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The Global Village is returning to ¡Globalquerque! 2009 and promises to be a real highlight of this year's festival. Roughly 30 booths of international crafts, culture and cuisine will be available for your browsing and shopping pleasure. Come early so you'll have plenty of time to explore the diverse offerings. Food and drink will be available until late in the evening, but the craft booths will shut down around 8 or 9. Local cultural groups are invited to bring information about their activities, put out mailing lists and free materials for distribution at the Community Booth.
Hours:
- Friday: 4 PM to close
- Saturday: 11 AM to close
Note: The Global Village will be open during the free day programming, from 11 AM to 4 PM on Saturday.
2009 Vendors:
Carved beads and folk art. "We work closely with several Balinese families with cottage industries in the design and production of beads and pendants. The materials we use are completely organic and include water buffalo horn, bone, and fossilized woolly mammoth and walrus ivory."
Art for Social Change
We are a mother/daughter team working to galvanize energy towards positive change using the arts in India and Sierra Leone. We do this in collaboration with the National Association of Sierra Leone Artists (NASLA) and Gramshree. We will have hand made dolls, jewelry and wood carvings from Sierra Leone and beautiful clothing and housewares from India. The profits from sales of these crafts are returned to Sierra Leone to help build an Art Resource Center for the preservation of the 16 indigenous tribal cultures and to Gramshree to continue to train and support Indian women in developing marketable skills. We have visited these communities and are honored to work with people who are alleviating poverty and promoting self sufficiency.
Unique clothing & accessories hand tie-dyed by Nicole Beaudoin in Magdalena, NM. Sizes range from infant to 6XL. "Tie-dyeing lets me share my love of color and design with the world. I love to think of my creations making their way outwards from New Mexico to all parts of the globe."
Del Arte Ruso
Beautiful Folk and Traditional Art of Russia: nesting dolls, birch bark, wood carvings, paper mache boxes, samovars, icons and more! All handpainted, colorful, modern and antique.
Born in Iseyin, Nigeria in 1967, Ife Fidudusola's first exposure to the arts and crafts that would become his life's work came at the hands of his grandmother. A master in Indigo processes and decorative sewing, she taught Ife from the age of seven while passing along the rich cultural history behind these skills. Dudu Arts' offerings include batik and tie-dye T-shirts and textiles, along with traditional wood carvings and paintings.
Elemental Alchemist
Fabulous and fantastic glass work by Elias Seidel. Items include handblown glass, goblets, pendants, beads, silver handmade jewelry, natural stones and feather quills.
Adorn your body in the garments that make you feel like the goddess you are! Garments are 100% rayon batiked and silk-screened in Bali. Easy to care for and washable in cold water. Perfect for casual or dressy occasions and great for travel! Also part of the Goddess Garb line are necklaces, bags made of African textiles, and scarves.
Guerrilla Graphix is a grass-roots, neighborhood retail business specializing in original-art and political graphics printed on recycled t-shirts, stickers and postcards. At our store—located one block from the University of New Mexico campus—you'll also find a large selection of urban hats, political badges/buttons/pins, messenger bags, hoodies, sunglasses and incense.
Hermanas
Born and educated in London, England, Julie graduated from St. Peters and from Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall. In addition to unique soft sculptures and suede wall hangings, Julie also does oil paintings. Her work has been widely exhibited on the east coast and in New Mexico. She has received numerous awards through juried shows and commissions from large corporations. Her artwork has been published in magazines and on CD covers and is represented in a number of galleries in the southwest.
Betty Anne Ingram
Since returning to her native New Mexico, Betty Anne Ingram has been exploring its wild mountains and desert, studying nature's most intricate details. Ingram is a self taught artist and craftsperson with experience in weaving & stitchery, candlemaking, watercolor, oils & pastels and clay. She started hand building in 1975, developing a unique style of handbuilt filigree ceramics, continued in the clay medium on the potters wheel and began creating ceramic jewelry in 1984.
