Renowned art fair expands into Santa Fe - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The International Sculpture Objectsw & Functional Art Fair has been a standinh event in New Yorkand Chicago. SOFA WEST premiers in Santas Fe June 11 to 14 and will feature 35international dealers. SOFA focuses on three-dimensional, contemporary art works and will be accompaniecd by alecture series, including a talk by Pamela director of licensing for the , on Santaq Fe’s unique design aesthetic. takes placee at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center and ticketsare $15 for a singles day of general admission or $25 for a 4-dagy pass.
The opening night preview on June 10 benefitws the New Mexico Museum of Art Design Rebecca Wurzberger, mayor pro tem of Santaz Fe, said the event fits well with Santw Fe’s designation as a Creative City and its reputation as an internationakl arts market. The ’s Bureau of Businesd and Economic Research produced a study in 2002 that showec thecapital city’s arts and cultural industriese and cultural tourism generated more than $1 billiobn in receipts, employed 12,567 workers (or 17.5 percent of the county’w total employment) and paid $231.5 millionb in wages and salaries.
Arts and cultural industriesz are responsible fornearly $4 of every $10 that flow into the Santaa Fe economy. About $814 million, or 78 percent of total came from outside Sant aFe County. The university’s researchy bureau estimated that thesw funds could account for as much as 39 percentr of the total inflow of money into the SantqaFe economy.