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Santa Fe proclaims UNESCO Month, marks 20th anniversary as Creative City
Summary
Speakers at a meeting proclaimed UNESCO Month for Santa Fe and highlighted the city’s 20th anniversary as the first U.S. member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for crafts and folk art; organizers noted about 20 artists taking part in related events.
Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, read a proclamation marking UNESCO Month and noting that Santa Fe was the first U.S. city designated in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for its accomplishments in crafts and folk art.
“The city of Santa Fe, New Mexico was the first, the first US city to be designated a creative city for its extraordinary accomplishments in crafts and folk art,” Speaker 1 said. “Santa Fe today gets to strut its stuff a little bit.”
The proclamation and accompanying remarks highlighted the city’s 20th anniversary in the Global Creative Cities Network and a local celebration featuring about 20 artists, food and music. Speaker 2, an unidentified speaker, said organizers began preparations early in the morning to gather the artists and described the range of media represented: “pottery, fiber arts, metal work, wood crafts, the new tradition which includes, lowrider art.”
Speaker 3, an unidentified speaker, placed Santa Fe’s designation in a broader context, noting the network has grown to include “over 350 cities” since its founding. Speaker 4, an unidentified speaker, emphasized local cultural diversity, saying, “We have different communities in Santa Fe and that's what makes Santa Fe great,” and noting participation from Spanish, heritage and Indigenous artists working in textiles, pottery and jewelry.
The final remarks reiterated that the read document was an official proclamation of UNESCO Month and framed the celebration around the theme “tradition as innovation,” with speakers describing participating artists as intergenerational.
No formal vote or roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript provided; the proclamation was presented and described as official during the meeting.
