Wooden Menagerie on Parade: Pop-up Exhibit
Wooden Menagerie on Parade: Pop-up Exhibit
MOIFA celebrates the popular Desfile de los Ninos/Pet Parade
August 29, 2024 - September 12, 2024
This year is the 100th anniversary of Zozobra. To celebrate, MOIFA will present two pop-up displays related to two of the most popular aspects of Santa Fe Fiestas, along with hands-on art making for all ages programs.
“Wooden Menagerie on Parade” is MOIFA’s nod to the popular Fiesta event Desfile de los Niños/Pet Parade. For only 15 days, a selection of 42 carved and painted animals—all from MOIFA’s collections—will take up residence in the museum’s auditorium, forming a procession leading up to the stage. Many of these New Mexico animals are part of the Hispano tradition that was the focus of our popular 2014 exhibition Wooden Menagerie. Included in the animal parade will be a Felipe Archuleta giraffe, which was recently conserved and is currently the subject of a series of social media posts following her convalescence after years of suffering from a broken neck. The dates of MOIFA’s animal parade are August 29 to September 12, 2024.
Also on Display “Lounging with Zozobra,” a vignette of three works highlighting Zozobra, will be on view August 20 to September 22, 2024.
In conjunction with these Fiesta pop-up displays, the museum will host several hands-on art making family programs:
Sunday, August 25, 10am-4pm: Make & Take @ MOIFA, Create a Birthday Card for Zozobra! Hands-on fun, take your birthday card home with you, or let us deliver it to the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, the organizers of the Burning of Zozobra. Selected cards will be posted on social media in the days leading up to the burning of Zozobra on August 30th. All supplies provided. By museum admission.
Sunday, September 1, 1-3pm: Animal Paint-Fest with artist Ron Archuleta Rodriguez. Check out the Wooden Menagerie on Parade in the museum’s auditorium, then participate in a group project painting large carved-wood animals made by Ron, or create your own peg animal. All supplies provided. Painting will take place in the Outdoor Classroom. Free First Sunday admission for New Mexico residents.
Sunday, September 8th, 10am-4pm: Make & Take @ MOIFA, Celebrate Animals on Parade by making your own Folk Art animal. Be inspired by the New Mexico Hispano tradition of wooden carved animals on display in our pop-up exhibit in our Auditorium “Wooden Menagerie on Parade”, or draw inspiration from your own days in the Santa Fe pet parade. All supplies provided. By museum admission.