- 10/8/2020 DCA Launches New Online Portal for Invite an Educator Program
- 10/7/2020 MEDIA ADVISORY: Share Your Memories with the New Mexico History Museum
- 10/1/2020 Museum of Natural History & Science Suspends Free Admission on First Sunday
- 9/30/2020 Friends of Folk Art to Launch World of Treasures Online Auction
- 9/29/2020 MOIFA Hosts Virtual Talk with Emelie Gevalt, Curator of Folk Art at the American Folk Art Museum
- 9/28/2020 MIAC Presents Virtual Event for New Online Treaties Explorer Resource
- 9/25/2020 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and National Archives Announce New Online Education Tool Expanding Access to Treaties between the US and Native Nations
- 9/24/2020 NMMOA Presents "For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design"
- 9/24/2020 MIAC Announces VIRTUAL Annual Native Treasures Collectors Sale
- 9/24/2020 What to Expect When Southern New Mexico State Museums and Historic Sites Reopen
- 9/23/2020 State Museums and Historic Sites Reopen in the Santa Fe Area
- 9/23/2020 What to Expect When Eastern New Mexico State Historic Sites Reopen This Week
- 9/23/2020 What to Expect When Albuquerque Area State Museums and Historic Sites Reopen
- 9/22/2020 State-Run Museums and Historic Sites to Reopen September 24
- 9/18/2020 National Book Festival 2020
- 9/14/2020 State Library Bookmobiles are Back on the Road
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