TALK BY AUTHOR NICHOLAS KRISTOF

When: 7:30 p.m. July 7

Where: Lensic Performing Arts Center

Who: Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, World Women Work and International Folk Art Museum

Tickets: $15 to $125 (includes preferred seating and private reception at Coyote Cantina)

CONCERT BY CUBAN BAND, TRADISON

When: 6-8:30 p.m., July 8

Where: Santa Fe Plaza

Who: Santa Fe International Folk Art Market

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

What: "Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities"

When: 1-4 p.m., July 4, opening reception; 2 p.m. panel discussion

Where: Museum of International Folk Art

Other museum events: July 5, 6 and 8, breakfast with the museum curator, 8:30- 10 a.m., $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers; July 6, folk art demonstrations, 10 a.m. to noon, by museum admission

MARKET OPENING PARTY

When: 6:30-9 p.m. July 9

Where: Museum Hill

Who: Santa Fe International Folk Art Market

Tickets: $125 (go on sale May 1)


2010 Folk Art Market

175: Number of artists (half of them new to market)

53: Countries represented

400: Number of applicants

28: Sponsored artists

$200,000: Cost to pay for artists to come to Santa Fe

2009 Folk Art Market

123 artists from 46 countries

23,400 people attended (14.4 percent increase over 2008)

60 percent of attendees were visitors to Santa Fe

Generated $1.95 million in artists' sales

$152,257 in gross receipts tax paid on sales

Total economic impact estimated at $15.7 million

Over 1,500 volunteers worked for the market