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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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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Gallery Talk
Lectures and Talks Featured Event

Gallery Talk

July 16, 2017
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

In the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience.

Join International folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni and Claudio Jimenez Quipse  talk about current issues as part of the exhibition Negotiate, Navigate, Innovate: Strategies Folk Artists Use in Today’s Global Marketplace, on display in the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience.  This program is during the International folk art market; tickets are available on line at International Folk Art Market| Santa Fe, and by phone from Hold My Ticket at 505.886.1251.

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Drum & Dance Workshop with Frank & Pilar Leto
Featured Event Family

Drum & Dance Workshop with Frank & Pilar Leto

July 16, 2017
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

hands-on workshop for the entire family

Guests attending the international folk art market are invited to a Drum and Dance workshop with Frank and Pilar Leto.  Frank Leto of PANdemonium and Pilar Leto of the Odara Dance Ensemble will present a hands-on workshop for the whole family on the connection between drum and dance.  Dancing and drumming go hand in hand in many cultures.  Frank and Pilar will demonstrate and teach the music and dance of Trinidad, Brazil and Cuba.  Presented in the Joan & Clifford Vernick Auditorium, inside the Museum of International Folk Art.

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Hands-on Basket Making
Workshop Family

Hands-on Basket Making

July 16, 2017
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Hands-on basket making for ages 3 to 103

Use Chenille stems to make a basket with Museum Educators, no advance registration required! Admission is by market admission.

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