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New Mexico The Land in Art and History September 19 – 26, 2008 |
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An exciting, fascinating tour arranged for The Volunteers' Circle of The National Gallery of Canada |
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Santa Fe ~ Taos ~ Albuquerque |
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Depart Ottawa for Albuquerque via Chicago on American Airlines. Afternoon arrival and transfer to Santa Fe along the Turquoise Trail by deluxe motor coach. Lunch at the Mine Shaft Tavern with a tour of the Old Coal Mine Museum and free time in Madrid, a ghost town for 20 years, resurrected as an art colony in the 1970s. Check in at the Inn of The Governors, our home in the heart of Santa Fe for the next seven nights. Welcome dinner at the hotel. LD |
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Breakfast at the hotel followed by a walking tour “Facts, Fantasy, Legends and Lies – A Historic Perspective of Santa Fe.” At the historic Plaza, a guided tour of the interior of the Palace of the Governors whose occupants have included government and military leaders from Spain, Mexico, the Confederacy, the U.S. and Indian nations. Visit St. Francis Cathedral, the ambitious undertaking of Bishop Lamy – himself an integral part of shaping Santa Fe’s history. Explore the Loretto Chapel and its miraculous staircase, and learn about the mysterious carpenter who created this marvel. Visit the State Capital, called “The Round House,” and then go on to what is believed to be the oldest church in the United States. Lunch at the San Francisco Street Bar & Grill. Afternoon and evening at leisure. Dinner on your own. BL   | |||
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 – TAOS Breakfast at the hotel before departing for Taos. Enjoy breathtaking views of the Rio Grande Valley as you parallel the river on your way. Stop at the San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. 1772, one of the most photographed churches in New Mexico. The Spanish Colonial adobe building has twin bell towers and an arched portal entrance that overlooks an enclosed courtyard. Continue to Taos Pueblo, the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark. A Pueblo tour guide will explain the history and culture of its people and escort you around the public areas of the multi-storied adobe buildings which have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years. Lunch at The Apple Tree, located in the historic Taos Plaza. After lunch, visit the Millicent Rogers Museum, with its outstanding historical collections of Native American jewelry, ceramics, paintings, and weavings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, sculpture; and a wide range of contemporary Southwestern art, and the Harwood Museum of the University of New Mexico. The Harwood's permanent collection includes over 1,700 works of art and a photographic archive of 17,000 images spanning a period from the 19th Century to the present. The collection is a unique record of both the community's rich multicultural heritage and Taos' role in the development of seminal American art. Dinner on your own. BL |
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 – BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT Following breakfast at the hotel, board our coach and head northwest of Santa Fe, across the Rio Grande Valley, and through Indian Reservations to the Pajarito Plateau, home of Bandelier National Monument. As your vehicle climbs into the foothills of the Jemez Mountains, learn about the massive volcano that once rose 20,000 feet above sea level, and see the different lava flows that form the striated colors of the landscape. Once occupied by the “Anasazi,” the pre-historic ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians, the Canyon was home to between 200 and 1,500 people at varying times. Walk along easy paths past the remains of their ancient Pueblo dwellings. Climb the path along the Canyon’s north wall to the ancient cliff dwellings where you can climb ladders and peer inside. Visit the Long House and see the remains of ancient painted decoration and symbolic petroglyphs whose meanings still lay shrouded in mystery. Box Lunch. Return to hotel in late afternoon with a stop at White Rock Overlook for a view of the Rio Grande Valley. Free time before dinner at La Cantina, featuring innovative American Southwestern cuisine and offering jazz and musical revues of the Best of Broadway, performed by waiters that are Santa Fe’s young and brightest talents. BLD |
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – ALBUQUERQUE After breakfast at the hotel, travel south to Albuquerque, one of the oldest cities in the U.S., and the hot air ballooning capital of the world, for visits to museums. Guided tour at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, featuring art of the Southwest and 400 years of Albuquerque history then walk to the National Atomic Museum, the only Congressionally chartered museum of nuclear science and history, just steps away. The museum was established in 1969 as an intriguing place to learn the story of the Atomic Age, from early research of nuclear development through today’s peaceful uses of nuclear technology. Lunch in Old Town, with time to visit the shops that surround the Plaza. Return to Santa Fe. Free time this evening with dinner on your own. BL |
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – MUSEUM HILL Following breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the Museum of Folk Art for a guided tour including a visit to the back of the house collections seldom seen by visitors to New Mexico. Dedicated to folk art of the world and housing a collection from more than 100 countries, this museum is among the largest of its kind. After lunch with a curator, transfer to the Here, Now and Always exhibit at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. The exhibit, developed by Native American curators, presents a panoramic view of the historical and contemporary lives of the diverse Native American cultures of New Mexico and the Southwest. Visit the newest addition to Museum Hill, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts. Located in a renovated John Gaw Meem-designed home, the collections represent the artistic history and ongoing evolution of Hispano culture in New Mexico while firmly establishing its important place within the global arts landscape. Lunch at the Museum Hill Café. Afternoon and evening at leisure with dinner on your own. BL |
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – THE ART OF DOWNTOWN SANTA FE Breakfast at the hotel followed by a tour of the most prestigious art museums in Santa Fe, and visits to world renowned galleries located downtown. The first stop will be The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. The first American museum dedicated to the work of a woman artist of international fame and stature, the Museum is housed in an adobe building renovated and enlarged by architect Richard Gluckman of New York. With more than 80 paintings, watercolors, drawings, pastels and sculpture, the museum’s holdings represent the largest repository of work by O’Keeffe available to the public in a single institution. Lunch at The O’Keeffe Café before visiting such galleries as the LewAllen Contemporary and Manitou as you make your way to the Museum of Fine Arts, which emphasizes modern and contemporary regional artists. With a permanent collection of more than 8,000 works, the museum features works of the Taos masters, plus other well-known painters, sculptors and photographers. The museum is housed in a building completed in 1917 copied from the New Mexico exhibit in the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Continue with a walking tour of Canyon Road, the heart of Santa Fe’s art colony. The street is lined with historic adobe homes, many of which house galleries, artist studios, and unique boutiques and shops. Gala Farewell Dinner at the home of Alan Day, owner of Crossroads Contemporary Gallery, a home that reflects his passion for art and offers his ever-changing and expanding personal collection. BLD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Breakfast at hotel and check out. Depart for Albuquerque and our flight home. B |
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Travel Agency: Executive Worldwide Travel Agent: Jean Sheikh, C.T.C. (613) 236-5555 Or 1-800-267-5552 Registration No.: 1892605 Coordinators: Pamela Armstrong Ruth Utas |
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