Cultural Ambassadors Foundation Launches New Member Campaign

MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | spring 2015
Cultural Ambassadors
Foundation Launches
New Member Campaign
Table of Contents
Cover, left to right: Museum of New Mexico
Foundation Advisory Trustee Rosa Carlson,
her husband Gary Carlson, and New Mexico
History Museum Curator Josef Díaz gather
near the Segesser Hide Paintings inside
the Palace of the Governors.
© Daniel Quat Photography.
Letter to Members 1
Board of Trustees
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The Cultural Ambassadors 3
Growing The Circles
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Member Events
9
New Mexico History Museum/
Palace of the Governors
10
New Mexico Museum of Art
12
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
14
Museum of International Folk Art
16
New Mexico Historic Sites
18
Office of Archaeological Studies
20
ways to give
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Below: Members enjoy the Member Preview
of Pottery of the U.S. South at the Museum of
International Folk Art. Photo: Andrew Kastner.
Our Mission
The mission of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation is to support the Museum of New Mexico system
through fund development for exhibitions and education programs, financial management and advocacy.
The Museum of New Mexico Foundation supports the
following state cultural institutions:
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture /
Laboratory of Anthropology
• Museum of International Folk Art
• New Mexico History Museum / Palace of the Governors
• New Mexico Museum of Art
• New Mexico Historic Sites
• Office of Archaeological Studies
Member News Contributors
Mariann Minana-Lovato, Director, Membership
and Communications
Shannez Dudelczyk, Membership Manager
Carmella Padilla, Writer and Editor Barbara Harrelson, Writer
Bram Meehan, Graphic Designer
Dear Members,
Last year at this time, we unveiled a new membership program for
the Museum of New Mexico Foundation that featured new levels of
support and enhanced benefits for all. I thank you for your positive
response to the new program and your ongoing commitment to the
Foundation’s important work.
In this issue of Member News, we are announcing another new
membership initiative: a special campaign, set to run April 1 to
May 31, with the goal of adding 350 new members to our program.
We are seeking volunteer Cultural Ambassadors to help us identify
and recruit these new members from communities throughout
New Mexico. Please see page 3 to learn more about the campaign
and how you can become a Cultural Ambassador.
This issue also introduces a new format for our quarterly Member
News. Each issue will now feature distinct sections dedicated to
each of the four state museums in Santa Fe as well as to the New
Mexico Historic Sites and Office of Archeological Studies. Detailed
information about these cultural institutions will help you more
fully understand and appreciate how your philanthropic support
benefits the art, culture, and history of New Mexico.
As always, spring brings an array of exciting new museum
exhibitions and programs. A major highlight this spring will be
the May 16 Member Preview of The Red that Colored the World
exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. Two member
favorites — the Folk Art Flea and Native Treasures: Indian Arts
Festival — return in May, benefitting the Museum of International
Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, respectively. A
new exhibition on the civil war opens at the New Mexico History
Museum this summer, in conjunction with the Santa Fe Opera’s
production of Cold Mountain. And the New Mexico Museum of Art
presents Colors of the Southwest and Selections from the Joann and
Gifford Phillips Gift.
“We are seeking volunteer Cultural
Ambassadors to help us identify
and recruit new members from
communities throughout New
Mexico,” says Foundation
President/CEO Jamie Clements of
the New Member Campaign, a
new initiative to grow the
Foundation’s membership
program this spring.
Thank you again for your support of the Foundation. We look
forward to celebrating our state’s unique cultural heritage with you
this spring and throughout the year ahead.
Sincerely,
Photo © Daniel Quat Photography
Jamie Clements
President/CEO
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Museum of New
Mexico Foundation
Board of Trustees
2014–15
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Board
Chair Michael Pettit thanks members for their
efforts and philanthropic support of the art,
history, and culture of New Mexico. “For over
fifty years, our trustees, members, and staff
have committed themselves to preserving New
Mexico’s unique cultural heritage,” says Pettit.
“Without that long, sustained support — and that
of public servants — the Museum of New Mexico
would not be the world-class system it is today.”
TRUSTEES
ADVISORY TRUSTEES
Michael Pettit, Chair
Pat Hall, Vice Chair
Jim Goodwin, Treasurer
Rebecca Carrier, Secretary
Victoria Addison
Catherine A. Allen
Keith K. Anderson
Tana Bidwell
Anne Bingaman
Cynthia Bolene
Dorothy H. Bracey
Jack Campbell
Rosalind Doherty
George Duncan
Charles Gaillard
J. Scott Hall
Bud Hamilton
Catherine M. Harvey
Susie Herman
Nicole A. Hixon
Stephen Hochberg
Frank H. Hogan
Peggy Hubbard
Candace Jacobson
Cathy Kalenian
Stuart Kirk
Bruce Larsen
John Lenssen
Ann Rather Livingston
David Matthews
Christine McDermott
Helene Singer Merrin
Mark Naylor
Dennis A. O’Toole, Ph.D.
Dan Perry
Jerry Richardson
Keith Roth
Marshall Sale
Nan Schwanfelder
Judy Sherman
Marian Silver
Charles M. Smith
Suzanne Sugg
Courtney Finch Taylor
Patty Terrell
Carol Warren
John Young
Robert Zone, M.D.
