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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).
Felicia Katz-Harris is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For nearly twenty years, she was the museum’s Curator of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Oceanic Folk Art at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her past exhibitions include Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan, Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan and the award-winning Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia, which won an award from the American Alliance of Museums for overall excellence in museum exhibitions.
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After a four-year hiatus, our special open-storage gallery, Lloyd’s Treasure Chest, is reopening with a fresh face. Visitors can take the Vehicle to the Vault (formerly known as the elevator) to the new Treasure Chest, a place for visitors to explore, interact, and create folk art.
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BY FELICIA KATZ-HARRIS Almost universally, yet through varied means and belief systems, people have found ways to connect with divine beings to harness protection and attain blessings and good fortune for themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. [wonderplugin_slider id="71"] (more…)
