The Artist as Collector: A Visit to the San Ildefonso Home of Russell Sanchez A Friends of Indian Art Member Event

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Russell Sanchez is a very familiar and lauded name to Native art collectors, most recently taking home the Best of Pottery award at 2019 Indian Market. But you may not know that he is a wide-ranging art collector himself. His historic adobe home sits right on the main plaza of San Ildefonso Pueblo, but he […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Los Matachines Traditions of New Mexico

Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property On the Plaza, Mesilla, NM, United States

Join the staff of Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum and New Mexico Historic Sites in celebrating the tradition of Los Matachines dance and drama in New Mexico.  Find the event on the New Mexico Historic Sites or Taylor-Mesilla Facebook pages or on the New Mexico Historic Sites YouTube channel.

VIRTUAL TALK: What is Folk? Museums, Markets, and the Invention of an American Art Tradition

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Emelie Gevalt is Curator of Folk Art at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City and is pursuing her doctorate in American art history at the University of Delaware. Often looking at earlier material through the lens of twentieth-century histories of collecting and collective memory, her work encompasses research interests in eighteenth- and […]

Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The Museum is currently closed due to COVID-19 precautions, please visit our online resources page for online exhibits, experiences and recources http://moifa.org/visit/online.html  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 […]

New Technology in Art: Innovation at the Institute of American Indian Arts A Friends of Indian Art Member Event

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Innovation has been a tradition in Native arts from the very beginning. Indigenous cultures have adopted whatever materials or technologies have been available to speak about the things those cultures held most important. From pre-contact ceramic work and shell carving, to the use of trade-beads and European metalworking technologies, to our current era of digital […]

Folk Art To Go Kits / Free Activity Kits

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

What: Free Activity Kits (while supplies last) When: October 15th & 17th (noon-5:30pm)  Where: Southside Library - curbside pick-up            6599 Jaguar Drive Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507

VIRTUAL COLLECTORS’ SALE and EXPERIENCE AUCTION Featuring Unique Native American Art and Native Community Educational Experiences

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Opens October 23, 2020 at 10 AM  |  Closes October 25, 2020 at 5PM An eclectic virtual sale of both old and contemporary Native American art from private collections, including pottery, jewelry, textiles, paintings, baskets, and sculptures. Whether you are a new or seasoned collector, you’re sure to find your own new treasure! In addition to […]

International Archaeology Day

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

For 2020, the Office of Archaeological Studies will be premiering the video - Making and Breaking Pots - Summer Camp in the Box 2020 featuring Mollie Toll, OAS ethnobotantist and outreach educator. There will be a live Q&A with Mollie from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm. Additional videos include Mary Weahkee, OAS Archaeologist, demonstrating flotation […]

Online Ghost Storytelling on Halloween Eve!

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Joe Hayes has published more than 20 children’s books, has visited more than 3,000 schools as storyteller and author, and has been the resident storyteller at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe for 26 years.  Satori Murata is a Santa Fe-based Japanese language teacher and translator, cultural tutor, chef, and artist, who worked with curator Felicia Katz-Harris on the Yokai exhibition.  Join us live on Zoom  https://zoom.us/j/94764345956?pwd=UkNBQkhqekNqRnE4TjNiWkttMUtzdz09 In celebration of the exhibition, Yokai: […]

Virtual Yokai Halloween

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

This event features our own Santa Fe based award-winning artist Joel Nakamura. He is chosen for many of his commissions for his knowledge of tribal art, mythology, and for his ability to convey stories and information in an intricate and engaging manner.  Nakamura’s ability to render humanity in such primal, edgy hues has captured the attention […]

Facebook Live Concert: Día de los Muertos Celebration

Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Las Flores del Valle have been sharing their art at venues that range from the Gene Autry theater in Los Angeles, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de México to the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque where they have shared their forte of preserving cultural traditions and a burgeoning Southwest history through the arts.  They can be […]

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