![[space]](images/space.gif){kind=small}
The Global Village is returning to ¡Globalquerque! 2011 and promises to be a real highlight of this year's festival. Roughly 30 booths of international crafts, culture and cuisine will be available for your browsing and shopping pleasure. Come early so you'll have plenty of time to explore the diverse offerings. Food and drink will be available until late in the evening, but the craft booths will shut down around 8 or 9. Local cultural groups are invited to bring information about their activities, put out mailing lists and free materials for distribution at the Community Booth.
Hours:
- Friday: 4 PM to close
- Saturday: 11 AM to close
Note: The Global Village will be open during the free day programming, from 11 AM to 4 PM on Saturday.
Key:
Cottonwood Stage (A)
Salon Ortega (B)
Art Museum (C)
Torreon (c)
Wells Fargo Theatre (D)
Fountain Courtyard (E)
Plaza Mayor (F)
2011 Vendors:
Taos-based artist, teacher and healer Catherine Baca creates artwork that is "a blend of tin, wood, beads, findings, paint and whatever else I find that looks good. Because I am also a healer, healing energy goes into every piece I make. A lot of my work contains positive affirmations which can assist you in healing, growing and changing your perception of self. Each piece is unique, designed and handmade by me."
Born in Iseyin, Nigeria in 1967, Ife Fidudusola's first exposure to the arts and crafts that would become his life's work came at the hands of his grandmother. A master in Indigo processes and decorative sewing, she taught Ife from the age of seven while passing along the rich cultural history behind these skills. Dudu Arts' offerings include batik and tie-dye T-shirts and textiles, along with traditional wood carvings and paintings.
Elemental Alchemist
Fabulous and fantastic glass work by Elias Seidel. Items include handblown glass, goblets, pendants, beads, silver handmade jewelry, natural stones and feather quills.
Adorn your body in the garments that make you feel like the goddess you are! Garments are 100% rayon batiked and silk-screened in Bali. Easy to care for and washable in cold water. Perfect for casual or dressy occasions and great for travel! Also part of the Goddess Garb line are necklaces, bags made of African textiles, and scarves.
Contemporary, Southwestern-style jewelry with an Asian influence by Romela Carman. "The jewelry I design is suitable for all ages with timeless style. I combine beautiful natural stones from all the world and turn them into masterpieces. Using techniques I learned while growing up in the Philippines, I make pendants, necklaces, earrings, bangles and bracelets through wire wrapping, bending, coiling and soldering."
Holly's Eclectic Ceramics
Nature- and spirit-inspired clay creations by Holly Kuehn. "There is spontaneity, fun and a meditative quality in each new piece. The land and colors here in New Mexico are my muse. In working with clay, I am blending my love of the land with the parts of my being that words cannot express."
Jungle Janet Face Art
Jungle Janet Face Art by Janet Dominguez features face painting for all ages as well henna and temporary tattoos. Janet has been offering her art throughout NM for years and keeps up to date on innovations in the field, regularly attending Face and Body Art Conventions. She has created make-up for theatrical productions including Mayan face paint designs and will be offering some culturally-inspired designs at her booth.
Come by and visit La Parada at ¡Globalquerque! Global Village! La Parada offers a rich and eclectic array of items from local artists and artisans from around the world. Talavera garden pottery and benches from Mexico, Oil-drum art from Haiti, textiles from Brazil and India, Jewelry from Oaxaca, and folk art from New Mexican artists are examples of items you will find at La Parada. You can also visit us at our Albuquerque North Valley home in a historic stage-coach stop on a 13 acre property of lush grass and alfalfa (8917 4th Street NW). There we host free community events several times a year like Día de los Muertos Sugar Skull Workshop in October, North Fourth Holiday Stop & Shop in December, Women & Creativity in March, Cinco de Mayo Folk Art Festival in May, and Shop Around the World in July/August.
Theresa Laferriere of Laughing Hare Hot Glass creates stained glass and fused stained glass mosaics. "In 1994 an old friend of mine was killed in a boating accident in Alaska. Because I could not attend her funeral, I decided to go down to the Rio Grande River and say goodbye to her there. That was the day I found the glass dump. Piles and piles of glass left over from garbage discarded many years ago. I knew instantly that I was supposed to do something with this glass. I spent that day building glass sculpture at the dump, and I came back the next day and did the same thing. Needless to say I brought some glass home and began the process of glass and me. Ten years later I've come to a whole new place with glass. Melting glass, cutting glass and creating mosaics and kaleidescopes is what it is all about now. No doubt this will change too over time. I continue to pursue creativity as a reason for living."
"From the way a bracelet moves on the wrist to the way the eye travels to a piece of jewelry, Lilybead is about accentuating your essence. I love how a flower chip bracelet adds grace to a hand gesture or how the geometric pattern and sparkling crystals of a fiesta bracelet draw every eye in the room as a woman walks by. I believe that accessories are best when their subtle drama accentuates the wearer's own unique beauty. Making jewelry is like writing poetry, only with beads and crystals instead of words. Jeweler and poet both work best without the encumbrance of rules. Lilybead comes from my own deep creative drive and from my desire to help the young women of Guatemala improve their lives now and in the future. Together we make the perfect product—Jewelry with Heart."
