International Folk Arts Week Schedule July 4-11, 2010
Presented by the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market and the Museum of International Folk Art
Sunday, July 4
Exhibition Opening Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
1-4PM
Reception by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico. This event kicks-off International Folk Arts Week July 4-11, 2010. Celebrate the opening of the inaugural exhibition in the Gallery of Conscience spotlighting women’s cooperatives participating in the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Call (505) 476-1200 for more information, or visit the Museum Calendar.
2PM
Panel Discussion with Artist Co-op Representatives, Moderated by Dr. Suzanne Seriff, Exhibition Guest Curator. All by Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D free every Sunday; out of state visitors $9.00 for a single museum visit, youth 16 & under free. Call (505) 476-1200 for more information, or visit the Museum Calendar.
Monday-Friday, July 5-9
International Folk Art Camp
Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences
5912 Jaguar Drive
Artists from all over the world come to Santa Fe to share their unique art at the Folk Art Market. This is your chance to create folk art inspired by artists from Africa, South America, Europe and Asia! Make amazing art out of recycled objects and possibly take a field trip or two. There are three camp sessions this week; one for children entering Preschool/Kindergarten, one for children entering grades 1-3 and entering grades 4-6. Contact Rayna Dineen, (505) 438-8585 for more information. Go to Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences to download registration form.
Monday, July 5
Breakfast with the Curator 8:30-10AM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Tour MOIFA Collections with Curator of Latin American Folk Art, Dr. Barbara Mauldin and Latin American co-op representatives from the Empowering Women exhibit. $20 for foundation members, $25 for non-member, non-refundable. For more information and required reservations call (505) 476-1207 starting May 17. Seating is limited.
Tuesday, July 6
Breakfast with the Curator 8:30-10AM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Tour MOIFA Collections with Curator of Asian and Middle Eastern Folk Art, Felicia Katz-Harris and Asian co-op representatives from the Empowering Women exhibit. $20 for foundation members, $25 for non-member, non-refundable. For more information and required reservations call (505) 476-1207 starting May 17. Seating is limited.
Artist demonstrations and hands-on Weaving & Beading for all ages 10AM-Noon
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Join Santa Fe International Folk Art Market women’s cooperative artists to learn about folk art techniques and try your hand at making your own. By museum admission, adult New Mexico residents $6.00; out of state visitors $9.00 for a single museum visit, youth 16 & under and foundation members free!
Embera Masks of Panama Opening Reception 5:30-7:30PM
Traveler’s Market
De Vargas Center, 153B Paseo de Peralta (behind Office Depot)
As part of International Folk Art Market Week, The Traveler’s Market is hosting an exciting evening of events on Tuesday, July 6th. An exhibit & sale of Embera Masks of Panama opens at 5:30 pm. These colorful fiber masks are woven by the Embera people of the Panamanian rainforest.
At 6 pm Carrie Haley of Art Resource Connection will discuss “Documenting Your Collection”. Ms Haley has a master’s degree In Pacific & Asian Art History & has documented a wide variety of collections, including antique tribal African, Asian Oceanic & Native American Art. This is a topic sure to be of interest to anyone with an art collection of any kind, large or small.
At 6:30 pm we are pleased to welcome Shamlu Dudeja, who will be speaking about ‘Kantha Embroidery of India”. Shamlu is the founder of SHE (Self Help Enterprise), a non profit co-op in Kolkat India dedicated to training seamstresses in this traditional craft Shamlu has brought these beautiful textiles to Folk Art Market each year. She will talk about the positive impact this has had on the lives & communities of the women who have worked with the co-op.
Refreshments will be served.
Door prizes include 2 tickets (valued at $125. each) to the Friday night Folk Art Market Opening Party.
This event is free, but seating for the lectures is limited. Call 505-989-7667 for reservations.
