The 2015 "Indigenous Fine Art Market" (IFAM) looked like it had a great second year. As I was getting ready to report on IFAM this year. I saw that it didn't have the PR push it had last year. I wondered why?
I just found out that one of the main organizers "Paula Rivera" was fired from IFAM. An eyewitness found Paula bagging groceries over at "Sprouts" last spring. No one really knows why she was let go of her position from IFAM at Santa Fe. But, she has now left the state.
IFAM was a big gamble in the Santa Fe artist community. That gamble paid off as patrons flocked to a contemporary Indigenous Market in 2014. John Torres Nez resigned in March of 2014 as the chief operating officer of the Southwestern association for Indian Arts (SWAIA). It runs the Santa Fe Indian Market. Soon after, Paula Rivera & Tailinh Agoyo resigned too from SWAIA. They had a few months to organize IFAM on the "eve" dates before SWAIA had their regular Indian Market.
As IFAM begins to expand outside of Santa Fe. The question is -- Did anyone replace Paula among the top 3 organizers? If so, Who? Or is it run only by John & Talinh? Stay tuned...,
Click on the photo for interview from last year's IFAM beginning's.
(Left to right: Tailinh Agoyo, John Torres Nez & Paula Rivera)
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