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. Casa San Ysidro celebrates the living traditions of New Mexico by highlighting the state’s finest artists helping to keep cultural arts relevantand vital today. During these festivals, Casa San Ysidro hosts a variety of artists, activities, entertainment, and our famous heritage art show.
Examples of retablos, santos, straw applique, 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!
