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Santa Fe Indian Market

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There is no place on earth like the Santa Fe Indian Market. Held in the third week of August and produced by the Southwestern Association for the Indian Arts (SWAIA), the Market attracts 100,000 visitors each year to downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.Santa Fe Indian Market sellers on Santa Fe Plaza

The Market grew out of the Indian Fair created by the Museum of New Mexico as part of the Santa Fe Fiesta celebration. Originally produced as a way to keep the cultural heritage of the tribes alive, the Indian Market has grown to be a tremendous opportunity for thousands of people from around the world to experience the rich artistic culture of the southwest tribes.

One of the reasons for its success is the Market’s longevity. The inaugural Market took place in 1922, which means the event is almost 100 years old. Held on the historic Santa Fe Plaza, the Market boasts upwards of 1,000 vendors each year.

Artists from over 200 tribes are represented, and they bring their works of art to Santa Fe to sell directly to buyers. Being able to meet the artists and buy from them is one of the biggest draws of the Indian Market.

Buyers have the opportunity to experience the result of hundreds of years of tradition handcrafted into each piece at the market. There is nothing quite as special as being meeting the original artist of the piece you are buying. The Indian Market makes this experience possible for each visitor.

The Market is the largest juried Native arts show in the world and includes an awards ceremony and Live Auction Gala. Additional events during the market include a Native American clothing contest, Native Cinema Showcase, and Native Root and Rhythms, featuring performances of music, dance, storytelling, and comedy.

The Indian Market is a way for everyone to experience and enjoy some of the best parts of Native American life. The market has grown in size almost every year it’s been held.

The longevity of the event and the quality of the art available here are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the 100,000 annual visitors to the Market come for the food and to rub elbows with master artists and craftspeople. No vehicle traffic is allowed in the plaza during the Market, and that means every stall and every booth affords an up close and personal experience for the visitors.

The food here is extraordinary. Navajo tacos, fry bread with an astounding variety of toppings, roasted corn still in the husks, roasted green chilies, and a plentiful array of sweets are available at every corner of the Market.

The sights, the sounds, the smells, and the flavors of the Santa Fe Indian Market draw repeat visitors every year. Over and over again, visitors extol the virtues of being able to meet and talk with the original artists of the work available. Experienced repeat visitors know the importance of booking accommodations ahead of time. They also know that one day is not nearly enough to enjoy the full experience of the Indian Market.

Come for the unique experience of the artwork, stay for the food and the festivities. Just make sure to plan your summer around the third week in August to enjoy the Santa Fe Indian Market in all its majesty and excitement. This is an experience you will never forget.

PakMail Santa Fe is an official shipping vendor for Indian Market. Whether you need to ship your wares to the event or send home your purchases, we can pack and ship them with no hassle.

For more information about the Art week happening in Santa Fe in July check out our post here!

Santa Fe Art Week in July

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This summer Santa Fe will host the first-ever Santa Fe Art Week from July 12 through July 21, 2019. Santa Fe, surrounded by the glowing colors of desert and sky, is art itself. The soft lines of the city’s 400-year old adobe buildings along with the temperate summer climate make this town the destination for the Summer of 2019.

Santa Fe Art Week in July is a 10-day exhibition of world-class art which features abundant galleries and conversations with their artists. Your walking tour allows you to experience the eclectic co-mingling of museums, boutiques, and restaurants on a personal level. Each gallery doorway you step through brings you into yet another world of color, mood, and expression. You will be amazed and transformed.

Santa Fe artists are diverse. Some are long-time residents who tap into their talent later in life. Young and contemporary artists relocate to Santa Fe from larger urban areas and are nourished by strong community support while they explore their craft.

Finished art pieces are endlessly diverse in color and texture. Inspiration drawn from the New Mexico landscape is clearly manifested in oil and watercolor, whether in bright splashes or subtle whispers. Sculptures appear to rise out of nearby desert topography. Many artists travel, therefore, influence from international architecture and other geographies become evident. The portrayal of natural and urban landscapes, in abstraction or realism, abound.

One hometown offering is the spectacular kinetic sculptures created by Mark White in his 1700s adobe gallery. Just add a soft desert breeze, and the fluid motion becomes entrancing to the eye and nourishing to the soul. You are the interpreter, see whatever you like!

There are many live demonstrations and interactive art classes to attend. With over 100 scheduled events, your week will be filled with surprise, education, and cultural richness.

