Spanish Market: Santa Fe, New Mexico: Spanish Colonial Arts Society

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Museum of
Spanish Colonial Art
505.982.2226

The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art presents the

57th Annual Traditional Spanish Market

July 26 & 27, 2008

Santa Fe, NM -- With the generous support of the Qwest Foundation, the rich Hispanic culture of Northern New Mexico will be celebrated at the 57th Annual Traditional Spanish Market, Saturday and Sunday, July 26 & 27, 2008 on the Santa Fe Plaza. A destination event for residents and visitors alike, Spanish Market features handcrafted traditional arts by 250 local Hispanic artists, continuous music, art demonstrations and regional foods, and provides a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy a taste of New Mexico's vibrant Spanish culture, both past and present. Admission is free to the public.

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 organized and produced by the Spanish Colonial Arts Society which supports Hispanic artists through educational programs, grants, and the production of Spanish Market in July and Winter Spanish Market in December. These two major exhibitions give visitors a rare opportunity to meet some of the best Hispanic artists working in the region today.The Society's collection of more than 3,500 art objects is housed at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art at 750 Camino Lejo (Museum Hill) in Santa Fe. The collections include Spanish colonial artforms covering four centuries and four continents.

For complete information on Spanish Market, Winter Market or the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, please contact 505-982-2226 or kmadden@spanishcolonial.org.
Spanish Market is funded in part by New Mexico Arts, the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission & 1% Lodgers' Tax, and the New Mexico Department of Tourism.

For further information:
Spanish Market
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
P.O. Box 5378
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5378

Phone: 505-982-2226 Fax: 505-982-4585
Or by email
Website: www.spanishcolonial.org

Spanish Market is funded in part by New Mexico Arts, the New Mexico Department of Tourism, McCune Charitable Foundation, and the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers Tax.

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