Welcome to the official page for the Spanish Colonial Arts Society that includes the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art and Spanish Market!
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The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art collects, preserves, and exhibits the Spanish colonial art of New Mexico and beyond, and educates the public about its related cultures and living traditions. Since the 1600s, Spanish colonial arts and crafts have been an important part of village life in New Mexico and Southern Colorado; however, by the early 1900s, the practice of these traditional arts was dec
lining. In 1925, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society was founded in Santa Fe to encourage and promote Spanish colonial arts and crafts and to inform and educate the public about traditional art forms. Since then, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society has played a major role in developing markets for the artists, increasing public awareness, preserving Spanish colonial art, and emphasizing the importance of continuing community traditions.
Never has an exhibit had such an amazing team of people. I’m in awe of the work the Trujillo family, the volunteers, staff and lenders have done to make this happen. Emily Trujillo, Eighth Generation Chimayo Weaver has absolutely rocked this and I hope everyone comes out tonight to see this exhibit. It’s stunning.
(photo of Emily by Gene Peach, 2023)
The library has asked to extend the exhibit through the month of August so if you haven’t made it to the Southside branch to see, do stop by! We are thrilled by the positive response! Thanks Santa Fe Public Library
Immerse yourself in the artistic heritage of New Mexico. During the month of July, come view a selection of traditional Hispanic art forms from around the region that are still being practiced today, courtesy of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society.
This exhibit is an excellent preparation for the 71st Annual Spanish Market being held July 28-30, 2023 on the Santa Fe Plaza.
Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Dr
505-955-2820
The library has asked to extend the exhibit through the month of August so if you haven’t made it to the Southside branch to see, do stop by! We are thrilled by the positive response! Thanks to the Santa Fe Public Library
Immerse yourself in the artistic heritage of New Mexico. During the month of July, come view a selection of traditional Hispanic art forms from around the region that are still being practiced today, courtesy of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society.
This exhibit is an excellent preparation for the 71st Annual Spanish Market being held July 28-30, 2023 on the Santa Fe Plaza.
Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Dr
505-955-2820
Many of you joined our private member tour of this amazing exhibit which Curator Christian Waguespack generously gave us back in March. The exhibit features many pieces from our collection. Christian will be lecturing this Friday evening and we recommend heading over!
Don't miss out this Friday!
Patrocinio Barela gained national recognition when he was one of the few sculptors included in the New York Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition New Horizons in American Art in 1936. Barela let the material guide his hand and used the natural forms, curves, and bumps of the wood to inform the shape of his finished sculpture. This approach to materials echoed the values of a major trend in 20th Century sculpture, Direct Carving. Join Christian Waguespack, Head of Curatorial and Curator of 20th Century Art to learn what set Barela apart from the majority of twentieth-century santeros.
Thank you so much to the Southside Santa Fe Public Library for giving us a chance to share more of our beautiful collection!
Immerse yourself in the artistic heritage of New Mexico. During the month of July, come view a selection of traditional Hispanic art forms from around the region that are still being practiced today, courtesy of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society.
This exhibit is an excellent preparation for the 71st Annual Spanish Market being held July 28-30, 2023 on the Santa Fe Plaza.
Southside Library
6599 Jaguar Dr
505-955-2820
Big new🙌
We are thrilled to open our next exhibit this Friday:
“To Be Determined: the Collaborative Art of Jason Garcia/Okuu Pín and Vicente Telles”
Opening will run 5pm-7pm, Friday the 26th.
🖼️: “December 12-Fiesta de Guadalupe de P’osuwegeh Owingeh”
Jason Garcia and Vicente Telles
2023
Traditional gesso, foraged and commercial water based pigments, basswood
Today is your last chance to see the Colcha Pop-up. Special Saturday hours are 10-1pm!
Reminder that we have our Colcha Club Pop-Up opening tomorrow! Support the ladies of Colcha Club and learn more about this unique art and these incredibly talented individuals.
Since 2007, Julia R. Gomez has been hosting Colcha Club at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. During that time, she taught dozens of people the art of the traditional colcha stitch in New Mexico. Julia's dedication to preserving and promoting this regional embroidery art form is unmatched, and her enthusiasm is contagious!
Julia's lecture "Colcha Embroidery: Stitching a Story" will run an hour long and touch upon mentorship, legacy, tradition, and collaboration. We are thrilled to have artists at the forefront of discussions surrounding the arts of Hispanic New Mexico and beyond. Do yourself a favor and experience the wonder and joy surrounding Colchera Julia R. Gomez.
Colcha Arts Pop-Up:
What better way to welcome spring than a colorful celebration of colcha embroidery? New Mexican regional colcha often explores natural elements and utilizes naturally dyed wool yarn shorn from Churro sheep in spring.
