Seasoned artists who have always had a place at the Indian Market in Santa Fe will have to vie for a spot like everyone else starting next year.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/2ck9hmv) organizers are doing away with tenure for some artists, a decision that is receiving a mixed reaction.
Some say this will push more senior artists aside in favor of contemporary, younger ones.
Supporters of the decision say the event cannot truly be a juried show unless all participants are juried.
Members of the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts unanimously supported ending tenure by 2017.
The tenure policy was instituted in 1992 as more out-of-state artists were seeking a spot at the market.
Association chief development officer John Jones says tenured artists number less than 200.
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