The holidays are coming, and our creative community has the unique handmade gifts you are looking for! On Saturday, December 10, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, over one hundred of the finest artists and craftspeople from across New Mexico will be setting up shop at IAIA’s Holiday Art Market and Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair. Both events are free!
We encourage everyone to visit both campuses, which are only a six-minute drive or an 11-minute bike ride apart. IAIA’s Holiday Art Market will be in the Performing Arts and Fitness Center (PAFC) at 83 Avan Nu Po Road. SFCC’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair will be in the Main Hallway and Campus Center at 6401 Richards Ave. Works for sale will include jewelry, apparel, handbags and totes, woodcarvings, pottery, paintings, prints, photos, handmade cards and ornaments, and much more.
IAIA will feature the work of Indigenous artists, including traditional incised and carved pottery from Eric Tafoya (Santa Clara Pueblo); contemporary jewelry in titanium, zirconium, and stainless steel by Pat Pruitt (Pueblo of Laguna); traditional and contemporary beadwork by Shannon Hooper (Fallon Paiute and Shoshone); traditional ash and sweetgrass baskets by Barbara Robidoux (Eastern Cherokee); functional porcelain and stoneware by Margarita Paz Pedro (Laguna Pueblo and Santa Clara Pueblo); wood carvings including Kachinas by Timothy Talawepi (Hopi); photography, linocuts, and screen prints by Tiara Yazzie (Diné), and more.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, December 10!
For more information, visit iaia.edu/holiday market or contact IAIA Alumni and Donor Relations Manager Danielle Murzynsky-Obiekwe (Chickasaw Nation) at d.murzynsky-obiekwe@iaia.edu. For SFCC, call (505) 428-5931 or email SFCC Facilities Coordinator Fran Nawrocki at fran.nawrocki@sfcc.edu, (505) 428-1675.