She enjoys ongoing research and experimentation with clay and other mediums, and attempts to put as many uplifting variants of nature and color into each piece as possible. Her hope is that each small piece will bring to mind the joy we each find in ourselves through creativity and discovery.
Theresa Laferriere of Laughing Hare Hot Glass creates stained glass and fused stained glass mosaics. "In 1994 an old friend of mine was killed in a boating accident in Alaska. Because I could not attend her funeral, I decided to go down to the Rio Grande River and say goodbye to her there. That was the day I found the glass dump. Piles and piles of glass left over from garbage discarded many years ago. I knew instantly that I was supposed to do something with this glass. I spent that day building glass sculpture at the dump, and I came back the next day and did the same thing. Needless to say I brought some glass home and began the process of glass and me. Ten years later I've come to a whole new place with glass. Melting glass, cutting glass and creating mosaics and kaleidescopes is what it is all about now. No doubt this will change too over time. I continue to pursue creativity as a reason for living."
Melissa Lea's jewelry encompasses a diverse mix of Organic, Worldly, Multicultural designs and more. One aspect of design is her choice of earthy, neutral tone, semi-precious stones, wood and textured materials that give one a connected feel with the earth. Melissa Lea's collaboration with Lampwork artists, Native American Bead Designers and other Indigenous artisans from around the world bestows a connection with other cultures. She also interprets the energetic spirit of nature through the art of photography. "Surrounding ourselves with views of nature and other peaceful things recharges our spirit. That, in turn, creates a needed balance spiritually which allows us to live a more peaceful life physically." You can also visit Melissa on MySpace.
A unique selection of handmade jewelry crafted in silver, antique coins, stones and gems. All items offered are one-of-a-kind, designed and created by Katie Simmons.
RBI Drums is a small, owner operated drum building workshop in southern Colorado. They specialize in high quality hand drums such as Ashikos and Djembes, as well as Koras, the calabash backed harp that was played at ¡Globalquerque! 2007 by Senegalese performer Lankandia Cissoko. RBI Drums' founder, Michael Schraud, comes from a long line of woodworkers and is himself an instrument builder, wood turner and musician with many years of experience. The drums are lightweight, easy to play and stay in tune very well.
Whimsical carved and painted folk art by Isaac AlaridPease.
Tres Manos is a micro-enterprise development program targeting low-income families needing to find opportunities for increasing family resources to improve their quality of life. The focus of the program is skill development in the textile arts, including sewing and spinning. The participants are women from the local "colonias," including women who had never earned a paycheck prior to selling their work through Tres Manos. The program provides materials and the women receive 70% of the retail cost of each item once it has been sold. Many of them have made enough money to pay the rent, renovate their homes, pay off small medical bills and even purchased a used car. Most importantly, they have gained a sense of worth and pride from the realization that a customer finds their weaving worth purchasing.
Sisters Doris Wagner and Marcia Glenn both work with Precious Metal Clay (PMC), a relatively new material consisting of microscopic particles of silver or gold that are suspended in an organic binder to create a pliable material with a consistency similar to modeling clay. PMC can be worked with the fingers and simple tools to create a vast array of forms and surfaces that would be unattainable or laborious using traditional techniques. Doris's jewelry typically combines original "printed" patterns on PMC fine silver with sterling silver elements, and may also include semi-precious stones and the ancient keum-boo technique of applying 24k gold to silver. The patterns on her jewelry evoke ancient cultures and writing systems, while the overall designs are basically contemporary; for this reason, it has been called tribal-contemporary. Marcia's pieces tend to be organic and ethnic, and her inspirations come from nature and primitive cultures. She works extensively with both sterling silver and PMC.
Wanderlust
Everyone's favorite ephemeral import/export store will set up shop in the Global Village this year. Look for unique sterling silver and stone jewelry, belly dance costumes & accessories, masks, textiles, woodcarvings, and more. I hope they have more of those cool Indonesian batik cards!