Charmay B. Allred
M. Carlota Baca, Ph.D.
JoAnn Lynn Balzer
John Berl
Lynn Brown
Jane Buchsbaum
Rosa Ramirez Carlson
Robert L. Clarke
John P. Comstock, M.D.
Liz Crews
Sherry Davis
Joan Dayton
Clara L. Dougherty
Jim Duncan, Jr.
Leroy Garcia
Barbara Hoover
Kent F. Jacobs, M.D.
Connie Thrasher Jaquith
Margot Linton
Janis Lyon
Jim Manning
Dee Ann McIntyre
Doris Meyer
Patty Newman
Bob Nurock
James T. Ortíz
Jane O’Toole
Alan Rolley
J. Edd Stepp
Marilynn Thoma
Nancy Meem Wirth
Claire Woodcock
Donald F. Wright
HONORARY
TRUSTEES TRUSTEES EMERITI
Thomas B. Catron III
Saul Cohen
Phyllis Gladden
James Snead
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Lloyd E. Cotsen
Anne and John Marion
Edwina and Charles Milner
Binnie Postelnek
J. Paul Taylor
Eileen A. Wells
photo © Andrew Kastner
new member campaign aims to
increase museum support
In spring 2014, the Museum of New
Mexico Foundation launched a new
membership program. We created new
membership categories and extended a
ten percent discount on any level to our
senior members. We enriched member
benefits at all levels to bring you the
program you enjoy today.
A year later, the response has been extraordinary, says Foundation
President/CEO Jamie Clements. “We now have more than 14,000
members in 7,100 households. Together, they contributed more
than $1.4 million last fiscal year to help the Foundation support our
four museums in Santa Fe, seven historic sites statewide, and Office
of Archaeological Studies.”
Six Steps to
Join our New
Member Campaign
Step 1: Pledge to ask your
friends, neighbors, and
colleagues to join the Museum of
New Mexico Foundation
Step 2: Let us know you want to
become a Cultural Ambassador in
any of the following ways:
•Call: 505.982.6366 ext.100
•Visit: museumfoundation.org/
ambassador/
•Mail: Return the card in the
mailed invitation
Members make up more than 30 percent of all museum visitors,
spend $1.1 million each year in our museum shops, and volunteer
countless hours of service at our cultural institutions.
More than half of our loyal members
have committed to a membership for
more than a decade. Every year, more
than two-thirds give additional
funding to support exhibitions and
education programs.
Step 4: Ask people to join the
Foundation by attending our
events with your prospects. See
pages 6 and 8.
Step 5: Reap the rewards and
win great prizes! See pages 5
and 8.
Step 6: Celebrate your efforts
at our post-campaign celebration on Saturday, June 20, at the
New Mexico History Museum,
and take pride in introducing new
members to all that membership
has to offer.
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Step 3: Attend the kick-off event
on Saturday, March 28. We’ll give
you the training and the tools you
need to be successful.
What’s Next for Members
What’s next? We know there is no better time than spring to grow our
membership base to further our mission and bring added support to
our cultural institutions. We are inviting you to become a Cultural
Ambassador and participate in our New Member Campaign, a grassroots, all-volunteer initiative to recruit members to the Foundation.
The program is designed to inspire you to step up your involvement
in our community in a meaningful and fun way while sharing your
passion for our museums with others.
The campaign — which runs from April 1 to May 31 — is an opportunity for you to recruit your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors to join the Foundation. It’s a great way to share the cultural
experiences that you already enjoy as a member and celebrate our
state’s rich culture and heritage, says campaign chair Nicole Hixon.
“When you sign up as a Cultural Ambassador, you prove your
loyal support for our cultural institutions and your commitment
to their ongoing success,” Hixon says. “We’ll give you all the tools
you’ll need to be successful. And we have enticing prizes and
exclusive events planned for you as our way of saying thank you.”
Become a Cultural
Ambassador
Recruit New Members,
Win Great Prizes!
For your participation — Win a
Foundation tote bag
recruit
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members
recruit
Win a Foundation
travel mug plus a
20% off coupon to the
museum shops
Win a $50 gift certificate
Museum Hill Café plus
10 toa museum
note card set
members
recruit
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members
recruit
Win an invitation to
The Red that Colored
the World exclusive
preview event plus
the accompanying
companion publication
Win a $150 shopping
at our museum
20 spree
shops plus an exclusive
members
art print
recruit
30
members
recruit
Win a private behind-thescenes museum tour for
ten plus an iPad Air
Win a VIP art trip to New
The
Most York City for two people
members
See page 8 for additional prizes
for recruiting Circles members.
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New Member
Campaign
Special Events for
Cultural Ambassadors
As a Cultural Ambassador, you
are invited to attend special
events with your prospective
members. Your guests will enjoy
an introduction to our museums
and exclusive experiences. Here’s
the lineup:
Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m.
New Member Campaign kick-off,
Museum of International Folk Art
Saturday, April 4, 11 a.m.
Museum tour, Indian Country: The
Art of David Bradley, Museum of
Indian Arts and Culture
Saturday, April 18, 11 a.m.
Museum tour, Colors of the
Southwest, New Mexico Museum
of Art
Saturday, May 9, 11 a.m.
