Calendar

Below you can browse the upcoming events at Los Poblanos and in the Albuquerque area.

Folk Art Flea Market
May 17, 2008 • 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

In order to continue and increase community support for exhibitions and educational programs at the Museum of International Folk Art, the Friends of Folk Art are organizing their first community-wide Folk Art Flea Market! Saturday May 17th, at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

Timeless Beauty: Pueblo Women Artists of the 20th Century
May 18, 2008 to July 31, 2008

This exhibit in collaboration with the Adobe Gallery and School for Advanced Research and Human Experience highlights the works of famed Pueblo women artists. 

9 am to 5 pm daily at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. 
Admission: $6 adults;$5.50 seniors;$4 NM residents;$1 student

Albuquerque Wine Festival
May 24, 2008 to May 26, 2008

Come to the famous Balloon Fiesta grounds in Albuquerque for a wine festival extraordinaire. Browse through handcrafted art, listen to upbeat music and sample wines from around the Land of Enchantment. Don't miss out on all of the great summer foods. Find out what the New Mexico wine industry has to offer during this three-day festival.

Symphony Under the Stars
May 24, 2008 • 8:00 PM

The Rio Grande Zoo is the setting for family, friends, a gourmet picnic and legendary music from the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra! Purchase your tickets now and get ready to celebrate under the cool Cottonwoods. The Symphony Under the Stars concerts at the Rio Grande Zoo were voted "Best Place to Hear Classical Music Outdoors" two years running by the readers and editors of Albuquerque the Magazine! Tickets are $14-$60, open lawn seating to reserved chairs.

Patrocinio Barela and Edward Gonazles in New Mexico
May 31, 2008 to July 31, 2008

The exhibition features the recent donation to the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Permanent Collection of 55 sculptures by Patrocinio Barela and 32 paintings and prints by Edward Gonzales.  

This timely and generous gift marks the 75th Anniversary of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the federal programs created during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. Barela was an artist on the Federal Art Project and Gonzales has been influenced by historical photographs taken during the 1930s and 1940s. Additionally, the exhibition highlights other important New Mexican artists and writers inspired by Barela including Luis Tapia, Glen Gunderson, James Jimenez and members of the Barela family.