Friday, August 15, 2025 – A preview of the 2025 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market

After 103 years, the Santa Fe Indian Market remains the biggest draw for Native artists, potters, and jewelry makers as well as those who appreciate and collect their work. More than 1.000 juried participants come from hundreds of Native communities, offering a hugely diverse range of inspiring work. We’ll take a small sample of that creativity and check in on the outlook for Native arts and arts education. GUESTS Lily Hope (Tlingit), Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver and artist Jamie Schulze (Northern Cheyenne / Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), executive director of Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Shelly Lowe (Diné), president of the Institute of American Indian Arts Dan Vallo (Acoma Pueblo), 2024 SWAIA Best of Show winner and multimedia artist Monica Raphael (Anishinaabe and Sicangu Lakota), quill and beadwork artist     Break 1 Music: C.R.E.A.M. [Instrumental] (song) Wu-Tang Clan (artist) Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers [Instrumentals] (album) Break 2 Music: The Gift of Life (song) Randy Wood (artist) The Gift of Life (album)