Professional Development Excursions
Santa Fe Plaza:
New Mexico Museum of Art
The Museum of Art is one of four state museums in Santa Fe, eight historic sites statewide, and the Office of Archaeological Studies that comprises the Museum of New Mexico System. Throughout its century long history, the museum has grown and redefined itself to adapt to changes in art and museum practices.
Current Exhibits:
o Selections From the 20th Century Collection: https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/selections-from-the-20th-century-collection/
o The Plain of Smokes: https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/the-plain-of-smokes/
o Eugenie Shonnard: Breaking the Mold: https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/eugenie-shonnard-breaking-the-mold/
o Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts: https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/marsden-hartley-adventurer-in-the-arts/
o Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line: https://www.nmartmuseum.org/exhitions/timeless-mucha-the-magic-of-line/
New Mexico History Museum
Operating as part of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, the New Mexico History Museum is now part of the largest state-sponsored museum system in the United States. The museum contains over 14 exhibit, with additional facilities such as the Chávez Library Building
Current Exhibits:
o Gas Baths and the Bracero Program in New Mexico and Beyond: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/6514/gas-baths-and-the-bracero-program-in-new-mexico-and-beyond
o Folks in the Road: A Diners Guide to New Mexico: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/6269/forks-in-the-road-a-diners-guide-to-new-mexico
o Everyday Odysseys: Relics of Life & Adventure in New Mexico: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/6135/everyday-odysseys-relics-of-life-adventure-in-new-mexico
o Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/6030/home-on-the-range-from-ranches-to-rockets
o Reflections on History: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/5935/reflections-on-history
o Silver and Stones: Collaborations in Southwest Jewelry: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/5423/silver-and-stones-collaborations-in-southwest-jewelry
o Working on the Railroad: https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/exhibition/details/4338/working-on-the-railroad
o Additional shows include: Palace Through Time, Zozobra: A Fire That Never
Goes Out, 18 Miles and That’s As Far As It Got: The Lamy Branch of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, The Massacre if Don Pedro Villasur,
The First World War, Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now, Segesser
Hide Paintings, Chimayo A Tradition of Faith.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s collections include nearly 150 paintings and hundreds of works on paper (pencil and charcoal drawings, as well as pastels and watercolors). The museum also houses the Library & Archive which serves the public by collecting, providing access to, and preserving information about Georgia O’Keeffe and her contemporaries, related regional histories, and Modernism.
Current Exhibits:
o A Circle that Nothing Can Break: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/exhibitions/a-circle-that-nothing-can-break/
o Georgia O’Keeffe: Making a Life: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/exhibitions/georgia-okeeffe-making-a-life/
o The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has also graciously offered attendees the opportunity to
participate in small-group tours. At 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm groups of 10 will be able to
participate in a guided tour of the museum.
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is the country’s only
museum for exhibiting, collecting, and interpreting the most progressive work of
contemporary Native artists. It stewards over 9,500 Contemporary Indigenous
artworks (created 1962 to present).
Current Exhibits:
o Jordan Ann Craid: My Way Home: https://iaia.edu/event/jordan-ann-craig-my-way-home/
o Kite and Wíhaŋble S’a Center: Dreaming with AI: https://iaia.edu/event/kite-wihanble-sa-lab-dreaming-with-ai/
o Our Stories: https://iaia.edu/event/our-stories/
o The Stories We Carry: https://iaia.edu/event/the-stories-we-carry/
Museum Hill:
Small group tours will be available at the Department of Cultural Affairs Museum Resource Division.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
To walk through the doors of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is to walk into the diverse worlds, sacred spaces and distinctive communities of the Pueblo, Navajo (Diné) and Apache cultures of the Southwest. Exhibitions highlight Native scholarship, oral histories, song and displays of select objects from the most comprehensive archaeological collections in the United States.
Current Exhibits
o Printing the Pueblo World: Juan Pino of Tay TsuÂ’geh Oweenge: https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/printing-the-pueblo-world-juan-pino-of-tay-tsuageh-oweenge/
o Engaging the Future: The Goodman Fellowship Artist: https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/engaging-the-future-the-goodman-fellowship-artists/
o Makowa: The Worlds Above Us: https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/makowa-the-worlds-above-us/
o The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery: https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/the-buchsbaum-gallery-of-southwestern-pottery/
o Here, Now and Always: https://www.museumfoundation.org/exhibitions/here-now-and-always-3/
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is a museum devoted to Native American arts. It is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston, and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man.
Current Exhibits:
o Memo to the Mother: Bob Haozous’s Messages to Mother Earth: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/mother/
o Journeying Through the Archives of the Wheelwright Museum: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/journeying-through-the-archives-of-the-
wheelwright-museum/
o Making Our Way Every Day. Transformation: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/making-our-way-every-day-transformation/
o Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/center-for-the-study-of-southwestern-jewelry/
o Pablita’s Wardrove: Family & Fashion: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/pablita/
o Visualizing K’é: New Works by Marwin Begaye: https://wheelwright.org/exhibition/ke_marwinbegaye/
Museum of International Folk Art
The Museum of International Folk Art expands the understanding of folk art and encourages dialogue about traditions, cultural identity, community, and aesthetics. The museum is a dynamic, multidimensional learning environment that is an integral
part of community life.
Current Exhibits:
o iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South
Africa: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/5554/ingqikithi-yokuphica-weaving-meanings-telephone-wire-art-from-south-africa
o Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/4614/between-the-lines-prison-art-advocacy
o Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/6019/amidst-cries-from-the-rubble-art-of-loss-and-resilience-from-ukraine
o Multiple Visions: A Common Bond: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/29/multiple-visions-a-common-bond
o Appearances Deceive: Embroideries by Policarpio Valencia: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/6428/appearances-deceive-embroideries-by-policarpio-valencia
o 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time: https://www.moifa.org/exhibition/6595/12th-site-santa-fe-international-once-within-a-time
Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society’s collections were initiated in 1928. Today with 3,000 objects, the collections are the most comprehensive compilation of Spanish Colonial art of their kind. Their collections represent the artistic history and ongoing evolution of Hispano culture in New Mexico while firmly establishing its important place within the global arts landscape.
Current Exhibits:
o 100 Years of Collecting | 100 Years of Connecting: https://nmheritagearts.org/exhibits
