Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Tamale Festival, Las Cruces Taste tons of masa wrapped deliciousness during the Tamale Festival on Sunday from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Plaza de Las Cruces. Attendees can try…
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Tag: Native Fashion
Putting Culture on the Catwalk
A PUFFY, WHITE BOMBER JACKET evokes desert skies. Pieced together using elegant patchwork, it incorporates vintage textiles to create a billowy shape that seems borrowed from monsoon clouds. Blue…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a classically cool time. Classic car lovers take over downtown Artesia during the 25th annual Main Event Car Show and Cruise. It kicks off Friday at the Bulldog Bowl when a parade of cool…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Lift off for Balloon Fiesta. Rainbow-colored hot-air balloons take to the skies over the Duke City beginning this weekend for the 50 th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The fiesta, held…
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This Fashion Designer Is Back 4 Good
TEARS RISE IN AMY DENET DEAL'S EYES when she talks about the first time she entered a room full of people who looked like her—a moment when she felt like she was home. As a Diné person raised off Diné…
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Amber-Dawn Bear Robe Moves Indigenous Fashion Forward
AMBER-DAWN BEAR ROBE WAS GIVEN HER SIKSIKA NAME, Many Butterfly Woman, from a relative’s dream. In it, a tepee was covered in butterflies, but as the dreamer approached, the butterflies took flight…
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Market Season is (Finally) Here
Native dance, traditional Spanish art, and global folk art return this summer. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. MARKET SEASON IS ABOUT MORE THAN ART. The Santa Fe events are cultural touchstones. “They…
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Artist Keri Ataumbi Shines
Jewelry artist Keri Ataumbi works in her Cerrillos Hills studio. IF YOU CAN GET “work” and “play” to be synonymous, then you’re golden. Using that advice from her parents, Kiowa jewelry artist and…
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Items We Love: Jody Naranjo Masks
The face masks will initially feature a turtle and multicolor animal designs. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. Throughout her 40 years as an artist, Jody Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) has created…
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Three Questions With Designer Orlando Dugi
Above: Santa Fe fashion designer Orlando Dugi (Dine) unveils his new collection at the Santa Fe Indian Market Fashion Show on Sunday. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. THE INDIAN MARKET FASHION SHOW is…
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