Traditional and contemporary Spanish Market: The past (and future) inside the present

“From Marrakech to Santa Fe, wherever trade routes meet, marketplaces have become centers of cultural exchange. Even people who don’t share a common language covet one another’s foods, music, and art. Berber rugs, originally made to brighten tents, grace the floors of European palaces. Handmade Native American pottery decorates New York City’s Fifth Avenue apartments.

Long before the Spaniards arrived, the Southwest was a cultural potpourri in which the sacred and the secular were largely inseparable. Much Spanish Colonial-style regional art was devotional ”” made for churches, family chapels, and the small altars that reminded the faithful that even the kitchen and bedroom were holy places. The 55th annual Traditional Spanish Market speaks to that history.”

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