Latest News from the Department of Cultural Affairs
- 4/25/2024 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture presents "Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels"
- 4/22/2024 NM Department of Cultural Affairs announces winners of 1st Annual Ekphrastic Poetry Contest
- 4/22/2024 Three Diné Artists Working on Public Art Projects for McKinley County’s Courthouse
- 4/18/2024 New Signage to Find Your Way Around Lincoln Historic Site
- 4/17/2024 Conservation across generations- NM Museum of Natural History & Science welcomes photography exhibition showcasing the work of Ted Turner’s son
- 4/16/2024 El Pal brings you the voices of New Mexico
- 4/11/2024 Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Native Treasures Art Market with Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
- 4/9/2024 Have a Wooly Good Time at Bosque Redondo Memorial Fiber Fair
- 4/8/2024 Two Weeks Left to Make Nominations for the 2024 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts
- 4/3/2024 History of History- NM Historic Preservation Division celebrates more than five decades of preservation in May
- 4/2/2024 Coming to New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary "Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000"
- 3/28/2024 NM Museum of Natural History & Science receives accreditation from American Alliance of Museums
- 3/22/2024 NM Museum of Natural History & Science Curator collaborates on research showing impact of ’forever chemicals’ near Holloman Air Force Base
- 3/22/2024 Learning "the way it was" at Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo
- 3/19/2024 Museum of International Folk Art and the Friends of Folk Art present the Annual Folk Art Flea Saturday, May 4
- 3/18/2024 21st CENTURY MEETS THE 14th CENTURY AT CORONADO HISTORIC SITE
- 3/13/2024 Celebrate New Beginnings at the New Mexico History Museum’s History Homecoming Free Community Day
- 3/12/2024 Apex Amphibian- NM Museum of Natural History & Science researcher contributes to discovery of massive prehistoric carnivore
- 3/7/2024 NM Department of Cultural Affairs launches ekphrastic poetry contest inspired by artwork in its collections
- 3/6/2024 National Hispanic Cultural Center names Philip Baca as new Deputy Director
- 3/1/2024 Spring Cleanup Time at Bosque Redondo Memorial
- 2/28/2024 Planting Season is Springing up on us at Los Luceros Historic Site
- 2/23/2024 Buffalo Soldiers and Fort Stanton: Helping Tame the Wild West
- 2/20/2024 WOW! On the Road again with Wonders on Wheels
- 2/20/2024 Building Connections- New National Hispanic Cultural Center guest-curated art exhibition examines influence of artworks by incarcerated artists
- 2/19/2024 24th Annual Cowboy Days
- 2/19/2024 NEW MEXICO ARTS ANNOUNCES POETRY OUT LOUD STATE FINALS
- 2/12/2024 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture hires new educator to boost visitor experience
- 2/8/2024 From Saloons to Seminaries- Three New Mexico properties added to National Register
- 1/29/2024 The best from the people who see it all "Staff Picks: Favorites from the collection" opens February 25 at Museum of International Folk Art
- 1/25/2024 It’s Games time! National Hispanic Cultural Center selected as site for 6th Annual Latinx Games Festival Sept. 20th-22nd
- 1/23/2024 New Mexico Arts Announces 2024 Artist-in-Residence Fellows
- 1/17/2024 Auction of rare folk art from private collections to benefit Museum of International Folk Art
- 1/11/2024 New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science researchers reveal massive Tyrannosaurus rex relative unearthed in western New Mexico
- 1/2/2024 Arts & The Military Mini Grant Awardees Announced.
- 12/27/2023 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture announces 2024 Living Treasure and Legacy Award recipients
- 12/22/2023 Your home is history! Landmark housing development on Albuquerque’s West Side listed in National Register of Historic Places
- 12/18/2023 Dr. John Taylor-Montoya named executive director of Office of Archaeological Studies
- 12/14/2023 Groundbreaking study reveals impact of $740.9 million by nonprofit arts and culture sector to state economy in 2022
- 12/12/2023 "Ways of Seeing: Four Photography Collections" opens at New Mexico Museum of Art in January
- 12/11/2023 Danyelle Means (Oglala Lakota) brings years of experience with non-profit, academic, and contemporary Native art sectors to role of interim director of Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe
- 12/6/2023 NEWS ADVISORY: Brighten up your holidays with Lights of Los Luceros on December 16th!
- 12/5/2023 Saving and Sharing New Mexico history and traditions is the focus of the new manager of Coronado-Jemez Historic Sites.
- 12/1/2023 Soak in Taylor-Mesilla Historic PropertyÂs Nativity scenes on December 17th
- 12/1/2023 MEDIA ALERT: Santa & Mrs. Claus come to Lincoln Historic SiteÂ
- 12/1/2023 OPERA IN THE CHAPEL... Classical Christmas Crooning at Fort Stanton Historic Site Chapel
- 11/30/2023 Light up the night with the Lights of Gisewa
- 11/29/2023 Log on and learn... New Mexico Music Commission offers free artist workshops.
- 11/28/2023 New Mexico native Emily Withnall debuts as new editor of El Palacio magazine
- 11/28/2023 Experienced New Manager joins NMDCA Historic Sites in Southern New Mexico
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