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Contents essential features Essential Information 23 Essential Events 26-29 Santa Fe Art Districts 34 Why We Came: Gallery Owners Tell Their Stories 36 Celebrating 50 Years of the Glass Movement 53 Canyon Road: An Art Full Stroll 60 Santa Fe Museums 100 Art + Design 114 Nothing Beats Santa Fe for Design 142 Essential Nonprofit: Buckaroo Ball 158 Uncommon Threads 162 Swirl, Smell & Sip 200 The Wedding: Making It Personal 206 The Santa Fe Opera: The 2012 Season 214 New Mexico Adventure Guide 217 Ski & Snowboard Santa Fe Style 227 Specialty Shops, Services & Events 231 Essential Classes 244 Madrid 250 Hitting the High and low Roads to Taos 258 Guess Who’s Coming to Taos...

Perhaps to Dinner 269 The Historic John Dunn Shops 276

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Northern New Mexico 18 Santa Fe Metro 20 Santa Fe Downtown 22 Canyon Road 25 Madrid 253 High and Low Roads to Taos 266 Taos 271

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essential art + galleries + museums Adieb Khadoure Fine Arts 81 Anna Karin Gallery 257 Anthony Abbate 38, 94-95 & Back Cover Art of Russia Gallery 65 Beals & Abbate Fine Art 38, 92-97 & Back Cover Bill G. Loyd Studio 256 Blue Rain Gallery Inside Front Cover & 1 Cafe Pasqual’s Gallery 109 Cardona-Hine Gallery 265 Casa Nova by Nathalie 136-137 Centinela Traditional Arts 255 Chiaroscuro 12 Christopher Thomson Ironworks Studio & Gallery 140-141 David Richard Gallery 40, 55-56 Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art 32 El Centro de Santa Fe 46-47 Evoke Contemporary 15, 40 Folk Arts of Poland 110 The Frank Howell Gallery 8-9 Frontier Frames 241 GF Contemporary 90 Gaucho Blue 267 Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art 43 Glenna Goodacre 113 Glenn Green Galleries 2-3 Golden Dawn Gallery 30-31, 40 Grand Bohemian Gallery at El Monte Sagrado 268 Greenberg Fine Art 61 Green River Pottery 44 Hand Artes Gallery & Sculpture Garden 263 Heinley Fine Arts 17, 42 Helenn J. Rumpel Fine Art Studio 103 Hunter Kirkland Contemporary 70-71 Indigo Gallery 248-249 Intrigue Gallery 38, 91 Jett Gallery 196 Joe Wade Fine Art 47, 48-51

Judith Hert Studio • Iola Gallery 261 Karan Ruhlen Gallery 72-73 Kelly Moore Studio • Kat Livingood 67-68 Keshi...The Zuni Connection 102 Lakind Fine Art 98 La Mesa of Santa Fe 135 La Tierra Mineral Gallery 275, 278 Legends Santa Fe 11 Linda J. Ging 42 Liquid Light Glass • Elodie Holmes 52 Las Comadres Gallery 275, 277 Marigold Arts 80 Mark White Fine Art 62 Mercedes Isabel Velarde 107 Morning Star Gallery 38 Museum Association of Taos 280 Nathalie 6-7 Nedra Matteucci Galleries 38, 113, 288 & Inside Back Cover Ortega’s Weaving Shop 254 Ortenstone DeLattre Fine Art 40, 270, 284 Pippin Contemporary 39, 40 Pippin Meikle Fine Art 40, 78-79 The Ranch Gallery at Double Take 45 Range West 251 Rio Grande Gallery in Old Town 19 Sally Delap-John 264 Santiago Rivera 104 Selby Fleetwood Gallery 35, 36 Seppanen & Daughters Fine Textiles 246 Signature Gallery 47 The Steven Boone Gallery 64 Sugarman-Peterson Gallery 58-59 Sylvia Avenius-Ford 81 Taos Institute for Glass Arts (TIGA) 272 The Torres Gallery 47, 124 Tsali Nez Gallery 105 Ventana Fine Art 36, 74-77, 287 Waxlander Gallery 36, 82-89 The William and Joseph Gallery 99 Winterowd Fine Art 24 Zaplin Lampert Gallery 36, 41, 282 & Front Cover

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essential shopping + services The Ark - Books, Gifts, Music 242 Frontier Frames 241 John Dunn House Shops 274-278 Modrall Sperling Law Firm 240 Nambe Drugs 236 New Mexico Bank & Trust 237 Oodles Yarn & Bead Gallery 243, 244 Parasol Productions 239 Poem 233 Signature Consult 236 Storyteller Theatres 281 Teca Tu 228 Todos Santos 230 The Yarn Shop - Lori’s Yarn and Fiber Arts Studio 275, 277 Zoe & Guido’s Pet Boutique 234

essential weddings The Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa 211 Buffalo Thunder Resort 21 El Monte Sagrado 268 Encantado an Auberge Resort 216 Inn & Spa at Loretto 207 La Fonda on the Plaza 198 Laura Sheppherd Atelier 192-193 Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa 222 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi 209

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The Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa ShaNah Spa 211 Body 221 Buffalo Thunder’s Wo Pin Spa 21 El Monte Sagrado Living Spa 268 Inn & Spa at Loretto 207 Nambe Drugs 236 Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa 222 Signature Consult 236 Ski Santa Fe 226 The Spa at Encantado an Auberge Resort 216 Ten Thousand Waves 218 ultiMED • ultiSkin 220

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Substance 167 Sugarman-Peterson Gallery 58-59 Things Finer 171 Tom Taylor Custom Belts and Accesories 175 Wintermill Sports Shop 226 World Class Watches 191 The Yarn Shop - Lori’s Yarn and Fiber Arts Studio 275, 277

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Andean Software 187, 286 The Ark - Books, Gifts, Music 242 Asian Adobe 152-153 Body 221, 245 Boots & Boogie 47 Cafe Pasqual’s Gallery 109 Casa Nova by Nathalie 136-137 Dancing Ladies 174 David Dear 186 Diva Diamond Centre 106 Desert Son of Santa Fe 194 Double Take at the Ranch 179 Eileen Fisher 189 El Centro de Santa Fe 46-47 Fairchild & Co. 176-177 Folk Arts of Poland 110 Full Bloom Boutique 197 Gaucho Blue 267 The Golden Eye 178 The Golden Web 47 Gusterman’s 195 Handwoven Originals 169 Homefrocks 190 Jacqueline’s Place 184 James Reid, Ltd. 183 Jett Gallery 196 Jewel Mark 185 John Dunn House Shops 274-278 Karen Melfi Collection 188 Keshi... The Zuni Connection 102 La Mesa of Santa Fe 135 Laura Sheppherd, Atelier 192-193 Letherworks 275, 277 Lucchese 180-181 Mercedes Isabel Velarde 107 Nathalie 6-7 O’Farrell Hat Company 182 Origins 173 Ortega’s Weaving Shop 254 Rippel and Company 164-165 Santa Fe Weaving Gallery 160 Steppin’ Out 275, 277

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Contents essential architecture + design + decor American Country Collection (ACC) 126 Antique Warehouse 132-133 The Ark - Books, Gifts, Music 242 Arrediamo 130 Asian Adobe 152-153 Bosshard 149 Café Pasqual’s Gallery 109 Carved Custom Cabinets 138 Casa Nova by Nathalie 136-137 Centinela Traditional Arts 255 Christopher Thomson Ironworks 140-141 Design Santa Fe 146-147 David Naylor Interiors 159 Folk Arts of Poland 110 Graystone Furniture & the Sofa Gallery 156 Green River Pottery 44 House of Ancestors Antiques & Interiors 117 HVL Interiors 125 Jane Smith Home 118 John Dunn House Shops 274-278 Kitchens by Jeanné 143 La Mesa of Santa Fe 135 Mediterránia 150-151 Nathalie 6-7 Night & Day by ACC 127 Ortega’s Weaving Shop 254 Pandora’s 154-155 Range West 251 Red Arrow Emporium 157 Robin Gray Design 131 The Rugman of Santa Fe 139 Samuel Design Group 128-129 Seppanen & Daughters Fine Textiles 246 Seret & Sons 120-121 Statements 145 Stone Forest 134 The Torres Gallery 47, 124 Victoria Price Art & Design 148 Violante & Rochford Interiors 4-5 Wiseman & Gale & Duncan Interiors 122

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The Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa 211 Buffalo Thunder Resort 21 El Monte Sagrado 268 Encantado an Auberge Resort 216 Inn & Spa at Loretto 207 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi 209 La Fonda on the Plaza 198 Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa 222 Rancho de Chimayó Hacienda 213 The Historic Taos Inn 273, 285 Ten Thousand Waves 218

The High and Low Roads to Taos 258 Madrid 250 Ski Santa Fe 226 Taos 269

essential dining Anasazi Restaurant • Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi 209 The Artesian Restaurant & Wine Bar • Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa 222 222 Bent Street Deli 275, 278 Body 221 Cafe Pasqual’s 109 De La Tierra • El Monte Sagrado 268 The Den • Coyote Café 202 Doc Martin’s Restaurant The Historic Taos Inn 273, 285 Gabriel’s 215 Geronimo 201 John Dunn House Shops 274-278 La Plazuela • La Fonda on the Plaza 198 Las Fuentes Restaurant & Bar Bishop’s Lodge & Resort 211 Luminaria • Inn & Spa at Loretto 207 Nostrani Ristorante 205 Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante 213 Red Sage • Buffalo Thunder Resort 21 Saveur 212 Shibumi 204 The Terrace • La Fonda on the Plaza 198 Terra Restaurant & Bar • Encantado an Auberge Resort 216

essential classes Body 221, 245 Cocopelli Chocolatier 245 Fechin Art Workshop 244 Lori’s Yarn and Fiber Arts Studio 275, 277 Oodles 243, 244

the essential guide silver anniversary Andean Software 187, 286 The Historic Taos Inn 273, 285 Nedra Matteucci Galleries 38, 113, 288 & Inside Back Cover Ortenstone Delattre Fine Art 40, 270, 284 Ventana Fine Art 36, 74-77, 287 Zaplin Lampert Gallery 36, 41, 282 & Front Cover

essential events ArtFeast 225 Buckaroo Ball 158, 232 Design Santa Fe 146-147 Essential Events 26-29 Remarkable Women of Taos & Northern New Mexico 279 Santa Fe Concorso 238 Taos Art Glass Invitational 272 For more information on all of our features and advertisers visit www.essentialguide.com and follow us on

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1 Body p. 221 2 Buffalo Thunder Resort p. 21 3 Carved Custom Cabinets p. 138 4 Christopher Thomson Ironworks pp. 140-141 5 Encantado Resort p. 216 6 Frontier Frames p. 241

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7 Gabriel’s p. 215 8 Glenn Green Galleries p. 2-3 9 Green River Pottery p. 44 10 Helenn J. Rumpel Fine Art Studio p. 103 11 HVL Interiors p. 125 12 Liquid Light Glass – Elodie Holmes p. 52 13 Nambe Drugs / Signature Consult p. 236

14 New Mexico Bank & Trust p. 237 15 Signature Consult p. 236 16 Victoria Price Art & Design p. 148 A Museum of Indian Arts & Culture p. 100 B Museum of International Folk Art p. 100 C Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts p. 100 D Wheelwright Museum p. 100

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Santa Fe downtown 1, 2 American Country Collection (ACC) p. 126 3 Antique Warehouse pp. 132-133 4 The Ark – Books, Gifts, Music p. 242 5 Arrediamo p. 130

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6 Asian Adobe p. 152-153 7 The Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa p. 211 8 Blue Rain Gallery pp. 1 & Inside Front Cover

9 Café Pasqual’s & Gallery p. 109 10 Casa Nova by Nathalie pp. 136-137 11 Coyote Café / The Den p. 202 12 David Naylor Interiors p. 159 13 David Richard Gallery pp. 40, 55-56

see pages 20 and 25 for maps and directories of the santa fe metro area and canyon road.

14 Diva Diamond Centre p. 106 15 Double Take at the Ranch p. 179 16 Eileen Fisher p. 189 17 El Centro de Santa Fe pp. 46-47 18 Evoke Contemporary pp. 15, 40 19 Fairchild & Co. pp. 176-177 20 Folk Arts of Poland p. 110 21 Full Bloom Boutique p. 197 22 Glenna Goodacre @ Nedra Matteucci Galleries p. 113 23 Golden Dawn Gallery pp. 30-31, 40 24 The Golden Eye p. 178 25 Gusterman’s p. 195 26 Handwoven Originals p. 169 27 Homefrocks p. 190 28 House of Ancestors Antiques & Interiors p. 117 29 Hunter Kirkland Contemporary pp. 70-71 30 Inn & Spa at Loretto/ Luminaria Restaurant p. 207 31 James Reid, Ltd. p. 183 32 Jane Smith Home p. 118 33 Jett Gallery p. 196 34 Joe Wade Fine Art pp. 47, 48-51 35 Keshi…The Zuni Collection p. 102 36 Kitchens by Jeanné p. 143 37 La Fonda on the Plaza / La Plazuela Restaurant p. 198 38 Laura Sheppherd, Atelier pp. 192-193 39 Legends Santa Fe p. 11 40 Lucchese pp. 180-181 41 Mediterránia pp. 150-151 42 Mercedes Isabel Velarde p. 107 43 Modrall Sperling Law Firm p. 240 44 Nedra Matteucci Galleries pp. 38, 113, 288 & Inside Back Cover 45 New Mexico Bank & Trust p. 237 46 Night & Day by ACC pp. 126-127 47 Nostrani Ristorante p. 205 48 O’Farrell Hat Company p. 182 49 Oodles Yarn & Bead Gallery p. 243 50 Origins p. 173 51 Pandora’s pp. 154-155

52 Pippin Contemporary pp. 39, 40 53 Poem p. 233 54 The Ranch Gallery at Double Take p. 45 55 Rippel and Company pp. 164-165 56 Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi p. 209 57 The Rugman of Santa Fe p. 139 58 Samuel Design Group pp. 128-129 59 Santa Fe Weaving Gallery p. 160 60 Saveur p. 212 61 Seret & Sons pp. 120-121 62 Shibumi p. 204 63 Ski Santa Fe / Wintermill Sports Shop p. 226 64 Statements p. 145 65 Stone Forest p. 134 66 Sugarman-Peterson Gallery pp. 58-59 67 Teca Tu p. 228 68 Ten Thousand Waves p. 218 69 Things Finer p. 171 70 Todos Santos p. 230 71 Tom Taylor Custom Belts and Accessories p. 175 72 The Torres Gallery pp. 47, 124 73 Tsali Nez Gallery p. 105 74 ultiMED/ultiSkin p. 220 75 Violante & Rochford Interiors pp. 4-5 76 Wiseman & Gale & Duncan Interiors p. 122 77 World Class Watches p. 191 78 Zoe & Guido’s Pet Boutique p. 234

A Georgia O’Keeffe Museum p. 100 B Museum of Contemporary Native Arts p. 100 C New Mexico Museum of Art p. 100 D Palace of the Governors & New Mexico History Museum p. 100 E SITE Santa Fe p. 100

Essential Information Emergency Room/ Urgent Care Centers Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center 455 St. Michaels Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87505 505-983-3361 • www.stvin.org ultiMED • urgent medical care 707 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-989-8707 • www.ultimed.com Holy Cross Hospital 1397 Weimer Road Taos, New Mexico 87571 575-758-8883 • www.taoshospital.org

Transportation Capital City Cab 2875 Industrial Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-438-0000 • www.capitalcitycab.com New Mexico Rail Runner Santa Fe Depot, 410 Guadalupe St. Santa Fe, NM 87502 866-795-rail • www.nmrailrunner.com Sandia Shuttle Express Santa Fe/Albuquerque airport 505-474-5696 • 888-775-5696 www.sandiashuttle.com The Santa Fe Pickup (from Santa Fe Depot) 505-955-6581 Taos Express 575-751-4459 • www.taosexpress.com

Police Santa Fe - Police Non-Emergency Line: 505-428-3710 Taos - NM State Police Non-Emergency Line: 575-758-8878

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Charlie Burk 1 Adieb Khadoure Fine Arts / Sylvia Avenius-Ford p. 81 2 Beals & Abbate Fine Art pp. 38, 92-97 & Back Cover 3 Art of Russia Gallery p. 65

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4 Chiaroscuro p. 12 5 Dancing Ladies p. 174 6 Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art p. 32 7 Desert Son of Santa Fe p. 194 8 The Frank Howell Gallery pp. 8-9 9 GF Contemporary p. 90 10 Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art p. 43 11 Geronimo p. 201 12 Greenburg Fine Art p. 61 13 Hunter Kirkland Contemporary pp. 70-71 14 Intrigue Gallery pp. 38, 91 15 Jacqueline’s Place p. 184 16 Jewel Mark p. 185 17 Karan Ruhlen Gallery pp. 72-73 18 Karen Melfi Collection p. 188 19 Kelly Moore Studio / Kat Livengood pp. 67-68 20 LaKind Fine Art pp. 98 21 La Mesa of Santa Fe p. 135 22 Marigold Arts p. 80 23 Mark White Fine Art p. 62 24 Morning Star Gallery p. 38 25 Nathalie pp. 6-7 26 Nedra Matteucci Galleries pp. 38, 113, 288 & Inside Back Cover 27 Pippin Meikle Fine Art pp. 40, 78-79 28 Selby Fleetwood Gallery pp. 35, 36 29 The Steven Boone Gallery p. 64 30 Ventana Fine Art pp. 36, 74-77, 287 31 Waxlander Gallery pp. 36, 82-89

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32 The William & Joseph Gallery p. 99 33 Winterowd Fine Art p. 24

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WHITEHAWK ANTIQUE SHOWS (Aug 9-14, 2012) Whitehawk Shows have been a Santa Fe tradition for more than 30 years. Called “the granddaddy of them all” by Maine Antique Digest’s Alice Kaufman, these amazing shows offer something for everyone. Both the Ethnographic Art Show and the Antique Indian Art Show boast more than 150 dealers, and they feature merchandise not seen anywhere else.

The energy is high and the pace leisurely, so browse and enjoy yourself! www.whitehawkshows.com

JUAN SIDDI FLAMENCO THEATRE COMPANY (June 29-Aug 12, 2012) Experience the captivating mystery, majesty and beauty of the Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company. Artistic director and choreographer Siddi and his international company of gifted flamenco dancers and musicians present breathtaking, emotionally-charged performances with world-class artistry. www.juansiddiflamenco.com SANTA FE WINE FESTIVAL AT EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS (July 7-8, 2012) Come enjoy the best of life at the 200acre Spanish Colonial living history museum. Sample and purchase varietals from 16 New Mexico wineries.

Live music, food, traditional agricultural products, and handmade arts and crafts. www.golondrinas.org 11TH ANNUAL ART SANTA FE (July 12-15, 2012) International galleries join with US galleries to present a powerful collection of art from around the world. In addition to featuring the work of hundreds of artists, ART Santa Fe presents a lecture series and numerous cultural and educational events that make this a highlight of the summer arts calendar. www.artsantafe.com

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET (July 13-15, 2012) More than 120 select folk artists from more than 45 countries travel to Santa Fe to sell their weavings, woodcarvings, pottery, paintings, beadwork, jewelry and more at the nation’s largest international folk art market. Thousands of visitors gather to admire and buy distinctive folk art that represents the world’s diverse cultures. www.folkartmarket.org 26

LAVENDER HERB FAIR (July 28-29, 2012) When the fields at the historic museum El Rancho de las Golondrinas bloom with purple lavender flowers near the end of July, it’s time for the annual Lavender and Herb Fair. If you’re a lavender lover, this is the place to be. You’ll learn about the herb’s many uses, from culinary to medicinal, make your own lavender wand, and sample lavender-flavored foods. www.golondrinas.org

61ST ANNUAL TRADITIONAL SPANISH MARKET (July 27-29, 2012) The oldest and largest exhibition and sale of Spanish Colonial art forms in the country.

