What We Do

The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market is the largest international folk art market in the world, and our success led to Santa Fe’s designation as a UNESCO City of Folk Art.

The Market hosts an annual festive, two-day event on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, New Mexico adjoining our renowned partner, the Museum of International Folk Art.

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Featured Artist

Beatrice Agbesinyale

Beatrice Agbesinyale

Ghana

Beatrice Agbesinyane learned textile artistry from her father, a tailor who produced quilts for a chief in their hometown.

She later joined up with Wondala International to create African patchwork quilts, using hand-mixed dies in traditional Ghanaian textile treatments such as batik, tie-dye, stitch dyeing, brush and splash dyeing.  These quilts, whose kaleidoscopic patterns are intended to confuse and discourage spirits with ill intentions, were traditionally used to protect the royal family.

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Impact on Artists

According to the artists, your investment in the Market . . .

  • - Saves Lives
  • - Sustains Communities
  • - Empowers

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