Hecho en Nuevo México: Recent Acquisitions by NM Artists
Hecho en Nuevo México: Recent Acquisitions by NM Artists showcases New Mexican artists whose artworks have been added to the museum’s permanent collection over the last few years. This is an opportunity to celebrate artists from across New Mexico, explore artworks created in a range of styles and media, and to thank the generous donors who made these acquisitions possible!
Join us for a free public reception on Friday, May 19, 2023 from 5-7pm. Click here to learn more.
Generously sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Art Museum Reception: Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection.
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join us for the opening reception of Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection.
Into the Hourglass: Paño Arte from the Rudy Padilla Collection is an exhibition celebrating paños as an art form and the contributions of incarcerated artists to the broader fields of Chicano and American art. The exhibition features over 100 paños or pañuelos (Spanish for cloth or handkerchief) amassed by the late collector and community advocate, Rudy Padilla, as well as artworks by New Mexican artists whose work has been influenced by the style and visual vocabulary of paño arte.
The Rudy Padilla Paño Collection was acquired by the Art Museum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in 2019 and is the largest public collection of its kind in the United States. The artworks and archive are significant resources for understanding and celebrating an important form of artistic and cultural expression created by incarcerated (and formerly incarcerated) artists from Chicano and Latino Communities across the Southwest U.S. The exhibition, co-curated by Jadira Gurulé (NHCC Head Curator and Visual Arts Program Manager) and Rebecca Gomez (NHCC Curator), explores the interconnectedness of paño arte and Chicano and American art, honors the social and cultural legacy of Padilla’s work, and examines the topic of incarceration in contemporary society.
Free community event.
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!