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 [...]
An Act of Citizenship BY BARRY LOPEZ Adapted for El Palacio Editor’s note: This spring, distinguished author Barry Lopez [...]
Loti, Laguna Pueblo BY DANIEL KOSHAREK Karl Moon was born in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1878 and moved to Albuquerque, where he [...]
A Master’s Private Turquoise BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL Turquoise has become so closely associated with New Mexico that I was surprised to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Living The Turquoise Trail BY DOUGLAS MAGNUS The scattered presence of turquoise along North America’s Turquoise Trails reveals a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Pinhole and the Atom BY DANIEL KOSHAREK Just imagine the moment: some of the world’s top scientific minds, after working in [...]
Child’s Play BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL Sometimes simplicity captures a child’s imagination more effectively than does [...]
Poetics of Light BY KATE NELSON In an age when every cell phone can take a respectable picture, cameras as low-tech as an [...]