Latest News from the Department of Cultural Affairs
- 5/24/2022 New Mexico State Library announces champions of 2022 New Mexico Letters About Literature contest
- 5/23/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs to offer free admission for New Mexicans affected by fires
- 5/18/2022 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture celebrates Native lives and histories with its new permanent exhibition, Here, Now and Always
- 5/17/2022 State takes Wonders on Wheels with Música Buena to Carlsbad for an afternoon of free flamenco, music and food June 1
- 5/6/2022 New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs works to aid preservation work at Fort Stanton Historic Site
- 5/5/2022 Nineteen-time Emmy® Award-Nominated PBS program ANTIQUES ROADSHOW coming to Santa Fe June 14
- 5/4/2022 Global supply chain and weather delay opening of new museum; preparing collection for upcoming move becomes focus
- 5/4/2022 Sweet new exhibit Chocolate opens in June at NM Museum of Natural History & Science
- 5/2/2022 Museum of International Folk Art Executive Director to head Dissemination and External Affairs at Getty Research Institute
- 4/29/2022 States Mobile Museum, Wonders on Wheels, to bring İMúsica Buena! Celebrating Music in New Mexico! Exhibit to Magdalena for a Cowboy Cookout
- 4/29/2022 Textiles on the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation - R.B. Burnham & Company to hold art and rug auction on May 28
- 4/22/2022 Nominations for the 2022 Governors Awards for Excellence in the Arts are now open
- 4/21/2022 New role at NMDCA solidifies the agencys commitment to engagement and education statewide
- 4/14/2022 Rodents of Unusual Size NMMNHS publishes study on Island Gigantism in voles
- 4/13/2022 National Hispanic Cultural Center plays host to unique Flamenco performance
- 4/12/2022 Juried art show features watercolors at Farm & Ranch Museum
- 4/12/2022 Celebrate MIACs 18th annual in-person Native Treasures Art Market this Memorial Day weekend
- 4/12/2022 New Mexico state champion will take part in national semifinal round of Poetry Out Loud contest
- 4/11/2022 Celebrating 2022 Living Treasure Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), MIAC opens ReVOlution
- 4/11/2022 New Mexico History Museum and Southwestern Association of Indian Arts celebrate 100 years of Santa Fes Indian Market
- 4/11/2022 New Mexico Arts announces American Rescue Plan arts funding opportunity
- 4/7/2022 Farm & Ranch Museum showcases new artwork
- 4/7/2022 Stories, Memories, and Legacies: Symposium on the Santa Fe Internment Camp and the 20th anniversary of its historical marker
- 4/7/2022 NHCC, Festival Ballet Albuquerque collaborate for unique performance
- 4/5/2022 NMMNHS to Celebrate Past and Future of Space Travel on Apollo 16 Mission Anniversary
- 4/4/2022 NMMNHS researcher co-authors study on mammal brain development
- 4/4/2022 Renowned poet, novelist to speak and sign books at NHCC and MOIFA this week
- 3/31/2022 Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering A Place of Survival is open to the public; grand opening scheduled for May 28, 2022
- 3/21/2022 Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets
- 3/18/2022 New Facilities Team Member Brings Needed Skills to Fort Stanton and Lincoln Historic Sites
- 3/15/2022 New Mexico State Library Poetry Center and New Mexico Arts now accepting applications and nominations for New Mexicos next State Poet Laureate
- 3/8/2022 La Union woman featured in Farm & Ranch exhibit
- 3/7/2022 National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum Reopens with Reception for Intriguing New Exhibit
- 2/28/2022 Clyde W. Tombaugh Science Education Center transferred from NMSU to New Mexico Museum of Space History in a collaborative partnership benefiting New Mexicos Education Programs for Youth
- 2/18/2022 New Mexico Historic Sites Announces New Regional Site Manager
- 2/18/2022 Cowboy Days festival returns to Farm & Ranch Museum
- 2/17/2022 New Mexico Museum of Art presents Western Eyes: 20th Century Art Here and Now
- 2/14/2022 Fossil of giant sea scorpion discovered near Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2/10/2022 Return of the Flea: Museum of International Folk Art presents 11th Annual Folk Art Flea on June 4, 2022
- 2/10/2022 New Mexico History Museum presents Curative Powers: New Mexicos Hot Springs, a photography exhibition showcasing the rich history of thermal baths in this state
- 2/8/2022 NM Arts and NM Department of Cultural Affairs seek artists for 2022 NM-themed activity book
- 2/8/2022 Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate, presented by Museum of New Mexico Foundation and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on March 2
- 2/4/2022 Lincoln Historic Site conducts bat remediation and collections work at Tunstall Store
- 2/1/2022 New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary commemorates construction progress with topping off celebration
- 2/1/2022 New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science reopens on Mondays as of February 7, 2022
- 1/28/2022 [CORRECTION] Frida Kahlo comes to National Hispanic Cultural Center
- 1/27/2022 Ansel Adams: Pure Photography Opens January 29 at New Mexico Museum of Art
- 1/27/2022 Farm & Ranch Museum exhibit explores violent beginnings of cattle ranching in the state
- 1/21/2022 New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Presents Dogs! A Science Tail February 5 - May 1, 2022
- 1/14/2022 FY23 executive budget recommendation prioritizes education, engagement, infrastructure for Cultural Affairs
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