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

Close-up of colorful art supplies like beads on a table with a group of children's hands using them to make art.

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Create with O'Keeffe: Wings & Paws

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Thursday, July 16

3:30pm

A group of people in an audience sit outdoors and clap. Several of them are wearing hats and sunglasses.

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Arts Alive: Poetry at the Museum

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | 217 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, MM 87501

Thursday, July 16

6:00pm

A floral form occupies much of this painting. It is situated in front of a reddish background. The lower portion of the flower is rounded and largely white in color. It has a small spot of pink in the center. The upper portion of the flower is made up of curving layers in shades of blue and green. It has a tear-shaped spot of black in its center.

Event Classes

Online Class: Mastering Mixing with Oils

Online

Friday, July 17

11:00am