Featuring 300 traditional adult and youth artists, continuous music and dance, and demonstrations and regional foods, Spanish Market provides a unique opportunity to experience a taste of New Mexico’s vibrant Spanish culture, both past and present. www.spanishcolonial.org

SCULPTURE OBJECTS & FUNCTIONAL ART FAIR (SOFA WEST) (Aug 2-5, 2012) Critically acclaimed and operating since 1994, SOFA focuses on 3-dimensional artworks that encompass fine art, decorative art and design.

Dancers with the Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company performing in Santa Fe.

HACIENDAS: A PARADE OF HOMES (Aug 10-12 & 17-19, 2012) These new and remodeled homes present innovative design and technology to the public. The event, which coincides with Indian Market, showcases quality craftsmanship and unique designs.

This self-guided tour is sponsored by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association. www.sfahba.com 90TH ANNUAL SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET (Aug 18-19, 2012) Don’t miss this world-famous market that typically draws 100,000 visitors from around the globe. More than 1,000 artists sell their pottery, weavings, jewelry, basketry and other traditional work and demonstrate their time-honored techniques.

Sample traditional Native American and Southwest foods as you shop, and enjoy Pueblo dances, live music and other entertainment. www.swaia.org 38TH ANNUAL SANTA FE BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME (Aug 24-26, 2012) If you like bluegrass and old-time bands, you’ll dance the days away during this weekend festival featuring 2011 IBMA Award Winners, The Gibson Brothers and many more musicians who’ve mastered the bluegrass banjo, mandolin, clawhammer, fiddle and other instruments. It’s a hoot and a holler! www.southwestpickers.org

FIESTA DE SANTA FE (Sep 6-9, 2012) The oldest community event in the US, Fiesta starts with the burning of Zozobra, a 50-foot tall marionette that represents Old Man Gloom. Fiesta continues with music, dancing, food, parades, religious ceremonies, and other events. Blending pageantry with revelry and treasured traditions, Fiesta is a favorite of visitors and locals alike! www.santafefiesta.org WINE & CHILE FIESTA (Sep 26-30, 2012) Devoted to the fruitful pairing of wine and chile, this annual fiesta has become a favorite of food and wine connoisseurs across the country. It features more than 110 wineries and nearly 50 Santa Fe chefs who participate in seminars, cooking demonstrations, guest chef luncheons, winemaker dinners, the famous Grand Food & Wine Tasting, and the Gruet Golf Classic. www.santafewineandchile.org

DESIGN SANTA FE (Oct 4-6, 2012) Santa Fe Interior Designers Present (SFIDP) hosts this three-day event throughout the city.

Participate in the Home Tour, Design Dialogue and Luncheon, and industry events, as well as parties and events hosted by local and regional businesses. All proceeds benefit the new Transitional Living Facility at the Youth Shelters of Santa Fe. www.designsantafe.org HARVEST FESTIVAL (Oct 6-7, 2012) Celebrate the harvest during this annual family-friendly festival held in early October at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Enjoy live music while you learn to string chile ristras, crush wine grapes by foot, and sample fresh bizcochitos baked in an horno and tortillas cooked on a comal. www.golondrinas.org CANYON ROAD PAINT OUT (Oct 20, 2012) More than 90 artists from 36 Canyon Road galleries paint along this historic road and mingle with patrons on a beautiful fall day. This event sponsored by the Santa Fean magazine. www.historiccanyonroad.com or www.santafean.com 27

SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL (Dec 6-9, 2012) The festival showcases films made in the Southwest, independent American-made narrative films, films made outside the US, and documentaries and art films celebrating the creative spirit. With a full schedule of workshops, panels, parties, and awards, the SFFF has become an exciting, popular film event that appeals to professionals and fans alike. www.santafefilmfestival.com

CANYON ROAD FAROLITO WALK (Dec 24, 2012) This beloved holiday tradition lights up the hearts and souls of the crowds that walk this famous road every Christmas Eve. Hundreds of small sand-filled bags contain votive candles that line the streets and adobe walls. Their soft glow makes the night magical. It’s no wonder the farolito walk has become a treasured part of this sacred season.

Taos Pueblo inhabitants dance, sing, and share the beauty of their ancestral home. www.taospueblo.com

DIXON STUDIO TOUR (Nov 3-4, 2012) Guests love to visit the little village of Dixon and wander among the orchards and visit the open studios and local businesses that feature a full spectrum of fine art and crafts. www.dixonarts.org

FULL MOON HIKES (July-Sep) Enjoy a guided 2.5-mile hiking tour to Williams Lake each full moon in July, August and September. www.taosskivalley.com

MADRID CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY (Dec 1, 2012-Jan 7, 2013) It has been said that the Madrid Christmas light display was so big that airline pilots would divert and fly over Madrid just to see the lights.

This historic lighting event and parade is on the first Saturday of December. www.visitmadridnm.com

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ARTfeast (Feb 22-24, 2013) Now in its 16th season, the weekend of festivities celebrates the City Different’s worldclass chefs and restaurants, an international array of vintners, original designer fashions and unique homes, along with prominent artists represented by members of the Santa Fe Gallery Association. Proceeds go to the Santa Fe public school art programs, college scholarships, and FACT. www.artfeast.com

TAOS PLAZA LIVE! (May 24–Sept 6, 2012) 6 – 8pm. Free music events on Taos Plaza from every Thursday during the summer.

Performances showcase local musicians and many genres of music. www.taosplazalive.com

Madrid and High & Low Roads madrid crawdaddy blues Festival (May 19-20, 2012) Fresh crawfish and blues under a big tent next to Madrid’s Old Coal Town Museum. www.themineshafttavern.com

HIGH ROAD ART TOUR (Sep 17-18 & 24-25, 2012) 10am – 5pm. Each fall in northern New Mexico, when the trees turn yellow and the autumn sky deepens to cobalt, the artists of the 28

High Road to Taos open their studios and galleries to the public. www.highroadnewmexico.com

RIVER & BLUES FEST (June 8-9, 2012) At the River & Blues Fest, take a trip back to when BB King and Muddy Waters were just reaching the height of their internationally successful music careers. Enjoy New Mexico’s finest microbreweries, finger-lickin’ good barbecue, and fantastic musical entertainment! www.redriver.org

FIESTAS DE TAOS (July 20-22, 2012) A Feast Day celebration of Taos patron saints, Santiago and Santa Ana, with food, live music, vendors, parades, dancers and more, all on the historic Taos Plaza. www.fiestasdetaos.com TAOS GARDEN & HOME TOUR (Aug 4, 2012) 9am - 4 pm. Tour some of Taos’ most beautiful gardens and homes. Sponsored by Los Jardineros, the Garden Club of Taos. www.gardencluboftaos.com

TOAST OF TAOS WINE FESTIVAL & GOLF TOURNAMENT (June 23, 2012) The Lions Club of Taos presents a funfilled day packed with golf, breathtaking views, gourmet wines and appetizers, along with a silent auction.

shows: Taos Invites Taos, Taos Open, and a special exhibition, The Taos Living Masters Invitational. www.taosfallarts.com

30TH ANNUAL TAOS MOUNTAIN BALLOON RALLY (Oct 26-28, 2012) Mass hot-air balloon ascensions, a parade, picnic, and a “balloomenshine” (hot-air balloon glow at dusk). www.taosballoonrally.com CHRISTMAS EVE PROCESSION (Dec 24, 2012) The Procession of the Virgin is a pageant of beauty, heritage and awe-inspiring imagery. Held at Taos Pueblo, it begins at sundown. www.taospueblo.com TAOS PUEBLO DEER OR MATACHINES DANCE (Dec 25, 2012) These two traditional Christmas Day dances alternate years. Dances begin at 2pm. No cameras or cell phones allowed. www.taospueblo.com NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION (Dec 31, 2012) Start your New Year’s Eve celebration with the torchlight parade and fireworks display beginning at 6pm, followed by festivities held throughout the valley. www.taosskivalley.com

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MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE (Aug 17–Sept 2, 2012) Celebrating 29 years! Worldrenowned artists perform an impressive array of works from the great classical, romantic, baroque and contemporary masters. www.musicfromangelfire.org

TAOS SOLAR MUSIC FESTIVAL (June 30–July 1, 2012) Using the universal language of music and art, this festival showcases renewable energy. www.solarmusicfest.com

A RUSSIAN NIGHT IN TAOS (Aug 25, 2012) The Taos Art Museum and Fechin House host the 8th annual black-tie and boots gala. Get ready for an unforgettable evening that brings together an elegant dinner, live auction, silent auction, dancing and art. www.taosartmuseum.org

TAOS PUEBLO POWWOW (July 13-15, 2012) This famous annual powwow features American Indian dances, arts, crafts, food and music.

TAOS FALL ARTS FESTIVAL (Sept 28–Oct 7, 2012) Daily, 10am - 5pm. Celebrating 38 years of fine arts, the festival features three prestigious

There is an amazing selection of performances at “Music From Angel Fire.”

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Canyon Road More than 100 galleries, jewelers and boutiques call Canyon Road home. In summer enjoy openings up and down this historic street. Fall brings gallery “paint outs”: artists at work—outside! Winter boasts the famous Christmas Eve Farolito Walk. (More info on page 60.)

The Railyard District This section of Santa Fe is home to the Farmers Market, international art space SITE Santa Fe, El Museo Cultural, teen center Warehouse 21, as well as an eclectic mix of restaurants, performance art spaces, shops, and contemporary art galleries.

The Delgado Street Arts District At the intersection with Canyon Road. Their 4thFriday Gallery Walks showcase everything from the traditional to the contemporary. These walks include painting, sculpture, jewelry and live music!

The Baca Street Art District Artists needed a neighborhood in which they could play with fire! The zoning of the south end of the Railroad District allows for actual working studios and galleries. A visitor to Baca Street can watch glass being blown, jewelry assembled, and metal welded.

The open-door attitude leads to collaborations and the sharing of knowledge and resources. The street is anchored by Counter Culture Café.

The West Palace Arts District Located between the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum on West Palace Avenue and Johnson Street. Their First Friday Gallery Walks feature the work of more than 250 nationally recognized artists.

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Gala (Galleries At Lincoln Avenue) Arts District Located just off the historic Santa Fe Plaza on Lincoln Avenue between Palace Avenue and Marcy Street.

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allery owners in Northern New Mexico have come here—or ended up here—for a variety of reasons: dreams, desires, needs, love, fate, not to mention the region’s rich history, magnificent landscape, and intriguing juxtaposition of cultures.

Some had a calling. Some were seeking knowledge or a certain way of life. Others were pursuing a passion.

Some recognized a once-in-a-lifetime find. All share joy in being here, but the circumstances that brought each to Northern New Mexico are unique. Here are their stories.

“I feel like I was born into the art world,” says Phyllis Kapp, owner of Waxlander Gallery on Canyon Road. An artist from an early age, she fell in love with the land after a trip to New Mexico; 28 years ago she moved here from Chicago to open a gallery to sell her work. She’s thrived ever since. Known for the vibrant color in her artwork, Kapp has kept that as the unifying thread for all of the artists she carries, regardless of the medium. She sees a bright future as the gallery continues to expand its stable of artists and find better ways to get their talents known. Kapp’s work is in the White House and other prominent collections, and works by Waxlander artist Marshall Noice are also in museum collections.

This year Connie Axton of Ventana Fine Art celebrates her 30th summer season as a gallery owner and director. As the wife of a successful painter, she knew the importance of fine art in New Mexico, and gained experience in all aspects of the art business.

Buying her own small gallery furthered her on-thejob training. Eventually she purchased her iconic Canyon Road space. The gallery features traditional 36

and contemporary art, and the works of its top-selling artists—Nieto’s acrylics, Albert Handell’s pastels, and John Axton’s oils—are in the collections of dozens of US and international museums. Ventana is expanding its web presence, and the gallery and sculpture gardens are open daily.

Also on Canyon Road is Selby Fleetwood Gallery, which came into existence by happenstance. Selby Fleetwood, who had always been involved in the arts, but never made or sold art before moving here, was not looking for work in the arts when she arrived.

“Within 6 months of arriving, with the work of a wonderful artist under my arm, I found a gallery for her work and serendipitously one for myself as well.”

She worked as a sales associate and director for 6 years before opening her own gallery. That was 8 years ago when a friend told her about a building that was going to become available. Her gallery carries a range of contemporary art, from representational to abstract.

Gallery artists, who have pieces in several museum collections, include Christina Chalmers; Kevin Box, who creates origami-inspired bronzes; oil painter and collage artist Gigi Mills; and nationally recognized landscape pastel artist Margi Lucena. With artists whose work is not replicated by others on Canyon Road, the Selby Fleetwood Gallery has had another record-breaking year and looks forward to continued success.

The Zaplin Lampert Gallery officially opened its doors in June 1987 on historic Canyon Road. Gallery partners and lifelong friends Mark Zaplin and Richard Lampert grew up together in Massachusetts. In 1972 in the basement of a Boston bookstore, they discovered

Clockwise from top left: Javier Marín’s “Cabeza II,” resin, at Evoke; Judy Chicago’s “Model for Flesh Garden,” sprayed acrylic, 1971, 30 x 30, at David Richard Contemporary; “Eagle Man,” part of a retrospective exhibition of Michael Naranjo sculpture at Nedra Matteucci Galleries; Aleta Pippin’s “A Trip Through Time,” acrylic and copper leaf on canvas, 48 x 48 x 2.5, at Pippin Contemporary

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a large collection of photographs by the legendary Edward S. Curtis who spent 33 years documenting the American Indian. That led them to the West and to their careers as fine art dealers. After settling in Santa Fe in 1977, they traveled the US as private dealers and exhibited the Curtis works at museums and private institutions. Their interests and expertise expanded to include historic paintings and works on paper by the pioneering artist/explorers of the American West, including George Catlin, Carl Bodmer, Alfred Jacob Miller, Thomas Moran, and Albert Bierstadt.

The diversity of the gallery’s outstanding inventory is reflected in works by Taos Society and Santa Fe art colony artists, prints by Gene Kloss and Gustave Baumann, 19th- and early-20th century American paintings, and select weaving, sculptures, contemporary paintings and traditional New Mexican furniture.

A relative newcomer to the Canyon Road art scene is the year-old Beals & Abbate Fine Art. Working as a restaurant server many years ago, Robert Beals began meeting artists. Soon he had a day job selling art at the gallery across the street. “I learned everything I could about fine art with haste and continue to have the desire to learn!” he says. When he met artist Anthony Abbate, it wasn’t long before the two decided to open their own gallery. The gallery focuses on traditional and contemporary photography, figurative oil and acrylics, stone, bronze, steel and wood, landscapes and still lifes. Gallery artists Doug Coffin, Cody Brothers, Upton Ethelbah, and Jim Zwadlo are represented in numerous museums in the US and abroad. Regarding the future of art here, Beals says, “We are growing 38

together and building a strong fine art community that I believe my children will enjoy.”

An even more recent arrival on Canyon Road is Intrigue Gallery, which Robert and Pamela Fiedler opened in November of 2011. The impetus was that it combined both of their passions for art: Robert’s, as an African art collector (tribal art, antique masks, figures, and other objects) and experienced gallery owner, manager and dealer, and Pamela’s, as an award-winning oil and pastel artist for more than 30 years. Intrigue allows them to display their works in the same space.

They found the two art forms “surprisingly compatable: spiritual, seductive, intimate,” and, well, intriguing.

Forty years ago, Nedra Matteucci was “a young art enthusiast with modest collecting ability,” who became committed to creating a high quality, fine art business. She is now in her 24th year as owner of Nedra Matteucci Galleries and her 10th year as owner of Morning Star Gallery. Each gallery has special emphases.

She chose Santa Fe because of the “energy and exchange between artists and the art world” here. Gallery painters John and Terri Moyers, William Acheff, Curt Walters, Walt Gonske, and sculptors Glenna Goodacre, Dan Ostermiller, Herb Mignery, Doug Hyde and Michael Naranjo are leaders in their fields. The work of nearly all the galleries’ artists can be found in major national and international museum collections. Looking ahead, Mattuecci says, “I would like to continue inspiring new collectors and encourage awareness for the remarkable traditions in art, both past and present. I am excited by the Internet and progressive ways to communicate and share the arts with our clients.”

Bobby Beals, co-owner of Beals & Abbate Fine Art, with works by Anthony Abbate (hanging) and John Maisano (on table)

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to promote the history and work of her grandmother, Pablita Velarde, and mother, Helen Hardin. Born on the Santa Clara Pueblo, Velarde began painting images of everyday life in the 1920s, the first Native woman to paint full-time as a career. In the 1950s her daughter, Hardin, followed in her footsteps, although she captured images in a more contemporary mode.

Bagshaw has extended the crossover from traditional to contemporary Native painting, yet her work is still based on “a spiritual connection to our ancestry and our mother line.” Velarde, Hardin, and Bagshaw are the only known three-generational family of full-time female painters.

The mountains, weather, art and culture are what brought David Eichholtz and Richard Barger, owners of David Richard Contemporary, to Santa Fe more than seven years ago. They also observed the city’s wide range of art and noted it had been “home for some of the most important artists of our time, artists whose work had an enormous influence on contemporary artists and art, not just locally, but across the country.” Their focus is on non-representational abstraction from the 1960s to today because that’s what they love and collect. The gallery also exhibits representational and non-representational art in a variety of media and works of approximately 30 other prominent artists, such as Robert Motherwell and Andy Warhol.

Nancy Ortenstone and Pierre Delattre were both primarily writers until they moved to New Mexico in 1986—and became painters. Since 2006 they have shared gallery space at Ortenstone Delattre Fine Art. They sought a personal connection with viewers

Selby Fleetwood Gallery co-owners Selby Fleetwood and Eddie Buchbinder in front of a Rodney Hatfield painting

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Evoke Contemporary owner Kathrine Erickson knew at 16 that the art business was her path. Three years ago she and her partner, Elan Varshay, “found the ideal space and took the crazy leap right during the peak of the recession.” They came up with the gallery’s name on a hike while joking about words their initials would spell ev + ke, which turned into EVOKE— perfect since they focus on provocative, compelling, internationally acclaimed artists, as well as emerging talent. Along with the fascinating people drawn to this “art mecca,” the city’s beauty, history, and culture made Santa Fe irresistible to Erickson. She is optimistic about the future: “Santa Fe has become the 2nd largest US art center, and the contemporary art movement is making its mark on the city and the international art world.”

