Broom Room Workshop
In this workshop, you will spend three hours creating two different types of small brushes. The first brush will have a paintbrush-style design, made with horsehair and dried cholla. The second will be a small Tampico brush that is wrapped and sewn. All materials will be provided, and if time permits, participants can create multiple Tampico brushes.
Additionally, you will receive a private tour of the Broom Room exhibit with artist Julia Tait Dickenson. This will give you the opportunity to explore how the techniques used in the workshop are reflected in the pieces displayed in the gallery. As a resident of El Zaguan, Julia is also happy to offer a tour of her on-site studio to anyone interested
Broom Room Workshop
In this workshop, you will spend three hours creating two different types of small brushes. The first brush will have a paintbrush-style design, made with horsehair and dried cholla. The second will be a small Tampico brush that is wrapped and sewn. All materials will be provided, and if time permits, participants can create multiple Tampico brushes.
Additionally, you will receive a private tour of the Broom Room exhibit with artist Julia Tait Dickenson. This will give you the opportunity to explore how the techniques used in the workshop are reflected in the pieces displayed in the gallery. As a resident of El Zaguan, Julia is also happy to offer a tour of her on-site studio to anyone interested
Fundraiser | Rob Martinez Rock’n’Roll in the Garden
Fundraiser | Rob Martinez Rock’n’Roll in the Garden | A Performance and Presentation | $110 for HSFF Members | $145 for non-members | Register here
Join us for an evening of rock’n’roll at El Zaguán, benefiting the Historic Santa Fe Foundation. Enjoy an open-air concert as the sun sets, supporting Santa Fe’s heritage and architecture. State Historian Rob Martinez, a New Mexican folk musician dedicated to promoting Hispanic musical traditions will perform. Martinez has lectured extensively on New Mexican culture and history. El Zaguán, managed by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, offers an intimate setting. Its garden provides a memorable backdrop as daylight fades.
Timeless Waters: Acequia Culture in New Mexico
Historic Santa Fe Foundation announces the exhibition, Timeless Waters: Acequia Culture in New Mexico. The show features two projects by artist Sharon Stewart: El Cerrito: A Village Life Portrait, and FIRESCAPE. Stewart’s work addresses traditions surrounding water in New Mexico and the challenges of acequia maintenance, preservation, and utilization in the face of the population changes and climate change.
Exhibition El Zaguan | Broom Room 4
HSFF invites everyone to join us for the opening of Sweeping Change, the fourth Broom Room exhibition by Julia Tait Dickinson on June 27th, 2025 from 5-7 PM
This exhibition features an impressive collection of handmade brooms and brushes created by El Zaguán resident artist Julia Tait Dickenson. The unique pieces included in this exhibition stem from her passion for collecting, finding, and creating. Julia explains, "Brooms, brushes, and sweeping are a part of our collective domestic history, and I create my pieces as part of that tradition. I find joy in discovering interesting and discarded objects, and I love exploring new ways to create brooms and brushes. This year, in particular, I’ve been inspired by the phrase Sweeping Change."
Visitors to "The Broom Room" will experience a unique blend of functionality and artistic innovation. While Dickenson maintains a keen eye for everyday use, she enjoys venturing into more abstract designs for this exhibition, pushing the boundaries of traditional broom and brush forms. "While I always keep functionality in mind, this show also offers an opportunity to experiment with abstract concepts, elevating the ordinary, and leading to the creation of unexpected broom structures," Julia notes.
The exhibition will showcase pieces that are both recognizable in their original essence and strikingly transformed into something entirely new. "My goal is to capture and preserve the essence of the original use of each object while transforming it into something completely different," says Julia
Annual Garden Party
Members’ Meeting | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road | Register here
Historic Santa Fe Foundation warmly invites our members to attend the Annual Garden Party and Members’ Meeting. This yearly gathering takes place in the beautiful El Zaguán garden, located at 545 Canyon Road, and offers refreshments, engaging conversations about the organization’s future, and social opportunities for those passionate about preservation and the history of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Check-in begins at 5 PM, followed by refreshments and social time, with the official program starting at 5:30 PM.