Mid-campaign celebration event
Saturday, May 16, 5:30 p.m.
Member Preview, The Red That
Colored the World, Museum of
International Folk Art
Saturday, May 23, 11 a.m.
Museum tour, Setting the
Standard: The Fred Harvey
Company and Its Legacy, New
Mexico History Museum
Saturday, June 20, 5:30 p.m.
Campaign thank you celebration
and prize drawing, New Mexico
History Museum
When you sign up to be
a Cultural Ambassador,
you and your guests will
receive e-invitations with
full event details. For
more information, call
505.982.6366 ext. 100 or email
[email protected].
The New Member Campaign officially kicks off with a celebration
on Saturday, March 28, at the Museum of International Folk Art.
You will enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and refreshments while we
give you all the recruitment information and tools you need to
get started. Our Cultural Ambassador toolkit contains brochures,
thank you cards, museum publications, and instructions on how to
sign up a new member. The event will also be your opportunity to
meet other Cultural Ambassadors.
If you have already signed up to become a Cultural Ambassador
through our mailings, thank you. If not, please accept our invitation
by calling 505.982.6366 ext. 100, emailing [email protected] or visiting museumfoundation.org/ambassador/. Once you
have signed up, we will contact you by telephone or email to confirm
your participation and save your space at our March 28 event.
While your participation will bring its own rewards, we will offer
amazing prizes (see pages 5 and 8) based on the number of new
members you recruit between April 1 and May 31. The Cultural
Ambassador who recruits the most new members will receive a trip
for two to New York City for a weekend full of art and culture. The
Ambassador who recruits the most Circles members will receive a
four-day weekend getaway. The prizes allow us to show our appreciation for your participation and your efforts to provide additional
support to our cultural institutions.
The new members you bring to the Foundation will not only grow
the membership program, but will provide additional operating
support to enable the Foundation to direct more resources to our
affiliated institutions, says Foundation Membership Director
Mariann Minana-Lovato. “This includes fund development for
exhibitions, public programs, and education programs for more
than 40,000 schoolchildren; essential financial services; funding to
augment limited state resources for much-needed capital improvements; and advocacy on behalf of our cultural institutions.”
“Best of all,” Minana-Lovato adds, “becoming a Cultural Ambassador allows you to get more involved with the Foundation and
our world-class institutions.”
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See page 8 for events for Circles
Cultural Ambassadors.
How to Become a Cultural Ambassador
Member for a Day passes give
your guests free admission and
shop discounts at our museums for
one day
Membership in the North
American Reciprocal Museum
(NARM) Association grants you
free admission and discounts at
more than 650 cultural institutions
(narmassociation.org)
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Recognition at exhibition Member
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Premier early access to
Member Previews
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Recognition on five museum donor walls
and in four issues of Member News
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Ten Member for a Day Passes, gives your
guests free admission and shops discounts
for one day at our museums
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Opportunity to register for The Circles
Travel Program
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Second opportunity to register for The
Circles Travel Program
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Invitations to exclusive Cocktails with the
Collector events, exploring themes (and
obsessions!) in art collecting
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Complimentary membership in your choice
of one Friends group
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Two Friends & Family membership cards
with free year-round admission and
discounts
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First opportunity to RSVP for The Circles
Travel Program
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Complimentary membership in your choice
of two Friends groups
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Bonus events exclusively for National and
Chairman’s Circle members
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Complimentary signed exhibition catalogue
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The Circles
Benefits
The Circles Levels
All core membership benefits
(All but $30 tax-deductible)
Ambassador $1,000
Benefactor $600 (All but $20 tax-deductible)
Patron $300 (All but $20 tax-deductible)
(All but $20 tax-deductible)
Individual/Dual $75 (Fully tax-deductible)
(Fully tax-deductible)
Family/Grandparents $100
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Chairman’s Circle $10,000 and above (All but $135 tax-deductible)
Invitations to Member Mondays
exclusive private small group
exhibition tours
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National Circle $5,000 to $9,999 (All but $135 tax-deductible)
Personalized Kids/Grandkids
membership cards (up to 4
available upon request)
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Governor’s Circle $2,500 to $4,999 (All but $95 tax-deductible)
All core membership benefits
for 2 adults (second membership
can be for a specified individual or
a guest)
Regents’ Circle $1,500 to $2,499 (All but $95 tax-deductible)
All core membership benefits
(free admission, complimentary
member publications, museum shop
and online discounts, Museum Hill
Café discount, invitations to events
and exhibition previews) for 1 adult
Student $35
Membership
Benefits
Membership Levels
Your Benefits Guide
Sponsor $150 (All but $20 tax-deductible)
Membership
Refresher
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Complimentary membership in all four
Friends groups
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An exhibition-themed gift from the
museum shops
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Private events with the Chair and
President/CEO
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Invitation to a private
museum tour
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Invitation to one Circles First Look
event, where you’ll be first to see a
museum exhibition
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Recognition in our Annual Report
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Growing The Circles
The Foundation’s New Member
Campaign this spring features a special
effort to grow our Circles program.
We invite you to become a Cultural Ambassador and share what you love most about being a Circles
member. By encouraging your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to join The Circles, they too will
come to know the joys of supporting our cultural institutions. As a Circles Cultural Ambassador, you’ll have
the opportunity to win exclusive prizes and attend special events designed just for Circles members.
