MOIFA | May 2025

Friends of Folk Art

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Trip to Québec The trip will take place from September 19 to September 29 and includes museum visits, cultural sites and food tours in Montréal and Québec City. Travelers will stop at the Musée d’Art Naïf in Magog, enjoy lunch in North Hatley, visit the Huron-Wendat Nation in Wendake, and see Montmorency Falls. Laura Addison, Curator of European and American Folk Art at the Museum of International Folk Art, will join the trip. Click here for a full itinerary and to register for the trip.

Cooking With Kids Partnership

Cooking with Kids Student

Students will learn to make a delicious, healthy Japanese rice bowl while exploring cultural cooking techniques. In collaboration with MOIFA, students will craft decorative Japanese fans using traditional methods, learning about folk art along the way. There will also be field trips to the museum from the Las Vegas School District on April 29 and May 1 from

9:30 to 11:15 a.m. and 12:00 to 1:45 p.m. to make a delicious Japanese rice bowl together and fans.

 

Sweeney Elementary School Partnership

Student from Sweeney Elementary School

From January through March, La Farge Foundation for Folk Art and other donors to the Museum’s Education Fund supported a school partnership. This art exploration program focused on the La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste exhibition. Approximately 70 students participated in the program (four art classes, two 3rd/4th combined classes). Participating students had the opportunity to visit the museum and tour the exhibition, along with a presentation by Albuquerque based piñatero, Francisco Rodriguez. Following the museum visit, museum educator and teacher co-facilitated a mask-making project using papier mâché techniques learned with Francisco during three visits to each class. The students’ finished pieces were displayed in the Museum’s Atrium.

 

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Your generosity enables the museum to continue offering these impactful exhibitions and programs. To learn more about giving options, please contact Laura Sullivan at laura@museumfoundation.org or call 505.216.0829.

 

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