1 See uniquely New Mexican art.

A staple of the summer market season in Santa Fe, Traditional Spanish Market takes over the plaza on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring artists who practice Spanish Colonial arts like tinwork, retablo painting, santero making, and more. Established in 1926, the market has nearly a century of tradition under its belt. Many of the artists practice arts that have been part of New Mexican culture since the 1600s. Beyond artist booths, the event includes processions, performances, food, and celebration.

Running concurrently just off the plaza, Contemporary Hispanic Market features more than 135 artists who have Spanish lineage but create contemporary works beyond traditional categories. Look for photography, jewelry, mixed media, and more.

 

Since 1965, Ricketts Park in Farmington has hosted the Connie Mack World Series, featuring twelve elite teams of 16- to 18-year-old players. Photograph courtesy of the Connie Mack World Series.

2 Cheer for the future of America’s pastime.

Since 1965, the best baseball players in the country ages 16 to 18 have gathered in Farmington to battle it out in the Connie Mack World Series. Twelve teams, including the host Farmington Frackers, compete in front of family, friends, and plenty of professional scouts. It kicks off with a parade on Friday at 10 a.m. and opening ceremonies on Sunday at 7 p.m. Bracket games and tournament rounds take place at Ricketts Park through August 2.

The "Land Marks" exhibition at the Roswell Museum features Mary Peck's photographs of landscapes from the late 1970s to the Covid-19 pandemic. Photograph courtesy of the Roswell Museum.

3 Picture history.

Photographs by Mary Peck taken from the late 1970s are featured alongside ones made during the Covid-19 pandemic in the new exhibition, Land Marks, opening Saturday at the Roswell Museum. Peck moved to Santa Fe in 1974 to learn from experienced landscape photographers such as Paul Caponigro and Laura Gilpin. Peck’s works have been exhibited throughout the world and are held in collections including the Notre Dame University Art Gallery, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College. See the exhibition through January 19.

The Silver City CLAY Festival offers a weekend filled with clay markets and exhibitions. Photograph courtesy of the Silver City CLAY Festival.

4 Shop ceramic creations.

The Silver City CLAY Festival peaks with fun things to do all weekend. A clay market takes over the Murray Hotel Ballroom on Saturday and Sunday offering attendees a chance to shop goods from a collection of local and visiting Southwestern ceramicists. Clay-focused exhibitions can be found at galleries throughout town, including the juried show From the Earth; an exhibition featuring pieces by Hugh J. Remar titled fancy dirt at the Made in Silver City gallery; a demonstration at the Silver City Museum from Oralia Lopez, who will show the process of painting clay in the Mogollon style of the renowned Mata Ortiz; and a CLAY festival brunch at Bear Mountain Lodge on Sunday.

Annie Coe's exhibition "Language of The Unknown" at Ray Drew Gallery showcases her abstract, layered works inspired by the high desert mountains. Photograph courtesy of the Ray Drew Gallery.

5 Get real with Taos’s abstract heritage.

Annie Coe views her works as explorations of spirit. With her unique process of layering, the Taos-based artist creates abstract works with textures and colors that feel inspired from the colors and natural surroundings of the high desert mountains.

An exhibition of more than 25 of her works, Language of The Unknown, opens at Ray Drew Gallery at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. “She uses thick layers of plaster, gessoes, and inks, and goes back with oil paint and graphite,” says Gina Hartmann, head curator at the gallery and of New Mexico Highland University Art Collections. “So, there are tiny drawings within these layers. When you get up close you are rewarded with all these little marks.”

Many of the pieces in the exhibition were made in the last five years. “A lot of people don’t think about New Mexico as being big for contemporary minimalist expressionist work,” says Hartmann. “But Taos had a huge modernist movement, and I wanted to highlight that.” The exhibition is on view starting Thursday and will celebrate with a closing reception August 29.

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