Six Steps to Join our New
Member Campaign
Step 1: Pledge to ask your family, friend, neighbors,
and colleagues to join The Circles
Step 2: Let us know you want to become a Circles
Cultural Ambassador in any of the following ways:
•Call: 505.982.6366 ext. 118
•Visit: museumfoundation.org/circles-ambassador/
•Mail: Return the response card in mailed invitation
Step 3: Attend the campaign kick-off event on
Saturday, March 28, and meet your fellow Ambassadors
Step 4: Invite your prospects to exclusive Circlesonly private tours and events
Special Events for Circles
Cultural Ambassadors
As a Cultural Ambassador for The Circles, you
are invited to a series of special events with your
prospective Circles members.
Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m.: Cultural Ambassador
Campaign launch, Museum of International Folk Art
Step 5: Enjoy the rewards of bringing new members
into our Circles family
Thursday, April 16, 6 p.m.: Invitation-only lecture:
A Red Like No Other, Las Campanas Country Club.
Dinner immediately following (limit 12 guests).
Step 6: Celebrate your efforts and welcome your new
Circles members at our post-campaign celebration,
Saturday, June 20, at the New Mexico History Museum.
Saturday, April 25, 4 p.m.: Behind-the-scenes
museum tour with a curator, followed by wine and
cheese reception, New Mexico History Museum
Become a Circles
Cultural Ambassador
Recruit Circles Members, Win Great Prizes
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circles
members
Win an
80-minute
massage for
two people
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Win a multicourse dinner
with wine pairings
for four people
recruit
Win an overnight
staycation at the
Eldorado Hotel &
Spa
recruit
circles
members
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circles
members
recruit
Win a four-day
The
Most luxury getaway
circles
members
Friday, May 15, 5:30 p.m.: Exclusive Circles
member event: A Red Like No Other, Museum of
International Folk Art
Saturday, May 23, 5 p.m.: Cocktails with the
Collector. Stay tuned for details.
Saturday, June 20, 5:30: Campaign thank you
celebration, New Mexico History Museum
When you become a Circles Cultural
Ambassador, you and your guests will
receive invitations with full event details.
For more information, contact Cara O’Brien
at 505.982.6366 ext. 118 or
[email protected].
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circles
member
Win a multicourse dinner
with wine
pairings for two
people
Saturday, May 9, 4 p.m.: Behind-the-scenes
museum tour with a curator, followed by wine and
cheese reception, New Mexico Museum of Art
Spring Forward
The Season’s Hottest Member Events
Tuesday, March 10
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Friday, May 1
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Saturday, May 2
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Folk Art Flea
Museum of International
Folk Art
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free
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Friday, May 22
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Photo: Marie Schnelle
Native Treasures: Indian
Arts Festival Pre-Show
Celebration
Santa Fe Community
Convention Center
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
$100 per person
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Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24
Native Treasures:
Indian Arts Festival
Santa Fe Community
Convention Center
Saturday, Early Bird,
9 to 10 a.m., $20
Saturday, General,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $10
Sunday, General,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Free
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For all members
For Benefactor members and above
For members of The Circles, Legacy and Founders
Society; donors to the Exhibitions Development
Fund and Director’s Leadership Fund; and
select Business Council members and
Corporate Sponsors
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All photos courtesy New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs unless noted
RED HOT Haute Flea
Museum of International
Folk Art
5:30 to 8 p.m.
$60 per person
Member Preview: The Red
That Colored the World
Museum of International
Folk Art
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Free
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Member Monday
Multiple Exhibition Tours
New Mexico History
Museum/Palace of the
Governors, New Mexico
Museum of Art
10 a.m. to noon
Free
Saturday, May 16
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Albert Museum, London
Tour for Benefactor,
Ambassador, and
The Circles members
Colors of the Southwest
New Mexico Museum
of Art
10 a.m.
Free
Friday, May 15
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Exclusive Circles Event
A Red Like No Other
Museum of International
Folk Art
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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org/events/
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New Mexico History Museum/
Palace of the Governors
Preserving the
Palace
Ways to Support the
Restoration
Public and private donors, along
with the Palace Guard and Los
Compadres del Palacio, helped
create the New Mexico History
Museum, which opened in 2009.
State and museum officials are
now exploring ways that public and
private donors can help fund the
restoration of the history museum’s
centuries-old architectural anchor,
the Palace of the Governors.
The National Trust for Historic
Preservation’s National Treasures
program will highlight the Palace
as a model for state-owned properties neglected by the decline
of public funding — and for the
preservation of adobe structures
throughout the Southwest. But
the program’s success relies on
a public-private partnership to
upgrade the interim exhibits.
National Treasure
Public-Private Initiative Supports Palace
Restoration
The Palace of the Governors has been designated a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The move,
announced in January by the New Mexico Department of Cultural
Affairs, will add significant impetus to efforts to restore the oldest
public building still in use in the United States.
The private, nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation
works to save America’s historic places through advocacy with state
and national decision makers and in collaboration with historic
preservation groups and public-private donors. The organization’s recognition of the 1610 adobe Palace, whose Spanish-Pueblo
Revival style of architecture defines Santa Fe today, is bringing
greater public awareness to the urgent need for capital improvements to the building, which was last fully renovated in the 1970s.
