The Art + Sol Festival is a brilliant collaboration bringing together dozens of our outstanding cultural organizations in a fresh new winter arts program. This dazzling blend of symphony, song, dance, comedy, theater and more promises to deliver a 9-day, 10-performance celebration of Santa Fe, our vibrant community and our unmatched hospitality as a destination for cultural tourists. I’m enormously grateful to the team that came together to create this exciting new event and salute them in their debut year!
The inaugural Art + Sol winter arts festival is our invitation to regional and national visitors alike to know that in this ‘city different’ the performing arts, galleries, museums, and Santa Fe community are a fabulous destination not only in the summer, but in the winter too. The three of us are excited to share our vision of collaborative performing and visual arts, and the treasure of the Santa Fe community with you.
I am so pleased to see our performing arts organizations come together to create a new festival at a time outside of the peak summer tourism season. This will provide a great opportunity for our residents and visitors to enjoy some outstanding offerings at a time when restaurants and hotels are not as busy and Santa Fe is easy to enjoy.
In most places, watching a community of artists band together to create something astonishing is the stuff of fantasy. In Santa Fe, it’s reality. The Art+Sol festival will fuse together the passions of Santa Fe’s people to create an extraordinary event in an even more extraordinary place. The magnificence of so much talent in one place will eclipse most expectations of what a winter festival should be, with a vision of what a winter festival can be.
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FIRST ANNUAL ART + SOL SANTA FE WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL DEBUTS FEBRUARY 11-19, 2023
Inaugural Festival features nine days of music, theater, comedy, and more
“The Art + Sol Festival is a brilliant collaboration bringing together dozens of our outstanding cultural organizations in a fresh new winter arts program. This dazzling blend of symphony, song, dance, comedy, theater, and more promises to deliver a 9-day, 10-performance celebration of Santa Fe, our vibrant community and our unmatched hospitality as a destination for cultural tourists. I’m enormously grateful to the team that came together to create this exciting new event and salute them in their debut year!” Mayor Alan Webber
A winter arts festival is an idea that has been simmering under the surface in Santa Fe for decades. Traditionally thought of as a summer destination for music, opera, and visual arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico is also home to a world-class performing arts and culture scene throughout the winter months. The Art + Sol Festival is a landmark collaborative effort celebrating this rich artistic tradition in our beloved City Different.
Conceived of and developed in the spirit of collaboration, this festival brings together arts organizations across the city. Over nine days, Festival audiences will experience symphony, song, chamber music, comedy, theater, chorus, and jazz against the beautiful backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Nine performances will take place in landmark venues and encourage visitors off the beaten path, and the schedule will include a morning showcasing the vibrant arts programs for youth fostered by our community. Art + Sol Festival audiences may also enjoy Santa Fe’s museums, galleries, hotels, and restaurants – everything that makes this city a year-round destination.
This city-wide collaboration gives locals and visitors a chance to celebrate the vibrancy and culture of Santa Fe. By combining resources and marketing efforts, all partners will promote Santa Fe as a winter arts destination and encourage audiences to visit again and again.
The festival idea was conceived by Andréa Cassutt (Santa Fe Pro Musica), Amy Iwano (Performance Santa Fe), and Emma Scherer (The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus), each at the beginning of their tenures as executive director of their respective organizations. The three leaders sought a way to highlight and attract more audiences to their year-round programming as well as to usher in a new era of collaboration across Santa Fe’s cultural landscape. Cassutt, Iwano, and Scherer state: “The inaugural Art + Sol Winter Arts Festival is our invitation to regional and national visitors alike to know that in this “city different,” the performing arts, galleries, museums, and Santa Fe community are a fabulous destination not only in the summer, but in the winter, too. The three of us are excited to share our vision of collaborative performing and visual arts, and the treasure of the Santa Fe community with you.”
The lead partner organizations are Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and the festival is being presented in collaboration with the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Other participating partners are Chatter, CloudTop Comedy, Meow Wolf, and Santa Fe Music Collective, as well as the Canyon Road Gallery Association and Bishop’s Lodge.
The Education Showcase will feature young performers from the Santa Fe Youth Symphony, the Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship, Moving Arts Española, and New Mexico School for the Arts.
Promotional partners include TOURISM Santa Fe, The Santa Fe New Mexican, and KHFM and American General Media.
The Art + Sol Festival is supported by grants from TOURISM Santa Fe, the City of Santa Fe, and Santa Fe County.
Schedule – updated, as of 1/6/23
Saturday, February 11, 10:30 AM — Chatter (SITE SF) – works by Donnacha Dennehy and Beethoven
Saturday, February 11, 12-4 PM — Canyon Road SweetART Serenade (various Canyon Road sites)
Sunday, February 12, 3 PM — Santa Fe Pro Musica (Lensic) – Dover String Quartet performs works by Mason Bates, George Walker, and Dvořák
Monday, February 13, 5:30 to 7 PM — Art + Sol Welcome Reception (Bishop’s Lodge)
Monday, February 13, 7:30 PM — Santa Fe Playhouse (Santa Fe Playhouse) – THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: A sneak-peek into Santa Fe Playhouse’s 2023 season
Tuesday, February 14, 7:00 PM — CloudTop Comedy Festival (Santa Fe Playhouse) – LOVE SUCKS: A Valentine’s Show
Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 PM — Lensic Presents International Guitar Night (Lensic) – international line-up includes Jocelyn Gould, Jesus Guerrero, Stephanie Jones, and Olli Soikkeli
Thursday, February 16, 7:30 PM — Performance Santa Fe (6:30 PM pre-concert discussion with the artists and Friday, February 17, 12:00 PM lunch with the artists) (Lensic) – Susan Graham and Music from Copland House perform Richard Danielpour and Rita Dove’s A Standing Witness
Friday, February 17, 7:00 PM — Santa Fe Music Collective (SITE Santa Fe) – Drummin’ Man – the Gene Krupa Story
Saturday, February 18, 10:00 AM to noon — Education Showcase (New Mexico School for the Arts) performances by Santa Fe Youth Symphony, Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship, Moving Arts Española, and the New Mexico School for the Arts
Saturday, February 18, 10:00 PM — DeVotchKa (Meow Wolf)
Sunday, February 19, 4:00 PM — The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and Guillermo Figueroa, conductor (Lensic) – Hector Berlioz’ Roméo and Juliette
Programs, artists, and performance times are subject to change.
Venues:
Bishop’s Lodge: 1297 Bishops Lodge Road
Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street
Meow Wolf: 1352 Rufina Circle
New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Street
Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. DeVargas Street
SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta
Marketing and Promotions
The Festival has developed a multi-disciplinary marketing approach to be implemented on a local and regional level, driving significant tourist attraction to Santa Fe and promoting its unique position as an arts and culture destination. In partnership with participating organizations and with the support of TOURISM Santa Fe, the Art + Sol Festival will be marketed to major metropolitan areas, including Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake City, Southern California, and Dallas.
The Festival seeks sponsorship partners. For more information on sponsorships, send a message to [email protected]
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Updated 9-20-22. Check back for additional media content as it becomes available.