The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market is a unique institution. A non-profit organization that holds a massive 22,000+ attendee market each July in Santa Fe to bring together dozens of artisans from around the world with an eager audience of American buyers (including fashion houses like Yves Saint Laurent scoping out new ideas and suppliers..)
Click on the audio player above to listen to Judith Espinar and Charlene Cerny on the origins of the market and its goals–not to mention the rapid pace at which they’re outgrowing the original plan.
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