Art Heals at Secret Gallery
ON DECEMBER 22, 2021, a fire ripped through the warehouse where artist Jesse Littlebird kept his painting studio in Albuquerque’s Barelas neighborhood. Some $500,000 worth of works succumbed to the…
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Back to the Indigenous Future
FIRED BY TEMPERATURES of more than 2,000 degrees, a warrior emerges from a monolithic portal adorned with Indigenous symbols. A blood-red bust faces the courtyard of the Inn and Spa at Loretto…
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New Deal Reckoning
IN THE DARKEST DAYS of the Great Depression, new roads, bridges, dams, hiking trails, and rock-solid schoolhouses appeared throughout New Mexico. The national goal was simple: Put people to work…
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Close Encounters of the Satirical Kind
AT SUNSET ON A WINTER EVENING just outside Roswell, Eric J. García is making good on a promise to take art out of the gallery. In the field behind his house at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence…
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Art, Trauma, and the Abeyta Family Legacy
BEYOND THE SANTA FE PLAZA, where history pulses and church bells ring, you climb the creaking steps to Tony Abeyta’s studio. As you ascend, the scents of oil paint, dust, and something like old…
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Debbie Long Lets the Light Shine In
DEBBIE LONG USES LIGHT AND TIME as tools for her art. Her crafted “light ships” grow from the tradition of land art, pulling inspiration from her Taos surroundings as well as her hometown of Gallup…
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Welcome to Cabinetlandia
A RUSTED METAL FILE CABINET rises from the earth as if it were a natural feature of an otherwise barren wilderness east of Deming, in southwest New Mexico, between an I-10 overpass and winding train…
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A New Constellation
IN TERRI ROLLAND'S PAINTINGS, familiar features are pared back to their essential elements. A pale green shape resembles an adobe wall against a black background, while a blue rectangle cutout becomes…
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The Change Agent: Gregory Segura
Above: Jeweler Gregory Segura is largely a self-taught silversmith. Photograph courtesy of Gregory Segura. GROWING UP IN SANTA FE, Gregory Segura wanted to be a businessman, decked out in a suit. He…
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Items We Love: Silver Arrowhead Pendant
Chris Gchachu's Arrowhead Pendant draws inspiration from the milky gray-and-white agate stone. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. CHRIS GCHACHU OFTEN LETS the stone show him the way. The self-taught…
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