El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe

Arts, crafts and antiquities market. El Museo has established a specialty market that operates during the winter months to provide opportunity for local vendors to market arts, crafts and antiquities to local residents and tourists. El Museo provides the facility and market promotion. The market provides outreach to the public, provides economic opportunity for small businesses and individuals and establishes a base for supporting other program activities that are not revenue generating. Market attendance is between 15,000 and 20,000 individuals over the course of the season. Vistors are also able to participate in other events and exhibits at El Museo, generating further auidence. Market revenue to El Museo is from rental of booth spaces and storage.

Educational: classes, workshops, etc: this programming is concerned with children programs, music/dance instruction, art workshops, literary presentations and lectures. Some of the artistic exhibitions address social issues of interest to the community and provide opportunity to reach out to different segments of the community including the deaf and blind community, immigrants and generally individuals interested in learing more about the local Cultural history, language and traditions. We partner with public and private schools, organizations providing services to the disabled, and organizations that provide programming for youth. We established a reading library and provide a venue for presentation of new works of literature, for performance by youth and young adults, and for communication of Cultural and social issues. Over the course of the year we normally serve 3,000 to 5,000 individuals.

Exhibitsperformancesexpostheater El Museo provides a venue of multi-media presentations, arts exhibits, performances, trade fairs, and expositions. The theatre is used by other theater companies, by local schools and colleges, and by other non-profit organizations. El Museo produces and presents arts exhibits, and its own theater productions, to showcase the arts and Cultural traditions of northern new mexico. El Museo also collaborate with art markets during spanish market and indian market, two of the largest attractions for tourists during the summer season. El Museo's work with local communitiy organizations provides support for worthwhile events and activities, opening the facility to a broader audience base. Normal attendance at these events is at 7,500 to 10,000 individuals and a significant boost to the local economy.