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HALLOWEEN AT THE HARWOOD
Saturday, October 25
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Free!
 All ages are invited to join us for this program inspired by Halloween and Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). Come in costume, dress as your favorite DEAD artist, and find the many skeletons in The Harwood Museum of Art's collection. Bring the whole family to enjoy this day filled with music, storytelling, art making, and other fun activities. Marvel at the special fall exhibitions in �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool. Throughout the event, kids and families can have their faces painted for the celebration. This is one of our most popular Community Days - come see what all the excitement is about!
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HOMESCHOOL ART
Monday, October 27
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 Homeschool families are invited to explore the Harwood's diverse collections and exhibitions, through both gallery experiences and art-making in the Museum's inspiring Fern Hogue Mitchell Education Center. This program is designed for children ages 4 - 12; however, all ages are welcome. Parent participation is required. Contact us at [email protected] for more information. In the case of a 2- hour snow delay, this class will be canceled.
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HELP US MEET THE WILDER GREEN FUND CHALLENGE!
Thanks to the support of generous donors who share the Harwood's belief in the arts, the Museum's Art in the Schools program engages thousands of children every year with the Harwood's collections and exhibitions. One of those donors, the Wilder Green Fund, has issued a challenge! The Fund will extend a $5,000 grant to the Art in the Schools program if those funds are matched by other donors. At this point, we need to raise an additional $2,840 to meet this challenge.
Please bring us closer to our fundraising goal by making a donation in any amount. Every gift counts!
For more information about this challenge grant, please contact Harwood Museum of Art Director of Development Juniper Manley at [email protected] or 575.758.9826 x 116
Thank you for helping to keep art in the lives of Taos' children!
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CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ROBERT M. ELLIS
Sunday, October 19
1:00 p.m.
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Robert M. Ellis
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The Harwood Museum of Art and the family of Robert M. Ellis invite you to a celebration of the life of Robert M. Ellis, Director of the Harwood Museum of Art 1987-2001. Ellis passed away in Albuquerque on September 13.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make a donation to The Robert M. Ellis Memorial Fund for the Harwood Museum of Art.
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WELCOME EXHIBITIONS MANAGER LIZ NEELY!
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Please join us in welcoming Exhibitions Manager Liz Neely! Liz will oversee the planning, administration and installation of all of the Harwood's exhibitions. She brings to us seventeen years experience working with the Art Institute of Chicago, most recently as Director of Digital Information and Access. In that capacity Liz directed projects focusing on enhancing visitor experience in the AIC's exhibitions, digital publishing, and innovation in education and collection management. She managed several strategic multi-year projects, including an online scholarly catalogue initiative funded by the Getty Foundation. Liz is active in the national museum field, serving as Vice President/President-Elect on the Museum Computer Network Board of Directors and on the executive committee for the New Media Consortium Board. Given the Harwood's recent conversion to the TMS collections management system, which has robust Exhibitions, Loans and Shipping modules through which our exhibitions will be managed, we are remarkably fortunate to bring someone with Liz's expertise on board.
Last but definitely not least, Liz has jumped right into Taos' creative community! She was one of the designers featured in July's Sacred Geo multi-media event created by the Runway Vigilantes, and she contributed to last month's fabulous Paseo event.
Welcome, Liz!
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AAM ACCREDITATION
 Last year the Harwood Museum of Art achieved Core Documents Verification from the American Alliance of Museums, a first step towards AAM accreditation. In August we learned that AAM was accepting applications for new accreditation for the first time since 2010. And last month we learned that the Harwood's application has been accepted. The Museum's Governing Board and staff are now hard at work on a self-study due to AAM on January 15. We'll keep you posted on our progress!
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We appreciate your comments, and hope that they will encourage new museum guests to visit us as well. Thank you for your time - we look forward to seeing you again soon!
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
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Susan Longhenry
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Dear Friends,
We're still exhilarated by the experience of greeting 1,900 people over the course of three days last month in celebration of the �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool suite of exhibitions! What a remarkable celebration of creativity, community, and everything else that makes Northern New Mexico such an extraordinary place. I extend my heartfelt thanks to the remarkable consortium of artists, curators, donors, volunteers, and staff members who brought this fantastic project to life.
Our celebration continues this month with two films related to �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, both featuring post-screening discussions with the filmmakers. We're also reprising our very popular Halloween at the Harwood Community Day, and partnering with SOMOS and the John Donald Robb Musical Trust on programs exploring, respectively, young writers and Hispanic Folk Music.
See you at the Harwood!
