Native Heritage Art Market on Thanksgiving Weekend

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The first Native Heritage Art Market debuts this Thanksgiving weekend in Albuquerque, and what a debut!

The Native Heritage Art Market runs from November 25-27 at Hotel Albuquerque, and admission is free for all. In addition to work for sale from more than 15 different tribes, such as jewelry, pottery, carvings, paintings and sculpture, the event also includes artist demonstrations, and traditional music and cultural performances.

The Opening Reception at 5 pm on Friday November 25 look well worth a visit, as it pays tribute to Indian Arts and Crafts Association Artists of the Year over the last 30 years, many of whom will be present. Ceremonies start with an invocation by Haywood Big Day, Sundance Leader for the Crow Tribe, and the whole event is MC’d by the wonderful Harlan McKosato, host of Native America Calling. How cool is that?
I often listen to Native America Calling on KUNM, and I LOVE it!

Other highlights over the weekend include:

• Turquoise Workshop at 10 am on November 26 by Joe P. Lowry, owner of the Turquoise Museum
• Jerry Pardilla, Penobscot singer & flute player, at 12 noon on November 26
• Plus talks/demonstrations on Navajo silver jewelry and sandpainting, Laguna Pueblo pottery, Zuni Pueblo weaving, Taos Pueblo pottery, Santo Domingo Pueblo Heishi-making, Hopi basket weaving, and more…

See the full Native Heritage Art Market schedule for details on what’s happening when. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to pick your fave time to go, though. It all looks pretty great to me. And to get us in the festive spirit, they’ll have a tree with Native-made holiday ornaments.

As the event is organized by the Indian Arts and Crafts Association we can be confident that the arts for sale are all certified as genuine work from American Indian artists.

Native Heritage Art Market takes place:

• When: November 25-27, 2011
• Times:
  Friday November 25 from 3 – 7 pm, with the opening reception at 5 pm
  Saturday November 26 from 10 am – 5 pm
  Sunday November 27 from 10 am – 2 pm
• Where: Hotel Albuquerque
• Price: Admission is free!

I can’t be responsible for how much you spend on holiday shopping, though!

Hotel Albuquerque is located just north of Old Town at 800 Rio Grande Boulevard NW.

Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival $1 Off Admission

The Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival 12th Annual Holiday show runs over this Thanksgiving weekend.  

Regular adult admission is $6 or you can get a 3-day pass for $8, but save a buck by printing out the Festival’s $1 off admission coupon valid on either a one day ticket or the festival pass. Plus it’s free admission for kids aged under twelve.  

The Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival will be getting festive over the weekend of November 25-27, 2011 at EXPO New Mexico. Over 200 artists and craftspeople from all over the country display their work, give demonstrations, and, of course, sell their arts and crafts. All kinds of creative arts are represented, from glassmaking to painting to pottery to jewelry and much more.

Kids can enjoy the Holiday Creation Station, where they create their own works of art, play in the sandbox, enjoy a magic show or maybe see Santa – all for FREE!  Of course, there will be food vendors and speciality food items to buy from the culinary booths - and plenty of free samples.  

The Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Coupon gives $1 off one admission or one pass – so you need a coupon for each person going to the show.

• When: Friday to Sunday November 25-27, 2011
• Times: Friday and Saturday 9 am - 5 pm. Sunday 10 am – 4 pm.

The Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival takes place at the EXPO New Mexico Manuel Lujan building. Be prepared to pay $5 for parking at the fairgrounds.

–Tania

Arts in the Park: October 9

If you haven’t made it to the free Arts in the Park 2011 Sunday series at City of Albuquerque parks (or even if you have, but you want to wrap up the season in style) this is the last blast…

The final Arts in the Park is this Sunday October 9, at Ventana Ranch Park.

It’s the last chance to pretend it’s still summer, with live music and entertainment,  the Artisan Market to browse for local artwork and jewelry, and food and drink from vendors.

Activites this Sunday include free face painting and arts and crafts for kids, as well as magic by Pink Elephant Theatre – they’ll also be teaching kids to juggle. All ages can learn to drum and play music with Drumfest.

The Arts in the Park program is completely FREE, and runs from 1 pm to 5 pm.

Arts in the Park entertainment planned for Sunday October 9  :

• 1 pm:  Coyote Crossing
• 2 pm:  Interplay School of Music
• 2:30 pm:  Django Rhythm Meat Grinder
• 3:30 pm:  Interplay School of Music
• 4 pm:  Rudy Boy Experiment

I heard Interplay School of Music at another Arts in the Park recently. Very good they were, too.

