The El Rito Studio Tour 2005

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2008 TOUR APPLICATION 2008 MERCADO APPLICATION CONTACT
Tour dates: OCTOBER 18th and 19th 2008

This year the Community Artist Mercado will be held in
the North Gym on the Northern New Mexico College Campus.
The deadline for the applications is September 29, 2008
Space is limited to 26 applicants.

Please fill out the Mercado Application Form if you would like to be a part of this group.

For information about participating please CONTACT us.


2008 Studios and Participants:
(more to come)

1
Community Artist Mercado
Arts and crafts, food
2
NNMC: Spanish Colonial Furniture:
Hand carved furniture, home accessories
College open house and tours
3
NNMC: Fiber Arts
Contemporary & traditional textiles, place mats, purses, yarns, rugs, naturally dyed yarns and natural dye class during tour
4 Kirt Kempter
New Mexican rocks, geology and landscape photography
5 Kardy Martinez
Horseshoe works
6
Rachel Nardi
Beadwork, knitting and painting
7
Vanderbrook Studios
Pottery, photography, prints, paintings
8
Barbara Campbell, Stoneware Artifacts Pottery—decorative, functional, sculptural
9
Mel Archuleta Spanish Colonial carver, furniture, frames, mirrors, crosses
10
Gedeon Santos
Hand-woven textiles on a backstrap loom

11

Carmen Campos
Traditional & contemporary tin art
12 Vincent Campos Retablos
13 Nicholas Herrera
Retablos and santos
Elena Herrera
Retablos
14 El Rito Library
Retablos and art by children,
"
Death by Chocolate” desserts
15 Emmy Cheney
Fine micaceous pottery
16 Julie Claire
Acrylic paintings, art cards, Ganesh gifts
17 David Coleman, Isatu Pottery
Pinch pottery, fountains, Ikebana flower dishes, pottery-mosaic mixed media pieces
18 Julie Wagner
Drawings, prints, artist's books, ravens
19 Michael Hennerty
Hand-forged iron works, Blacksmith Shop

2008 El Rito Studio Tour Site Map:
(Studio locations to come)
The 2007 El Rito Studio Tour Site Map

Food:

Community Artist Mercado
El Rito Library:
“Death by Chocolate” until 4:00 pm Saturday & Sunday:

El Farolito Restaurant: 1212 Main St. Lunch and dinner
Northern Café at NNMC
College Campus Rt. 554
Walter's Place
1179 Main Street
Martins General Store: 1213 Main St. Grocery Items
open Saturday only

Tour Highlights:

During this weekend, you can visit individual artists’ studios as well as stops where many artists are showing, such as the Mercado (#1) and Northern New Mexico College (#2, 3, ,4 ).

Three venues are also stops on the new, state-wide New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail: Julie Wagner (#18), Northern New Mexico College (#3) and Vanderbrook Studios (#7).

At the El Rito Library (#14), don’t miss “Death by Chocolate,” offerings of to-die-for desserts, as well as an exciting display of children’s art works, including retablos and tinwork.

Acknowledgments:

The El Rito Studio Tour is funded in part by the New Mexico Community Foundation, the Consortium of Major LANL Subcontractors Regional Development Corporation Fund and the County of Rio Arriba Lodger’s Tax and is fiscally sponsored by Luciente, Inc.

Thanks to the El Rito Library for its leadership in children’s arts programming and use of its facility for this event.

Thanks to all the artists and volunteers who donated their time and special skills to organize this tour to include as many community members as possible.

Thanks to Northern New Mexico College.

Thanks to the El Rito residents for their support and hospitality during this festive weekend.

Please patronize the businesses of our generous benefactors and patrons.

While you are enjoying your stroll from studio to studio in this charming town, please respect the privacy and property of the people who live here.

Enjoy the tour!

Mark your calendar – next year's Studio Tour: October 17 and 18, 2009