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For over a century, El Palacio has been a forum for voices exploring New Mexico’s art, archaeology, history, and landscape. Explore the writers, photographers, historians, and scientists whose perspectives have defined the magazine’s pages—past and present.
Arthur Sze is the current U.S. Poet Laureate. Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He is the author of twelve books, including Into the Hush, Sight Lines, and others. Sze’s poems have been translated into fifteen languages, and he is the recipient of the National Book Award among many other honors. He lives in Santa Fe.
Deborah Jackson Taffa is a citizen of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo. Her memoir Whiskey Tender was a 2024 National Book Award Finalist and was longlisted for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Taffa serves as the director of the MFA in creative writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Cara Romero is an award-winning contemporary fine art photographer. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero’s expansive oeuvre has been informed by formal training in film, digital, fine art, and commercial photography. She maintains a studio in Santa Fe, regularly participates in Native American art fairs, and was featured in PBS’ Craft in America (2019).
Jonathan Batkin (opens in a new tab) is a former director of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Retiring in 2020, he is recognized as a director emeritus for the museum following 30 years of service. Jonathan has writted or been part of writing several books including Pottery of the Pueblos of New Mexico 1700-1940, Clay People: Pueblo Indian Figurative Traditions, Harmony by Hand: Art of the Southwest Indians-Basketry, Weaving, Pottery, The Native American Curio Trade in New Mexico, About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American, First Nations, and Inuit Artists, and Loloma-Beauty is His Name.
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BY JONATHAN BATKIN This summer the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian celebrates the opening of the Jim and Lauris Phillips Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry. This new wing comprises two galleries, a classroom, curatorial workspace, and an expansion of the museum’s sales shop, the Case Trading Post. [wonderplugin_slider id="119"] (more…)
