Nominate Your True Hero
Matt Probst (left) and Wilma Brooks (right) were among New Mexico Magazine 's 2020 True Heroes. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. EVERY DAY, MANY NEW MEXICANS work tirelessly and make sacrifices in…
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Category: People
Musician Eliza Gilkyson is Back
Folk singer Eliza Gilkyson has long been rooted among the high mesas of northern New Mexico . Photograph by Todd Wolfson. TO HEAR HER TELL IT, Eliza Gilkyson has always been on her way back. Although…
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Meet the Man Behind the Voice of Zozobra
Santa Fe Opera baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore returns as the voice of Zozobra this year. ANTHONY MICHAELS-MOORE'S VOICE HOLDS AUDIENCES SPELLBOUND. But the Santa Fe Opera baritone seemed destined for…
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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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This Sculpture Depicts the Cowboys of the Original JAL Ranch
Brian Norwood's sculpture The Trail Ahead depicts the cowboys of JAL ranch. Photograph by Brian Norwood. WHEN BRIAN NORWOOD WAS RAISING MONEY for a metal sculpture in Jal, a nearby rancher offered a…
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Amber-Dawn Bear Robe Moves Indigenous Fashion Forward
AMBER-DAWN BEAR ROBE WAS GIVEN HER SIKSIKA NAME, Many Butterfly Woman, from a relative’s dream. In it, a tepee was covered in butterflies, but as the dreamer approached, the butterflies took flight…
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In This Haunting Novel, A Family Reckons with Loss and Injustice
Brandon Hobson's The Removed debuted in February. Photographs courtesy of Ecco and Brandon Hobson. BRANDON HOBSON'S NOVELS ARE GUIDED BY the Cherokee legends his mother and granny told him, by themes…
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Meet the Next Generation of Diné Weavers
Diné weaver Kevin Aspaas lives near the Ship Rock formation, a sacred peak to his people. AN INHERITED UPRIGHT LOOM STANDS against the wall of weaver Venancio Aragon’s Farmington studio. The warps…
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Melinda Bonewell Finds a Home in Madrid
Melinda Bonewell owns the Mine Shaft Tavern, in Madrid. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. MELINDA BONEWELL TRADED SEATTLE’S RAIN FOR the sunny skies of New Mexico 18 years ago when she moved to the…
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The Pottery of Kathleen Wall
Kathleen Wall uses pottery to tell stories and push boundaries. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. THROUGH CLAY, ARTIST KATHLEEN WALL USES the earth from which her ancestors emerged to document…
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