An Abiquiú Art Adventure
2024 Abiquiú Studio Tour October 12th & 13th
2024 Abiquiú Studio Tour Registration is live!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, MAY 2ND
Clicking the link above takes you to our external online registration form. Please read through the form first before filling it out so you know what information you’ll need to have prepared. If you are having trouble filling out the form, please ask a friend for help or contact our support email at: studiotourhelp@gmail.com
2024 FEES: Individual Artist $75 (fee is waived for students age 25 or younger), Gallery $150, Food Vendor $75, Food Truck $100
Volunteering is a requirement for artist member participation. Learn more about all of the volunteer positions we look to fill in order to sustain this iconic event.
Abiquiú Studio Tour Weekend
October 12th & 13th 2024!
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS!
Discover the world of Abiquiú artists as they open their studios to friends, old and new, during one of the most beautiful times of the year in Northern New Mexico – fall. The Abiquiú Studio Tour is a self-guided, driving tour that takes visitors and collectors through the village of Abiquiu and the surrounding Chama River Valley, highlighting a landscape of golden yellow cottonwood trees, stunning mountain views, and spectacular geologic formations.
Looking forward to seeing you in October!
NEXT MEMBER MEETING:
We will be celebrating together after the studio tour in October and asking for member feedback regarding the events of 2024. Please stay tuned for more information as we get closer to that time.
An important members meeting was help on April 4th, 2024. We sent out a mass email from artscouncilabiquiu@gmail.com to our members on April 6th with all of the information and answers to questions from that meeting. If you did not receive it, check your junk/spam folders. If you believe you are not on the list, please email artscouncilabiquiu@gmail.com so we can add you asap.
~INTRODUCING A NEW EVENT IN AUGUST 2024~
The Abiquiú Gathering of Artisans
This summer, we are introducing a new mercado art event called the Abiquiú Gathering of Artisans on the weekend of August 3rd & 4th 2024 at the Abiquiú Rural Events Center Multi-use room from 10am-5pm! The event will be juried by the AAC board and open to artists and artisan applicants who reside in Rio Arriba County, NM.
To submit your work for jury approval, send an email to: artscouncilabiquiu@gmail.com with the following:
1. Name
2. Physical address (for event eligibility)
3. Phone number
4. Website and/or social media
5. Brief description of your art/craft
6. TWO IMAGES of your work attached to the email
Deadline to email jury for consideration is May 31st.
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFO & DEADLINES:
Entries will be juried by the board on June 3rd and approved artists will be notified immediately and will be required fill out an official registration form and submit payment by June 14th. Entry fee is $75 total for both days. Artists are required to participate BOTH days. Exhibition indoor space will be 10ft x 10ft per artist. Artists will need to provide their own setup.
Food vendors/trucks: please send an email inquiry to artscouncilabiquiu@gmail.com
Artist Fee: $75 / Food Vendor Fee: $75 / Food Truck Fee: $100
Keep Our Culture Creative
Make a Donation HERE – Supporting organizations that make our community happier, more creative, and more empowered helps ensure the culture and community we love stays intact. The Abiquiú Studio Tour helps create outreach programs in our community by partnering with schools, local youth and other organizations to ensure the future of the arts – both traditional and contemporary – in the Chama River valley. Thank you for choosing to support the arts and artists in Abiquiú!.
Banner Photo – Sandstone Sunrise by Jesse Fisher
Get The Map And Brochure
Download in PDF format on our map page. Tour maps are also available at the Abiquiu Library and any tour stop.
Brochure Design: Lucia Vinograd, ImaginalArts Studio
“Abiquiu or Abiquiú?” by Jessica Rath, Abiquiú News
“Did you notice the acute accent over the second “u”? Some websites and printed articles use this spelling, while others do not. Maybe it’s because I was born and grew up in Germany, but for as long as I can remember, I was a stickler for correct spelling and pronunciation. Therefore, I found it puzzling that there were two ways to spell the name but only one (as far as I could hear) to pronounce: I had always heard it with the stress on the first A, or [‘æ-bɪ-kjuʷ]. The Spanish language uses accent marks to indicate which vowel or syllable should be stressed, and Abiquiú should be pronounced with the stress on the second U, or [a-βi-‘kju] (with thanks to Len Beké, doctoral candidate at UNM who specializes in New Mexico place names, for the correct phonetic spelling)…In Tewa this is a compound word meaning chokecherry path, Ávé-shú’ and the stress always falls on the second member of the compound, its head, in this case shú’.” READ WHOLE ARTICLE
Aknowledgement And Donations
The Abiquiú Studio Tour is funded in part by the County of Rio Arriba Lodger’s Tax and is a program of the Abiquiú Arts Council, a 501(c)3 organization. Thanks for supporting our local artists, galleries, non-prots, businesses and generous supporters. If you would like to make a donation, visit our supporters page or click on the donate button below.