We hope you can join us on April 1st, 10 am - 12 pm, for an explosion of talent and color at the opening of MoSCA's first pop-up show. The show features the work of all members of the Colcha Club, from those who were there at its conception, like Annette Gutierrez-Turk, Elizabeth Trujillo, and Kay Lewis, to its newest members who were inspired to join by following the club's progress on our SCAS monthly newsletters.
This Pop-Up will be a feast for the eyes and a beautiful representation of how the Colcha tradition of New Mexico is being continued and incorporated into the lives and art of the makers. The opening reception is free to the public.
Images:
1. Colcha Club members with Works-in-Progress at their MoSCA meet-up in March. Top row L to R: Michella Estrada Wempen, Lisa Rose, Teresa Hernandez.
Middle row L to R: Phyllis Rosenbaum, Barbara Alba, Patti Gonzales, Marley Joyce, Elizabeth Trujillo.
First row L to R: Vivienne Riggio, Dolores Pong, Annette Gutierrez-Turk, Fabiola Guillen, Julia R. Gomez, Kay Lewis.
2. Pat Tucker "Colcha Arts Banner"
3. Julia R. Gomez "San Pasqual, Kitchen Saint"
4. Vicki Chavez "Galactic Poppies"
5. Rosalina Hundly " NM Turista Jacket II"
6. Eneida M. Somarriba "Holy Mary"
Photo Credit:
Jana Gotshalk 1 & 2
Michella Estrada Wempen 3 - 6
Dear Members and Friends,
MoSCA Curator Jana Gotshalk, along with the Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art at New Mexico Museum of Art, Christian Waguespack, request the pleasure of your company for an exceptional private member viewing of With the Grain at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
This exhibit contains 25 pieces from the SCAS permanent collection and many more from the MOA and Museum of International Folk Art collections. This expertly curated exhibit provides an enchanting, robust picture of the wood carvers of Northern New Mexico and their relationships to the craft and materials.
Waguspeck's exhibit celebrates the different techniques and subject matter of these carvers and highlights the processes of New Mexican artists past and present. He is delighted to provide personalized access to detailed information about the pieces and methods shown in "With the Grain."
We hope you can join us for this unique opportunity!
The exhibit runs at MOA from March 18th - September 4th, 2023.
To become a member of SCAS, please visit our website, spanishcolonial.org, or email [email protected] today!
Thank you!
It is lovely to see traditions continuing and growing with each generation. SCAS has partnered with Chimayó Cultural Preservation Association to expand the reach and accessibility of the Traditional Youth Market.
🧶 Colcha artist Yvonne Vanessa Vazquez Zamora traveled from Colorado to mentor youth enrolled in the Los Maestros Art program presented by the CCPA.
Vanessa led students in a four-hour-long embroidery session, providing them with traditional techniques and insight into innovations within the Colcha world. We know this class was inspirational for the mentees, and we look forward to seeing what skills they learned from it.
Thank you, and Jolene from the Los Maestros program!!!!
📷 photo cred: Jolene Vigil
Please help us by tagging people who appear in the photos. :) Thank you!
We are so thrilled and excited to see the incredible work that is doing 🙌 Her hard work is paying off in big ways. SCAS is fortunate to be working with Emily on a few upcoming projects so stay tuned on how you can help support and learn more about this tradition. Congratulations to Emily and the whole Trujillo family 👏👏
Check out www.riograndesun.com for the full article.
SCAS would like to congratulate Luis Tapia on being named a 2023 NEA Fellow!!!
From the NEA announcement article on Feb 28, 2023:
"Washington, DC—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce this year's NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. For more than 40 years, the NEA has annually presented these lifetime honors in recognition of the diverse cultural traditions that comprise our nation and the individuals whose dedication and artistry contribute to their preservation and growth. Each fellowship includes a $25,000 award. Details will be released in the future about an event to honor the 2023 fellows."
"Luis Tapia, Sculptor, Hispano Woodcarving Tradition from Santa Fe, New Mexico
For nearly five decades, Tapia has helped to revitalize and transform the art of the santero (saint-maker)—a centuries-old Hispanic tradition practiced in New Mexico and southern Colorado—through efforts such as reintroducing color and crafting social critiques into his modern-day sculptures."
Felicidades and we are proud to have you as a representative of our beloved New Mexico.
🔵 Address of full article: https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2023/national-endowment-arts-announces-2023-nea-national-heritage-fellows
Image 1. ▶ credit to NEA
Image 2. ▶ The Folk Art Collectors (Los Collectionistas de Arte Folklorico); 1992; wood, gesso, paint [2002.023], Luis Tapis
Image 3. ▶ God the Father Offers His Son for Our Salvation; 1991; wood, gesso; paint, Luis Tapia
Image 4. ▶ Portrait of the artist courtesy of Luis Tapia.
