Events

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

Museum Hill Community Day @ MOIFA
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Museum Hill Community Day @ MOIFA

September 18, 2022
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

FREE Admission for All

Come to Museum Hill for free music, storytelling, hands‑on activities, artist demonstrations, food, and more! Explore family-friendly events all over the hill at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

¡Entrada GRATUITA para todos!

¡Ven a Museum Hill para disfrutar de música gratis, narración de cuentos, actividades de arte, demostraciones de artistas, comida y más! Explora eventos familiares en toda la colina en el Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Fe Botanical Garden, y Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

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Join us for a talk and performance of Joik with Sámi American musician and singer, Nathan Muus
Featured Event Performance

Join us for a talk and performance of Joik with Sámi American musician and singer, Nathan Muus

September 18, 2022
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Nathan Muus has been a musician singer for many years in the Minnesota/Midwest and California music communities. As an active participant in the North American Saami awakening, he has been the co-editor of Baiki, the North American Sami Journal. for many years. He is the co-author of several books including "The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska", as well as issuing a CD of original  music titled "Seven Little Wonders" featuring Joik (Yoik)

Writer, musician, and Joiker, Muus is a Sámi American leader who’s been involved in the Sámi American awakening for 30 years

Of Norwegian/Swedish and Sami family descent, he has long practiced original the Joik (Saami style traditional singing). He will be here today with a small group to play/sing and discuss what is the yoik in Sami culture, and how has it developed- from a North American diaspora experience. On one of a number of original music websites, Soundclick, he has over 85,000 song listens.

Muus is one of original founders of the Sami Cultural Center of North America located in Duluth Minnesota.

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