Events

Free Workshop

Southside Library | 6599 Jaguar Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87507

Workshop is Full

Discover the ancient art of Ukrainian egg decorating!

Join renowned Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Bazaliy for a unique 2 hour workshop exploring the rich tradition of Pysanky. During this immersive experience, you’ll learn about the history and symbolism behind these intricately decorated eggs and delve into regional ornamental designs. This program is for teen and adult ages.

This program is brought to the Santa Fe Public Library in collaboration with MOIFA’sAmidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of loss and Resilience from Ukraineexhibition.

Join MOIFA at the museum Sunday the 16th at 11am for a Children’s Pysanky program!

FREE Family Program! Join us for our monthly Family Mornings at Folk Art program featuring storytime, art activity, and explorations in the galleries. 

March 16 - Pysanky Ukrainian Easter Eggs with guest artist Yevheniia Bazaliy

Join renowned Ukrainian artist Yevgeniia Bazaliy for a fun family program exploring the rich tradition of Pysanky. We will learn about the history and symbolism behind these intricately decorated eggs and delve into regional ornamental designs.

*ASL Interpretation Provided

Yevgeniia Bazaliy is a passionate Ukrainian artist and social worker deeply rooted in Ukrainian and Lemko traditions. She is a renowned Pysanky artist specializing in the intricate art of Ukrainian egg decorating. Yevgeniia has received numerous accolades for her work, including a South Carolina Arts Commission Grant for her Pysanky workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has exhibited her work in various shows, including the Pop Art Show at the Richland Library and the Soda City Live show, sharing the beauty and cultural significance of Pysanky with a broader audience. Dedicated to preserving Ukrainian heritage, Yevgeniia actively engages with the community through workshops, demonstrations, and collaborations with organizations like Lutheran Services, providing support and creative outlets for refugees.

Following Dates:

• April 13 - Earth Day for All!
• May 18 - Weaving Together!

Vernick Auditorium

Cultural appropriation and flagrant violations of intellectual property rights are ubiquitous across all international fashion and design industries. Borrowing patterns and designs or developing collections that are "inspired by" a community’s cultural heritage is commonplace. However, how do we know what appropriation is and what it isn’t when we are not all professional art historians and curators? Let’s discuss how we can be more conscious of these issues and make respectful choices with our wallets and in our daily lives.

Heidi McKinnon Bio

Heidi McKinnon is a museum consultant and business owner who has worked for twenty years to support cultural heritage as a curator, writer, public speaker and social entrepreneur on issues of historical memory, indigenous history, human rights and cultural heritage throughout Latin America.

In 1996, Heidi began her career working with artisans and culture bearers for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife Studies and the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program. She then joined the curatorial team at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, working on the inaugural exhibitions for the museum from 1999-2004.

After the Smithsonian, Ms. McKinnon spent several years working in Latin America on both curatorial and economic development projects in Guatemala, Chile, and Panama. She was the founding Director of Exhibitions and Planning and inaugural curator for the Museum of Freedom and Human Rights, which opened in Panama City in 2019.

Most recently, Ms. McKinnon has taken her museum experience to the retail arena by opening Heritage by Hand in Sena Plaza, where she mixes her personal interests in cultural heritage, economic development and environmental sustainability by working with artists across Latin America to bring a fresh perspective on handmade design to Santa Fe.

Registration is free for FOFA Members. All participants must be current members of FOFA. 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

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. 

March 2 & 23 | Animals in Folk Art! Make a clay animal. 

Following Dates and Time: 

April 6 & 27 | Make a Mini Community!

May 4 & 25 | Make a beaded bowl!

The program is free with Museum Admission. Museum admission is always free for Kids and Members.

Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium | MOIFA

FREE | RSVP HERE | Total Runtime 72 min

Join us for this special Ukrainian short films program featuring Betsy West’s Oscars shortlisted Once Upon a Time in Ukraine and Jordan Campbell’s Ukraine Under Fire. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session featuring Jordan Campbell (director) and Michael Campbell (story producer) of Ukraine Under Fire. Arrive early for complimentary viewing of the Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine exhibition.

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine | Betsy West | 32 min | 2024

A powerful and unexpected story of resilience, this Oscars shortlisted film offers verité glimpses of life behind the frontlines, revealing how Ukrainian children navigate the brutality of war while finding creative and courageous ways to survive.

Ukraine Under Fire | Jordan Campbell | 40 min | 2024

American journalist Jordan Campbell returns to Ukraine on a mission to amplify the voices of those who have endured life under fire, chronicling the experiences of Olga Butko, a national news anchor, and Peter Fouché, a frontline medic from the UK.

This screening is presented as part of our ongoing programming for Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine. 

Unit B by Chocolate Maven | 821 W San Mateo Rd.

WORKSHOP IS FULL

Join Yagody, one of Ukraine’s most charismatic folk bands, for a special evening performance located offsite at Unit B, 821 W San Mateo Rd., and presented by AMP Concerts. Founded in Lviv, Ukraine, in 2016 by Zoryana Dybovska, Yagody (meaning “berries” in Ukrainian) is rooted in Ukrainian and Balkan musical traditions. However, the ensemble has created its own modern and gripping sound by showcasing theatrical singers supported by musicians playing on drums, percussion, guitar, bass, and accordion. Yagody conceive their musical stage show according to dramaturgical principles—a concert is like a performance in one act, self-described as a musical trance based on the pulse of humanity.