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▶ St Francis of Assisi, Gloria López-Córdova
▶ San Isidro, Sabanita López Ortiz
These pieces were among the 25 chosen from the SCAS collection to be part of the New Mexico Museum of Art exhibit "With the Grain."
"With the Grain" is curated by Christian Waguespack and opens at MOA on March 17th and runs until September 4th, 2023.
The curator has offered SCAS members an exclusive tour of "With the Grain" in honor of this significant loan.
The SCAS Member's-only viewing of the exhibit will be on Tuesday, March 28th at 9am. Make your reservation, as space is limited!
We hope you can attend! For reservations, please email [email protected].
If you would like to become a member of SCAS, you may do so online at spanishcolonial.org.
📣 We hope you can join us for a lecture by the Curator of 20th Century Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Christian Wauguespack, whose upcoming exhibit, With the Grain, includes 25 pieces borrowed from SCAS’s permanent collection.
Wauguespack will present his lecture Material Matters: Modern Wood Carving from Cordova and Taos at MoSCA on Thursday, March 2nd, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm.
Doors open at 5:00 pm.
🔹Free to youth 18 & under and SCAS members
🔹$10 admission for non-members
📍Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
750 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505
The exhibit runs at MOA from March 18th - September 4th, 2023, and includes pieces from working New Mexican Artists.
▶ With the Grain Exhibition Abstract by Christian Wauguespack:
“This exhibition explores the dialogue between artists and their materials at play in the work of modern and contemporary Hispanic carvers in Northern New Mexico at the intersection of materials, form, practice, and place. It traces the relationship between wood carvers in Northern New Mexico and the distinctive way in which the aesthetics of their work was, and continues to be, informed by a relationship with their material and through a privileging of the natural qualities of the wood they worked with. This practice often allows the natural forms of unfinished pieces of wood to guide the composition of their piece, thus fostering a dialogue between artist and material that informed the finished product.”
We like to support our members by highlighting their artwork and events on SCAS socials.
If you are a Hispanic artist with an upcoming opening, exhibition, or workshop, please DM or email the details to [email protected].
Send a short description of your event, an image, all details, and event links (if available).
We look forward to seeing what you have coming up!
💖 Thank you to Vanessa Vazquez Zamora for allowing us to share this beautiful photo of you and your 2023 Traditional Spanish Market Poster Winning piece Ojo de Dios. 💖
📷 credit: Amanda Crocker
MoSCA is closed Thursday, February 16th, and Friday, February 17th, for a private event.
Did you know SCAS has a site rental program?
Our historic John Gaw Meem 1930s residence and an extensive collection of artifacts and artwork make MoSCA a warm, intriguing, and exciting place for special events.
If you would like to host your next event in our unique setting on Museum Hill, email [email protected] for more information. Full and partial site rentals are available.
We hope to see you next week for our regularly scheduled hours of Wednesday - Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
Thank you!
Happy Valentines Day! ❤️ We just happen to have some freshly done sacred heart hide paintings to share with you all!
A few weeks ago, SCAS staff attended a hide painting workshop in Chimayo with artist Adrian Montoya for the Los Maestros youth program.
The youth began and completed their sacred heart paintings in a 4-hour session with expert guidance and encouragement from mentor Adrian. Their work is phenomenal and SCAS staff look forward to following their artistic journeys.
We at SCAS are delighted to be able to facilitate the relationship between Los Maestros and Artists so that the artistic techniques and cultural heritage of New Mexico and Southern Colorado can be passed down and cherished for generations.
❤️ Thank you, artist Adrian Montoya for your time and energy, and Jolene Vigil of Los Maestros for your dedication to the youth.❤️
Los Maestros del Norte is a youth arts program of the Chimayo Cultural Preservation Society. You can learn about the projects they have going on at https://chimayomuseum.org/.
It was a star studded night! We can’t thank you all enough for supporting these youth artists and their devoted mentors. It was a great turn out and these talented young artists are our shining stars✨ A special shout out to Michael Garcia for guest curating this very valuable exhibit.
Opening today! Guest curator Michael Garcia with his mentor Charlie Carrillo!!
See you tonight!!
Join the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts on Friday, February 10, 4:30p – 6p, as we celebrate Spanish Market youth artists and their mentors with the opening reception of Mentorship: The Transferring of Cultural Knowledge.
The exhibition highlights the importance of mentorship and how historical and cultural knowledge is passed on through the teaching of various art forms. The exhibition will showcase works from Traditional Spanish Market Artists and their mentees.
The exhibition is curated by former youth artist Michael Garcia. Michael was mentored by Dr. Charles Carrillo and understood the significance of passing on cultural traditions and practices through the arts.
The exhibition will run from February 10 to March 12, 2023.
The event is free and open to the public; donations are welcome. Your support will help continue public programming, exhibitions, and the arts.
Thanks to the support of our members, museum admission is always free to youth 18 and under.
