When we think of New Mexico history, we sometimes forget that the humans in the narrative have often been dependent on their equine companions. The influence of New Mexico on the history of the horse in the Americas is both fascinating and profound. From the pre-historic ancestors of the horse found here millions of years […]
Kits de arte Biblioteca de Southside / 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87507 Martes, miércoles, jueves y sábado de 12-5: 30 PM (6 al 10 de abril) Museum of International Folk Art / 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Viernes 9 de abril de 12 a 5 PM Erik Speyer es un artista […]
Grab-and-Go Kits Southside Library / 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87507 (April 6th - 10th) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday from 12:00- 5:30pm Museum of International Folk Art / 706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (Staff Parking Lot) Friday, April 9th from 12-5 pm Erik Speyer is a watercolor artist who writes and illustrates children’s […]
Jacob Thomas Frye was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is an enrolled member of Tesuque Pueblo. He is a fourth-generation potter and painter. Frye comes from a diverse ethnic background that is true New Mexican. Frye’s mother is a traditional potter from Tesuque Pueblo, and his father is an artist from Ft. Collins, […]
Dr, Foster is is the author of The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (2015), Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai (2009) and numerous articles on Japanese folklore, cultural heritage, and media. He also co-edited The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World (2016) and UNESCO on […]
At the turn of the 20th Century, most of the arid land east of Las Cruces, New Mexico was ranch land. Cattle, sheep, and goat ranches filled the Tularosa Basin, the Oscuro Range, and the surrounding countryside. Most of these ranches were small, privately owned pieces of land supplemented by large parcels of federal and […]
Los Luceros Historic Site has been home to agriculture and gardening for hundreds of years. Follow along with Instructional Coordinator Carlyn Stewart as she helps continue this tradition by planting a new demonstration garden featuring heritage plants. Seeds for plants such as New Mexico Bolitas, Nambe White Corn, San Juan Tsile Chile, San Juan Pueblo […]
A full-time artist since childhood, Kathleen Wall was raised in a family of potters. Over the years, she has become known for transforming familiar storyteller figures into expressive, individualized sculptures. Her lighthearted and lovable koshare figures bring joy and humor, and for many, provide an entry point into her work. Kathleen is MIAC’s 2020--2021 Living […]
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/ Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six […]
Monica Obniski is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art, where she is responsible for collecting, exhibiting, and programming a global collection of design, which includes a yearly architectural piazza commission. Her curatorial practice engages social issues and is rooted in architecture and design history. She has held curatorial […]
Terran Last Gun (b. 1989) is a Piikani (Blackfeet) visual artist and printmaker. Sah’kwiinaamah’kaa (Last Gun) was born and raised in Browning, Montana, where the Rocky Mountains greet the Great Plains. As a citizen of the Piikani Nation in Montana— who are members of the Blackfoot Confederacy that includes Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani nations of […]
In this global pandemic, face masks do more than protect health; they represent self-expression, politics, fashion, and humanity’s hope and care for one another. The exhibition is an ode to the mask, and to the artists and everyday citizens forging their way through the COVID-19 crisis. Photo credit: Mask Cover, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (Ýrúrarí), 2020, […]
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