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The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art presents the
July 30 & 31, 2011
Santa Fe, NM - With the generous support of the Qwest
Foundation, the rich Hispanic culture of northern New Mexico will be celebrated at the 60th Traditional Spanish Market, Saturday
and Sunday, July 30 & 31, 2011 on the Santa Fe Plaza. A popular event for residents and visitors alike, Spanish Market
features handmade traditional arts by over 200 local Hispanic artists as well as continuous live music and dance, art demonstrations
and regional foods. A separate youth exhibition area also features the work of some 100 emerging artists. The Market provides
a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy a taste of New Mexico's vibrant Spanish culture, both past and present. Admission
is free.
The traditional artforms featured each year at Spanish Market include the following:
- Santos - depictions of religious figures in the forms of bultos (carvings in
the round), retablos (paintings on wooden panels), and gesso and wood relief-carved panels.
- Hide Paintings - religious images painted on deer or elk hide
- Straw Appliqué - crosses, chests and
boxes decorated with applied straw
- Textiles
- hand-woven on looms using handspun yarns
- Furniture
- usually made from pine using mortise and tenon joints
- Colcha - unique regional embroideries employing the colcha stitch
- Tinwork - decorative and utilitarian objects
of cut and punched tin
- Ironwork
- tools, fastenings, and household objects forged from iron
- Precious Metals - silver or gold jewelry, utilitarian and devotional objects
- Pottery - hand-sculpted bowls, pots, and other ware made from micaceous clay
- Bonework - decorative
items, anillos (rings) and tool handles carved from bones
- Ramilletes - decorative paper garlands
- Basketry - baskets handwoven from red and brown river willow
Spanish Market is produced by the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art which supports
traditional Hispanic arts and artists through educational programs, grants, lectures and the production of Spanish Market
each July and Winter Spanish Market, held December 4-5th, 2010 at the Santa Fe Convention Center. These two major exhibition/sales
events give visitors a rare opportunity to meet some of the best Hispanic artists working in the area today. The Society's
collection of more than 3500 objects is housed at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 750 Camino Lejo (Museum Hill) in Santa
Fe. The collection includes Spanish colonial art forms spanning four centuries and four continents.
For complete information on Spanish Market or
the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, please contact 505-982-2226 or info@spanishcolonial.org.
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