Events

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

Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Lectures and Talks

Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five

March 1, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

VIRTUAL TOUR OF MOIFA’s "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond" 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 or re-tour—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time.The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes, register now!

 For all our upcoming events at MOIFA visit https://moifa.org/events/

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NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY
Family

NM RESIDENT FREE SUNDAY

March 6, 2022
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

New Mexico residents admitted FREE the first Sunday of each month. Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation members are always free. We are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Come Explore our engaging exhibits!

About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org

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

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

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Student Art Exhibition | Exposición de Arte Estudiantil
Family Exhibition Opening

Student Art Exhibition | Exposición de Arte Estudiantil

March 10, 2022 through March 27, 2022
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

As part of our School Partnership with El Camino Real Academy School, students’ artworks are featured as a collaborative exhibition. For the past month, students learned about folk art traditions found in the Alexander Girard Wing. Some students had the opportunity to meet contemporary santero Arthur Lopez to learn about his artistic practice and iconography. In response to learning about diverse folk art traditions students explored themes of community, storytelling, and symbolic imagery in their artwork.

We encourage you to come see our young artists’ artwork at the museum. The exhibition will be on view from March 10th through 27th in the Museums Atrium

About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org

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

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.

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Family Mornings at Folk Art
Featured Event Family

Family Mornings at Folk Art

March 12, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us at the museum on the Second Saturday of the Month for our Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. FREE Family Program!

  • March 12th - Dressing with Purpose 

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.

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Make & Take at MOIFA

Make & Take at MOIFA

March 12, 2022

MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA

MARCH 20, 202212:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday arfternoons with DIY art projects,  all-ages coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.  March will be Amulets and Narrative Scrolls make and take, and gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.

 Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission. 

  • March 13th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM
  • March 20th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM
  • March 27th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM

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Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five
Lectures and Talks

Virtual Tour: Folk Art Focus on Five

March 15, 2022

VIRTUAL TOUR OF MOIFA’s "Multiple Visions: A Common Bond"  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 or re-tour—virtually—Alexander Girard’s last massive art installation from the comfort of your home with fantastic MOIFA docents. Tuesdays at 11am Mountain Time. The five “stop” tour lasts about 45 minutes, register now!

 For all our upcoming events at MOIFA visit https://moifa.org/events/

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Nowruz Celebration at Southside Library
Workshop Family

Nowruz Celebration at Southside Library

March 19, 2022
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

In Celebration of Nowruz and our new Afghan Community Members. Join us and make a Kite to celebrate the Persian New Year. (While supplies last.)

When:  Saturday, March 19th drop-in from 11:00-1:00

Where: Southside Library Branch in their Cafe’ space

    6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87507

For more information call 505-955-2820 or visit santafelibrary.org

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MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA
Family

MAKE & TAKE @ MOIFA

March 20, 2022
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Join us for art in the atrium on Sunday arfternoons with DIY art projects,  all-ages coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at MOIFA with fun collection-inspired bilingual art kits, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.  March will be Amulets and Narrative Scrolls make and take, and gallery treasure hunts for the whole family.

 Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program included with admission. 

  • March 13th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM
  • March 20th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM
  • March 27th, 2022 - 12 PM - 4 PM

About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org

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

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.

 

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Playtime for Grown-Ups
Lectures and Talks Featured Event

Playtime for Grown-Ups

March 27, 2022
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for a presentation with Alexandra Lange on Alexander Girard’s work in the context of other midcentury designers who created toys and play spaces.  

FREE with museum admission. This is not a ticketed event and seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Alexandra Lange is a design critic and author of "Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall" (Bloomsbury, 2022). She has written extensively on postwar design, particularly for children. She has been the architecture critic for Curbed, and her work has appeared in the Atlantic, New York Magazine, the New York Times and the New Yorker. 

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