Wooden Menagerie on Parade: Pop-up Exhibit

Wooden Menagerie on Parade: Pop-up Exhibit

August 29, 2024 12:00 am
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September 12, 2024 12:00 am
Museum of International Folk Art

In conjunction with these Fiesta pop-up displays, the museum will host several hands-on art making family programs: 

Sunday, August 25, 10am-4pm: Make & Take @ MOIFA, Create a Birthday Card for Zozobra! Hands-on fun, take your birthday card home with you, or let us deliver it to the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, the organizers of the Burning of Zozobra. Selected cards will be posted on social media in the days leading up to the burning of Zozobra on August 30th. All supplies provided. By museum admission. 

Sunday, September 1, 1-3pmAnimal Paint-Fest with artist Ron Archuleta Rodriguez. Check out the Wooden Menagerie on Parade in the museum’s auditorium, then participate in a group project painting large carved-wood animals made by Ron, or create your own peg animal. All supplies provided. Painting will take place in the Outdoor Classroom. Free First Sunday admission for New Mexico residents. 

Sunday, September 8th, 10am-4pm: Make & Take @ MOIFA,  Celebrate Animals on Parade by making your own Folk Art animal. Be inspired by the New Mexico Hispano tradition of wooden carved animals on display in our pop-up exhibit in our Auditorium “Wooden Menagerie on Parade”, or draw inspiration from your own days in the Santa Fe pet parade. All supplies provided. By museum admission.