Since it started in 1972, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has become one of the world’s preeminent music festivals, guided by a visionary spirit and dedicated to artistic excellence and innovation. Contributing to its magic is the Festival’s unique Santa Fe setting, nestled amid timeless splendors of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Today, under the spirited artistic leadership of composer/pianist Marc Neikrug, the Festival invites scores of distinguished musicians, along with emerging young talent, during its 6-week season. Thousands of enthusiastic patrons young and old return year after year to enjoy more the 80 concerts, recitals, master classes, youth concerts, and open rehearsals. Performances are held in St. francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art, on the Plaza; and at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

In the off-season, the Festival reaches out to adults and young people in Santa Fe schools with innovative and inspiring musical adventures.

Artists Ivan and Allison Barnett’s fresh curatorial aesthetic has guided Patina Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since they created it in 1999. Today, Patina is an international destination for connoisseurs in quest of Soul Stirring functional objects and sculptural art including studio jewelry, fiber, clay and wood.
Patina exhibits more than 100 leading American and European artists. Works by many Patina artists reside in the permanent collections of significant American and International museums.