Meeting the Buddha comes to Santa Fe January 31st 2026! Sky Cinemas (Violet Crown) in the Santa Fe Railyard.
A cinematic bridge between the timeless wisdom of the Himalayas and the modern world. Following the journeys of the 16th Karmapa and Lama Ole Nydahl, it tells a story of friendship, courage, and a vision that transcended borders and transformed countless lives.
Ripple effect gallery @ Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave., Room 723D, Santa Fe, NM 87508 Thursday, January 22, 4-6p
Strand by strand Jen Turner weaves a future ancestral cave with stalagmites of imperative messages
The main installation features a hand-tied horse hair grid applied to the entire space, a forest of clay sculptures, and a time capsule-like soundscape. The show also includes four other works: three small sculptures and one large wall piece, which will be transformed with live vegetation for the closing. The installation explores the theme of deep time and its existence within civilization and in the natural world. While working, Turner considers the phenomenology of evolution, interconnected-ness, and ideas of control vs. chaos. She applies the grid as a motif, sometimes carved in clay or woven with horsehair onto geometric forms. Lastly, she uses Iive plants and sound bites to mark time. Continue reading “Closing Reception for Jen Turner’s BURNED IN installation”
Farolitos or Luminarias? This question almost rivals New Mexico’s official state query: red or green?
The Canyon Road Farolito Walk delights the thousands who stroll in high spirits along the iconic road on Christmas Eve. You are welcome to warm up around any small piñon bonfire and sing along with others. A truly magical and breathtaking experience!
In Santa Fe and much of northern New Mexico, a farolito refers to the paper lanterns, while luminaria traditionally describes a small vigil fire or bonfire. Such bonfires may mark a home hosting Las Posadas, a neighborhood reenactment of Joseph and Mary’s search for shelter in Bethlehem. Held over nine nights leading up to Christmas, Las Posadas typically includes singing, prayer, and shared food.
In Albuquerque, thousands of candlelit paper bags lining Old Town and surrounding neighborhoods are still most commonly called luminarias. The term is also widely used elsewhere in the country and internationally to describe similar festival lights.
The debate—ongoing, sometimes contentious, but usually lighthearted—continues. While many consider the terms synonymous, others see a geographic divide: farolito prevailing in northern New Mexico, and luminaria more common in the south.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 | 9am-5pm Winter Spanish Market Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Sunday, December 7, 2025 | 9:30am-4pm Winter Spanish Market Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Scheduled to take place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 2025, the market is an opportunity to explore Spanish colonial history and explore arts and crafts created centuries ago and today.
Visit the 2025 Traditional Spanish Market to see more than 160 adult and mentored youth artists showcasing handcrafted artwork, including those in traditional art forms like bultos, colcha embroidery, retablos, pottery, tinwork, and more. Continue reading “2025 Winter Spanish Market”
December 5-21, 2025 Opening reception Friday, December 5, 5–7 PM
In Time Dissolves Here, artist Willy Bo Richardson invites viewers to consider color as a form of contemplation. Across more than twenty chromatic paintings, Richardson’s one person exhibition explores emotional and psychological resonance, creating spatial planes that suggest both stillness and motion. The works feel both anchored and airborne, shaped by the long light of New Mexico and the disciplined restraint of a painter who knows when to intervene and when to let paint think for itself.
SITE SANTA FE is staying open late exclusively for the under-21 crowd. Bring your friends to a festive night that features art-making, live music, food, and more.
Festive AF (Art+Fun) is hosted by the SITE SANTA FE Young Curators. No adults allowed! If you can legally drink, this party is not for you…
Schedule of Events 5–7 PM: Exhibition Tours + Zine Making + FREE popcorn from Sky Cinemas + hot chocolate 7–8 PM: DJ Set / Live Music
SITE SANTA FE 1606 PASEO DE PERALTA SANTA FE, NM 87501
“Plate” by Maria Martinez (~1887-1980) and Julian Martinez (1879–1943), slip-painted and burnished ceramic, 9.75” diameter (24.8cm), c. 1925. Image courtesy of The Denver Art Museum.
Maria and Julian Martinez’s more properly. The couple were from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, part of the larger Tewa Peoples, and were active in the 20th century. Maria came from a long line of potters. Her craft was making clay pots, while her husband would paint the images on them. Together, they made traditional red-bodied clay pieces decorated with white, red, and black slip, a watered-down, brushable form of clay.
As the story goes, in the early 1900s, archeologist Edgar Lee Hewitt found an unusual black-on-white pottery sherd at a nearby site and was searching for someone who could recreate it. His intention was to help preserve this ancient technique, but what Maria and her husband Julian developed would instead change the course of indigenous ceramics. Continue reading “Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez”
