Events for Jul. 2023

Kick-off your folk experience at International Folk Art Market (IFAM) with an online look at the  40th Anniversary of the  Multiple Visions: A Common Bond at the Museum of International Folk Art. We invite you to dice deep into folk art at MOIFA with our 40th Fab Favs tour presented over zoom with our Fabulous Docents as your guides. An engaging and intriguing peek into the world of "Multiple Visions: Common Bonds" for everyone; and all free.

Please note tours run on MOUNTAIN TIME. Register for the zoom below:

https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtf-qtqjwsH9T959q_1_k-fz2xad_9BXgQ

Join us for an evening celebration of Japanese craft in light and sound. Co-organized by the Museum of International Folk Art and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, this moonlight reception will feature an illuminated installation of traditional Japanese umbrellas, or wagasa 和傘, accompanied by the courtly sounds of a 13-string Japanese harp, or koto 琴. Set within the artfully designed grounds of the Garden, this multi-sensory event on Museum Hill will transport you to another time and place.

Purchase tickets here.

Doors open at 2:30 pm

Native Hawaiian artist Lehuauakea will present a lecture and slide show to be followed by questions from the audience. Lehuauakea is MOIFA’s nominated artist for this year’s International Folk Art Market (IFAM); their participation in IFAM is sponsored by FOFA. They will be discussing the history and significance of Native Hawaiian bark cloth (kapa), their practice as a contemporary kapa maker, and the concepts they address as an Indigenous mixed-media artist and cultural practitioner. Join us for a reception afterward.

This event is for FOFA members ONLY. Registration is free. FOFA members will receive an invitation by email. A single membership allows access to one ticket. A dual membership allows for two tickets, but each member must register separately.

For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com

For information on joining FOFA, a membership group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, please click here.

Join us on Museum Hill for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103. Come make a Japanese mask and meet our guest artist Kōno Junya.

Kono Junya, featured artist and collaborator of the Museum of International Folk Art’s exhibition, ’Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan.’ 

All art making activities are from 10am to 2pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum and Garden entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours. For groups of 6 or more, please call or email to guarantee free admission to the museum or garden. 

Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212 • patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov 

Come have fun and explore the spooky world of Yōkai — Japanese ghosts, demons, and mythical creatures — in this all-ages summer program. Artist and yōkai scholar Kōno Junya will be joining us for this event. FREE with museum admission.

1-3 PM - Film screening of A Letter to Momo

3-4 PM - Yōkai mask making  

4 PM - Yōkai Parade around the Museum

(Costumes are encouraged! Come dressed up as your favorite yokai creature to get inspiration visit: https://yokai.moifa.org/#/)

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibit, Yokai: Monsters and Demons of Japan. 

Join us on Museum Hill for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103. Come make a papier mâché sculpture and get inspired by the alebrijes on Milner plaza.

All art making activities are from 10am to 2pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum and Garden entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours. For groups of 6 or more, please call or email to guarantee free admission to the museum or garden. 

Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212 • patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov 

Join us on Museum Hill for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103. Come make a doll and visit our exhibit Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm which features traditional dolls.

All art making activities are from 10am to 2pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum and Garden entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours. For groups of 6 or more, please call or email to guarantee free admission to the museum or garden. 

Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212 • patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov