This Week: STUART ASHMAN &The 2021 International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe

-- Changes & Updates for This Year’s Market --

July 7, 2021 – This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Stuart Ashman, CEO of the International Folk Art Market, describing this year's COVID-safe outdoor folk art market held in Santa Fe, NM.

The structure and format of this year’s Market has dramatically changed to ensure participants’, attendees’, and buyers’ safety.

It will also create a far more open and less congested event, aligning with the CDC and State of New Mexico’s guidelines.

· The first big change? It will not be limited to one weekend.

This year, the International Folks Art Market will take place July 7-11 and 14-18.

As of this writing, spots for the first weekend have sold out. Tickets for the second weekend are going fast.

· All entries will be for a set time, and each ticket will be for an allotted shopping time of two hours.

· IFAM Staff will clear the venue between each session, to allow for the implementation of COVID-Safe Practices.

· A different group of artists will participate each week.

· Mask wearing will be mandated.