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Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM (2024)

12/21/2024

Congratulations Broken Boxes Podcast, Ginger Dunnill, Josie Lopez, and all the artists!

We're honored that the exhibition "Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue" at Albuquerque Museum is included as one of Hyperallergic’s "Top 50 Exhibitions Around the World for 2024," in brilliant company with the world’s extraordinary institutions, curators, artists, and the cultural infrastructure bringing these exhibitions to local and global communities. We are especially thrilled to be on this list of 50 with two other museums In New Mexico - congratulations, NMSU Art Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art! Thank you Zastudil for your eloquent words and for covering art in New MexicoI

"Broken Boxes" artists: Tanya Aguiñiga • Natalie Ball • CASSILS • Autumn Chacon • Raven Chacon • India Sky Davis • Jeremy Dennis • Kate DeCiccio • Amaryllis R. Flowers • Sterlin Harjo • Elisa Harkins • Christine Howard Sandoval • Cannupa Hanska Luger • Tsedaye Makonnen • Guadalupe Maravilla • Laura Ortman • Katherine Paul (Black Belt Eagle Scout) • Joseph M. Pierce • SWOON • Chip Thomas (aka jetsonorama) • Marie Watt • Saya Woolfalk • Mario Ybarra Jr.

Read the full article here: https://hyperallergic.com/974112/top-50-exhibitions-around-the-world-2024/

Learn more about the "Broken Boxes" exhibition and accompanying events at: https://ow.ly/WAmS50UvvAn

12/21/2024

Congratulations !

Thrilled to be included as one of 2024’s best exhibitions, in brilliant company with the world’s extraordinary institutions, curators, artists, and the cultural infrastructure bringing these shows to local and global communities. We are especially thrilled to be on a list of 50 with two other museums from New Mexico - congratulations, New Mexico State University Art Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art!

12/17/2024

Check out “A People’s Timeline of Albuquerque History” recently installed in City Hall!

Albuquerque Museum’s History Department led by Alicia Romero assembled the content at the request of Mayor Tim Keller. It includes the geologic beginnings of our city with the formation of the Rio Grande (2MYA) and the creation of the volcanos from lava flows from fissures in the East Mesa (130,000 BCE), and it continues to 2024.

It’s fascinating to see so many points along the way, including the arrival of the railroad (1880), the establishment of UNM (1882), the release of the first Native American student from the abuses of the boarding school system (1892), NM statehood proclamation (1912), women getting the right to vote in NM (1920), Rt. 66 coming through Albuquerque (1926), the Vietnam War protests at UNM (1970), the Chicano rights riot in Roosevelt Park (1971), the opening of the Frontier Restaurant (1971), the beginning of the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (1983), the first Marigold Parade for the South Valley’s Día de los Mu***os (1992), and so much more.

Learn more about the history of Albuquerque in the Museum’s ongoing exhibition “Only in Albuquerque”: https://ow.ly/EF5K50Uqmix

12/16/2024

Thank you to the and for Sunday’s feature covering recent extraordinary acquisitions for the Museum’s permanent collection, made possible by generous and visionary support by:

Frederick Hammersley Foundation at the

The Museum is honored to be entrusted with these works of art and delighted to share them with our community and visitors.

12/13/2024

Albuquerque Museum wishes Josie Lopez well in her departure from her role here as Head Curator and Curator of Art! While her full-time tenure draws to a close, we are exceptionally lucky that she will continue working on exhibitions with us in the future.

Josie has been our North Star for the past six years. Among her many accomplishments, her leadership resulted in our first grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and our first exhibition grant from The National Endowment for the Arts.

She stewarded many important acquisitions, including the new Richard Diebenkorn painting “Untitled (Albuquerque),” 1952. She drafted the Museum’s Strategic Plan and led the reaccreditation of the Museum during the pandemic. And in addition to curating dozens of temporary exhibitions for the museum, she co-curated new installations of our permanent exhibitions, “Common Ground: Art in New Mexico” and the Museum’s sculpture garden.

Josie’s focus on community and relationship-building has yielded innumerable benefits to her immediate team, the Museum, our audiences, and our stakeholders.

Thank you Josie! We love you!

