A major focus of the Rail Yards Market is our dedication to education and entrepreneurialship. At the market each week there are dedicated spaces, or "zones" for educational presenters to share their work and process with the community.
We have 2 interactive educational zones as follows:
Children’s Zone: Educational games, stories, craft projects, music and other fun activities for kids and families
STEAM Zone: Live demonstrations of art and educational activities including workshops and presentations that cover a variety of topics including cultural and traditional crafts, sustainability practices, and gallery displays. Our STEAM stands for Sustainable, Traditional, Educational, and Artistic modalities! This zone features and rotates many demonstrations including weaving, sculpting, painting, crafting, gardening, and more! We seek educators who have an interactive setup for education, and especially love innovative ideas and traditional art forms.
The Rail Yards Market of Albuquerque is focused on building a resilient, sustainable local economy that we all love to work and play in. Through food, art, and music, we hope to bring our community together in an atmosphere of fun, learning, and creativity. Rail Yards Market is a community organization operating under the fiscal sponsorship of a Barelas Community Coalition, a certified 501(c)(3). The Rail Yards Market’s mission is to celebrate the cuisine, culture, and art of Albuquerque and the State of New Mexico. Our commitment is to: Preserve the legacy of and collaborate with the historic downtown neighborhoods. Gather the city’s many communities around a shared space. Nurture the next generation of local entrepreneurs. Create a dynamic hub for Albuquerque’s agricultural and artistic communities. Promote tourism by providing Albuquerque with a must-see destination in the heart of downtown. Demonstrate one of many potential uses for the Rail Yards site. Promote the knowledge and preservation of New Mexico’s heirloom crop varieties
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