Events
Harwood Museum of Art Events
Date
July, 2025
12Jul8:30 pm10:00 pmSTEMarts [AR] AstroTour: A New Way to See the Stars
Event Details
STEMarts Lab is pleased to announce the launch of the STEMarts [AR] AstroTour, an evening of sky gazing and storytelling through art, science, and technology. This special event is
Event Details
STEMarts Lab is pleased to announce the launch of the STEMarts [AR] AstroTour, an evening of sky gazing and storytelling through art, science, and technology. This special event is part of our continued collaboration with the Harwood Museum of Art and UNM Taos, and is sponsored by the Lor Foundation.
The AstroTour will begin at 8:30 PM in the back courtyard of the museum, where guests are invited to settle in for a quiet reflection under the early night sky. Our guest storytellers — Dr. Julia Blue Bird, Lakota astrophysicist at the NRAO/VLA; Henrietta Gomez, Taos elder; and Arwen Hubbard, NASA Solar System Ambassador — will guide us through personal and scientific narratives that trace our connection to the stars.
In Taos, New Mexico, on July 12th, it will get dark enough for optimal stargazing around 9:30 PM, when astronomical twilight begins — the time when the sun is 12–18 degrees below the horizon. At this point, the event will shift to the front parking lot, where participants can explore a series of Augmented Reality Astro Stations created by the STEMarts Youth Ambassadors. Using your phone, you’ll point to the night sky to unlock animated overlays of constellations — offering artistic interpretations that blend astronomical science with speculative futures.
The AstroTour culminates with a telescope viewing station, where participants will have the opportunity to observe celestial objects up close and engage with Dr. Colin Nicholls, Associate Professor at UNM Taos; Dr. Julia Blue Bird, Lakota astrophysicist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory/VLA; and Arwen Hubbard, NASA Solar System Ambassador.
This immersive sci-art experience was inspired in part by the exhibition Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac, currently on view at the Harwood. Ross’s lifelong exploration of starlight, time, and planetary motion provided a creative spark for the student coders who developed the generative visualizations for the AR stations using P5.js.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served, and guests are encouraged to arrive early for a relaxed and thoughtful evening under the stars. We hope you’ll join us to explore the sky in new ways and to celebrate the creativity of our local youth.
The STEMarts [AR] AstroTours are made possible thanks to the Lor Foundation, with continued support from the Space Valley Foundation.
Generative Art: Claudia Angelina Diaz Grano
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Time
July 12, 2025 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
25Jul5:30 pm7:00 pmSOMOS Writers Conference Keynote: Nick Flynn
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SOMOS invites you our 9th annual Writers Conference keynote address from poet, essayist, playwright and memoirist, Nick Flynn on Friday, June 25 at 5:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased
Event Details
SOMOS invites you our 9th annual Writers Conference keynote address from poet, essayist, playwright and memoirist, Nick Flynn on Friday, June 25 at 5:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online: https://somostaos.org/taos-writers-conference-payment.
The keynote presentation is complimentary for conference attendees. General admission is $10 for SOMOS Members and $15 for nonmembers. There will be a book signing following the reading.
About the Speaker
Nick Flynn (writer, playwright, poet) has published twelve books, most recently This is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire (2020), a hybrid memoir; and Stay: threads, collaborations, and conversations (2020), which documents twenty-five years of his collaborations with artists, filmmakers, and composers. He is also the author of five collections of poetry, including I Will Destroy You (2019). He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Library of Congress, and is on the creative writing faculty at the University of Houston. His acclaimed memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (2004), was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro, and has been translated into fifteen languages.
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Time
July 25, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm