Events

There’s always something exciting happening at the Museum of International Folk Art! Join us for our many programs listed below.

Family Mornings at Folk Art
Family Featured Event Workshop

Family Mornings at Folk Art

November 3, 2019

Join us on the First FREE Sunday of the Month for our all-ages program featuring storytime, hands-on art activities and explorations in the galleries.

 FREE for all NM residents . Funded by Museum of New Mexico Foundation Education Fund

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 continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure.  The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.

 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.

Hours: 10 am to 5 pm daily, May through October; closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents.

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BOOK SIGNING ON NOVEMBER 10th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Members Friends of Indian Art (FIA) Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography (FOCA+P) Friends of Archaeology (FOA) Shop Event Lectures and Talks

BOOK SIGNING ON NOVEMBER 10th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

November 10, 2019

Come visit Ann Murdy the author/photographer and have her sign her

recently published book “On the Path of Marigolds - Living Traditions of México’s

Day of the Dead”. Her book illustrates how this celebration of life takes place in

Huaquechula, Puebla, Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca and the communities around

Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoácan. The book features nearly 100 color photographs

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Musica Buena Gallery Concert - Lara Manzanares
Performance Featured Event

Musica Buena Gallery Concert - Lara Manzanares

November 13, 2019
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for a special 1 hour gallery concert with the amazingly talented Lara Manzanares. Lara is an award-winning bilingual singer-songwriter whose musical style blends traditional New Mexican folk music and indie country, folk, rock with a talent for poignant and comedic storytelling.

Free with Museum Admission. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors.

Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter of Northern New Mexican heritage. In addition to singing the traditional New Mexican canciones of her sheep-ranching childhood, Lara also composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling and songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her rural New Mexican roots and her urban experiences across the U.S. and abroad as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land.

After several years spent living across the U.S., in 2016 Lara returned to New Mexico with her guitar and several original songs in tow. In 2017 she recorded her first original album at Santa Fe’s The Kitchen Sink Studios with producer and sound engineer Jono Manson, backed by a phenomenal cast of musicians including Mark Clark, Justin Bransford, Jono Manson, Jordan Wax, Char Rothschild, Felix Peralta, and Rafael Herrera. The album, Land Baby, contains original songs in both English and Spanish. It received several nominations at the 2018 New Mexico Music Awards and went on to win Album of the Year.

Just like Lara’s upbringing and New Mexico itself, her music is a complex yet deeply cohesive mixture of cultures and sounds: deeply rooted but never still, heartfelt and humorous, simultaneously ancient and innovative. She continues to explore her New Mexican musical heritage and write and record songs while living in the Albuquerque area. Her most recent single, "Dear John," was nominated as a finalist in the Americana category at the 2019 New Mexico Music Awards. You can listen to her music learn more about Lara by visiting her website, laramanzanares.com

Photo credit Philip Wiley

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 continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure.  The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.

 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.

Hours: 10 am to 5 pm closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors.

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Folk Art Flea Donations Days

Folk Art Flea Donations Days

November 16, 2019

Folk Art Flea Fall Donation Dates: October 26th and November 16th.

Bring your folk art (tax deductible) to The Museum of International Folk Art on Sat., October 26 from 11am -2 pm and Sat., November 16 from 11 am – 2 pm.

If you have any questions please call the Flea Hotline: 505-476-1201.

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Film Showing of Living Traditions: Folk Art of New Mexico
Lectures and Talks Featured Event

Film Showing of Living Traditions: Folk Art of New Mexico

November 17, 2019

New Mexico Arts and Museum of International Folk Art present:

A FREE film showing of Living Traditions: Folk Art of New Mexico, a documentary film by Michael Pettit exploring the National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico. Sunday, November 17th at 2pm, at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

Featuring the work of New Mexico’s National Heritage Fellows: Charles Carrillo, Helen Cordero, Frances Graves, George López, Ramón José López, Esther Martinez, Roberto and Lorenzo Martínez, Eliseo and Paula Rodriguez, Emilio and Senaida Romero, Margaret Tafoya, Irvin Trujillo & Cleofes Vigil.

Discussion with the filmmaker and appearances by selected artists or their families.

With support from the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.

Learn more about the 2009-2011 MOIFA exhibit " A Century of Masters: The NEA Heritage Fellows of New Mexico" .

Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts honors folk artists, storytellers, performers, and musicians throughout the United States for their contributions to traditional art forms. The National Heritage Fellows demonstrate artistic excellence and a commitment to their art forms through their processes, techniques, and transmission of the knowledge to others that strengthens and enriches their communities. http://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibition/228/a-century-of-masters

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 continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure.  The museum’s historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.

 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505) 476-1200.

Hours: 10 am to 5 pm closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

First Sunday of Every Month is free to NM Residents. Wednesdays are always free for New Mexico Seniors.

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Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries
Workshop Family

Folk Art Afternoons at the Libraries

November 26, 2019
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

At Santa Fe Southside Library:

Tuesday Nov. 26th – Animal Masks

Join us for free folk art family programs! Learn about folk art and cultures around the world through hands-on art making. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please take note of the specific dates and activities. All events take place from 3:30-4:30pm.

Upcoming at Santa Fe Southside Library:

Dec. 17th – Peruvian Retablos

Produced In Partnership with Museum of International Folk Art and Santa Fe Public Library. For more information, please contact Kemely Gomez at 505-476-1215.

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