Popular Demand
A new arts and culture initiative created by Mark Bahti of Bahti Indian Arts extends the Santa Fe summer season into fall.
A new arts and culture initiative created by Mark Bahti of Bahti Indian Arts extends the Santa Fe summer season into fall.
SANTA FE, NM
It’s Still Summer in Santa Fe is a connection amongst dozens of art galleries, shows, hotels, restaurants and other attractions in a tongue-in-cheek approach to the famed Santa Fe summer season. Every participating institution and organization bears the campaign logo, bolstering its vision: to encourage visitors to continue choosing Santa Fe as a destination well after summer has officially ended.
“Summer in Santa Fe is so enchanting, it’s been held over by popular demand,” says Mark Bahti, owner of Bahti Indian Arts, which has locations in Santa Fe and Tucson, Arizona. Current campaign partners include the SWAIA Indian Market, Sorrel Sky Gallery, Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, Faust Gallery, Malouf on the Plaza, King Galleries, Shiprock Santa Fe, Manitou Galleries, Things Finer, La Fonda on the Plaza, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of
Spanish Colonial Art and others. Each will have events going on in the upcoming months that carry the “It’s Still Summer in Santa Fe” moniker.
Sorrel Sky Gallery’s Indian Market Celebration, running August 14 to 16, was created to channel the spirit of SWAIA’S Indian Market. A collaboration with artists to create a market-like atmosphere, the show features such names as Ben Nighthorse, Ray Tracey, Kevin Red Star and Shane Hendren. “Indian Market has been a pivotal part of Santa Fe’s summers for almost a century. Although the customary outdoor market won’t be happening this year, we felt it was important to celebrate the spirit of the event and our artists agreed. This will be a great opportunity to reestablish connections, to talk with our artists and discuss their work, process, and artistry,” says Shanan Campbell, gallery CEO. “Sorrel Sky is thrilled to be part of this campaign. It truly reflects the energy and the strength of the Santa Fe spirit. Our community is pulling together and looking forward.”
Held at La Fonda on the Plaza hotel is Sovereign Santa Fe, an exhibition of contemporary paintings, sculpture and other media organized by Farahnheight Gallery, Tony Abeyta and Randy L. Barton. The event takes place in La Fonda’s La Terraza Ballroom from August 10 to 16.
“It's Still Summer in Santa Fe is an initiative driven by local Santa Fe business leaders to promote safe and socially distanced tourism to ‘The City Different’ this summer and fall,” says La Fonda on the Plaza’s chairman of the board, Jenny Kimball. “Despite the current health crisis, small businesses and lodgers are still open and need support to drive traffic to their storefronts and hotels—pop-up art events, shopping and outdoor exploration activities abound, and this innovative program offers a trusted resource for access to up-to-date information for visitors on things to do in Santa Fe and where to stay once they get here.”
Native American Art is a proud media sponsor of It's Still Summer in Santa Fe. For more information visit www.stillsummerinsantafe.com.