The Art of Lowrider Culture
WORKING IN A STYLE HE CALLS “TASTEFUL OVERKILL,” Albuquerque native Rob Vanderslice has been painting lowrider cars in New Mexico for nearly 40 years. Vanderslice, who opened his first shop at 18…
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Gift Holiday Cheer with Local Art
1. Dennis Vialpando carves Santa heads and other Christmas creations with a chain saw, using leftover ponderosa logs he gathers from the lumberyards and sawmills in Las Vegas and Española. Vialpando…
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Year-Round Christmas Joy
THE CHRISTMAS SHOP The Christmas Shop is a love letter to owner Liz Kingswood’s adopted Albuquerque home. “I make it my mission to carry local artists who you can’t find at the box stores,” says…
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Find Holiday Magic in Santa Fe
ON A WINTRY MORNING in downtown Santa Fe, a handsome man strolls past the Cathedral Basilica and pauses before turning to his companion. “There’s nothing like Santa Fe at Christmastime,” he says…
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The Healing Power of Sound
IMMERSIVE RELAXATION isn’t limited to fancy spas. Just ask Santa Fe–based sound healer Adrienne Smith, whose Perfect Fifths Sound Healing travels wherever Smith is booked to fine-tune mental and…
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A New Way to Spa
IF YOU’RE LOOKING for the kind of relaxation that completely turns off your brain, a sensory-deprivation float tank at Ojo Santa Fe Spa Resort, in La Ciénega, might be the ticket. The experience is…
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Glamp It Up in Truth or Consequences
I’LL ADMIT IT: I’m a reluctant outdoorswoman. While I understand the appeal of a retreat that includes basking in natural wonders and sleeping under the stars, choosing to do so in a tent in the…
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Exhibit Draws on the Immigrant Experience
THE TITLE OF JUANA ESTRADA HERNÁNDEZ’S first solo museum exhibition, Las semillas, el sol, y los que sacaron a delante (The seeds, the sun, and those that brought me forward), is both poetic and…
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Anthony Lovato is a Living Treasure
JEWELER ANTHONY LOVATO DRAWS CREATIVE INSPIRATION from his rich family history of potters, basket weavers, and silversmiths. The fifth-generation Santo Domingo (Kewa) artist specializes in tufa…
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Carving Out Legacies
ONCE THERE WAS A FATHER FROM MEXICO, a skilled curandero who could find powerful medicine in the most barren deserts. He moved to Arizona with his wife in the first few years of the 20th century, but…
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