Young Natives Arts & Crafts Sale A free, family event

Begin collecting art, jewelry, pottery and more from the next generation of Native American artists and craftspeople at the annual Young Natives Arts & Crafts Show. Children and grandchildren of artists associated with the Palace of the Governors' Portal Program will demonstrate their own arts and crafts in the Palace Courtyard from 9 am to 3 pm, July 14 and 15.

See the artwork, purchase refreshments, and strike up a relationship with an artist still learning his or her craft.

The Native American Artisans Program (commonly called "the Portal Program") provides the children an opportunity to learn from their parents and grandparents and to continue the cultural economic development supported by their hand-crafted works. The Young Natives Arts & Crafts Show is free; enter through the Blue Gate south of the New Mexico History Museum's main entrance.

Along the south side of the Palace of The Governors, Native American artists and craftspeople sell their handmade goods to tourists and local Santa Feans almost every day of the year, rain or shine. The 900+ vendors of the Native American Artisans Program represent 41 tribes, pueblos, chapters and villages in New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, and parts of Arizona. The Vendors Committee creates and enforces rules for those who sell their work under the portal. The rules emphasize authenticity (a maker's mark is required on all goods), traditional materials, and handmade work produced as generations of Native artisans have created it.

The vendors at the Palace of the Governors sell only the highest quality merchandise: handmade by the vendors themselves, not mass-produced or imported.