Designing the New O’Keeffe in a Historic Context: Cody Hartley and Devendra Narayna Contractor
Since 1997, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has been slowly outgrowing its current facilities on Johnson Street. The museum’s awareness that the facilities and could not adequately store and care for the collection, handle the volume of visitors, or expand educational offerings to support the youth and families of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico prompted the 2020s development of a plan to fundraisejr, design, and begin construction on a new complex on the adjacent Grant Avenue. In a 2023 Santa Fe New Mexican article, the board and its director Cody Hartley publicly presented its plan to develop a property adjacent to the museum that previously housed their Education Center.
Developing this new museum at 123 Grant Ave presented complications. Located on the ancestral land of the Tesuque Pueblo, it’s historic usage includes parts of the royal presidio, the Fort Marcy officers’ quarters, and a former Safeway grocery store. It is directly adjacent to the , Otero-Bergere House, a HSFF Registered property that serves as the Museum’s research center. Additionally, the Museum received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is therefore subject to review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Section 106 requires federal agencies to consider the impact of their projects on historic properties and archaeologically sensitive sites.
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum hosted public meetings and listening sessions including outreach to consulting parties, resulting in an archaeological review process and plan that has been described as a model for future public/private partnerships.
The work is underway with the plan to open the new museum in 2028. In this presentation, Hartley and his architect Devendra Narayna Contractor of DNCA Architects discuss the process and challenges of designing this complex in downtown Santa Fe.
Punch Tin Workshop with Esteban Ismael Duran
Join HSFF and Esteban Ismael Duran for a punch tin workshop. Learn about the craft, and create your own punch tin piece. Space is limited so advance registration is required.
Artist In Conversation: Esteban Ismael Duran
Join us for an Artist Conversation on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM. Free and open to the public. Space is limited, so advance registration is required to guarantee seating.
Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners “Let’s Grow” Free Public Workshop and Garden Tour at El Zaguán
Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners “Let’s Grow” Free Public Workshop and Garden Tour at El Zaguán: Gardening Best Practices for Beautiful and Sustainable Landscapes. Friday, June 6 from 5 – 7 pm, 545 Canyon Road. Learn about the creation of El Zaguán’s 19th century flower garden, and how emerging climate challenges and support for wildlife drive new plant choices and cultivation methods. Discover practical strategies to promote gorgeous and environmentally friendly gardening across the seasons. Q&A, light refreshments, free admission, no registration required.
The Roots of James L. Johnson - A Virtual Salon Talk by Elizabeth A Comer
El Zaguan, 545 Canyon Road, is the present day headquarters of Historic Santa Fe Foundation. It is a piece of a larger compound with a multi-room house, orchard, stables, farmland, and outbuildings created by James L. Johnson and his wife Maria Jesus Montoya. Johnson began purchasing parcels on Canyon Road in 1854 and built this sizable Territorial-style house. Elizabeth A. Comer will present ‘The Roots of James Lewis Johnson in Catoctin Furnace, Maryland’ to share Johnson’s life before Santa Fe, his family, their legacy in Maryland, and the Catoctin Furnace Historical Societies work. “The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. focuses on commemorating, studying, and preserving the architecture, cultural landscapes, lifeways and foodways of the enslaved Africans, free African Americans, and European immigrant laborers and families.”
Esteban Ismael Durán | Tales of Memories And Transformation Opening
Esteban Ismael Duran | Tales of Memories and Transformations
Friday, May 30th, 2025
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Historic Santa Fe Foundation
545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
Chuck Wolfe Salon Leveraging Place: New Lessons for Santa Fe
Chuck Wolfe’s highly visual presentation will explore “leveraging place" in Santa Fe, examining how the city's rich history and layered identity—from the Palace of the Governors to everyday landscapes—shape our experiences. He will provide examples and guidance on purposefully observing and understanding a place's innate identity over time by reflecting on themes of connection, absence, and historical layers. Designed for longtime residents and newcomers, the talk will offer fresh perspectives on Santa Fe and provide tools to appreciate, engage with, and sustain a city's complex spirit in an evolving world.
