Events for Aug. 2023

Join us on Museum Hill for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103 

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

• Sun, 6/18 | International Mud Day
• Tues, 7/4 | Plant Art
• Thurs, 8/3 | National Honey Bee Day

Museum of International Folk Art

• Wed, 7/12 | Japanese Masks
• Wed, 7/19 | Papier Mâché
• Wed, 7/26 | Dolls
• Wed, 8/2 | Recycled Piñatas

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. Groups of 6 or more, please call or email to guarantee free admission to the museum or garden.

Join us on Museum Hill for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103. Come make a recycled piñata and visit our exhibit La Cartonería Mexicana which features colorful piñatas by Francisco Rodríguez of Casa de Piñata in Albuquerque.

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 and meet Leo Linares, master folk artist and grandson of Pedro Linares who originated the alebrije form, and watch him paint his alebrije sculptures in the Museum Atrium:

Friday, August 4, 1-4 pm

Saturday, August 5, 12- 4 pm

Sunday, August 6, 11 am – 1 pm

Monday, August 7, 12 – 4 pm

 Presented in conjunction with La Cartonería Mexicana/ The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste

Leo Linares fantastical alebrijes are featured in La Cartoneria Mexicana/ The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste.  He continues his grandfather’s work,  creating alebrijes--mythical or fictional creatures-- for museums, art galleries and  collectors from around the world.

Marta Turok is the Curator and Coodinator for the Ruth D. Lechuga Center for the Study of Folk Art at the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico city.  She is also a cultural advisor for the Carteoneria exhibit.

¡Gerard’s House y Museum of International Folk Art se complacen en anunciar que estamos organizando un evento comunitario!

¡Acompáñanos!  para De Vuelta a la Escuela Día de Familia el sábado 12 de agosto de 2 a 5 p.m. Estamos creando un día divertido lleno de actividades, entretenimiento en vivo, recursos comunitarios, útiles escolares gratuitos y muchos otros regalos.

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Gerard’s House and the Museum of International Folk Art are excited to announce that we are hosting a community event!

Join us! for Back to School Family Day on Saturday, August 12 from 2-5 p.m. We are creating a fun day filled with activities, live entertainment, community resources, free school supplies, and many other goodies.

Join Mara Taub, long-time advocate for prisoner and immigrant rights, for a talk and facilitated group discussion in the gallery "Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy." Mara is the founder of The Coalition for Prisoner’s Rights, a Santa Fe based nonprofit which focuses on advocacy, support, and providing prisoner’s with reading materials* and prisoner and family support-related resources.

*MOIFA will be collecting appropriate paperback books the day of the talk for Mara’s organization, please bring paperback books you’d like to donate!

ASL interpretation will be provided throughout the program.

Photo: Mara Taub in her home office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, holding a stack of letters from prisoners seeking reading and support materials. This stack is several months’ worth of mail.

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Plática y discusión en la galería | domingo, 13 de agosto de 2023

Acompaña a Mara Taub, defensora desde hace mucho tiempo de los derechos de los prisioneros e inmigrantes, en una charla y una discusión grupal facilitada dentro de la galería "Entre líneas: arte carcelario y abogacia". Mara es la fundadora de The Coalition for Prisoner’s Rights, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Santa Fe que se enfoca a la defensa, el apoyo y el suministro de materiales de lectura para los prisioneros, * y los recursos relacionados con el apoyo a los prisioneros y las familias.

*El dia de la charla MOIFA recolectará libros de bolsillo apropiados para donar a la organización de Mara, ¡Por favor trae los libros de bolsillo que te gustaría donar!

Se proporcionará interpretación de ASL durante todo el programa.

Foto: Mara Taub en su oficina en Santa Fe, Nuevo México, sosteniendo un montón de cartas de los prisioneros que buscan materiales de lectura y apoyo. Este montón representa varios meses de correo.

Saturday, August 19th

1:30pm (on the Cathedral Park Stage) and

4:00pm (on the Plaza Stage)

The performance will include the Invitational Dance, the Walrus Dance, and the Raven Dance, among others—all of which celebrate the continuous and generative culture of King Island communities. The performances are presented in partnership with Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) and in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Ghhúunayúkata / To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka.

Free, in downtown Santa Fe

https://swaia.org/2023-schedule-of-events/2023-performance-schedule/

The Friends of Folk Art Annual Home Tour will feature four amazing homes located in central Santa Fe on Saturday, August 26th from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each of these homes has very special and unique collections assembled over many years. This “not to be missed” tour is a unique opportunity to explore some remarkable homes.

The Collections include:

• Mexican folk art interspersed with Native American pieces, a wide and wild assortment of masks, a variety of Mexican ceramics, a mermaid-filled master bathroom, and Peruvian retablos.
• Moroccan rugs, Peruvian nichos, Casa Grandes ceramics, coco masks from Guerrero, papier mache Day of the Dead figures, Spanish Colonial art (antique and contemporary) vintage Mexican pottery, textiles from Central Asia, Hopi kachinas, and Navajo pictorial rugs.
• Contemporary Native American, Spanish Colonial, and International Folk Art, straw appliqué boxes and crosses, Mexican ceramics, Spanish Colonial retablos and bultos.
• Green pottery from Michoacán and Oaxaca, Ocumichos from Michoacán, Medrano churches from Jalisco, and gourd lacquerware (especially toys) from Guerrero.

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

 For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com