Events

Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium

No museum admission required for entrance

The Bartlett Library Book Sale is returning to MOIFA. We have a mountain of books that have accumulated over the years and need to make space. Over a thousand used and new art and folklife books will be deeply discounted, most for just $2. Come to the Vernick Auditorium at the Museum of International Folk Art on Friday, June 20th from 10am-4pm for early access. Sale continues on Saturday, June 21st from 10am-4pm. All proceeds to directly support the Bartlett Library. Presented by the MNMF, in partnership with IFAF and the NM DCA.

Join us for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103! Art making activities are from 10am to 2pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum and Garden entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours.

Wednesday, 6/25 - Wire Sculptures

For groups of 6 or more, please contact: Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212 • patricia.sigala@dca.nm.gov

FREE Admission for New Mexico Residents | RSVP here!

Sandroing (sand drawing) in Vanuatu is a mesmerizing, ephemeral story telling tradition and it is recognized as a UNESCO-designated Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, since 2003. Developed as a collaboration with the Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta & Nasonal Misium (VKS), this exhibition is the first to focus on Vanuatu’s tradition of sandroing, outside Melanesia. The Exhibition will be on view June 29, 2025 – April 26, 2026. 

1:00 PM - Opening remarks by exhibition curators, Felicia Katz-Harris (MOIFA) and Kaitip Kami (VKS) followed by “Welkam” ceremony 

1:00-4:00 PM - Hands-on activities for all ages including traditional fan-making with Evelyne Bulegih Wobelak and sandroing with Julia Toto and Edgar Hinge 

1:30 and 3:30 PM Traditional dance performances by ni-Vanuatu dancers from Penama Province 

2:00 – 4:00 PM Light refreshments

ASL interpretation provided

The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) and the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) are proud to partner with the 2025 International Folk Art Market (IFAM) to offer a special admission discount in honor of this extraordinary celebration of world folk art.

IFAM ticket holders will enjoy reduced admission—just $6! That’s a $1 savings for New Mexico residents and seniors, and a $6 discount for out-of-state visitors.

When: Discount available July 10–31, 2025

How: Simply present your 2025 IFAM ticket at the admissions desk at MOIFA or MIAC.

Don’t miss this opportunity to extend your Folk Art Market experience with two of Santa Fe’s most inspiring museums—where tradition, creativity, and cultural stories come to life.

Join us for a public talk with Addison Nace, Ph.D. Candidate in Design Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the 2025 Museum of International Folk Art Summer Research Fellow.

As part of her six-week fellowship at MOIFA this summer, she will explore strategies for preserving Mayan textile traditions in Zinacantán, Mexico, and Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, while examining their role in economic development.             

Nace’s research focuses on textile history, sustainable design, decolonial museum practices, and the protection of Indigenous knowledge through craft. In 2023, Nace received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to investigate these topics. She has a strong track record of exhibitions, including her award-winning 2022 exhibition, Uncut Attire: How Weaving Informs Wearables, which earned the Costume Society of America’s Richard Martin Exhibition Award. Nace is originally from Santa Fe, NM, and holds a BA in Anthropology and Spanish from Antioch College. 

Offsite

We begin our custom tour in Montréal, the second largest French-speaking city in the world—after Paris. This bilingual, cosmopolitan city was the first in North American to be designated a UNESCO City of Design by the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity. We will have a comprehensive city tour, visit Montréal’s renowned museums, see the Gardens of Light at the Botanical Gardens, visit a folk art studio, experience the international gastronomy of Montréal, and see the AURA Show at Notre Dame Basilica.

Leaving Montréal, we will travel to Québec by motor coach via the Eastern Townships with a stop in Magog to visit the Musée d’Art Naïf and have lunch in picturesque North Hatley.

We will then arrive in Québec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Old Québec, with its cobblestone streets and well-preserved old-world architecture, is the hub of French Canadian culture and a top foodie destination.

After a comprehensive city tour we will take a short ride to Wendake, home to the Iroquoian-speaking Huron-Wendat Nation. Included is a traditional Indigenous dinner. Just minutes outside of Québec, we will follow the Beaupre coast to the 278’ Montmorency Falls (taller than Niagara Falls). Visits to museums, a behind-the-scenes folk art tour and meeting local artists will be topped off with a local tastes-of-Québec food tour and lunch at the historic Hôtel Château Frontenac.

You must be a current member of Friends of Folk Art or using the membership of a member who is not traveling with us to join. For more information visit: https://canadatrip.eventbrite.com

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