Exhibition El Zaguán | In Situ Artist Conversation
Artist Conversation | In Situ Group Exhibition | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
On Saturday, May 10th at 2 PM, all four artists will participate in a casual discussion with Gallery Manager Anne Kelly, followed by a Q&A with the audience. This talk is free and open to the public, advanced registration is required to reserve a seat.
Handmade Book Workshop with Ingrid Ellison
Handmade Book Workshop
with Ingrid Ellison | Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 12:30–4:30 PM | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico | $150 per person
With years of experience filling journals and sketchbooks, Instructor Ingrid Ellison has now embraced the art of creating unique artist books. Historic Santa Fe Foundation is pleased to offer a one-day workshop where participants, guided by Ellison, will craft a small, handheld book. This workshop provides an opportunity to select cover papers and fabrics, construct the book, and personalize it with painting and drawing, all under Ellison’s expert guidance.
The workshop will begin with choosing cover papers and fabrics for the spine, and facing the the inner covers with decorative papers. Then participants will have the chance to fill their pages either by responding to a series of prompts or by adding photos and mementos they bring from home.
Once the pages are complete, they will be stitched into the covers. Lastly, with time and interest permitting, participants will have the opportunity to share their books with each other.
This workshop is open to adults, no experience is necessary.
A material fee of $10 is included in the class rate. Materials include watercolors, gouache, colored pencils and pens, paint markers, paper, textile collage materials, and more.
Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Symposium
At the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Avenue
For 2025, Historic Santa Fe Foundation is honored to partner with the New Mexico Museum of History and numerous organizations to produce the Preservation Month Symposium — Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Symposium — a Preservation Month preview event that offers a day-long program for the community, our respective organizational membership, and the public relating to preservation, its relevance, and its challenges.
The partners in this event are: Historic Santa Fe Foundation, New Mexico History Museum, the State Historic Preservation Office, Old Santa Fe Association, City of Santa Fe Historic Preservation Division, Pueblo of Tesuque, Friends of Architecture, AIA Santa Fe, and Cornerstones Community Partnerships.
Exhibition El Zaguán | In Situ
Exhibition Opening | In Situ Group Exhibition | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is pleased to announce a group exhibition featuring artworks by Mary Olson, Wendy Fay, Julia Tait Dickenson, and Liza Hayle Doyle. This exhibition, In Situ: being in place showcases a rich tapestry of handmade processes. The opening will take place at El Zaguán, located at 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, on Friday, April 25th, 2025, from 5-7 PM.
Brooks House Salon | Julianne Burton-Carvajal
Salon | Who Was Josefa Bustos? | Readings from a Novel-in Progress by Julianne Burton-Carvajal | Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 5 PM | At the Edwin Brooks House, 553 Canyon Road | Free for HSFF Members | $10 for non-members | Register here
Historic Santa Fe Foundation invites you to this special event offering a unique glimpse into Dr. Julianne Burton-Carvajal’s creative process and the meticulous research behind her novel-in-progress. The evening will include a reading, a Q&A session, and an opportunity to meet the author in person, accompanied by light refreshments.
Please register in advance. Members and non-members register here.
Book Talk | The Traumatized Doctor's Diary: Stories of Saving Oneself and the World
Book Talk | The Traumatized Doctor's Diary: Stories of Saving Oneself and the World | Dominic Cappello | 3:30 PM | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
On Wednesday, March 19, Dominic Cappello will give a book talk in the Gallery at El Zaguán from 3:30 to 5 PM. The talk is free and open the public. Space is limited, so advance registration is required to guarantee seating. Register here.
