Help a first-time artist get to the Market and your gift will change a life!

When you sponsor a first-time artist at the Market, you are providing a life-changing experience. Your support gives an artist the opportunity to meet other artists, encounter buyers from across the U.S. and the world, and succeed in a dynamic global marketplace.

With your help, the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market will be able to provide direct financial support for 25 first-time artists who would not be able to attend the Market otherwise. Sponsorships cover costs including training, international airfare, lodging, local transportation, and meals.

At the Market, artists earn an average of $18,000 per booth. Artists report that with the earnings from the Market they have been able to purchase land, build new studios, run health clinics, hire teachers and start schools, pay for school fees and books, and buy farm animals that bring additional wealth.

Sponsor Artists from Around the World

Africa

Levels of Giving

You may make a sponsorship of any size.  For gifts $100 and above you will receive special benefits and tickets to the Market.  For gifts of $1,000 and above, you will get your name in the artist’s booth of your choice.

Gifts will help cover the following:

$25+ Covers lunches for an artist during the Market

$50+ Covers warehousing of an arist’s goods

$100+ Covers supplies for an artist’s booth

$250+ Covers local transportation for an artist

$500+ Covers training for an artist

$1,000+ Covers food and lodging for an artist

$2,500+ Covers international airfare for an artist

$5,000+ Covers cost of one artist to attend

$10,000+ Covers cost of one artist coop to attend

Thank you for your consideration of helping put a first-time artist at the Market on a path to economic independence.