Discover a Santo Wonderland
SEPARATED FROM THEIR NEAREST SUPPLY points in Mexico, Spanish colonial–era artists in New Mexico made do with the materials they found here. Cottonwood branches and roots became bultos, or statues…
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Posts From: November 2022
The Life and Art of Gary Niblett
GLOSSY NEW MEXICO LIGHT SHINES through sprawling bay windows at artist Gary Niblett’s home, in the northern foothills of Santa Fe. His American West oil paintings in gilded frames fill the space. His…
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Nancy's Silver Café is a Treasure
WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT NANCY’S SILVER CAFÉ is what they—and their relatives—have always loved about it. Generations return to the downtown Silver City spot for made-to-order tacos, from-scratch…
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Master Santeros Save the Sacred
MASTER SANTERO FÉLIX LÓPEZ calls the artworks at San Antonio de Padua Church, in Córdova, where his great-grandparents are buried, “a door to the sacred.” St. Anthony’s, as it’s casually known in the…
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Explore New Mexico's Karst Country
HEADING EAST ON I-40, ROLLING HILLS covered in piñon-juniper scrub give way to the grasslands of the southern Great Plains. Other than the big blue sky and an occasional dramatic thunderstorm, the…
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Fly Away to the Gila National Forest
WHEN THERE ARE 3.3 MILLION acres of the Gila National Forest to hike, bike, camp, fish, photograph, and explore, you don’t want to waste even a few hours getting there. That’s why the Grant County…
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More To Love
THINKING ABOUT CARLSBAD? Think beyond the cave! “There’s so much more to do in Carlsbad than people realize,” says Robbie Franco, who owns Zia Bike and Board in this southeastern New Mexico town. He…
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Blast Off to Alamogordo
THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM of Space History, in Alamogordo, is preparing for liftoff. “We’re about 90 percent done with the new Human Spaceflight Gallery,” says director Chris Orwoll, of the exhibit, which…
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Find a Wealth of Adventures in Silver City
SILVER CITY FACED CATASTROPHE in the 1890s, when great floods wiped away Main Street and many of its buildings. But the townspeople quickly rallied, building a new thoroughfare parallel to the old…
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A Trip to Bountiful Las Cruces
AS A FOURTH-GENERATION LAS CRUCEN, Chris Schaefer carries on his family’s love for Mesilla Valley abundance. The owner of Dry Point Distillers is inspired by regional agriculture when crafting…
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