Welcome to the new Pueblo Direct blog! To kick things off, we thought you'd like to see some pictures from this year's Santa Fe Indian Market. The Indian Market is an annual show hosted by the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts. Every August, the Santa Fe plaza is closed off to traffic and hundreds of top artists come to sell their work. This is the largest and most important juried Indian art show in the world. This year there were almost 1400 booths with artists from all over the US, selling everything from jewelry and pottery to baskets and paintings. The 3 day event, which started off with a preview of ribbon winning art on Friday night, was filled with music and dance, traditional food and clothing, and some of the most amazing art under the sun. It's always a wonderful opportunity for us to meet some new talented artists, as well as catch up with our old friends. Enjoy the pics!
The crowds were out in full force.
And the booths went on and on.
Best of division carving by Hopi artist Adrian Nasafotie.
Acoma pottery by Sandra Victorino. See some more of her work on our site.
Koshare sculpture by Jemez artist Kathleen Wall.
Zuni pottery by Noreen Simplicio.
A jewelry artist shows his rings to a customer.
San Felipe artist Daryl Candelaria. We should have some of his pieces available soon.
Santa Clara pottery by Stella and Denise Chavarria.
Jemez pottery from the Toya family.
Mary Ortiz with her 1st place winning pottery sculpture.
Troy Sice with his large Nativity set (how this didn't win a ribbon is beyond me).
Junior Whiterock, Navajo sandpainter. His work is now available on our site.
There was no shortage of beautiful paintings.
Ready to dance.
More paintings.
Showing off some moves.
Sculptures by Adrian Wall.
Alabaster sculptures.
Hopi carvings by Gary Quotskuyva.
Hopi pottery from Dee Setalla and others.
Pottery from Madeline and Frances Naranjo.
It's a well known rule that everyone who goes to Santa Fe with a camera has to take a picture of the old church.
Pottery by Gloria Mahle
Elizabeth and Ray Trujillo pottery.
Pyroengraver Lisa Chavez-Tafoya. This mask is available here. Her engraved gourd figures are available here.
A strong downpour on Sunday put an end to the show. Thankfully it didn't happen until almost 4pm.
Paulita Pacheco and family.
It wasn't a perfect ending, but it was an ending.
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