12/13/2024

We celebrated the holidays today with the Museum’s Annual Ugly Sweater Potluck Party.
The array of ugly sweaters was profound.
A Museum Fabricator fabricated elements of his winning sweater.
There was a convivial Museum Director masterfully hosting the event.
There were artists, City leaders, Museum Guides, Foundation colleagues and other esteemed guests.
The Chair of the Museum Board of Trustees enjoyed running seven BINGO cards at a time.
There was an Antler Toss.
There was an abundance of food, merry-making, and lots of good cheer.
Wishing everyone an equally creative, festive holiday season!

12/12/2024

Job Opportunities at Albuquerque Museum!

Tryfacta temp agency is listing two contract positions:

• Curatorial Assistant for Art
• Curatorial Assistant for Digital Collections

Both are up to 40 hrs/wk, entry-level, and on-site.

Applications accepted in December. Interviews start in January.

See the full job descriptions at:
https://ow.ly/jJSB50Uqmba

12/12/2024

Albuquerque Museum’s Photo Archives are closed December 12 – January 1. We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Happy Holidays!

Approximately 150,000 images are housed in the Museum’s Photo Archives, made by amateur, commercial, and studio photographers throughout the central Rio Grande Valley and the City of Albuquerque from 1867 to the present.

Starting January 2, 2025, the Photo Archives are open to the public Tuesdays – Friday, 9am–5pm. For research appointments, please schedule with the Digital Archivist by calling 505-764-6520.

To learn more about the Photo Archives, visit:
https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum/museum-collections/photo-archives

Image:
Christmas Decorations, ca. 1950, gelatin silver print, Albuquerque Museum

12/05/2024

The Museum stays open late for the annual Old Town Holiday Stroll. Make a holiday-inspired work of art, listen to live music by Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies, and tour the Museum galleries. Shop the Museum Store for all of your holiday gift needs.

For more details, see: https://ow.ly/G2vz50U0xF5

Credit:
Left: Paul Pino and the Tone Daddies

12/04/2024

Frank McCulloch
(1930 – 2024)

Albuquerque Museum mourns the passing of Frank McCulloch, “Godfather of the Albuquerque art scene,” in the words of artist Steve White. We extend our condolences to his family, friends, and the entire community. Frank was a highly beloved figure in the art world of New Mexico who will be greatly missed.

Painter, guitarist, and folk singer, Frank McCulloch was born in Gallup, New Mexico in 1930. He earned his B.A. in Biology at UNM, his M.A. in Biology in 1955 at NMSU, and his MFA from the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico (year?). He received many awards including the New Mexico Governor’s Award in the Arts, UNM Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Albuquerque Arts Alliance Bravos Award, and AABA Local Treasure, and was a resident at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence program. His legacy has been covered in Southwest Art Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, Art News, and American Artist to name a few. He had a long teaching career including at Princeton University, UNM, NMSU, and Albuquerque Public Schools.

Frank’s work has been exhibited in over forty solo exhibitions in the United States, Mexico, and Italy, and is represented in the Albuquerque Museum’s collection. It was an honor to present a retrospective exhibition of his work in 2008. He served on the Museum’s Art Advisory Board for over a decade and was a mentor to innumerable artists.

Images from Albuquerque Museum Collection:
1 Karen Kuehn, “Frank McCulloch,” 2009-2010
2 Charles Rushton, “Portrait of Frank McCulloch,” 1988

12/04/2024

Albuquerque Museum is honored to announce the acquisition of Richard Diebenkorn’s iconic painting, “Untitled (Albuquerque),” 1952, which is now on view in “Common Ground.”

Recognized as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Richard Diebenkorn completed an MFA degree at UNM. He lived and worked in Albuquerque from 1950-1952 and described how the deep colors of the landscape, spectacular mountains, and vast blue skies deeply impacted his abstract works. The breakthrough he experienced in New Mexico shaped some of his most important later works.

Other recent acquisitions include important works by Montoya, Nicola López, Rael, Wilson, Chacon, Keane Lopez, and Yoshiko Shimano.

Curator Josie Lopez said, “The Albuquerque Museum collection is one of the most important in our region. These impressive new acquisitions allow our city to share the stories of artists who have shaped the visual and artistic narratives of our state and beyond.”

