Contributors

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.

Matt Celeskey

Matt Celeskey has designed exhibits for various New Mexico museums since 1998, and recently retired from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs as the head of exhibitions for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He is also an experienced paleoartist whi creates illustrations of prehistoric life based on scientific discoveries.

Heavy Meta

How do you design an exhibit about exhibits? In late 2017, Museum Resources Director David Rohr came to us at Exhibit Services with a new project: Create a meta exhibition that would showcase the long history and ongoing development of public exhibitions within the Museum of New Mexico. Usually, our process for creating exhibits involves collaborating with curators and other museum staff, who draw from works in their collections, or borrow objects from other museums.