Events for Oct. 2023

FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.

Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.

Anyone can donate!  If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.

Fall Donation Days

Saturday, October 7

Saturday, October 21

All 11 am to 2 pm

Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods. 

All folk art donations are tax deductible.

If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.

• Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts is a one-day symposium that brings Indigenous artists and advocates into conversation about the climate crisis, which disproportionately affects Native communities “first and worst.” Coastal erosion, flooding, drought, wildfires, and severe storms threaten the well-being, lands, livelihoods, and arts of Indigenous peoples, with the impact being felt right now.

Featuring Diné ethnobotanist Arnold Clifford, Northern Chumash visual artist Leah Mata Fragua, Iñupiaq parka maker and climate initiatives program director Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer, and curator Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo). With a reading by Iñupiaq poet dg nanouk okpik and a spoken word performance by IAIA students of Sheila Rocha’s Performance Poetry course.

Admission to both the symposium and the museum is free, and includes a Pueblo feast-style lunch for participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Time will be scheduled for viewing the annular solar eclipse. 

Full schedule:

• 9:00am            Blessing, John Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo)

• 9:20am            “An exploration of memory, resistance, and creativity amid environmental flux,” Leah Mata Fragua (Yak Tityu Tityu Yak Tiłhini (Northern Chumash))

• 10:20am          “Look Up!” and solar eclipse viewing, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), Curator of Ethnology, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture  

• 11:00am          Ethnobotany and Climate Change, Arnold Clifford (Diné)                            

• Noon-1:30pm  Pueblo feast lunch, catered by Rena Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo)

• Self-guided exploration of Ghhúunayúkata/To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka

• 1:00pm            Avan Nu Voices, a Performance Poetry Ensemble, Institute of American Indian Arts students and Sheila Rocha (Tarasco)

• 1:45pm            “Northern Light,” poetry reading by dg nanouk okpik (Iñupiaq)                              

• 2:00pm            “The Fashion & Climate Intersect,” Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer (Iñupiaq)

• 3:15pm            Group discussion, facilitated by Tony Chavarria, with Arnold Clifford, Leah Mata Fragua, and Qataliña Jackie Schaeffer

ASL interpretation will be provided throughout the program.

This is a free event. Entry is first come first serve and subject to venue capacity. 

To RSVP please click https://cautionarytalessymposium.eventbrite.com

Cautionary Tales is organized by the Museum of International Folk Art in collaboration with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and the School for Advanced Research, and in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art’s current exhibition Ghhúunayúkata/To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka. Funding for the symposium and the exhibition Ghhúunayúkata is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and décor items to be sold at the 2024 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our fall donation days.

Each year patrons, collectors and folk art lovers donate a variety of folk art items to be sold at the annual Folk Art Flea, organized by the Friends of Folk Art, to raise funds for the educational and exhibition programs of the Museum of International Folk Art.

Anyone can donate!  If you have friends who are Spring cleaning, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions by recycling their art items to the Flea.

Last Fall Donation Day!

Saturday, October 21

Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the pods. 

All folk art donations are tax deductible.

If you can’t come by our donation days but still would like to donate then call 505.476.1201 for pick-up or drop-off information.

¡Acompáñanos a celebrar el Día de los Muertos. Decora calaveras de azucar y prueba el pan de muerto tradicional, y trae una foto o recuerdo para agregar a nuestro altar comunitario.

Celebrate Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead. Decorate sugar skulls, sample traditional Pan de Muerto, and bring a photo or memento to add to our community altar.

• 1:00 pm - Disfrute de una charla en la galería con Leigh Thelmadatter, autora de Mexican Cartonería Mexicana: Papel, Engrudo y Fiesta en la exposición La Cartonería Mexicana.
  • Enjoy a Gallery talk with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta in the Cartonería exhibit.
• 2:00 and 3:00 pm - Vea las actuaciones de danza de Los Niños de Santa Fe             
  • Watch Los Niños de Santa Fe Dance Performances
• 2:00 – 4:00 pm - Firma de libros con Leigh Thelmadatter, autora de Mexican Cartonería: Papel, Engrudo y Fiesta                           
  •  Book signing with Leigh Thelmadatter, author of Mexican Cartonería/Paper Paste and Fiesta. Books will be available for purchase in our Museum Shop.

Leigh Thelmadatter lives in Mexico City and works as a freelance writer specializing in Mexican culture. She has a regular column with Mexico Daily News and is the author of  Mexican Cartonería: Paper, Paste and Fiesta (Schiffer 2019). Her mission is to shed light on aspects of Mexican life and culture that do not get the attention they deserve.

To request ASL interpretation for the Gallery Talk, email Patricia Sigala by October 24, at: patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov

Join the City of Santa Fe’s newest tradition, a Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration on the Santa Fe Plaza on Friday, October 27 from 4-10 pm and Saturday, October 28 from 10 am-10 pm. For more information visit https://burnzozobra.com/dia/