Learn more about “Common Ground” at:
https://ow.ly/Mobz50UkrF2

Images:
1 Richard Diebenkorn, “Untitled (Albuquerque),” 1952, oil on canvas. Purchase made possible by the Diebenkorn Foundation and the Frederick Hammersley Fund for the Arts at the Albuquerque Community Foundation.
2 Delilah Montoya, “Tattoo Series: La Virgen,” 1999, gelatin silver print
3 Nicola López, “Monument V,” 2009, lithography on paper, Tamarind Institute (printer: Bill Lagattuta)
4 & 5 Ronald Rael & Virginia San Fratello of the architecture studio with , “Teeter-Totter,” 2019, painted steel, bicycle seats, vinyl, single channel video with sound, 4:13
6 Paula Wilson, “Yucca Rising,” 2021, woodblock print, relief print, trace monoprint, monotype, acrylic, & oil on muslin
7 Raven Chacon (Diné), “Storm Pattern,” 2021, ink on polyester & multi-channel sound installation
8 Joanna Keane Lopez, “Ghost Spell,” 2023, adobe, pine, paper, linen
9 Yoshiko Shimano, “The Wisdom of Water,” 2016, woodcut, silkscreen, and linoleum cut (triptych)

CABQ Arts & Culture

12/02/2024

Congratulations to India Sky for making Artforum’s Best of 2024 with her performance “The Life Cycle of Rainbows” for “Broken Boxes” at Albuquerque Museum!

For “The Artists’ Artists” list, ArtForum asked an international group of artists to select a single exhibition or event that most memorably caught their attention in 2024. Globally recognized Santa Clara artist Rose B. Simpson selected India Sky. Simpson says, “I have been a longtime fan of India Sky’s creative musical abilities, but to see her live performance at the opening of the exhibition “Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue,”… felt like hope in a hopeless and foundering world.”

Curated by Albuquerque Museum’s Josie Lopez and Broken Boxes Podcast host Ginger Dunnill, the exhibition is on view through March 2, 2025.

See the Artforum article at: https://ow.ly/hU1450UjtmQ

Images:
India Sky, “The Life Cycle of Rainbows,” 2024, performance views (details), Albuquerque Museum, NM, September 7, 2024. Photos: Tony Couture

12/01/2024

December Family Art Workshops
Every Saturday, 1:00 – 2:30pm

Albuquerque Museum presents weekly workshops for the whole family. These hands-on artmaking activities are inspired by artworks in the exhibitions at view at the Museum.

December 7: STELLAR WINTER SPIDERS
Inspired by Eliza Naranjo Morse’s bug murals in the "Vivarium" exhibition as well as Ukrainian stories of the origin of tinsel, these sculptures bring sparkle to your home on the shortest days with instructor Harley Kirschner.

December 14: SWOON'S SNOWFLAKES
Inspired by Swoon’s film, “Cicada” in the exhibition "Broken Boxes", these double-sided snowflakes are crafted from cardboard, paper, sharpie and paint markers with instructor Harley Kirschner.

December 21: SOLSTICE YARN ART
This Family Art Workshop is inspired by Rufino Tamayo's yarn piece, "Primavera", on view in Gallery 4. Working on canvas panels, participants create a colorful design using twistable crayons and bring the piece to life by covering the designs with strands of yarn with instructor Shelly Korte.

December 28: FABRIC FRIENDS
The giant wolf sculpture in the "Broken Boxes" exhibition is made with hundreds of bandanas from all over the world. Make mini sculptures of your favorite animal using cardboard, fabric, scissors, and glue with instructor Remy Sinegal.

Workshops are included with admission to the Museum ($3-$6).

View classes here: https://ow.ly/Yoaw50Uh4ve

Images:
1 Cannupa Hanska Luger & Marie Watt, "Each/Other," 2020–2021, metal, wool, bandanas, embroidery thread, social collaboration
2 Workshop sample image provided by Remy Sinegal
3 Workshop sample image provided by Shelly Korte

11/28/2024

It’s that time of year when glowing brown sacks adorn the walkways of homes and churches across Albuquerque. These brown paper bags, folded at the top and filled will a couple cups of sand and a votive candle are traditional luminarias.

The luminaria tradition of the Rio Grande Valley may have originated in 1590 when small bonfires were lit by Gaspar Castano de Sosa’s men to guide a scout back to their camp. Pueblos picked up luminaria traditions during Spanish colonization and centuries later, some of those traditions are still practiced today.