As the week progresses, the Art Santa Fe Opening Night Preview Party will be held Friday, July 18 at the modern Santa Fe Community Convention Center.

Art Santa Fe is celebrating 19 successful years this summer of bringing together local, state and worldwide talent. For attendees who simply appreciate beauty and want to take home a treasure, you will be welcomed and delighted. On display will be stunning original paintings, sculptures, photography, and glassworks.

The Santa Fe Community Convention Center is a magnificent structure carefully designed to incorporate tradition and history with efficiency and functionality. Completed in 2008, city planners carefully preserved Navajo and Spanish accents and local artisans contributed complementing final touches. The Convention Center creates the perfect ambiance congruent with the art you are viewing.

Compared to the concrete and steel sameness of many other urban areas, the kaleidoscope of color and light offered by Santa Fe may shift you into sensory overload– in the best possible way. Plan your vacation at the Santa Fe Art Week in July and collect your takeaway memories from the City Different!

And when you are done shopping for art at the end of the week, don’t forget to call PakMail for all of your art shipping needs.

The Santa Fe Contemporary Hispanic Market is Coming!

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On July 27th and 28th, thousands of art aficionados will descend on Lincoln Avenue adjacent to the Santa Fe Plaza for the Contemporary Hispanic Market.

The event, which is free to the public and runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, will feature 134 booths filled with a wide variety of mediums of artwork that is created by the Hispanic artists who call New Mexico home.

In addition to having the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind works of art, the Contemporary Hispanic Market gives attendees the opportunity to meet and visit with some of the most respected Hispanic artists from New Mexico.

The organizers of the Contemporary Hispanic Market are devoted to showcasing the unique and beautiful artwork that is created by artisans from throughout the state. Attendees can browse through a wide selection of artwork including paintings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, weavings, jewelry and more.

At Pak Mail, we know that many people are excited to purchase a unique work of art at the Contemporary Hispanic Market. We also know that in many cases, these same art fans will worry about how they can get their new piece of furniture, painting or weaving home safe and sound.
From people who have traveled by airplane to visit Santa Fe for the event to local residents who need help shipping a beautiful piece of artwork to a relative for a gift, we are definitely able to help.

At Pak Mail in Santa Fe, we can pack and ship anything to anywhere—literally. Did you buy a new handmade coffee table from an artisan at the Market? No problem—we can create and build a crate that fits your table and ship it to your home in Arizona, Oregon, Minnesota or Maine—or anywhere in between.

For over 30 years, we have helped so many people in the art community with their crating, packing and shipping needs, we are proud to say that we are now the preferred shipper for the Contemporary Hispanic Market. And believe us, this is not a title that we take lightly or one that is easily earned. Our friendly and experienced staff has collective years of experience with building crates and packing fragile and unique items like artwork before sending it safely on its way to your home.

We are proud of the fact that museum curators, auction house, art gallery owners and the artisans themselves trust us with their precious and one-of-a-kind pieces of fine art. We treat each and every item like it was our own, and we are also happy to provide on-site pick up to our valued customers.

Our packaging and crating materials meet all necessary standards, and we can ship artwork by land, air, and ocean—whatever we determine to be the best solution based on the size and fragility of your piece.

If you have avoided purchasing large items at the Contemporary Hispanic Market because you figured “I could never get that home on the plane,” everyone at Pak Mail of Santa Fe is here to assure you that you can definitely treat yourself to whichever beautiful works of art catch your eye and your heart. Let us know what you have purchased, and we will handle the rest.

In case you didn’t know, this event is happening at the same time as the Spanish Market! How cool is that!

Spanish Market in Santa Fe 2019

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Every summer for almost seven decades, the Traditional Spanish Market has taken place in Santa Fe.

Hosted by The Spanish Colonial Arts Society, will take place on the historic Santa Fe Plaza on July 27th and 28th.

During the 68th Annual Market, around 250 Spanish Colonial artists from throughout New Mexico and Southern Colorado will gather together for the magical event, bringing their beautiful woodcarving, tinwork, colcha, furniture, weavings, jewelry, pottery and much more.

For people who live locally and purchase a larger work of art, they may be able to get it back to their home if they own a minivan or SUV, or they may have to rent a truck to get the handmade piece to their house.

But for those who have purchased a large painting, item of furniture, home furnishing or other unique artwork as a gift for a loved one in another state, they may be wondering how they can get the item to them—safe and sound and in one piece.

