News Release

Experience a Weekend of Culture and Adventure in Santa Fe County

For Immediate Release
Date: 8/10/2001
Contact: Barbara Walzer

(505) 988-1402

SANTA FE COUNTY, NM - Over 1000 artists from approximately
100 tribes will show their work at this year's Santa Fe Indian
Market in Santa Fe. Celebrating their 80th year, Indian Market
will be held August 18-19 on and around the Santa Fe Plaza.
Over 100,000 visitors from around the world will make their
way to Santa Fe County for a weekend of culture and adventure.

Established in 1922 to encourage the continuation of traditional
Indian arts and crafts and to provide artists with a marketplace,
this largest and oldest juried Native American art show and
market, attracts admirers of Indian art and culture from around
the world. Indian Market also provides a forum for buyers, collectors
and gallery owners to come to Indian Market to take advantage
of the opportunity to buy directly from the artists.

For many visitors, the Santa Fe Indian Market provides a rare
opportunity to meet the artists and learn about contemporary
Indian arts and cultures while at the same time enjoying the
beauty of Santa Fe County. Rich in history, traditions and legends,
Santa Fe County provides an intimate view of the people and
events that shaped much of New Mexico.

A visit to Indian Market would not be complete without experiencing
greater Santa Fe County. Offering travelers the unique opportunity
to explore the rich diversity of New Mexico, Santa Fe County
is a place for culture, arts, outdoors, healing, and history.

The world-renowned Santa Fe Opera features stunning vistas
of the mesas of Santa Fe County. The Indian Pueblos of Tesuque,
San Ildefonso, Pojoaque and Nambé each offer their own unique
art and culture. Relive a piece of history by visiting the town
of Glorieta, where westward expansion of the Civil War halted.
Or, visit El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, which was a stopping
place on the long journey from Mexico to Santa Fe on El Camino
Real.

Just beyond Santa Fe's city limits lies an undiscovered world
filled with Native American pueblos, Spanish villages, breath-taking
mountains and dramatic mesas. It's a world where traditions
live on, where artistic expression is a way of life and where
beauty unfolds at each and every turn. It's Santa Fe County
and it's waiting for you. For more information visit www.SeeSantaFe.org
or call 1-800-548-8272. Media inquiries please contact Barbara
Walzer (505) 983-5220.