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Will Shuster, Self Portrait, 1931. Oil on canvas. 30 × 24 in. Courtesy the family of Will Shuster, Santa Fe, and Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe.

Bohemian Rhapsody

By Christian Waguespack A century ago, in 1920, serious health issues brought Pennsylvania-born artist [...]

Ghost Shirt, 2014. Glass and rebar. 34 ½ × 51 ½ × 18 in. Accession/catalog no. CHP-187, collection of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. Photograph by Eric Wimmer. Courtesy the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.

Story Tellers in Glass

By Dr. Letitia Chambers Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass is a groundbreaking exhibition [...]

Eva Mirabal, Buy War Bonds, 1942. Offset poster, 19 ¾ × 16 1⁄8 in., unframed. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman. The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection, 2010.

We’ve Got a War to Win!

By Lois Rudnick and Jonathan Warm Day Coming The following is an excerpt from the third chapter of Eva [...]

Territory Senator, Holm Bursum, Socorro, New Mexico, ca. 1900-1910. Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), neg. no. 077073.

The Cause of Every American Artist

By Oliver Horn, PhD In May 1921, New Mexico Senator Holm O. Bursum introduced a bill to Congress that would [...]

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