Find Ventana Ranch Park at Universe and Ventana Hills NW.

Tania

Arts in the Park: September 25

CORRECTION: Arts in the Park Sunday October 2. The Albuquerque Arts in the Park 2011 series of free Sunday afternoon programs at City of Albuquerque parks runs for two final weeks.

So bring out your picnic blankets for Arts in the Park on Sunday October 2, at El Oso Grande Park.

Entertainment varies at each park but includes music, dance, poetry and theatre, and of course you can browse the Artisan Market for local artwork and jewelry, and buy food and drink from vendors.

The Arts in the Park program is completely FREE, and runs from 1 pm to 5 pm. Activites this Sunday include free face painting and arts and crafts for kids, as well as magic and juggling, and all ages can learn to drum and play music with Drumfest.

Arts in the Park entertainment planned for Sunday October 2  :

• 1 pm – Chuck Hawley Group
• 2 pm – Juggling with Jake Wicked
• 2:30 pm –  Mad Robin
• 3:30 pm – Sage Harrington
• 4 pm – Rhythm & 53rd

El Oso Grande Park is located at 10600 Osuna Rd NE..

Tania

Arts in the Park: September 25

The Albuquerque Arts in the Park 2011 series of free Sunday afternoon programs at City of Albuquerque parks runs for three more weeks.

So bring out your picnic blankets for Arts in the Park on Sunday September 25, at Carlos Rey Park.

Entertainment varies at each park but includes music, dance, poetry and theatre, and of course you can browse the Artisan Market for local artwork and jewelry, and buy food and drink from vendors.

The Arts in the Park program is completely FREE, and runs from 1 pm to 5 pm.  Carlos Rey Park is located at 10601 Benavides Road SW.

Next week’s Arts in the Park on October 2 will be held at El Oso Grande Park.

If you’re an artisan yourself and want to sell your own work in the market, we understand there is still space available for the October 9 event at Ventana Ranch Park, and the fee for a space is a very reasonable $20. The application form is at Arts in the Park.

Tania

Arts in the Park & Cosmic Carnival

Arts in the Park resumes again after its recent break, with the 2011 series of free Sunday afternoon programs at City of Albuquerque parks.

This Sunday it’s an extra-special Arts in the Park.

Arts in the Park and the Albuquerque Cosmic Carnival takes place on September 18, 2011, at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum. The event features live entertainment, the Cosmic Carnival, and of course you can browse the Artisan Market for local artwork and jewelry, and buy food and drink from vendors.  

PLUS, everyone gets free admission to the Balloon Museum. I was there again the other week, and (as usual) managed to land my balloon in the lake in the simulated balloon ride doo-hickey.

Arts in the Park is free, and runs from 1 to 5 pm.

At the Cosmic Carnival science festival, The Albuquerque Astronomical Society will have  solar telescopes set up for viewing the sun, as well as a portable planetarium to see the New Mexico night sky. There’s also a chance to win a telescope. Other participants in Cosmic Carnival include Explora, the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque Rocket Society, National Solar Observatory, Sandia Labs, New Mexicans for Science and Reason, and more.

They’re promising it’s an interactive festival, which makes me a little nervous about exactly what the Albuquerque Rocket Society will be up to…

The live entertainment schedule starts at noon:

• 1 pm:  Macadoo – a band from Los Lunas
• 2 pm:  Interplay School of Music – talented teens with popular songs
• 2:30 pm:  ABQ band Asper Kourt
• 3:30 pm:  Interplay School of Music
• 4 pm:  The Real Matt Jones – really really the Albuquerque singer/songwriter who’s shared the stage with Rod Stewart. (There’ll be no Rod Stewart at the Balloon Museum, I promise. Although I did hear Rod in person singing Maggie May while I was sitting in my mom’s garden on my recent trip to see family in England. Strange story, but true.)

The Arts in the Park and Cosmic Carnival program on Sunday September 18 is completely FREE, and runs from 1 pm to 5 pm. 

It takes place indoors and outdoors at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE.

–Tania

Rio Rancho Free Concerts: August 21 and 28

Rio Rancho’s final two free Sunday evening outdoor music concerts this summer are coming up. The next one is this Sunday August 21, 2011.

Rustle up a picnic and take blankets, lawn chairs or whatever other seating arrangement suits you (probably leave the La-Z-Boy at home) to the free Rio Rancho summer music concerts.  They both run from 6:30 to 8 pm, and the kids can do their thang on the fun jumps while you chill out listening to the music.

Check the Haynes Park music schedule in case of any changes, but at time of writing performers are:

• August 21:  Daddy O’s 
• August 28:  Rio Rancho Symphonic Band

They’re held at the Rotary Club Barbeque Pavilion in Haynes Park.  

