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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Santa Fe's Wolfhound Cemetery
Above: Courtesy of The School of Advanced Research. There are 48 graves on the campus of the School for Advanced Research. Each bears a wooden post painted turquoise and carved with names like…
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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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Destinations: Chaco Canyon
Above: Seen from the mesa top, Pueblo Bonito's living spaces and ceremonial kivas give a hint of the region's size and importance. Photographs by Minesh Bacrania. IT FEELS UNFORGIVING OUT HERE. So…
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Artist We Love: Deborah Pierson
Above: A sampling of Deborah Pierson's collection. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. Deborah Pierson vegetable-tans leather for bags, purses, and clutches, adding woven wool touches for a refined…
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The Man Leading Indian Market Toward Its 100th Anniversary
Above: Ira Wilson. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. IRA WILSON GREW UP among a family of artists. His father was a painter, his grandmother a weaver, his uncle a jeweler. When he moved to Albuquerque…
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Chiles Rellenos, Mom's Way
MY SECOND YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL, I promised to serve chiles rellenos to my PhD adviser and her husband. Without my mom as my kitchen consigliere, and in a studio apartment that was as cramped as the…
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Eighties Kid
Above: Jon Sanchez in his Albuquerque studio. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT’S HOT AND I’VE SPENT MOST of the day at the Hispanic Contemporary Market, on the Santa Fe Plaza, waiting for a cloud…
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¡Felicidades!
Above: A margarita paris with every meal at La Posta. Courtesy of La Posta de Mesilla. In September 1939, San Francisco was hosting the Golden Gate International Exposition. On the opposite coast…
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The 2019 Governor's Art Awards
Above: Last Supper by Nicolas Otero. Photograph by Nicolas Otero. Every year since 1974, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts has celebrated a handful of visionary New Mexicans who…
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