Aleta Pippin is the owner of Pippin Contemporary in downtown Santa Fe, which opened in in mid-2011. An entrepreneur, she developed and ran a successful Houston executive suite business for 24 years. In 2006, she co-founded Pippin Meikle Fine Art, and “another gallery in 2011 was a natural progression.” Her love of Santa Fe and its draw for collectors of all categories and styles are what caused her to choose the City Different. Her gallery features vividly colorful abstract work. An artist herself, Pippin works in oil and acrylic. The gallery also features Suzanne Wallace Mears’ kiln-formed glass works, Nancy Reyner’s mixed media and acrylic paintings, and Eva Carter’s large color interpretations of her South Carolina environment.

Golden Dawn Gallery is another gem in the downtown art scene. Margarete Bagshaw opened it

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and collectors of their artwork, and to bring more contemporary art to Taos. They also feature the art of Carla O’Neal, their daughter. Ortenstone and Delattre paint with acrylic on canvas, although he also creates earth paintings using natural soil and stones. O’Neal paints with oil on paper. All three are dedicated to putting more beauty and love in the world and feel blessed by their connection to collectors who return for more.

Donna Heinley has been involved in art since 1990 when she opened a Boston art business dealing in French Barbizon paintings. (She had lived in Paris, where she worked with a French family’s extensive estate of post-impressionist painting by Charles Roussel, the grandfather.) For Heinley, it was love that brought her to Northern New Mexico. She stopped in New Mexico to visit a friend. “I had never been here, nor had I ever thought about it. I can only describe my experience as ‘love at first sight’ because I believe I truly felt what

people feel when the instantaneously ‘know’ they have found their life’s partner. In my case, however, it was a place.” Last year she settled here fulltime. “I found my gallery in Taos a month later and moved in.” Today at Heinley Fine Arts, which carries traditional, modern and contemporary art, the French Barbizon paintings are on display in the company of highly collectible David Michael Kennedy photographs, Evelyne Boren paintings and watercolors, and Nicholas Herrera folkart works. Heinley believes “Taos is going to make a comeback as an important art destination... Since art is dispersed all over town, visitors need to stay a little longer to get a more “integrated experience.” About the city she loves, she says, “There is a surprise around each corner. Taos is a place of discovery and magic!”

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lass is a beautiful, delicate, yet unforgiving medium. The only material that transmits light, it has been used by artists in one form or another since 250 B.C. to express cultural beliefs, ideas, and sometimes just pure imagination. Its roots are in Murano, Italy, where the techniques were considered sacred and not shared with outsiders.

The revolutionary Studio Glass movement started in the US in 1962 after Harvey Littleton and Dominick Labino discovered glass would melt at a temperature low enough for artists to use small home-studio furnaces.

The Studio Glass movement, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, led to an influx of art glass studios, workshops and schools nationwide, and opened up channels of communication among glass artists eager to share ideas and techniques.

Sharing ideas was the premise behind the Pilchuck Glass School, set up in 1971

by Dale Chihuly and his collaborators: put glass artists together in one big shop where everyone could learn from each other. Potential buyers were given front row seats as well.

Chihuly, the son of a butcher and union organizer, has always believed in working as part of a team. The sheer physicality of the medium also made collaboration necessary. While Chihuly was in Littleton’s glass program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his best friends were graduate students in painting. They operated as an

“art team” whose members helped each other.

Chihuly and Marvin Lipofsky, another of Littleton’s students, pushed the frontiers of glass as a fine art medium. They continue to inspire glass art students today.

Of course, New Mexico has its own chapter in the 50-year-old history of art glass. Chihuly’s West Coast theatre and teamwork had its Santa Fe counterpart at The Gloryhole. Three years before Pilchuck was founded, this small glass studio opened on Canyon Road. It was owned and operated by Mel Knowles and Jack Miller, two former glass students of Tom McGlauchlin, a Littleton protégé. They produced mostly decorative glassware, developing new techniques as they went. Moreover, they created a central forum where glass artists could gather and learn from each other.

This trend continues today at Elodie Holmes’ Liquid Light Glass and Charlie Miner’s Tesuque Glassworks, where customers and glass lovers can watch the artists work. Holmes and Miner started at The Gloryhole in the ‘80s, when it was run by Peter Vanderlaan. He introduced Holmes, who had studied with Lipofsky at California College of the Arts (then known as CCAC), to making glass colors. Holmes uses that knowledge in her combined flame-worked dancing figures, and more recently, her Aurora sculptures, blown-glass sculptural forms held by forged steel stands.

“Fuji,” by Italian glass master Lino Tagliapietra. Image courtesy of Glenn Ostergaard and David Kaplan.

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Another glass artist drawn to New Mexico in the ‘80s was Flo Perkins, who studied under renowned Italian master glass blower, Lino Tagliapietra. After graduating from UCLA, she set up her glass shop in the hills of northern New Mexico. Perkins, whose work is in many museum collections, including the Corning Museum of Glass, is profoundly influenced by the landscape: she is renowned for her colorful cactus and mixed-media botanical forms. Perkins is represented by Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art. She was recently commissioned to create a 28-foot-long sculpture for a public space in Santa Fe. Although Littleton’s ideas were catching on across the region, New Mexico lacked an educational institution that offered glass programs.

Lloyd Kiva New, president of the Institute of American Indian Arts, realized this. In 1974 he asked Chihuly to help him set up a glass shop at the Santa Fe Indian School.

To this day it remains the state’s only formal glass art education facility.

Fortunately, there are exceptional local opportunities to explore this fascinating medium. One of the newest and most exciting is the New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshop. This collective, set up in 2009 as a non-profit by well-known glass artist Stacey Neff, seeks to explore and expand hot glass as a contemporary art medium by making it accessible to non-glass artists. It offers fellowships to four artists yearly. They participate in a 3-month studio residency that includes up to 20 hours of hands-on tutorial sessions.

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Patrick Morrisey, owner of Prairie Dog Glass who has had a hand in setting up almost every glass shop in the state.

Neff, her fellow glass artists, and glass-blowing team continue to explore and demonstrate new material possibilities, particularly for recycling the city’s tons of discarded glass bottles. They share this information online for anyone who wants to take it further.

Another local team is at Bullseye Resource Center.

Instructor Erik Whittemore describes it as “a nexus for new ideas. Artists currently working in kiln-formed glass can load up on supplies, get technical advice, take a class, or listen to a visiting instructor lecture about their work or demonstrate their process.”

In 1974 Bullseye Glass Company started in Portland, Oregon, with the mission of using artistic collaboration to produce quality art glass.

One of the founders, Dan Schwoerer, will speak at the 42nd Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in June.

Bullseye is also a place to meet and learn from glass pioneers such as Sylvia Levenson, who uses minimal objects, such as housewares in candy-colored glass, to present a dark, comic twist on modern home life. In Santa Fe, Levenson is represented

by David Richard Contemporary, which also represents Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. They combine several techniques that allow light to infuse the interior of the blown vessels, giving them a beautiful glow. Other glass artists represented by the gallery are Toots Zynzky, who studied under Chihuly, and Laura De Santillana, granddaughter of famed glassblower Paolo Venini.

Klaus Moje’s, who originally worked with Schwoerer in the 1970s in Portland, masterfully incorporates color

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and geometry, reflecting the Bauhaus aesthetic and Op Art abstraction. He moved to Australia to start the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art at Australian National University in 1983. His impact on the development of kiln-formed glass as an art medium was significant. Moje will be featured in a New Mexico Museum of Art exhibition from October 5, 2012, to January 18, 2013. It showcases works of master artists and the winners of Bullseye’s Emerge juried show. The centerpiece is Moje’s large 4-panel piece, The Portland Panels: Choreographed Geometry.

One of Moje’s first students was the brilliant Richard Whiteley, who now heads the Canberra Glass Workshop.

He describes his works as “built from the inside out; voids are ordered first and external structures are built to encapsulate them. The works explore space, transparency, and translucency.”

Glenn Ostergaard and David Kaplan, Aussies who have a Santa Fe home, are fans of Whiteley. He is one of many glass artists represented in their collection, which is currently on loan to the Kaplan Ostergaard Glass Center at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Another is Karen LaMonte, who is known for her ethereal life-sized glass sculptures with classical drapery.

An up-and-coming artist who drew Kaplan and Ostergaard’s attention is Alex Gabriel Bernstein, who shows at Santa Fe’s Winterowd Fine Art. He is the son of GAS founding member William Bernstein. He began working with glass at the age of six, and he is making quite a name for himself with his rich color palettes and dynamic textures. Another budding star is 18-year-old Wes Carr, who is currently showing at William Joseph Gallery. Thoryn Ziemba, another exciting newcomer

to Santa Fe’s glass scene, bases his aesthetic in the graffiti and street art movement, using line and color to the dramatic effect. Ziemba is represented by Pippin Contemporary.

One of the organizations that holds these groups together is the Glass Alliance of New Mexico. It encourages artists, collectors and historians to pool their knowledge and disseminate it. The Alliance’s Maestro artist series invites glass artists from around the world to Santa Fe to demonstrate their processes and work. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of studio glass in 2012, the Alliance initiated more than 160 glass art demonstrations, lectures and exhibitions in museums, galleries, universities and art centers nationwide.

The Taos Institute of Glass is also getting into the celebration this year, with a New Mexico Art Glass Trails map/guide/website currently in development.

It will offer a self-guided tour of places associated with the contemporary art glass movement, such as artists, galleries, educational institutions, public works and suppliers. As part of “Taos Celebrates Contemporary Glass: A Fifty Year Anniversary of Art Innovation,” the Taos Art Glass Invitational (2012) will take place in September. That exhibition will include “Bold Women – Translucent Expressions,” an exhibit of women who pioneered the New Mexico’s Art Glass Movement.

With local and international glass art knowledge continually flowing into the region and the continued efforts of local glass artists, it seems there is still much to discover and appreciate about this compelling medium. New Mexico is poised for another exciting and innovative 50 years in glass art. 

Alex Bernstein’s evocative “Kelly Green Spring,” cast and cut glass, 17 x 13 x 3, Winterowd Fine Art on Canyon Road

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hen I am traveling and mention that I live in Santa Fe, one of the first things people say is, “I just LOVE Canyon Road!” They wax rhapsodic about strolling amidst farolitos and luminarias while listening to Christmas carolers on a snowy Christmas Eve. They talk about attending gallery openings on luminous summer evenings, taking in the diverse art and mingling with people from around the world. The mile-long, adobe-lined thoroughfare that has long been home to many of Santa Fe’s most famous galleries and artists had humble beginnings as a footpath more than a thousand years ago. I am constantly reminded in my travels that Canyon Road has become the most famous arts district in a city renowned for the visual arts.

Coming home after a trip this spring, I decided to stroll up Canyon Road with my dog, Jackson. I planned to stop in at some of my favorite galleries, but also resolved to visit ones I had never been to before.

Home to a wide range of galleries, the complex at 225 Canyon Road is always a pleasure. I always drop in at La Mesa of Santa Fe to see their delightful array of contemporary glass art and art furniture, and at Karan Ruhlen Gallery, whose superb stable of contemporary artists has set the bar for more than a decade.

But whenever I visit 225, I can’t help but recall some of my favorite galleries from years past.

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One was the Munson Gallery, which represented such seminal New Mexico artists as Elmer Schooley, Forrest Moses, Tom Berg, and Doug Atwill. Larry Munson’s passion for his artists and their work made visiting his gallery an adventure and a delight. Another was the iconic Linda Durham Gallery. It featured non-figurative work by regional artists and was housed in the former First Ward schoolhouse, right across the street.

For the past 20 years, the 1906 brick schoolhouse has been occupied by Ventana Fine Art. The colorful mix of figurative, landscape, and Native American paintings enchant the eye at every turn. While visiting Ventana, I had the pleasure of chatting with owner Connie Axton, whose passion for Canyon Road and its history led her to help found the Canyon Road Association in late 2010. The group, which has more than 105 members, celebrates Canyon Road’s artistic history and heritage and organizes events that benefit the community.

On a Saturday in May, the galleries help support music programs in the public schools with Passports to the Arts, a daylong celebration of Santa Fe’s rich multicultural heritage. It features auctions, trunk shows, and concerts. Music and art spill out into the streets as locals and visitors alike enjoy the best of Canyon Road.

On a glorious October weekend, artists move out onto the street in front of the galleries. They sculpt, paint, and chat with Canyon Road visitors who stop to watch them at work.

Axton’s enthusiasm for her group and the success of these community events are further proof of Canyon Road’s essential place in Santa Fe’s cultural heritage. It is a pleasure meeting people whose passion for art in New Mexico is infectious.

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of photographers, weavers, and woodworkers. The intimate, unassuming space reminded me of what I have always loved best about New Mexico: the simplicity and lack of pretension, coupled with great expertise, and a desire to share it all with everyone who walks through the door. And across the street is Carole LaRoche. Her eponymous gallery showcases her colorful canvases, a wonderful visual menagerie of animals and birds. I certainly felt the same joy, as well as the artist’s pride in her work.

A quick side trip down Delgado Street took me into Art of Russia Gallery and Eight Modern, two spaces that exemplify the diversity the Canyon Road arts district has to offer.

And it is precisely this compelling amalgam of art that makes Canyon Road unique. From the museum-quality historic Native American art at Robert Nichols, Morningstar, and Michael Smith, to cutting-edge contemporary at Gebert Contemporary and Selby Fleetwood, Canyon Road offers an elegant counterpoint of old and new. This is equally true inside the galleries and outside in the many peaceful, walled gardens. The unique juxtaposition seems to me to be the essence of Santa Fe style.

Just up the road is another gallerist whose keen eye, passionate expertise, and uncompromising good taste epitomize the best of Canyon Road. One of the most respected art dealers in Santa Fe, Jane Sauer presents wide-ranging contemporary work that always surprises and delights visitors. For me, a walk up Canyon Road wouldn’t be complete without stopping by to see what Jane is showing.

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One of the things I love most about Canyon Road is enjoying each of the seasons, whether it is savoring the snow-frosted adobe walls, the cottonwoods turning gold and the aspens shimmering in the mountains beyond, or summer sunsets rivaling any artist’s palette.

And on that spring day, the fragrant fruit tree blossoms, the daffodils, and forsythia reminded me of why Canyon Road is so singular: experiencing firsthand the sky, land, air and light that inspired many of the galleries’ artists allows the visitor to understand their work more profoundly.

But as Jackson and I made our way up the road, chatting with other “dog people” from up the block and around the world, I tried to imagine what Canyon Road must have looked like when it was just a prehistoric path winding east from the small indigenous settlements along the Santa Fe River over the mountains to the Pecos Pueblo.

I knew that by the 1750s that path had widened into a well-traveled dirt road. Wood-gatherers and shepherds drove their burros and sheep along it, up into the mountains. Soon small adobe homes surrounded by fields of crops began to spring up. And before long, larger haciendas, and then, even a sawmill.

But it was the Sunmount Sanitarium, just off Canyon Road on Camino del Monte Sol, to which Canyon Road owes its current reputation in the art world. It opened its doors in 1914 for the treatment of tuberculosis and other conditions deemed curable by the high-desert air. Many well-known New York painters, architects and poets came to the Sunmount seeking a cure. They not

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only found a cure, but also found they had fallen in love with New Mexico’s landscape and indigenous culture.

Santa Fe’s early 20thcentury cultural luminaries, such as painters William Penhallow Henderson and Gerald Cassidy, poets Wytter Bynner and Alice Corbin, and architect John Gaw Meem, all “discovered” New Mexico during their stays at Sunmount. They went on to set up homes, salons, and artist studios on Canyon Road and its neighboring streets.

Along with these former Sunmount patients, Los Cinco Pintores—or the Five Painters—were responsible for the transformation of Canyon Road into an artists’ enclave. Affectionately known as “the five nuts in the little mud huts,” Fremont Ellis, Willard Nash, Wladyslaw Mruk, Jozef Bakos, and Will Shuster lived and made art in some of the old Canyon Road adobes.

During the ensuing decades, both artists and artlovers were drawn to Santa Fe by the unparalleled light and beauty of this high-desert region. So many opened studios or galleries on or near Canyon Road that by 1964 the city had designated the area an historic “arts and crafts district.”

Cafe Pasqual’s owner, Katherine Kagel, fondly recalls her first visit to Santa Fe in the late 1960s. She stayed in an old adobe and looked out glassless windows at a dirt road and horses in the nearby fields. The glorious, golden light at the end of the day awed her. Vowing to return as soon as she could, she did so, and eventually became one of the city’s culinary leaders. She is the owner of a James Beard award-winning restaurant and the visionary behind Santa Fe’s food bank.

Back in the day, a stroll up Canyon Road was never

The Canyon Road Paintout, a popular fall event sponsored by Santa Fean magazine Above: View through back portal window into the “Gigi Mills Room” at the Selby Fleetwood Gallery

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complete without visiting Teal McKibben’s iconic La Bodega. The space always felt tiny, and no wonder: it was crammed full of the best contemporary and vintage Native American jewelry. Anyone interested in the best of the best knew to drop in on Teal, an accomplished artist in her own right. Hayward Simoneaux, owner of Todos Santos Chocolates and Confections, vividly remembers seeing Ralph Lauren deep in negotiation with Teal. Former Desert Son employee Fred Lopez also recalls Ralph Lauren’s visits to their store, where the designer gathered both material and information about such classic styles as the Pueblo leather moccasins.

The current Desert Son owners have continued the tradition of featuring the finest in leatherwork, belt buckles, and handbags. The inventory includes Henry Beguelin handbags, forever a source of wonder and temptation!

Cass Schuck’s Dancing Ladies de Santa Fe now occupies the former La Bodega space. Schuck discovered her passion for handwoven and hand-dyed fabrics while living in Southeast Asia. She moved back to Santa Fe, and her friends encouraged her to open her own store.

Dancing Ladies’ colorful hemp fabrics combined with exquisite vintage Asian textiles and buttons are a treat to own. Cass’ passionate advocacy for the centuriesold tradition of growing hemp and using natural dyes is inspiring. So is her commitment to providing work for the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia by expanding the market for their textiles.

It is easy to work up an appetite while taking in so many glorious sights.

Throughout the years, Canyon Road has been home to a wide range of eating and drinking establishments.

Albuquerque blogger Johnny Mango remembers that back in the 1960s and early ’70s, “Claude’s Bar was probably the wildest place in the

state of New Mexico. Claude’s attracted such a mix of cowboys, Indians, Chicanos, artists and writers, freaks, politicians, and full-time road warriors that every night was a total eruption of fists. Every night.”

The nightspots are a bit tamer these days. El Farol features delicious tapas and live music. The Compound exudes understated elegance and is the perfect setting for enjoying Mark Kniffen’s award-winning cuisine. Nearby, Geronimo is nestled in an impeccably restored landmark historic adobe building, perfect for enjoying the restaurant’s renowned global fusion fare.

Juxtaposing Northern New Mexico adobe architecture with cutting-edge international cuisine has always seemed to capture all that is best about Santa Fe. Four hours flew by for Jackson and for me. In this town of dog lovers, he was offered treats and bowls of water, and he met many new dog friends.

The conversations that arose reminded me what a wonderful community we live in—one filled with diverse, interesting, and knowledgeable people. And, of course, I had the pleasure of visiting some of my favorite places, as well as seeing new businesses, such as Stephen Boone Gallery, that have opened their doors in the past year.

Having visited Canyon Road since childhood, I reflected on the changes in its many galleries, restaurants, and other businesses. I realized, though, that the essence of Canyon Road has stayed the same.

