How To Buy Authentic Native Jewelry
TONY ERIACHO JR. ARRANGED A COUPLE of pieces of silver jewelry on the table of his well-marked booth. He was readying a carefully planned presentation, one he’d given many times before. It was 2013…
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Tag: Native Arts
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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Make It Rain
Photograph by John McCauley “The earth is shaking / From our beating the basket drums” —Tewa song So much depends on rain. Native peoples throughout the Southwest pray for it, dance for it, build its…
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The Profound Photography of Cara Romero
Above: Cara Romero. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM. Water surges in all directions, topaz in color and faceted by the rays of an unknown source of light. The scene is chilling…
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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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Found(ation)
Above: Rose B. Simpson outside her lifted Ford truck. Photographs by Minesh Bacrania. FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS of senior year at the Santa Fe Indian School, my scholarship-acceptance letter to…
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The Incredible Influence of New Mexico's Native Fashion Designers
All photographs by Gabriella Marks. THE CORNER BOOTH that Loren Aragon occupied at the Poeh Cultural Center’s Summer Art Fair at Pojoaque Pueblo was Native American market standard—rectangular tables…
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What To Do In New Mexico This Weekend
As the kids head back to school, take this weekend to learn about different cultures, kicking off with the Native American Cinema and the Indian Market in Santa Fe and culminating with a movie that…
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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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How To Do Indian Market
Above: Nocona Burgess in his Santa Fe studio. Photograph by John McCauley. The 97th Santa Fe Indian Market brings more than 150,000 artists and collectors to town (swaia.org), among them Comanche…
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