Spring & Fiber Fest: Women of the West
All Roads Lead to Santa Fe! Join in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails Systems & learn what life was like for the women who traveled the trails & called the western frontier home! Learn about the goods & livestock that came & went on the arteries of the Southwest; El Camino Real, Santa Fe Trail & Spanish Trail.
Also, experience traditional ranch activities like sheep shearing, wool dyeing, spinning and weaving. Plus a fiber arts marketplace, bread baking, crafts for children & more!
2018
Saturday, June 2 & Sunday, June 3
Time: 10am to 4pm
Adults: $8
Seniors (62+), teens (13–18): $6
12 and under: FREE!
Visit our marketplace and shop great treasures from our vendors!
Barela’s Wood Creations
Uglie Ruglies
Humming Desert Alpacas
Mora Valley Spinning Mill
The Wool Shed
Button Box Aprons
Mystic Earth
Le Paris French Bakery
Puerta del sol Alpacas
Aguja y Clavo Jewelry Designs
Feathered Moon Farms
Susan Suazo-Martinez
Westfarthing Farm
Disheveled Edge
Essentials by Monique
m-g designs
Art You Can Wear
Grandma Joan’s Choke Cherry Jelly
Wild Earth Remedies (Sunday only)
Nambe Tin
Mountain Man Gourmet
Barrio Tin Work
Rio Fernando Farms
Hyer Wools
Intergalactic Bread Company
Las Golondrinas Weavers
Madeline Stark
Sandra Quintana (Saturday only)
2018 Schedule of Events
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Ongoing activities from 10:00am—4:00pm include:
- Listen to the traditional hymns of New Mexico, Los Alabados! by Dexter Trujillo
- Make your own rope
- Visit “Wide Sky Alpacas”
- Attend the hide tanning and blacksmithing demonstrations
- Experience a running traditional mill
- Enjoy fresh lemonade & biscochitos
- Learn about our National Historic Trails
- Learn about the Santa Fe Trail with an activity hosted by Fort Union National Monument
- Learn about The Rio Grande Mule & Donkey Association
- Experience traditional Canova Carving
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Ongoing activities from 10:00am—4:00pm include:
- Listen to the traditional hymns of New Mexico, Los Alabados! by Dexter Trujillo
- Make your own rope
- Visit “Wide Sky Alpacas”
- Attend the hide tanning and blacksmithing demonstrations
- Experience a running traditional mill
- Enjoy fresh lemonade & biscochitos
- Learn about our National Historic Trails
- Learn about the Santa Fe Trail with an activity hosted by Fort Union National Monument
- Learn about The Rio Grande Mule & Donkey Association
- Experience traditional Canova Carving
