International Folk Art Market

SANTA FE

Presents the 2023 Lecture Series: Identity is Handmade at SITE Santa Fe

7.7 Friday

10 am Safeguarding Traditions in Mexico | A Conversation with Mexican Senator Susana Harp and Heidi McKinnon of Heritage by Hand

2 pm Threading Cultures | A Conversation with Caleb Sayan of Textile Hive, Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood Indigenous Quechua/Taosborn artist, and Carroll Dunham of Around the World in 80 Fabrics

7.8 Saturday

10 am Heritage of Fashion Design | A Conversation with Carla Fernánd ez and Carolina Franco | Presented in Partnership With SITE Santa Fe

168 Artists, 52 Countries

July 6 - 9, 2023 at Railyard Park

Tickets: folkartmarket.org/tickets

Lecture Tickets: $20

Market Tickets: $15 - $90

2 pm Your Brain on Art | A Conversation and Book Signing With Author Ivy Ross and Trend Analyst Philip Fimmano

7.9 Sunday 10 am Knotted Up | An Interactive KnotTying Workshop With IFAM Artist Gasali Adeymo

2 pm Fanfare | An Interactive Japanese Uchiwa Fan-making Workshop for Kids in Partnership with the Museum of International Folk Art (F REE)

For this year’s Illustrator’s Cup, we did away with awarding first, second and third prizes and instead focused on the idea that during one of the most demonstrably bizarre and challenging times in human history, art performs a public service. What, we wonder, is the point of anything without art? How might we learn to process our emotions without it? Feeling something can prove harder all the time as the world burns. But local artists have the distillation of those feelings on lock. Please enjoy artist Odessa Sawyer back on the cover for the second Illustrator’s Cup in a row (last year’s “Night Drive” was dope; this year’s “Year of the Rabbit” impressed our judges mightily). We also found ourselves verklempt by the work of Matthew Cruickshank, whose “Shedding Skin,” didn’t deserve to be cropped. Then, there’s the derriere-filled classical chops of Christopher Stoll’s “Butt is it Art?” A stunner. We’re honored to present four additional works as well.