Treasures of Santa Fe's Art and Culture
Join Christopher Jones, Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Ringling Museum of Art, for a journey through Santa Fe's vibrant and varied artistic landscape. Nestled amongst the picturesque Sangre de Cristo foothills and known for its Pueblo-style architecture, Santa Fe's beauty has stolen the hearts of artists, art lovers, and adventurists alike. The city is home to some 300 galleries, many of which line a one-mile stretch of Canyon Road, and a small but mighty selection of world-class museums, each with unique collection strengths. This visit will coincide with the relaunch of the 12th SITE Santa Fe International Biennial, an exhibition of international art curated by Cecilia Alemani, which will commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the show and the host museum.
Special visits to established institutions, like a private, curator-led tour of Georgia O'Keeffe's home and studio, will compliment private receptions hosted by local gallerists and collectors. We will be treated to a cocktail hour with Tonya Turner Carroll and Michael Carroll, leading gallerists of the Santa Fe art scene. SITE Santa Fe, which was also the co-sponsor of Jeffrey Gibson's American Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will welcome us for an exclusive, curator-led visit of the 12th International Biennial. Both the Tia Collection and one of ARTnews' Top 200 collectors Jeanne and Michael Klein will host us at their private collections. Other arts programming will highlight the unique institutions, exhibition spaces, and curators that together support Santa Fe's history of Indigenous art production. Gallerist Andrea Fisher will welcome us for a live demonstration of Indigenous pottery practices, hosted at the eponymous Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, and additional artist studio visits will awaken us to the diversity of the city's contemporary Indigenous art. Harmony Hammond, Rose B. Simpson, Maja Ruznic, and Patrick Dean Hubbell are just four of the many artists who call New Mexico home.
Such exquisite art is best paired with equally divine dining, and we are thrilled to welcome you to cozy, private dinners in the city's hardest-to-book restaurants, like The Compound and The Anasazi Restaurant. We will stay at the luxurious Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, a five-star property that blends Southwestern culture with first-rate amenities. The Rosewood Inn has consistently been named one of the premier luxury hotels in New Mexico and has earned the praise of Travel+Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, and Forbes, among others. While some visits will take us out of the city center and into New Mexico's countryside, many will be within walking distance from one another; please be prepared for some travel by foot. On the morning of October 3rd, a hot air balloon ride to take in Santa Fe's beauty from above will be offered for an additional $350.
Your Ringling contact for this trip is Michelle Young (michelle.young@ringling.fsu.edu or 941-358-2611 office phone). Your Artful tour contact is Latasha Thomas (latasha@artfuljaunts.com or 781-658-2270, office phone).
All programming may change and is subject to availability of hosts, collectors and artists.
We recommend you fly into Albuquerque, then take a 1 hour car ride. There are typically no direct flights into Santa Fe.
Guests arrive throughout the morning for a 1pm trip start Guests check-in at the Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi New Mexico based artist Maja Ruznic Visit to the New Mexico Museum of Art St. Francis Auditorium A sunset cocktail reception and dinner at Bishop's Lodge to celebrate the opening evening Maja Ruznic (b. 1983, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a New Mexico-based artist who paints diluted, out-of-focus figures and landscapes that explore nostalgia and childhood trauma and are influenced in part by war and the refugee experience. The ritualistic nature of her work reflects religious and mythological interests, including Slavic paganism and Shamanism. For six years following her graduation from the California College of the Arts, Ruznic worked with ink and watercolor in her small San Francisco bedroom. She refers to the loose, runny style she developed as "the drunken hand." Ruznic has since expanded this gestural approach to oil, while still bearing the influence of water-based media. A half day experience in Abiquiú, NM at Georgia O'Keeffe's home and studio Hammond is an American artist, activist, curator, and writer. She was a prominent figure in the founding of the feminist art movement in 1970s New York Old world elegance meets contemporary cuisine at Santacafe Visit various sites at SITE International including New Mexico History Museum Palace of the Governors, Shiprock Santa Fe, and Doodlet's Storefront Window. The Kleins collecting regional art and their collection includes an interest in minimal and conceptual art. Dinner at a Pink Adobe Harmony Hammond (b.1944) is an