One of Our 50 Is Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER While visiting Tacoma, Washington, Albuquerque resident Christine Marshall and her family popped into LeMay—America’s Car Museum. They…
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Posts From: June 2019
Sacred Rites
A LONG TIME AGO, this happened at sunrise, each girl sprinting toward the new day. Years pass. Traditions change. Fourth of July heat already shimmers off the tallest pines of the Sacramentos, in…
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Things We Love: Chris Casey's Ceramics
Above: Selections from Chris Casey's ceramics catalog. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. From Albuquerque, Chris Casey creates both whimsical and precise designs in his ceramics, no two of which are the…
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Caretaker
Agapita Judy Lopez began working in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú home in 1974. Photograph by Stefan Wachs. RAISED IN ABIQUIÚ and between Barranco and Vallecitos, Agapita “Pita” Lopez grew up learning to…
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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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5 Do's and Don'ts For a Pueblo Feast Day
Above: Corn Maiden No. 13 , by Jason Garcia, of Santa Clara Pueblo. Photograph courtesy of Jason Garcia. You will never forget the first time you attend a Pueblo dance or feast day (for a full list of…
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Sunday Funday
Above: Bagel's Florals offers weekly subscriptions, too. Photography courtesy of Bagel's Florals. Every Sunday between May and October, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Rail Yards Market takes over the…
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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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Madrid Keeps It Weird
Above: Cowgirl Red in Madrid. On a warm day in 1988, Riana Peaker-Newman, then 16, and her father, Waylan Peaker, drove the 20 miles south from Santa Fe to Madrid, a once booming coal town nestled in…
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Vicente Telles: A Modern Santero
Above: Vicente Telles. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. ON THE SECOND FLOOR of a 110-year-old building in downtown Albuquerque, Vicente Telles sits in a group of contemporary art studios, his…
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