Tuesday-Monday, July 6-12
Bless the Beasts: Animal Woodcarvings by Oaxacan Artisans, & Inspired Floorcloth Paintings of them by Sheila Etkin
Opening Reception July 6: 5PM to 7PM
Daily: 10AM to 5PM
The Jay Etkin Gallery and the The Lofts
703 Camino de la Familia
(in the Santa Fe Rail Yard District: the Artyard, behind Warehouse 21, off Paseo de Peralta...plenty of parking available)
Victor Vásquez Dávila returns from Oaxaca to Santa Fe this year after a successful presentation at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market in 2009. Sponsored by the Patricia A. La Farge Foundation for Folk Art, Victor will be representing himself and approximately 15 other wooden-animal carvers and painters from the major villages around Oaxaca, Mexico. The Exhibition at the Jay Etkin Gallery will run daily from July 6th to July 12th, inclusively, from 10AM to 5PM. The show will also include an exhibition of floor-cloth paintings by Sheila Etkin, inspired by the colorful and intricate Oaxacan wooden animals, and there will be an interesting video recording of the Oaxacan Artisans at work.
Admission is free. For more information, call (505) 699-4688.
On Wednesday, July 7th there will be a Gallery Talk at 10AM.
On Thursday, July 8th there will be a Free Workshop for Children at 10AM to learn the hands-on techniques of finishing and painting the carved wooden animals. An adult escort and advance reservations required; snacks will be provided. Reservations may be made by calling (505) 699-4688.
On Friday, July 9th there will be a Gallery Talk at 2PM.
Wednesday, July 7
An Evening with Nicholas Kristof 7:30PM
The Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 West San Francisco Street
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
A benefit for the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Tickets on sale at Tickets Santa Fe at The Lensic, (505) 988-1234. $125 ticket includes preferred seating and access to a private reception at Coyote Cantina with Nicholas Kristof $40 preferred seating ($15 tax-deductible) $25 general seating $15 balcony seating Event co-presented by WorldWomenWork and the Museum of International Folk Art Made possible through a Lensic Community Sponsorship.
Thursday, July 8
Breakfast with the Curator 8:30-10AM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Tour MOIFA Collections with Curator of Textiles, Dr. Bobbie Sumburg and African co-op representatives from the Empowering Women exhibit. $20 for foundation members, $25 for non-member, non-refundable. For more information and required reservations call (505) 476-1207 starting May 17. Seating is limited.
Folk Art Open House at the Design Center 4-6PM
The Design Center
418 Cerrillos Road
Open house at several shops featuring folk art from around the world, including New Mexico. Light refreshments at shops. Nigerian drummers and dining available at three international restaurants. You can walk three blocks to the Plaza for the Folk Art Market Kick-Off Event at 6pm.
Event contact: Shirley Pisacane at Santa Fe P.S. 505- 690-2700
Street Side: An Exhibition of Travel Themed Folk Art 5PM
From the Collections of Peggy Gaustad and Stuart Ashman, Barbara and John Berkenfield, Maureen Russell, Steve Luckman and Julie Payne.
Patina Gallery
131 W Palace Avenue
Join Patina Gallery for an exhibition of whimsical works and meet the collectors who chose them at this special reception. View the invite (.pdf)
A percentage of all gallery sales from June 1 through July 30 will be donated to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market —be sure to mention “Folk Art Market” with your purchase. You may also purchase items online at Patina Gallery beginning June 1. Enter the Sales/Charity code “fam” on the purchase page, so your donation will be properly tracked.
Market Kick-Off Concert 6-8:30PM
Downtown Santa Fe Plaza
Presented by the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market in partnership with the Santa Fe Bandstand
Join our community downtown to welcome the 2010 Market artists! While you enjoy TradiSon, a five-person Havana-based band who plays the musical form “son”—a combination of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Spanish melody. Free.
Friday, July 9
Market Opening Party, A Global Gathering Under the Stars 6:30-9PM
Museum Hill
Shopping, dancing, traditional Cuban music from TradiSon, food and drink! Artists booths will be open, lighted, and ready to sell! More than 170 Master Folk Artists from over 50 countries gather on Museum Hill for the 7th annual event.
