Design in Mind
A Season of Inviting Public Programs As summer lights up Museum Hill, the season kicks off a steady stream of public events at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Super Summer Event Folk Art Flea Saturday, June 11 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Santa Fe County Fairgrounds After a two-year hiatus, the Friends of Folk Art are excited to present the 11th Annual Folk Art Flea. The event returns in a spacious new location at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, 3229 Rodeo Road. This year’s Flea will be the largest and most diverse in its history with a rare assortment of international folk art. Event proceeds benefit educational programs and exhibitions at the Museum of International Folk Art.
There’s the Family Mornings at Folk Art program on June 5, featuring stories, activities and gallery explorations. Visitors can celebrate Midsummer on June 18 with a flower crown making workshop and an evening cocktail party on Museum Hill on June 21. July 24 marks Bailes, in which attendees learn traditional New Mexico dances. On July 26 and 28, the museum welcomes back Arts Alive!, its popular multigenerational art-making workshop. These and other events dovetail with current exhibitions, including Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia and Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico. But it is the rebirth of the Museum of International Folk Art’s Design Council—a member group focused on bringing awareness to the design aspects of the museum’s global folk art
Admission is free to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friends of Folk Art members enjoy early admission from 9 to 10 a.m. To join Friends of Folk Art, call 505.216.0829. A Foundation membership is required. Friends membership is $100 per individual or $150 for two people.
Steve Cantrell, Design Council coordinator. Photo by Saro Calewarts.
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