A YEAR TO REMEMBER

Many More Reasons to be a Member in 2022

It began in 1966, when Thomas B. Catron III paid the $10 annual fee for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s brand new membership program. The Santa Fe attorney (1922-2020) became the first official member of the institution he had founded four years earlier.

That small payment would fuel a legacy of support for New Mexico’s largest arts and culture collective far into the 21st century. Sixty years later, the Foundation has raised more than $90 million in private giving from 25,000 donors and nearly 14,000 members dedicated to the wellbeing of the Museum of New Mexico system.

Catron’s far-ranging vision established the Foundation as integral to the expansion of the museum system to include four Santa Fe museums, eight historic sites statewide and the Office of Archaeological Studies. While the State of New Mexico funds building operations and staff salaries, Foundation support sustains exhibitions and public programs that distinguish these world-class cultural resources.

As Catron said when launching the membership program: “The Foundation provides a way for private funds to be directed to three vital areas of cultural support: education, collections and exhibitions.”

Now more than ever, there’s reason to join one of the largest membership programs per capita in the United States.

Foundation President/CEO Jamie Clements says the Foundation’s 60th anniversary year in 2022 will be “a year to remember.” It is filled with exhibition debuts and grand openings that will have seismic effects far into the future. They include: • In May, over Memorial Day weekend, Bosque Redondo

Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site hosts the grand opening ceremony and other public events for the longawaited permanent exhibition Bosque Redondo: A Place of

Suffering, A Place of Survival. • In June, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture celebrates the much-anticipated reopening of the groundbreaking permanent exhibition Here, Now and Always. • August heralds the spectacular unveiling of the Vladem

Contemporary in Santa Fe’s Railyard Arts District, kicking off an inaugural year of exhibitions and programs.

“Those are the big ones,” Clements says, “all of which will enhance the usual experience of membership.”

This anniversary year is filled with opportunities for members to participate in exhibitions, educational programs, and other in-person and virtual experiences throughout the museum system. In addition, in celebration of Vladem Contemporary’s inaugural year, we are offering special, limited-time benefits. Beginning April 1, and running for one year, members who join, renew or Step Up to a new membership level will receive their core, members-only benefits along with these Vladem Contemporary extras: • Free, unlimited admission to Vladem Contemporary • A 10% discount and a free gift with a purchase at the

Vladem Contemporary museum shop • A Vladem-inspired membership card design with a special designation of Milestone Member to honor your support in this important year • Members-only Preview of Vladem Contemporary before it opens to the public

Meaningful Memberships

For longtime members, such singular experiences add up to a lifetime of enrichment.

Since joining the Foundation with a $45 membership in 1986, Las Cruces residents Sally Ritter and Kent Jacobs have enhanced their membership experiences in several ways: as voting and advisory Foundation trustees, as members of the Founders Society and Legacy Society, and as major donors. But their most valuable memories are of the people they’ve met through membership.

Museum of New Mexico Foundation member and trustee Rosalind “Roz” Doherty with her late husband Lowell at the Foundation’s 2015 holiday party. Photo © Caitlin Elizabeth Photography.

“Sallie and I have developed many friends over the entire state,” says Jacobs.

“It means so much to us.” Ritter adds, “If only all the citizens of New Mexico knew of the valuable opportunities that the state museum system and the Foundation make available.”

Their enthusiasm is echoed by decades-long member and Founders Society partner Rosalind “Roz” Doherty. She secured Foundation membership even before she and her late husband Lowell relocated to Santa Fe in 1992. She, too, says membership has been integral to her social life, and her involvement provides a lesson in building commitment.

“I wanted to support the museums and the Foundation. That’s why we went from family membership on up,” Doherty says. “When we could afford it, we increased our membership.”

Like the nearly 14,000 student, individual, family, sponsor, patron, benefactor and ambassador members, Annabella and John St. Peter reap the benefits of Foundation membership at its most basic level.

As family-level members since 2006, the St. Peters say access to museums and historic sites has been an integral part of raising their twin daughters, Emma and Hannah, now age 16. Annabella describes the Museum of International Folk Art as “a second home” to the family.

Top: Kent Jacobs, Museum of New Mexico Foundation advisory trustee, and his wife Sallie Ritter. Photo © James Hemphill. Membership provides exclusive access and educational opportunities at our museums and historic sites. Enjoy these memorable member events in 2022, often first and free of charge.

