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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
Celebrate day of the Dead/Dia de Muertos at the Museum of International Folk Art. Decorate Sugar skulls, make picture frames (bring a photo of a loved one who has passed away), sample pan de muerto, enjoy live music by Las Flores del Valle, and a dance performance by Los Ninos de Santa Fe, calaca(skeleton) face […]
Learn how teams at the Museum of International Folk Art put together exhibtions. Felicia Katz-Harris, Curator of Asian and Middle-Eastern Collections leads a discussion with Stephen Hitchins, exhibition desigfner, Monica Meehan, Graphic Designer, Maureen Russell, Senior Conservator, Paul Singdalsen. Preparator and David Rohr, Creative Director. The lecture will be in the theater at the Museum […]
The Eye of the Needle, Inspiring 30-minute award-winning documentary examines the life of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and how she survived the Holocaust as a teenager; and how she came to tell her life story in a series of 36 fabric collage and embroidered panels. FREE Admission. Presented in conjuction with the exhibition Between Two Worlds: Folk […]
Join us for spoken word poetry inspired by RED featuring Hakim Ballamy, Lauren Camp, Miriam Sagan and Tara Trudell.The Red that Colored the World has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent […]
Join the Friends of Folk Art for a visit to the radically sustainable Earthship community in Taos, New Mexico, and then to a very personal collection reflecting a love of Northern New Mexico art.
10am to 2PM August 4 and 6, 2015 make Mexican Suns
REE hands on art making for ages 3 to 103, in the Outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza, inside the atrium when it rains! To schedule groups, call Patricia at (505) 476-1212. Santero Charles Carrillo leads a painting with cochineal workshop
FREE hands on art making for ages 3 to 103, in the Outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza, inside the atrium when it rains! To schedule groups, call Patricia at (505) 476-1212. All workshops are from 10am to 2pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays Santero Charles Carrillo leads a painting with cochineal workshop
FREE hands on art making for ages 3 to 103, in the Outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza, inside the atrium when it rains! To schedule groups, call Patricia at (505) 476-1212. All workshops are from 10am to 2pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays
Free hands on dying with Cochineal workshop for ages 3 to 103. Tuesday and Thursday July 21 and 23. Groups of six or more, please ca;; (505) 476-1211 to reserve at place and guarantee free admission to the Museum. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Poetry Chapbook project for hands on art making for ages 3 to 103. Write the poetry and design and print the cover for the book.Artist demonstrations in the atrium: Catalina Delgado Trunk, USA- papel picado, Camurdino Mustafa Jetha, Mozambique, carving, Thomas “Red Owl” Haukaas, Florida, USA, cradle making, Gasili Adeyemo, Nigeria, resides in New Mexico, […]
ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS + HANDS ON Painting with cochineal hands -on project for ages 3 to 103, with tours of the exhibition The Red That Colored the World. Artist demonstrations with Suzani embroiderer Zarina Kendjaev from Uzbekistan and colcha embroiderers Julia Gomez and Beatrice Maestas Sandoval. Book Signing, A Red Like No Other with Carmella […]
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