Celebrated Chilean Musicians Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna to Play at the 2018 International Folk Art Market Community Celebration
Award-winning singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca and her band Fauna will play a free concert at the Santa Fe Plaza on the evening of Thursday, July 12, 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico—Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca and her band Fauna will perform a free concert at the Santa Fe Plaza during the International Folk Art Market’s Community Celebration and […]
Donna Karan and Urban Zen Foundation to Sponsor the IFAM “Wear Your Impact” Initiative
KARAN WILL BRING HER PASSION FOR ARTISANS AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LARGEST INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET IN THE WORLD
In support of IFAM’s Wear Your Impact Initiative, the fashion icon will personally style a trio of International Folk Art Market patrons to showcase both Karan’s artisan collaborations with her lifestyle brand, Urban […]
THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET ANNOUNCES | The IFAM Milagro Fund
New at the 2018 Market, Fair Goers can purchase one of a kind Milagros and “Peace, Love and Folk Art” T-Shirts to support IFAM Artist Initiatives
For Immediate Release: The word milagro means miracle, and is sometimes used to describe the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe. Discovering and then bringing 150 master artists from […]
Dr. Muhammad Yunus HONORARY CHAIR OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET SANTA FE
Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most densely populated nations in the world, is the country into which Nobel Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus was born. As an economist, he wrestled with an essential question: How can people be raised out of poverty?
During stays with villagers across Bangladesh, Yunus surmised that poverty was not the fault […]
International Folk Art Market Impact Numbers
Since 2004:
As of this year’s (2018) incoming artists, hosted approximately 1000 master folk artists from 98 countries
Generated $28 million from artist sales. 90% goes home with first-time artists
As of 2016, $2,333.753.17 in GRT contributions and fees to the State of New Mexico
The market has had 233,000 visitors since 2004 with an estimated economic impact of […]