In collaboration with the Harwood Museum and Artstreams: From the Well of Memory, Meet us at the Museum harnesses the power of art and provides access to the museum for individuals with memory impairment and their caregiver. Explore a new work of art each month at the Harwood while engaging in meaningful conversations that build communication skills, stimulate social engagement, and deepen connections through art.  

To register, please contact Kathleen Burg M.A.:  575-770-9874 or ktburg@newmex.com and www.artstreamstaos.com

Artstreams: From the Well of Memory has been in the forefront of creating programs for Taos Alzheimer’s family caregivers since 2008.  Image courtesy of Kathleen Burg. 

Join Harwood Museum and Taos Center for the Arts for a cinematic exploration of the Black cowboy inspired by the exhibition Outriders Legacy of the Black Cowboy on view through May 7, 2023. From documentaries to vintage Westerns and major studio releases, this diverse line-up of films features fictional and true stories of Black resistance, joy, and life on the range.

This series pass includes admission for one (1) to each of the six screenings Outriders Film Series. Individual tickets to each film are available through the presenting organization’s website. Friday showings are at TCA and Sundays are at Harwood.

Friday, February 10 at 7pm | TCA

Buck and the Preacher

Sunday, February 12 at 2pm | Harwood

Harlem Rides the Range

Friday, February 17 at 7pm | TCA

Thomasine and Bushrod

Sunday, February 19 at 2pm | Harwood

Black Rodeo

Friday, February 24 at 7pm | TCA

The Harder They Fall

Sunday, February 26 at 2pm | Harwood

Documentary Shorts + Panel

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

**THIS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE TCA**

Get your individual tickets here.

Book your series pass here.

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

Buck and the Preacher, directed by Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier, tells the story of a wagon master and a con-man preacher who team up to defend freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. The film features an all-star cast including Poitier as Buck, a former slave and Union Army Officer who meets Preacher, Harry Belafonte, while shepherding freed slaves across the West.

Director: Sidney Poitier

Runtime: 1h 42m

1972

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Buck and the Preacher courtesy of Columbia Pictures

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today. Harlem Rides the Range features an all-Black cast starring Herb Jeffries’ as Harlem, a cowboy trying to help a homesteader from being cheated out of his property. Made when audiences and films were largely segregated by race, this was among the first Black westerns created during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Director: Richard C. Kahn

Runtime: 56 minutes

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Harlem Rides the Range courtesy of Sack Amusement Pictures

**THIS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE TCA**

Get your individual tickets here.

Book your series pass here.

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

Set in New Mexico during the years 1912-1915, Thomasine and Bushrod is a Blaxploitation Western about a couple who ride through the Southwest shooting lawmen and sharing the riches with all. This film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. was intended to be a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.

Director: Gordon Parks, Jr.

Runtime: 1h 35m

1974

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Thomasine and Bushrod courtesy of Columbia Pictures

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today. Black Rodeo captures the exuberance surrounding the performance of the first all African-American rodeo at Triborough Stadium on Randall’s Island, New York. Featuring music by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Little Richard, among others, Jeff Kanauw’s film includes an interview with Woody Strode and footage of Muhammed Ali riding a horse down 125th Street.

Director: Jeff Kanew

Runtime: 1h 27m

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from Black Rodeo courtesy of Jeff Kanew

**THIS FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT THE TCA**

Get your individual tickets here.

Book your series pass here.

Taos Center for the Arts and Harwood Museum of Art present the Outriders Film Series exploring representations of Black cowboys on the big screen from the 1930s to today.

When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge. Loosely inspired by the lives of real nineteenth century cowboys and outlaws, The Harder They Fall stars Jonathan Majors as Nat Love, Idris Elba as Rufus Buck, and Zazie Beetz as Mary Fields. Photographs of many of these historic figures are featured in Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy.

Director: Jeymes Samuel, also known as The Bullitts

Runtime: 2h 19m

2021

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Humanities Council and New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image: Still from The Harder They Fall courtesy of Netflix

Taos Chamber Music Group presents a multi-disciplinary program of music informed by art, poetry and letters that reflects love in its many forms, including Georgia O’Keeffe’s deep connection to the New Mexico landscape, Maya Angelou’s poem of human unity, and Robert and Clara Schumann’s immortal love affair. The program features Libby Larsen’s Black Birds, Red Hills for clarinet, viola and piano based on O’Keeffe paintings; Judd Greenstein’s A Moment of Clarity for flute and piano; Jesse Montgomery’s Peace for clarinet and piano; Valerie Coleman’s Fanmi Imnen (Human Family) for flute and piano with the poem by Maya Angelou; and a unique biographical portrait of Robert and Clara Schumann’s tragic romance that combines readings of their letters with performances of Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tales and Max Bruch Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano.

