COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 209 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 187,238. The state has designated 158,616 of those cases as recovered. Bernalillo County had 85 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 37 and Sandoval and Santa Fe counties with 12. The state also announced 19 additional deaths. According to the health department, those deaths included 14 New Mexicans who appear to have died in Texas the state says it received death certificates from Texas on March 8 for deaths that occurred between Jan. 20 and Feb. 20. There have now been 3,830 total fatalities. As of yesterday, 128 people were hospitalized with COVID-19.
Feb. 19—Some New Mexico museums and historic sites now open The Department of Cultural Affairs announced that some state museums and historic sites have reopened to the public, in accordance with COVID-safe practices and state public health measures. The Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico History Museum, and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in Santa Fe, and the New Mexico Farm .
January 29 The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture announced late Thursday a gift of $500,000 from philanthropists and longtime supporters JoAnn and Bob Balzer. The money will go toward building a new contemporary-focused wing of the Museum Hill mainstay that would open in 2022. It just came at the right time, says MIAC Director Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria). There is just so much going on in Native art it s really expanding and moving in new forms and mediums. It s always changing and evolving, and MIAC…needed another gallery to be able to offer more emerging artists. Opened in 1987, the
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (710 Camino Lejo, 476-1269) already boasts permanent exhibits, such as the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery, but Warrior says more contemporary offerings have been a long term goal. The upcoming