The Museum That's Saving a Community
Above: Visitors dance at the Chimayó Museum's fiesta. Photographs by Don J. Usner. MARTA TRUJILLO MARTINEZ LABORS to lift herself up from her folding chair in the shade of a giant cottonwood along…
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Tag: Art NM
Shoot for the Sky
Above: Organ Mountain Morning Mist by Wayne Suggs. Photography by Wayne Suggs. On a typical afternoon, I am with my camera gear, driving along a rocky two-track road in the shadow of the Organ…
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Woman of Steel
Above: Paula Castillo in her studio. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. RÍO GRANDE COLCHA , a massive welded sculpture, unfolds like a circulatory system across the facade of the New Mexico History…
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How To Live, Sleep, And Eat With Folk Art
Above: Judith Espinar in her Santa Fe home. Photographs by Bill Stengel. The man on the other end of the phone meant business. In his native French, he declared, “Non!” Do not come to his village. A…
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Artist Fights Cancer with Hats
Above: Jessi Lloyd of Grey Collective and her three children. Photographs by Minesh Bacrania. It was Christmas Eve of 2012 when Jessi and Tristan Lloyd got the news that changed their lives. The…
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Meet The Legendary Mother Hubbard
Above: Barbara Hubbard in her hallway filled with keepstakes from all of the performances she helps shepherd to New Mexico. NO ONE WOULD HAVE predicted that a diminutive girl from hardscrabble…
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The Governor's Artists of the Year
Above: Innovative, successful, and philanthropic, the Meow Wolf team has quickly brought young energy to Santa Fe and beyond. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. SINCE 1974, dozens of New Mexico’s best…
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Gallup's Thriving Art Scene
Above: Grace Rosario Perkins works on her pop-up exhibit at Loom Gallery. Photographs by Brian Leddy. LOOM'S GALLERY EXHIBIT space—a three-by-ten-foot leftover storefront on downtown’s Coal…
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Beyond O'Keeffe
Sculptor Debra Fritts and artist Frank Shelton in their Art Chapel. NOT MANY ART ADVENTURES begin with what sounds like spy talk: Meet me under the pink flamingo at Bode’s . That’s the starting point…
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Tracing the History of the State Through Jewelry
Above: Ousmane Macina’s woven-silver choker with gold and gems. Photograph Courtesy Albuquerque Museum. FROM SPANISH AND MEXICAN SILVERSMITHS to Navajo and Zuni jewelry makers, New Mexico has gained a…
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