Exhibition El Zaguán | The Traumatized Doctor's Diary: Stories of Saving Oneself and the World
Exhibition Opening and Book Launch | The Traumatized Doctor's Diary: Stories of Saving Oneself and the World | Dominic Cappello | Reading at 6 PM | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is excited to announce the exhibition opening and book launch for resident artist Dominic Cappello. The event will feature his new work, The Traumatized Doctor's Diary: Stories of Saving Oneself and the World. Join us at El Zaguán, located at 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Friday, March 7, 2025, from 5 PM to 7 PM. Cappello will read excerpts from his book at 6 PM and will be available for book signings throughout the evening. Learn more about the show and book, as well as podcasts here: www.thedrdom.com.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti
Meet-and-Greet and Live Sculpture Demonstration | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Fridays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti will host meet-and-greet sessions and live demonstrations at Historic Santa Fe Foundation's gallery at El Zaguán. Visitors can interact with Caletti and observe her creative process every Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 PM until her exhibition, Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology, concludes on March 1, 2025. This event, part of her solo show presented by the Foundation, offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into her artistic techniques and inspirations rooted in memory, nature, and personal mythology. Admission is free to the public.
Photograph of Carla Caletti by Debora Ratliff.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti
Meet-and-Greet and Live Sculpture Demonstration | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Fridays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti will host meet-and-greet sessions and live demonstrations at Historic Santa Fe Foundation's gallery at El Zaguán. Visitors can interact with Caletti and observe her creative process every Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 PM until her exhibition, Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology, concludes on March 1, 2025. This event, part of her solo show presented by the Foundation, offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into her artistic techniques and inspirations rooted in memory, nature, and personal mythology. Admission is free to the public.
Photograph of Carla Caletti by Debora Ratliff.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti
Meet-and-Greet and Live Sculpture Demonstration | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Fridays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti will host meet-and-greet sessions and live demonstrations at Historic Santa Fe Foundation's gallery at El Zaguán. Visitors can interact with Caletti and observe her creative process every Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 PM until her exhibition, Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology, concludes on March 1, 2025. This event, part of her solo show presented by the Foundation, offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into her artistic techniques and inspirations rooted in memory, nature, and personal mythology. Admission is free to the public.
Photograph of Carla Caletti by Debora Ratliff.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti
Meet-and-Greet and Live Sculpture Demonstration | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Fridays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti will host meet-and-greet sessions and live demonstrations at Historic Santa Fe Foundation's gallery at El Zaguán. Visitors can interact with Caletti and observe her creative process every Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 PM until her exhibition, Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology, concludes on March 1, 2025. This event, part of her solo show presented by the Foundation, offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into her artistic techniques and inspirations rooted in memory, nature, and personal mythology. Admission is free to the public.
Photograph of Carla Caletti by Debora Ratliff.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti
Meet-and-Greet and Live Sculpture Demonstration | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Fridays and Saturdays from 1-4 PM | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti will host meet-and-greet sessions and live demonstrations at Historic Santa Fe Foundation's gallery at El Zaguán. Visitors can interact with Caletti and observe her creative process every Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 PM until her exhibition, Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology, concludes on March 1, 2025. This event, part of her solo show presented by the Foundation, offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into her artistic techniques and inspirations rooted in memory, nature, and personal mythology. Admission is free to the public.
Photograph of Carla Caletti by Debora Ratliff.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Carla Caletti Artist Talk
Artist Talk | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 2 pm | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Join us for an artist talk and demonstration featuring Carla Caletti on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 2 PM. Carla will be in conversation with Lili Pierrepont from the ArtStorming Podcast, offering unique insights into her artistic process and creative journey. Advance registration is strongly recommended. Register here.
Salon El Zaguán | Nicolasa Chávez
Salon | A History of Chocolate | A Presentation by Nicolasa Chávez | Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 6 pm | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road | Free for HSFF Members | $10 for non-members | Register here
Historic Santa Fe Foundation is pleased to present a lecture by Nicolasa Chávez exploring chocolate's global journey from pre-Columbian Americas through Spanish Colonial Southwest to its worldwide popularity.
