the 17th annual
POJOAQUE RIVER ART TOUR takes place on September 18 and 19,
2010 Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm, eighteen studios
located 16 miles north of Santa Fe in the pueblo of Pojoaque
and along County Road 84 (parallels Hwy 502 to Los Alamos) through
the traditional communities of Pojoaque, Jacona, Jaconita,
and El Rancho, will open to the public to exhibit contemporary
and traditional oil and acrylic paintings, mixed media,
assemblage, monotypes, Sumi-e, watercolor, gouache, and pastel,
jewelry, pottery, weaving and glass.

Feeders and waterers will
be provided by Seniors at the El Rancho Community
Center who will sell Frito pies, drinks and baked goods.

Flight pattern
MAPS of the Tour with territories and species of artists will be
available at Santa Fe hotels, and maps and displays picturing
representative
hatches at each studio can be found at the Pojoaque Pueblo Visitor
Center off
Hwy 285/84 and the El Rancho Community Center, off St. Hwy 502, or
follow
the signs and obtain maps at artists' studios.

Explore our local
artists' nests in the Pojoaque River Valley,
an eclectic and beautiful old farming community off
Hwy 84/285 and Los Alamos Highway 502 north of Santa Fe,
with a side flight into Pojoaque Pueblo and Nambé.
Both native and introduced species enjoy its proximity to Santa Fe
as well as the beauty and solitude it affords.

With autumn its most beautiful season, the route is a wonderful opportunity
for an auto or bike tour, beginning at the Visitors Center in POJOAQUE
or at the Community Center in EL RANCHO.