Current Exhibits
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things
May 10, 2024 - December 27, 2024
Contemporary artists such as Guadalupe Hernandez, Terran Last Gun, Arthur Lopez, and Lisa Trujillo are paired with historic pieces from the collection to challenge the viewers’ experience with beauty by unveiling the complicated story that accompanies it.
John Gaw Meem and the Roots of Museum Hill
Through December, 2024
In 1930, architect John Gaw Meem entered a competition for designer of what we now know as Museum Hill. His winning design boasted a 38 structure complex, only two of which would ever be completed.
Originally built as the residence for the director of the Laboratory of Anthropology, this stunning home now houses Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum.
This exhibit includes Meem’s original plans and drawings paired with photographs and a look at the history of the area.
Lowrider Bike Club
On view through September, 2024
The Lowrider Bike Club was envisioned as a safe place where youth could gather and work in unison with community leaders and law enforcement to better improve relations, increase protective factors and improve truancy and graduation rates. Local artists stepped in and provided workshops about art, murals, color theory, pinstriping and fabrication.
The participants worked to create beautiful and dynamic works of art. The kids, mentors and staff invested their time, effort and resources in a project that required teamwork, dedication and sacrifice.
They made beautiful artwork learning from wonderful mentors. They had to have the resolve to finish and develop perseverance to see their project through to the end. The Española Lowrider Bike Club was a beautiful experiment that changed the team all for the better. The participants made some life-long bonds and friendships that will hopefully change the lives of the youth, teens and mentors for the positive.
New Mexico Stories
Stories of New Mexico
Permanent Rotating Display
in the Norman & Lynn Brown Gallery and
Eileen Wells Gallery in honor of Ina Sizer Cassidy
This exhibit uses our vast and unique Permanent Collection to tell the stories that make up New Mexico. Through the beautiful heritage arts, the domestic spaces, and the history of our material culture, there is always more to share.
Come see the newest iteration of Stories!
Past Exhibits
Generations of Imagination
Generations of Imagination: What Lies Behind the Vision of
Chimayo Weavers
curated by 8th generation Chimayo weaver
Emily Trujillo
Closing April 1st, 2024
The exhibit explores the shifting tradition of Chimayo/Rio Grande weaving in New Mexico through four generations of the Trujillo family's work. At the heart of the exhibit is the rich selection of tapestries that showcase the uniqueness of designs between weavers and will explain history's influence on each of them. The Trujillo fifth generation, Jake Trujillo (sixth generation), Irvin Trujillo (seventh generation), Lisa Trujillo (Irvin's wife), and Emily Trujillo's (eighth generation) work will all be featured. Jake, Irvin, Lisa, and Emily are award-winning and accomplished weavers considered masters of their craft. Click here to explore Emily's Blog posts about teaching and the Ariat Rio Grande Weaving Apprenticeship grant she was recently awarded.