Yagody’s visit and performance at Unit B are presented in collaboration with MOIFA’s Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine.

Back Parking Lot

Give your beloved folk art a new home by donating to the fabulous Folk Art Flea.

FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and folk art décor items to be sold at the 2025 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our spring donation days.  All folk art donations are tax deductible. Anyone can donate!  If you have friends who are cleaning out, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions, the Museum of International Folk Art, by recycling their art items to the Folk Art Flea.

BRING YOUR FOLK ART TO FOFA’S SPRING DONATION DAYS

Saturday, April 5 & 26, and May 10

10 am to 2 pm

Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the storage pods.  WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN! 

FOFA IS NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

If you are unable to make one of the donation days, call 505.476.1201 to arrange pick-up or drop off information.

Back Parking Lot

Give your beloved folk art a new home by donating to the fabulous Folk Art Flea.

FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and folk art décor items to be sold at the 2025 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our spring donation days.  All folk art donations are tax deductible. Anyone can donate!  If you have friends who are cleaning out, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions, the Museum of International Folk Art, by recycling their art items to the Folk Art Flea.

BRING YOUR FOLK ART TO FOFA’S SPRING DONATION DAYS

Saturday, April 26 and May 10

10 am to 2 pm

Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the storage pods.  WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN! 

FOFA IS NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

If you are unable to make one of the donation days, call 505.476.1201 to arrange pick-up or drop off information.

Doors open at 1:30 PM for Reception.

This talk discusses the behind-the-scenes planning for an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. Appearances Deceive is the first retrospective of Nuevomexicano artist Policarpio Valencia (b. 1853 – d. 1931), whose embroidered textiles contemplate the serious subjects of morality and mortality with wit and whimsy.

Carrie Hertz Bio

Carrie Hertz is Curator of Textiles and Dress for the Museum of International Folk Art. She earned her MA in Museum Studies and her PhD in Folklore from Indiana University. As a special focus, her work considers the social, cultural, moral, material, and political dimensions of textiles and dress traditions around the world. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Scandinavia, China, and the United States, and she is editor of the award-winning book Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia, published by Indiana University Press in 2021.

Registration is free for FOFA Members. All participants must be current members of FOFA. 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

Back Parking Lot

Give your beloved folk art a new home by donating to the fabulous Folk Art Flea.

FOFA is seeking folk art donations of gently used textiles, clothing, ceramics, masks, wood carvings, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and folk art décor items to be sold at the 2025 Folk Art Flea. If you have folk, tribal, fine art, decorative art, clothing with an ethnic or folk art look, or art books that you are ready to recycle to other art lovers then please join us for our spring donation days.  All folk art donations are tax deductible. Anyone can donate!  If you have friends who are cleaning out, downsizing, or holding an estate sale, please let them know about this special opportunity to make a difference at one of Santa Fe’s most celebrated institutions, the Museum of International Folk Art, by recycling their art items to the Folk Art Flea.

BRING YOUR FOLK ART TO FOFA’S SPRING DONATION DAY

Saturday, May 10, 10 am to 2 pm

Drive to the back of the Museum of International Folk Art parking lot and look for the storage pods.  WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN! 

FOFA IS NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS YEAR-ROUND.

If you are unable to make one of the donation days, call 505.476.1201 to arrange pick-up or drop off information.

Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium | ASL interpretation provided

Included with Museum Admission | Online link registration forthcoming

Join us for a public talk with Dr. Daniel Magaziner, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professor, Department of History, Yale University. Dr. Magaziner will discuss the multiple ways that South African artists addressed Apartheid, ranging from direct political commentary to the continuance of long-standing artistic traditions.

This talk examines two sides of the story of visual culture in 20th century South Africa during Apartheid. Toggling between rural and urban areas, we consider how artists engaged the country’s politics from the 1950s through the 1980s. Some artists offered work that commented on and engaged in the struggle to overturn white supremacy, and some suffered for this, including being forced into exile, censored, imprisoned, or worse. Others turned to art as a means of survival, finding solace in craft and other novel practices, as a means of evading both state violence and Apartheid’s humiliations. Focusing especially on artistic networks in rural and urban KwaZulu-Natal, the talk demonstrates how creators built their own worlds within Apartheid, with their hands, materials, and minds.

This event is presented in conjunction with our current exhibition, Ngqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa, on display through March 6, 2026.

The fabulous Folk Art Flea is back!  Once again, the much beloved and anticipated Flea will be at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds at 3229 Rodeo Road featuring hundreds of curated folk art pieces from collectors and artists around the world.  The donated art benefits educational programs and exhibitions at the Museum of International Folk Art, through the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, a private nonprofit organization.

Admission is free and members of Friends of Folk Art (FOFA) enjoy early admission to the Flea from 9 to 10 a.m. Public admission is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

If you would like to become a sponsor of this popular community event and receive special benefits, including early shopping, please click here. Folk Art Flea Sponsors - MNMF  

For questions, please email friendsoffolkart@gmail.com