Museum of International Folk Art

Museum of International Folk Art Largest collection of international folk art in the world. HOURS

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07/22/2024
We love spending the day with our favorite books, delivered via the New Mexico State Library (NMSL) Bookmobile! The book...
07/20/2024

We love spending the day with our favorite books, delivered via the New Mexico State Library (NMSL) Bookmobile! The bookmobile made a stop at the Pecos Municipal Building in June to celebrate Summer Reading with Smokey Bear and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). NM Department of Cultural Affair’s (DCA) Cabinet Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego, State Librarian Eli Guinnee, library staff, and representatives from USFS visited with Smokey Bear to promote summer reading.

A division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, NMSL proudly supports summer reading programs at public libraries throughout the state. This year’s theme for most public libraries is “Adventure Begins at Your Library,” but NMSL is also providing related materials for the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge.

Live in a community without a public library? Check out NMSL’s Bookmobile interactive map and schedule online at https://nmstatelibrary.org/bookmobiles/ to see the nearest bookmobile stop so you can check out books and participate in Summer Reading.

Courtesy of NMDCA. Photograph(s) by Jane Phillips Photography.

Happy  ! 🌖📸 One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Musashi Plain Moon, Taiso Yosh*toshi, Japan, April 1892, Woodblock print, p...
07/20/2024

Happy ! 🌖

📸 One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Musashi Plain Moon, Taiso Yosh*toshi, Japan, April 1892, Woodblock print, paper, ink

Artists Candice Martinez and John Paul Granillo demonstrate how they learned to make tattoo guns in prison out of object...
07/17/2024

Artists Candice Martinez and John Paul Granillo demonstrate how they learned to make tattoo guns in prison out of objects at hand. Join us for the public opening of ‘Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy’ exhibition on Sunday, August 11, 2024, 1:00p - 4:00p to see how they did it!

Join us Sunday, July 21st from 10am-4pm  in the Hands-on Studio at MOIFA and make your own rainstick! Add to your explor...
07/16/2024

Join us Sunday, July 21st from 10am-4pm in the Hands-on Studio at MOIFA and make your own rainstick! Add to your explorations at the museum with fun art making, facilitated by our fantastic MOIFA docents.

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

07/16/2024

Behind-the-scenes as conservation staff work to restore a giraffe, made around 1973 by Felipe Benito Archuleta of Tesuque, NM.

Present your ticket from the 2024 International Folk Art Market and receive a $6 admission rate for the Museum of Intern...
07/12/2024

Present your ticket from the 2024 International Folk Art Market and receive a $6 admission rate for the Museum of International Folk Art and a $6 admission rate for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Museum Hill!
⭐️ Offer valid through July 31, 2024

Join us at the International Folk Art Market  and design your own Huichol inspired Jicara - beaded offering bowl, led by...
07/11/2024

Join us at the International Folk Art Market and design your own Huichol inspired Jicara - beaded offering bowl, led by the MOIFA Education Team.

🗓️ Saturday, July 13 at IFAM
12 - 2:30 PM
In conjunction with the IFAM's Artist Demonstration programming
🗓️ Sunday, July 14 New Mexico Museum of Art, Vladem Contemporary
12 - 2:00 PM
In conjunction with their Create Station

Trunk Shows at the Lynn Godfrey Brown Shop at MOIFA this weekend! Repost from Museum of New Mexico Foundation •MNMF Shop...
07/11/2024

Trunk Shows at the Lynn Godfrey Brown Shop at MOIFA this weekend!
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MNMF Shops is pleased to announce our upcoming Trunk Shows with artists Delbert Buck and Scott Lyon the weekend of July 13 - 14, 2024. Meet the artists and shop new pieces available this weekend only! Both Trunk Shows will take place at the Lynn Godfrey Brown Shop at the Museum of International Folk Art.

Delbert Buck Trunk Show
Saturday, July 13, 2024
12 pm - 4 pm
Delbert Buck (Navajo) was born in Shiprock, New Mexico to Wilford and Jenny Buck. Like many folk artists, Delbert is self-taught, initially carving toys for his younger brothers at the age of nine. An electrician by trade, Buck now makes his carvings in his spare time. He feels his work has a life energy all its own, and shares that inspiration comes from looking around at the ordinary things in his daily life. Some favorites and repeated topics are airplanes, horses, cowboys, and wagons. All of Delbert’s carvings are made from found objects and cottonwood limbs using a hammer, handsaw, and utility knife. For sculptures that are adorned with clothing, Delbert hand sews them on.

Scott Lyon Trunk Show
Sunday, July 14, 2024
12 pm - 4 pm
Scott Lyon creates immersive art experiences through his collection of shadow boxes, drawings, and treasures presented in a bewitching nostalgic setting. Lyon discovered this unexplored medium 30 years ago while attending art school through a book about the artist Joseph Cornell, who crafted boxed assemblages of astounding mystery and beauty. Now a New Mexico resident, Lyon’s work often tells dream like vignettes inspired by Southwestern culture and lore. Some of our favorite scenes include UFOs, cow skulls, cosmic cowboys, and dancing skeletons!