Some of the pueblo traditions today include the Picuris Pueblo with a torchlight precession and traditional dances on Christmas Eve; Acoma Pueblo lines the road into the pueblo with over two thousand luminarias every year. In New Mexican Catholic traditions, luminarias were only lit on Christmas Eve to symbolically guide the Holy Family on their journey.

Albuquerque’s 58th Annual Luminaria Bus Tour takes place on Christmas Eve and passes by the Museum after weaving through the nearby festive neighborhoods and Old Town.

Tickets available at https://ow.ly/i2TX50Uc9e5.

Check out the map at https://ow.ly/cpuY50Uc9e4 if you prefer to walk.

Enjoy the magic of the season ✨

Image:
1 “Christmas Decorations”, 1950, photograph gelatin silver print, Albuquerque Museum Public Archives

11/27/2024

Thank you Hyperallergic for recognizing the “Broken Boxes” exhibition publication as one of the Best Art Books of 2024!

Published by University of New Mexico Press “Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue” is by exhibition co-curators Ginger Dunnill, creator of Broken Boxes Podcast and Josie Lopez. It features essays and in-depth sections about each of the 23 revolutionary artists of our time whose work is on view in the exhibition of the same title at Albuquerque Museum through March 2.

The book is available at the Albuquerque Museum Store in both paperback and hardcover.

Check out the article here:
https://ow.ly/mtkJ50Ugoxc

11/25/2024

We closed out our Third Thursdays for 2024 last week in celebration of our exhibition, “Puertas fronterizas / Border Doors.” Since 2014, Claudio Pérez, Spanish teacher in the Modern Language Department at Sandia Preparatory School, has taken his advanced Spanish-language students to El Paso, Texas where they utilize their Spanish skills to interact first-hand with immigrants and advocates at the Cristo Rey Border Immersion Program. Upon their return to Albuquerque, students illustrate a series of doors containing colorful and powerful imagery that tells the stories of the people they met and reflect on major themes of immigration at the border. The doors encourage visitors to consider the lived experiences of immigrants at the center of a complex historical relationship between the United States and Mexico.

The evening opened with a conversation between Mr. Pérez and Albuquerque Museum History Curator, Dr. Alicia Romero about the doors, the students and the larger project. There was artmaking, performances by Ballet Folklórico Fiesta Mexicana, and music by the Albuquerque High School Mariachi Band. The week concluded with two naturalization ceremonies with a keynote address by NM Senator-Elect, Cindy Nava, who toured “Puertas fronterizas / Border Doors” with Alicia.

While that’s a wrap for Third Thursdays in 2024, “Puertas fronterizas / Border Doors” is on view in the Keleher Gallery through May 4, 2025.

11/25/2024

New work on view in “Common Ground”
Yoshiko Shimano’s “Wisdom of Water”

In this triptych of oversized prints from her “Wisdom of Edo” series, artist Yoshiko Shimano explores her intersecting interests in the cultural history of Edo (present-day Tokyo), the city’s diligent planning, and its rapidly changing orientation to the outside world. Underscoring the flow of European ideas into Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868), she has superimposed Edo’s winding waterways over the famed canals of Amsterdam, and interspersed images of Dutch tulips, bicycles, and Japanese-style rickshaws throughout this stunning composition.

Shimano says of the Edo period, “Although life was very primitive then, people loved art, music, performance, textiles, and food. They lived simply yet knew what was enough to make them happy and feel at peace. Their wisdom, creativity, and hard work are reminders of how to live everyday life sincerely in our own century.”

Come see the impressive “Wisdom of Water,” now on view in “Common Ground,” featuring works from the Museum’s permanent collection.

To learn more about “Common Ground,” visit: https://ow.ly/8NwR50TZBYM

Images:
1 Yoshiko Shimano, “Wisdom of Water,” 2016, woodcut, silkscreen & linoleum cut
2-3 details

11/24/2024

Saturday was a joyous day at the Albuquerque Museum when we hosted two naturalization ceremonies and welcomed the new citizens and their families. There were cupcakes, flowers, tears of joy, and selfies with our newly-elected NM-9 Senator, Cindy Nava. Congratulations to all!

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