NHD IN NM SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONTEST
February 28th, 8am-3pm
NHD in NM is excited to announce that Western New Mexico University will host the Southern Regional contest on February 28, 2025!
GALLUP NEW DEAL ART VIRTUAL MUSEUM LAUNCH PARTY
March 28th and 29th, 9am-8pm The Gallup New Deal Art (GNDA) Virtual Museum, an innovative online space dedicated to Gallup, New Mexico’s New Deal-era art, will launch at the end of March 2025. This project, led by gallupARTS with support from a $530,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, has been in development since 2018 and includes collaboration with over 30 partners.
The GNDA Virtual Museum will become a digital hub for more than 120 artworks from the 1930s and ’40s, including paintings, murals, sculptures, furniture, and more, created or acquired through New Deal federal art programs. Gallup’s collection — one of its cultural treasures — presents a broad range of artistic voices, from Native, Hispano, and European-American artists, reflecting the movements and social dynamics that shaped American art in the first half of the 20th century.
To celebrate the “grand opening” of the Virtual Museum, the public is invited to a day-long event. The website will go at the end of March and GallupARTS will hold an in-person launch celebration Friday, March 28th and Saturday, March 29th in Gallup. The launch will showcase the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum featuring Gallup’s collection of 120+ New Deal artworks with a full day of tours, talks, crafts, music, and free family activities.
For updates and more information, visit GallupNewDealArt.org
**POSTPONED** LA LLORONA: THE WAILING WOMAN
Presented by Rosalia Pacheco
This famous ghost from Spanish folklore is known throughout the world for her eerie, spine chilling cries as she searches for her lost drowned loved ones, her darling children. Early Spanish settlers knew of her. Her folk story was ancient in European mythology, but in New Mexico it is said she lived next door, or that an ancestor actually knew her. All music performed in this presentation is in the public domain (written/published before 1929) or was written/published by the performer.
*PAST* NATIONAL HISTORY DAY JUDGES TRAINING
Join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025 for our NHD in NM Judge Training at Central New Mexico from 9am-12pm. This session will provide practical guidance on understanding the National History Day process, and help you effectively evaluate and support the development of NHD projects. This training will provide valuable insights to help you become both a better judge and stronger teacher.