Rail Yards Market Opening Day!

All aboard! The Rail Yards Market, Albuquerque's iconic Farmers' Market, is slated to re-open on May 5, 2024 for in-person family-friendly fun! The market will bloom into its 10th season since opening in 2014, and hosts over 150 vendors of fresh produce, fine food, healing hands, and handmade art. Spring couldn't be here fast enough, as farms, foodies, artisans, and organizers chug along to prepare the finest Growers' Market experience for locals and tourists alike. The theme for the Rail Yards Market's grand opening is Traditions. The cultivation of our food, telling of stories, teaching of techniques, passing on wisdom, and so much more are important ingredients of our culture and rituals of our existence on this realm. Celebrate our traditions unique to New Mexico and indulge your loca-vorian spirit at the Rail Yards Market in Albuquerque!! Programming: Flamenco Works performance! At Flamenco Works they believe in the unique strengths and creativity of each of their students. Their mission is to empower youth to reach their potential through professional Flamenco dance training and the creation of visceral, cutting-edge Flamenco art. They also seek to build a sense of place within Barelas by beautifying our studio and theatre through community gardens, murals, and outdoor performances. Make your own retablo by Sean Wells! Learn about & make your own retablo ornament. Learn about this historic traditional art form that dates back more than 400 years with a 5th generation Spanish-Colonial artist, Sean Wells. Learn where traditional retablo pigments come from, see a demonstration, and even color your own to take home. No experience required! Retablo translates to "behind the altar" and have been created by artists of all skill levels for centuries. They can be an artistic way to tribute saints, pay gratitude to a ritual, or simply bring images into the home for prosperity, honor, good-luck and more. For example, a retablo of San Ysidro, a patron saint of Farming, could be crafted to welcome good weather for crops, or promote seed growth in your garden! Sean is an award-winning 5th generation Hispanic artist that has been a juried member of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in the retablo category producing traditional Saint images. She is also well-known for her Day of the Dead themed art that has appeared on nationally distributed beers and wines and New Mexico Lottery scratchers. Her Saints and her Sinners, as she calls them, all deal with suffering and healing. The skeleton imagery has also become more symbolic in these times of division as a symbol. It is the foundation that we all share as humans. Sean aspires to educate on Hispanic culture through art and create space for compassion and understanding. Sean received "Best Visual Artist" from Albuquerque the Magazine and the 2019 Hispanic Heritage Award in Arts & Culture. Sean also demonstrates, teaches and presents to children and adults throughout New Mexico on themes related to her art imagery. Her painting television show can be viewed currently on Comcast channel 27 at 5PM on Mondays. +±++++++++++++++++++++++ 🌱Sundays May-October ☀️10am-2pm 📍 Historic #barelas Rail Yards ABQ 👛EBT/SNAP/WIC welcome ♿ADA Accessible 🤑FREE Event & Parking 🦮Pets welcome in cool weather 🎉Food, Friends, Fun Learn more about the Rail Yards Market ABQ , how to visit, and vendor info: http://railyardsmarket.org/find-us.php ***The Rail Yards Market accepts vendor applications through our website ONLY. We will never solicit vendors, money, or anything really through direct message -- don't fall for individual fake accounts soliciting vendors. Go to our website!

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