The gallery owners remain ever passionate about what they do and the artists they represent. For me, visiting galleries in such a beautiful, historic district, and strolling by and through centuriesold buildings under a New Mexico blue sky make any day on Canyon Road a truly memorable experience. 

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KARAN RUHLEN GALLERY

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KARAN RUHLEN GALLERY

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“Cochiti “Cochiti No. No. 10” 10”

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Mary Silverwood

“In “In the the Foothills” Foothills”

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“Deer “Deer Dancer” Dancer”

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“Jenner “Jenner Sky” Sky”

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John Axton “Calla “Calla Lillies” Lillies”

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“September “September on on The The High High Road” Road”

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Phyllis K app Matthew Higginbotham “Field Acclaim” 30 x 30 Oil

“Come Back to Me” 31 x 46 Watercolor

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Suzanne Donazetti

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Bruce King

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“Step It Up” 30 x 40 Acrylic

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Sangita Phadke

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“Depth Perception” 36 x 29.5 Acrylic on Plexiglass

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The William&Joseph Gallery paintings, sculpture, glass, encaustics, mixed media LiSA LiNCh Head Turner 48” x 48” oil on canvas

Carolyn Cole

Acrylic paint, pencil & charcoal

Reid Richardson

“Midnight in Bloom” Oil on canvas

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Santa Fe Museums

georgia o’keeffe museum 217 Johnson St. • 505-946-1000 • okeeffemuseum.org The world's largest collection of O’Keeffe’s work.

Georgia O’Keeffe & The Faraway: Nature and Image (May 11, 2012 – May 5, 2013) Paintings and drawings of the Southwestern landscape as well as photographs of the “Black Place,” which O’Keeffe painted several times.

palace of the governors and new mexico history museum 105 E. Palace Ave. • 505-476-5100 palaceofthegovernors.org 113 Lincoln Ave. • 505-476-5200 • nmhistorymuseum.org These connected buildings (old & new) include permanent and temporary exhibitions that chronicle the history of Santa Fe, as well as New Mexico and the region. Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now (Long-term Display) Main exhibition featuring more than 500 years of stories—from early Native inhabitants to today’s residents— told through artifacts, films, photographs, computer interactives, oral histories and more.

new mexico museum of art 107 W. Palace Ave. • 505-476-5072 • nmartmuseum.org Large collection of works by New Mexico artists, with traveling exhibitions. It’s About Time: 14,000 Years of Art in New Mexico (May 11, 2012 - Jan 2014) Traces art in the American Southwest from the earliest Clovis culture to the present. Exhibit emphasizes prime objects of artistic change as part of the centennial celebration of New Mexico statehood.

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Clockwise from top left: Black and sienna jar by Tony Da, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (Museum Hill); New Mexico Museum of Art (on the Plaza), founded nearly 100 years ago and instrumental in Santa Fe’s becoming an art colony; the contemporary SITE Santa Fe, an anchor of The Railyard warehouse district; Indonesian puppet at the Museum of International Folk Art (Museum Hill)

108 Cathedral Place • 505-983-8900 • iaia.edu/museum The nation’s only museum dedicated to contemporary Native American arts. Frank Buffalo Hyde: Ladies & Gentleman, This is the Buffalo Show (Apr 14 – July 31, 2012) Frank Buffalo Hyde exhibits new work inspired by the North American Bison “Buffalo” as icon, deity, logo messenger and witness.

museum of indian arts & culture 710 Camino Lejo • 505-476-1250 • indianartsandculture.org Collection of artworks and cultural history of Indian tribes

of the Southwest region of the United States. Woven Identities (through Apr 1, 2014) Baskets woven by artists representing 60 cultural groups, today referred to as tribes, bands, or pueblos.

museum of international folk art 706 Camino Lejo • 505-476-1200 • moifa.org Incredible collection of folk art from around the world.

The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946 Showcases objects made by Japanese Americans in US internment camps during World War II: tools, teapots, furniture, toys, and other objects reflecting gaman, a Japanese word meaning to bear the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience.

museum of spanish colonial arts 750 Camino Lejo • 505-982-2226 • spanishcolonial.org Home to a collection of Spanish Colonial art and artifacts that spans five centuries. New Deal Art: CCC Furniture & Tinwork (Mar 23 - Sept 30, 2012) Exhibition, lectures, and symposium on traditional New Mexican furniture and tinwork created at the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp at Bandelier National Monument, 1933-1942.

site santa fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta • 505-989-1199 • sitesantafe.org Ever-changing contemporary art from around the world.

More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness (July 7, 2012 – Jan 2013) Both accomplished and promising international artists examine our shifting experience of reality by exploring the impact and role of deception, play, memory, power, simulation, and new technologies on art and everyday life.

wheelwright museum of the american indian 704 Camino Lejo • 505-982-4636 • wheelwright.org Historic arts and crafts as well as contemporary works from Native American cultures. A Certain Fire: Mary Cabot Wheelwright Collects the Southwest (May 13, 2012 - Apr 14, 2013) Exhibition features exquisite textiles, metalwork, woodcarving, and pottery from Santa Fe’s premier institutions including the School for Advanced Research and the Museum of International Folk Art, and Mary Wheelwright’s photographs and writings documenting her love of New Mexico.

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Dern, Jourdan p. 8, 19

Burega, Peter p. 71

Derrer, Suzanne p. 196

Abeyta, Tony Inside Front Cover

Burk, Charlie p. 24

DeVary, David p. 19

Acton, Tana p. 196

Burt, Robert p. 79

di Ronzo, Francis p. 15

Agrich, Lyudmila p. 50

Calleri, Fred p. 97

Donazetti, Suzanne p. 84

Akala p. 8

Capron, Mike p. 7

Ethelbah, Upton pp. 93, 97

Amrhein, Scott p. 32

Carroll, Pamela pp. 96, 97

Fairchild, Valerie Jean pp. 176, 177

Archer, Masha p. 193

Carson, Andrew p. 79

Fairfield, Luis p. 19

Avenius-Ford, Sylvia p. 81

Carson, Kit p. 196

Fasani, Ruben p. 99

Axton, John p. 77

Carter, Eva p. 32

Fechin, Nicolai p. 123

Baccus, Bob p. 97

Cassidy, Jane p. 249

Fiedler, Pamela Frankel p. 91

Bagshaw, Margarete pp. 30-31

Cermanski, Andrea p. 99

Foley, David p. 59

Baker, Martha Rea p. 72

Changjang, Feng p. 19

Foust, Charlotte p. 71

Barlow, Susan p. 195

Chicago, Judy p.37

Frank, Alyce p. 17

Barny, T. p. 71

Chidester, Wendy p. 43

Freda, Britt p. 43

Battles, Brooke p. 196

Chrisman, Michelle p. 49

Fu, Guo Ming p. 153

Beals, Gary p. 72

Coffin, Doug pp. 93, 97

Gall, Ted p. 71

Beason, Nick p. 267

Cole, Carolyn p. 99

Gannon, Joshua p. 251

Becker Block, Johanna p. 196

Cole, Carolyn p. 99

Garcia, Tammy p. 1

Beguelin, Henry p. 194

Contadini, Neo di Rosanna p 168

Garval, Sergio p. 15

Bernstein, Alex p.57

Conway, Nigel p. 90

Gerrman, Dimitry p. 90

Bisttram, Emil p. 282

Corbett, Debra p. 76

Gibby, Raymond p. 8

Bobelu, Gomeo p. 102

Corbin, Tom p. 43

Ging, Linda J. p. 42

Boggess, Lynn p. 15

Cornell, Matthew p. 15

Glass, Carlos p. 109

Bohn, Joan p. 71

Covalin, Piñeda p. 107

Gold, Deborah p. 97

Boisjoli, Dominique p. 32

Cronin, Susan Read p. 71

Gonzales, Frank p. 97

Boone, Steven p. 64

Cullar, Warren p. 79

Goodacre, Glenna p. 113, 123

Boren, Evelyne p. 17

Da, Tony p. 100

Gorman, R. C. p. 19

Bowers, Bradley p. 99

Davis, Darrell p. 97

Gould, Mark p. 43

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Dear, David p. 186

Gray, Robin p 131, 144

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Boyer, Eric p. 71

DeBusk, Barrett p. 99

Greene, Melissa p. 8

Brothers, Cody pp. 92, 97

Delap-John, Sally p. 264

Grossnickle, Brian p. 109

Buccellati p. 288

Delattre, Pierre pp. 270, 284

Gusterman, Britt pp. 43, 195

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Hahs, Rebecca p. 92

Kegler, Thomas p. 97

McCauley, Barbara p. 265

Haid, Melissa p. 135

Keller, Lanna p. 249

McCuan, Barry p. 74

Handell, Albert p. 77

Kemp, Andrea p. 97

Mcelwain, Louisa p. 15

Hanks, Steve p. 19

Kennedy, David Michael p. 17

Mears, Terry p. 19

Hardin, Helen p. 30-31

Khandro, Sherab p. 19

Mears, Wallace p. 39

Harris, Gregory Frank p. 71

King, Bruce p. 86

Meikle, Barbara p. 78

Hatfield, Rodney p. 40

Kitchens, James p.268

Melfi, Karen p. 188

Hepler, Sally p. 72

Kliewer, Susan p. 19

Mendez, Lorenzo p. 109

Herreid, LeeAnn p. 109

Landsiedel, John p. 99

Menzies, Renea p. 32

Herrera, Nicholas p. 11

Larsen, Hal p. 71

Metier, Amy p. 72

Herrera, Nicholas p. 17

Larson, Ken and Pat p. 8

Mickelsen, Robert p.99

Hert, Judith p. 261

Lazarus, Julie p. 99

Mills, Gigi p.66

Higginbotham, Matthew p. 82

Lichtenhan, Phillip p. 99

Minden, James p. 99

Higgins, Amber p. 268

Linch, Lisa p. 98

Moore Sr., K. W. p.45

Higgins, Wendy p. 61

Lippincott, Janet p. 72

Moore, Kelly p. 67

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Livengood, Kat p. 68

Morrissey, Patrick p. 99

Holien, Elaine p. 72

Loeffler, Gisella p. 17

Namingha, Les p. 102

Hollander, Siri p. 32

Long-Postal, Mary p. 72

Naranjo, Michael p. 37

Holmes, Elodie p. 52

Loretto, Estella p. 8

Nelson, Christopher Owen p. 89

Horne, Corey p. 249

Loyd, Bill G. p. 256

Nieto, John p. 75

Howell, Frank p. 8, 19

Lujan, Ira p. 99

Nimmo, Timothy p. 8

Hudson, Andrée p. 87

Madzo, Michael p. 71

Noice, Marshall p. 85

Huggins, Jammey p. 8

Maisano, John pp. 96, 97

Nordwall, Raymond p. 97

Hurd, Peter p. 41

Mandelman, Beatrice pp. 17, 55

O’Brien, Willsea p.99

Hutchinson, Deborah p. 99

Mans, Martha p. 72

O’Keffee, Georgia p. 288

Hutchinson, Joseph p. 99

Marcus, Rand p.99

O’Neal, Carla p. 270

Isenhour, Natasha p. 99

Marín, Javier p. 15, 37

Oropeza, Eduardo p. 2

Jackson, Julian p. 72

Marshall, Lange p. 61

Ortega, Felipe p. 109

Jimmy, Wipana & Beryl p. 12

Martinez, Leovigildo p. 109

Ortenstone, Nancy pp. 270, 284

Jones, Jennifer J. L. p. 71

Martinez, Miguel p. 19

Ortiz, Mata p. 8

Kacalak, Tadeusz p. 110

Martinez, Sergio p. 155

Oteri, John p. 48

Kapp, Phyllis p. 83

Matthews, Patrick pp. 93, 97

Oviedo, Marco p. 32

Karin, Anna p. 256

Mauro, Gary p. 19

Palumbo, Giuseppe p. 8

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Rosenfeld, Ken p. 99

Tew, Jono pp. 96, 97

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Rudolph, David p. 97

Thomas, Jinni p. 72

Pascal p. 90

Rumpel, Helenn J. p. 102

Thomson, Christopher p. 140

Peña, Amado p. 19

Sanders, Janis p. 99

Tolman, Kevin p. 72

Peña, JB p. 19

Santos, Jorge p. 15

Trujillo, Lisa p. 255

Peralta, Michael pp. 92, 97

Scogin, Craig p. 256

Tzapoff, Antoine p. 7

Perkins, Flo p. 54

Scott, Brian Keith p. 99

Ufer, Walter p.123

Phadke, Sangita p. 88

Selby, Margo p. 160

Underwood, Gretel p. 155

Pham-New, Khang p. 3

Sevier, Chessney p. 7

Van Ek, Jan p. 19

Phelps, Rick p. 109

Shank, Stephanie p. 99

Velarde, Mercedes Isabel p. 107

Phill, Daniel p. 72

Sharp, Jospeh Henry p.33

Velarde, Pablita p. 30-31

Pippin, Aleta pp. 39, 79

Shaw, Adam p. 35

Viles, Pat p. 17

Pomeranz, Lynne pp. 92, 97

Shawger, Sara p. 97

Voss, Sandy p. 80

Potter, Richard p. 99

Shchukin, Yevgeni p. 65

Wait, Laura pp. 70-71

Poulsen, Lise p. 267

Sheppherd, Laura p. 193

Weigel, Jeane George p. 256

Powell, Terrell p. 32

Shwaiko, Jill p. 248

Weisman, Gary p. 15

Prehm, Coulter p. 97

Silverwood, Mary p. 74

Wells, C. J. p. 19

Prekup, Diane p. 160

Simon, David p. 15

White, Mark p. 62

Price, Brad p. 249

Smith, Carter p. 173

Wiger, Ray p. 19

Price, Lee p. 15

Smith, Gregory p. 76

Wilde, Teruko p. 97

Rapp, Manfred p. 48

Smithey, Vanita p. 72

Williams, Kent p. 15

Reid, James p. 183

Sorenson, Jack p. 51

Williams, Roger p.49

Richardson, Reid p. 99

Spencer, Jett p. 196

Wilson, Pamela p. 15

Ringholz, Amypp pp. 96, 97

St. Vrain, Theresa p. 196

Wright, Ben p. 19

Rippel, John p.164

Stanczak, Julian p. 56

Yatsattie, Brian p. 102

Rivera, George p. 2

Steele, Ben p. 43

Yazzie, Melanie p. 2

Rivera, Robert p. 124

Stevens, Rick p. 71

Ziegen, Pauline p. 72

Rivera, Santiago p. 104

Stuart, Sally p. 195

Ziemba, Thoryn p.54

Rohrig, Mark p. 268

Sugarman, Christie p. 58

Zuñiga, Francisco p. 123

Romero, Carla p. 19

Swab, Laurel p. 72

Zwadlo, James p. 97

Romero, Gilberto p. 78

Tagliapietra, Lino p.53

Romero, Virginia Maria p. 19

Taylor, Tom p. 175

Roof, Cynde p.50

Tejada, Leslie p. 71

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t’s an age-old story. Visitors come to Northern New Mexico and fall in love with the light, the land, the art, and the many vibrant cultures that coexist here. Sometimes it’s what the French call a coup de foudre—a thunderbolt of love at first sight—and within weeks, they have found a new home. For others it’s a longer process, one of returning again and again until the time finally comes when they can realize their dream of living in Santa Fe. Either way, Northern New Mexico continues to transform visitors into residents whose love for their adopted state is legendary.

Living here is transformative: you fall in love with adobe architecture, the melding of indoor and outdoor spaces, the art, and learning about new cultures and incorporating them into your life. Longtime residents, gallery owners, artists, architects, interior designers, craftspeople and artisans serve as newcomers’ guides. Their guidance and the relationships with them are the heart and soul of what makes visiting and living in

Northern New Mexico so remarkable. Becoming a New Mexican also means folding your prior life into your new surroundings, so that they enrich your presence here.

This is the history of New Mexico, a history of travelers enchanted by the light and the land, by open spaces and the arts, by the people and possibilities of this place so unlike any other.

From 17th-century Spanish settlers to 19th-century Anglo cowboys and merchants following the Old Santa Fe Trail to the railroad and the many artists, so much of what we have come to love about New Mexico is a result of affection for a new home made manifest: the incorporation of traditions and new ideas with millennia of Native American cultural heritage.

Navajo textiles were inspired by the serapes of Mexican traders; some of the most iconic Pueblo pottery images paid homage to the Central American birds. Furniture brought by Anglos on covered wagons was often left behind by settlers who found they could not make a livelihood in a place with such limited natural resources. But such items were treasured, and often repurposed.

They were transformed into something uniquely Northern New Mexican. In the 20th century, 1930s Anglo WPA artists honored the superb woodwork of Spanish craftsman from earlier centuries by creating work that is now regarded as among the finest created in the state. This exchange and explosion of artistic and creative ideas are as indigenous to New Mexico as the spectacular light and crystalline desert air. It is the essence of what is now called “Santa Fe style.”

Clockwise from top left: Violante & Rocheford’s mix of contemporary art, antiques, period pieces, and bold colors; David Naylor Interiors’ elegant Asian antiques; Victoria Price Art and Design’s blend of Native American antiques with contemporary Italian furnishings; in a joint HVL-Robin Gray project, clients’ reupholstered sofas are paired with Laverne tables brought from their Texas home to their contemporary Santa Fe one.

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But during the 1980s when Santa Fe style achieved international popularity, many felt its authenticity was diluted. And like so many popular design movements, after its moment in the sun, many felt Santa Fe Style had come and gone. But for those of us who live and work in Santa Fe, as well as for the many visitors and new residents, the appeal of authentic Santa Fe style is undeniable. Its authenticity is all about living in homes that reflect the high-desert environment and living in a way that is true to oneself and the indigenous Northern New Mexico cultures. Essential to this is the confluence of art and design in the home.

Interior designer Steffany Hollingsworth believes, “For the most part, our Santa Fe clients want authenticity.

There is not a driving desire to look unique or conversely, to follow trends.

The authenticity they seek is sometimes established by or bolstered by their art. Good pieces can make or break a setting. Sometimes the art follows the furnishings, and other times the furnishings and color palette are inspired by the art. There is no magic formula.

Many clients, probably most clients, are blending art from their previous lives or locales with art they have collected here, and it is the commingling that creates a sense of place unique to them. People seem to feel much more comfortable mixing things here, as our culture and looser way of life invite and encourage that. Rules are made to be broken here. Contemporary and traditional furnishings and art dance together happily, provided it is done with the right harmonic approach.”

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reflected a centuries-old traditional Northern New Mexican aesthetic: curved adobe walls, plaster interiors, cozy rounded spaces marked by deep windows, large vigas, and kiva fireplaces. In such spaces, the art generally reflected the tri-cultures, utilizing Navajo textiles, Pueblo pottery, Hispanic carvers’ religious artifacts, and landscape paintings by well-known Santa Fe or Taos artists. But when Ira Seret moved to Santa Fe from Afghanistan, bringing with him an international sensibility and popularizing it through his store, Seret & Sons, an international flavor was introduced to Santa Fe style. The relevance of Middle Eastern textiles and woodwork, African art, and Asian antiquities in Northern New Mexico homes encouraged new blendings of art, architecture and design.

Moving into the 21st century, Sharon Woods, noted architect, member of the Historic Architectural Board, and co-author of the book Santa Fe Style, saw a change in her clients’ priorities: “You still saw the original architectural elements of vigas and lintels,” she says, “but now you have larger windows and much more open space.”

