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Curriculum Project at NHCC
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NHCC’s Art Curriculum & Digitization Project has been underway since March 2019 thanks to
AmeriCorps VISTA
(Volunteers in Service to America). Working with the History & Literary Arts department, three full-time VISTA members have been learning about the Center, its community, and education in New Mexico. The large-scale goal of VISTA is to help end poverty, and for the NHCC that means creating and providing access to culturally relevant education resources with the goal of raising student outcomes. VISTA members have been actively engaged in local events, developing curriculum, and creating a new website to host digital material. The current focus of the project is the fresco
Mundos de Mestizaje.
Recently, VISTA members hosted a workshop for the Student Leadership Institute as part of the La Cosecha Dual Language Conference. The session focused on exploring
Mundos de Mestizaje
in relation to identity, leadership, and history. Students created identity maps through the art of collage which will be on display during the first annual
NHCC History Festival
scheduled for February 21-22, 2020.
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To give our employees and volunteers time to spend with their families and friends, the NHCC campus will be closed on Thanksgiving day, November 28.The Art Museum and Box Office will be open on Friday, November 29 and the Library will resume regular hours the following week.
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On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. In December, join us for Elena's Holiday Gift Making Extravaganza! We will have a variety of supplies available to make cards, gift tags, gifts, ornaments....no two alike! We also have felt to weave placemats and more. There will be a variety of gift making stations!
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December 5 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Pete Domenici Education Building
Grand Hall
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A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. In December, we will visit with six Winter Spanish Market youth artists and then return to the classroom and create an ornament inspired by our observations.
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December 7 | 10:30 am – Noon
Pete Domenici Education Building
Creative Classroom
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Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of Christmas in New Mexico. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as unique segments saluting Christmas traditions from around the world, will delight theatregoers of all ages.
Christmas in New Mexico features a large multi-generational cast including dancers as young as six, as well as Baila! Baila!’s professional company dancers.
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December 7 – 8
2 pm—Saturday & Sunday
7 pm—Saturday
Albuquerque Journal Theatre
$22, $27, $32 w/ $2 discounts for students, seniors and NHCC members
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NHCC Art Museum Pop-up Shop
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We invite you to join us for the first –ever NHCC Museum Holiday Pop-up Shop!
Festive and Fun Gifts
Piñatas (own a piece of museum history!)
Tea towels
Mugs
T-shirts
Jewelry
Cards and mucho más!
Drawings for gift baskets
All proceeds directly support the NHCC Art Museum.
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December 7 – 8 | 10 am – 5 pm
La Tiendita in the Visual Arts Building
Photo credit: Diana Rebolledo
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¡ILUMINARTE! is a winter holiday celebration inspired by luminarias and farolitos—a New Mexico tradition. This Sunday evening event includes storytelling, an illuminated bike parade along the Paseo del Bosque Trail, and performances by Story
Riders
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a
bilingual after-school and bike-riding program for elementary school students—with Circo Latino, AirDance New Mexico and Albuquerque Poet Laureate Michelle Otero.
Please
register to
participate in the Magical Light and Bike Parade.
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December 8 | 4 pm – 8 pm
Around NHCC Campus
Free and open to the public
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We are looking for docents, ushers and other event volunteers! Benefits of volunteering can include continuing education, free performances (for ushers) and free entrance to the Art Museum. For more information or to apply, email
[email protected].
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Cuban Salsa and Mundos de Mestizaje
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December 20 – 22
7 pm—Friday, Saturday & Sunday
2 pm—Saturday & Sunday
Albuquerque Journal Theatre
$14, $20, $29, $39, $49 w/ $2 discount for seniors, children 12 and younger, and NHCC members
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Festival Ballet Albuquerque is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center to present an original production,
The Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s, with added elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, a lively fandango, a storyteller doll with children, and lavish western Victorian-era costumes. Now in its seventh year at the NHCC, the production showcases New Mexico heritage and traditions while maintaining the classical grace and family appeal of its origins. A live orchestra performs under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, former music director of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
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