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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.

Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium

RSVP Here | Programming included with museum admission

Join us for an afternoon of Ukrainian poetry and music as we honor the closing of Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine. This program offers time to reflect on the powerful stories of perseverance and remembrance conveyed through the exhibition. We invite you to experience these moving works one final time and bear witness to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of devastation.

• 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM — Poetry presentation featuring Lyuba Yakimchuk

• 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM — Piano performance featuring Pavlo Gintov

• 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM — Catered reception featuring a performance by the Sevda Choir

Celebrated Kyiv-based poetess, Lyuba Yakimchuk, will detail her work as a war-poet and read excerpts from her poetry anthology, Apricots of Donbas. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing on-site. Acclaimed pianist Pavlo Gintov will follow with a performance of Ukrainian classical music, accompanied by reflections on the lives of prominent Ukrainian composers. The afternoon will conclude with a reception featuring the Sevda Choir and closing remarks from the curators. ASL Interpretation will be provided.

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.

April 6 & 27 | Make a Mini Community! Come paint pegdolls. 

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

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

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.

May 4 | Make a Beaded Bowl! Design your own Huichol inspired Jicara, beaded offering bowl.

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

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 | Register Here!

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.

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

May 18 - Weaving Together! Be inspired by the creative expressions of South African telephone wire weavers. Come create your own Wire Basket or Sculpture. 

*ASL Interpretation Provided

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

Joan and Clifford Vernick Auditorium

No museum admission required for book sale entrance  

The Bartlett Library Book Sale is returning to MOIFA. We have a mountain of books that have accumulated over the years and need to make space. Hundreds of used and new art and folklife books will be deeply discounted, most for just $1. Come to the Vernick Auditorium at the Museum of International Folk Art on Friday, June 20th from 10am-4pm for early access. Sale continues on Saturday, June 21st from 10am-4pm. All proceeds to directly support the Bartlett Library. Presented by the MNMF, in partnership with IFAF and the NM DCA.

Offsite

We begin our custom tour in Montréal, the second largest French-speaking city in the world—after Paris. This bilingual, cosmopolitan city was the first in North American to be designated a UNESCO City of Design by the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity. We will have a comprehensive city tour, visit Montréal’s renowned museums, see the Gardens of Light at the Botanical Gardens, visit a folk art studio, experience the international gastronomy of Montréal, and see the AURA Show at Notre Dame Basilica.

Leaving Montréal, we will travel to Québec by motor coach via the Eastern Townships with a stop in Magog to visit the Musée d’Art Naïf and have lunch in picturesque North Hatley.

We will then arrive in Québec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Old Québec, with its cobblestone streets and well-preserved old-world architecture, is the hub of French Canadian culture and a top foodie destination.

After a comprehensive city tour we will take a short ride to Wendake, home to the Iroquoian-speaking Huron-Wendat Nation. Included is a traditional Indigenous dinner. Just minutes outside of Québec, we will follow the Beaupre coast to the 278’ Montmorency Falls (taller than Niagara Falls). Visits to museums, a behind-the-scenes folk art tour and meeting local artists will be topped off with a local tastes-of-Québec food tour and lunch at the historic Hôtel Château Frontenac.

You must be a current member of Friends of Folk Art or using the membership of a member who is not traveling with us to join. For more information visit: https://canadatrip.eventbrite.com

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