Much-needed repairs include: new lime plaster on the outside
walls of the courtyard; roof and interior gallery improvements; and
modernized mechanical systems, such as HVAC, lighting, and fire
suppression. Totaling $1.5 million, funding for these capital costs
are being sought from the 2015 state legislature’s capital outlay
budget.
To augment state funding, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
will also undertake a $3.5 million private fundraising campaign
to upgrade the interior exhibits in the Palace once the structural
upgrades have been made.
Stay tuned for information on
ways to get involved, including
sharing your stories of the Palace,
advocating for $1.5 million in state
funding for the Palace restoration,
and donating to the Foundation’s
$3.5 million campaign.
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Left to right: National Trust for Historic Preservation Regional Vice President Barbara
Pahl, Foundation President/CEO Jamie Clements, New Mexico Department of
Cultural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Veronica Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe Javier
Gonzales, and Chief of Staff for Governor Susana Martinez Keith Gardner.
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“Restoring the Palace of the Governors, a National
Historic Landmark and jewel of both the Santa Fe
community and state of New Mexico, will require
a combination of significant public and private
funding,” says Foundation President/CEO Jamie
Clements. “Our commitment to preserving this treasured building and all that it represents will serve
as an example to other states about the importance
of investing in their historic sites for the benefit of
residents and visitors alike.”
Located in the heart of Santa Fe, at the end of the
Santa Fe Trail, the 405-year-old Palace has served
as a state museum since 1909 and was declared
a National Historic Landmark in 1960. The New
Mexico History Museum, adjacent to the Palace,
opened in 2009. More than 100,000 people visit the
Palace each year.
The Palace of the Governors is in dire need of repairs. The
Foundation will seek private funds to augment the $1.5 million
sought from the 2015 New Mexico State Legislature to restore the
building in an upcoming fundraising campaign.
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New Mexico
Museum of Art
Exhibition Explores
the Building of the
Museum of Art
The New Mexico Museum of Art’s
landmark building just off the Santa
Fe Plaza will be a historic focal
point of the museum’s centennial
in 2017. The iconic building will be
celebrated for its significance in the
creation of Spanish-Pueblo Revival
architecture, as well as for its use
as a community center for art and
performance.
But you don’t have to wait until
2017 to learn more about this
architectural gem. Now on display
at the Governor’s Gallery in the
New Mexico State Capitol is That
Multitudes May Share: Building
the Museum of Art. The exhibition
explores the history of the museum
building through original plans
by the Rapp & Rapp architectural
firm, watercolor renderings, and
other visuals that document the
many influences that led to the
building’s creation.
Museum of Art Plans to Expand Space and Scope
Edgar Lee Hewett, the Museum of New Mexico’s first director,
championed the 1917 founding of a new art museum, today’s New
Mexico Museum of Art.
“In no other state of this union is the trend of life so clearly shaped by
art as in New Mexico,” Hewett said. “Art has rescued this state from
the commonplace and made it conscious of its own fine character.”
Above and opposite page: Interiors of the galleries at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Nearly one hundred years later, the museum is looking to build
on this history as it moves forward into its second century. The
museum is in the first year of a five-year strategic plan calling for a
satellite museum with added exhibition and storage space, restoration of the historic building, and added emphasis on contemporary
art in museum programming and collections.
“The coming centennial of the museum in 1917 is a major anniversary for us that has motivated the big-picture thinking in this plan,”
says director Mary Kershaw.
The plan is being developed with Lord Cultural Resources, a
professional museum planning agency working in the cultural
sector worldwide. In determining priorities for the future, Kershaw
emphasized the importance of building on recent museum
successes. The collections are being used more dynamically and
the historic building has become a more sociable, communityoriented space.
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The exhibition, which runs
through March 27, 2015, is free and
open to the public Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Governor’s Gallery is located on
the fourth floor of the New Mexico
State Capitol.
The Big Picture
“Central to this transformation has been a more
ambitious exhibition program. We were the only
U.S. venue for the world-class artwork in Renaissance
to Goya, which attracted more than four times our
usual number of visitors,” she says.
But developing the museum’s contemporary art
collection poses challenges, primarily because
storage space is beyond capacity. The museum’s
historic building was created for the artists of the
early twentieth century, and its spaces are ideal for
exhibiting artwork of that time. The museum’s desire
to display more contemporary art will require bigger,
more open spaces and more flexible configurations,
Kershaw says.
“Because we were built 100 years ago, the art
museum is much smaller in scale than the other
museums that followed,” Kershaw says. “We have
about half the overall size of any of the other three
state museums in Santa Fe, underscoring the
need for a satellite location. The new space that
we envision for contemporary art would expand
our capacity for exhibitions, learning spaces,
social activities, and more storage for our growing
collections.”
Kershaw says the museum is “working closely with
private and public partners,” including the Museum
of New Mexico Foundation, to build donor support
for the museum’s expanded vision. Ideally, she says,
the new space would be within a walkable distance
of the Plaza. Also central to the plan, Kershaw says,
is the restoration of the 98-year-old museum on the
plaza to its “original, simple elegance,” with some
upgrades in technology and amenities. The museum
will continue to serve as a focus for the more than
20,000 twentieth-century works of southwestern
art in its collections, as well as a community performance venue and gathering space.
photos © Daniel Quat Photography
Looking toward 2017, the museum is making plans
to mark its centennial with a robust celebratory
calendar of public programs, social events, and a
signature exhibition showcasing the richness of
Southwest art.
