The Legacy of the Pacheco Chair
"DON’T GET RID OF IT,” my father insisted. Just before his ninetieth birthday and a move into my home, we were in the process of clearing out many of his belongings. He was referring to the most…
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Category: Culture
The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Nightscapes
1ST PLACE Extraterrestrial, (above) Paul Schmit "New Mexico isn’t particularly full of landscape photography icons despite the endlessly diverse and beautiful terrain, which I actually consider a…
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The Story Behind Ethyl the Whale
CREATED FROM SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, the 82-foot Ethyl the Whale sculpture raises its dorsal ridge behind Santa Fe Community College. Commissioned by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, on the California coast…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Mobile
1ST PLACE New Mexico 2022, (above), Ryle Yazzie "A friend and I decided to take a mushroom growing class provided by NMFungi. Toward the end of class, Estevan Hernandez, the owner, brought out…
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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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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: Landscapes
1ST PLACE Evening Light, (above), Jim Stein “A quick trip to southern New Mexico would not have been complete without visiting this magical place. I arrived on the White Sands National Park dunes…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: People
1ST PLACE The Stare Down, (above), Bobby Gutierrez "This photo was taken in the Barelas neighborhood of Downtown Albuquerque during a cruise night where local custom car clubs line Fourth Street with…
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The 22nd Annual New Mexico Magazine Photos of the Year: New Mexico Experience
1ST PLACE Recalling the Santa Fe, (above), Ann Walton 2ND PLACE Pecos Underground , Grayson Kemp "A beam of light helps illuminate an underground kiva near the main pueblo adobe structure at Pecos…
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Poet Laureate Provides Safe Space for Writers
A DOZEN FACES CROWD THE FIRST ZOOM session of Lauren Camp’s writing workshop, From Wild Mind to Experience: Writing in All Directions. The newly appointed New Mexico poet laureate appears from her La…
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Editor's Letter: Snap Chat
BOBBY GUTIERREZ HAD NEVER entered our annual photo contest before this year. For the past decade, however, the Albuquerque professional glazier, artist, curator, radio host, and start-up business…
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