artist, educator, writer, and independent curator. She attended the University of Minnesota from 1963–67 before moving to New York in 1969, where she became a leading figure in the development of the feminist art movement in New York in the early 1970s. Hammond was a co-founder of A.I.R., the first women's cooperative art gallery in New York (1972) and Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics (1976). Since 1984, she has lived and worked in northern New Mexico. Hammond's earliest feminist work combined gender politics with post-minimal concerns of materials and process, frequently occupying a space between painting and sculpture. Hammond currently has an exhibition on view at SITE SANTA FE entitled FRINGE, which highlights a selection of her work from the last 10 years. A private guided tour of the Georgia O'Keeffe's home and studio Lunch at farm-to-table restaurant Vinaigrette Simpson is a Tewa sculptor of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh, a mixed-media artist who works in ceramic, metal, fashion, painting, music, performance, and installation A private introduction and tour with the gallery founders Dinner at La Boca Georgia O'Keeffe first visited the village of Abiquiú (pronounced Ah-bih-cue) in 1931, and nearly two decades later made it her permanent home. Located 60 miles northwest of Santa Fe, the home is surrounded by the scenery that inspired many of her paintings. Guests will see her gardens and the courtyards she often painted as well as the living spaces where she cooked, worked, and entertained. Visit Once Within a Time which draws inspiration from a cast of characters with ties to Santa Fe and New Mexico. Curated by Cecilia Aleman. Ceramicist Thomas Tenorio will lead a ceramics demonstration at Andrea Fischer's house. Lunch at Andrea Fischer's house Private tour of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, curated by Cecilia Alemani Tia Collection has acquired works created by women artists from around the world to focus attention on their diverse perspectives and share the works with museums around the world. Final dinner at The Compound SITE SANTA FE is an interdisciplinary contemporary arts institution. As a non-collecting arts institution, SITE Santa Fe, explores and responds to the current cultural moment through innovative exhibitions and programs. The 12th International takes the title Once Within a Time, after a recent film by Godfrey Reggio, the legendary experimental filmmaker who has long resided in Santa Fe. "Inspired by Reggio's circular narratives, the 12th International places storytelling at its heart, with the aim of highlighting the lived experiences of several characters connected to the history of Santa Fe and its surrounding region. Conceived as a vast family album, Once Within a Time takes cues from the lives of a vibrant collection of Santa Feans, bringing together figures both historical and current, real and imagined, whose existential adventures step into dialogue with works of contemporary art." Individual departures at leisure An optional extension: a private hot air balloon ride over the expansive New Mexican landscapeDay 1
Monday, September 29
Arrivals
Hotel Check-In
Studio Visit with Maja Ruznic
SITE Santa Fe
Cocktail Reception
Day 2
Tuesday, September 30
Visit to Georgia O'Keeffe's Museum
Studio Visit with Harmony Hammond
Lunch
SITE International
Private collection visit Jeanne & Louis Klein
Dinner
Day 3
Wednesday, October 1
Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio Abiquiu
Lunch
Studio Visit with Rose B. Simpson
Turner Carroll Gallery
Dinner
Day 4
Thursday, October 2
SITE Santa Fe
Ceramics Demonstration
Lunch
SITE International: Finquita in Tesuque
Tia Collection
Closing Dinner
Day 5
Friday, October 3
Departures
Optional Hot Air Balloon Experience
Price
- $5,730 per person for double occupancy
- $6,973 per person for single occupancy
Inclusions
- Accommodations Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Rosewood Inn
- Breakfast at the hotel
- All meals and cocktail programs from dinner, featuring dining inspired by local flavors and specialities.
- All travel to studios, museums, and exhibits in a luxury coach
- All fees and gratuities, including baggage porter services and airport transfers
Exclusions
- Airfare not included in the programming
- Hotel extras (minibar, laundry, telephone, and internet fees)
- Transfers to and from the airport
- Optional hot air balloon experience
Payment and Cancellation Policy
- 50% of trip price is due with registration; 50% is due sixty days prior to the trip's start date
- This trip is limited to 20 guests and a minimum of 12 guests is required to operate this trip.
- No refund will be provided for cancellations within sixty days of the trip's start date. If the museum has another patron to fill a spot a substitution will be allowed. After the trip has commenced, no refunds are available, even if the client does not partake in all of the trip's activities or leaves the trip early. We highly recommend trip insurance which is offered when booking.
