The event features performances of music, theater and comedy. Lauren Bacall emceed the event in 1997, and participating entertainers have included actors Carol Burnett, Tim Curry and Michael York. Local celebrities join in, and the result is a Sunday afternoon in late July jammed with music, comedy, dance and fun. 983-4038 Unique work in the Spanish Colonial tradition fills the Plaza for a weekend in late July, while on adjoining Lincoln Avenue, Hispanic artists display contemporary adaptations. Some 300 artists also display handsome tin work, silver filigree jewelry, wood carvings, weaving, straw inlay and embroidery.
Prizes go to the best entries in each medium.
Music, dance, food and pageantry add to the fun. Artists' demonstrations continue throughout both days. The contemporary show, sponsored by the Santa Fe Council for the Arts, varies in content considerably more than the traditional market. Some of the pieces you'll see are cousins of the traditional works but built from more contemporary materials. A recent show, for instance, featured refrigerator magnets of traditional religious images crafted from bottle caps.