Events for Aug. 2024

1:00 & 2:00 PM

Cartonería Concert Series: Celebrate Mexican cultural heritage with a vibrant fusion of music

Join us in the La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste exhibition for an in-gallery concerts featuring: 

• UNM Son Jarocho Collective | Sunday, August 4, 2024, 1:00p & 2:00p 
• Las Flores del Valle | Sunday, September 1, 2024, 1:00p & 2:00p
• Mariachi Euforia | Saturday, September 21, 2024, 2:30p-3:00p 

Free First Sunday admission for New Mexico residents. 

The concert series is generously supported by the Friends of Folk Art (FOFA). 

Join us for the exhibition opening of Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy

• 1:00 PM  Poetry / Advocacy Organizations in Neutrogena Lounge
• 1:30 PM  Refreshments in Auditorium by Santa Fe Youthworks Social Justice Kitchen & The Women’s Board
• 2:00 PM   Lecture by Nicolasa Chavez, Deputy State Historian                                                   
• 3:15 PM  Poetry / Advocacy Organizations in Neutrogena Lounge  

ASL Interpretation provided for poetry readings and the lecture

Free Admission for New Mexico residents

Photo: PA. LA. Casa (To the House) by Michael Guzman, 1982–1984, New Mexico State Penitentiary, Santa Fe. Paper, colored pencil, pen. Courtesy of Stuart Ashman in honor of the talented inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, T.2022.11.15

Join us to celebrate Bon Odori with Torii Taiko drumming, traditional Bon Odori Folk  Dancing and foods, put on by Santa Fe’s Japanese Language Children’s Program in partnership with the Museum of International Folk Art. Program free and open to the public. Museum with admission. What is Bon Odori? Bon or o-Bon literally means “tray”. It originates in the offering tray that people prepare for the spirit of ancestors. In Japanese tradition, it is a 4-day period (either July 13th-16th or August 13th-16th) in the summertime when ancestors’ spirits return to this world and stay with us. In this way it is similar to Day of the Dead in Mexico, and is called “o-Bon” in Japanese. It is considered a fun and festive time of year.

off-site

One of the perks of a Friends of Folk Art membership is the annual tour of homes with some of the finest private art collections in Santa Fe.  The tour is free and available only to FOFA members.

The tour will feature three beautiful homes in the Las Campanas and La Tierra neighborhoods.  These private collectors and dealers will showcase their personal collections of folk art, primitive and fine art, early New England furnishings, American historic and contemporary art.

Visitors will enjoy an array of baskets, textiles, shields from Africa and Oceana, Tapa cloth from the Pacific, bags from the Tuareg people, metal tea trays, tea pots, and water containers from Turkey and Morocco.  Also included are African animal masks, statues from Benin, European religious figurines, minerals and fossils, stone sculpture, drums, walking sticks, cradleboards, rattles, drums, and an Iroquois dugout canoe.

This event is for FOFA members ONLY.  FOFA members will receive an invitation by email which will include all the details. A single membership allows access to one ticket. A dual membership allows for two tickets.

For information on joining FOFA, a membership group of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, please click here.

For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com.

Make & Take @ MOIFA, Create a Birthday Card for Zozobra!

 Join on either August 4th and August 25 (or both), 10am-4pm:  Hands-on fun, take your birthday card home with you, or let us deliver it to the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, the organizers of the Burning of Zozobra. Selected cards will be posted on social media in the days leading up to the burning of Zozobra on August 30th.  Be inspired by “Lounging with Zozobra,” a vignette of three works highlighting Zozobra imagery, will be on view August 20 to September 22, 2024

Join us in the Hands-on Studio at MOIFA for art projects, coloring sheets, and self-guided treasure hunts. Add to your explorations at the museum with fun art making, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents. 

From 10 am - 4 pm, and the program is free with museum admission. Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members, program is included with admission.