“The New Mexico Museum of Art is building on its
founding vision as an artist-centered home for the
visual arts of the Southwest,” says Museum of New
Mexico Foundation President/CEO Jamie Clements.
“Plans for engaging visitors, young and old alike,
through programs with a contemporary art focus
are balanced with a dynamic exhibition schedule
presenting the museum’s historic collection of
regional art.”
The end goal, Kershaw says, is to “attract more residents and visitors, while increasing the national and
international profile of the museum.”
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Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture/
Laboratory of Anthropology
Sponsors Step Up
for Native Treasures
More individual and corporate
sponsors are stepping up to support
the Native Treasures: Indian Arts
Festival each year. Proceeds from
the annual sale of Native arts
benefit exhibitions and education
programs at the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture.
Sponsorship levels range from
$500 to $5,000 with accompanying
benefits and recognition. Benefits
include registration to the Native
Treasures Friday Pre-Show Celebration and Early Bird admission to
the festival. Breakfast with 2015
Living Treasures Terri Greeves and
Keri Ataumbi, along with Early Bird
admission and VIP parking passes
to the Native Treasures Collectors Art Sale in October, are added
benefits.
Honoring Quality, Community, Family
If it’s Memorial Day weekend, it must be Native Treasures weekend.
The 11th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival will be held
May 23-24 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The preshow fundraiser is scheduled for Friday, May 22.
A museum-quality Indian art show and sale, Native Treasures benefits the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and last year drew some
5,000 visitors throughout the weekend. Again this year, more than
200 Native American artists, each of whom is specially invited by the
museum to participate, will showcase the best artistry of the Indian
art world. Participants represent more than 50 tribes and pueblos, as
well as a range of art forms, from traditional to contemporary. In addition to established artists, emerging artists demonstrate new talent.
Many participating artists are included in the museum’s permanent collection, and each artist generously donates a portion of
sales to museum programs.
“The Native Treasures festival is a vital source of revenue for
museum exhibitions and educational programs that feature the
unique beauty and cultures of the pueblos and tribes of the greater
Southwest,” says museum director Della Warrior. “We are delighted
that the sponsorships continue to grow, making the show and sale
a successful event.”
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photos by carol Franco
Sponsors are recognized by name
in various festival and museum
materials, and for sponsors at
the $1,000 level and above, on the
museum’s donor wall. To become
a sponsor, contact Connie Tooker
Nuñez at 505.982.6366 ext. 106 or
[email protected].
Native Treasures 2015
Left: The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Living Treasures for 2015 are the talented Kiowa artists and sisters Teri Greeves (left)
and Keri Ataumbi. Right: bracelets by Keri Ataumbi. Below: Beaded Converse high heels by Teri Greeves.
Since 2006, the museum has honored ten Living
Treasures artists to coincide with the festival. The
award acknowledges an artist’s body of work and
participation in the community at large.
The Living Treasures for 2015 are Kiowa artists (and
sisters) Teri Greeves and Keri Ataumbi. Both women
are accomplished artists whose work is widely
collected and is represented in Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture’s collection.
create special pieces related to the family theme for
sale at the special Friday fundraiser and celebration.
For registration or more information, visit
nativetreasures.org.
Ataumbi calls her work wearable art, describing it
as an exploration of jewelry as both adornment and
sculpture. Greeves is known internationally for her
bead work. photos courtesy native treasures
“The museum-quality work of both of these artists,
although different in medium and form, represents
some of the essential values of Native Treasures,
including the storytelling that is an intrinsic element
of their work,” Warrior says. “We celebrate their
Kiowa heritage and their individual and distinct
voices through the narratives they are creating.”
A pre-show celebration on Friday, May 22, (at the
same location, requiring separate registration) will
feature the theme of family, in honor of the featured
sister artists. All festival artists have been invited to
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Museum of
International Folk Art
Folk Art Flea Gets
Red Hot
More than 1,200 people are
expected to attend the Sixth Annual
Folk Art Flea on Saturday, May 2, at
the Museum of International Folk
Art in hopes of discovering one-ofa-kind folk art.
In honor of the museum’s The Red
That Colored the World exhibition, the popular annual museum
fundraiser opens with the Red Hot
Haute Flea, organized by the Folk
Art Commitee, on Friday, May 1.
The $100 per person ticketed event
is limited to 250 guests.
Proceeds benefit the museum’s
programs and exhibitions. Individual and corporate sponsorships
for the event are available from $250
to $5,000.
The Bug that Colored
the World
Exhibition Explores the Art, History,
and Mystery of Red
Red is a primary color, so widely used that few think about its
source or the history behind it. But throughout art history, a tiny
scaled insect, the prolific American Cochineal bug, has produced
a rich red substance that has been used to color textiles, manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, furniture, and more.
In the sixteenth century, the Spanish discovered that indigenous
peoples in Mexico were cultivating the cochineal bug for its red
colorant. Now you can discover this fascinating story in the exhibition The Red That Colored the World, opening May 17 at the
Museum of International Folk Art.
