FLAGSTAFF — The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and NAU will present the Mercado de los Sueños/Dream Marketplace with local artists, live music, local vendors and diverse multi-cultural artisans and crafters from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 18.
Mercado de los Sueños is a community-run marketplace of small vendors and local artisans and crafters from Flagstaff’s diverse communities set in Sunnyside and open to everyone.
And, for the community’s enjoyment, every 3rd Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., the Mercado will also feature local artists and live music, in addition to the local vendors, artisans, and crafters.
Mercado de los Sueños is at 2532 E. 7th, near the corner of 4th Street.
David Dawangyumptewa will be the featured artist.
According to a story by Diane D. Dittemore, Arizona State Museum Ethnological Collections Curator at the University of Arizona, “Dawangyumptewa’s path to becoming an artist included stints as a stonemason, and lighting roadie for Jackson Brown and Linda Ronstadt. Raised on the Hopi and Navajo reservations, Dawangyumptewa has attended many schools including the Institute of American Indian Arts, Haskell Institute in Kansas, and Northern Arizona University. His art has been recognized with awards at the Museum of Northern Arizona, American Indian Heritage Foundation, and Santa Fe and Colorado Indian markets. While promoting his own art in museums and galleries around the country, Dawangyumptewa has expended great effort to bring art to the public via museum exhibit design, the founding of Flagstaff’s Festival of Arts, and high-profile arts advocacy throughout the state of Arizona.”
For more information or to get involved in the event, call 928-213-5900
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