Please register in advance. Members and non-members register here.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology
Exhibition Opening | Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology | Carla Caletti | Friday, January 31, 2025 | 5-7 pm | At El, Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Carla Caletti's solo exhibition Interior Landscape; Resurrecting Personal Mythology will open at HSFF’s El Zaguán on January 31, 2025, from 5 to 7 PM. In this series, self-taught artist Carla Caletti continues her practice of creating work from her inner world. Informed by memories, ancestral connections, and daily walks along the river, she weaves fragments from the past into the present as abstract figurative narratives. The resurrection of these once veiled elements leads to new forms and associations, each existing within a similar yet unique setting and language. It is in this space that Caletti's abstract figurative works come together to create a personal mythology rooted in safety, protection, care, hope, love, and prayers for the world at large. Learn more here.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Tamarind at El Zaguán | Conversation in the Gallery with Artist Judy Tuwaletstiwa
Conversation in the Gallery with Artist Judy Tuwaletstiwa | Tamarind at El Zaguán | Produced by Tamarind Institute | Saturday, January 11, 2025 | 2 pm | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Historic Santa Fe Foundation is pleased to announce an exhibition produced by Tamarind Institute at the historic El Zaguán gallery in Santa Fe (December 6-January 18). Tamarind at El Zaguán features a selection of fine prints created in Tamarind’s workshop by artists based in New Mexico or inspired by New Mexico, each representing an individualized response to drawing and the medium of lithography. Free and open to the public. Register in advance here.
Salon El Zaguán | Dr. Alysia L. Abbott
Salon | Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery in Santa Fe: A Cemetery with a Long History… and an Uncertain Futures | A Presentation by Dr. Alysia L. Abbott | Thursday, December 19, 2024 | 3 pm | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico | Free for HSFF Members | $10 for non-members | Register here
Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery was in service for many of the Catholic faithful of Santa Fe for generations. However, what is now Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery is all that remains of what was a much larger community cemetery that received the Dead of many faiths and backgrounds, including prisoners who died in the Territorial Penitentiary.
Please register in advance. Members and non-members register here.
Photo: By Dr. Alysia L. Abbott
SOLD OUT | Winter Fundraiser: Salon & Musical Performance by Lone Piñon
SOLD OUT | Winter Fundraiser | Salon & Musical Performance by Lone Piñon | Tuesday, December 17, 2024 | 5:30 pm | At San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is excited to announce our annual winter fundraiser! This year, we invite you to join us at San Miguel Chapel for a presentation and musical performance by Lone Piñon. This special fundraiser supports both the Foundation and the preservation of San Miguel Chapel, one of the oldest churches in the United States. The evening will begin with a brief history of San Miguel presented by Chapel Director Laurianne Fiorentino. Then, at 6:00 PM, attendees will enjoy a performance by Lone Piñon, a well-regarded New Mexican musical ensemble known for their engaging musical lectures that combine traditional New Mexican music with historical insights.
SOLD OUT.
Exhibition El Zaguán | Tamarind at El Zaguán | Gallery Walk-Through
Gallery Walk-Through With Tamarind Institute Director Diana Gaston | Tamarind at El Zaguán | Produced by Tamarind Institute | Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 2 pm | At El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road
Historic Santa Fe Foundation is pleased to announce an exhibition produced by Tamarind Institute at the historic El Zaguán gallery in Santa Fe (December 6-January 18). Tamarind at El Zaguán features a selection of fine prints created in Tamarind’s workshop by artists based in New Mexico or inspired by New Mexico, each representing an individualized response to drawing and the medium of lithography. Free and open to the public. Register in advance here.
Fundraising Dinner with Don J. Usner at the Edwin Brooks House
Fundraising Dinner with Don J. Usner | Saturday, December 7, 2024 | 5:30 pm | At the Edwin Brooks House, 553 Canyon Road
This exclusive dinner event offers a unique opportunity to delve into the rich narratives of Chimayó with one of its most insightful chroniclers. The sala, or main living room, of the Edwin Brooks House serves as the venue for this intimate buffet-style dinner. This inviting space embodies the distinctive designs and craftsmanship of William Penhallow Henderson, showcasing hand-adzed wooden beams, elaborately carved radiator covers, an interior balustrade balcony, and Henderson's signature rose motif. This fundraiser supports the preservation of architectural gems like the Edwin Brooks House and HSFF educational initiatives promoting Northern New Mexico’s diverse cultural heritage. Tickets here.
$115 per person for HSFF Members. $135 per person for non-members.