On August 28,  the Arts at Haynes Park show also takes place from 2 – 8 pm, so you can browse jewelry, glass, paintings, clothes, photography, sculpture and other New Mexican artisan pieces before and during performances.

And did we mention that the live entertainment and the Arts at Haynes Park event are all free?

Shows are of course weather-permitting, at Haynes Park, 2006 Grande Boulevard, Rio Rancho, opposite Intel.

–Tania

Summerfest August 20: Ryan Star

Albuquerque Summerfest offers great free family entertainment – and this is the last one for the 2011 season. They’re going out with a great line-up…

Albuquerque Summerfest on Saturday August 20, 2011, from 7 pm – 10:30 pm at the Cottonwood Mall includes a free Ryan Star concert. Ryan Star is probably best-known from the TV show Rock Star: Supernova, and he’s performed on tours with the Backstreet Boys and American Idol winner David Cook.

As well as the free live music and dancing, expect food and beer vendors, arts and crafts market, and lots of free kids’ activities, such as face painting, bounce houses, juggling, and magic.

The Summerfest program on Saturday August 20 is:

• 7 pm: Poema, a local country, folk and rock duo
• 7:50 p.m:  Students from Interplay School of Music
• 8 pm:  The Noms, Albuquerque acoustic pop band
• 8:50 pm: Students from Interplay School of Music
• 9 pm:  Ryan Star

And did we mention the concert is all FREE?

Albuquerque Summerfest takes place in the Cottonwood Mall North Parking Lot, Coors Boulevard NW

–Tania

Rio Rancho Free Outdoor Music Concerts August

Rio Rancho continues its summer series of free Sunday evening outdoor music concerts, and if you missed our previous posts, here’s a reminder that the next one is this Sunday August 7, 2011.

Rustle up a picnic and take blankets, lawn chairs or whatever other seating arrangement suits you (probably leave the La-Z-Boy at home) to the free Rio Rancho summer music concerts.  They’re all on Sunday evenings through August 28 2011 and they all run from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Rotary Club Barbeque Pavilion in Haynes Park.  

The kids can do their thang on the fun jumps while you chill out listening to a nice mix of familiar and new performers. Check the Haynes Park music schedule for the latest dates and deets, but at time of writing performers for August are:

• August 7:   The Hit Squad
• August 14:  The Muddy River String Band
• August 21:  Daddy O’s 
• August 28:  Rio Rancho Symphonic Band

On August 14 and August 28,  the new Arts at Haynes Park show also takes place from 2 – 8 pm, so you can browse jewelry, glass, paintings, clothes, photography, sculpture and other New Mexican artisan pieces before and during performances.

And did we mention that the live entertainment and the Arts at Haynes Park event are all free?

Shows are of course weather-permitting, at Haynes Park, 2006 Grande Boulevard, Rio Rancho, opposite Intel.

–Tania

Rio Rancho Free Outdoor Music Concerts

Rio Rancho starts a summer series of free Sunday evening outdoor music concerts, and if you missed our previous post, here’s a reminder that the first one is this Sunday May 29.

Rustle up a picnic and take blankets, lawn chairs or whatever other seating arrangement suits you (probably leave the La-Z-Boy at home) to the free Rio Rancho summer music concerts.  They’re all on Sunday evenings from May 29 through August 28 2011 and they all run from 6:30 -8 pm at the  Rotary Club Barbeque Pavilion in Haynes Park.  

The kids can do their thang on the fun jumps while you chill out listening to a nice mix of familiar and new performers. Check the Haynes Park music schedule for the latest dates and deets, but at time of writing performers for the next few weeks are:

• May 29:  Bosque Blues
• June 5:  Twisted Mojo
• June 12:  The Mudd Brothers
• June 19:  Dennis Higgins
• June 26:  The Flyin A’s
• July 10: Watermelon Jug Band
• July 17: Sol Calypso
• July 24: Saints and Sinners

On June 12, the new Arts at Haynes Park show also takes place from 2 – 8 pm, so you can browse jewelry, glass, paintings, clothes, photography, sculpture and other New Mexican artisan pieces before and during The Mudd Brothers’ performance.

And did we mention that the live entertainment and the Arts at Haynes Park event are all free?

(If you want to apply as a vendor for Art at Haynes Park for June 12 or for three other dates in July or August, the fee is $25 per event.)

Shows are of course weather-permitting, at Haynes Park, 2006 Grande Boulevard, Rio Rancho, opposite Intel.

–Tania

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