Events

There’s always something exciting happening at the Museum of International Folk Art! Join us for our many programs listed below.

NM Seniors Free
Family Featured Event

NM Seniors Free

December 7, 2016 through December 27, 2017
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

New Mexico residents age 60 and over are admitted free every Wednesday

New Mexico residents age 60 and over are admitted free every Wednesday

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Discount tickets for 2017 International Folk Art Market
Featured Event Ticketed events and galas

Discount tickets for 2017 International Folk Art Market

April 1, 2017 through June 15, 2017
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET SANTA FE JULY 14, 15 AND 16, 2017

Buy your tickets in advance for the 2017 International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe and save money!  All tickets are limited and some events will sell out.

Discount ticket sales end June 15, 2017

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Artistic Heritage: Syrian Folk Art
Featured Event Exhibition Opening

Artistic Heritage: Syrian Folk Art

June 4, 2017 through May 28, 2018
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

This display is a tribute to Syrian artistry, creative triumphs, and cultural heritage. Featured objects include Syrian clothing dating from the 19th century to mid-20th century, musical instruments, painted and inlaid boxes, traditional cookie molds, coffee pots, contemporary glassworks handmade in Damascus in 2017, and more.

Since 2011, Syria has been plagued by conflict and civil war leading to a current humanitarian crisis. All over the news, we see images of devastated ruins of what were once thriving cities and cultural centers such as Aleppo, Homs, Kobane, and others; images and stories of unfathomable human suffering. But this is not the only side of Syria. Pointing to the country’s artistic traditions and cultural and religious diversity, the Museum of International Folk Art will display and highlight its collection of Syrian folk art in Lloyd’s Treasure Chest.

Lloyd’s Treasure Chest is named for the gallery’s benefactor, the late Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of the Neutrogena Corporation. In 1995, Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation donated the Neutrogena Gallery, Lloyd’s Treasure Chest, a state-of-the-art storage facility, and an important collection of international folk art. Lloyd’s Treasure Chest is an open storage concept gallery that allows visitors to view collections objects that are not on view in the museum’s formal exhibitions. In addition to the gallery being a place where visitors can explore the meaning of folk art, collections items are rotated from storage into thematic displays set in the Treasure Chest.

This thematic display, Artistic Heritage: Syrian Folk Art is presented in collaboration with the New Mexico History Museum their upcoming exhibition, Syria: Cultural Patrimony under Threat, opening June 23, 2017.  June 4 is the first Sunday of the month, admission is free for New Mexico residents;  youth 16 and under and members of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation are always free!

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Folk Art and Activism
Featured Event Family Lectures and Talks

Folk Art and Activism

June 4, 2017
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

1-3pm conversation and art creation

3-4pm reception celebrating the gallery re-opening

Meet six millennial folk artists from New Mexico and join  a conversation about activism and participate in the creation of a collaborative art piece about New Mexico’s land, environment, and raw materials.  Participating Artists include:  

Juan Carlos Cucalon (Santa Fe)

Marina Eskeets (Gallup)

Arthur Lopez (Santa Fe)

Ehren Kee Natay (Santa Fe)

Rose Simpson (Espanola)

David Sloan (Santa Fe)

 By museum admission, NM residents FREE the First Sunday of the month.Held in conjunction with Negotiate, Navigate, Innovate; Strategies Folk Artists Use in Today’s Global Marketplace, in the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience.

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