Friends Of Coronado State Monument Inc Kuaua Pueblo

FROM COVID TO A NEW NORMAL AS THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 WANED, NEW MEXICO STATE HISTORIC SITES REOPENED FOR GOOD IN FEBRUARY 2022, AND THE FCHS CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS MORE NORMAL OPERATIONS. THE LARGEST IMPACT OF THE SHUTDOWN WAS FELT IN DECLINING MEMBERSHIP. AFTER THE REOPENING, MEMBER ROLLS BEGAN A SLOW BUT STEADY CLIMB, ENDING 2022 AT 351 MEMBERS. WE ANTICIPATE FURTHER GAINS AS ACTIVITIES RAMP UP IN 2023. 2022 HIGHLIGHTS VOLUNTEERISM: DONATED MORE THAN 2,880 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN 2022, VALUED AT MORE THAN 86,400. FUNDRAISING: RAISED OVER 48,295 (BEFORE EXPENSES) FOR CORONADO (CHS) AND JEMEZ (JHS) HISTORIC SITES; FUNDING CAME PRIMARILY FROM SUN FATHERS GIFT SHOP, MEMBER DUES, AND DONATIONS. GIFT SHOP: NETTED 19,145 IN PROFIT, AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 20 PERCENT COMPARED TO 2021. MODERNIZED OPERATIONS BY INVESTING IN A SQUARE TERMINAL, ROUTER, HOTSPOT, AND VOIP TELEPHONE SERVICE. FINANCIAL SUPPORT: INVESTED OVER 13,720 TO SUPPORT BOTH HISTORIC SITES, NOTABLY THE DOCENT PROGRAM - 650; LIBRARY - 435; AND LECTURES - 573. FUNDED VIDEO EDITING FOR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - 1,286; ACADEMIC AWARDS - 1,800; 3-D PRINTER FOR JHS - 800; LIGHTS AMONG THE RUINS AT JHS - 1,800; IMAGINING NEW MEXICO, REPRODUCTIONS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY PUEBLO ART FOR PLANNED EXHIBIT 1,100. SITE REOPENING CELEBRATION: MORE THAN 100 FCHS MEMBERS ATTENDED THIS CELEBRATORY DINNER ON APRIL 30. ATTENDEES WERE TREATED TO A TALK BY NATIVE ARTIST DEBORAH JOJOLA (ISLETA AND JEMEZ PUEBLOS), ONE OF WHOSE WORKS IS NOW ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT CHS/JHS. ONGOING ACTIVITIES DOCENT PROGRAM CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF GUIDED TOURS, RECRUITED NEW DOCENTS, PURCHASED TRAINING MATERIALS NATIVE GARDENS FUNDED DEMONSTRATION GARDENS TO EDUCATE VISITORS ABOUT TRADITIONAL PUEBLO AGRICULTURE PUBLIC OUTREACH. COMMUNICATED THROUGH PAID ADS, FREE CALENDARS, WEB SITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA, MEMBER NEWSLETTERS, EVENTS SUCH AS THE BERNALILLO INDIAN ARTS FESTIVAL ADVOCACY SUPPORTED THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE. THE FRIENDS OF CORONADO HISTORIC SITE IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. ITS MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL ASSETS AND MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND TO PROMOTE, THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CORONADO AND JEMEZ HISTORIC SITES, ENCOMPASSING THE ANCESTRAL PUEBLOS OF KUAUA (HOME TO THE RENOWNED PAINTED KIVA) AND GIUSEWA, THE CORONADO EXPEDITION, AND THE MISSION OF SAN JOSE DE LOS JEMEZ. FRIENDS OF CORONADO HISTORIC SITE 2022 ACCOMPLISHMENTS ENCOMPASSING THE ANCESTRAL PUEBLOS OF KUAUA (HOME TO THE RENOWNED PAINTED KIVA) AND GIUSEWA, THE FRIENDS OF CORONADO HISTORIC SITE CORONADO EXPEDITION, AND THE MISSION OF SAN JOSE DE LOS JEMEZ. 2022 MEMBER BENEFITS FIELD TRIPS PARTICIPATION CLEARLY INDIGENOUS: NATIVE VISIONS REIMAGINED IN GLASS - MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE (SANTA FE) 12 LOS LUCEROS STATE HISTORIC SITE 17 SCHOOL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH - CAMPUS AND VAULT (SANTA FE) 17 MATACHINES TALK AND TRADITIONAL DANCE (BERNALILLO) 12 HIKES PARTICIPATION SEISMOSAURUS FOSSIL SITE (OJITO WILDERNESS) 9 JARAL PUEBLO AND OLD JARAL RANGER STATION (ALBUQUERQUE) 11 WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATION HOLIDAY GOURD ORNAMENT DECORATION 10 MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES PARTICIPATION SPEAKER TITLE THATCHER SELTZERROGERS THE CHAMISAL SITE: A SMALL, LONG-OCCUPIED, LATE PREHISPANIC THROUGH HISTORIC VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY JAVIER ELI ASTORGA VILLARROEL HOW SPANISH COLONIAL PRESIDIOS REFLECT THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETIES THEY PROTECTED SHERRY HARDAGE THE FALL OF TENOCHTITLAN AND ITS CONNECTION TO CORONADO CARLYN STEWART LOS LUCEROS: REVEALING THE HIDDEN GEM OF NEW MEXICO MARTHA LIEBERT BERNALILLO: BETWEEN THE RIVER AND A HARD PLACE RICHARD FLINT & SHIRLEY CUSHING FLINT THE CORONADO EXPEDITION: AN ARMED MULTICULTURAL COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE JULIANNA BURTONCARVAJAL THREE LETTERS, ONE SPECIAL DELIVERY (CORONADO-ERA CORRESPONDENCE) DEIRDRE KANN ONE YEAR IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER: CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND EXTREMES IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEYENCOMPASSING THE ANCESTRAL PUEBLOS OF KUAUA (HOME TO THE RENOWNED PAINTED KIVA) AND GIUSEWA, THE CORONADO EXPEDITION, AND THE MISSION OF SAN JOSE DE LOS JEMEZ. FRIENDS OF CORONADO HISTORIC SITE.