Gradually, a melding of the old and the new has emerged, which many believe is the reincarnation of authentic Santa Fe Style. Georgia O’Keeffe’s home in Abiquiu is as authentic an incarnation of Santa Fe Style as can be found. It incorporates thick adobe wall and dirt floors with a large picture window looking out on a gnarled tree. There are bleached cow skulls, midcentury modern furniture, and her own art along with that of local photographer and well-known East coast artists. Similarly, the new Santa Fe Style reflects this cross-pollination of new and old, the blending of art

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and design, of regional and international style.

As a lifelong Navajo textile aficionado, I get a kick out of showing a 1890s Navajo transitional blanket to contemporary art collectors and reminding them that its mind-blowing geometric abstractions were created by a female weaver who lived thousands of miles from the nearest museum and about 40 years before Piet Mondrian began painting his geometric abstractions. I also love putting a Pueblo pot on a super-contemporary coffee table or a very contemporary painting above a WPA carved chest. I love proving that clients’ beloved Chippendale dining chairs are not out of place in their New Mexican home, but bring their old sense of home into their new environment.

Finding that commonality or link between seemingly disparate styles or cultures is incredibly exciting, and it opens people’s eyes to what is possible.

Hollingsworth and architect Robin Gray worked on a project that illustrates this beautifully.

Hollingsworth describes the residence being built by a couple who “came from a much more traditional home in Houston, and their furniture and art largely followed suit. The house they had designed and built was very contemporary.

The thoughtful use of fabrics to re-cover seating and judicious rug selections created a bridge between possibly disparate art and architecture. The denouement to this story was an art piece for a large slab fireplace facing. We undertook a massive search for the perfect piece, and we found the answer at Tai Gallery in a commissioned woven sculpture by one of their Japanese artists. The use of earthen, handhewn and more primitive elements in the architecture

seemed to demand this degree of authenticity.”

Over the past decade, Northern New Mexico has begun to embrace contemporary architectural styles as well. In New Mexico, the lynchpin of such projects is the art. In contemporary homes and environments with contemporary art, the art takes center stage, and all else is supporting cast. The detailing of the structure is minimal, furnishings are minimal and minimally detailed, and the art and outdoors are dominant.

Most Santa Fe galleries recognize that a designer will influence the selection, placement, or approval of pieces for a client’s home or business, and they are more than accommodating in supporting the process and procurement. The ease with which one can maneuver art selection, framing, display and in our small city encourages our penchant for finding great pieces for clients’ collections. It is also fortunate that so many of the artists also live in the area, creating the accessibility and opportunity to build relationships.

Interior designer Edy Keeler has also experienced the benefits of a harmonious collaboration between designers, artist, and gallerists. She believes, “Art and interiors both gain from choosing art with care and from careful hanging or display in the home.” Fortunately, expert advice is readily available from gallerists, as well from savvy interior designers. I was lucky to work with Zane-Bennet Gallery, and we decided to break some rules. That’s what art helps you do! Our master bedroom was not large at all. I believe in less furniture, more art, and who says a small room has to have small art? We ended up choosing the largest piece that would go in the scheme of the room. The Joe Novak

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piece we chose, “Libica,” measured 78” x 102,” and really took over one wall, a wall where furniture would have impeded traffic flow. We chose several pieces by one of my favorite local artists, James Havard, and one, “Animal Bug,” got the coveted spot above the fireplace where they originally thought a flat-screen TV would go. Guess which I’d rather look at? The selection of nine wonderful and highly varied pieces changed the whole complexion of the home in unexpected ways.

There are clients who have the desire and means to start collecting from scratch for this environment and to leave their options open to what they may stumble onto or fall in love with. Sometimes the sheer number of galleries and range of artistic styles can be overwhelming. Working with a designer who is knowledgeable about art and has strong relationships with local galleries is a boon.

But for others who wish to bring their art collection, Hollingsworth provides a helpful tip for making it fit in their new environment: “Reframe the art.” It is often the frame and not necessarily the art that foes not comport with a Northern New Mexico setting or New Mexican architecture.

As a designer with degrees in Art History and American Studies, I find it is the relationships among art, design, architecture, and culture that create the unique sense of place that appeals to me so deeply about living in Northern New Mexico. Many years ago, leading New Mexico resident and international author Lucy Lippard opened my eyes to the possibilities inherent in the “liminal spaces” between seemingly disparate disciplines or cultures. New Mexico is chock

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full of those liminal spaces, and they, I have come to believe, are the spaces of the greatest possibility. Just as wildflowers grow most profusely by the side of the road where the tarmac has disturbed the dirt, so too our culture blooms in profuse creativity in the spaces where art, design, architecture and cultures collide.

And this is precisely what makes creating a home here so exciting—because just as we look to those who have come before us and those who are different from us for inspiration, what we are doing now will be inspiration for future incarnations of Santa Fe Style. As Lippard writes, “No matter how long or short a time we live in a place, we inherit the responsibility for knowing about it, valuing it, working to keep it viable, and illuminating our dynamic cultural spaces and their underlying, often invisible meanings and uses.” What an incredible opportunity and challenge to be part of the ever-changing environment that is Northern New Mexico.  Victoria Price is a designer, art historian, writer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Her lifestyle store, Victoria Price Art & Design in Santa Fe, NM, is well known for its unique blend of home furnishings and contemporary, regional, and ethnographic art.

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Lisa Samuel, ASID, owner of the Samuel Design Group, cites Santa Fe’s antiquity and layered culture: they make it a percolator for design creativity. UNESCO named Santa Fe one of the most creative cities on the planet, and its myriad art galleries and talented craftspeople are part of the reason.

Jeff Fenton, Sr. VicePresident & General Manager of American Country Collection home furnishings, says that although Santa Fe’s aesthetic may have begun as a tourist draw more than a century ago, it has long since surpassed the cliché. Whether it was the architecture, landscape, sky, creativity, blend of cultures, or open-mindedness that initially drew artisans, adventurers, and seekers, all have added new layers to the city. That authentic breadth of experience, culture and lifestyle is reflected today in Santa Fe and in its shops, design influences, and art.

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know they can find artistic, historically rooted, creative forms of design that bring the past functionally into the present. Loeks’ classic, carved cabinets are an example. Embodying centuries old tradition and artisan craftsmanship, they deftly reinterpret elegant Spanish Colonial Revival design motifs. Discovering exciting, accessible, personalized design anchored in a unique culture and history strikes a satisfying chord with sophisticated Santa Fe visitors.

Interior designer Jane Smith opened Jane Smith Home Old & New in 2011, after many years of offering interior design services. She believes T+L readers are attracted to Santa Fe because of the creativity, culture, cuisine, weather and friendly people. Her store offers neutral tones and textured materials, as well as industrial items, aged woods and home gift items. There are antiques from the International Gift Show in New York, the Paris Flea Market, and the Maison & Objet show, as well as locally made items.

Mediterrania owner Marc Galante says Santa Fe’s complex history, mix of cultures and singularly exotic nature make it one of only a handful of US cities in which visitors feel truly free from the constraints of time and space. In fact, it is in many ways like traveling back to early 17th-century Spanish colonial America.

Comparing Santa Fe’s history, architecture and ambience with the relative youth and homogeneity of the rest of

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Steffany Hollingsworth, ASID, of HVL interiors, has a unique take on Santa Fe’s draw: it is a more of an antidesign center; instead, it offers easy access to a world market. The concentration of design resources makes it easy to shop here. There are ethnographic Asian, African, Native American, Mediterranean and Persian offerings. The city boasts top-notch rug and textiles dealers; tile, plumbing and hardware showrooms; and a handful of home furnishings stores. Along with the ease of navigating the resources in this historical city, the dining, spa and cultural experiences contribute to the city’s allure. In a matter of days, home design and décor shoppers can gather special pieces of art, objets d’art, rugs, textiles, and more.

Victoria Price, of Victoria Price Design, reports that friends of hers moved to Santa Fe because it’s “like living in a foreign country without leaving the US.” The amalgam of architecture, a tri-cultural heritage, an international element, world-class music, art, and food make Santa Fe singular and extraordinary. It is why the city has surpassed New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco as the city with the best design boutiques. This relatively small, high-desert town encompasses a surprising range of resources: local artisans (woodworkers, steelworkers, ironworkers), rug merchants (Navajo, kilim, Nepalese, Indian), and high-end US and international design lines (Knoll, Blu Dot, Cassina, Kartell, and Moroso). However, it is the mixing of these in compelling ways that makes Santa Fe unique. Price delights in pairing regional artisans’ work with the international furniture lines, and 144

complementing them with gorgeous Navajo textiles, paintings and photographs by artists she represents.

At Shiprock Santa Fe, the joy of seeing a stunning Nakashima table beneath an elegant 19th-century Navajo blanket is unparalleled. Santa Fe Modern’s 21st-century cowboy aesthetic is another delight: strikingly large photographs of horses alongside a Ben Forgey driftwood mirror, above a clean-lined Gus sofa.

Architect Robin Gray transformed a lifelong love of textiles and her extensive knowledge of regional arts into a rug collection that is both global and intimate.

Both Jeanné Sei, of Kitchens by Jeanné, and Barb Lenihan of Pandora¹s subscribe to the late Steve Jobs’ philosophy that “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Lenihan says, “I’ve always been aware of the practicality of the bedding, towels and clothing I sell.

Of course, they must look wonderful and feel fantastic, but they must work.” She believes Pandora¹s unique, one-of-a-kind merchandise is an asset. “We put a lot of effort and time into creating items from beautiful textiles.

The staff is well educated about the product, and we bend over backwards to give the client a positive experience.” Jeanné says, “The one thing about our firm is that we are good communicators and listeners. Tell us what your dream is and we can create it!”

Perhaps it is this dedication and the ability of our city’s shop owners, designers and craftspeople to help people achieve the rooms and homes of their dreams that makes Santa Fe number one in the hearts of so many home décor shoppers. 

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here are more than a thousand nonprofits in the region The Essential Guide serves.

With the ever-growing needs of so many deserving organizations, it is hard to single out only a few for recognition. For this reason, we acknowledge both past and current honorees on our website. The Essential Guide supports these deserving organizations with a financial contribution and by bringing them to our readers’ attention. We encourage our readers, if so moved, to make a donation as well. We hope that with our help and that of our readers, these organizations will survive and even thrive in these challenging economic times.

This year we have chosen to honor the Buckaroo Ball Foundation, a fund with the Santa Fe Community Foundation. Now in its 17th year, the Buckaroo Ball raises funds that are given annually as grants to Santa Fe County organizations that serve at-risk children. Risk factors include poverty, homelessness, hunger, poor healthcare, academic disadvantage and illiteracy, drug use, and unstable family situations. Grants go through a rigorous evaluation process. After identifying programs that are financially viable, innovative, cost-effective and

monitored, the Buckaroo Ball Foundation selects the recipients and determines the amount each will receive.

To date, the Buckaroo Ball, which has no fullor part-time staff or facility, has raised $7 million.

Hundreds of volunteers donate their time and energy. Ticket sales, a live auction, and the generosity of corporate sponsors and local businesses make the ball the success that it is. A special feature at this year’s live auction is an exquisite chest designed by David Naylor, of David Naylor Interiors, and carved by a talented local artisan. Naylor views it as way of giving back to the community that has rewarded him with success.

A much anticipated event, the Buckaroo Ball Gala is not only one of the Southwest’s largest fundraising activities, it has also become an institution in the region. The event of summer, it brings communities of people together to raise both funds and awareness. The 2012 Buckaroo Ball is June 15 at the Railyard, the Santa Fe Farmers Market.  For more information, call (505) 988-9715 or visit http://buckarooball.com.

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tyle is a simple way to say complicated things.

Though Jean Cocteau uttered these words nearly a century ago, their meaning resonates profoundly today. In our overly “connected” world, we often have little time to think about sartorial choices, so we ask fashion to work overtime for us, saying just as much about who we are, as who we are not.

The current obsession with high-end designers, status symbols, and items previously associated with upper classes has had interesting repercussions: luxury has now become commonplace, and every big-name

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designer merely a “click” away. If one believes the symbolic function of fashion is to reflect and define an era, what does this say about our time, our desires and habits, let alone the object of desire itself?

Luxury, by one definition, is “a pleasure, out of the ordinary, allowed oneself.” In a few short years, through the marketing-driven proliferation of “it” shoes and “must-have” handbags, luxury has become more akin to a less flattering definition of luxury: “a meaningless form of self-indulgence.” The idea of a sumptuous, one-of-a-kind item now appears to have been watered down by mass marketed sameness.

Previous page: Embroidery detail from Origins. Above left: Millicent Rogers in a Charles James blouse. Photo courtesy of the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos. Above right: Detail of “Georgia O’Keeffe in Doorway,” c. 1950 photograph by George Daniell.

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Entire legions have the identical “special” accessory and attire—sometimes real, sometimes an inexpensive copy.

Real or fake doesn’t matter; sheer numbers are the issue, erasing the very notion of uniqueness.

There is, however, good news, for savvy fashionistas.

Local businesses are at the vanguard of a renewed consciousness, a unique, individual approach to defining what fashion and luxury mean today. While it may be true that there have always been boutiques leading the way with honest, original voices, the volume of options now available make this day and age extraordinary.

Northern New Mexico has never lacked fashionforward individuals. The iconic chic of Georgia O’Keeffe and Millicent Rogers has captivated us and defined Southwestern style for decades, and for good reason.

Each had a unique voice, both in her chosen work and personal appearance. O’Keeffe, the minimalist, edited her image with a powerful, no-nonsense sensibility, forever imprinting her in our mind’s eye as the modernist desertdweller. She pared her personal style to that of a barebones, utilitarian iconoclast whose sole embellishment upon a field of jet black was perhaps a sensational Alexander Calder brooch. Elevated, seductive, impeccable.

Rogers, the “maximalist,” chose to forgo a spare approach. Rather, she mixed couture elements with indigenous ones, all the while adding her own special flourishes to the mix. In an oft published image, Rogers is seen standing on a chair, hovering over a huge pot, stirring and dying velvet in colors of her own choosing.

A devoted client of revolutionary Paris couturier Elsa Schiaparelli, she combined “high” with “low” in a manner that predated modern-day bohemian chic. As a woman of infinite means, Rogers could have toed the couture line, but chose instead to heed her inner voice, creating a unique, personal style. (See the “Exceptional Women of Taos” ad on page 279.)

These bold icons reflect the past, but may be even more influential in shaping the future, a future in which we create our own individual expressions of self and style.

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discovering unique chic. “Santa Fe is very successful, style wise, because we don’t have mainline fashion. What we do have here is a great laboratory! People incorporate designer names, but they create their own sense of style,” notes co-owner Jill Heppenheimer. “When visitors first arrive in Santa Fe, they sort out who they want to be and then take that new-found confidence back to their lives elsewhere.” This seems to be a basic truism for the women and men of Northern New Mexico. Classic styles and patterns will always remain, but northern New Mexico’s open, accepting environment encourages experimenting with a more personal sense of style.

Just like every other business in the midst of change, SFWG is constantly considering new realities—of fashion, expectation, and need—and the unpredictability associated with our day and age. Adds Heppenheimer, “Santa Feans want to look good, but do it in their own way. Each has a treasure trove of a closet, filled with elements chosen for their ability to allow for today’s wider interpretation of self-expression.” By seeking out the new, be it material, color, pattern, or all three, SFWG presents garments and accessories that customers may not anticipate. SFWG creates a mix that not only excites the imagination, but also allows one to stretch and try something fresh.

This unconventional, liberating approach is evident at Cicada, the Galisteo Street courtyard atelier of Irena Ross. She believes in fashion diversifying, picking out one wonderful piece a year to update and refresh a closet.

“By having better clothes and fewer of them, you can make your closet a collection, a point of view. A modern sensibility to the classics helps one to appear timeless, not trendy—a la O’Keeffe.” By scaling down, Ross believes we can create an effortless, season-less style: “One can go from day to night with just a change of accessories.”

Ross also loves to discover the newest designers, and Cicada offers an international roster—Danish, Icelandic, American—that merges in this boutique of refined tones and shapes. After all, the architecture of clothing is what counts. “My goal is for clients to be able to reach into the closet with their eyes closed, select 3-5 garments, get

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in Santa Fe and you enter a world of sumptuous, sensuous clothing inspired by designer/owner Nancy Traugott’s love for vintage clothing and artisanal techniques. Designing since 1980, Traugott derives inspiration from the past, yet the refined, chic attire she and husband/partner Philip create are anything but old fashioned and fussy. In fact, the inventory is tres à la mode. “There is a nod to certain shapes from the past, but it’s not this esoteric, rigid idea. These are fancy things that lend themselves to lounging around the house. Perfectly imperfect,” Traugott explains. There are beautiful silks, cottons, and linens, and even a spectacular line of rare, traditional, artisan-made English cotton bobbinet woven in Nottingham, in a gorgeous palette of ivoire, driftwood, indigo, and mocha.

This “disheveled elegance” is virtually impossible to achieve with mass manufacturing.

Each of Traugott’s collections is designed here in Santa Fe, using natural or white fabrics sourced worldwide, yet manufactured here or in San Francisco. Then the real fun begins: the collections are color-driven, and the Traugotts, like Millicent Rogers, do all the dying themselves. “People respond to color.

By providing a palette, the client can participate in the creative process, mixing and matching the designs.” So the once laborious job of dressing becomes artistic and very personal. “Some say it feels like painting,” Traugott notes.

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Her belief that by simplifying a closet to key pieces and not overthinking, we can avoid the sameness that plagued the past. “By neither blending in nor sticking out, but having confidence because of our choices, we are creating an ease and elegance that is at home anywhere in the world.” And a lot easier to pack, too!

Nathalie Kent, owner of Nathalie on Canyon Road, shares a similar philosophy: “A client expects the highest quality footwear, clothing, jewelry, handbags.

It doesn’t matter if it is Western or European style.

There is no compromising on fit or construction.” One immediately notices the selection at Nathalie is neither trend nor price driven, but instead is recognizable for its exceptional quality. The result is a curated, visionary feel to the merchandise.

Kent states, “Changing one’s ‘skin’ can mess with your psychology.” By discovering an honest, personal style, we can be comfortable wherever we find ourselves.

Whether in Paris, Santa Fe, or Des Moines, we will feel comfortable being who we are, and in turn project a relaxed, individual presence.

This relaxed, contemporary aesthetic can also be found at Cupcake in Santa Fe. Among the terrific patterns, colors, and silhouettes, it’s easy to discover pieces that effortlessly transition from day to evening. Owner Kate Kruger stocks inventive clothing and accessories and has occasional trunk shows.

Expect a fresh shopping experience that allows you as an individual to shine.

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incredible feel of the fabrics, and thoughtful design unite in garments that look and feel alive. They have a timelessness that enables the wearer to freely combine past pieces with the present, and anticipate the future with pleasure.

There are fantastic opportunities for men to find their signature style in Santa Fe, as well. Walk into BODY’s newly expanded menswear section and you are struck by the incredible selection of clothing that encompasses all facets of life. Bailey Sachs, Marketing and Event Director, explains that owner Lorrin Parrish felt “there were so few choices for men; outdoorsy active wear seemed about it.” So to complement BODY’s great workout lines, Parrish brought in a collection of menswear designers that covers casual looks, contemporary business wear, and jackets with a relaxed look to move seamlessly into dressier situations. Lines include Crossley, Agave Denim, Culturata, Scott James, and the newest addition, Hannes Röether. The subtext of the clothing lines, fair trade and sustainability, are a bonus, but never an afterthought.