It’s  !Who are you inviting?📸 This Teddy Bear is attending ‘Dolls’ Christmas Lunch’ in the permanent exhibition ‘Multipl...
07/10/2024

It’s !
Who are you inviting?

📸 This Teddy Bear is attending ‘Dolls’ Christmas Lunch’ in the permanent exhibition ‘Multiple Visions: A Common Bond’ at the Museum of International Folk Art

Khrystyna Valko is a teacher, artist, and art therapist committed to helping civilians process their war trauma. Her stu...
07/09/2024

Khrystyna Valko is a teacher, artist, and art therapist committed to helping civilians process their war trauma. Her students' works are featured in MOIFA's newest exhibit: ‘Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine.’ Several of her students have special needs and many have lost their homes, parents, or other family members when their towns in Eastern Ukraine were destroyed by Russian bombardment.

“This time last year, I was in the hospital with my son during a large missile strike on Lviv. We hid in the hospital bomb shelter and it was very scary. The rocket fell one mile from us and caused great destruction." - Khrystyna Valko

📸 of display: Addison Doty

Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibition/6019/amidst-cries-from-the-rubble-art-of-loss-and-resilience-from-ukraine

A behind-the-scenes look at unboxing an object for a photo shoot to promote our upcoming exhibition, ‘Between the Lines:...
07/09/2024

A behind-the-scenes look at unboxing an object for a photo shoot to promote our upcoming exhibition, ‘Between the Lines: Prison Art and Advocacy’ opening August 9th.

📸 Photography shoot featuring Djan Shun Lin, Eagle, York County Prison, Pennsylvania, United States, ca. 1994. Paper, paint. IFAF Collection, Museum of International Folk Art (FA.1995.3.1)

This quarter’s winner of our 70th Anniversary Contest is 🥁Amani Jambhekar, MD!Enter for your chance to win. Check out th...
07/05/2024

This quarter’s winner of our 70th Anniversary Contest is 🥁
Amani Jambhekar, MD!

Enter for your chance to win. Check out the contest details here: https://ow.ly/VfVW50St2oA

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I love the Mexican cartonería exhibit at the Museum of International Folk Art which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The museum is important to me because you can visualize the intricacies in folk art which are shared between cultures and learned throughout history.

Fourth of July came early to our Neutrogena Wing as metalworkers prepare  the space for the opening of ‘Between the Line...
07/03/2024

Fourth of July came early to our Neutrogena Wing as metalworkers prepare the space for the opening of ‘Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy ’ in August! 🎇

Cowboys + Indians Magazine says our new exhibition, “Amidst Cries From the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience From Ukrai...
07/02/2024

Cowboys + Indians Magazine says our new exhibition, “Amidst Cries From the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience From Ukraine” and the International Folk Art Market are two of the reasons you need to be in Santa Fe this July!

Explore folk art and craft and culture when the International Folk Art Market comes to the magical city of Santa Fe in July.

07/01/2024

This giraffe, made around 1973 by Felipe Benito Archuleta of Tesuque, New Mexico, is a bit under the weather. Over the years, the weight of its neck and head has caused cracks and losses to the wood, and it can no longer stand tall. The museum’s conservation staff is working to reconstruct the neck and shoulder area, strengthen the giraffe’s neck joint, and repair some of the animal’s surface losses.

What are your weekend plans? Our new exhibition “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine” ...
06/29/2024

What are your weekend plans? Our new exhibition “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine” just opened last Sunday. It’s a great weekend to cool off at the museum.

06/26/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of our new exhibition, “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine” and thank you to the Vesnianka Dance Ensemble of New Mexico, violinist Oksana Filatova and artists Serhii Polubotko, and Yaroslava Tkachuk for sharing your time and talent with our enthusiastic and appreciative community. 💙💛

The exhibition is on view in the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience through April 20, 2025.

Come make Straw Appliqué art with Jean Anaya Moya during Arts Alive! at MOIFA on June 26, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.Join ...
06/25/2024

Come make Straw Appliqué art with Jean Anaya Moya during Arts Alive! at MOIFA on June 26, 2024, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.

Join us for FREE Hands-on Workshops for Ages 3-103! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum and Garden entrance free for Arts Alive! participants during workshop hours.

Visit https://museumhill.net/ for additional programming dates.

Ukrainian artists create works of art from battlefield rubble | Pasatiempo | Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss a...
06/22/2024

Ukrainian artists create works of art from battlefield rubble | Pasatiempo |

Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience opens at the Museum of International Folk Art on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1:00pm.

The Museum of International Folk Art is hosting Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine through April 20.

06/21/2024

Yaroslava Tkachuk came to Santa Fe all the way from Lviv, Ukraine to reassemble her woven painting Жінка (Woman). She's here reapplying ammunition casings to the work in preparation for Sunday’s 6/23 Opening.

06/21/2024

The Museum of International Folk Art is hosting Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine through April 20.

“At the heart of Amidst Cries from the Rubble lies a resounding resilience,” remarks co-curator and MOIFA’s Deputy Direc...
06/20/2024

“At the heart of Amidst Cries from the Rubble lies a resounding resilience,” remarks co-curator and MOIFA’s Deputy Directory, Laura J. Mueller, PhD. “Through their art, Ukrainians confront the harsh realities of loss and devastation, forging a narrative of hope and remembrance that speaks to the essence of a distinct Ukrainian cultural identity.”

