Black Expression in New Mexico
A CACTUS SPROUTS from a rounded ceramic pot, suggesting resilience, while two side handles shaped like a woman and a man with earphones embody culture, strength, and fertility. In Paula Wilson’s…
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Tag: Galleries
Take a Stroll Down Canyon Road
IT’S A FRIDAY NIGHT in June, and dozens of businesses along Santa Fe’s Canyon Road have flung open their doors to host early summer crowds. Galleries buzz with happy activity, their snug, homey…
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Get Creative in Madrid
THE AUGUST SUN BEATS DOWN ON the lively patio of Refinery 14, where NM 14 ambles through the center of Madrid. Hemmed by a rough coyote fence under a gnarled salt cedar, the former outdoor space of…
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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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Five Things to Do This Weekend
See artist Jorge Benitez's Courtyard at the exhibit Geometric Aljamía: A Cultural Transliteration at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Photograph courtesy the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Discover the beauty…
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Rogues’ Paradise
SOME PLACES IN THE WORLD are full of energy. Places where history speaks of rebellion. Where creatives gather to change the world. Where some people have deep roots and others are invited to replant…
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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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Get Weird at Art Obscura
Above: Inside Art Obscura. Photograph Courtesy of Art Obscura. Right now, the strangest object in Art Obscura, owner Deret Roberts says, “is a giant light bulb stuffed with two boa constrictors,”…
Read MoreMaking a Scene | Go. See. Do | January 2018
Above: Zoë Urness and Lehi Thunder Voice Eagle at Zohi Gallery. A new Native gallery builds community from protest, beauty, and joy. Bangles cut from license plates trumpet tribal names—Ontario…
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Old Town, New Era
Above: Old Town's San Felipe de Neri Church was built in 1793, replacing a 1706 mission. On the edge of a neighborhood epitomized by rambling adobes, turquoise doors, and ristra-hung portals, Hotel…
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