This ONLINE ONLY presentation aired on Wednesday, August 3, 2020 at 1200 Noon. Here is the link for the presentation:                https://youtu.be/eraUdIyQtkU   Virgil Ortiz  Artist, Cochiti Pueblo In this lecture, Cochiti artist, Virgil Ortiz takes us on a journey through the processes he uses to create his artwork.…

Dr. Jeanne Abrams, Professor University of Denver Jews, particularly Jewish women, found unprecedented opportunity in the early American West.  Jewish women here took advantage of those opportunities well in advance of women in other areas of the country and took leading positions in social welfare, business, education, the professions, and politics while at the same…

Robert Nott, Journalist  Gabriella Campos, Photographer Santa Fe NEW MEXICAN Due to the professional demands upon our scheduled speakers,  the upcoming June presentation of the First Wednesday Lecture Series has been postponed until this fall. We thank Robert Nott, Gabriella Campos and all the staff of the Santa Fe New Mexican for their untiring efforts to report on…

Thomas Leech  Curator (Retired), Palace Press, New Mexico History Museum In October 2021,  more than 30 boxes of records documenting the life and times of artist Gustave Baumann arrived at The New Mexico History Museum. A bequest of the Ann Baumann Trust, it contains correspondence, print and sales records, handwritten notes, scrapbooks, color palettes, woodblocks, photographs…