Our Photos of the Year
Above: "Liz Dancing" by Catherine Lucas, this year's Grand Prize Winner. HOW DO YOU TELL THE STORY OF NEW MEXICO IN A PHOTO? Is it in a flurry of fabric whipped up in a folklórico dancer’s skirt? Or…
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Category: 2019
New Mexico's Best Nachos
DURING A RECENT UNASSUMING EVENING in the Plaza de Las Cruces, tweens in mariachi attire filled their plates alongside hungry Las Crucens and curious visitors. They hardly put a dent in the offerings:…
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Favorite Sun
EVERY ONE OF ELIZABETH MEDINA'S award-winning pots begins with a mystery. Her mother-in-law, Sofia Medina, a renowned potter, long ago revealed to her an area of especially rich clay, but only after…
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A Year of Magical Living
Above: The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument at sunset. Photograph by Wayne Suggs. We all have our go-tos—a restaurant, hike, gallery, margarita, or green chile recipe—that we return to…
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Woman of Steel
Above: Paula Castillo in her studio. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. RÍO GRANDE COLCHA , a massive welded sculpture, unfolds like a circulatory system across the facade of the New Mexico History…
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These Old Satellite Dishes Are Now Works of Art
Above: Native designs now grace repurposed satellite dishes in Grants. Photograph by Jazmen Bradford. Recall the satellite dishes of yore? Those big, bulky pieces of equipment that once received…
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Penasco's Cafe
Above: Sugar Nymphs Bistro's famous carrot cake. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. A few years ago, Sugar Nymphs Bistro got robbed. Kai Harper, the co-owner and chef of the Peñasco restaurant, put out…
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Los Burros de Carrizozo
AN ATTEMPT TO ENTICE travelers into exploring Carrizozo’s art spaces has grown into a Tularosa Basin phenomenon. Warren and Joan Malkerson, expat Minnesotans, turned their sights to this little town…
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