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Santa Fe International Folk Market 2006


Miram Adam Atim Abbakar, an internally displaced mat and basket weaver from Darfur, Sudan, is being hosted by the Crafts Center at CHF International to attend the Santa Fe International Folk Arts Market 2006, held June 7-9, 2006, where she will share her story and her craft with as many as 20,000 artisans and buyers in attendance.

Since 2004, CHF International has been working with displaced Sudanese living in the camps to implement nearly 20 separate livelihoods activities, including mat and basket weaving. These efforts are helping to ensure that those living through the traumatic experience of internal displacement are active participants in efforts to improve their own lives–while the crafts–specific projects such as mat and basket weaving also help to preserve critical cultural traditions.

The Crafts Center at CHF International contributes to economic development through field programs and coordination of an international network dedicated to supporting low-income artisans. Distinguished by a focus on grassroots initiatives, we build the capacity of organizations and individuals to become artisan entrepreneurs. Since 1986, the Crafts Center has offered technical assistance and training in the development, marketing, and sale of crafts.

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  • Santa Fe International Folk Art Market 2006

    The Santa Fe International Folk Art Market was begun in 2004 by a group of volunteers who banded together to form the Market Committee. They had a vision to bring a handful of living masters of folk art to Santa Fe to share with a small audience of collectors and community members. The first market wildly exceeded their expectations, with more than 60 folk artists selling to an audience of over 12,000 people. The market grew in 2005, its second year — artist revenues increased by 46% and the audience went from 12,000 to 18,000.

    In 2006, Miram Adam Atim Abbakar, an internally displaced mat and basket weaver from Darfur, Sudan, was hosted by the Crafts Center at CHF International to attend the Santa Fe International Folk Arts Market 2006, held June 7-9, 2006, where she shared her story and her craft with as many as 20,000 artisans and buyers in attendance.

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