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Submitted by Riann K. Powell
The Albuquerque Genealogical Society, the New Mexico Genealogical Society and the Special Collections Library are offering a series of free beginner genealogy workshops in March and April. All workshops will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave. NE. For more information call 505-848-1376.
Saturday, March 22
Getting the Most from Census Records. Facilitator Nancy Greenberg will talk about how to use census records for genealogy research.
Saturday, March 29
Immigration. Facilitator Nancy Greenberg will talk about immigration in regard to genealogical research.
Saturday, April 12
Finding the Right Genealogy Computer Software. Facilitator Victoria Sullivan will speak on the topic of how to find the right genealogy computer software for your research.
Visit the Special Collections Library to view the new exhibit: Three Hundred Years of Albuquerque History (runs January 29 - September 6, 2008). The Special Collections Library presents a large compilation of images and documents about life in Albuquerque from its founding in 1706 up to modern times. This exhibit, created to celebrate the city’s Tricentennial, was assembled from treasures in the collection of the Center for Southwest Research at U.N.M. Library. Exhibit creator Nancy Brown Martinez has provided the community with a new opportunity to view this remarkable presentation of Albuquerque’s history.
Submitted by Thomas C. O'Laughlin
At The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
March 2008 – May 18, 2008
British master photographer Bill Brandt’s wide ranging work is explored in a comprehensive exhibition Bill Brandt: A Retrospective at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
From Brandt’s early work that documents fixed social contrasts of pre-World War II life in Britain to his later experimentation with a surreal style, this exhibition spans 50 years of Brandt’s far reaching career in an extensive assemblage of 155 vintage gelatin silver prints from the Bill Brandt Archive in London. Brandt’s vision, unconfined by easy categories, extends from photojournalism to moody, atmospheric landscapes to stark, revealing portraiture to high-contrast nudes, distorted with very wide-angle lenses.
Brandt (British, b. Germany 1904-1983) once wrote, “Photography is still a very new medium and everything is allowed and everything should be tried.” Although driven by historic periods and events Brandt’s endless invention and continual search for ways to expand the medium makes his work fresh and timeless. So strong was his presence during the middle of the twentieth century that histories of photography often imply that he was the only photographer in Britain during that period.
“No other British photographer has made so many memorable photographs as Bill Brandt. He excelled in all fields –social scenes, surrealism, night photography, wartime documentary, landscape, portraiture and the nude,” writes Mark Hayworth-Booth, curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Brandt worked as Man Ray’s assistant in Paris in 1929 and returned to London in the 1930s to become a freelancer for the Weekly Illustrated. Some of this work was later published as his first book, The English at Home. In contrast with his contemporaries in Depression-era America, Brandt developed an expressive, high-key style that pushed accepted boundaries of documentary and journalism when photographing the destitute villages and mining towns of northern England.
Exhibitions:
Brought to Light: a Great Depression Era Photographer’s Study of Albuquerque Businesses - A photography collection documenting businesses in Albuquerque in the early 1930s. On display through June 2008.
Cultural Renaissance: 40 Years of The Albuquerque Museum: A history of The Albuquerque Museum with selected artifacts and art from the collections. On display through September 2008.
Common Ground: Art in New Mexico: Common Ground is a permanent art exhibition highlighting a significant amount of museum-owned works from the late 19th century to the present day. It is displayed chronologically giving visitors a glimpse into the evolution of art in New Mexico.
Four Centuries: A History of Albuquerque: A permanent exhibition of local history depicting four hundred years of the history of Albuquerque and the Rio Grande Valley region. Look over early maps, arms and armor and weaving. Learn about trade routes, colonial life and statehood era relics.
For more information contact The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 2000 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque NM 87104. Phone: 505-243-7255.
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