In The Footprints of Allan Houser BY CINDRA KLINE WHAT MAKES AN ARTIST important or inspirational? Iconic? What sets a path to a legacy, and [...]
Interview with Delilah Montoya WITH KATHERINE WARE While working on the solo exhibition Delilah Montoya: Syncretism, artist Delilah Montoya [...]
An Act of Citizenship BY BARRY LOPEZ Adapted for El Palacio Editor’s note: This spring, distinguished author Barry Lopez [...]
Pot of Many Lives BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL Among the many pots at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, one in the cooking [...]
If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven, I Ain’t Stayin’ BY STACIA SPRAGG-BRAUDE The farm these harvest days is gold and earthy, a ten-year-old at the end of summer, [...]
Della Warrior WITH STEVE CANTRELL Della Warrior arrived at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) in July 2013 after [...]
Blue Bloods BY MARGARETE BAGSHAW Gobs and gobs of turquoise, draped over the old, young, and middle-aged women, men, and [...]
The Black Place BY WALTER W. NELSON, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATHERINE WARE AND AN ESSAY BY DOUGLAS PRESTON From the [...]
Loti, Laguna Pueblo BY DANIEL KOSHAREK Karl Moon was born in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1878 and moved to Albuquerque, where he [...]
Our Lady Comes to the New World BY KATE NELSON A 1960s wave of ecclesiastical urban renewal convinced priests at mission churches throughout [...]
Photography and Identity BY KATHERINE WARE In an initiative titled Focus on Photography, the New Mexico Museum of Art is devoting its [...]
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer Shines Again (Minus One Bird’s Nest) BY CATHY NOTARNICOLA The twenty-four-foot bronze sculpture Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer stands tall on [...]
Layu Resplendent Turquoise on the Roof of the World BY FELICIA KATZ-HARRIS New Mexico’s adoration of the turquoise stone is palpable. Whether native, [...]
Turquoise at Ogapogeh BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR In October 2008, the Santa Fe Community Convention Center opened at the northeast [...]
Pueblo Jewelry Making In Chaco Canyon, New Mexico BY FRANCES JOAN MATHIEN Jewelry making in the Southwest has a long history, and the Ancestral Pueblo people [...]