Join us for a celebration of the past, present, and future of our Taos community! Through FREE programs and “Taos-centric” exhibitions, share and explore our history while preserving and celebrating traditions, customs and artforms.

¡Que Viva! is a grito (a Spanish celebratory exclamation) meaning “Long Live,” proclaiming that the traditions of New Mexico are here to stay.

Program for Saturday, June 7
146 Kit Carson Road, Taos

11am–3pm

• ¡Que Viva! Artes invitational local art exhibition and sale (in The Lunder Research Center)
• Timeless Turns: The Legacy of Tío Vivo history and art exhibition (in the 1830s Luna Family Chapel)
• Tío Vivo carousel rides & free digital photo opportunities with Southern Exposure
• Santos carving demonstrations by the Barela family
• Local food and beverages - free
• Youth Heartline bubble booth
• Take-home kids' flower planting activity with Los Jardineros Garden Club of Taos
• Mini-catapult educational activity with Twirl
• Cultural Treasures Project booth
• Antique cars on display
• Strolling musicians
  John Archuleta on guitar and Audrey Davis on violin, courtesy of Arroyo Seco Live
• Face painting - free!
  with Heidi Thorleifson Art & Acutetremonts Body Art
• Fill out a short survey for a chance at one of our door prizes

12–1 pm

• Brief welcome & thank-yous:
  Larry Lemm, Lenore Macdonald, Davison Koenig
• Dance and music performances:
  Cisco & Josiah Velarde, Gabriella Salazar, Gina & Athena, Terecina Romero, Nuna Jade

1–3 pm

• Open house tours of the historic site
  Tour the historic home and studios of E. I. Couse and J. H. Sharp, two of the founders of the early 20th century Taos Society of Artists. Docents will be in every room providing in-depth knowledge of the E. I. Couse home, his painting studio (which is largely as he left it in 1936), the Kibbey Couse machine shop, “Rosie” the Mobile Machine Shop, and the exhibition J. H. Sharp: The Life and Work of an American Legend in the 1915 Sharp Studio.

See our Sunday event page for more activities

Free parking in the town lot at Kit Carson Road and Quesnel Lane