Black Expression in New Mexico
A CACTUS SPROUTS from a rounded ceramic pot, suggesting resilience, while two side handles shaped like a woman and a man with earphones embody culture, strength, and fertility. In Paula Wilson’s…
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Category: Museum
Indigenous Visions of the Cosmos
IN DINÉ ARTIST MELISSA BENALY’S pictorial weaving, two figures in white space suits plant an unwavering red, white, and blue flag onto the vast lunar surface while Earth floats like a misty blue orb…
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Hard Truths in Quilts
SUSAN HUDSON, AN ARTIST AND lifelong quilter, wants you to know she is an activist. Quilting and fighting for social justice might not seem to readily go together, but in Quilted Survivance, a current…
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O’Keeffe Museum Centers Pueblo Stories
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE’S legacy in the Southwest extends to the artist herself having become a symbol for the landscapes she painted: striking, creatively inspiring, and free. In fact, O’Keeffe’s name is so…
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A Look at Policarpio Valencia's Textiles
ON A QUILT THAT’S NEARLY A CENTURY old, a line of embroidery by Policarpio Valencia captures what makes the wordplay-loving textile artist an enigma of his time (1853–1931). Not even the lion is the…
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Meet New Mexico’s Oldest Residents
LONG BEFORE NEW MEXICO was a landlocked mix of deserts, mountains, and mesas, it was a land of seas, beaches, and lush forests. Plant-eating lizards with tall, bony sails scurried along its shores…
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Visit the Pecos West Cyclorama
THERE GO A COUPLE of coyotes, snouts raised to the sky. Now a trio of bighorn sheep climb a mesa. Here come some outlaws on horseback, galloping past a bank. At the Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village…
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Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum Evolves
ST. GERTRUDE, THE BENEDICTINE MYSTIC, is known for her compassion for souls in purgatory. If one could nominate a patron saint to watch over and protect an unrivaled collection of Spanish Colonial and…
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3 Must-See Car Museums in New Mexico
Editor's Note: After the publishing of this story, the New Mexico Route 66 Museum in Tucumcari permanently closed in July 2025. THE CANARY-YELLOW 1930 Ford Model A Five-Window Coupe, perched high atop…
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Get Tuned in to Truth or Consequences
AT THE GERONIMO SPRINGS MUSEUM, in Truth or Consequences, festive dresses, parade costumes, and photographs of glamorous Hollywood celebrities share space with the museum’s other exhibitions featuring…
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