Gift Shop Opening 4 Days
Grab your GIFTS!
Shop local and support Native artists. Check out some of the items we have available. Open only 4 Days by appointment only, Email Alba (aemartinez@pojoaque.org) to reserve your time.
We have items from local Native American artists including, Pueblo pottery, Jewelry, Moccasins, T-Shirts, Mugs, Bags, Stickers, Prints, Dresses, Belts, Lotions, Balms, Gift Cards, Buttons, Hats and more.
Featured artists: NSRGNTS, Randy Silva, Medicine of the People, Evonne Martinez, Bison Star Naturals, War Medicine, David Sloan, Shawn Tafoya, Erik Fender, Glenn Gomez and more talented local Native artists.
First Week of Poeh Arts
The Poeh Culture Center is currently enrolling students for the Spring 2020 Semester classes.
Class sizes are limited, so be sure to register now if you’d like to participate. Courses are open to Native American students only. Classes share cultural knowledge and we respect the students and instructors space to support cultural traditions.
All classes are held on the Poeh Cultural Center studios at the Pueblo of Pojoaque.
Register by downloading application or registering online. Registration is only complete when class fees are made over the phone by credit card at (505) 455-5041 or in person with credit card, cash or check at the Poeh Gift Shop.
Please contact Jake Viarrial (505) 455-5063, for any questions regarding the classes, supplies, times and any other issues.
Poeh Winter Market 2019
The 3rd Annual Poeh Winter Market features over 50 Native artists. Held every first weekend in December from 9am to 4pm, the market gives visitors the chance to visit with artists and shop for jewelry, pottery, textiles and other holiday gifts. Each day will feature local foods, Native dances and a kids corner! Located at the Cities of Gold Hotel Ballroom. Contact Jake Viarrial (505) 455-5049 for general information and Brandon Viarrial (505) 455-5041 for artist questions.
Di Wae Powa: Opening Celebration
The Tewa Pottery Advisory Committee and Poeh Cultural Center invite you to join us at the public opening reception for DI WAE POWA and welcome our pottery home. After a century long journey, Tewa Pueblo pottery acquired within the Tewa villages is returning back to Tewa hands. These pots, along with a research gallery, are a ground breaking co-stewardship between the Poeh Cultural Center and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019
11 AM – 4 PM
Opening Reception will include traditional Pueblo food, dances, speakers & pottery demonstrations.
The Poeh Cultural Center at the Pueblo of Pojoaque, has finalized an agreement with the National Museum of the American Indian to open a groundbreaking new exhibition and research space that will feature 100 pots of Tewa origin at the Poeh. The exhibition, titled Di Wae Powa: They Came Back, is an historic partnership for both the Poeh and NMAI, because it involves a long-term co-stewardship and display of Tewa pottery that were collected from Tewa Pueblo potters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And now, those same pots will return home and be reunited with the descendants of their creators. The public exhibit opening is set for October 12 and will include Tewa Pueblo dances, foods, speakers and pottery demonstrations.
To learn more about this project please follow the link here:
Jacob Viarrial Community Day
The Poeh Cultural Center invites you to join us on June 28, 2019 from 10 AM to 1 PM to celebrate Jake Viarrial Day (1946-2004). Viarrial, who served 2 terms as the Governor of Pojoaque, was a vocal advocate for Pueblo legal rights and sovereignty. His assertion of Pueblo sovereignty garnered national attention in 1995 when he challenged the state of New Mexico’s decision to force the Pueblo of Pojoaque to close its casino. Viarrial threatened to install tollbooths along U.S. 84-285 to make up for lost revenue if the state closed the casino. The state backed down.
Senator Nancy Rodriguez (D) District 24, who was a close personal friend of “Uncle Jake”, will be on hand to help celebrate the event which will include stories, music, food, and children’s activities.
For more information contact Macario Gutierrez at 505.455.5043 or magutierrez@pojoaque.org
Poeh Summer Market
June 15, 2019 – June 16, 2019
Crossing Pathways
Erik Fender (San Ildefonso Pueblo) & Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh)
Artist in Residence at Buffalo Thunder
Artist in Residence at Buffalo Thunder is a special series of public artist demonstrations from a talented array of Native American artists. Each weekend the City of Santa Fe, Hilton Buffalo Thunder and the Poeh Cultural Center will feature a new artist to display and sell their works of art. Art will include traditional pottery, jewelry, fiber arts, and illustrations. In addition to the featured demonstrating artists, local artists will accompany the program. Friday nights at 6pm will have special performances by the Pueblo of Pojoaque Youth Hoop Dancers.
For more information please contact the Poeh Cultural Center at (505) 455-5041
Please refer below for Artist and Dates:
Daniel Jim Jewelry 11/2-11/4
Martha Romero Micaceious Pottery 11/9-11/11
Toni Olver Jewelry 11/16-11/18
Jacqueline Gala Jewelry 11/23-11/25
Golga Oscar Sewing 11/30-12/2
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Virgil Vigil Mixed Media 12/14-12/16
Jerry Dunbar Pottery 12/21-12/23
Charles Quintana Jewelry 12/28-12/30
Melbourne Pesata Jr Jewelry 1/4-1/6
Michael Brancroft Moccasin Making 1/11-1/13
Janice Black Elk Jim Advanced Beading 1/18-1/20
Chad Browneagle Sketches 1/25-1/27
Betty Padilla Jewelry 2/1-2/3
Albert Alvertrez ………
Annette Montoya Micaceous Pottery 2/15-2/17
C. Renee Roybal ………
10th Annual Dia de Los Muertos Opening Reception
The 10th Annual Dia de Los Muertos exhibit will open October 26th at the Poeh Cultural Center.
The exhibit, which will feature the works of 21 established New Mexico Hispanic and Native American artists, as well the works of youth and emerging artists. Their work celebrates the rich artistic and spiritual traditions as expressed in jewelry, painting, sculpture and photography.
Cara Romero, a photographer, described how the exhibit celebrates the intercultural connections of peoples in the Southwest. “Many of us (Natives from the Southwest) have grandparents that were listed as Mexican citizens. Many of our tribal languages from north and south of the border are the same,” Romero said. “The songs, the art, the dependence on the very same lands and waters. Our parrot bundles come from there, our shells and the shared culture of Dia de los Muertos reminds us that we were once the same peoples.”
This year marks the 10th Annual occasion for the show. “The reason I started the show was to showcase some local young and upcoming artists mainly to give back and remember the ones we have lost in our families, and to bring back the festival into New Mexico culture.” said Toby Morfin, one of the organizers and artists featured in the exhibit.
The opening reception for the exhibit will be held October 26th, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the Poeh Cultural Center in Pojoaque.
Featured Artists:
Jason Borrego
Vince Campos
Dio Dominguez
Matthew Duran
Joshua I. Gallegos
Elizabeth Talavera
Rachael Montoya
Joseph A. Lopez
Sophia E. Rodriquez
Gabriel Edwards
Andrew Montoya
Cody Sanderson
Michael E. Martinez
Janet M. Rodriquez
Toby Morfin
Gene Ortega
Gabriel Duran
Cara Romero
Miranda Lopez
Jim Vogel
Albert Zalma
Sage Vogel
Robb Rael
Cruz Lopez
Kaitlyn Ortiz
Leroy Garcia
Sean Wells
Shane Casias
Isaac C. Ortiz
Mateo Romero