David Yang, viola, Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet, Nancy Laupheimer, flute, Debra Ayers, piano

At the request of Taos Chamber Music Group, masks are encouraged at this program.

Image credit: (left to right) Debra Ayers, David Young, Graeme Steele Johnson, Nancy Laupheimer. Images courtesy of the artists.

This March, as part of a 19 year mobile tour, StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs, comes to Taos, New Mexico! From March 16th to March 29th, Harwood Museum of Art will partner with KUNM to record interviews, in-person at the Taos Public Library and virtually.

Reservations to record will be available at 10am MT on March 2nd and can be made by calling StoryCorps’ 24-hour toll-free reservation line at 1-800-850-4406 or visiting storycorps.org. 

On Tuesday, March 28 at 5:30pm, Harwood and StoryCorps will co-host a listening session in the Arthur Bell Auditorium. This free public event is an opportunity for the Taos community to learn more about StoryCorps and be the first to hear a selection of stories recorded in Taos.

Now in its 19th year, the StoryCorps Mobile Tour has facilitated thousands of meaningful conversations between people who know and care about one another. Harwood and StoryCorps are committed to creating a safe recording environment and have introduced several measures to the recording process, where participants have the option of recording in-person or via StoryCorps’ Virtual Recording Booth, a video-conferencing platform that can be accessed remotely using an internet-connected device. Participants can learn more about safety precautions for in-person recording at storycorps.org. 

StoryCorps is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. StoryCorps in Taos is made possible by support from Harwood Museum, Harwood Alliance, KUNM, and Taos Public Library. All images courtesy of StoryCorps.  

Taos Chamber Music Group celebrates the culmination of their 30th Anniversary Season with a ground-breaking commission. GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, actor, artist, storyteller, Taos Pueblo Elder and longtime TCMG collaborator, Robert Mirabal, comes together with his longtime collaborator, the GRAMMY® Award-winning, genre-defying, New York-based string quartet, ETHEL, to compose and premiere a new work for string quartet and Native American Flute, Song for Taos, a deeply personal tribute to the spirit and history of Robert’s ancestral home.

The world-premiere of this commission will be presented as part of a larger program of the same name. The quintet offers a unique expression celebrating twelve years of friendship and collaboration, as Mirabal and ETHEL come together gratefully to, yet again, reimagine the concert experience. Drawing from their previous programs, Music of the Sun, and The River, as well as selections from ETHEL’s vast library of contemporary masterworks, Mirabal and ETHEL offer a new ceremony full of original music, movement, and wisdom, in honor of Taos Pueblo and the greater Taos community.

This program is presented in conjunction with the Harwood Centennial celebrations. At the request of Taos Chamber Music Group, masks are encouraged at this program.

Image credit: Courtesy of the artists.

Taos Chamber Music Group celebrates the culmination of their 30th Anniversary Season with a ground-breaking commission. GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, actor, artist, storyteller, Taos Pueblo Elder and longtime TCMG collaborator, Robert Mirabal, comes together with his longtime collaborator, the GRAMMY® Award-winning, genre-defying, New York-based string quartet, ETHEL, to compose and premiere a new work for string quartet and Native American Flute, Song for Taos, a deeply personal tribute to the spirit and history of Robert’s ancestral home.

The world-premiere of this commission will be presented as part of a larger program of the same name. The quintet offers a unique expression celebrating twelve years of friendship and collaboration, as Mirabal and ETHEL come together gratefully to, yet again, reimagine the concert experience. Drawing from their previous programs, Music of the Sun, and The River, as well as selections from ETHEL’s vast library of contemporary masterworks, Mirabal and ETHEL offer a new ceremony full of original music, movement, and wisdom, in honor of Taos Pueblo and the greater Taos community.

This program is presented in conjunction with the Harwood Centennial celebrations. At the request of Taos Chamber Music Group, masks are encouraged at this program.

Image credit: Courtesy of the artists.