Stores

Koa Nalu is New Mexico's only true surf shop. Since opening in 2006, we are committed to bringing you the best products from the surf and skate industry. We make it our business to provide excellent service to everyone who visits our shop.

We provide So-Cal lifestyle clothing, shoes and accessories from brands like Billabong, Hurley, Quiksilver, Roxy, Rusty, Reef, Rip Curl, Sanuk and many more. Our knowledge of ever-evolving trends combined with our access to the most popular brands means you can always come to Koa Nalu for the look you want.

We offer a collection of ageless KALEIDOSCOPES for all ages that blend Science, Craft & Art with Mind Hand & Heart. Come experience our beautiful unique interactive works of art by over 70 Kaleidoscopes Artists. Also offering other colorful artwork: Elegantly Playful Diachronic Glass Jewelry by Essential Glassworks, Original Oils by local artist Steve Asay & Fused Glass Masks by Sandy Dawson. WOW!

Furniture – Handmade, solid wood or iron. Home Décor – Brazilian textiles, Guatemalan embroidery, Mexican mirrors, Morrocan pottery, . . .

Folk Art – Mexican tinwork, Dia de los Muertos, New Mexican retablos, . . .

Jewelry – Handmade by local artists

Vintage – Collections of clothes and kitchen 1920's -1980's

Many of our items are handmade in Old World Fashion with a New World twist.You will find it all here in a wonderful building rumored to be a stagecoach stop on the Historic Camino Real.

If you are interested in Native American Art of the southwest, we have a fine selection of pottery, weavings, and carvings by well known and emerging Native American artists. We purchase artwork directly from artists and their families. We strive to cultivate an appreciation of the hours spent to coil a pot, weave a textile, and carve a stone. The spirit of this art work contains the spirit of this land and its native people.

Garrett Menning (a.k.a. "Dr. G") and his wife, Sophany, own and operate Nativa Handicrafts and Gifts in Old Town Albuquerque. As an anthropologist, Garrett travels the world, collecting art and handicrafts.

Nativa works to support contemporary artisans in the production of traditional handicrafts and promote understanding and appreciation of these traditions among our customers. Stop in and take a look at our unique collection of gifts, handicrafts, books, music and folk art from every corner of the globe. And don't forget to check www.nativahandicrafts.com for bargains and information about store events, world art, exotic travel destinations, and much more!