Susan Longhenry
Director
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IN THE ARTHUR BELL AUDITORIUM
FILM: MR. BITCHIN
Saturday, October 11 - 7:00 p.m.
 Presented in conjunction with �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, this film delivers insight into multiple American counter-cultures by following the great American artist and underground legend Robert Williams. From Hot Rods to Punk and Metal, from LSD to the top of the art world, the influential paintings of Robert Williams defied categorization until they became their own art movement. The screening will be followed by a talk with Mr. Bitchin's co-director and producer Nancye Ferguson. This program is supported in part by La Posada de Taos Bed & Breakfast.
$8 Harwood Museum Alliance Members*
FILM: EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE STREETS: A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF LOWRIDING IN SAN DIEGO
Friday, October 17 - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 18 - 1:00 p.m.
 This film, also presented in conjunction with �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool, traces the early roots and history of lowriding in San Diego and the borderlands, featuring the men and women who pioneered and shaped the Mexican-American movement defined by self-expression and cultural ingenuity. The film draws on intimate interviews, archival footage and rare old home movies and photographs unearthed during the making of the film to present an engaging and rich story covering nearly 30 years of lowriding, from the 1950s to the early 1980s. This inspiring portrait of a community determined by creative self-expression and cultural preservation explores how identity and collective strength originate in the streets. Saturday's screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers Alberto Pulido and Rigoberto Reyes. This program is supported in part by Palacio de Marquesa.
$6 Harwood Museum Alliance Members*
$8 General Admission
SOMOS YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAM
Friday, October 24 - 7:00 p.m.
 T he Harwood Museum of Art is proud to continue its teen engagement project through this collaboration with SOMOS, Society of the Muse of the Southwest. SOMOS curator Jacquelyn Cordova developed this year's Young Writers Program around SOMOS' fall 2014 theme: "What I See, What I Can Change." This theme focuses on how a young person's vision of his or her school, community, family, and friends can change the world. Please join us for this Young Writers performance presented in collaboration with SOMOS' 2014 Storytelling Festival and contribute to the ongoing cycle of creativity in our community!
This is a FREE event!
LIVING TRADITIONS:
THE WORK OF JOHN DONALD ROBB
Sunday, October 26 - 2:00 p.m.
 on this celebration of time-honored Nuevomexicano music. The afternoon will feature a concert by Audrey Davis, Johnny Archuleta and friends along with a conversation with scholar Enrique Lamadrid, a contributor to Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest: A Self-Portrait of a People. This exhaustive study is based on John Donald Robb's extensive field recordings of Hispanic folk music across New Mexico and beyond during the mid-20th century. The newly republished version of the book, with a foreword by Jack Loeffler and prologue by Enrique Lamadrid, will be for sale at the event. This program is part of the continuing celebration of the John Donald Robb Trust's 25th anniversary.
This is a FREE event!
*Individual level and above
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AGNES MARTIN GALLERY YOGA
Wednesdays, 8:30-10 a.m.
October 8, 15, 22, 29
 A special meditative Jivamukti Yoga program with certified instructor Jayne Schell in the Agnes Martin Gallery. The class is open to all levels, and yoga mats are provided.
$8 Harwood Museum Alliance Members*
(Alliance Members may also purchase a class card of 8 classes for $40)
$10 General Admission
*Individual level and above
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�ORALE! KINGS AND QUEENS OF COOL
Through January 25, 2015
Our visitors are loving �Orale! Kings and Queens of Cool,
a four-part exhibition focusing on the Post-Pop or Lowbrow art movement that grew out of West Coast surfer, street and car cultures. In addition to exploring the West Coast roots of this genre, �Orale! showcases the contemporary expressions of Hispano, Lowrider and street culture in Northern New Mexico. Each of the Harwood Museum of Art's changing exhibition galleries focuses on a different aspect of this genre. Go here for links to the four exhibitions.
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NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM STORE
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Barbara Zaring,
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This month the Harwood Museum Store features this beautiful print by Barbara Zaring, originally created in celebration of the Harwood's 80th anniversary. Available edition numbers of the print include #18, #29 and #30. The print is offered for $525. Contact Director of Visitor Services Glory Ann Penington at [email protected] or 575.758.9826 for more information.
Build your art collection while supporting the Harwood Museum of Art!
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VOLUNTEER AT THE HARWOOD!
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Photo: Kevin Rebholtz
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Are you looking for a great way to meet interesting new people? Would you like to be part of the events happening at the Harwood this fall? Consider volunteering at the Harwood!
We'd love to welcome you on board. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.
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