Santa Fe International Folk Art Market

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

We’re delighted to announce a special event for the Market: An Evening with Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.

Nicholas Kristof speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. (Image used under a Creative Commons License: Copyright by World Economic Forum
swiss-image.ch/Photo by Monika Flueckiger.)

A seasoned journalist, Kristof has traveled extensively throughout China, Africa, India, and South Asia. He will share poignant tales of women’s struggles and triumphs in the face of poverty and discrimination.

This groundbreaking event will be presented at The Lensic Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, July 7th at 7:30 pm. The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, World Women Work, and the Museum of International Folk Art are presenting this evening as a part of International Folk Arts Week in conjunction with a new exhibition opening at the Museum, Empowering Women:  Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities. This event is made possible through a Lensic Community Sponsorship.

Tickets will go on sale April 1 and range from $15 to $125 (which includes preferred seating, a private reception at Coyote Cantina with Kristof, and a signed copy of his book). Buy tickets here.

More information on International Folk Arts Week will be coming in future blog posts.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Join the Market Team for a six-day adventure in November, visiting the master potters of Santa Cruz and Tonala, the Ceramic Museum in Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, and the colorful San Juan Market.  The highlights of the trip include a full day at Feria Maestros del Arte, dinner with select artists, and a private visit to a collector’s home.

Come along for all the fun – great shopping, music, wonderful food, and traveling with your Folk Art friends.

The trip runs from November 8 – 13, 2010 and the cost is $1,875 Per Person, based on Double Occupancy

The full itinerary is available here.

To sign up contact Jean Zunkel, BJ Adventures, Inc. at (505) 466-2289. 

Three hundred members of the Haitian artists’ cooperative ADASE were left homeless in the town of Jacmel after the January earthquake. ADASE President, Pierre Edgard Satry, who will represent ADASE and Haiti at the 2010 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, has asked for assistance in generating emergency funds for the artists and their families, who are living in a tent camp in Jacmel.

In response, a group of local nonprofits and businesses have donated their time and space for the sale of ADASE Carnival masks and papier mâchè creations that were not damaged during the earthquake.

All proceeds from the sale will go directly to ADASE to be distributed among the artists for critical needs. Jackalope, Xanadu at Jackalope and the local nonprofit Hands of the Caribbean will be facilitating the sale. Hands of the Caribbean will distribute the funds directly to ADASE. 

Pierre Edgard Satyr of ADASE. Photo by Sally Thomson.

Thank you to our generous donors, we have raised $18,650 to date for our Artist Relief Fund!  We established this Fund in the wake of the Haitian earthquake as a long-term way to respond to Market artists from throughout the world who are facing significant emergency situations.

The Fund will cover the airfare, ground transportation, lodging, food and booth fee for the five Haitian artists attending the 2010 Market (Pierre Edgard Satyr of ADASE-Association pour le Developpement de L’Artisanat du Sud’est, Marie Bernard Pascale Faublas of ADASE, Michée Ramil Remy, Serge Jolimeau and Georges Valris). The Fund will also provide $1,000 to each of the artists for tools and materials to be used for production of their art work.

Following the very destructive earthquake in Chile, we’ve received news of Alba Rosa Sepúlveda Tapia of the Arte en Crin Cooperative – a horse hair weaver who’ll be attending the 2010 Market. The word came via Heidi McKinnon, owner of the Santa Fe-based business Materiapriama that sponsor Alba. Heidi reports that part of Alba’s kitchen in the village of Rari was destroyed, but everyone got out of the house safely, including her 86 year-old mother who taught her how to weave.

All 20 women working with the cooperative have had damage to their homes. Mostly roof collapse has been the problem. Alba said that walking around Rari after the earthquake, women were seated outside of their destroyed houses weaving, trying to get their minds off of the situation.