Zahra Marwan Shares Her Story
AT AGE SEVEN, Zahra Marwan left her home in Kuwait’s desert by the sea for a new home in New Mexico’s desert by the mountains. Her family was forced to leave when laws deemed that anyone without…
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True Heroes 2022: Mary Ann Cortese
EXCITEMENT OVERTOOK MARY ANN CORTESE as she watched the first display go up in the empty Treaty Room at the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. The larger-than-life photograph…
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True Heroes 2022: Dr. Jodi Casados & Dr. Levi Maes
DOCTORS JODI CASADOS AND LEVI MAES remember their first Covid-positive patient at La Clínica del Pueblo de Río Arriba, in Tierra Amarilla. Maes put on every piece of the clinic’s personal protective…
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Welcome to Wo/Manhouse
FOR 30 YEARS, a Belén home sat vacant on North Fifth Street, slowly becoming a time capsule of mid-century modern decor. From a well-kept lime shag carpet and floor-length doorbell chimes to a…
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This Fashion Designer Is Back 4 Good
TEARS RISE IN AMY DENET DEAL'S EYES when she talks about the first time she entered a room full of people who looked like her—a moment when she felt like she was home. As a Diné person raised off Diné…
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Native Speaker
DURING TIMES OF SOCIAL DISRUPTION, POETS THRIVE. Their ethereal language unravels the incomprehensible and weaves it into something more of us can understand. It was during such a time, in 2019, that…
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The Auntie Way
ENCHANTING IN A RUG-PRINT DRESS and Marco Arviso statement earrings, Nasheen Sleuth adiates warmth. When we meet, I immediately feel a pull of kinship to the Albuquerque actress and social media…
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Art, Trauma, and the Abeyta Family Legacy
BEYOND THE SANTA FE PLAZA, where history pulses and church bells ring, you climb the creaking steps to Tony Abeyta’s studio. As you ascend, the scents of oil paint, dust, and something like old…
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Master Potter: Susan Folwell
Above: Master potter Susan Folwell uses Pop Art imagery, humor, and the reimagining fine art masterpieces in her work. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. SUSAN FOLWELL IS A POET of contemporary Pueblo…
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The Color Wonder: Rachel Donner
Above: Rachel Donner crafts colorful ceramics in Santa Fe. Photograph courtesy of Rachel Donner. RACHEL DONNER'S EARTHY BEGINNINGS instilled a work ethic she now carries into her career as a…
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