Mixed Media

The third annual Indigenous Fine Art Market

The third annual Indigenous Fine Art Market, better known as IFAM, kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 18, with Glow v 2.0, the opening-night party, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion (1607 Paseo de Peralta). IFAM spokesman Douglas Miles, the artist who runs Apache Skateboards, said that the youth-oriented market — which is seen by many as the rebellious younger cousin to SWAIA’s Indian Market — “isn’t about making a bunch of money. It’s about the art, the music, and the volunteers. Native art is changing so fast that experts don’t even know how to talk about it. Native art is a complex form of human expression, and the old paradigm of how it’s been looked at needs to be discarded.”

One of the highlights of IFAM 2016 is the live creation of a mural on three sides of Warehouse 21 (1614 Paseo de Peralta) by the Arizonabased Neoglyphix crew, Native street artists who create murals in celebration of their art and culture. The juried IFAM art show in the Santa Fe Railyard (Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18 and 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) features more than 300 artists, including Robert Tenorio, Rebecca Begay, Robert Dale Tsosie, and Griselda Saufkie. At the accompanying fair and entertainment stage, also in the Railyard, musical acts and other entertainment go on until 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and until 4 p.m. on Saturday. Bands include The Miracle Dolls, S.O.L., The Discotays, and the all-female Homegirls Records DJ Collective. There are also skateboarding demonstrations, installations and performance art, and literary booths. For more information, visit www.indigefam.org or call 505-819-3695. — Jennifer Levin