UNESCO Creative City — Santa Fe
Santa Fe was the first UNESCO Creative City in the U.S. to be selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
This year is the 20th anniversary of Santa Fe being named a Creative City and for an inaugural event, and miscellaneous events during the year, I was contacted about the City using a number of my Northern New Mexico (Norteno) artist portraits.
The images used were printed eight feel tall for verticals and about 7 feet wide for horizontals.
I was happy to help the City with this year long celebration but was actually more interested in how the photos would print at this large size.
I was pleasantly surprised with the print quality.
To enable the original photos to be printed at this size I utilized ON1 Resize.
Some info about the UNESCO program
A UNESCO-designated City of Craft and Folk Art, Santa Fe belongs to a select group of renowned international cities. The group of UNESCO Creative Cities are chosen by application for innovation, investment and community in a range of arts and creativity. From cooking pots and water containers crafted in clay by Native American tribes a thousand years ago to modern-day decorative items and intricate jewelry crafted in textiles, metal and wood, Santa Fe welcomes, strengthens and grows arts and artists in our community. We were the first city designated as a Creative City in the United States, in 2005, and we were appointed for our Craft and Folk Art community.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network Forms A Backbone For Thriving Arts And Creativity
The Creative Cities Network, founded in 2004, recognizes cities for Craft and Folk Art, Design, Gastronomy, Music, Literature, Media Arts and Film. This backbone for prosperity and innovation helps drive creativity as an economic engine in our communities and connects arts traditions across space and time.
Below art some photos of the setlup and a few of the event sans visitors to give you an idea of the scale of the images used.
This year is the 20th anniversary of Santa Fe being named a Creative City and for an inaugural event, and miscellaneous events during the year, I was contacted about the City using a number of my Northern New Mexico (Norteno) artist portraits.
The images used were printed eight feel tall for verticals and about 7 feet wide for horizontals.
I was happy to help the City with this year long celebration but was actually more interested in how the photos would print at this large size.
I was pleasantly surprised with the print quality.
To enable the original photos to be printed at this size I utilized ON1 Resize.
Some info about the UNESCO program
A UNESCO-designated City of Craft and Folk Art, Santa Fe belongs to a select group of renowned international cities. The group of UNESCO Creative Cities are chosen by application for innovation, investment and community in a range of arts and creativity. From cooking pots and water containers crafted in clay by Native American tribes a thousand years ago to modern-day decorative items and intricate jewelry crafted in textiles, metal and wood, Santa Fe welcomes, strengthens and grows arts and artists in our community. We were the first city designated as a Creative City in the United States, in 2005, and we were appointed for our Craft and Folk Art community.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network Forms A Backbone For Thriving Arts And Creativity
The Creative Cities Network, founded in 2004, recognizes cities for Craft and Folk Art, Design, Gastronomy, Music, Literature, Media Arts and Film. This backbone for prosperity and innovation helps drive creativity as an economic engine in our communities and connects arts traditions across space and time.
Below art some photos of the setlup and a few of the event sans visitors to give you an idea of the scale of the images used.
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Below are all the photos used in the inaugural exhibit at the City of Santa Fe Convention Center
Isabro Ortega
Camilla Trujillo
Carmen Campos
Cipriano Vigil and grandson
Felix Lopez and son
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Apollo Benalli
Irvin Trujillo
Gloria Cordova
Eliza Naranjo Morse
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Demi Lovato
YMCA lowrider bikes
Roger Montoya
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LoLo Medina
Matachines de Alcalde
Vincent Campos
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Ron Mier
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