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Published: 13 September 2017 13 September 2017

Join the Silver City Museum and partners for an afternoon presentation "Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest", on September 29, 2017 at the Silver City Museum Annex from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The lecture will be followed by an introduction for those participating in the digital storytelling workshop over the weekend of September 30-October 1, 2017.

The Silver City Museum is honored to host Meredith Davidson, Curator of 19th- and 20th-Century Southwest Collections, at the New Mexico History Museum, Palace of the Governors who will present a Curator’s Presentation to the public. The "Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest" exhibition will be on display until February 11, 2018 at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, NM.

Stemming from the New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors’ exhibition, "Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest" is a series of regional workshops and community presentations relating to the ethos and reverberations of the late 1960’s/early 1970’s signature movements. The counterculture era ignited a unique brand of alternative life styles, social and political activism, artistic expression and resistance in response to the Vietnam conflict, civil rights injustices, environmental degradation and spiritual neglect. These themes are as relevant and palpable today as they were 50 years ago. The Museum’s project intends to shine the light on counterculture’s relevance and how it may activate and inspire us today.

“In today’s complicated political and social environment, it is a powerful thing to look back at some of the movements and efforts from the 1960s that laid the groundwork for today’s understanding of equal rights, awareness of our environment and what it means to be an engaged citizen,” said Meredith Davidson, curator of the New Mexico History Museum exhibition and co-facilitator of the upcoming workshops. “We want to make public the poignancy of this time period by honoring those who built that history and by recognizing what parts of that history we carry into our actions today,” echoed Judy Goldberg, independent radio producer/educator and the other co-facilitator of the workshops.
This program is developed in collaboration with the Silver City Museum, Silver City Public Library, Bayard Public Library and Western New Mexico University. As part of the Silver City Museum’s 50th Anniversary exhibition and series of supporting community events, support for the public presentation provided in part by the New Mexico Humanities Council. This presentation is free, though a $3 donation is suggested.

To apply to participate in the Silver City weekend storytelling workshop, occurring September 30 - Oct 1st, download the application at: www.nmhistorymuseum.org/storytelling or email: turnontuneinNMHM@gmail.com Deadline is first come, first serve, provided the application is in accordance with the area of focus. Anyone 19 or older is encouraged to apply. The intent is to represent a diversity of voices, experiences, backgrounds and ages.

The Silver City Museum creates opportunities for residents and visitors to explore, understand, and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of southwestern New Mexico by collecting, preserving, researching, and interpreting the region's unique history. For more information, please contact the museum at (575) 538-5921, info@silvercitymuseum.org, or go to the museum's website. www.silvercitymuseum.org.