Upcoming Events

March 28, 2024

Education Outreach at the Española Public Library
Thursday, March 28th, 2024, 1 pm until 4 pm, free!

March 30, 2024

Governor's Easter Bash
Saturday, March 30th, 2024

April 10, 2024

Tewa Decorated Types Produced during the “Historic” Period: Trends and Connections
OAS Brown Bag talk by C. Dean Wilson (OAS Research Associate) at the CNMA, 12:00 noon, free!

April 12, 2024

Fort Stanton State Monument
Friday, April 12th through Saturday, April 13th, 2024
Cost of trip: $135


April 24, 2024

Journey to the Stone Lions
OAS Brown Bag talk by OAS graphic artist Scott Jaquith at the CNMA, 12:00 noon, free!

Copper Bell Casting Demonstration and Lecture with Piers Watson

October 3, 2019


Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:30 am, free!

Piers Watson will be testing a possible method for casting pure copper bells using clay molds and a charcoal-fired furnace, beginning at 9:30 am at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology. Following Piers' demonstration he will present a lecture entitled False Notes, a Striking Resemblance to the Real Thing in which he will demonstrate and discuss his successes and failures trying to reproduce the casting of pure copper bells.

Piers Watson apprenticed in 2008 and again in 2012 with hereditary indigenous metal casters in India to learn the Luted Crucible technique. Since 2013, through partnerships with museums, galleries, universities, and arts centers, Watson has presented workshops, demonstrations and lectures in six countries and in four languages.

The Brown Bag talks will take place at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology in the CNMA library. Seating is limited. Admission is free.

The Center for New Mexico Archaeology (7 Old Cochiti Road) is located off of Caja del Rio Road, across from Challenge New Mexico on the way to the Santa Fe Municipal Golf Course. Take 599 to South Meadows Road, continue through the traffic circle west along the Frontage Road to Caja del Rio Road. CNMA is on the left-hand side of the road and is the large building with white sail-like skylights on the roof.

 

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