MARCH

Friday, March 11 Member Day: Western Eyes and Ansel Adams New Mexico Museum of Art | All members

APRIL

Saturday, April 9 Cocktails with the Artist: Sommers Randolph

Governor’s Circle and above Thursday, April 14 Conversation with the Curator: Dressing with Purpose and Lloyd’s Treasure Chest Museum of International Folk Art | Online, All members Saturday, April 30 Salinas Missions Day Tour | Circles Explorers $ MAY

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 Chaco Canyon Glamping Trip

New Circles Explorers members $ Saturday, May 28 Grand Opening Ceremony for Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering, A Place of Survival Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site

All members Saturday-Monday, May 28-30 18th Annual Native Treasures Art Market Santa Fe Convention Center Cocktails with the Artist: Virgil Ortiz

Governor’s Circle and above

JUNE

Saturday, June 4 11th Annual Folk Art Flea Santa Fe County Fairgrounds Saturday, June 25 Here, Now and Always Fundraising Dinner and Opening Celebration Museum of Indian Arts and Culture $ Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1 First Look and Member Preview: Here, Now and Always Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members

“I’ve brought my daughters since they were babies in their stroller,” Annabella says. “They would look at art and wiggle their legs and arms, they were so excited. It was just a delight to be there with them. To be able to include them in these experiences was super fun and educational.

“For us, it’s important to be surrounded by beauty and history, all that the arts bring,” she continues. “Membership is a great deal, to be able to go to so many museums and historic sites. I’m pretty impressed. I’ve had memberships from other places where I felt like I didn’t get enough, but there’s always something to do—a lecture, an event, a new exhibit—with Foundation membership.”

To stay up-to-date on member events, or learn more about membership levels and benefits, visit museumfoundation.org.

John and Annabella St. Peter’s twin daughters take in an early museum experience at the New Mexico Museum of Art more than 15 years ago. Saturday, July 9 New Member Welcome Reception

New Circles members and Circles Explorers Circles Signature Summer Event: A Taste of Our Museums

Governor’s Circle and above and Corporate Partners AUGUST

Friday, August 5 Member Day: Indian Market: 100-Year History New Mexico History Museum | All members Wednesday, August 24 Donor Celebration and Preview Vladem Contemporary $ Thursday-Saturday, August 25-27 First Look and Member Preview: Shadow and Light Vladem Contemporary

First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members

SEPTEMBER

Murder Mystery Train Ride

National and Chairman’s Circle members Arches National Park Glamping Trip

Circles Explorers $ OCTOBER

The Circles Travel to Morocco | Circles members $ Member Day: Righting a Wrong: Japanese Internment Camps WWII New Mexico History Museum | All members NOVEMBER

Day Trip to the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

Circles Explorers $ DECEMBER

Holiday Party

Vladem Contemporary | Circles members and Corporate Partners First Look and Member Preview: La Cartoneria Mexicana: The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste Museum of International Folk Art

First Look: Circles members; Member Preview: All members

For up-to-date event details and information, visit museumfoundation.org Events are subject to change. All events are free unless indicated by a $ symbol. An invitation will be sent prior to each event. To attend an event outside of your membership level, email membership@museumfoundation.org.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of three grand-opening celebrations in one year, including the opening of Vladem Contemporary.

To mark the occasion, we are offering limited-time benefits at the Vladem to all members.

Additional Vladem Contemporary Benefits

• Free, unlimited admission to Vladem Contemporary • A 10% discount and a free gift with a purchase at the

Vladem Contemporary museum shop • A Vladem-inspired membership card design with a special designation of Milestone Member to honor your support in this important year • Members-only Preview of Vladem Contemporary before it opens to the public

Plus, when you Step Up to a higher membership level between April 1 and June 30, you’ll receive your new year-round benefits at your higher level immediately, spanning the remainder of your membership term and for another full year.

Step Up Your Support, Get More Benefits!

If you increase your support to the following levels, you’ll receive your benefits at your higher level, plus these additional perks:

Sponsor ($150 $100)

• Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) • Special tour of Vladem Education Center • Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops Patron ($300/$270 seniors)

• Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) • Special tour of Vladem Education Center • Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops • Free inscribed brick at Vladem Contemporary ($250 value) Benefactor ($600/$540 seniors)

• Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) • Special tour of Vladem Education Center • Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops • Two free inscribed bricks at Vladem Contemporary ($500 value) • Designer tote bag Ambassador ($1,000/$900 seniors)

• Vladem Contemporary Benefits (listed above) • Special tour of Education Center • Extra discount coupon valid at all Museum Shops • Two free inscribed bricks at Vladem Contemporary ($500 value) • Designer tote bag • Commemorative poster

For full benefit details and to Step Up, visit museumfoundation.org/stepup/.

Members get into a festive mood at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo © Gabriella Marks.