$125.00 per person, $75.00 of which is tax-deductible. Tickets on sale May 3rd by calling 1-888-670-3655 or locally at (505) 983-1060, at all Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops, online, at all branches of Los Alamos National Bank, the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque or at the gate. Limited availability.
Saturday, July 10
EARLY BIRD MARKET 7:30-9AM
Museum Hill
Get an early morning start! More than 170 Master Folk Artists from over 50 countries gather on Museum Hill for the 7th annual event.
Ticket includes all day Saturday. Tickets on sale May 3rd by calling 1-888-670-3655 or locally at (505) 983-1060, at all Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops, online, at all branches of Los Alamos National Bank, the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque or at the gate.
SATURDAY MARKET 9AM-5PM
Museum Hill
More than 170 Master Folk Artists from over 50 countries gather on Museum Hill for the 7th annual event with fabulous entertainment (link TBD), international foods and more!
$10 Advance Sales, $15 On Market Day
Children 16 and under free. Tickets on sale May 3rd by calling 1-888-670-3655 or locally at (505) 983-1060, at all Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops, online, at all branches of Los Alamos National Bank, the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque or at the gate.
11AM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Nigerian Drum & Dance Workshop with Okonfo Rao Kawawa. In the Museum. Free Admission
NOON - 1PM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Gallery Talks with Artists and Guest Curator, Suzanne Seriff, Ph.D.
Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Creating Art; Healing from Violence
Janet Nkubana, Gahaya Links Cooperative, Rwanda
Rebecca Lolosoli, Umoja Uaso Women’s Group, Kenya
2-3PM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Gallery Talks with Artists and Guest Curator, Suzanne Seriff, Ph.D.
Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Creating Art; Saving Lives
Maria Rengane, Mapula Embroidery Project, South Africa
Nurse Thembeni Mdluli and Nokwazi Mabila, Phez’kwemkhono Bomake-Ncheka Cooperative, Swaziland
3PM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Introduction to traditional Cuban “son” with TradiSon. In the Museum. Free Admission.
Sunday, July 11
SUNDAY MARKET—FAMILY DAY 9AM-5PM
Museum Hill
More than 170 Master Folk Artists from over 50 countries gather on Museum Hill for the 7th annual event with fabulous entertainment (link TBD), international foods and more!
All Tickets $5
Children 16 and under free. Tickets on sale May 3rd by calling 1-888-670-3655 or locally at (505) 983-1060, at all Museum of New Mexico Foundation Gift Shops, online, at all branches of Los Alamos National Bank, the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque or at the gate.
CHILDREN’S PASSPORT PROGRAM Starting at 9AM
Museum Hill
The Children’s Passport Program takes place during the Sunday Market “Family Day”. After receiving a passport, children grades K-6 ‘tour the world’, where they learn about the arts, crafts, people and countries represented. As well as interacting with the artists, children collect flag stickers from each country they visit, to put in their passports. At the end of their journey they receive a sticker that states they have ‘Traveled the World at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market’. The program strives to awaken in children, an awareness about the many countries and cultures that exist in the world.
11AM - 12 NOON
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Gallery Talks with Artists and Guest Curator, Suzanne Seriff, Ph.D.
Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Preserving Our Cultural Heritage in a Global Marketplace
Nilda Callañaupa, Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco, Peru
Ique Etacore de Picanerai and Inés Hinojosa Ossio, Cheque Oitedie Cooperative, Bolivia
2PM - 3PM
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill
Gallery Talks with Artists and Guest Curator, Suzanne Seriff, Ph.D.
Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Empowering Women; Changing Lives
Veomanee Douangdala, OckPopTok, Lao PDR
Kankuben Lalabhai Parmar, Self-Employed Women’s Association Trade Facilitation Center, India