Artists include:
Colcha:
Julia Gomez (Mentor) - Eliana Garcia, Mazen Gonzales-Litzenberg, Selycia Abeyta
Hide Painting:
Adrian Montoya (Mentor)– Analisa Encinias
Felix Lopez (Mentor) – Kwani Lopez, P’oe Tsire Lopez
Silverwork:
Felipe Rivera (Mentor) - Joshua Rivera
Straw Applique:
Jean Anya Moya (Mentor) – P’oe Tsire Lopez
Retablos:
Adrian Montoya (Mentor) - Mya Rae Montoya, Analisa Encinias, Selycia Abeyta
Andrew Montoya (Mentor) - Xavier Montoya, Kianna Trujillo, Hailey Valdivia
Arlene Cisneros (Mentor) - Hunter Lawson
Charlie Carrillo (Mentor) - Zac Korte, Cole Gonzalez-Litzenberg
Felipe Rivera (Mentor) - Joshua Rivera, Leoncio Adams
Tinwork:
Richard Gabriel (Mentor) - Zeke Korte
Unpainted Wood-carving:
Floyd Lucero (Mentor) – Zac Korte
Join the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts on Friday, February 10, 4:30p – 6p, as we celebrate Spanish Market youth artists and their mentors with the opening reception of Mentorship: The Transferring of Cultural Knowledge.
The exhibition highlights the importance of mentorship and how historical and cultural knowledge is passed on through the teaching of various art forms. The exhibition will showcase works from Traditional Spanish Market Artists and their mentees.
The exhibition is curated by former youth artist Michael Garcia. Michael was mentored by Dr. Charles Carrillo and understood the significance of passing on cultural traditions and practices through the arts.
The exhibition will run from February 10 to March 12, 2023.
The event is free and open to the public; donations are welcome. Your support will help continue public programming, exhibitions, and the arts.
Thanks to the support of our members, museum admission is always free to youth 18 and under.
Artists include:
Colcha:
Julia Gomez (Mentor) - Eliana Garcia, Mazen Gonzales-Litzenberg, Selycia Abeyta
Hide Painting:
Adrian Montoya (Mentor)– Analisa Encinias
Felix Lopez (Mentor) – Kwani Lopez, P’oe Tsire Lopez
Silverwork:
Felipe Rivera (Mentor) - Joshua Rivera
Straw Applique:
Jean Anya Moya (Mentor) – P’oe Tsire Lopez
Retablos:
Adrian Montoya (Mentor) - Mya Rae Montoya, Analisa Encinias, Selycia Abeyta
Andrew Montoya (Mentor) - Xavier Montoya, Kianna Trujillo, Hailey Valdivia
Arlene Cisneros (Mentor) - Hunter Lawson
Charlie Carrillo (Mentor) - Zac Korte, Cole Gonzalez-Litzenberg
Felipe Rivera (Mentor) - Joshua Rivera, Leoncio Adams
Tinwork:
Richard Gabriel (Mentor) - Zeke Korte
Unpainted Wood-carving:
Floyd Lucero (Mentor) – Zac Korte
Guest curator and Traditional Spanish Market Youth Artist alumni Michael Garcia hangs a retablo by current Youth Market Artist Zac Korte while our friend Erika takes photos for our upcoming exhibit. Opening February 10, this exhibit will feature youth artists and their mentors!
Blue skies always make for a stunning backdrop. Today's snow-cowered roof on our Mexican Colonial House adds extra unique winter charm.
Visit MoSCA on Museum Hill today to learn who constructed the building in 1790, its history, and its use.
The museum is open 1 - 4 pm on 12/29 and 12/30.
❄ The Mexican Colonial House is located near the Stockman Collections Center. It was donated to the Society in 2001 by the Denver Art Museum and Althea Revere and accessioned into the permanent collections as catalog number 2001.069. ❄
Dear Friends,
We are happy to announce that the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art will be adjusting our hours of operation. MoSCA is now open:
Wednesday | 1pm - 4pm
Thursday | 1pm - 4pm
Friday | 1pm - 4pm
Saturday | Closed
Remember that on every first Friday of the month MoSCA has reinstated our NM Residents free days! Admission is free for New Mexico Residents with a valid NM ID on the first Friday of each month from 1pm - 4pm! These are our remaining NM Residents Free Days for 2021: 11/05/2021 & 12/03/2021.
Buy Conexiones: Connections in Spanish Colonial Art by Padilla, Carmella, Pierce, Donna at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts!
"This book gives new insight into the vitality of the Spanish Colonial art tradition as a connector of cultures worldwide and argues for the relevance of Spanish Colonial art as both a powerful document of the past and a living tradition in the modern age."
750 Camino Lejo • Museum Hill
Santa Fe, NM
87505
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| Thursday | 1pm - 4pm |
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