celebrate sunflowers, life, art, music & poetry
come to Mountainair, New Mexico, Saturday August 28, 2011

Mountainair Sunflower Festival

presented by the Manzano Mountain Arts Council in collaboration with all Mountainair


photo by Robin Des Jardins, Imagio Studios

Featuring

see Sunflower Festival page for additional information
about featured arts council events and activities

Juried Art & Crafts at the Dr Saul Community Center  

 Live Music and entertainment in the Town Square (in front of Community Center)

Town Square Open Air Market

Gallery Exhibits and Sunflower Art about town

• Cibola Arts "Cibola Sunshine" Exhibit, (505) 847-0324
• Children's Sunflower Art Project (on display in store fronts all over town)

• Sunflower displays in local storefront windows
  
• Impromptu & unscheduled Sunflower Folk Art at various locations 
• Mountain Arts on Broadway Open House: "Hands on Clay" Workshop

Silent Auction

Live music in Town Square and at the Shaffer Hotel

Self-guided tours

• strolling about town, Broadway-Main-Summit loops 
• LeRoy's Simmon's Forge Art, at Dragon Ash Forge(if open) and Alpine Alley (will be open)
• Gordon Mc Math's "critters" ~ folk art metal sculptures,  3rd St behind Shaffer Hotel
  
• exploring the historic Shaffer Hotel, Pueblo Art Deco ceilings in the dining room, famous wild folk art cement gate, garden, gazebo and more.

• driving out to Rancho Bonito to see more of Pop Shaffer's wild folk art
• visiting the Salinas Pueblo Missions Visitors Center
• touring the ruins at Abó, Quarai and Gran Quivira

Sunflower Hat Parade and Contest

(visit our gallery of Sunflower Hats - a page for hats from past contest will be added when time permits)

Mountainair Farm & Garden Market, Sidewalk Sales on Broadway, Street Vendors and Yard Sales about town

Annual Library Booksale, on Town Square in front of Mountainair Community Library

 Earthsong on Broadway:JoAnn Dale, Pleasant Wright: pottery, jewelry, folk art, mixed media, fiber art 

 
In Mountainair  everyone dons sunflowers for the Festival

Manzano Mountain Art Council

PO Box 534, Mountainair,
New Mexico 87036
Call (505) 847-2855

MMAC Contact page

  Sunflowers Galore!

Facts about sunflowers

What is the Mountainair Sunflower Festival? (essay) 

 sunflowers collection: art, culture, news, events, history & more

Dale Harris' sunflower pottery & poem, "Manzano Sunflowers"

More Sunflower Poetry
 
Sunflower Quilts

Gallery of sunflowers in art & more

Sunflower Festivals around the world

Gallery of Sunflower Hats

more sunflower images

sunflower links

Just follow US 60 or NM 55 to the heart of New Mexico & you'll find us..