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Editorial: SF Plaza's disparate vendor rules unfair » Albuquerque Journal

Native artists critical of continued restrictions


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Marvin Martinez, a traditional potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, wraps an item purchased Friday by Kathi Sanders of Tucson, Ariz., under the Palace of the Governors’ portal. Artists at the Santa Fe Plaza site are still forced to keep a COVID-19 safe distance, reducing the number of sellers. Nearby city vendors are not as restricted. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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After more than a year, Patricia Anderson, a Navajo jeweler from Cochiti Pueblo, was eager to take her products to market again.
She and other Native American artists have been anxiously awaiting the full reopening of the Native American Artisan Portal Program on the Santa Fe Plaza. Although the portal reopened June 11 – later than many businesses – it is still limiting capacity. ....

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