Events - Event View

“Drop-in” Happenings (10am – 5pm): 

• Gallup New Deal Art Raffle – Enter to win a set of ceramic tiles designed after the historic McKinley County Courthouse’s New Deal tilework.
  • Enter at ART123 Gallery.
  • Raffle winners will be announced at the concert at the El Morro Theatre at 7pm.
• New Deal Art Self-Guided Viewing: See Gallup and McKinley County’s New Deal art at the following locations and scan QR code labels with your smartphone to learn more using the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum website:
  • Octavia Fellin Public Library (115 West Hill Avenue)
  • McKinley County Courthouse (207 West Hill Avenue)
    • See New Deal furniture temporarily displayed in the Rotunda
    • See New Deal paintings and a 2,000-square foot mural on the 2nd floor of the historic building
    • See original tilework, wall paintings, and tinwork light fixtures on the 1st floor of the historic building

Pro-tip: pick up Gallup New Deal Art Family Bingo cards from ART123 Gallery and compete to complete a bingo-style scavenger hunt during your self-guided journey.

• Do-it-Yourself Exhibit Lab: Hop on a computer at the Octavia Fellin Public Library to share your Gallup New Deal Art ideas, insights and inquiries by hanging your own virtual gallery wall of works from the collection.
• Hands-on Paper Craft (11am – 3pm): Head to the McKinley County Courthouse Rotunda to esign and create a paper card inspired by New Deal Nuevomexicano furniture and the work of local artist, Virginia Primozic.

Scheduled Happenings: 

Gallup New Deal Art Tea Party

• Time: 9am – 10am
• Location: McKinley County Courthouse – Extension Building Training Room
• Description: Gallup’s New Deal art center opened on February 26, 1939 with a tea attended by 100 people. Just over 86 years later, we’re celebrating the opening of the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum and kicking off a day of tours, talks, and activities with a 2025 Gallup-style tea party. Join us for flavored iced teas by Tea Boss and locally made baked goods.

Collection Highlights Tour

• Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
• Location: Meet in front of historic McKinley County Courthouse
• Description: Gallup New Deal Art Project Director Rose Eason shares what makes the collection so special and important, from mythological architecture to an epic mural to era-defining Hispano and Native arts.

Real Eyes – Realize – Real Lies 

• Time: 11:30am
• Location: Historic McKinley County Courthouse – 2nd Floor Courtroom
• Description: Laguna educator, historian, artist, and community leader Teri Fraizer unpacks Lloyd Moylan’s monumental historical southwest history mural from a Pueblo perspective.

Issues of Native Representation in the New Deal 

• Time: 1pm – 2pm
• Location: Octavia Fellin Public Library – Meeting Room
• More information TBA!

Collection Highlights Tour

• Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm
• Location: Meet in front of historic McKinley County Courthouse
• Description: Gallup New Deal Art Project Director Rose Eason shares what makes the collection so special and important, from mythological architecture to an epic mural to era-defining Hispano and Native arts.

Artist + Researcher Talk: Luis Tapia + Carmella Padilla

• Time: 4 – 5pm
• Location: McKinley County Courthouse – Rotunda
• More information TBA!

• Time: 7 – 8pm
• Location: El Morro Theatre
• Description: Diné trumpeter Delbert Anderson, joined by pianist Robert Muller, performs Anderson’s The Long Walk composition, original land-healing songs, and the music of Jacob C. Morgan, a Diné leader, educator, instrumentalist and band director. 

ART123 Gallery is your Gallup New Deal Art headquarters!

Stop by for:

• • Raffle entry
  • Water
  • Event schedule and map
  • Gallup New Deal Art Family Bingo Cards
  • Visitor sign-in book
  • Event questions
  • 11th Annual Youth Art Show