First Friday

  • Friday, August 2
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MT
  • 217 Johnson Street. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Join us for extended hours at the Museum on the First Friday of every month! Admission is free from 5:00 PM–7:00 PM. 

Join us for extended hours at the Museum on the First Friday of every month! Admission is free from 5:00 PM–7:00 PM. 

The patio will be popping with art activities and paletas! Meet us outside for a pop art themed coloring pages and frozen, sweet treats from Loteria Paleteria, while supplies last.

Make it an art-filled evening and visit our First Friday partners in downtown Santa Fe. 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 of a book open to a page with small paintings of flowers in watercolor. In the top-right corner is a small watercolor palette.

Past Event Classes

Online Class: Gouache Botanical Studies

Online

Friday, November 21

10:30am

Vertical painting with a large black cross spanning the surface of the picture plane with a massive cross beam running across the upper quadrant and the base stem running the vertical length of the painting. The cross is slightly off center to the viewers left. Looming behind the cross is a rolling mountain range of deep blues hues. Soft white light illuminates the edge of mountain tops and rises into a glorious gradation of of turquoise and blue sky, dotted with white circular stars.

Past Event Classes

Online Class: Watercolor Greeting Cards | New Mexico Winter Skies

Online

Friday, November 21

1:00pm

Photograph of several jars filled with powdered pigment in various shades on a table. Beneath is a piece of paper with a wheel of color in these shades and nearby is a small palette filled with watercolors.

Event Classes

In-Person Class: Botanical Watercolors | Cultivating a Place-Based Palette 

The O'Keeffe Welcome Center | 21120 US-84, Abiquiú, NM 87510

Saturday, November 22

10:00am