Datebook: November 2021
Above: Fredheads unite this fall at the12th annual Fred Harvey History Weekend. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. FANS OF HOSPITALITY entrepreneur Fred Harvey (1835–1901) gather November 12–15…
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Behind the Mask
If you walk into Susan Contreras’s home and studio in Santa Fe, prepare to don a mask—and not the pandemic kind. “Look at these masks,” the painter enthuses, carrying a box to the porch. “They’re…
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Baumann & Beyond
Above: A re-creation of Gustave Baumann’s studio inside the Palace Print Shop at the New Mexico History Museum. Courtesy of the Palace Press (NMHM/DCA), Photo by Blair Clark. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12…
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Paula Wilson Layers Art with Complex Narratives
IF YOU MEET PAULA WILSON AT HER STUDIO during the weekly art event known as MoMAZoZo, you might not actually see her for a while. Art tends to get in the way, along with history, a growing artistic…
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The Tamarind Institute Honors the Fine Art of Printmaking
Hopi Dancers (State I) , 1974, by Fritz Scholder. Courtesy of Tamarind Institute. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, printmaker June Wayne devised a bold plan to rescue the dying medium of lithography. It…
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Home on the Range
Several breeds of cattle, horses, and sheep are on view at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Photograph courtesy of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. HEATHER REED AFFECTIONATELY…
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See the Historic Mills of the Mora Valley
The adobe-walled Cleveland Roller Mill is one of the three historic flour mills that remain today. TWENTY-FIVE MILES NORTH OF LAS VEGAS, a gentle giant of a building welcomes drivers to a pastoral…
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In the Studio with Taos Artist Ed Sandoval
Artist Ed Sandoval is surrounded by his work in his Taos gallery. WHEREVER THE GNARLED OLD man appears, time seems to stand still. Dressed in the same hat and weathered brown coat, he leans his bent…
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Artist Afton Love Rocks
Eroded rock inspires Afton Love’s 16 Faces and 16 Bowls. Courtesy of Afton Love. AFTON LOVE’S ARTISTIC AMBITIONS are immense. “I wanted to explore the mysteries of life,” says the Ojo Caliente–based…
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This Rustic Red River Resort is Full of Pioneer Spirit
AFTER THE OLD RED RIVER PASS ROAD was carved out of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in 1915, motorists from Oklahoma and Texas poured into Red River every summer. Their endgame? Superb trout fishing…
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