Fall 2015 – Page 2

Six vintage glass bottles of various shapes, sizes, and colors are arranged against a plain white background. [gen-ai]

That Sink of Vice and Extravagance

Santa Fe’s Fort Marcy Military Reservation BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR On August 15, 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny stood on top of a roof in Las Vegas, New Mexico. While an army from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, marched down the road in front of him toward the provincial capital of Santa Fe, he explained the intentions of the United States government to a crowd of local residents: “From the Mexican Government you never received protection.

By Matthew Barbour

Categories: New Mexican cultures, New Mexican history, Southwestern history

Two women in dark clothing walk through a scrubby landscape while men, horses, and a horse-drawn coach are visible in the background. [gen-ai]

This Is How It Began

BY VALERIE MARTÍNEZ The cyclone leaves blood on the land— hoof prints, imprints of heeled boots, sounds twisting the tongue: caballo, tierra, oro, alma, villa de santa fé. [wonderplugin_slider id="104"] (more…)

By Valerie Martinez

Categories: Poetry

A vintage world map with decorative cartouches, compass roses, and rhumb lines, showing continents and major geographic features in an old-fashioned style. [gen-ai]

Great Space of Land Unknown

A Sampler of the Chávez Library Map Collection BY PATRICIA HEWITT Maps can be educational, symbolic, navigational, political, or recreational, and the map collection at the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library (the Chávez Library) has examples of all of them. [wonderplugin_slider id="105"] (more…)

By Patricia Hewitt

Categories: Visual art

Aerial view of a winding road cutting through arid, rocky desert terrain; book title and author details on the left against a black background. [gen-ai]

Oblique Views

On a warm July afternoon in 1929, a small group of archaeologists gathered around a campfire deep in the heart of Arizona’s remote Canyon del Muerto. Light from the flames threw shadows across the nearby thousand-year-old ruins that they had spent the day excavating. (more…)

By Adriel Heisey and Maxine McBrinn

Categories: Uncategorized

Intricate black paper cutout features symmetrical patterns, human figures, elephants, and geometric designs against a light background. [gen-ai]

Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts

BY MARY ANN HATCHITT Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer are among the artists and major supporters of the arts who are recognized this year with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. [wonderplugin_slider id="107"] (more…)

Categories: Visual art

Black and white illustration of a cityscape with tall buildings, smoke rising, and curving train tracks in the foreground. [gen-ai]

The Fall of Modernism: A Season of American Art

BY CARMEN VENDELIN AND KATHERINE WARE The New Mexico Museum of Art features two shows drawn from its collection of Modernist works, with additional loans from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the University of New Mexico Art Museum. [wonderplugin_slider id="108"] (more…)

By Carmen Vendelin

Categories: Visual art

Two old wooden stagecoaches with large wheels are parked on grass; trees and a building with arched windows appear in the background. [gen-ai]

Trail Dust

BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL Upset about that 17-inch-wide seat on the airplane? The door is open to the “roomy and convenient” transport of yesteryear. Of course the seating allowance is 15 inches per person, and that includes the ladies’ long skirts and bustles. (more…)

By Penelope Hunter-Stiebel

Categories: Visual art