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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Aaron Gardner | 505-898-3915
agardner@cabq.gov
February 20, 2023
| | Albuquerque Museum Announces Casa San Ysidro's 2023 Season | | |
CORRALES, NM - In the early 1950s, Shirley and Ward Alan Minge took a late 19th century
building and turned it into a plazuela-style rancho to house their exuberant collection of New
Mexico vernacular art. Today, Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez-Minge House embodies the
collective creativity of generations of artists and craftspeople in its furnishings and architectural features, exemplifying an interesting tension between tradition and change that
New Mexicans have lived with for centuries.
Casa San Ysidro is now open to the public for the season with tours and public programs. For further information please visit www.cabq.gov/casasanysidro. Details are subject to change.
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Tour Casa San Ysidro
Schedule a tour to visit one of the most comprehensive collections of New Mexican art and furnishings. Guided tours of Casa San Ysidro are available Tuesday-Saturday at scheduled times only. Docents will be stationed around the site all day to share information about the property to visitors. Included with museum admission (register online).
Guided Public Tours Available:
February-May & September-November
Tuesday-Friday: 9:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m.
June- August
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m.
No scheduled tours during Heritage Day or Harvest Festival.
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2nd Saturday
Second Saturdays on select months explore themes of community, creativity, tradition, and innovation. Events include lectures and demonstrations. Participation is free.
March 11 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Josephine Zamora Padilla
Under the Red Tin Roof
The book Under the Red Tin Roof by Josephine Zamora Padilla encompasses several Zamora generations beginning in the early 1800s and includes countless stories about individuals who have lived in the family home. Events under this roof include: a successful mercantile business for over 40 years, surviving a fire, a flood, births, deaths, weddings, dances, heartbreaks, being a community hub, and so much more. Embedded in this memoir is culture, struggles with adverse weather, Apache and Navajo Indians who Juan Jose Archuleta encountered in route to Missouri, wildlife, crops, music, poems, dancing, religion, national forests and monuments, poverty, history repeating itself, and a people striving to succeed against all odds. In addition, the author will discuss and read from her book which also serves as a travel guide.
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April 8 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Dr. Ronald Lah
Ethnobotany of the Southwest: Apache Plant Use
The traditional Apache economy has centered on hunting, gathering, and trading with other tribes. Throughout their long history, the Apache have lived and traveled in many different parts of the plains, gaining intimate knowledge of a wide variety of plant resources. Dr. Ronald Lah will share Chihenne (New Mexico’s Chiricahua Apache) traditional beliefs and uses of plants from the varied ecological zones of the vast Chihenne range. Dr. Lau explores plant use for food, but also for medicines, as well as for a wide array of building and craft material, dyes, adhesives, and other uses.
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June 10 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Robert Torrez
Voices from the Past: Adventures in New Mexico’s Archives
For nearly fifty years, former New Mexico State Historian, Robert Torrez has been rummaging through New Mexico’s archives, finding countless stories of the people and events that history has forgotten. Since 1992, he has shared these stories with the general public through “Voices from the Past,” a monthly column published in Round the Roundhouse, the New Mexico state government employee’s newspaper. In this presentation, Robert will share some of his favorite recollections of the people who came to research in our state archives as well as a few of his favorite stories from the monthly series.
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July 8 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Time Travel at Casa San Ysidro
Time Travel is a world-class immersive and interactive living history program that engages audiences by transporting them back in time to relive historical experiences. Audiences interact with characters from a historical time period through games, activities, arts, events, and more. This program offers learning processes in local heritage and history and creates
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August 12 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Gwen Wion & Erin Averill
Institute for Applied Ecology
Santa Fe’s Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) is a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation of native species and habitats. Their mission is to conserve through restoration, research, and education by developing and communicating information on ecosystems, species, and effective management strategies for agencies and individuals. Casa San Ysidro’s partnership with IAE has helped to preserve the property’s Heritage Field and raise seed for habitat and tributary restoration. On August 12, Southwest Seed Partnership Coordinator, Gwen Wion, and botanist, Erin Averill, discuss native plants in the area and the need for restoration seed. Audiences are also invited to participate in a plant identification workshop focusing on native plants on site.
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October 14 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Dr. Ron Lah
Apache Warfare
When the Mexican-American War ended, the United States obtained territory from Mexico that was home to both settlers and Apache tribes. As United States citizens began moving in, U.S. military and warriors of the Apache tribes quarreled in battles that stretched from southern Arizona to New Mexico and across the Mexican border. Dr. Ronald Lah discusses the broader context of what Native Americans were facing and subject to from European and United States conquest and expansionism. Dr. Lah is an anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, living history re-enactor, and former teacher of New Mexico history.
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November 11 - 1-2:30 p.m.
Robert Torrez
New Mexico’s Spanish and Mexican Land Grants: An Enduring Legacy
One of the enduring legacies that the Spanish and Mexican governments left in New Mexico is the process by which these governments distributed land. This presentation will examine the process through which these governments gave land to their citizens as rewards for service, to encourage the colonization of a frontier, and to promote economic growth by granting land to individuals and groups. The success of this land grant system can be measured by the fact that most New Mexico communities established before 1860 are based on such land grants, and many descendants of New Mexico's early pioneers still live on the lands granted to their ancestors as long as 300 years ago.
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Heritage Spinning and Weaving
February 25, March 25, April 29, June 24, July 29, August 26, October 28, November 25, 1:30-3 p.m. (with museum admission)
2/25 Fiber Prep: Learn to wash, card, and comb wool.
3/25 Fiber Prep: Learn to spin wool fiber on a drop spindle.
4/29 Fiber Prep: Learn to spin on a spinning wheel.
6/24 Dyeing Purposes and Uses: Learn to dye wool with natural colors.
7/29 Produce: Learn to knit easy socks.
8/26 Products: Learn the details of creating everyday items.
10/28 Weaving: Learn to make sabanilla fabric on looms.
11/25 Weaving: Learn how to create a typical Spanish Colonial designed colcha sampler with a tapestry needle and colorful wool yarn.
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Blacksmithing Basics
March 18, April 15, May 20, October 28, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Registration required through UNM Continuing Education.
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Heritage Day
May 13, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Each year in May, Casa San Ysidro joins the Corrales Historical Society in celebrating local heritage with a free event that exhibits the living traditions of New Mexico. The historical heart of Corrales comes alive with opportunities for people to engage in with local historical activities. Celebrate with Casa and the Albuquerque Museum with a variety of activities that highlight local art and history. Free.
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Harvest Festival
September 23 & 24, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Casa San Ysidro Harvest Festival is a two-day event in conjunction with the Village of Corrales. This is the village’s largest festival and events are scattered throughout the town. Family fun includes traditional New Mexico arts demonstrations and vendors. Free.
| | Timed tickets for Casa San Ysidro are available for purchase online through Hold My Ticket. | | |
Casa San Ysidro
973 Old Church Road, Corrales, NM 87048
505-898-3915
www.cabq.gov/casasanysidro
Casa San Ysidro is a program of Albuquerque Museum and the Department of Arts & Culture, City of Albuquerque.
Tour Fees
Adults: $6
Seniors (65+): $5
Students (13+): $5
Children (<12): $4
Groups of 5 or more adults: $5
Admission is free for Albuquerque Museum Foundation Members.
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