Arts Alive on Santa Fe’s Milner Plaza Announces Summer Events

Three jewels of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs - the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, all on Museum Hill off Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe - are collaborating to present the sixth annual Arts Alive on Milner Plaza this summer. This year's programs offer creative fun for everyone, from comic art and Native couture jewelry, to pop-up thrones and flying puppets, to tinwork and reverse glass painting, and much more.

All of the programs and events will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 1 p.m. All programs at all three museum locations, listed below, are free and outdoors, and are open to participants of all ages. Hands-on participation is encouraged at these popular programs, so arrive early and come dressed to have fun.

At the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
  • To schedule groups please contact Lisa Sheppard, 505-476-1256 or lisa.sheppard@state.nm.us
  • June 17 and June 19, Clay Pots and Animals with Bill and Steven Lockwood
  • June 24 and June 26, Comic Art with Jonathan Warm Day
  • July 1 and July 3 Native Couture Jewelry with Guest Artist
  • Museum entrance to exhibitions by admission, $6 New Mexico residents and $8 non-residents; and children ages 16 and younger are free.
At the Museum of International Folk Art
  • To schedule groups contact Patricia Sigala, 505-476-1212 or patricia.sigala@state.nm.us
  • July 22 and July 24, Otomi Figures
  • July 29 and July 31, Pop Up Thrones
  • August 5 and August 7, Amulet Necklaces
  • August 12 and August 14, Flying Puppets
  • Museum entrance to exhibitions by admission, $6 New Mexico residents and $8 non-residents; and children ages 16 and younger are free.
At the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
  • To schedule groups contact Pat Price, 505-982-2226 ext. 122 or education@spanishcolonial.org
  • June 18, Retablos with John Jimenez
  • June 25, Tinwork with Beatrice Maestas Sandoval
  • July 9, Straw Appliqué with Lenise Martinez
  • August 13, Reverse Glass Painting with Cleo Romero
  • Arts Alive is funded by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and 1 percent Lodgers Tax and the International Folk Art Foundation.