“Things are changing rapidly in regard to clients’ expectations of ‘green,’” Sachs remarks. “Now, even sustainability can come into question.” For example, clients are interested in the environmental effects associated with processing bamboo into fabric. “Our customers trust BODY, due to our extensive research and vetting.” Try on a few items in the BODY bou-tique, and you’ll agree: the research pays off.

Research is not a new concept in retail. It is an ongoing process, as anyone involved can attest. Just ask Judy Margolis, owner of the legendary Origins of Santa Fe emporium. Quality, originality, and artisanship are the elements that drive Margolis to keep searching. “Beauty is a form of spirit, of God, if you will. Origins is ‘a world of beauty and benefit,’ an expression of the things on the planet that inspire me.” After a recent trip to India, Margolis returned refreshed, excited, and inspired. She also decided to rethink retail. She is choosing to work with cooperatives again, thrilled to find ones that directly support the communities in which they are located. This renewed relationship not only enriches the lives of the 170

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workers and inhabitants, but also provides valuable assets for the artisanal workers, whose skills are at risk of dying out, due to lack of younger generations’ becoming adept in the techniques.

When defining luxury in a truly positive way, an individual’s emotional connection to the experience and product is fundamental.

Margolis has taken this to heart. “Everyone needs to buy clothes. People are very price conscious now, but show them handwork— embroidery, ornamentation, artisanship— and you’ve created a customer.”

In essence, Santa Fe style references the past, but only in tandem with the present and future possibilities, creating fashion as unique and individual as the place itself. Now that fashion originals such as Schiaparelli and McQueen are drawing records crowds to museum exhibitions of their creations, we may very well be in an era of postconsumerist individual luxury. Go ahead: say all the complicated things you like. With the help of these Santa Fe fashion visionaries, it’s simple. 

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hat the City Different has had an impact on the culinary world is indisputable. There was Chef Mark Miller’s groundbreaking Coyote Café, Compound chef/owner Mark Kiffen’s James Beard Award, Restaurant Martin’s chef/owner Martin Rios’s appearance on Iron Chef, and Santa Fe native Dakota Weiss’s recent performance on Top Chef. It is also indisputable that we eat well in this town.

An old restaurant axiom declares, “Where there is a thirsty chef, there is a hungry sommelier.” Indeed, the perfect pairing of the food and wine in a great establishment is almost transcendental. Increasingly, diners are choosing the bottle first and then dishes to match.

Consequently, I decided to look into the wine programs at four of Santa Fe’s best restaurants to get insight from their sommeliers—aka wine stewards, beverage directors, and cork dorks. What philosophies shape their wine lists? Where do their inspirations come from? What was the wine that transformed them into wine lovers or set them on their grape-infused career path?

Quinn Stephenson, Coyote Café and Geronimo

I had a chance to sit down with Quinn Stevenson, who handles the beverage programs at two of Santa Fe’s most successful restaurants: Coyote Café and Geronimo.

Stevenson presides over more than 500 bottles and half bottles that include a large number of California 200

and Rhône wines. He is also considered by many to be one of the best mixologists in the Southwest. Located directly beneath Coyote, Stevenson’s small, yet elegant nightclub, The Den, is a destination for cocktail aficionados.

Stephenson’s love of wine began when he was a nineteen-year-old busser at Coyote Café. The head bartender let him buy wines at cost and take them home to try. Back then the list leaned towards Rhône-style wines. “We believed Syrah and Grenache matched well with the cuisine made famous

by Chef Miller.” The fullness of the wine stood up to the richness of the dishes, and their acids went well with the heat of New Mexico chiles.

But the bottle that stands out in his mind was a ’94 “Rubicon” from Coppola. “It was the wine that made me realize that to develop one’s palate is a selfishly wonderful pursuit.”

Now that he and Chef Eric DiStefano have taken over Coyote, things have changed a bit. Coyote and Geronimo are less concerned about being Southwest nuevo and more concerned with offering the best fare made from top ingredients. The cuisine reflects classical French, pan-Asian, American Southern and Southwestern influences. Some of Stephenson’s favorite pairings are Geronimo’s Fujisaki pear salad (arugula and watercress tossed with cider-honey vinaigrette, topped with cashews and Bleu d’Auvergne mini-grilled cheese) with a half bottle of ’08 Zind-

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Humbrecht “Clos Hauserer” Alsatian Riesling ($42).

Another favorite is the seared tuna and foie gras that has a strange yet wonderful relationship with the ’09 Susana Balbo “Torrontes” ($40). He also favors the peppery elk tenderloin (served with garlic mashed potatoes and a brandied mushroom sauce) with the ’08 Jaffurs Syrah ($70), and the green miso sea bass (with truffles, house-made ramen and citron rouille) paired with the ’09 Vincent Girardin Vosne Romanée ($110).

Stephenson is looking forward to late summer when a new temperature-controlled room will allow Geronimo to more than double its wine inventory. Don’t be surprised if he changes some of your preconceptions with Portuguese red wines.

Louis Moskow, 315 Restaurant & Wine Bar

Louis Moscow owns 315 Restaurant Wine Bar, on Old Santa Fe Trail. His personal wine history dates back to childhood: his oenophilic father gave him tastes of Bordeaux, such as LynchBages and Grand-PuyLacoste. Moskow says that as grew older, his tastes evolved and changed until “I tried my first great Burgundy, the ’93 Joseph Roty Charmes Chambertain. After that, there is nothing else.”

At 315 he likes to focus on the classic and noble grape varietals. His more than 400 selections include an extensive, deep collection of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône, and California wines, with a smattering of wines from nearly everywhere else. It is a true wine geek’s list, with great pricing. Should you prefer some diversity or want to enjoy a bottle by yourself at the newly refurbished bar, you can choose from more than 50 half bottles.

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“While the inspiration must come from the food, the wine has a more cerebral appeal,” declares Moscow.

If so, then bottles such as the ’97 Ridge “Monte Bello” ($265) and ’05 Chateau Les Pagodes Les Cos ($123) offer a lot to think about. Either of these wines would be a fine complement to his côte de boeuf, a perfectly prepared rib eye. “Food and wines need to have juxtaposition,” he explains. “The more complex the wine, the simpler the food should be.” Imagine a dish of black mussels and fries cozied up to a bottle of ’10 François Villard Condrieu ($118). “It is the one bottle that can almost make me forget about my favorite white Burgundies,” Moskow admits. He continues, “On the other hand, the more involved the dish, the more streamlined the wine should be.” For instance, he would pair his classic oysters mignonette with a sparkling glass of Simonnet-Febvre Cremant ($12).

Andrew Jay, Terra Restaurant at Encantado Resort

As both food and beverage director at Santa Fe’s Encantado Resort and sommelier at its restaurant, Terra, Andrew Jay plays a dual role. A recent transplant from the New England area, he was raised in Los Angeles and around the farmers of Lodi, California.

There was always wine around when he was growing up, but it was not until years later that he had his wine epiphany. He was working his way through college as a bartender at the original California Pizza Kitchen.

Someone left a bottle of ’67 Chateau d’Yquem on the bar, and he helped himself to a taste. “It was one of the most profound moments of my life,” he told me.

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and sommelier Paul Mason, Jay has a solid handle on Encantado’s wine list. He has never forgotten his agricultural roots and firmly believes, “A farmer working in harmony with the forces, rhythms and cycles of nature improves the quality of grapes she harvests.” While Terra’s chef, Charles Dale, strives to source the best local ingredients, Jay matches the cuisine with their sustainable, organic and biodynamic wines. From a list of more than 300 wines, this is a daunting task. When it comes to pairing, Jay believes “the acidity of the wine creates clarity and liveliness, the best balance with the food.” Imagine their rich, duck cassoulet with the Domaine du Grand Bouqueteau ($35), a cabernet franc from Chinon, France. Declaring, “Cabernet Sauvignon is due for a comeback,” he proudly shows their more than 60 Cabernetbased wines from around the world. Decant one to enjoy with Chef Dale’s Venison Two Ways (red chile tamale, grilled loin, blackberry Cumberland salsa, winter greens and a foie gras cloud). And the wines of Spain, such as the ’05 Martin Cendoya Reserva ($86), pair blissfully with Terra’s Market Plate (black rice, bok choy, piñon roasted winter greens, almond milk mozzarella, and white bean and mushroom ragu).

Jay finishes up by talking about bubbly. Terra boasts more than two dozen champagnes, Italian proseccos, Spanish cavas, as well as New Mexico’s own Gruet sparkling wine. “This weekend, the wife and I opened a bottle of sparkling wine and poured it with some Pacific Rim’s Framboise, an organic raspberry liquor from Washington State.” Oh, the simple joys of life!

Matthew Slaughter, La Boca

The final interview was a double treat because it was with wine director Matthew Slaughter and chef James Campbell Caruso, who has received five James Beard Award nominations. Slaughter, the newcomer to the bunch, brings a youthful exuberance to the scene. La Boca’s highly focused

wine list is predominantly based on Spanish wines, with a large selection of unique whites, Tempranillos, and sherries. Caruso and Slaughter agree that Alejandro Fernández of Bodegas Tinto Pesquera is the winemaker by which all others are judged. Try La Boca’s flat-iron steak with smoked sea salt caramel sauce with a Tempranillo—a glass of Pesquera’s ’04 “Dehesa La Granja” ($13) or a bottle of the ’07 “Condado de Haza” ($68).

Their black mussels pair beautifully with a glass of the Hildago “La Gitana” Manzanilla ($6). To experience firsthand how skillfully Slaughter and Caruso use wine to bring out the best in food, drop by on a Thursday for their special sherry and tapas tastings. Chef Caruso’s second cookbook, España: Exploring the Flavors of Spain, debuts in summer 2012.

While these are four examples of Santa Fe’s fine food and wine restaurants, there are many others.

Chef Nelli Maltezos and Chef Eric Stapelman’s award-winning Tattoria Nostrani boasts one of the nation’s best lists of Italian wines, with more than 500 selections. They match the wines with some of the nation’s finest, most acclaimed northern Italian cuisine. And less than a block from the Plaza is La Casa Sena. Wine director Jim Cook runs the program for both the restaurant and their top-tier wine shop. Peruse some of the 2200 selections on their 67-page list.

So as you swirl, smell and sip your way through our city, please remember the most important thing about enjoying the various glasses we have to offer: the wine is only as good as the company you drink it with, so drink great wine—and be assured of great company to enjoy it with.  Mark C. Johnson is one of New Mexico’s leading experts in wine, beers, spirits and cocktails. He teaches extensively and writes monthly wine and spirits columns for various newspapers.

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ecent newlyweds Anika Gusterman Amon and Mark Hosenfeld’s wedding was unlike any other couple’s, and that’s the way it should be. Anika says, “My grandfather was a fiddler, and while I never met him–he died before I was born–I always knew I wanted a fiddle to be a part of the ceremony. The wedding colors and theme were inspired by simplicity and nature: they used bark in the centerpieces and stones as the place cards. To personalize their wedding and make guests feel part of the special event, the couple wrote a short bio of every guest. They compiled them into a program that was placed on each chair at dinner. They wanted guests to know more about each other and the two of them as individuals and as a couple.

Besides choreographing their first dance, the couple made a CD of their favorite music as a parting gift for guests. Anika’s aunt drew the image that adorned the invitations, program and CD. The September wedding was in Santa Fe, but because Anika’s family is Swedish, she wanted Swedish touches in her wedding. Walter Burke Catering created a first course of pickled herring, Swedish meatballs and a mini shrimp sandwich. It was served with a toast of Aquavit and a traditional drinking song. Other special touches included having both of the bride’s parents walk her down the aisle and her stepfather officiate.

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The couple said their own vows under an arch Anika’s mother created. Clearly, the Amon-Hosenfeld wedding was uniquely “them.”

What do professional wedding planners recommend to couples wishing to personalize their wedding?

Vickie Rojas, Catering Manager at the Inn and Spa at Loretto, has been involved with professional wedding planning for two years. “I think personalization starts with your invitations or save the dates,” she says, “so do something fun that reflects your personalities.

Include a picture of the two of you at your favorite place or include a map of your wedding destination city with your favorite spots highlighted for your guests to check out.” She points out that personalizing the vows or having the bride to walk down the aisle to her favorite song instead of the standard classical choices are simple, inexpensive ways to personalize a wedding.

Samie Doerfler is a wedding planner at La Fonda on the Plaza who has 23 years of experience. She concurs about the importance of the invitation. “I’ve found that a good way to begin planning the event is with the wedding invitation. I like to encourage each couple to explore artists whose work they admire. When I had my own event planning business, I would promote the design of a unique, artist-created invitation. It

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would support all other creative elements related to the event: floral, color scheme, linens, lighting, and so forth.” Doerfler continues, “I’ve always suggested that wedding planners begin their event planning with a conversation with the bride and groom and by listening to the couple’s love story. This helps the planner develop an original concept or central image to structure the wedding around. This process tied into our conversation about the wedding invitation, and got everyone on the same page from the very beginning.”

Tracy Mueller, Catering Director at El Monte Sagrado, has 12 years’ experience as a wedding planner. For couples on a budget, she offers some simple, inexpensive ways to personalize a wedding. “I like when a family member is the officiant. Also, both of our ceremony sites are outside, and the landscaping is stunning. This saves the cost of decorating an indoor venue.” Other suggestions she offers are to “create an interesting sign-in–for example, have guests sign fabric squares that can later be made into a wedding quilt. Or have a painting that all guests can sign: it can be framed as a wedding day reminder. Create a ‘tree’ on which guests sign paper leaves that are later made into a wedding scrapbook.”

The wedding planners’ proffered other suggestions for a successful, memorable wedding:  The day before the wedding, have a spa day for the bride and wedding party, or a golf outing for the groom and groomsmen.  If your budget is limited, save on floral centerpieces.

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many options that are budget conscious. If you choose to use floral centerpieces, donate them to a hospital or nursing home afterwards.  For a destination wedding, incorporate local cuisine; add hors d’oeuvres that are a specialty from the groom’s hometown, or are the bride’s favorite late night snack.  For guests, create gift bags filled with local favors, maps, or a bottle of wine and snacks.  The day after the wedding, host a farewell brunch for out of town guests; it’s a nice way to see your guests again and thank them for coming.  The bride should avoid taking on too many tasks. A bride who is trying to make the centerpieces, decorate the venue, or put on chair covers and ties may be too exhausted and frazzled to enjoy her own wedding.  Have family members assist in calling about unanswered invitations.

Guests who do not respond but show up and those who respond but then do not show up can be budget breakers.  Make a plan and stay focused. Incorporate your love story into the event, and its emotional resonance will spread to your guests.  Think creatively and outside of the box. A small budget, combined with a grand imagination, can do wonders. Creativity goes a long way, and a wedding with a limited budget can still be among the most elegant and beautiful.

We asked the wedding planners to describe the touches for a wedding they were involved with that made it unique to the couple and, therefore, memorable. Doerfler recalled a spectacular wedding

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that started with an invitation to a black-tie wedding ceremony followed by a masquerade ball. Each guest received a unique mask, handmade, signed, and dated by an artist. The disguised guests themselves added a special dimension to the reception. On the back of each chiavari chair was a stand for the mask, which contributed to the overall ambiance and décor. Guests were invited to take home the collector quality masks as keepsakes.

Mueller tells of helping the mother of the bride procure a 1950s turquoise pickup truck to surprise the couple for their photos. A local artist lent his and came to meet the couple. It turned out the artist was a favorite of the bride and her mother. Rojas cites the couple who wanted their dogs in the wedding.

She reports, “It was a fun evening. The boy dog had a bow tie, and the girl dog wore pearls.”

We queried the planners about the oddest requests they have received. For Rojas, it was a “tequila donkey”: the couple wanted tequila served out of a cask that was attached to a donkey. She laughs, “I wasn’t worried so much about fulfilling their request. I was worried about the donkey! They finally came to their senses and went a different direction.” Similarly, Mueller averted a potentially unfortunate occurrence. The couple wanted to bring in dry ice and laser lights. The mother of the bride was upset because it was going to look like a nightclub.

The couple finally relented and chose a DJ and colored up-lighting. For Doerfler, odd requests have ranged from the monumental to the delicate. One was to build an entire ballroom on the client’s property. Bulldozers moved tons of rock and dirt to fill in a pond, which was 210

then topped with a gorgeous black-and-white scored concrete floor. The other interesting request dealt with very fragile glassware. The bride’s family wished to honor their lineage by using priceless Waterford crystal at the wedding banquet. They asked Doerfler to handle the shipment of their family heirlooms from Ireland to the United States. She had to insure each wine glass and goblet, cake stand and tumbler. Her staff wore cotton gloves, hand washed each piece, and double wrapped the pieces for the journey back to Ireland. To her relief, not a single glass hit the floor.

Finally, we asked these talented planners about wedding bloopers they have encountered. Mueller had the unsettling experience of discovering two hours before the wedding that the entire cake had begun to lean. And then there was the cake that never showed up. She had to run out to the grocery store and buy the only cake available: a strawberry shortcake. (Her recommendation to brides: give your wedding planner your outside vendors’ names and contact information. If a vendor is late, the planner can call, and you will never have to know.) Doerfler recounted stories of a groom’s tux shipped to the wrong city, a flower girl with chicken pox, and a mother of the bride who was rushing to arrive in time, only to be pulled over by a state trooper. Although these can seem like disasters at the time, they eventually become part of a couple’s wedding lore. With the perspective of time, they come to be appreciated not only as something that can be laughed about, but as something that made the wedding uniquely theirs. 

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in front of each seat displays libretto translations, with a choice of English or Spanish.

Planning to include the Opera in your summer experience? During the season, many restaurants offer an early, specially priced dinner for those headed to the opera. Other opera-goers like to arrive at the grounds early and enjoy a preperformance tailgate picnic while they watch the sun set.

Still others take advantage of the Opera’s popular preview buffet. Served in the open-air cantina, dinner includes wine, dessert, and an informative talk about the evening’s opera. Order your preview buffet ticket early: they go fast!

All ticket holders are invited to the free Prelude Talks, held the evenings of most performances. And plan to drop by the Opera Shop either before the opera begins or during intermission.

Finally, learn what goes on behind the scenes at the opera. Monday through Saturday at 9am, you can take a one-hour backstage tour. Tickets are $5 for adults, and children ages 6-17 are free. No reservations are needed.

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Bizet’s stunning opera The Pearl Fishers will be performed for the first time in Santa Fe. The season also features the world premiere of the new critical edition of Rossini’s Maometto II with rising Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni in the title role.

Mariusz Kwiecien returns to Santa Fe after appearing as the Count in The Marriage of Figaro in 2008 to sing the title role in Szymanowski’s King Roger in his native language, Polish. And Strauss returns to Santa Fe after a hiatus of five years, with Erin Wall in the title role of Arabella.

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n northern New Mexico, the well-worn triangle between Santa Fe, Taos, and Los Alamos may be best known as an intersection of art and science, culture and quirk, but it also happens to be home to some of the best outdoor adventures in the Southwest. Who better to dish on the bounties in the Land of Enchantment than a handful of hardy locals who have been skiing, riding, climbing, fishing, and golfing these parts for years?

