First Friday: Art, Music, and More!

  • Friday, November 3
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MT
  • Santa Fe, NM

Join us for extended hours at the Museum on the First Friday of every month! Admission is free all day for NM residents and free for everyone from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

Celebrate Indigenous Heritage Month at the Museum with musical artist Adrian Wall, an award-winning musician, producer, and visual artist from New Mexico. As an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Jemez, Wall uses his music as a platform to express his love of music and cultural identity. Wall will fill the galleries with songs from his guitar and traditional flute.

The Museum is also hosting special guests Axle Contemporary and Art to G.O. Artist in Residence Brian Fleetwood for a collection event to support Fleetwood’s upcoming project creating wearable art from single-use plastics. Attendees are asked to bring single-use plastics and participate in the creative process, fostering collaboration and sustainability with an emphasis on the transformative power of collective imagination and shared vision. Brian Fleetwood is a multifaceted artist, a faculty member at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), and a proud member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

Don’t miss a last chance to view Radical Abstraction, a collection of O’Keeffe’s most abstract paintings from throughout her lifetime. Free spotlight tours will be offered for the exhibition which closes on November 4, 2023.

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

Dark blue stroke in the shape of a "C" fills the center of the paper. Lighter blue strokes in same motion of "C" on either side of dark blue "C." Cream color stroke follows the right side of the "C." Three red circles to the right of the "C" with one black circle overlapping the closest red circle to the "C."

Past Event Classes

Online Class: Fundamentals of Watercolor—Washes, Glazing, and Brushwork

Online

Saturday, September 7

10:00am

A winding road enters the scene from the base of the canvas in the center. It curves to the right before weaving off into the distance to the left. A large, light-colored mesa rises from the right side of the work, its hills sloping down towards the left. Several trees dot the landscape in the foreground, and the sky appears hazy.

Event Classes

Online Class: Clouds & Skies for Watercolor Landscapes

Online

Monday, September 9

1:00pm

A pale pink flower with a deeper pink center fills much of this work. It is complimented by a single green leaf that peaks out from behind the petals on the right side of the flower. Bits of other flowers are visible behind the central flower, as well.

Event Classes

Online Class: Abstracting Florals in Watercolor Part 1

Online

Tuesday, September 10

6:00pm