Digging Deep
Above: The Silver City Museum. Photography courtesy of Silver City Museum. As a Norteña, I sometimes feel like other parts of the state elude me, including a place like Silver City, where the whole…
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Tag: Exhibits
Ghost Stories
Above: Japanese dolls. Photographs courtesy of Museum of International Folk Art. During Japan’s Edo period (1603–1868), stories of yōkai spoke of ghosts, demons, and monsters who were destined to…
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Hidden Forest
Above: A tiger iron microbe fossil. Photograph by George Miller. As a kid, I thought “petrified forest” meant an actual forest of rock trees—just another childhood disappointment. Now, I step into…
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They're Coming Back
Above: The Poeh Cultural Center was founded in 1988 by Pojoaque Pueblo. Right: A Tewa Pot. Photograph Courtesy of Poeh Cultural Center. While museums are usually built to preserve objects in…
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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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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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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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Stay Current
Above: Casey Farina's Vestiges features a choreographed dance. Photograph Courtesy of Currents New Media. A hanging forest of Korean paper that sounds like an ocean when you press your ear against…
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Something You've Never Seen Before
Above: Alan Houser's sculpture, Potter (1982). Chiricahua Apache Allan Houser (1914–1994) believed that, in making art, he was “creating something you’ve never seen before.” As a master of multiple…
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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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