Coming soon! Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country opens November 7 at the Museum Galleries in Santa Fe!

From October 19 to November 7, enjoy reduced admission while Galleries 7, 8, and 9 are closed for installation.

First Friday: Place/Holding

  • Friday, May 3
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MT
  • 217 JOHNSON ST, SANTA FE, NM

Join us for extended hours at the Museum on First Friday and our Mobile Artist in Residence's exhibition 'Place/Holding.'

Join us for extended hours at the Museum on the First Friday of every month. Admission is free all day for New Mexico residents and free for everyone from 5 PM–7 PM. 

Enjoy a showing of Place/Holding, an exhibition by Brian Fleetwood (Muscogee Creek), the Museum’s first Mobile Artist in Residence. Place/Holding presents Fleetwood’s jewelry created by single-use plastics collected from different communities in the Musuem’s Art to G.O. truck. Stop by for a look at the exhibition inside the Axle Contemporary truck, enjoy music by Adrian Wall (Pueblo of Jemez), and refreshments! 

Read more about Place/Holding here

Place/Holding will open on April 19th in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza. Place/Holding is presented by Art to G.O. and Axle Contemporary.

Photograph of a street and an adobe building with a tree on the left of the frame. Parked in front of the building and on the street are two trucks, one a grey mobile art gallery and one the Art to G.O. truck with cloud motifs on it and two tables in front.
Close-up photograph of a pair of hands holding a plastic mold over a table. On the table are small colorful plastic creations.
Photograph of the front of a grey mobile art gallery in the background and the front of the Art to G.O. truck in the foreground. Behind both trucks are leafy trees turning gold.
Axle Contemporary

Be sure to enjoy openings, extended hours, and more at each stop down Palace Avenue. 

First Friday partners include:  

Patina Gallery
Victory Gallery
New Mexico Museum Foundation Shops
Owings Gallery on Palace
Hecho Gallery

Peyton Wright Galleries
New Mexico History Museum
Sorrel Sky Gallery
New Mexico Museum of Art

Upcoming Events

Photograph taken from above of an artists hand as they paint colorful abstract florals on small canvases using a paintbrush and a nearby palette.

Past Event Classes

Online Class: Fresh and Freeing Watercolor Florals

Online

Friday, October 24

11:00am

Past Event Classes

In-Person Class: Create Vibrant Autumn Leaves in Watercolor (2 Parts)

O'KEEFFE MUSEUM CREATIVITY STUDIO | CORNER OF W MARCY ST AND SHERIDAN ST, SANTA FE, NM

Friday, October 24

12:00pm

Unfinished Artwork- one of several unfinished works by O'Keeffe that contain either preliminary drawings for unrealized oil paintings. Several cottonwoods trees in shades of yellow with mountains behind.

Event Classes

Online Class: Autumnal Atmospheric Landscapes in Watercolor

Online

Wednesday, October 29

11:00am