Visit some of Santa Fe's finest homes and gardens on a private tour -- offered mid-April to mid-October to small groups by the Santa Fe Garden Club. Enjoy up to 3 beautiful residences on a 3-4 hour tour hosted by Garden Club members. By reservation only.

3rd Annual County-wide Studio Tour will take place over two fall weekends. Open Studios September 4,5,6 and September 11,12. Opening Reception Friday, September 3 at Sagebrush Inn. Come and meet the artists and enjoy the diverse studio settings Taos has to offer. TAO Art Week Experiential workshops with creativity experts will be offered between the Taos Studio Tour Weekends: September 6 through September 11. For more information go to www.taosartist.org or call (575) 751-0071

The Museum Store and Lloyd Kiva New Gallery host celebrated jeweler Denise Wallace (Chugach Aleut) in this annual show. Special guests to be announced! Opening reception August 19 from 4-7 p.m.

This festival is the oldest art festival in Taos, starting in 197X. It includes two major art shows ñ an invitational titled Taos Invites Taos and a juried show called Taos Open. There are museum and gallery openings, a huge arts and crafts fair, and other events and concerts presented by local businesses. Each year a limited edition poster is printed to commemorate the arts festival. Taos Convention Center

We conduct free and low cost public classes and workshops in Spanish and English at our Albuquerque store. Space is limited, so please be sure to sign up well in advance. For more information or to sign up for a class, please call us at 505-266-8443. Parents and kids, note our newly added summer classes for kids! (Jewelry Making, Beading, Wire Wrapping, Geology Lessons, Rock Carving, Flint Knapping, Metaphysical Workshops, Metal Detecting for Beginners, Pearl Knotting, Beading Demos)

The Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as lakes, streams, and inland seas provide subject matter for this luminous exhibition of 20th century landscape art by Charles Partridge Adams, Bernard Corey, Frank Cuprien, David M. Reid Henry, Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Jack Okey, Ogden Pleissner, and Paul Wescott.