Co-curator Nina Medvinskaya states, “The exhibition challenges its audience to really see the materials and story inherent in each work. The content and the form come vividly alive, making Ukraine’s reality impossible to ignore.”

“Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine” opens this Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1:00pm. See the opening day’s program here: https://www.internationalfolkart.org/event/details/6047/2024/06/amidst-cries-from-the-rubble-art-of-loss-and-resilience-from-ukraine

📸 ℹ️ Cossack Drone Operator (Kozak dronar), 2024 / Roman Selivachov, b. 1976/ Kyiv, Ukraine / Wood from ammunition box, egg tempera, gold leaf
Courtesy of the artist

📸ℹ️ Defense, 2023 / Vitalii Senyshyn, b. 1998 / Warsaw, Poland / Helmet, fiberglass, cardboard, plastic, acrylic, glue / Courtesy Christine Triska
Photograph Museum of International Folk Art

The exhibition, “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine,” opens this Sunday, June 23, 202...
06/19/2024

The exhibition, “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine,” opens this Sunday, June 23, 2024, 1-4pm.

“Amidst Cries from the Rubble” draws thematic inspiration from the poignant stanza of one of Ukraine’s most celebrated poetesses, Lina Kostenko (b. 1930). Kostenko writes:

War paints watercolors with blood.
Its palette—the ashes of fires.
Its landscape—the ruins of buildings.
Empty streets as faded pastels.
Perhaps somewhere amidst cries from the rubble,
a tulip will suddenly sprout.

Lina Kostenko was recently awarded the title of “Honorary Citizen of Kyiv” by the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko who says, "For many years, Lina Kostenko has embodied the resilient, unfettered, and gifted spirit of Ukrainians."

Міський голова Києва Віталій Кличко, за рішенням Київради, нагородив званням “Почесний громадянин Києва” колишнього головнокомандувача ЗСУ Валерія Залужного та...

Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine follows the journey of a nation grappling with the...
06/18/2024

Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine follows the journey of a nation grappling with the daily trauma of death and destruction. Through large-scale photographs and evocative objects including shell casings, missile fragments, and ammunition boxes, the exhibit shows how Ukrainians breathe new life into the remnants of conflict, infusing them with the spirit of human creativity.

Exhibition Opening, Sunday, June 23, 2024, 1:00-4:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM — Refreshments courtesy of Walter Burke
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM & 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM — Traditional Ukrainian folk dancing by the Vesnianka Dance Ensemble of New Mexico
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM — Artist and curator panel

https://www.internationalfolkart.org/event/details/6047/2024/06/amidst-cries-from-the-rubble-art-of-loss-and-resilience-from-ukraine

The Albuquerque Journal features our upcoming exhibition:Loss and resilience: ‘Amidst Cries from the Rubble’ It opens th...
06/17/2024

The Albuquerque Journal features our upcoming exhibition:
Loss and resilience: ‘Amidst Cries from the Rubble’
It opens this Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1pm.

“Perhaps somewhere amidst cries from the rubble, a tulip will suddenly sprout.” — Lina Kostenko, Ukrainian poet

The Museum of International Folk Art is showcasing "Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine" beginning on Sunday, June 23. Through more than 60 works, including the newly commissioned photographic series "Wrapping Art — Art of Salvation" by Marta Syrko, the exhibition...

Join us at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum for a special collaboration. Learn about Zozobra™ and La Cartoneria through th...
06/14/2024

Join us at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum for a special collaboration.
Learn about Zozobra™ and La Cartoneria through the art of paper mache with MOIFA educators!

June 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505

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� Join us TODAY for our Fine Art Friday program at 2PM!�

�Today’s project will be Zozobra and La Cartoneria, the art of paper mache with special guest educators from the in partnership with The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe �

This program is supported by and partially funded by Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers Tax

It is also partially funded by the County of Santa Fe Lodgers’ Tax

Photo Credit Diane Stromberg © 2024 Santa Fe Kiwanis Club

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The Museum of International Folk Art is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, under the leadership of the Board of Regents for the Museum of New Mexico. Programs and exhibits are generously supported by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, through the generous support of donors.

Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art's mission is to shape a humane world by connecting people through creative expression and artistic traditions. The museum holds the world's largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six continents and over 150 nations, representing a broad range of global artists whose artistic expressions make Santa Fe an international crossroads of culture. For many visitors, fascination with folk art begins upon seeing the whimsical toys and traditional objects within the Girard Collection. For others, the international textiles, ceramics, carvings and other cultural treasures in the Neutrogena Collection provide the allure. The museum's historic and contemporary Latino and Hispano folk art collections, spanning the Spanish Colonial period to modern-day New Mexico, reflect how artists respond to their time and place in ways both delightful and sobering. In 2010, the museum opened the Mark Naylor and Dale Gunn Gallery of Conscience, where exhibitions encourage visitors to exchange ideas on complex issues of human rights and social justice.

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