Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House

 

During the village-wide Corrales Harvest Festival, Casa San Ysidro welcomes you to celebrate not just the agricultural but also the historical roots of Corrales at the “Heart of Corrales Fiesta.” 

Photo by Louis Bledsoe

The c. 1875 home, restored and expanded by Dr. Ward Alan and Shirley Minge, combines traditional building techniques and architectural features that evoke New Mexico’s Spanish Colonial past. Located in the farming village of Corrales, just north of Albuquerque, the museum is listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail.

During the Festival

Casa San Ysidro’s Harvest Festival is a two-day event in conjunction with the Village of Corrales. This is the village’s largest festival and events are scattered throughout the town. At Casa San Ysidro, over 2,000 people are expected over the two-day period. Casa San Ysidro houses a collection of rare artifacts in a historic adobe home and multi-acre setting. This year, Casa San Ysidro will host a variety of activities, entertainment, and our famous heritage art show.

Every year we also celebrate the living traditions of New Mexico by highlighting the state’s finest artists helping to keep cultural arts relevant and vital today. Examples of retablos, santos, incrusted straw, tinwork, pottery, colchas, and jewelry are just some of the traditional heritage arts that will be demonstrated. Throughout the weekend, guests can visit with traditional artists from all across New Mexico as they sell and demonstrate their craft, learn about habitat restoration, produce ironwork with the local blacksmith, try traditional spinning and weaving, eat fresh baked horno bread, enjoy performances from local musicians, and much more. On September 26th and 27th, from 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Casa will join with their Corrales neighbors in a free event to celebrate the fall harvest.

 

Harvest Festival Agenda

Saturday 9/26/2026

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM       Heritage Artist Market

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM      Acoma Pueblo Enchanted Dancers

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM      The North Valley Tune Tanglers – Tunes from old Appalachia to NM

Sunday 9/78/2026

10:00 – 4:00                Heritage Artists Market

10:00 – 12:00            Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers

12:00 – 2:00               Lara Manzanares—Award Winning Northern New Mexican singer-songwriter

 

Check back again as we add more artists

Dolores Martin Pottery & Weaving
Carol Lucero Gachupin Jemez Pueblo Pottery
Rosalie Chavez San Felipe Pueblo Pottery
Katherine Leon Acoma Pueblo Pottery & Earrings
Diane Wilhoite Loom Weaving
Myra Chang Thompson Spanish Colonial Weaving
Carla Wackenheim Knitting
Jason Younis Y Delgado Tinwork
Jerry Montoya Crosses and Retablos
Janette Montoya Leatherwork
Marvin Gabaldon Beadwork
Crissa Lopez Retablos & Bultos
Joseph Lopez Retablos & Bultos
Pueblo Weavers Group Pueblo Weaving
Felix Lopez Retablos & Bultos

 

  • Martina Rosetta: Horno Baked Bread and Pies
  • Dave Sabo: Blacksmith
  • Las Aranas: Spinning and Weaving Guild
  • Joseph Lopez: Santero Bulto & Retablo Demonstrations
  • Krissa Lopez: Santero Bulto & Retablo Demonstrations
  • Jerry Montoya: Tinwork Demonstrations
  • Casa San Ysidro Docents: Living History
  • *Rio Grande Return: Wild Seeds & build a pinch pot from clay

*Rio Grande Return

Rio Grande Return will offer hands-on seed-focused activities to deepen our relationship with native plants and their ecological and cultural importance. Build a pinch pot from clay for wild seeds. Help clean wild seeds for use in habitat restoration. Learn about ongoing opportunities to help.

 

  • Heritage Artist Market
  • Heritage Field Tours
  • Traditional Arts Demonstrations
  • Horno Baked Bread
  • Blacksmith
  • Spinning and Weaving
  • Tinwork
  • Heritage Games
  • Children’s Activities
  • Live Music