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Rael’s Market

The original family-run business was first a general merchandise store that carried everything from coffins to clothing. Now a coffee shop, museum and art gallery. Come explore!

Gallery

Armando Vigil
Local Seasonal Produce
Dolores Tafoya
Jam Session
Marcus Herrera
The old sign.
Cynthia Rael
Michael Rael
Coffee Treats
Berlinda Trujillo
Questa Products
Cynthia Rael
Armindo Vigil
Since 1927!
Clarence LaCome
Elizabeth Huddle
Ruth Archuleta
Marcus Herrera

About the Art

In the store, Cynthia represents over 12 local artists. The artwork includes traditional woodworking, carving, and quilting as well as jewelry, painting, and pottery.

Bio

Rael’s Market, which has been around since 1927, has become the “new” traditional artist gallery as well as a little local museum and coffee shop. The original family-run business was first a general merchandise store that carried everything from coffins to clothing. It was the place to get anything you needed in Questa. It even held one of the first phone booths in the area.

It is a place to step back in time, to slow down, to visit and to reflect on today and also the past. Cynthia and her family try to keep Rael’s Market going. She says it is a place to “Live Our History.” It is the arts, the history, and the culture of the area that her family has focused on and Cynthia wants to keep it that way.

Contact

Cynthia Rael
Rael’s Market
Questa
cynthiaraelvigil@yahoo.com
575-779-9249
Website

Other Local Artists

Teresa Gostanza

Mystical Transformative Imagery
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Michael Ridder

Creating a vessel requires patience and commitment to a process that is thousands of years old.
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Julienne Hadfield

I simply go for a hike and see a lovely flower that the light hits just so, and that inspires a new piece of jewelry.
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Jiwanshakti

I am deeply committed to our earth’s health and a sustainable future between humanity and the rest of the world.
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This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs,
and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Questa Creative Council
PO Box 1025
Questa, NM 87556

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Our Mission

Questa Creative Council seeks to strengthen and sustain community enrichment and economic opportunities through arts, culture, history, and education.

Our Vision

We will enhance opportunities to build cooperation among artists, artisans, cultural creatives and community members. We will help build a beneficial future while nurturing, sustaining or reviving traditional and contemporary creative pursuits.

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This project is supported in part by an award from New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.