Casa San Ysidro Celebrates Corrales Harvest Festival
On Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Casa San Ysidro / The Gutiérrez Minge House will join with the Village of Corrales for a free event to celebrate the fall harvest.
Operated by Albuquerque Museum, Casa San Ysidro houses a collection of rare artifacts in a historic adobe home and multi-acre setting. Enjoy entertainment and the famous heritage art show. Check out Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers performing traditional and contemporary dances of Acoma and Hopi pueblo; The North Valley Tune Tanglers – playing tunes from old Appalachia to New Mexico, Lara Manzanares – award winning Northern New Mexican singer-songwriter; Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild; Santero Charlie Carrillo; San Felipe Potter Rosalie Chavez; seed-focused activities with Rio Grande Return; and much more.
“We invite families to come visit, enjoy live performances, and explore the creativity of our heritage during the fall season,” said Mayor Tim Keller. “Casa San Ysidro is a special place filled with fascinating history and beautiful artifacts in a historic adobe home.”
Learn about living traditions of New Mexico including retablos, santos, incrusted straw, tinwork, pottery, colchas, and jewelry. Shop at the craft market, see demo's, learn about habitat restoration, do ironwork with the local blacksmith, try traditional spinning and weaving, eat fresh baked horno bread, and more.
Event schedule:
Saturday, September 28
10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Heritage Artist Market
10 a.m.-Noon: Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers
Noon-2 p.m.: The North Valley Tune Tanglers
Sunday, September 29
10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Heritage Artist Market
10 a.m.-Noon: Lara Manzanares
Noon-2 p.m.: Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers
The Pueblo of Acoma Enchantment Dancers are from the Pueblo of Acoma, which sits atop a 360-foot sandstone mesa approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States (along with Hopi pueblos). They perform traditional and contemporary dances of Acoma and Hopi pueblo. Together since 1981, the is directed by second generation Johnathan Keyope, who teaches third generation family and extended family members. Johnathan and the group believe in sharing and educating their culture and to ensure the survival of the Acoma Keresan language and traditions. Their main dance, the Buffalo Dance, celebrates an upcoming and successful hunt. As a social dance it is shared to bring peace, harmony, and unity among the people throughout Mother Earth.
Rio Grande Return will offer hands-on seed-focused activities to deepen our relationship with native plants and their ecological and cultural importance. Build a pinch pot from clay for wild seeds, help clean wild seeds for use in habitat restoration, and learn about ongoing opportunities to help.