• Weaving & Beading Artist Demonstration + Hands On

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

    Empowering Women artists emonstrate weaving and beadwork, and encourage visitors to give it a try.

  • Flores, Folklorico y Flamenco/Flowers, Folklorico and Flamenco An Afternoon of Dance

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

    Dance performances with Los Niños de Santa Fe at 2pm and The Maria Benitez Institute for Spanish Arts Youth Company at 3pm. Presented in conjunction with the exhibitions Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda and A Century of Masters: NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico. By Museum Admission, New Mexico residents […]

  • Dia de Muertos/Day of The Dead Day of the Dead events

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

    Decorate Sugar Skulls, Make Muertos Nichos (Memory Boxes), Eat Pan de Muerto, (Sweet bread), enjoy live music by Mucho Corazón, write a leaf for the Tree of Life for the Community Altar and more! By Museum Admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. Free on Sundays, youth 16 & under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation […]

  • Writing in the Galleries Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection

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

    Join local poet and Author Joan Logghe in the exhibition Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection» for poetry reading and writing inspired by textiles. By Museum Admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. Free on Sundays, youth 16 & under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members admitted FREE!

  • Winter Celebration Winter holidays

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

    The Sangre de Cristo Chorale performance will include the piece that they created in honor of NEA award winner, Esther Martinez, one of the New Mexican artists featured in the A Century of Masters exhibition. The Los Titeriteros will do 2 puppet performances of the holiday favorite, Doña Adelina. Hands -on art making activities for […]

  • Textile Lecture Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection

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

    Lecture by Dr. Linda Boynton Arthur, The Art of the Aloha Shirt. By Museum Admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. Free on Sundays, youth 16 & under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members admitted FREE!

  • Music in New Mexico lecture and demonstration

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

    Join  Tomás Lozano, of Viva la Pepa and  explore the instrumentation and evolution of music in historic New Mexico.  Did you know that chirimas, bajones, trumpets and other instruments were played in full orchestras as early as 1630? By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. Free on Sundays, youth 16 and under and Museum […]

  • Folk Art of the Andes exhibition opening reception

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

    Opening festivities include Andean music by Mario Reynolds from 1-4PM, dance performances by Baila Conmigo at 1 and 3 PM, a reception hosted by the Museum of New Mexico Women's Board from 2-4PM,  Gourd carving artist demostration by Bertha Medina from 1-4PM and Peruvian retablo making for ages 3 to 103, also from 1 to 4 PM.  By Museum admission, […]

  • Ausangate film screening

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

    Join Director Andrea Heckman for a special screnning of Ausangate. Based on more than 20 years of anthropological research, Ausungate reveals how the Quecha weavers make textiles encoded with symbolic images that reinforce ancestral beiefs during rituals and in everday life.  Four Quecha people's stores are told against the backdrop of high Andean lakes and […]

  • The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Natural Disaster opening reception

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

    The Arts of Survival opens during International Folk Arts Week, a community-wide celebration that culminates with the 8th Annual Santa Fe International Folk Art Market July 8 – 10, 2011. Highlights of the week will be artist demonstrations, artist talks, lectures, and more. Get the full schedule of events on-line at folkartmarket.org Dr. Marsha Bol, […]

  • Folk music Performance Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami

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

    Join world famous musician, composer, teacher and recording artist Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami for an afternoon of traditional folk music from Pakistan.  Presented in conjuction with the exhibition The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Natural Disaster.  By museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. free on Sundays.

  • Exhibition Opening Young Brides, Old Tresures

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

    Reception hosted by the Women's Baord of the Museum of New Mexico, celebrating the opening of Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress. Live music by Avenue East performing traditional vocal and instrumental music from the Republic of Macedona on the tambura (lute), gajda (bagpipe), harmonika (accordion), dumbek (hourglass hand drum), dajre (tambourine) and tapan […]