Santa Fe 400th: Timeline
| The New Mexican
Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 7/30/10
     
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Before 1500s Natives elevate weaving to a high art, creating baskets, clothing, sandals and utensils.

1598: Spanish colonial life raises to an art form activities associated with everyday life and religious practice — carving, tinwork and weaving.

1821: Santa Fe Trail opens.

1878: Railroad opens migration from East.

1898: First movie is filmed in New Mexico.

1915: Taos Society of Artists organizes.

1917: New Mexico builds the Museum of Art.

1921-1926: Los Cinco Pintores, the five painters, are active in Santa Fe.

1922: Indian Market begins.

1926: Spanish Colonial Arts Society forms.

1932: Studio School opens at Santa Fe Indian School.

1933: New Deal supports artists and writers.

1995: SITE Santa Fe opens to celebrate contemporary art.





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