Women & Creativity 2012
March 1 - 31
Women & Creativity is organized and presented by the
National Hispanic Cultural Center
(NHCC) in partnership with more than 30 arts organizations, artists,
writers and business owners in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Women and
Creativity 2012 is a month-long series of events that celebrates women’s
creativity across the disciplines. March is filled with over 50 art
exhibits, performances, workshops, and discussions focused on creativity
in every form.
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Selected Event Highlights
Farm & Table: Champagne Brunch and Creative Shopping – Saturdays throughout March
Join us for a special Women & Creativity Champagne Brunch featuring a special menu with the season’s newest arrival of spring produce. You’ll also enjoy live music, artist showcase and a temporary art installation by Becky Holtzman. After brunch, take a stroll to La Parada for some wonderful “creative shopping.”
Keshet Dance Classes – All month, Monday-Thursday
Keshet offers the beginning classes for adults including: Modern, designed to develop the mind, body and spirit to be an expressive communicator through movement; Ballet, which explores ballet movement and technique, building and expanding upon a foundation for continued dance training; and Hip Hop, for a fun, funky and rhythmic good time.
Espacio Femenino Documentary Film Series - Dance in Freedom: The Last DeVadasis – March 1
Part of a series of documentaries directed by Spaniards on the injustices that women face all around the world.
Jane Butel's Cooking Workshop: Traditions of New Mexico – March 3
The cultural blending of New Mexican traditional dishes will be explained in a Cooking Demonstration citing the Spanish contributions. Sopaipillas, Carne Adobado, Posole, Flan and Empanadas will be demonstrated.
International Women's Day at UNM – March 8
Celebrate International Women’s Day and the 40th Anniversary of the UNM Women’s Resource Center and Women Studies Program.
Espacio Femenino Documentary Film Series: Princess of Africa – March 8
Part of a series of documentaries directed by Spaniards on the injustices that women face all around the world.
Outpost Performance: Jane Monheit – March 8 & 9
An extraordinarily gifted jazz vocalist whose sincere and romantic interpretations of exceptional songs has made her a favorite in both the jazz and cabaret worlds, Monheit has garnered numerous accolades.
Espacio Femenino Documentary Film Series: Tapologo – March 15
Part of a series of documentaries directed by Spaniards on the injustices that women face all around the world.
Espacio Femenino Documentary Film Series: They Count – March 22
Part of a series of documentaries directed by Spaniards on the injustices that women face all around the world.
Outpost Performance: Eliane Elias – March 22 & 23
Pianist, singer and songwriter, Eliane Elias is known for her distinctive, immediately recognizable musical style blending her Brazilian roots and alluring voice with her impressive instrumental jazz, classical, and compositional skills.
Jane Butel's Cooking Workshop: Traditions of New Mexico – March 24
The cultural blending of New Mexican traditional dishes will be explained in a Cooking Demonstration citing the Spanish contributions. Sopaipillas, Carne Adobado, Posole, Flan and Empanadas will be demonstrated.
Outpost Performance: Trio M Featuring Myra Melford, Mark Dresser & Matt Wilson – March 29
Trio M features protean pianist Myra Melford, galvanizing bassist Mark Dresser and supremely musical drummer Matt Wilson, and brings together three visionary jazz artists with extensive track records in adventurous ensembles.
Outpost Performance: Out of Context – March 30
Out of Context began in 1997 as a one-time only project to explore a way of creating music called Conduction, a vocabulary of signs and gestures transmitted by a conductor to an orchestra providing instantaneous possibilities for altering or initiating harmony, melody, rhythm, articulation, phrasing or form.
Jane Butel's Cooking Workshop: Southwest Cooking – March 30-April 1
The history and lore of the evolution of the cuisine will be featured along with chile facts where the tremendous health of chiles and their unique properties will be detailed. The mystical history of corn and its historic importance is the highlight of the Saturday class. The amazing development of sopaipillas, bizcochitos and carne adobado will be pointed out during the Sunday class.