Opening events include a keynote lecture by noted pre-Columbian textile scholar Elena Phipps, formerly of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and now president of the Textile Society of
America. A workshop by acclaimed santero (saint maker) Charlie
Carrillo on painting with cochineal, a colcha embroidery
The Folk Art Flea offers free admission on Saturday, May 2, from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Early Bird Folk
Art Flea begins at 9 a.m. and is
reserved for sponsors, Friends of
Folk Art members, and RED HOT
Haute Flea patrons.
To become a sponsor, contact
Connie Tooker Nuñez at
505.982.6366 ext. 106 or connie@
museumfoundation.org
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Photo courtesy John C. Weber
Anonymous, Firefighter’s Ceremonial Coat, Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period.
Wool with gold and silk-thread embroidery and applique, 38 x 48 in. Collection of
John C. Weber, New York.
demonstration by Nina Arroyo Wood, and a reception with live music.
A major publication, A Red Like No Other: How
Cochineal Colored the World, accompanies the
exhibition. The book is co-edited by New Mexico
author-editor Carmella Padilla and art historian Dr.
Barbara Anderson; the two are also guest co-curators of the exhibition. Published by Rizzoli Publications of New York, the book delves deeper into
cochineal’s global history, science, economics, and
use in art, with original contributions from nearly
40 international scholars.
After Spanish invaders encountered the American Cochineal bug in the Aztec marketplaces of
sixteenth-century Mexico, the insect’s unparalleled
range of reds and immense economic value launched
a global demand for the dye source, changing art,
culture, and trade for centuries. Cochineal’s value
held through the mid-nineteenth century, when
synthetic pigments were invented. The exhibition
follows the cochineal story through the twentieth
century to today as it has reemerged as a popular
colorant in the traditional arts of New Mexico and
among other artists worldwide.
Every object considered for this ambitious exhibition
that was not already known to have been made with
cochineal was analyzed to confirm its presence, says
museum director Marsha Bol. The analysis project
involved a team of conservation scientists from
throughout the U.S. and Spain that collaborated with
Mark MacKenzie, conservation director of the New
Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Photo courtesy the Heard Museum
“While important historical documents described
the use of cochineal, only a small number of objects
were known to conclusively contain the red dye
source. And only a handful of institutions had
analyzed the organic reds in a select few objects by
the time of our project,” Bol says. “We realized that
our conservation department would need to undertake its own program of analysis. With the promise of
contributing new scientific knowledge to the field, an
already ambitious project grew bigger.”
The exhibition features some 130 cochineal-colored
objects from the pre-Columbian and Spanish
Colonial Americas, including New Mexico, as well
as works from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Palette of Cochineal, D.Y. Begay, Tselani, Arizona, 2013, Wool and
cochineal, 33 x 48 in. Collection of the Heard Museum.
Highlights include a page from the celebrated
sixteenth-century Florentine Codex, a manuscript of
New World history by Bernardino de Sahagún; works
by Spanish painting masters El Greco and Francisco Zurbarán; a cochineal-upholstered chair from
Napolean Bonaparte’s Council Room at Malmaison,
France; cochineal-inspired fashion by early twentieth century Spanish design icon Mariano Fortuny;
and much more.
In addition to showcasing collections from the folk
art museum, institutions worldwide are lending
to the exhibition. They include the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Victoria and
Albert Museum in London, Mexico City’s Museo
Franz Mayer, and the Museo del Traje and Museo de
América in Madrid. Closer to home, select works will
also be on view from the Heard Museum, Museum
of Spanish Colonial Art, Albuquerque Museum, New
Mexico History Museum, and Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture. Many private collectors have also
loaned works to the show.
The Red That Colored the World is one of the most
ambitious projects ever undertaken by the Museum
of International Folk Art. The exhibition is made
possible by major financial support from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, along
with support from other public and private donors,
including the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
and the International Folk Art Foundation.
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New Mexico
Historic Sites
Matching
Grant Supports
Residencies,
Preserves History
Building on the success of the
Historic Sites Residency Program,
a matching grant was recently
established at the Museum of New
Mexico Foundation. The grant is a
way for private donors to support
the program and the preservation of local history at the historic
sites — especially those in their
own communities.
The grant has been launched
with $15,000 contributed by two
generous donors. Monies raised
through individual gifts, which go
toward the $30,000 goal, will help
pay expenses for a range of resident
artists and scholars at the various
historic sites, including blacksmiths, weavers, oral historians,
and community elders.
History on the Ground
Historic Sites Residency Program Gains Steam
The past is palpable at the New Mexico Historic Sites. The seven
statewide sites highlight New Mexico’s rich and diverse history — and
our commitment to preserving it — allowing us to experience many
of the historic and cultural traditions of our forebears.
For these reasons and more, Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Trustee Dennis O’Toole is a staunch promoter of our historic sites. “I
like my history local,” he says. “Nothing beats being on the ground
at places where some history-shaping events actually happened and
where noteworthy people of bygone days lived and died.”