Ye Ole Kitchen Witch body care products are made from scratch with quality ingredients, by loving hands, 12 years experience, and the sole purpose to improve the condition of the skin. Visit me at Global Village. Then take a moment to meet all of my handcrafted Maize Goddeses. One just might strike your fancy! My incense will make you smile. So, stop and visit a while.
¡Globalquerque! Community Booth
A clearinghouse for local activities and events. Local cultural groups are invited (and encouraged!) to drop off information in the booth to share with the public, including mailing lists and free materials for distribution at the Community Booth.
Visit the booth of KUNM 89.9 FM, New Mexico's premiere public radio station, and pick up free bumper stickers and program guides. Meet the staff and DJs. KUNM—one station, many voices.
Thanks to our friends in the New Mexico Tourism Department, your ¡Globalquerque! world tour includes all the sites of New Mexico too. Stop by the Tourism booth to pick up information on all the State has to offer, including museums, pueblos, forts, forests, mountains, lava beds, petroglyphs, sand dunes, caves and so much more. Discover the world of New Mexico—truly the Land of Enchantment.
True Ghost Stories of the West
This is the definitive, first-ever book series of hauntings, paranormal encounters, and spooky history of the southwestern U.S. States. Included are Arizona, New Mexico, California, American Indian Reservations and Pueblos, and Colorado. Antonio R. Garcez, author and ghost researcher, brings over 55 years of experience with the paranormal to readers and is the author of 10 books about ghosts and hauntings in the American southwest, including Ghost Stories of New Mexico and many others.
Almaz' Ethiopian Kitchen
We are giddy to be offering Ethiopian food at ¡Globalquerque! this year! This unique cuisine is not regularly available in New Mexico, so be prepared to sample it all! Each dish is served with (and often over) injera, a fermented, spongy, sourdough flatbread. You have your choice of vegetarian and meat dishes, typically spinach, lentils and chicken and lamb stews. It's a colorful and flavorful feast.
Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe
Annapurna is a Sanskrit word that literally means "complete food." Annapurna Ayurvedic Cuisine and Chai House is dedicated to providing delicious Indian food that promotes healing and balance. To the extent it is possible, the food is locally grown without chemicals and is always freshly prepared every day. Visit Annapurna in Albuquerque at 2201 Silver SE (Silver & Yale by UNM) and their new location at 7520 4th St NW, and at 905 West Alameda in Santa Fe.
Bom Dia Fine Brazilian Catering
Bom Dia offers the perfect combination of fresh Brazilian foods and New Mexican favorites. "We love to see the satisfaction of our clients, and how they enjoy the flavor, texture and taste of our food," says Leila Weber, who grew up in a small town in Brazil and is co-owner of Bom Dia with New Mexico native Tommy Fulcher. "All the compliments we get make a very hard day in the kitchen worth it."
Our special blend of Dutch-process cocoa and locally farmed honeys will not only stimulate your taste buds, but also your mind, body and spirit. We've lovingly created six unique varieties of BTS Chocolate Honey to satisfy even the most discriminating chocoholic or health conscious sybarite—that's fancy talk for us sweet-tooth hippies who want it all. We're sure you'll love eating our BTS Chocolate Honey as much as we love making it!
We take great pride in our product and serving the best espresso. We use a manual espresso machine which creates a much deeper connection between the barista and the machine. Our espresso beans are fair trade organic, oak wood roasted. We take similar care in making our organic gelato. We are locally owned and love all things cafe e bici. Visit us at ¡Globalquerque! and in our regular home at 3222 Silver Ave S.E. in Nob Hill.
Santa Fe Brewing Company is New Mexico's oldest microbrewery, distributing only naturally conditioned beers in its home state of New Mexico and surrounding states. Santa Fe Brewing Company brews their beer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. All of their beers are made from the finest hops shipped directly from the grower in Washington along with specialty malts imported from the UK. They pride themselves on not only using high quality ingredients but also using no preservatives or pasteurization. Look for the SFBC ¡Globalquerque! Pale Ale!
