There’s always something exciting happening at the Museum of International Folk Art! Join us for our many programs listed below.
Facebook Live Concert: Día de los Muertos Celebration
November 1, 20207:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Día de los Muertos Online Celebration - Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico
Join us on our Facebook Page for this all-ages premiere https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt/
Carol Vigil and Leila Flores-Dueñas, are Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque, a New Mexico women’s dueto whose smooth harmonies are reminiscent of the many hermanas duos that became famous in the 1960s and helped to form lasting harmony structures of today’s US/Mexico Borderlands music.
Joined by multi-talented musician and cultural anthropologist, David F. Garcia, Las Flores del Valle aim to preserve and share the nuances of the many musical genres that are representative of their family histories.
+ Read MoreVirtual Family Mornings at Folk Art
November 8, 202010:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us on Sunday, November 8th at 10 am for our free virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art Museum featuring Grab-and-Go Art Kits and a Zoom program. The November theme is "Weaving Worlds". The Zoom program will include Story Time and ‘Show-and-Tell’ Time for the children to share their Art.
Grab-and-Go Kits will be available for pick up Friday prior to the day of the Zoom meeting. Please register in advance to receive the art kit, which will include instructions and supplies for the project. Supplies are limited, and kits are only available as they last.
Register for the Grab-n-Go Kits, or the Family Morning Zoom meeting, or both here: https://forms.gle/u256EGCCpPiSyAJr7
+ Read MoreFriends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
November 9, 2020 through November 22, 20209:00 AM - 5:00 PM
What’s a museum to do when its much-anticipated annual fundraising event, the Friends of Folk Art Flea, is canceled due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic? You dream up another way to offer folk art collectors premium quality handmade art for their homes, and creative personal experiences. That’s what the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) is doing to raise funds for its education and exhibition programs while students are unable to visit the museum in person.
Registration for the World of Treasure online auction begins at 9 a.m. MST on November 9, and is free and open to the public. Photos of items and experiences will be posted for preview at http://bidpal.net/worldoftreasures at 5 p.m. MST on November 16. Auction bidding begins at 9 a.m. MST on Thursday, November 19, until 5 p.m. MST on Sunday, November 22. Winning bidders will be notified at auction close on November 22.
+ Read MoreGet ready, set, go! Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
November 18, 2020 through November 22, 20209:00 AM - 5:00 PM
World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets. More than 100 items will be offered – ranging from intricately crafted jewelry and finely made textiles and clothing, to folk ceramics, paintings and more!TO
REGISTRATION OPEN: http://bidpal.net/worldoftreasures
+ Read MoreFriends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
November 19, 2020 through November 22, 20209:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Friends of Folk Art (FOFA), in partnership with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, will host World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets.
+ Read MoreDUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER announced Nov. 13th - KITS DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Make a Woven Wall Hanging! FREE Folk Art To Go activity kits provided by the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). The activity kits scheduled to be distribute on Saturday (11/21st) at the Southside Library has been cancelled.
+ Read MoreGet your bids in! Last Day Friends of Folk Art World of Treasures Online Auction
November 22, 20209:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Friends of Folk Art (FOFA), in partnership with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, will host World of Treasures, an online auction of collectors’ quality folk art, fine art and distinctive experiences that will appeal to all tastes and budgets.
+ Read MoreA Virtual Thanksgiving Concert with Cipriano Vigil In conjunction with Música Buena: Celebrating Music in New Mexico
November 25, 20207:00 PM - 8:00 PM
On the Museum of International Folk Art Museum Facebook Page: facebook.com/InternationalFolkArt
Cipriano is a musician, instrument maker, author, and recipient of the Governor’s Award for Execellence in the Arts and a New Mexico Living Treasure. Considered the master of New Mexico music, he is the co-curator of Música Buena, and author of New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero del Folklor Nuevomexicano.
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