Cost: $60 per person. Limited to 15 participants per option.
For nearly one hundred years, 660 Garcia Street has been a place where writing happens. Whether the private home of intrepid sisters or a residence where academic scholars and Native American artists live, research, and create, the site that today is the School for Advanced Research (SAR) has fostered plays, puppet shows, poet’s roundups, and Advanced Seminar books. More recently, it is where three of the past four National Book Award winners for nonfiction were scholars and wrote sections of their books.
In collaboration with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, SAR invites you to our campus to immerse yourself in words written and read right here while walking the grounds and experiencing our rich history.
For two days—Friday, May 15, and Monday, May 18, 2026—we will offer Literary Tours. Choose between morning and afternoon sessions. Walk our campus while learning about its diverse literary history and hearing the words of writers both past and present. At noon, either before or after the tour, join us for lunch in the historic Dobkin Boardroom while listening to readings by writers from the MFA Creative Writing Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (Friday) and established authors with ties to New Mexico (Monday).
Four registration options (each choice limited to 15 people):
Friday, May 15
Morning option (10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.)
Start with a Literary Tour of the SAR campus at 10:00 a.m.
At noon, enjoy lunch while listening to readings featuring emerging writers from IAIA.
Afternoon option (12:00 noon–4:00 p.m.)
At noon, start with lunch and readings featuring emerging writers from IAIA.
Following the readings, take a Literary Tour of the SAR campus.
Monday, May 18
Morning option (10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.)
Start with a Literary Tour of the SAR campus at 10:00 a.m.
At noon, enjoy lunch while hearing readings from authors with ties to New Mexico.
Afternoon option (12:00 noon–4:00 p.m.)
Start with lunch and readings featuring authors with ties to New Mexico.
Following the readings, take a Literary Tour of the SAR campus.
We encourage you to fully participate in the Santa Fe International Literary Festival and take part in these additional offerings at SAR as bookends that provide a way to enrich your experience with Santa Fe and its literary history.
Questions: Contact Kat Bernhardt at (505) 954-7230 or bernhardt@sarsf.org.