The Faces of New Mexico
Above: The body of the Axle Contemporary step van features over 900 wheat-pasted portraits. Photograph courtesy of Axle Contemporary. There were obstacles, not the least of which was the moment when…
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Tag: Art & Design
Eighties Kid
Above: Jon Sanchez in his Albuquerque studio. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT’S HOT AND I’VE SPENT MOST of the day at the Hispanic Contemporary Market, on the Santa Fe Plaza, waiting for a cloud…
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The Mother and Daughter Team Making World-Class Pottery
Above: Dominique Toya works on a melon swirl pot. Photographs by Stefan Wachs. DOMINIQUE TOYA TELLS US NOT to be shy, to gather closer so that we can dip our hands in two Ziploc bags filled to the…
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A Guide to Santa Fe Art
THE FIRST TIME I STEPPED into Art House, one of the many galleries in Santa Fe’s famed Canyon Road art district, I lost my bearings. Crossing the threshold of a historic adobe home, I entered a dim…
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Vicente Telles: A Modern Santero
Above: Vicente Telles. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. ON THE SECOND FLOOR of a 110-year-old building in downtown Albuquerque, Vicente Telles sits in a group of contemporary art studios, his…
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Folk Art Fantasia
Above: Tinkertown Museum in Sandia Park. Photograph by Pat Canova / Alamy Stock Photo. Before his 1998 death, artist Ross Ward liked to say that “while you were watching TV” he came up with all of…
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Be Your Dreams
Above: From yoga to interactive dining, AR experiences range from $10 to $150. Photograph by Josh Lane. Visualize stepping inside your imagination. You can do just that at Storylab—a vacant space on…
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Get Cultured
Above: Aprons available at Casa de Cultura's Boutique. Photographs Courtesy of Casa de Cultura. Bianca Encinias is the proud Burque-based Chicana behind El Chante: Casa de Cultura. In 2010, before…
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Hot on the Press
Above: Thomas Leech (left) and James Bourland prep the Vandercook. Photographs by Allison Pharmakis. Thomas Leech stands at the belly of a 65-year-old Vandercook letterpress, a hand-operated…
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