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The Girard Collection: Enduring Appeal It is entirely possible to be both delighted and overwhelmed by the Alexander Girard’s one-of-a-kind exhibition—even after more than twenty-five years. The vastness of the exhibit spac...
Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) proudly announces that Charlie Lockwood has been appointed to serve as executive director of Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Lockwood will begin in thi...
Santa Fe, NM- Parkas are unique garments which embody the creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation of their makers. The latest exhibition from Museum of International Folk Art explores the art ...
Santa Fe, NM – Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) presents the 12th annual Folk Art Flea Saturday, Ma...
Santa Fe, NM - The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) presents La Cartonería Mexicana...
Santa Fe, New Mexico – Musica buena means good music, and that is what the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ W...
Santa Fe, New Mexico - New Mexico residents will be bringing their precious heirlooms and garage sale treasures to Milner Plaza on Museum Hill on June 14, 2022, when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW arrives in the capital city....
Santa Fe, New Mexico - New Mexico residents will be bringing their precious heirlooms and garage sale treasures to Milner Plaza on Museum Hill on June 14, 2022, when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW arrives in the capital city....
For Immediate Release Santa Fe, New Mexico – The village of Magdalena will come together for an afternoon of m...
Santa Fe, NM - Museum of International Folk Art presents the 11th Annual Folk Art Flea on Saturday, June 11, with the largest and most diverse inventory in its history and a spacious new location to accommodate folk art from around the...
Santa Fe, NM – The Museum of International Folk Art is proud to present “Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia” opening in the Neutrogena Galle...
In collaboration with Museum Hill partners, a new thematic display, “Glass: Selections from the Collection,” has moved into Lloyd’s Treasure Chest at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). This exhibi...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked a...
The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is excited to present a virtual “charla” (chat) with filmmaker Cody Edison on his award-winning film “And Those Who Dance it Surrender Their Hearts to Each Other” at 2 p.m. on W...
The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is excited to announce that it has been approved for a $40,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the upcoming exhibition “To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka.” MOIFA’s projec...
Explore one of the world’s largest folk art collections and much more at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). The museum, located on beautiful Museum Hill in Santa Fe, safely reopened to the public on Feb. 4, in accordance with COV...
Germany, c. 1840
Collection Jonathan Parks
Belt or ribbon looms, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, 17th and 19th centuries, wood. Photograph by Ricardo Martinez.
Strip cloth and heddle pulley, Baule, Ivory Coast, 20th century, cotton, wood. Photograph by Ricardo Martinez.
“Italian Villa with Boats,” Museum of International Folk Art (DCA), Santa Fe, New Mexico. Photo by Blair Clark.
Mexican Kitchen
Girard Foundation Collection in the Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, DCA, Santa Fe.
Black Rag Dolls
United States, 19th-20th century
Girard Foundation Collection in the Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, DCA, Santa Fe.
L to R: Owl Back, Women's Rights, Medallion, Young America, Tripod 1891
Hosea Hayden, 1820-1897, Union County, Indiana
Collection Jan Petry
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 […]
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 […]
Film Synopsis: "And Those Who Dance it Surrender Their Hearts to Each Other is a portrait of Lone Piñon, a Northern New Mexican string band celebrating their region’s cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, accordions, vihuela, mandolin, guitars, jarana huasteca, and vocals in Spanish, English, Nahuatl and P’urepecha, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional […]
Hands-On Activity Kit for Spring Break Fun! Make your own Seashell Mosaic, Sailor’s Valentine! FREE art activity kits provided by the Museum of International Folk Art. Kits will be available for pick up at the Southside Library starting March 16th during the library’s regular curbside hours. Tues the 16th, Wed the 17th, Thurs the 18th, & […]
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 […]
Join State Historian Rob Martinez as he mines the rich music traditions of New Mexico to present romantic music through the centuries. New Mexican, Mexican, Spanish, American and other music forms will be explored, with voice and guitar. Inditas and other folk traditions will show the deep and universal themes of love lost and found, romance […]
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 […]
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 Mexico’s musical and dramatic traditions that are celebrated during the holiday season developed over hundreds of years beginning with traditions in medieval Spain that were then brought to the colonies. Here in New Mexico each has developed with local and regional influences. The Matachines dances are performed by the Hispano, Pueblo and Genízaro people […]
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 […]
Talk by Zack Davisson, award-winning author, lecturer, and scholar of Japanese monsters, ghosts, and manga. In conjunction with the on-line exhibit, Yokai: Ghosts and Demons of Japan. Join us on Zoom: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/j/98897324056?pwd=bVg4blVGUC93WkhpaXBzWThkTUp0UT09 Meeting ID: 988 9732 4056 Passcode: 722980
On the Museum of International Folk Art Museum Facebook Page: facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt Cipriano is a musician, instrument maker, author, and recipient of the Governor’s Award for Execellence in the Arts and a New Mexico Living Treasure. Considered the master of New Mexico music, he is the co-curator of Música Buena, and author of New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero […]
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