{"id":5567,"date":"2015-08-23T00:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T00:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2015-09-03T02:29:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T02:29:11","slug":"santa-fe-indian-market-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/santa-fe-indian-market-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Fe Indian Market Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wearing a Tammy Beauvois “beaded” dress and a pair of Chilkat armbands that she wove, Clarissa stands between her Chilkat curtains (she designed and printed), with her latest Chilkat robe behind her on the loom below “An Ocean Runs Through Us” Limited Edition Giclee triptych print – Photo by Juli Ferrerra<\/p><\/div>\n

I had never heard of the Santa Fe Indian Market until August 1987; it was the first time I had\u00a0seen so much fantastic art in all my life. \u00a0One of the first booths I had seen was the Alaskan gal Denise Wallace’s jewelry; of course there was a huge crowd around her booth like no one else’s because her astounding jewelry was like none other. \u00a0She was and still is, a celebrity.<\/p>\n

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Northwest Coast Native Tlingit artist Clarissa Rizal with Julia White from the Tulsa Artist Residency<\/p><\/div>\n

The market opens early Saturday at 7am for those art collectors who are racing for that prize possession and enthusiasts who want to get ahead of the crowd.\u00a0 I had heard several people from a number of institutions came by my booth that early but I was not available.\u00a0 Directly after I spent 2 hours setting up my booth, directly at 7 I had to pick up my “Chilkat Child” who I had entered into the Juried Art Show; it took about an hour of waiting in line.\u00a0 However, I was able to catch Julia White, the coordinator of the Tulsa Artist Residency, from which I was one of 12 artists across the nation who was chosen as a recipient of their inaugural residency fellowship to live and work in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a year.<\/p>\n

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Full view of\u00a0Clarissa Rizal’s booth (day 2)\u00a0 at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

I did my very first Santa Fe Indian Market in 1994 winning the Best of Show with my “Following My Ancestor’s Trail” button blanket wall mural which sold to a collector from Tuscon, Arizona. \u00a0I won about $5K in awards, sold my load of\u00a0button blanket greeting cards featuring 9 of my favorite robes, and sold a\u00a0Ravenstail headdress. \u00a0I walked away with a chunk of change; it was enough to put a down payment on a house!<\/p>\n

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Left side of Clarissa Rizal’s booth at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2015, featuring “Northwest by Southwest” button blanket robe surrounded by Giclee prints, and clothing\/ceremonial regalia for children<\/p><\/div>\n

The Santa Fe Indian Market is a zoo; it draws about 100,000 visitors from all over the world for the week before and after the Market. \u00a0Lots of traffic jams in Santa Fe during this time. \u00a0I don’t understand how artists can do this show every year. \u00a0I cannot do this show every year. \u00a0It takes me about 4 years to re-couperate which is why this is only the 5th time I have been an artist vendor at the market. \u00a0It’s a lot of work to prepare for the market, then we gotta set up at 5am to 7am when the market opens. \u00a0And when the day is done at 5pm, we gotta strike the set and pack it up, only to do the same thing the next day. \u00a0It doesn’t sound like much, but believe me, it IS!<\/p>\n

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Right side of Clarissa Rizal’s booth at the Santa Fe Indian Market 2015 featuring “Egyptian Thunderbird” button robe surrounded by Limited Edition Giclee and hand-silkscreened prints and the 5-piece Chilkat woven ensemble “Chilkat Child” all by Clarissa Rizal<\/p><\/div>\n

I had a good time at this market. \u00a0It was the first time my booth faced the sunshine; I think that is why I enjoyed this year better than all the other years. \u00a0You see, when I\u00a0come from a grey, damp place like Juneau, Alaska and land in the arid country of Santa Fe, New Mexico, it naturally puts a smile in my body. \u00a0Many of us Tlingits know what I experience!<\/p>\n

And yes, all the items you see in these photos of my booth at the market are for sale, except the white curtains and the chilkat robe on the loom. \u00a0 I invite you to\u00a0contact me for prices and more information.<\/p>\n

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Cousins Likoodzi and Violet<\/p><\/div>\n

Another pleasant aspect of this year’s Indian Market included being with my kids and grandchildren during the week. \u00a0There’s nothing like being a grandma. \u00a0And though I am not a great grandmother, I am learning how to become one…!<\/p>\n

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Israel Shotridge, Preston Singletary, Sue Shotridge (obscured) and Clarissa Rizal talk definition of a mentor – photo by Kahlil Hudson<\/p><\/div>\n

