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.

Arthur Sze

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

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

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).

Elaine Horwitch (1933-1991)

Elaine Horwitch (1933-1991) got her start in as an art dealer by selling painting out of her station wagon in Scottsdale, Arizona in the 1970s. Later, she became a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest and was responsible for launching the careers of hundreds of artists from the region. With galleries in Scottsdale, Santa Fe, Sedona, and Palm Springs, she was a leader in fostering what has been called “new Western art” or “Southwest pop.”

Elaine Horwitch, circa 1986. Photograph courtesy Julie Sasse.

We Like Your Digs, Your Style, and Your Art

By Julie Sasse Elaine Horwitch was a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest from the late 1960s until her death   in 1991. She was responsible for launching the careers of hundreds of artists from the Southwest and the nation.  She promoted the integration of fine art and crafts as well as contemporary Indigenous, Latino, and Southwest art within global art contexts.