O’Toole points to the Historic Sites Residency Program launched in
2014 as a particularly unique way for individuals to experience the
sites. Designed to boost site attendance and community involvement, the program invites artists and scholars across all disciplines
to undertake a one-week professional sojourn at one of the sites,
with selections based on expertise and artistic merit. Residencies
culminate in a public presentation or professional product inspired
by the resident’s stay.
“This new initiative has so far brought scholars, artists, and tribal
elders to three of the historic sites, with very favorable responses,”
O’Toole says.
In the summer of 2014, Jemez Historic Site presented a six-week
program in which Jemez Pueblo elders, selected by tribal leaders,
offered a Native American voice and perspective to interpretation
Last fiscal year, the Foundation
received more than $40,000 to
support the sites, which attract
some 80,000 visitors annually.
Fred Nolan talks at the San Juan Mission on November 11, 2014, about the early
childhood of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid. From left to right: Gary Cozzens,
manager, Lincoln Historic Site; Gary Jones, researcher; Frederick Nolan; and Susan
Stevenson, researcher.
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photos © New Mexico historic Sites
For information on how to support
the Historic Sites and the Residency
Matching Grant, contact Yvonne
Montoya at 505.982.6366 ext. 102
or [email protected].
Lawrence and Maxine Toya are elders in residence at Jemez Historic Site.
of the site. The elders provided public tours, sharing
stories about their culture and the archaeological
remains of the pueblo. They also demonstrated a
range of knowledge and skills, including language
arts, pottery, music, and dance.
photos © New Mexico historic Sites
At El Camino Real Historic Trail Site, two artists were
in residence last summer. Louie Garcia, a weaver
from the Tiwa/Piro tribe of Guadalupe Pueblo (near
Las Cruces), presented a public workshop on plaited
yucca mat weaving. He also donated a yucca plaited
pottery ring (worn on one’s head to aid in carrying a
heavy pot) to the site’s permanent collection. Scott
Goewey, an award-winning potter from Carrizozo,
demonstrated thrown and hand-built pottery techniques using clay collected in the Mesilla Valley and
led a public workshop on coiled clay pottery.
Lincoln Historic Site hosted three residents in the
fall of 2014, including Bob Boze Bell, executive editor
of True West magazine. Bell, whose interest is in how
early buildings and people in Lincoln were depicted
before photographs were widely used, produced
drawings of people and buildings associated with
Lincoln’s history.
Author-historian Frederick Nolan, a recognized
authority on both Billy the Kid and the Lincoln
County War, completed original research on the
early life of the Kid, which he will write about in an
upcoming issue of El Palacio. The residency culminated in what Nolan describes as “a packed-house,
two-hour conversation about my new findings on the
birth and childhood of Billy the Kid.”
Finally, Christopher Wright, a retired Marine Corps
colonel and former oral historian at the Marine Corps
Historical Center in Washington, D.C., conducted
and recorded interviews with residents of Lincoln
and the surrounding area, including direct descendants of participants in the Lincoln County War. His
public talk emphasized the value of local oral history
in the story of Lincoln.
Historic Sites Director Richard Sims says these first
three programs showed measurable increases in
visitor participation at the sites where the residents
were hosted. “For a modest cost, the residency
program has been proven to add another dimension
to educational programming, increasing the site’s
exposure, and supporting local communities and
their cultures,” he says.
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Office of
Archaeological Studies
ceramics.nmarchaeology.org
Office of Archaeological Studies
Launches New Pottery Web Site
The Office of Archaeological Studies, with the
support of the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Friends of Archaeology, has launched a
new website: ceramics.nmarchaeology.org.
“What Dean has accomplished has been updating
the shoe boxes of pottery types that have been kept
in the Mera Room of the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture Laboratory of Anthropology,” Blinman says.
“Dean has brought pottery typology from the 1930s
into the twenty-first century, adding commentary
from his vast experience as well as incorporating the
views of other archaeologists.”
While many of the vessel images highlighted on the
new site are based on Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture collections, Blinman says Wilson has gone
far beyond those collections to build such an extensive pottery database.
“One of the marvelous benefits of this website is that
it reveals a dimension of the incredible beauty and
history of Native American pottery that most people
never get to see,” Blinman says. “We hope it can be an
inspiration to the descendent potters who continue
many of their traditions to this day.”
The site is a continuing effort to provide an online
archaeological classification system of ancient New
Mexico pottery that is just “mouse clicks” away,
Wilson says. He has provided first drafts of the
descriptions for his peers to critique, with the goal
of developing a solid resource for the future of New
Mexico pottery studies.
“This database — the first of its kind — is a work in
progress,” he adds. “The information is intended to
be revised and improved as we learn more.”
A biscuit ware jar from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
collections.
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photos: Left © Daniel quat photography; right courtesy Office of Archaeological Studies
The Southwest Ceramic
Typology Project represents the life’s work of C.
Dean Wilson, director
of the Pottery Analysis
Laboratory of the
archaeological studies
office. Archaeologists
have defined more than
300 pottery types in
New Mexico, covering
2,000 years of functional,
C. Dean Wilson, director of the
regional, and stylistic
Pottery Analysis Laboratory of the
variation. While no one
Office of Archaeological Studies.
person can know all of
the types, Wilson comes as close as anyone as a result
of his more than 35 years of study.
Office of Archeaological Studies Director Eric
Blinman explained the links between institutions
that make this new project possible.
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