Sounding the Soul
BY CARMELLA PADILLA In the beginning was el cante—the song. The song was its own instrument. Its notes, [...]
2016
The Adobe Ambassador
The Curious Backstory of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Genesis. . . and Edifice BY KHRISTAAN D. [...]
The Exile Factor
Spanish Judaism, the Inquisition, and New World identities At an unprecedented exhibition, a hidden diaspora [...]
Machine Dreams
A LOW, SLOW JOURNEY FROM PACHUCO TO PRICELESS BY DON J. USNER It all began for Johnny Martinez when he went [...]
Chasing the Lowrider Muse
BY KATHERINE WARE It takes a special vision and a lot of hard work to transform an abandoned car into a [...]
Painted Power
BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIBEL If you are as disoriented as I first was by the profusion of saints and crucifixes [...]
A Moving Passion
BY DANIEL KOSHAREK In 1977 Lowrider magazine quietly launched in San Jose, California, with the intent of [...]
Collectors’ Collections
BY DANIEL KOSHAREK There are people in the world we call collectors, and if not for them most of our museums [...]
What Difference Does Archaeology Make?
BY SCOTT ORTMAN This is a question I worry about constantly. We live in a world with many challenges, from [...]
Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence
BY TATIANA LOMAHAFTEWA-SINGER Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence, at the Institute of American Indian [...]
A New Century
BY TONY R. CHAVARRIA A New Century: The Life of Cherokee Artist and Educator Lloyd “Kiva” New, at the [...]
Love and War
BY TOM IRELAND When the American Academy of Poets made April National Poetry Month, they must have had T. S. [...]
Back to the Future: Preserving Historic Lincoln
BY ALISON SWING When you walk through the streets of Lincoln, New Mexico, you see the culmination of [...]
Stage, Setting, Mood
BY CARMEN VENDELIN Theatricality draws out emotions in the observer. In the performing arts, “stage, [...]
Finding a Contemporary Voice
BY CARMEN VENDELIN In the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art, a group portrait by Fritz Scholder, [...]
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