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October 2020
¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey
“¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey”
An architectural history of the NHCC, in celebration of our 20th anniversary.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the History and Literary Arts program presents “¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey,” an architectural history of the Center’s past, present and future. This exhibit consists of text, sketch drawings, blueprints, maps, and photographs exploring Hispanic/Latinx culture and heritage as expressed through the buildings and landscape of the Center. The exhibit shows the original design concept for the Center’s campus, the subsequent redesign, as well as the challenges and triumphs in building this prominent institution whose doors opened in 2000.
DID YOU KNOW…
- …the original design for the Center included an amphitheater?
- …each program has a uniquely designed building?
- …the El Gran Torreón contains a 4,000 square foot fresco, “Mundos de Mestizaje,” depicting thousands of years of Hispanic history?
- …the original design had the public parking lot situated on the south side of campus?
- …the Rio Grande served as an important influence on the original design of the campus?
- …the Center’s campus will soon have a Visitor’s Center?
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Para conmemorar el vigésimo aniversario del Centro Nacional de Cultura Hispana, el programa de historia y artes literarias presenta “¡Mira! Nuestra arquitectura: Un viaje arquitectónico,” una historia arquitectónica del pasado, del presente y del futuro del Centro. La exhibición consiste en texto, bosquejos, planos, mapas, y fotografías que exploran la cultura y la herencia hispanas/latinas expresadas en los edificios y los paisajes del Centro. La exhibición muestra el diseño conceptual original para el campus del Centro, y el cambio de diseño subsiguiente, además de los desafíos y los triunfos al construir esta institución prominente cuyas puertas abrieron en 2000.
¿SABÍA UD. QUE . . .
- …el diseño original del Centro incluía un anfiteatro?
- …cada programa tiene un edificio de diseño único?
- …el gran torreón del Centro contiene un fresco de 4.000 pies cuadrados, “Mundos de Mestizaje,” que representa miles de años de historia hispana?
- …en el diseño original el estacionamiento se ubicaba en el lado sur del campus?
- …el Río Grande servía como una influencia importante en el diseño original del campus?
- …el campus del Centro pronto tendrá un centro para visitantes?
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This will be the first exhibit in the Bosque Gallery Series. The New Bosque Gallery at National Hispanic Cultural Center will be 730 feet in length (roughly 2 ½ times the size of a football field). This beautiful open-air gallery space runs along the Bosque Trail to the east of the Rio Grande just south of César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Avenues.
Bosque Gallery exhibitions will be mounted on the exterior wire fencing owned by the NHCC. Exhibitions rotate between the key program areas, and will include topics supporting the NHCC’s Mission including History and Literary Arts, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts. The Bosque Gallery exhibits will be accessible, bilingual, and inclusive. The Bosque Trail is highly trafficked with cyclists, joggers, and walkers. These groups of visitors include families and individuals.
There are 31 re-printable panels (48 x 60 inches each) available for each exhibition. All panels will be hung on exterior fence facing the Bosque Trail. The panels are made from ALU-PANEL, a reusable thin polycarbonate metal substrate. The panels are reusable, meaning that the vinyl printing for each exhibit can be peeled off and the panels can be re-printed with each new project. The panels have an anti-graffiti coating and can last for many years if handled properly.
May 2021
Money for Writers Workshop: Grant Writing for Latinx Writers
11 am (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
Tips from Successful Grantees
This workshop features three Latinx writers who were awarded literary grants. What does a successful literary grant application look like? Our presenters will share sections of their successful grant applications and talk about how strategies for writing compelling grant applications. There will be time for Q & A at the end of this hour and a half session. This workshop is a response to the requests for grant writing workshops expressed by Latinx writers at the National Latinx Writers Gathering in October of 2020. Presenters TBA.
Workshop fee: $20.
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Roosevelt’s New Deal in New Mexico
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
The lecture will explore the effect of the Work Progress Administration on New Mexico, specifically focusing on the programs and social impact in and around Santa Fe.
Jana Gottshalk is the Assistant Curator at the New Mexico Museum of Art, specializing in modern and contemporary. Jana has worked at such institution as Las Golondrinas, The Denver Art Museum, and the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.
Free community Event
Virtual Book Reading and Discussion: Richard Flint & Shirley Cushing Flint, Overhaul
1 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
In Overhaul, A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque’s locomotive repair shops, the driving force behind the city’s economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom were part of the growing Hispano and Native American middle class.
Free community event
NHCC Book Club: Children of the Land: A Memoir—Marcelo Hernandez-Castillo
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Honest and unsparing, this book offers a detailed look at the dehumanizing immigration system that shattered the author’s family while offering a glimpse into his own deeply conflicted sense of what it means to live the so-called American dream. A heartfelt and haunting memoir just right for the current political and social climate.” -Kirkus Reviews.
Free community event
VOCES Summer Writing Institute for Teens
9:30 am – 4 pm (MST)
Weekdays, Monday – Friday
Registration link coming soon.
Limited to 15 teens
(Apply early to get in! First come, first served)
Voces is a FREE, month-long writing institute for high school writers. Teens (rising 9th graders through graduating seniors) are inspired to write prose, poetry and monologues through a wide range of experiential activities. The program culminates with chapbooks and a public reading/performance. This free institute is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for teens to experience the equivalent of a writing intensive, with guest writers and artists and a wide range of field trips that inspire writing, at no cost.
Free community event
June 2021
Money for Writers Workshop: Grant Writing for Latinx Writers
11 am (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
Beyond Teaching: Out-of-the-Box Writing Gigs and Getting Them Funded
This workshop features three Latinx writers who generate income outside of teaching. They collaborate with other writers and artists, provide professional writing services, and create innovative projects that support their careers as writers. These gigs are financially supported by foundations, municipal agencies, and other funders. Join us to learn more. There will be time for Q & A at the end of this hour and a half session. This workshop is a response to the requests for grant writing workshops expressed by Latinx writers at the National Latinx Writers Gathering in October of 2020. Panelists TBA.
Workshop fee: $20.
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico: A History
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
The Inquisition is one of the most famous and infamous of religious courts in history.The reviled institution even had a presence in New Mexico during the colonial period. State Historian Rob Martinez presents a fascinating look at the history of the Inquisition in Europe, Spain and the Americas, with a focus on Mexico and New Mexico. Cases of heretical behavior reveal much about the social and religious practices and activities of people in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s.
Free community Event
NHCC Book Club: Afterlife—Julia Alvarez
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves—lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack—but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.” – Goodreads.
Free community event
Summer Institutes Performances: Voces 2021
6 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register here: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/z3dvsn21pljdpg/.
This reading and performance is the culminating event for the VOCES Summer Writing Institute for Teens, a free, four week intensive that inspires young writers to create new and original works of poetry, prose and dramatic writing.
For additional information email HLA.Admin@state.nm.us