Casa San Ysidro Hires Aaron Gardner

capture the introduction of mask-wearing in public, the closure of restaurants, the new challenge of home-schooling children, the socially distanced lines for Senior Hour at grocery stores, and the creativity of street muralists who paint walls honoring the health care workers. Physical objects, such as cloth masks for the public and 3-D masks made for the healthcare workers have also been donated to the collection. Artists have been sending images of the works they’ve been inspired to create by the pandemic experience.

To donate your photographs to the Covid-19 Collection, please email them to the Museum’s Digital Archivist, Jill Hartke, at: jhartke@cabq.gov.

This page: Homemade cloth mask. Offered gift of Deb Slaney.

Facing page: Grocery worker at Whole Foods sanitizes carts at the store on Carlisle Northeast. Offered gift of Roland Penttila.

Gardner Hired as Site Supervisor

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM HAS

NAMED AARON GARDNER as the site supervisor for Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez-Minge House. Gardner has functioned as the part-time, temporary site manager at Casa since 2018. The City of Albuquerque's hiring of Gardner as a full-time, permanent employee demonstrates a commitment to the educational programs and historic significance of the property.

“Aaron’s knowledge and enthusiasm for Casa San Ysidro make him an invaluable asset to Albuquerque Museum," says Curator of History Leslie Kim. "We are thrilled to have Aaron as a permanent part of the history department at Albuquerque Museum." Gardner received his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico. He is certified in Museum Education and Outreach from the American Association for State and Local History.

“Casa San Ysidro is a part of the Museum that requires devoted care, attention, and foresight," says Gardner. " My vision for Casa San Ysidro includes new innovation for shaping the museum’s programming, conservation care for one of the most comprehensive Territorial New Mexican collections in the Southwest, and strategizing plans for the property’s future. Casa is a unique and memorable experience for visitors. My main priority is to assist people in living vicariously through traditional knowledge.”

THIS FALL AT CASA SAN YSIDRO: THE GUTIÉRREZ-MINGE HOUSE

DIARIES OF WOMEN PIONEERS NOVEMBER 14, 2020 1:00–2:30 PM 2nd Saturday with Casa San Ysidro. Email agardner@cabq. gov to register for this lecture and Q&A that will be held via Zoom.