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World Champion Freestyle Skier and New Mexico native Dean Cummings: Pajarito Mountain, outside of Los Alamos, is only open Fridays through Sundays. On the front side, the Sidewinder, Breathless, and Precious runs offer epic tree skiing. You can bomb the I Don’t Care run the whole way down. If you let it go, fully tucked, you feel like you are on a hard World Cup downhill course.

Ski Santa Fe is a great place to experience the high alpine terrain. My favorite runs are Roadrunner and Big Rocks Glade, which is a double black. That’s the only place on the mountain to cliff jump and ski chutes.

Columbine is also awesome, and so is lower Wizard.

And of course Taos is right up there with the country’s best resorts. I love Al’s Run and the High Traverse out to Kachina Peak. My favorite chutes up

there are probably Twin Trees and Stauffenberg. On the front side, I love Longhorn, but I guess my favorite line is Powerline between Longhorn and North American.

That’s definitely the coolest, tightest tree run. It’s always powder because no one knows about it. (For more information on Santa Fe Skiing, see page 229.)

KAYAKING, WHITEWATER RAFTING, AND STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDING Expedition kayaker and New Mexico native Atom Crawford: When there’s good snow pack and good run-off, my favorite place for whitewater rafting is the Lower Box on the Rio Grande. It’s 16 miles of total wilderness, with Class IIIIV rapids. The Box season is mainly May and June: it’s best when it’s above 1,000 cubic feet per second. The Rio Chama day section is a beautiful, mellow, relaxing stretch through O’Keeffe country. The biggest rapids come in the last three miles. This is a popular stretch for sit-on-top kayaks, and experienced paddlers can even take canoes. The water is generally colder and muddier than the Rio Grande. For kayaking, I love the Class III Racecourse, a five-mile section on the Rio Grande. It’s consistently good at low water, medium water, and high water. There are always new features. It never bores me.

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II rapids. You need a permit from the BLM to run it. If you’re game, try a 80-mile self-supported kayak trip on the Rio Grande from the Colorado state line all the way to the take out of the Racecourse. The Ute Mountain section has some of the best wildlife on the whole river, and then you go through the Class III-IV Razorblades and the Upper Box, which are both really technical and pushy at high volumes.

Stand-up paddling (SUP) is the fastest growing water sport in the country. In New Mexico, it’s the closest thing we have to surfing. A great introductory run is on the Rio Grande’s Bosque section, from the Taos County Line to Embudo Station. Above the Racecourse, the State Park section through Orilla Verde National Recreation Area is absolutely beautiful, too.

Nearby in Pilar, New Mexico River Adventures rents inflatable SUP boards.

Steep creeker and world record setter for highest waterfall drop in a kayak, Ed Lucero: What makes New Mexico great is that even though there’s not a lot of water here, when the water is in, the quality is exceptional.

The play boating hole I go to the most is on the Rio Grande Racecourse. It’s called Sleeping Beauty, and if the wave is up for surfing, my friends will be there, too. There’s a pull out off the highway right there.

For technical steep-creeking, the Rio Embudo in the Embudo Box Canyon is unbelievably spectacular.

It cuts through basalt boulders and drains into the Rio Grande just above Embudo. The Rio Brazos, south of Chama, is an exotic, world-class creek with a big waterfall that hasn’t been run.

My favorite mellow overnight with my kids is White Rock Canyon on the Rio Grande. The section between

Diablo Canyon and Cochiti Lake never sees any crowds.

There are two rapids: Ancho and Powerline. You can run it in rafts or sit-on-top kayaks, which is good because when you get near the lake, there are sandbars you might have to drag over. The water level is usually good all summer, above 1,000 cfs, because it’s below the confluence with the Rio Chama.

FLY FISHING Atom Crawford: I fly fish constantly, everywhere in northern New Mexico. I’m not going to tell you my favorite spots, but I’ll tell you some great ones. The Rio Grande is good year round except for spring run off, when it’s big and muddy. The seven-mile Orilla Verde State Park section is wide open, so it’s a great place to practice your casting. Up in the Cruces Basin Wilderness near Chama, Beaver Creek joins the Rio de los Pinos in the Toltec Gorge and has clear pools filled with brook trout.

Valle Vidal, north of Questa, is phenomenal, too. Over in the Jemez Mountains, the Guadalupe River feeds into the Jemez River; it’s a little creek, so the casting is more technical. You could pretty much pick any creek in the mountains of New Mexico and it’ll be great fly fishing.

Ed Lucero: The Rio Brazos is terrific. You can hike in anywhere off Highway 64 before the top of the pass and work your way into the drainage. It’s about an hourand-a-half hike in. My other favorites are the Cimarron River, the Lower Box on the Rio Grande, and the Orilla Verde State Park. That gets hit a lot but it’s a beautiful stretch. The Rio Grande at Embudo Station is also great: you wade into the river and work your way upstream.

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River is a small creek—like the rest of New Mexico, if it’s a small creek and you’re up in the high country, you’re going to do well. Another spot is on Highway 4, past the Valle Grande; the East Fork of the Jemez crosses the road and then cuts back again. In the middle of that loop are several waterfalls, the East Fork Falls, which are 100-foot cliffs above 30-foot deep swimming holes.

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HIKING Owen Perillo, owner and adventure concierge, Santa Fe Mountain Adventures: One of my favorite hikes is Raven’s Ridge above the Santa Fe Ski Area. It’s not as well traveled but it has tremendous views to the Pecos Wilderness. You can extend your hike to Summit Lake and Deception Peaks. Hike from the ski area parking lot up the Winsor Trail and then along the fence line up Raven’s Ridge before descending through the meadows of the ski basin. It feels more alpine up there, and in the summer, the wildflowers are spectacular.

In the fall when the aspens are changing, a great hike is to a high meadow above Apsen Vista. Start at Aspen Vista on Hyde Park Road, go through the gate and then immediately left. Climb through stands of aspen before winding up at the top of the chairlift. Return along the stream. It’s more advanced than Aspen Vista because you’re climbing altitude at a steeper, faster pace. About halfway up, there’s a pleasant meadow. I’ve seen coyotes, deer—more wildlife along that trail than on any other trail.

Heading east toward the Pecos Wilderness, I love Glorieta Baldy. It’s much less traveled, and there’s a variety of vegetation. Park in the Glorieta Conference Center and hike up through a mile-long ponderosa meadow: great aromatherapy and very peaceful! At the top, take in the views of the backside of the Sangre de Cristos. If you’re really adventurous, climb to the top of the rickety fire tower. It’s 11 miles roundtrip with about

3,500 feet in elevation gain.

One of my favorite lower-elevation hikes is to the waterfalls on the Rio en Medio trail, just past Chupadero on State Road 592. Hike into the falls and back, or if you’re feeling more ambitious, hike all the way to the base of the Santa Fe Ski Basin. For Native American ruins, you’ll love the Puye Cliff Dwellings on the Santa Clara Pueblo. Native guides do a fantastic job, and there’s a historic Harvey House at the bottom with a museum and pottery exhibits. Scramble up steep ladders, past dwellings and petroglyphs to the mesa top where there are ruins of the ancestral pueblo.

Not too far from there in the Bandolier National Monument is Tsankawi, a loop hike across a high mesa, with cliff dwellings accessible by wooden ladders and an ancient foot path worn into the volcanic tuff by the Ancestral Pueblo people. South of Santa Fe, towards Albuquerque, on the Cochiti Pueblo, Kasha-Katuwe, or Tent Rocks, is a favorite for its otherworldly, dome-like geologic formations. You can also hike up through a narrow slot canyon.

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Mickey Fong, President of Pedal Queens, a Santa Fe women’s cycling club: Our club runs group mountain biking and road rides in the spring, summer and fall. I’m a novice mountain biker, so I feel most comfortable riding the loop trails in La Tierra. There’s a variety of terrain, including double track and single track, so it’s a good place to get used to your bike. You can easily ride for an hour or so. Start from the Unity Church side, just off Highway 599, or from the parking area near the mailboxes on Camino La Tierra. With the latter, there’s an abrupt hill farther in that could be challenging for beginners. The trail surface is a mix of rocks, dirt, and sand. There’s a lot of undulation and arroyo crossings, so it’s good practice. From late spring through the early fall, our club runs weekly evening rides on the Dale Ball trails in the foothills just north and east of town. Sometimes we’ll also go out to the Galisteo Basin Trails, off US 285, south of Eldorado. It has great terrain and a good mix of wider dirt double track and narrower singletrack. It’s a 223

little bit more technically difficult than La Tierra because you start to see some ledges, but it’s still fun.

For road riding, I love the route from town to Rio en Medio because of the short but steep hill climbing. To start this ride from town, go north on Bishop’s Lodge Road through Tesuque, if you’re comfortable riding with traffic. There is no shoulder, but the scenery is beautiful as you drop into Tesuque Valley. If you’d rather not ride with cars zipping by, take the Frontage Road to the Tesuque Village Road, and from the Tesuque Village Market, ride north to the junction with State Road 592.

From there, it’s about 10 miles out to Rio en Medio and back, a total of 25 miles from town. Another great ride is out to Pojoaque and back along the Frontage Road since there’s not much car traffic. From Fort Marcy Park in town to Pojoaque and back is about 30 miles. The Las Campanas loop makes a great, quick ride. It’s about 12 miles if you park at the mailboxes on Camino La Tierra and ride around Las Campanas. You get amazing views of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains, and the road’s in really great shape, with very little car traffic in certain sections.

Trish Santoro, competitive cyclist and member of the New Mexico Spokettes Race Team: Anyone who wants to go mountain biking has got to ride the South Boundary Trail outside of Taos. It’s tough climbing at altitude, with a variety of terrain, predominantly singletrack. You can ride it a lot of different ways, but we do it as a monster loop—about six hours—from Taos, heading east. White Mesa, west of Albuquerque, is another classic. The terrain is totally different from anywhere else in the state; you feel like you’re on the 224

moon. It’s all singletrack, very technical, and you can pretty much ride it all year, except in the spring when it’s muddy. My favorite road ride is the 50-mile Galisteo loop, from Santa Fe to Galisteo and back on County Road 42, which was recently paved. I also like the Prison Loop—from Airport Road on the south side of Santa Fe out to La Cienega, and then back across I-25 to Bonanza Creek. And the High Road to Truchas is amazing. Make it 40 miles, 60 miles, or 100 miles, depending on where you turn around. Coming out of the hills above Truchas is definitely one of the best descents around.

GOLFING Tom Velarde, Director of Golf, Black Mesa: New Mexico offers great golf at reasonable prices and a reasonable amount of time.

Although it can be surprising to see green turf against the dry desert, our turf is normally on par or better than anywhere else in the country. If I played 100 days a year, I’d probably play 90 of those days at Black Mesa, on the Santa Clara Tribal Land near Pojoaque. It’s strictly a golf course, so the course designers were able to fit the course right into the terrain and pick the best parts of the land. It follows the canyon to the top. The 18 holes were designed as two links-style loops, so you won’t see any traffic except at the hole you’re playing. In 2002 Golf Digest rated it the best new design in North America, and it’s been in the top 100 ever since. The most photographed hole is probably number 16, with its spectacular views of Black Mesa. The ribbons of green against the rocky mesa are quite a contrast. It’s spectacular. It’s the only thing out here, so it’s very serene and quiet—almost a spiritual experience. 

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This is just the beginning of a winter adventure you’ll want to repeat season after season. Seven lifts transport skiers and boarders to a top elevation of 12,075 feet, and 74 trails on 660 acres challenge guests at all skill levels from double black diamond to green beginners.

Powder, moguls, steeps and runs groomed to perfection by the best of the southwest are all there for your skiing and boarding pleasure.

Skiers or Riders seeking fresh powder, start your adventure on the Santa Fe Super Chief Quad and then head over to the Tesuque Triple Chairlift to make your “traks” on North or South Burn or down Tequila Sunrise Glade. Get your thrills on moguls then Columbine, Wizard and Molly Hogan or challenge your skills on our newest black diamond trail Richard’s Run off the Millennium Triple Chairlift. Variety they say is the “Spice of Life,” hence Camp Robber is your goal featuring a little of everything. On the lower level of La Casa Mall is our full service rental shop featuring skis, boots, poles, snowboards including special shaped

skis and high performance skis and helmet rentals. The Ski Santa Fe Sports Shop is just next door carrying a variety of the top names in ski and snowboard apparel.

The shop also has all of those essentials you may have forgotten, from gloves and mittens to goggles, hats and the all important sunscreen. PSIA Certified Instructors at our Snow Sports School will hone your existing skills or create a new member for the winter sports community with group and private lessons. The Burton Learn to Ride Center is a state of the art program for “Shredders” 12 years and up. Chipmunk Corner Children’s Center is ready to serve our younger skiers and non-skiers. This “One Stop Learning” facility has skiing classes for youth 3 to 11 years and snowboarding classes for those 6 to 11 years in age. For our visitors not yet ready to learn to ski, snow play and day care are also part of this special facility for those as young as 2 months. Ski Santa Fe’s very own French Chef gives a whole new meaning to ski area fare from specialty soups, New Mexican Cuisine, pastas and more to the always popular green chili cheeseburger it’s your choice at the La Casa Café or Totemoff’s at mid mountain.

The 6,000-square-foot addition at La Casa Mall is underway, it will expand the food service, rental facility and retail space for the 2012-13 season.  See it all at www.skisantafe.com.

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SHOPS If you need quirky, but hip party favors, a memorable hostess gift, or just want to pamper your taste buds with world-class truffles, head to Todos Santos Chocolates and Confections. You’ll marvel that this tiny, festive shop can house such an array of exquisite, sophisticated treats. One shrewd visitor advised, “Go here first so you can go back again!”

You’ll not want to return home to your beloved pets without something for them from Zoe and Guido’s Pet Boutique. The shop features high-end looks with low-end prices, and carries a whole host of quality pet foods.

Service is courteous and knowledgeable and the store delivers. Coming soon: Zoe and Guido’s Pet Food Express™ and Guido’s Pet Food Express™.

As the name suggests, you’ll find oodles of goodies at Oodles Yarn and Bead Gallery. Select yarn for a cozy afghan, or hand-dyed yarn, sumptuous cashmere, alpaca, or silk for a chic sweater. Adorn your creation with Oodles’ lovely beads and buttons. The shop’s cheerful owner offers expert advice.

When a shop’s motto is “May you be well, happy and peaceful,” you know you are in for something special. From clothing to jewelry to specialty books, chimes, music and home accessories, there is much to soothe the body and soul at The Ark. Santa Fe’s Poem has been a favorite stop for those seeking special something for friends or for themselves. Sandi Webb, Poem’s new owner, has kept the shop’s beloved lines and added fresh, popular, new ones. A local artists’ corner features handmade items and Webb’s own line of vintage-style jewelry.

A long-standing pet favorite in Santa Fe is Teca Tu, which describes itself a “Paws Worthy Emporium and Deli.” Its trove of gifts for pets and their owners runs the gamut: collars, bowls, toys, beds and much more. Many items are handmade by local craftspeople.

Services The extensive services of Nambe Drug include advice related to hormone, endocrine, and pain management.

Pharmacist-owners Tom and Frances Lovett are compounding experts. Nambe Drug is also a great source for birthday, anniversary and “just because I like you” gifts and cards. Take time to browse their specialty gift displays. Nambe Drug is the exclusive compounding source for Signature Consult–Santa Fe, owned by

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After a brief hiatus, Santa Fe’s Buckaroo Ball returned last year, and it’s better than ever. This year The Essential Guide is honoring it as its chosen charity.

For 15 years, the Buckaroo Ball Foundation has raised and distributed funds to non-profit organizations that

serve the county’s at-risk youth. Dedicated volunteers donate their time and resources to produce one of the Southwest’s largest, liveliest fund-raising weekends.

(For more information please see page 158.)

On September 28 - 30, 2012, the Santa Fe Concorso will once again delight those with both fine taste and a passion for unique cars and extraordinary vintage ones. In keeping with this year’s “The Need for Speed” theme, the Concorso kicks off with a gala celebration of vintage airplanes at the Santa Fe Air Center. One hangar will be decked out as the setting for music, epicurean delights, special cigars and spirits.

The venue then moves to the Club at Las Campanas, with its two signature Jack Nicklaus golf courses. Sixty juried rare and exotic cars will be displayed on the 9th fairway of the Sunrise course which has panoramic views of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains. In just a few short years, the Santa Fe Concorso has become a must-do Northern New Mexico event.

ArtFeast Weekend and ArtFeast Golf Tournament.

What can you say about an entire weekend filled with art, artful cuisine and fashions, and all for a great cause? Two words: Be there!

It’s February 22 - 24, 2013, with proceeds providing public school art teachers and students with funds to conduct their programs, as well as scholarships for students choosing careers in the arts. The ArtSmart organization is proud to be celebrating its 16th year.

Back by popular demand, the fall Golf Tournament takes place September 23, 2012, at the Towa Golf Club.

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Parasol Productions is run by Cyndy Tanner and Val Steele, true renaissance women. They can do it all, from designing an event or wedding for 10 or a 1,000 to creating the production styling for even the most complicated photo shoots.

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The Friday of the Concorso weekend will find a blend of speed displays in yet another site — the Santa Fe Air Center. Vintage aircraft, racing cars and speed record seekers. Add music, food and spirits to set the mood meter. Saturday is for driving — thoroughbred cars of many eras start from Las Campanas to tour the area’s scenic routes.

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Hosted by the Club at Las Campanas the Concorso’s selected cars will be displayed in a new setting — the ninth fairway at the Las Campanas course. Thus does Santa Fe follow the lead of America’s premier car shows, Pebble Beach and Amelia Island, to the grassy roll of golfing terrain.

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For more than two decades, until 2006, the Fechin Art Workshops were held at the Donner Ranch near Taos.

Nationally-known painters and sculptors taught weeklong sessions. In 2011 the Fechin Art Workshops were reinstituted at the elegant Hotel St. Bernard, 19 miles northeast of Taos in the ski valley. At each of the five weeklong 2012 workshops, offered during September and early October, a master painter provides demonstrations and personal critiques. This year’s line up includes Kim English (“Quick Sketch with Oils”), Carolyn Anderson (“Painting Reality”), C.W. Mundy (“Directorship in the Still Life”), Sherrie McGraw (pictured below) (“What Painting Is”—figure, portrait, still life), and Huihan Liu (“Figure Painting”). For reservations or more information, contact Elise Waters Olonia.

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At Oodles, learn to knit in a one-hour private lesson!

Beginning, intermediate, and advanced knitting and crochet classes are also available. Expert authors and instructors will teach special workshops, and classes such as Sew a Fine Seam, Beginning Socks, Tunisian Crochet, and others will be offered throughout the year. Oodles has gorgeous yarn hand painted in Santa Fe. Make a Santa Fe memory with Santa Fe yarn. Call for a list of monthly classes.

In Taos, Lori’s Yarn & Fibers, formerly The Yarn Shop at John Dunn, offers classes in all areas of fiber arts, knitting, crochet, spinning, dyeing, and felting. There’s usually a group of knitters around the cozy store table, with classes offered in the newly renovated upstairs classroom. Lori features local and nationally recognized teachers, such as Valentina Devine, who teaches “Freeform Knitting,” July 28-29, 2012. Contact the studio for more information and a calendar of events.