Carleen Lopez
Carleen Lopez creates vintage-inspired fabric-collaged handbags, totes, and pillows—each is one-of-a-kind and embellished with images, beads, and trims. Also in her collection are handmade wrap pants made of exquisite rayons, cottons, and linens. Home decor items include paper-collaged placemats and vintage embroidered table runners.
Lujaqui
Leather bracelets, bags and more.
The pueblo of Mata Ortiz in Mexico has been at the forefront of the revival of an ancient Mesoamerican pottery tradition, inspired by pottery from the ancient city of Paquimé, whose potters traded as far north as New Mexico and Arizona as well as throughout northern Mexico. Today modern potters are producing work for national and international sale. Mata Ortiz pots are hand built without the use of a potter's wheel. Shaping, polishing and painting the clay is entirely done by hand, often with brushes made from children's hair. All materials and tools originate from supplies that are readily available locally. The preferred fuel for the low temperature firing is grass-fed cow manure or split wood. Mata Ortiz Imports de Tucson has been instrumental in keeping this fascinating tradition alive and well. They will be demonstrating Mata Ortiz pottery making including firing the pot during ¡Globalquerque!'s Saturday daytime Global Fiesta. They will also have artisans painting pottery throughout the festival at their booth.
Brooke Gold is an art educator and glass-fusing artist who loves melting glass. Layering colors to create depth in her work has been her focus for the last several years. However, as of late she's had fun sculpting her own molds for bowls and vases. Re-purposed glass has allowed her to find new uses for the common wine bottle and insulator caps. These have become fantastic conversation pieces. In addition, Brooke considers her Judaica her most creative work to date. The mezuzahs allow her to work in metals, while the menorahs are complex in the way the fusing is managed.
Oriana Rodman spent much of her youth traveling with her parents, and lived in both Mexico and Haiti for periods of time. Artistically, her influences began in those countries where storytelling, history, and spirituality are key elements in much of the people's art, along with a vibrant use of color. The murals of Diego Rivera and the paintings of Philome Obin remain favorites of hers to this day. For the last decade, she has primarily done portrait work and in the last year has been painting full time to fill her spaces at The New Mexico Artisans Market and the Santa Fe Artists Market. Also, in the last decade, she has worked with birds of prey in the rehabilitation and educational world and in the falconry world as well. She has become enraptured with raptors—hand coloring the photographs she takes of them, painting them on canvas, on copper, on the inside of spoons and bowls, and in miniature. Concurrently she is teaching herself the art of retablo painting and experimenting with mounting, with wire, the images she does on copper onto decoratively painted canvas.
RBI Drums is a small, owner operated drum building workshop in southern Colorado. They specialize in high quality hand drums such as Ashikos and Djembes, as well as Koras, the calabash backed harp that was played at ¡Globalquerque! 2007 by Senegalese performer Lankandia Cissoko. RBI Drums' founder, Michael Schraud, comes from a long line of woodworkers and is himself an instrument builder, wood turner and musician with many years of experience. The drums are lightweight, easy to play and stay in tune very well.
For more than 60 years the name Sennheiser has stood for the highest quality products and customized solutions across all areas of sound recording, transmission and reproduction. "As one of the world's leading providers of integrated solutions for electro-acoustic products, systems and services, we constantly set ourselves the challenge of developing creative answers which satisfy the requests and requirements of our customers. Come by our booth and check out our line of consumer headphones and more!"
Spiritware
Tillery Dingler and Regina Zavier-Dingler produce exquisite and intricate pieces of true Italian marquetry where each piece of wood/stone (turquoise) is cut by hand using jeweler's tools. Their work showcases the natural beauty of the wood, using no stains, paints or dyes for color. The finish is finely buffed and oiled, using no varnish. Featured items include buckles, barrettes, boxes, bolos, money clips, key rings, earrings, and frames.
Sunshine Garden
Sunshine Garden is a natural line of body products, including soaps, lotions, powders and face care products. Everything is made by hand and in small batches.
¡Globalquerque! Community Booth
A clearinghouse for local activities and events. Local cultural groups are invited (and encouraged!) to drop off information in the booth to share with the public, including mailing lists and free materials for distribution at the Community Booth.
Foundation for Wellness Professionals
The Foundation for Wellness Professionals is an association of natural healthcare professionals who devote their time to healthcare screenings and wellness days in the community. The concept of wellness has taken on a broad meaning related to healthcare. It is considered care without drugs that can not only eliminate health problems but prevent them. Our goal is to help as many people as possible in their quest for optimum health and educate them about the benefits of natural medicine so they may, in turn, educate others. Dr. Reba Eagles is the local representative of the foundation and will be providing free wellness checks which may include Chinese pulse diagnosis, blood pressure screening and a free test for chronic pain relief. She has been practicing oriental medicine for over 15 years and currently owns a wellness based clinic in Albuquerque. She and her staff look forward to meeting you.
Hope Sings harnesses the power of song and story to help women around the world by raising awareness of and funds for microfinance, small loans that change lives in big ways. Profits from Hope Sings go to microfinance partners Kiva, FINCA, ACCION and MicroPlace to fund more loans.
