Taos, N.M.

What’s happening the next few weeks:

* This year’s Taos Fall Arts Festival (the 24th annual) celebrates the New Mexico art colony’s 100-year anniversary with exhibitions, festivals, gallery shows and more, Sept. 18 through Oct. 4. Two major art shows lead the pack of events: “Taos Invites Taos,” a juried event, honors artist Agnes Martin with a lifetime achievement award, and presents works in a variety of media by R.C. Gorman, Maurice Lowe, Rachel Brown, Melissa Zink, Emily Benoist Ruffin and others. “The Taos Open” features recent works by local Taos artists. Taos Civic Plaza and Convention Center, 121 Civic Plaza Drive, (505) 737-2628.

* The home of one of the Taos Art Colony’s founders, Ernest Blumenschein, is a museum maintained much as it was when he lived there. The museum honors Blumenschein’s arrival in Taos with an exhibition, “Celebrating the Taos Society of Artists: A Photographic Exhibition of the 21 Society Members,” Sept. 4 through Oct. 24. The Blumenschein Home and Museum are part of the Kit Carson Museum, 222 Ledoux St. (505) 758-0505.

* The Harwood Foundation Museum (the second-oldest museum in New Mexico) marks its 75th anniversary with a special exhibition, “Art Patronage in Taos: 1898-1950.” Sept. 3 through Nov. 22. 238 Ledoux St. (505) 758-9826.

* Sculptor Larry Bell exhibits “Fractions” at the New Directions Gallery Sept. 16-Oct. 14. 107-B North Plaza. (505) 758-2771.

* Fall fairs and festivals: The Old Taos Trade Fair, Sept. 26 and 27, offers local traditional foods, music, entertainment and demonstrations of crafts. La Hacienda de Martinez, Ranchitos Road. (505) 758-0505. The Taos Wool Festival, Oct. 2 and 3, celebrates the 400-year history of the wool industry in the region with demonstrations, spinning contests, exhibits and sales of wool and wool garments in Kit Carson Park. (505) 751-0306. The Taos Plaza Arts and Crafts Fair, Oct. 2 through 4, features pottery, jewelry and food booths. Taos Plaza. (800) 732-8267.