New Mexico Arts, Crafts and Local Shopping

All shopping in Santa Fe is not expensive. We lead you to places where you can find some great bargains in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Roxanne Swentzell is a talented, internationally known ceramist and sculptor. From her Tower Gallery at the Pojoaque Visitor's Center just north of Santa Fe, New Mexico she creates marvelous works of art that may find homes in museums or in private collections.

When traveling through both the towns and back roads of New Mexico, finding handmade pottery and meeting potters can be an enriching experience.

Visiting Felipe Ortega Micaceous Cooking Pottery in La Madera, New Mexico

When traveling through both the towns and back roads of New Mexico, finding handmade pottery and meeting potters can be an enriching experience.

In New Mexico, you will find that the traditions of weaving beautiful textiles has been handed down through the generations. We show you where you can find traditional weavings and wool, dyed in the traditional way to purchase or just plain enjoy!

The artist, Georgia O'Keeffe is known for her stylized paintings of the New Mexico landscape as well as her floral paintings. To tour O'Keeffe country is to see New Mexico through the eyes of the artist. We start our tour at the O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and travel to the countryside to see her home in Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch.

Art, artists, galleries and events make up this valuable guide.

Each month, the Navajo weavers bring their rugs to the Crownpoint auction in New Mexico. You can buy direction from the weavers.

For those who have a passion for undeniably amazing cowboy boots, Back At The Ranch, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has the largest collection of hand made cowboy boots in the country. All of the boots are made from the finest leathers.

Creativity in fiber art encompasses age-old traditions and cutting edge advances. It flourishes on the back roads of New Mexico where more than 200 artists in 71 destinations welcome visitors to their studios. The Fiber Arts Trail celebrates New Mexico’s diverse communities, lifestyles, and landscapes, all of which inspire, nurture, and supply fiber-related activities.

For the lover of Navaho rugs and weavings, a day trip from Gallup through the Navajo Reservation to Toadlena Trading Post and Two Grey Hills Trading Post is a must-do. Not only will you find yourself at the center of the Two Grey Hills weaving community, you will have the opportunity to learn about the beautiful rugs and see examples that exist nowhere else. And, if you are lucky, you meet one of the talented Navajo weavers.

This site has links to most of the gallery and museum websites in New Mexico. A commercial site, they also maintain links to tourism information. The maps and statistics are useful as well as you plan your tour to New Mexico's art galleries and museums.

Betsy Malloy, About.com travel writer, tells how Pueblo pottery is made, where to buy a piece and how to tell one style from another. A piece of pueblo pottery can make a fine souvenir, but quality comes at a price. For a fine piece of pueblo pottery from a well-known potter, expect to pay hundreds to thousands of dollars.

Each year the Santa Fe Indian Market includes 1,200 artists from about 100 tribes who show their work in over 600 booths. The event attracts an estimated 100,000 visitors to Santa Fe from all over the world. Buyers, collectors and gallery owners come to Indian Market to take advantage of the opportunity to buy directly from the artists. Quality is the hallmark of the Santa Fe Indian Market.

Santa Fe is a mecca for shoppers. Whether you are decorating your home in Southwest decor or are looking for that special piece of Indian jewelry, Santa Fe will have what you are looking for. We provide you with suggestions for a great Santa Fe shopping experience.

From mini-malls to the Santa Fe Outlets. Here's a listing of stores in Santa Fe.

Trading posts of the southwest. History, culture, understanding the pawn system and how to shop at local trading posts. Features list of Gallup trading posts.

Native American Heishi Jewelry, most often from Santo Domingo Pueblo, is an ancient art form now prized by collectors. Find out how heishi beads are made and why buying from the artisan is important.