Events

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

Join us for a Zoom Talk on Masked Heroes: Native American Historical Resilience in the Face of the Pandemic with America Meredith.

America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) is an educator, author, artist, and independent curator, whose curatorial practice spans two decades. She is the publishing editor of First American Art Magazine and associate publisher at Noksi Press, a small, Cherokee-language publishing house. 

Register in advance:  https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOyupj0pH9X4CGTCL9vOdhxzcK3cn74d

America Meredith serves on the board of the Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council. Meredith taught early Native American art history at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Cherokee art history at the Cherokee Humanities class, and art history at Santa Fe Community College. She earned her MFA degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. She ran Ahalenia Studios, an alternative art space in Santa Fe from 2009 to 2016.

Photo credits: Anita Fields (Osage/Muscogee), All My Heroes Wear Ribbon Work, 2020. Taffeta ribbons, thread, yarn, beads, brass bells, metal sequins, plastic pill pouch, photos printed on silk, embroidery thread. Photo courtesy of First American Art Magazine

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VIRTUAL TOUR
Lectures and Talks

VIRTUAL TOUR "Folk Art Focus on Five"

August 4, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Première diapo MUSÉE INTERNATIONAL D’ART FOLKLORIQUE FOCUS SUR 5 tableaux LA GALERIE ALEXANDER GIRARD 

Enchanted with MOIFA’s Girard Wing with its 10,000 pieces of vibrantly colored and fantastically arranged folk art from dozens of countries?  Here’s an opportunity to tour  —virtually and in French— Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home or hotel. Join us  this Wednesday at 10am Mountain Time for a very special French language version.

‘’L’Art de l’artisan est le lien entre les peuples du monde’’, L’inscription au dessus de l’entrée du Musée décrit parfaitement ce que le Musée contient car il rassemble l’art et les cultures représentées par une grande variété de peuples du monde.

The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes. Register yourself now:

Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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