Community Calendar

Sam Brakarsh is a cultural strategist, policy advocate, and theatre maker from Zimbabwe. He serves as the Africa Regional Representative for Artists at Risk Connection / PEN America, where he leads the Censorship Reform Program, advancing artistic freedom legislation across 11 countries. Sam chairs the Pan-African Summit on Artistic Freedom (Zanzibar, 2025 & Ethiopia, 2026), and cofounded the Chikukwa Research Trust and Culture Centre in Zimbabwe. His cultural advocacy includes developing a residency network for artists-at-risk with Res Artis International, coordinating the AMANI: Creative Defense Network, advising the NYC Perelman Arts Centre’s Democracy Cycle Awards, serving on the Social Prescribing Cultural Design Team for the New York Federal Reserve, and sitting on the board of Savanna Arts Trust. As a Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner, he has led programs across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America using participatory theatre to influence social networks, law, and policy.

Santa Fe, New Mexico—The International Folk Art Market (IFAM) announces its 22nd Market with an opening night party on July 9, running though July 12, 2026, in the Railyard Park. The City of Santa Fe welcomes 148 artists from 53 countries for an expansive celebration of folk artists from around the globe, acting as cultural ambassadors whose creations provide common ground in an increasingly polarized world.

To experience IFAM is to be immersed in the colors, textures, and symbols of a wide diversity of cultures, from makers of traditional crafts to eclectic visionaries. Coming from communities spanning rural villages, big cities, ancient sites, and remote corners of the planet, master artists bring beauty, ingenuity, and shared humanity to Santa Fe, connecting people and transcending divisions.

For detailed information and a schedule of events, visit folkartmarket.org

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), this exhibition highlights the Center’s history through Pueblo imagery and perspectives of the past, present, and future. A combination of fifty objects from the IPCC’s Collections and Archives, with an emphasis on Pueblo pottery, illustrates the significance of the Center as a gathering place where Pueblo arts and culture are celebrated by visitors from around the world and, at once, nurtured by Pueblo communities across the generations. Gallery videos, updated throughout the year, will feature interviews with Pueblo artists, scholars, and culture bearers that present insider views of the IPCC. Join us to celebrate the exhibition on March 21 from 5-8pm during our free, public reception. Visit indianpueblo.org for 50th anniversary program schedule updates including an exhibit closing event on February 15, 2027.

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT.
Organized by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the Vilcek Foundation, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, a unique traveling exhibition featuring over 100 historic and contemporary works in clay, offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels that carry community-based knowledge and personal experience. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), established by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico in 1976, welcomes the pottery vessels back to the Southwest as the “returning home” host venue of the exhibition’s four-year national tour. Curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, Grounded in Clay opens at the IPCC as the leading program of the Center’s 50th anniversary celebration year. The exhibition and its associated events are generously supported by the First Nations Development Institute and Noon Whistle Fund.

Every Sunday May-Oct 10am to 2pm. The Rail Yards Market is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity. Rail Yards Market is a community organization and a certified 501(c)(3)

HANDMADE FUTURE follows artisans in six countries preserving heritage, navigating the complex role of middlemen, and advancing responsible trade—pushing back against fast, cheap production to quietly restore a frayed world through beauty and human connection.

From rug weavers in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains and block printers in India’s Golden Triangle to Appalachian broom makers in Kentucky and recycled-glass blowers in Kenya, HANDMADE FUTURE showcases craftspeople worldwide whose work carries generations of skill, culture and creativity. It considers the ethics, artistry and equity of the global craft economy—highlighting the beauty of handwork, the pressures makers face, and those determined to keep their traditions alive in a rapidly modernizing world. The film reflects on how artisans might guide us towards a more sustainable, community-focused future.

The Filmmakers:
Kirsten and Brandon Dickerson (former residents and ongoing friends of Fredericksburg) are at the helm of HANDMADE FUTURE. Their partnership as filmmakers ensures the blend of creative storytelling and visionary leadership, grounded in decades of experience in both film and social impact initiatives involving artisans and people living on the margins of our global community.

Provides an opportunity for the public to experience and participate in folk music, song, dance, and storytelling through educational workshops, demonstrations, and performances.

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), this exhibition highlights the Center’s history through Pueblo imagery and perspectives of the past, present, and future. A combination of fifty objects from the IPCC’s Collections and Archives, with an emphasis on Pueblo pottery, illustrates the significance of the Center as a gathering place where Pueblo arts and culture are celebrated by visitors from around the world and, at once, nurtured by Pueblo communities across the generations. Gallery videos, updated throughout the year, will feature interviews with Pueblo artists, scholars, and culture bearers that present insider views of the IPCC. Join us to celebrate the exhibition on March 21 from 5-8pm during our free, public reception. Visit indianpueblo.org for 50th anniversary program schedule updates including an exhibit closing event on February 15, 2027.

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT.
Organized by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the Vilcek Foundation, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, a unique traveling exhibition featuring over 100 historic and contemporary works in clay, offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels that carry community-based knowledge and personal experience. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), established by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico in 1976, welcomes the pottery vessels back to the Southwest as the “returning home” host venue of the exhibition’s four-year national tour. Curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, Grounded in Clay opens at the IPCC as the leading program of the Center’s 50th anniversary celebration year. The exhibition and its associated events are generously supported by the First Nations Development Institute and Noon Whistle Fund.

Albuquerque Abstract Artists Alliance will have a new exhibit, "New Visions of the Natural World," June 20 through Aug. 1 at Open Space Gallery, 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120. Exhibit Hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays.