Gathering Seeds, Tending Roots

Join the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Museum of International Folk Art for our annual Community Day Celebration! Learn about climate and cultural resiliency across the landscape and across cultures. The program will feature music, storytelling, foodways, artist demonstrations, and many opportunities to learn and discover.

This is a free event - Get Tickets Here!

Gathering Seeds, Tending Roots is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Santa Fe’s UNESCO designation as the first creative city for folk art and craft in 2005. This free, family friendly event brings together community members, artists, musicians, and cultural leaders for a full day of vibrant programming reflecting how Santa Fe area artists and tradition bearers are addressing the UNESCO sustainable development goal of cultural and climate resiliency through their expressive practices. The 350 cities in the UNESCO international creative cities network work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and culture at the heart of their development plans working at the local level and actively engaging and cooperating at the international level. Visitors of all ages will have opportunities to learn about traditional and contemporary foodways, explore storytelling across cultures, and engage with the arts in hands-on and meaningful ways.

Free admission to the Museum of Indian Arts Culture (MIAC) on Community Day is made possible by the generosity of Carmen and Mike Duffek.

PERFORMANCES

• 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Blessing – Ulysses Reid
• 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Zuni Olla Maidens
• 11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. Felix y Los Gatos
• 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Ailani
• 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Zuni Olla Maidens
• 2:40 – 3:30 p.m. ¡Viva México!
• 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Jordan Wax
• 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Jir Project

NARRATIVE STAGE

• 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Agua, Tierra y Gente with New Mexico Acequia Association and La Milpa Comunitaria project - Moderated by Patricia Perea
• 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Making Music, Creating Community with Raashan Ahmad and Jordan Wax - Moderated by Amy Mills
• 2:30 -3:30 Of Comics, Clay, and Creating Art with Jason Garcia (Kha’p’o Owingeh / Santa Clara Pueblo) and Diego Romero (Kotyit / Cochiti) - Moderated by Tony Chavarria
• 3:45 - 4:45 Deep Roots, Profound Innovation with Justin Gallegos Mayrant (New Mexico tinwork), Emily Trujillo (Rio Grande weaving), Vanessa Zamora Vasquez (colcha embroidery) - Moderated by Amy Mills

THE ARROYO AMPHITHEATER

• 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Bread Baking with Reina Crespin
• 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Adobe Clay Activity with Francisco UviñaContreras (First session)
• 2:00 p.m. Bread ready!
• 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Adobe Clay Activity with Francisco Uviña Contreras

MEEM AUDITORIUM

• 10 - 10:15 a.m. Bread Shaping with Reina Crespin (Then join us in the Amphitheater to learn about bread baking)
• 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Drinking Chocolate with Reyna Banteah
• 11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Architecture/Adobe Presentation with Francisco Uviña (First session)
• 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Architecture/Adobe Presentation with Francisco Uviña (Second session)
• 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Indoor Bread Mixing

THROUGHOUT THE DAY

• Play a Climate Action card game created by Santa Fe Prep students Jack Dudzik and Meyer Harwood
• Participate in Hands-On Activities at MOIFA and MIAC, including seed planting, beading, making cyanotypes, and more!
• Learn about cowboy boot making with Jes Márquez
• Learn about colcha embroidery with Vanessa Zamora Vasquez
• Get your face painted! (Two locations - Under the Lab portal and near the Labyrinth)

FOOD VENDORS

• Manko! Native American Fusion
• Clay Pot Ethiopian Cuisine
• Palateria Oasis
• Toasted Cheezer

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

• Friends of Folk Art
• Indian Arts Research Center
• Kitchen Angels
• Native Plant Society of New Mexico
• Nature Conservancy
• New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association - Double Up Food Bucks program
• Santa Fe Botanical Gardens
• Santa Fe Public Library
• Tewa Women United
• Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
• IARC/ SAR