Member Monday

August 26, 2024 05:00 pm

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07:00 pm

Circles, Members, New Mexico History Museum

As a member at the $100 Family/Grandparents level and above, you are invited to join and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Burning of Zozobra with two new exhibitions at the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art.

Members will gather at the New Mexico History Museum and hear from the exhibition curators, then the exhibitions will be open for viewing at each museum. Following the exhibition viewings,  join us for the members-only screening of, Zozobra, the new documentary produced by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe. There will also be hands-on activities and access to the "gloom box," where your submissions will be part of the 2024 burn.

Event timeline:

• 5:00 p.m. - Welcome on the second floor of the New Mexico History Museum

• 5:15 p.m. - Exhibition viewing: Zozobra: A Fire that Never Goes Out at the New Mexico History Museum and Zozobra at the New Mexico Museum of Art

• 6:15 p.m. - Members-only screening of Zozobra: 100 Years of Fire and Redemption, a documentary produced by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe at the New Mexico History Museum auditorium

• 7:00 p.m. - Event ends

Member Mondays are offered to members at the Family/Grandparents level and above.
About the exhibitions:

Zozobra–the personification of worry and negativity–is the center of one of Santa Fe’s most beloved traditions. Every year, on the final night of the Santa Fe Fiesta, onlookers gather to watch a 50-foot effigy of the monster face off against the Fire Spirit, the embodiment of positivity and strength portrayed by a local dancer. Leading up to the event, Santa Feans submit their “glooms”–anything bringing them anxiety, anger, or sadness–on slips of paper to be stuffed inside Zozobra. When he is defeated and burned down by the Fire Spirit, these glooms are reduced to ashes, making way for joy and renewal.

Zozobra: A Fire That Never Goes Out | New Mexico History Museum
In honor of the centennial burning of Zozobra, New Mexico History Museum debuts Zozobra: A Fire That Never Goes Out, an exhibition that examines the history of the so-called “Old Man Gloom.” The Burning of Zozobra might seem like a quirky spectacle to some, but the History Museum exhibition will explore the event’s origins, evolution and broader significance. The creative spirit of our community runs through the history of Zozobra, and ongoing innovations from many contributors keep the tradition alive.

Zozobra | New Mexico Museum of Art

Zozobra celebrates a significant milestone for Santa Fe’s most enduring icons: the 100th anniversary of Zozobra. The exhibition features contemporary artworks inspired by this historic figure in celebration of its enduring legacies.

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