Forever Young
A groundbreaking juvenile dinosaur discovery in northwestern New Mexico enlivens the record. BY DR. SPENCER [...]
2016
Indelible Grace
BY LARS KRUTAK IN ASIA, TATTOOING TRADITIONS ABIDE AS BOTH PRAYER AND PROTECTION [...]
Sounding the Soul
BY CARMELLA PADILLA In the beginning was el cante—the song. The song was its own instrument. Its notes, [...]
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 [...]
A Moving Passion
BY DANIEL KOSHAREK In 1977 Lowrider magazine quietly launched in San Jose, California, with the intent of [...]
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 [...]
Everything New is New Again
BY CINDRA KLINE LLOYD HENRI KIVA NEW’s life as designer, artist, scholar, and visionary educator remains a [...]
Blessings and Good Fortune
BY FELICIA KATZ-HARRIS Almost universally, yet through varied means and belief systems, people have found [...]
Miguel Romero
In New Mexico the flamenco tradition is now several generations strong. Even though there have been many contributors to the development and growth of flamenco in our state, dancer Vicente Romero (1937–95) is widely credited with creating the vibrant flamenco scene in northern New Mexico that still thrives today. [...]
Finding a Contemporary Voice
BY CARMEN VENDELIN In the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art, a group portrait by Fritz Scholder, [...]
Along the Pecos
BY DANIEL KOSHAREK One of the staples of desert life is the presence—or scarcity—of water. Its importance [...]
More Than Doors
BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL How many times had I passed through the doorway into the Neutrogena galleries at [...]
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