Travel Agent - June 23, 2008 - (Page TA-72) TOURS SOUTHWEST SUMMER In Santa Fe Ancient Native American artwork can be found throughout the Southwest PHOTO BY CHRIS CURRIE The only thing hot about Santa Fe in summertime is the art and culture scene THE THOUGHT OF GOING TO THE SOUTHWEST in summer might be enough to give anyone heat stroke. But Santa Fe, NM, is 7,000 feet above sea level, so the climate is bone-dry and the average high temperature in summer is a mere 86 degrees. Besides the comfortable weather, there are many reasons to go to Santa Fe in the summer. Santa Fe, New Mexico’s capital and the oldest capital city in the U.S., will be celebrating its 400th anniversary through the summer of 2010. Santa Fe has a thriving arts scene (it’s one of only nine UNESCO-designated Creative Cities in the world) and has an array of museums and galleries, such as Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Gebert Contemporary, Jane Sauer Gallery, Allan Hauser Gallery, Blue Rain Gallery, New Mexico 72 | TravelAgent June 23, 2008 BY ROBERTA ROBERTI Museum of Art, The Museum of International Folk Art and The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Set to open this year is the New Mexico History Museum (www.nmhistorymuseum. org). Art and Events The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (ww.okeeffe museum.org) is the only American museum devoted to a female artist and houses more than 1,000 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings and sculptures. From now through September 7, it will show the “Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities” exhibit. The Santa Fe Opera (www.santafeopera. org) is one of the country’s premier summer music festivals. Slated for this season (June 27- August 23) are Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro, Billy Budd, Radamisto and Adriana Mater. Some other events for summer include: Flux Reflections on Contemporary Glass at the New Mexico Museum of Art (www.mfasantafe.org), now through September 21; Santa Fe Seventh International Biennial “Lucky Number Seven” contemporary art show (www.sitesantafe.org), closing October 26; Santa Fe International Folk Art Market (www.folkartmarket.org), July 12-13; 2nd Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival (www.outpostspace.org), July 19-29; Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (www. santafechamber music.org), July 20-August 25; 57th Annual Traditional Spanish Market (www.spanish market.org), July 26-27; 18th Annual Navajo Rug Auction at the Museum http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org http://www.mfasantafe.org http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org http://www.sitesantafe.org http://www.okeeffemuseum.org http://www.okeeffemuseum.org http://www.folkartmarket.org http://www.outpostspace.org http://www.santafechambermusic.org http://www.santafechambermusic.org http://www.santafeopera.org http://www.spanishmarket.org http://www.santafeopera.org
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