Hope Sings artists write and record songs inspired by the true stories of people—primarily women—whose lives have been changed in huge ways by small microloans. Hope Sings focuses on female musical artists to tell these stories, since up to 85% of microloans go to women. It's women helping women, musical entrepreneurs helping emerging entrepreneurs. Hope Sings is starting with the stories and music of Latin America (Hope Sings Latin), then goes around the globe—to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, even the United States—everywhere microfinance is helping people lift themselves out of poverty.
Visit the booth of KUNM 89.9 FM, New Mexico's premiere public radio station, and pick up free bumper stickers and program guides. Meet the staff and DJs. KUNM—one station, many voices.
Do you dream of owning your own business? STEPS is a non-profit organization that helps people start small businesses in Bernalillo County and beyond. We offer unique on-the-street, one-on-one assistance that is confidential and free. We connect entrepreneurs to the community resources that can turn their business objectives into reality. A current focus of STEPS is bringing food trucks and food pods to Albuquerque.
STEPS also hosts the Albuquerque International Festival. This day–long event celebrates the amazing diversity of the International District through art, music and food. The 2011 ABQ International Festival will be October 1st at the Talin World Market on the SE corner of Louisiana and Central.
Bom Dia Fine Brazilian Catering
Bom Dia offers the perfect combination of fresh Brazilian foods and New Mexican favorites. "We love to see the satisfaction of our clients, and how they enjoy the flavor, texture and taste of our food," says Leila Weber, who grew up in a small town in Brazil and is co-owner of Bom Dia with New Mexico native Tommy Fulcher. "All the compliments we get make a very hard day in the kitchen worth it."
Caribbean Temptation will be offering Jerk chicken, Cuban chicken, and Meatball sandwiches along with the sides of veggie tray and salad, rice and black beans, fritters, Jamaican patties, fried plantains, and, for dessert, coconut and mango cookies. For drinks, they will be offering vanilla lemonade, coconut lemonade, Caribbean ice tea, and regular ice tea.
A fresh idea in street food, Firenze's Wood Fired Pizzas are done just like you'd find on the streets in Italy. The 10" individual sized pizzas start with fresh (local when possible) ingredients and house made dough, sauces and specialty toppings. After assembly by Firenze's "pizzaioli" the pies make their way to the tiles of the Italian constructed oven for a delicate firing at temperatures in excess of 850 degrees Fahrenheit. This "old world" baking technique cooks the pizza in about 90 seconds and creates a tasty char that you can't get from conventional pizza ovens.
La Vida Mocha is a mobile coffee truck offering all types of coffees and teas, including flavored mochas, lattes, espresso, cappucino, and chai.
Nath's provides something different: cuisine that is a unique Khmer (Cambodian) fusion of Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese culinary influences. Natural and organic ingredients, many from local growers, are delicately brought together to provide gourmet-quality home cooking that is not only tasty for your palate, but wholesome and healthy for your body. Dishes are prepared entirely by hand, right down to the spices, which are pounded with a pestle. Labor intensive sauces and seasonings are homemade, including a matchless Phad Thai sauce and a curry paste that require hours of preparation. Nath's Speciality Catering is a service of Nath's Khmer Cuisine LLC in Santa Fe.
Santa Fe Brewing Company is New Mexico's oldest microbrewery, distributing only naturally conditioned beers in its home state of New Mexico and surrounding states. Santa Fe Brewing Company brews their beer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. All of their beers are made from the finest hops shipped directly from the grower in Washington along with specialty malts imported from the UK. They pride themselves on not only using high quality ingredients but also using no preservatives or pasteurization. Look for the SFBC ¡Globalquerque! Pale Ale!
Van Rixel Bros. Gelato / Chocolate Cartel
Van Rixel Bros. Gelato handcrafts authentic, made-from-scratch gelatos and sorbets. We use only local milk and cream and produce small batches to assure premium quality.
The Chocolate Cartel presents the finest handmade chocolates from Xocoatl. We are absolutely committed to producing the best tasting chocolate confections you will find. Our unique flavors, subtle spices, and superior ingredients continue to impress even the most sophisticated chocolate palates. We offer everything from the simple, to the simply "amazing"!
Vivác Winery is the creation of brothers Jesse and Chris Padberg, along with their wives, Michele and Liliana Padberg, respectively. In November of 1998 Jesse and Chris embarked on a new mission: "to make the best wine possible and have a good time doing it!" This meant professionally crafted, world-ranked, dry red wines—a first for New Mexico. Through extensive travel around the world and mentorships with other local winemakers, they learned about the wine business in general and more specifically about the wine business in Northern New Mexico. The word "Vivác" is a Spanish term meaning "high-altitude refuge," and Vivác Winery is just that. With record-breaking ratings in Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Vivác Winery has earned the title of "Highest Rated Red Wine Producer in New Mexico's History." Sunset Magazine has named Vivác "Notable up and coming wine makers" and "Winery to discover now!" With a commitment to excellence, the Vivác Winery family has pushed the boundaries of what New Mexico wine can be!
