Two history majors on vacation, armed with a family membership to a consortium of Santa Fe museums....we took full advantage of the opportunities. We made it to the Palace of the Governors, The new Mexican History Museums, The International Folk Art Museum, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, New Mexico Art Museum, the Museum of Indian Art and Culture.
So many beautiful pieces of art, and interesting a provocative displays and videos. We especially enjoyed seeing the huge collection of folk art from around the world, and the actual O'Keefe paintings (after our field trip to the landscape areas.) And at the Indian Art and Culture Museum they had astounding oral interviews of New Mexican native peoples talking about their culture, and lives. We could have sat for hours and days longer listening to some of these articulate people sharing.
We also took advantage of being around Santa Fe on a Friday evening which gave us the chance to go down Canyon Road for the gallery crawl with many of the galleries having openhouses or openings. Some really beautiful and fun art, as well as the chance to interact with the artists and gallery owners. Artists generally LOVE to talk about what they are doing and answer questions and we were so glad to be able to be in such an art rich environment!
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