The night before the market, several Tlingit artists gathered together for a dinner at my son’s house in Santa Fe. \u00a0We were discussing the logistics of creating a mentorship program for our artists back home, based on New Zealand’s Maori artists. \u00a0We asked ourselves enough questions, like “What does it mean to be a mentor? \u00a0How do you know you are a mentor? \u00a0What are the expectations of self as a Mentor and expectations from the apprentice?<\/p>\n

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Kahlil holds daughter Violet while the little old man “Hassie” runs amok!<\/p><\/div>\n

There are many events sponsored by other organizations outside of SWAIA’s (Southwest Association of Indian Arts) annual Indian Market, including an offspring of the Indian Market called IFAM which takes place for two days at the “Railyard”; there’s an artist supply market at the El Dorado Hotel de Santa Fe; there’s Dorothy Grant’s fashion show and of course, numerous gallery openings!<\/p>\n

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The 2015 Institute of American Indian Arts Scholarship Dinner and Auction<\/p><\/div>\n

The Institute of American Indian Arts Scholarship Gala is held the Wednesday before the Santa Fe Indian Market (Saturday & Sunday); the place is packed with prominent artists, arts organizations across the country including representatives from NMAI (National Museum of the American Indian), NACF (Native Arts & Culture Foundation), art historians and collectors. \u00a0I was invited by NACF to be a guest at their table since I had recently won this year’s fellowship.<\/p>\n

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Who were these people who shared a delicious meal at the IAIA Gala dinner table?<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearly 22 years ago when I first had a booth at the Santa Fe Indian Market, the only Northwest Coast artist represented was a totem pole carver, Reggie Petersen from Sitka, Alaska. \u00a0He said he had been doing the market for nearly 20 years with no other comrades from the Northwest except clothing designer, the late Betty David, and he was so happy to finally see “another Tlingit!” \u00a0Although we had never met, he hugged me as if I were the last person on earth! \u00a0lol. \u00a0His wife, 4 children and he would make it an annual sojourn where they would take the ferry from Sitka to Seattle, then drive to Santa Fe and back again. \u00a0He always had a log that he was carving smack dab in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza. \u00a0He said this was one of the ways in which he received commissions for totem poles. \u00a0Lots of work being a full-time artist with 4 children.<\/p>\n

Haida\u00a0basket weavers Diane Douglas-Willard, her daughter Jianna and Dolly Garza are vendors at the market too. \u00a0Diane says she has been a vendor at\u00a0the Market for 20 consecutive years.<\/p>\n

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Tlingit photographer Zoe Marieh Urness and her twin sister with a visitor at her IFAM booth BEFORE the Santa Fe Indian Market<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the hardest things about being a vendor at the market is that I don’t have time to take a break and visit all the other artists let alone attend all the other activites such as the main-stage performances or the fashion show. \u00a0However, the day before Indian Market began, my daughter Lily and I took a jaunt over to the Railyard where the IFAM art show was happening. \u00a0We saw several Northwest Coast Native artists including Peter Boome and Zoe Marieh Urness!<\/p>\n

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Coast Salish artist Peter Boome making a sale with customers at his IFAM booth<\/p><\/div>\n

I admire the small city of Santa Fe for its unique architecture, dramatic style in clothing, furniture, jewelry — everything for that matter! \u00a0Even its people! \u00a0Check out the Trader Joe’s de Santa Fe! \u00a0Holy—now THERE’s a mixture of all kinds of folks in a middle-class store! \u00a0Simply entertaining to watch who shops there.<\/p>\n

During the early morning of the first day of the Santa Fe Indian Market, a large group of young protestors marched through announcing their disagreement with the government continuing to pollute\u00a0the Southwest environment and then lying about it. \u00a0I was surprised there was a demonstration yet proud\u00a0that the younger generation has stepped up to the plate. \u00a0It is a good thing to bring awareness to the general public about atrocities to our human race and its well-being.<\/p>\n

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Sure felt good to see demonstrators for a worthy cause during the opening day of the Santa Fe Indian Market<\/p><\/div>\n

And then directly after the demonstration, there was this guy across my booth standing with a black, worn-out umbrella. \u00a0(He sure looked familiar! Lol.) \u00a0The sun wasn’t even at its hottest yet, though he was prepared for anything. \u00a0That’s the message for you folks today: \u00a0be prepared for anything!<\/p>\n

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Is that Israel Shotridge under the umbrella on Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the Indian Market<\/p><\/div>\n

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