More Than Words
BY PETER BG SHOEMAKER Ten years ago, Shirley Klinghoffer launched her seminal Santa Fe-based Love Armor [...]
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Photo Synthesis
BY HANNAH ABELBECK One hundred and fifty years ago, thousands of Navajo people undertook a second arduous [...]
The Practice of Aural History
BY JACK LOEFFLER Imagine yourself camped in the Kuakatch Wash in an isolated area of the Sonoran Desert. It [...]
Back to the Future
BY KATE NELSON For Mary Kershaw, all it took was one sight of brick walls soaring up to an industrial-style [...]
Chief of Hearts
BY MARCUS AMERMAN I create many things in beadwork, but of all the things I bead, I appreciate [...]
Semiotic Sovereignty
BY MARLA REDCORN-MILLER The following interview with Mateo Romero (Cochiti) describes a more abstract form of [...]
Fundamentals for a Diné Gathering
BY LUCI TAPAHONSO The enticing scents and dishes of a Diné family meal are always accompanied by children [...]
Before Photocopiers
BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL I went to visit Tom Leech, curator and director of the Palace Press, in hopes of [...]
Building a Photograph
BY KATHERINE WARE Photographer Patrick Nagatani (1945–2017) didn’t just take pictures, he made pictures. [...]
Acts of Love and Protection
BY CATALINA VICENTE WITH PW CHATTEY What’s the longest hike you’ve ever been on? A few hours, maybe a day [...]
An Adapted Excerpt from Chapter Three: “History and Architecture of the Santa Fe Scottish Rite Temple”
BY KHRISTAAN VILLELA From its inception, the Santa Fe Scottish Rite Temple was a touchstone in the debate [...]
Neon Signs of Life
BY AMY GROLEAU Gráfica Popular Limeña (the folk graphic tradition of Lima) was born in the streets. It has [...]
Crash Report
BY CANDACE WALSH One of my least favorite jobs was working as a ghostwriter for a website’s figurehead. The [...]
A New Lease on Light
BY MICHELLE GALLAGER ROBERTS When the New Mexico Museum of Art opened its doors as a purpose-built art [...]
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