BELÉN-BASED SCULPTOR Paula Castillo creates large-scale installations that intersect with both physical and cultural landscapes of the Southwest. She cites a monumental 2005 installation in Albuquerque as a huge influence on her artistic practice. Using earth, native plants, and stone, Numbe Whageh (“Our Center Place”) by Santa Clara artist Nora Naranjo Morse is rooted in Pueblo relationships to land, water, and community. “More than 20 years after its installation, Numbe Whageh still informs my thinking about public sculpture, memory, responsibility, and place,” Castillo says. “Public sculpture is often expected to resist change. Numbe Whageh accepts weathering and transformation as part of its life. Increasingly, climate change, development, and resource extraction are altering the New Mexican landscape at a pace that can feel difficult to comprehend. Rather than resist change, Numbe Whageh incorporates it into the work itself.”