Rag Rug Festivals & Design Collectives
Our signature Rag Rug Festivals & Design Collectives offer both our grantees and a broad network of women artisans, predominantly from small, rural communities, the opportunity to expand both their income generation and the audience for their work. Festivals in Santa Fe, Farmington and Las Cruces since August 2007 have brought in a combined total of $91,000 in income for participating women artisans from all around the state!
Creativity is the common denominator — weaving New Mexico women together in a vibrant community that celebrates collaboration, vision, and diverse traditions often sustained across generations.
Along with stunning rag rugs, each festival presents hand-woven wool, cotton, silk, and rag-based clothing (including scarves, ruanas, shawls, and jackets), as well as home furnishings, beaded accessories, punched tin folk art, handmade greeting cards and prints, colcha embroidery, pine needle baskets, and dozens of other distinctive handmade gifts and products.
In an innovative approach to helping women sell their crafts and artistic creations, Rag Rug Festivals are produced in small museums, which provide enticing environments for peer-to-peer learning and personal skills development.
