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On Display in Santa Fe (Part II)
BY DAVID ROHR (You can read Part 1 here). On a warm evening in August of 1917, a group of prominent painters gathered for an informal meeting at the Santa Fe home of Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett. (more…)
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).
David Rohr
David Rohr has served as the El Palacio art director since 2005, with many years of graphic design and digital interactive experience. In his role as executive director of the Museum Resources Division, he oversees exhibition development, conservation, the Museum of New Mexico Press, and the Wonders on Wheels mobile museum. David is dedicated to supporting culture and creativity through engaging visual design.
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On display in Santa Fe (Part I)
BY DAVID ROHR Sylvanus Morley was starting to worry. It was November 1912—only days away from the public unveiling of his new exhibition, New-Old Santa Fe, located in the historic Palace of the Governors. (more…)
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Santa Fe’s First Exhibition
BY DAVID ROHR Before there were any museums in Santa Fe, civic boosters presented what was likely the very first organized public exhibition in the city. Opening in July of 1883, the Santa Fe Tertio-Millennial Celebration and Exposition was organized as a way to promote economic development in New Mexico. (more…)
The Father of “El Pal”
El Palacio’s longevity can be attributed in large part to its first editor, Paul A. F. Walter. Shown in this photograph seated at his desk in the Palace of the Governors about 1913, Walter was the editorial voice of “El Pal” for forty-four years. He guided the publication through two world wars, a depression, and into the Space Age. He ended his long editorial run in December 1957, but his name remained on the masthead as editor emeritus through the end of 1959.