The same is true for the hundreds of tourists who come in from around the country for the Traditional Spanish Market. While they may be able to fit handmade jewelry or a small weaving into their luggage, they will probably not be able to fly the friendly skies with a large and heavy hand-wrought piece of ironwork.

PakMail Santa Fe to the Rescue!

At PakMail Santa Fe, we are ready, willing and able to help people with all of their Traditional Spanish Market shipping needs. In fact, we are proud to be the preferred shipper for the event.
Our friendly and experienced staff is able to pack and ship anything, anywhere. From precious and delicate works of art and large items like ironwork, furniture and more, we have years of experience in building crates and packing fragile items.

In fact, for over 30 years, we have been the number one choice for sellers, private collectors, local artists, galleries, auctions and museums for handling all of the crating and shipping of fine art. If these esteemed professionals trust us, you can rest assured that we will treat your newfound work of art with the same respect and care.

We are also proud to offer on-site pick-up; this means that once you select that gorgeous Southwestern table at the Traditional Spanish Market, you don’t have to figure out a way to get the piece to us. Instead, we will be happy to come to pick it up, and then use our innovative software to determine the best packing option based on the size, value, fragility, and destination of the work of art.

If you have always wanted to go to the Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe but have put it off over concerns about getting any artwork back home, please put your worries aside and know that your purchase will be in great hands—literally—with our experienced team.

While you’re here, you get to experience the Contemporary Hispanic Market happening the exact same weekend as the Spanish Market. How cool is that!?

An Indian Market Recap

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Indian Market may be long gone, but we feel like we’re still recovering from this amazing event. If you were there, you saw we had a tent to ship sculptures, jewelry, rugs, pots and more home to those who were visiting us from out of state. We literally took thousands of items back to the warehouse to pack up and ship to their final destinations. Some items are easy to ship, while others required custom crates for the cross country journey. Have a look at just a little bit of the art shipping we did for Indian Market Santa Fe.

PakMail is the Preferred Shipper for the Native Treasures Art Market

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Indian Market Art ShippingArt aficionados probably have May 25 and 26, 2019 highlighted on their calendars—and for good reason. As most fans of artwork know quite well, this is the weekend of the annual Native Treasures Art Market.

Now in its 15th year, the Native Treasures Art Market is typically held over Memorial Day weekend in Santa Fe (1). This year’s event at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center will feature over 200 of the most prominent Native American artists representing Tribes and Pueblos from across the country.

The talented artisans will have a wide variety of their unique artwork for sale at the event, including pottery, paintings, baskets, sculptures, textiles, jewelry and more.

Got Artwork? We Can Help!

At PakMail, we are proud to be a shipper for the Native Treasures Art Market. We know that many people come in from out of town to attend this very special event, and they probably do not have room in their luggage for a large piece of artwork. In addition, even if they have it wrapped for the plane, it can be worrisome to watch a precious painting or delicate piece of pottery loaded onto the airplane.

We also understand that locals love the Art Market, and may want to purchase a birthday, Father’s Day, graduation or wedding gift for loved ones who live in other states at the event.

No matter what your shipping needs are or where you need your new artwork to go, the friendly team at PakMail is ready and able to help.

Rest Assured, We Know How to Handle Artwork

For years, we have provided packing and shipping services to artists, galleries, retail stores, museums, and auction houses. We know what it takes to carefully wrap delicate and one-of-a-kind pieces of art, placing them inside boxes that are well-insulated and filled with the right types of packing material.

So whether you have a huge painting that needs to be sent to your home in Arizona, or a large bronze sculpture that you want to send to your Dad in New York, we would be more than happy to assist. Our “white glove blanket-wrapped” services including delivery by high-value specialists will allow you to rest assured that your new piece of artwork will arrive safe and sound at your home or the home of your loved one.

At Pak Mail, we also know that unique works of art do not often come in standard shapes and sizes. As a result, we are able to design and create one-of-a-kind wood crates that are made to fit your new piece of art. Like the rest of our shipping boxes, our custom crates will be filled with the right kind of packing materials for the specific type of artwork; this will allow the painting, textile, basket or pottery to stay safe and secure during shipping. For extra stability, we can also provide pallets that will keep the artwork stable during shipping.

We look forward to working with our valued customers during and after the Native Treasures Art Market. As art fans ourselves, we know how many beautiful pieces will be for sale, and we are eager to help these unique works of art to safely get to their new homes.

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