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CoCopelli Chocolatier offers classes in its kitchen in chocolate tempering, cake and cupcake decorating, and special holiday classes, such as creating Easter candy. Classes last 1-3 hours and cost $50-200. They draw women of all ages, as well as some men, and there are also children’s classes. Best of all: they encourage sampling in class, and you get to take your masterpieces home. Owner Lauren Roybal and her cake expert manager, Tanya Varela, are striving to make the world a sweeter place, one cupcake and truffle at a time.

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BODY of Santa Fe features fitness classes, a spa, café, boutique, culinary classes, and even childcare. In its BODYFit boutique gym, it offers BODYFit 360, a unique training approach that includes kettlebells, TRX, dumbbells, calisthenics and stretching. It combines personalized guidance with the energy and motivation generated by a small, highly focused group. The emphasis is on fundamentals, form and your specific goals. BODYFit’s signature functional training class leaves you conditioned and strong. Kettlebell classes flow between low and high intensity moves that boost your spirit and heart rate!

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by Elise Waters Olonia A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, celebration, and perseverance characterize the small town of Madrid, New Mexico. Pronounced MAD-rid, it is located near Santa Fe on the historic Turquoise Trail (Hwy 14, a National Scenic Byway). This gem of a town is much more than a roadside attraction: it’s a destination. More than a century and half later, the influence of Madrid’s mid-1800s mining town origins is evident.

In one sense, to “mine” refers to excavating minerals and precious stones. Today, Madrid “mines” the rich resources of hundreds of talented and independent-minded artists.

The town is studded with intriguing galleries and enticing shops, and it hosts lively festivals, colorful parades, and cultural events.

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and Cerrillos Coal Company. In the 1920’s, Huber formed the Employees Club. Miners were required to donate 50 cents to a dollar a month, with the money going to community causes.

Miners were also required to participate in town events. The result? Holiday parades, athletic teams, parades, and social activities became catalysts that unified the village.

Certain events continue today, and some draw a national and international audience.

Perhaps the most notable example is Madrid’s Christmas lights display, which began in the early 1920s. Powered by the company’s coal fed generators, 150,000 lights illuminated displays created by artisans and laborers from both the town and northern New Mexico. World War II brought an end to the Christmas lights display,

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and in the 1950s, the mines closed. Fortunately, Madrid eventually reinstituted its Christmas lights celebration.

The display was so dazzling that some major airlines once routed their flights over the village, aglow more than 50,000 lights.

Driving into Madrid, visitors have a sense that its essence hasn’t changed. The town has a quiet residential area, yet a main street that bustles. Former coalminer homes, narrow structures with inviting wooden porches, now house more than 40 galleries and stores. There’s the Old West Saloon, the gateway to the Old Coal Mine Museum. Open seasonally, its exhibits include an antique steam locomotive, antique cars and trucks, and mining equipment and medical supplies from a bygone era.

Throughout the year, many of Madrid’s 300 residents and the Madrid Merchant Association work together to coordinate a panoply of colorful celebrations. Their goals are two-fold: to preserve the town’s heritage and raise funds for the Madrid Cultural Projects program.

During winter months, this cooperative spirit is reflected by stores staying open late, and on weekends providing refreshments and welcoming guests with stagecoach rides and strolling carolers.

Madrid’s festivals, parades, and music and art events attract audiences from as far as China and Australia. Madrid’s Bluegrass Festival, World Music and Dance Festival (aka the “MAD World Festival”), and Crawdaddy Blues Fest also draw appreciative audiences. Gypsy Festival performers typically include, among others, a circus troupe, magician, juggler, belly dancer, and fortuneteller, along with a variety of musical performances, vendors and artisans selling 252

their creations, and food and beverages. From a Critter Run to benefit the animal shelter, to the Madrid Chile Festival, Summer’s End Fest, and events at the Madrid ballpark (with it grandstand recently restored to its 1920s glory), “Madroids” have something for everyone.

(For specific event dates, see www.visitmadridnm.com or www.essentialguide.com.)

The Fourth of July parade involves the entire village, including adults with hula hoops, as well as live music and a quirky mélange of livestock and motorcycles. No one sits along the roadside: spectators and entertainers dance together down the street.

Hungry? For some of New Mexico’s best roadhouse cuisine, head for the Mine Shaft Tavern, established in 1946. As you wait for your green chile burger and handcut fries, you might hear the sound of spurs clicking against its wood floor. The expansive bar is lined with patrons in cowboy hats, leather biker caps, and baseball caps. These locals are friendly and welcoming, and add a dash of warmth and color. Year round, the historical tavern features live jazz, acoustic rock, and blues.

Lining Madrid’s main road is an eclectic blend of galleries and stores filled with collectible antiques, fine arts and clothing. The spirit of the Old West permeates many of the storeowner/artists’ arts and crafts. Proprietors genuinely care about their visitors and will freely refer them to their neighbors to help them find what they’re looking for.

Many fascinating galleries dot Madrid. In the Conley Studio Pottery shop, 30-year Madrid resident Lisa Conley displays both her own earth-toned pottery and the art of other regional artists working in wood, ceramics, and other media. Out of respect for the

environment, she uses an electric kiln rather than a wood-fueled one. The name of owner/artist Suzy Kelly’s Color and Light Gallery says it all: it is a bright, light-infused setting for paintings, glass, pottery, and jewelry by 38 artists.

At his Range West Gallery, Joshua Gannon displays bubbling fountains he fashions from locally mined, richly colored granite and basalt. The Johnsons of Madrid Galleries of Fine and Fiber Art, housed in a building that was originally a garage, features the visual arts of New Mexico and the American Southwest.

At Weasel and Fitz Gallery, established in 2007 by Paul Wesley Dickson and Susan Fitzgerald, the focus is “recycled found objects and local folk art with a whimsical twist.”

Located on the boardwalk in the center of town, Indigo Gallery presents contemporary sculpture and paintings, many of which are inspired by ancient symbols. For example, owner/artist Jill Shwaiko’s paintings and bronze sculptures feature a delightful image of a bighorn sheep, inspired by Anasazi petroglyph images. Indigo also represents a host of other local and nationally known sculptors and painters.

Redbone, a newcomer on the historic boardwalk, displays a variety of antique furniture, clothing, and accessories. It would be hard to walk through, even at a brisk pace, and leave without at least one chic and unexpected decorative item or piece of apparel.

From coal mining town to ghost town to thriving art community. It’s unlikely that Madrid’s original townspeople could ever have envisioned their town’s future, much less the diverse cross-section of talented individuals who now live and work there. What they would understand, though, is Madrid’s present day inhabitants’ love of community, respect for their remarkable surroundings, and welcoming hearts. 

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For more information about Madrid and the Turquoise Trail go to www.visitmadridnm.com or www.turquoisetrail.org.

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The High and Low Roads between Santa Fe and Taos offer the perfect excursion for visitors and locals alike.

Together the roads make a loop through territory that is spectacularly beautiful and historically and culturally rich. Whether you begin the loop in Santa Fe and go north—or in Taos and go south—traveling these roads is an exhilarating adventure you will long remember.

The roads are very different in character.

The High Road is a scenic byway that meanders through stunning mountain landscapes and tiny land grant villages. In these isolated communities you can still feel the influence of the early Spanish settlers who arrived four centuries ago. Along this route you can engage personally with artists and artisans in their galleries and studios. By contrast, the Low Road runs straight through valleys along the Rio Grande with views of orchards, basalt cliffs, the river, and its gorge.

Set aside a leisurely day for your excursion. Although these are easy country roads, and the distances are not great, there is much to experience. Also, while the routes are simple, it is a good idea to follow along with a map.

To hit the High Road from Santa Fe, take U.S. 285/84 North. Just past Pojoaque, turn right on N.M. 503 East to Nambé (Cundiyó Road). Almost immediately you will see the first of the green signs that mark the High Road to Taos. Initially lined with cottonwoods, the two-lane road winds through the Nambé River Valley past the Nambé Pueblo, then opens to the huge New Mexico sky and rolling high-desert “badlands.”

After 7.5 miles on N.M. 503, look for signs to Chimayó and turn left onto N.M. 98 (San Medina Road).

From the creased red ridges, the road drops down into the green Chimayó Valley, noted for its fruit orchards and chiles. Another sign directs you to a side road to the Santuario de Chimayó, a 200-year-old pilgrimage church that annually draws tens of thousands of visitors.

Because its legendary sacred dirt is said to bring healing and miracles, the Santuario has been called the “Lourdes of the Southwest.” The village of Chimayó itself was founded near the end of the 17th century and is built around one of the oldest surviving plazas of Spanish Colonial origin.

Farther along N.M. 98 is Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante. Set in a centuryold adobe hacienda, this restaurant serves delicious, authentic New Mexican cuisine. Sip a margarita in the

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sunroom bar or on the patio, or opt for cozy fireside dining in cold weather. Save room for flan or one of the Rancho’s famous sopaipillas.

Beyond the restaurant the road ends at the junction with N.M. 76. On your left you will see Ortega’s Weaving Shop. Weavers for eight generations in the Chimayó tradition, the Ortegas offer distinctive rugs, blankets, purses, jackets, and vests, as well as Navajo jewelry and Santa Clara black pottery. Their Galeria Ortega next door showcases additional New Mexico artwork and products that make ideal gifts. For more fine art, turn left on N.M. 76 and go a mile to Chimayó Trading and Mercantile to select from their collection of pottery, textiles, jewelry, and paintings, including unusual antique pieces.

Resume your journey on the High Road by doubling back to the 503/76 junction.

Drive straight ahead on N.M. 76 and watch for Centinela Traditional Arts on your left. Centinela’s rooms are piled high with Rio Grande textiles, tapestries, clothing, and rugs. Here you will find the creations of owners Irvin and Lisa Trujillo, as well as those of dozens of contract and consignment artists, representing the weaving traditions of northern New Mexico. Irvin Trujillo’s work has been recognized by grand prizes from the Santa Fe Spanish Market and collected by two different Smithsonian museums. A short distance down the road on the right is Oviedo Carvings and Bronze, showing traditional woodcarvings and unique southwestern and contemporary bronzes.

In addition to creating art, the Oviedos are dedicated to preserving rare breeds of sheep, donkeys, and Spanishcross horses that were introduced to the area by the photo: Jean George Weigel

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N.M. 76 now begins its 3,000-foot ascent of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, up slopes dotted with small farms and forests of piñon and juniper. If you like, you can turn off the road to visit the craft village of Cordóva, known for its carvers and woodcarving school. There you will find the sophisticated Castillo Gallery, showcasing the abstract metal sculptures and acrylic paintings of Paula Castillo and the sought-after carvings and wood sculptures of Terry Mulert, as well as works by other local carvers.

Beyond Córdova, the road continues to climb with breathtaking views of the snow-capped Truchas Peaks.

These four alpine peaks, at 13,000 feet, are among the highest in the Sangre de Cristo range. Backed by the peaks and perched atop a high mesa stands the ancient village of Truchas. Founded in 1754 by the Spanish to serve as a buffer against Apache and Comanche raids, the village is now home to an eclectic community of artists.

As you approach the village, look for a sign with a large crow in silhouette that directs you down Bill Lloyd’s narrow driveway on the left. His specialties are deeptoned wind chimes, temple bells, gongs, and recycled metal sculptures. Located a few doors farther along the main road is the Anna Karin Gallery in a refurbished adobe that was once the main building of a 250-yearold compound. The gallery presents her refined oil paintings and a wide-ranging collection of pieces by other artists who live in or near Truchas.

Proceed into Truchas, passing for now the left turn to Taos and driving straight ahead on N.M. 75. On the lefthand side of the street you will spot the Cordova Hand

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High Road runs into the Carson National Forest and through a series of small villages. The first of these is Ojo Sarco. Here you will find the Ojo Sarco Pottery, the studio and showroom of Kathy Riggs and Jake Willson, featuring their functional pottery and distinctive pitfired porcelain pieces.

Continue on to the village of Las Trampas and stop to admire the Spanish colonial church of San José de Gracia. Built in the 1770’s and still in use today, this National Historic Landmark is considered one of New Mexico’s most beautiful structures from that era. As you leave the village, notice the old, Spanish aqueduct with a wooden flume, part of the original irrigation system and still in use today.

From Las Trampas, drive through Chamisal to the end of N.M. 76 and its junction with N.M. 75. A short drive down the road to the left would take you to the Picuris Pueblo, once one of the largest and most powerful of the northern Native American pueblos. Known for its micaceous pottery (flecked with shiny mica), Picuris also has a thriving buffalo herd. But the High Road turns right on N.M. 75 and leads you through the town of Peñasco.

Peñasco serves the surrounding villages of Llano San Juan, Llano Largo, and Santa Barbara, which were first settled by Spanish colonists in 1796. In Peñasco visit the Gaucho Blue Gallery, presenting Nick Beason’s monotype prints, Lise Poulsen’s wearable and decorative fiber art, and Jim Stoner’s forged metal furniture. Be sure to savor the contemporary American cuisine and mouth-watering baked goods of the Sugar Nymphs Bistro, featured in Gourmet magazine.

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Weaving Workshop, offering colorful local textiles.

Farther along is the Judith Hert Studio, showing her bright geometric abstracts. Next door, the museumlike Cardona-Hine Gallery features imaginative contemporary paintings by two internationally known New Mexico painters, Barbara McCauley and Alvaro Cardona-Hine, as well as sculpture and ceramics by other local artists.

Down the street toward the mountains, take a sharp right to the “studio with a view” of Jeanne George Weigel. Here the artist displays her bold mixed media abstracts celebrating the grasses, horses, and light of the Truchas landscape. In this direction also is the Sally Delap-John Studio/Gallery with her plein air oil paintings of northern New Mexico architecture and landscape.

Next on the right is the Hand Artes Gallery and Sculpture Garden, where fine art and nature meet. Hand Artes offers an exciting collection of paintings, ceramics, and photography, as well as local folk art and handmade furniture. Be sure to take in the sweeping vista from the outdoor sculpture garden.

Finally, located in an historic pink adobe church on the left, is the Móntez Gallery.

This is the place to find masterpieces of Spanish Colonial art.

Return now to the High Road by doubling back to the 76/75 intersection and turning right on N.M. 76 North. Directly on your left you will see the High Road MarketPlace. This non-profit (no-tax) cooperative gallery presents the work of almost 80 artists and artisans from northern New Mexico—traditional and contemporary arts and crafts of all sorts, including jewelry, photography, and paintings. From Truchas the

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village of Vadito and the lovely valley of Placita. At the “stone wall” intersection, the High Road turns left on N.M. 518 and continues on toward Taos through the vistas of the Carson National Forest. The High Road ends officially in Ranchos de Taos, where N.M. 518 intersects with N.M. 68, the Low Road.

Turn right at this intersection to extend your excursion with a visit to Taos. There you can see the historic Taos Pueblo, galleries, museums, restaurants, and other unforgettable places described elsewhere in the Essential Guide.

To start down the other side of the main loop immediately, turn left at the 518/68 intersection and head south toward Española and Santa Fe. After only two blocks you can turn left onto Ranchos Plaza Road to see the church of San Francisco de Asís. Built between 1772 and 1815, this is one of the most painted and photographed churches in the country. The back of the church was famously painted by Georgia O’Keeffe and photographed by Paul Strand and Ansel Adams.

Beyond Ranchos de Taos, the Low Road carries you past a number of small farming towns that are also arts communities. In Rinconada, stop at the Rift Gallery to select from stone carvings, benches, and fountains, as well as ceramics, sculpture, photography, paintings, and tea ware. In Dixon, tucked in the foothills just off the Low Road on N.M. 75, visit the Métier Handweaving Studio for exceptional fiber arts.

If you want to see the red hills that O’Keeffe painted and explored, you can detour slightly north from the Low Road. After entering Española on N.M. 68, look for a right turn for U.S. 84/285 North at Fairview Lane. Make the turn and head towards the village of Abiquiú. North of the Abiquiú Inn, turn left at the sign for Old Abiquiú and drive past the post office. At the top of hill stands the Georgia O’Keeffe Home and Studio, the permanent residence of the artist after 1949, with views out over the Chama River Valley and the rim of the “White Place.” Tours of the property are limited and available only by advance reservation from mid-March through November.

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Across the plaza from the O’Keeffe home, in an historic adobe compound, you will find the gallery of John Bosshard. His 5,000-square-foot showroom is the restored building of the Gonzales and Bode general mercantile, built in 1880 and long a hub for the surrounding area. The Bosshard Gallery offers an extensive collection of tribal and traditional arts from Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with many unique treasures. While in Abiquiú, you may also want to stop by the Doug Coffin Studio on U.S. 84 to see his much admired totems, his latest series of paintings, and his custom-made jewelry. Follow U.S. 84 South to return to Santa Fe and complete your loop.

An excursion on the High and Low Roads is interesting at any time of year, but autumn, when the trees turn golden and the sky cobalt, offers special experiences. This is the season for annual art tours that attract visitors from far and near. While many galleries and studios are open year-round, some studios welcome visitors only during the tours. The High Road Art Tour is held the last two weekends in September. The Abiquiú Studio Tour follows in October on Columbus Day weekend. Finally, the Dixon Studio Tour—a major art event since 1982—is held the first full weekend of November.

Hours for the galleries, studios, and attractions along the roads vary widely by season—and some hours are even footnoted “by chance.” So if you have a special destination in mind, call ahead to confirm hours, particularly during the winter months.

Whether you are interested in history, architecture, nature, fine art, or craft—whether you crave an outing in the spectacular backcountry of the southwest or a shopping expedition beyond the ordinary—an excursion on the High and Low Roads will more than satisfy. Indeed, if you are like most people, your first trip along these routes will not be your last. 

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9 Gaucho Blue p. 267 10 Hand Artes Gallery and Sculpture Garden p. 263 11 Judith Hert Studio & Iola Gallery p. 261 12 Nambe Drugs/Signature Consult p. 236 13 Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa p. 222 14 Ortega’s Weaving Shop p. 254 15 Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante p. 213 16 Sally Delap-John p. 264 17 Storyteller Theatres p. 281

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aos is so much more than it appears on the surface. It will consistently surprise and inspire those who come with an open mind and heart.

Behind the adobe walls in this town, there is an ongoing story of a community of independent thinkers and doers. In art and ideas, they are unlike any others. Since the first pioneers, the spirit of rugged individualism has survived and flourished in the people who chose to settle here. Taos’s raw beauty and mystery have always attracted exceptional people, many of whom came to visit and stayed. Millicent Rogers and Mabel Dodge Lujan, rich heiresses from back East, concluded there was no place on earth they would rather spend their lives. A stream of artists and writers such as Georgia O’Keeffe and D.H. Lawrence followed. To tap into the spirit of this unique place requires that a person stay a while.

Taos is the perfect place to experience the stunning beauty of northern New Mexico. Where else can one raft down the Rio Grande and camp overnight on its bank, with all amenities provided by expert guides?

Or take a sunrise flight in a hot air balloon through the famous Rio Grande Gorge, complete with a champagne toast? Llama trekking through the wilderness with nature guides and visiting the Indian Horse Ranch are favorite ways to enjoy the wilderness up close. And at the Ranch, you ride through pueblo land at the base of the Taos Mountain, which is otherwise unavailable to the public. Legend has it that Spaniards took a fortune in gold and silver out of the Taos Mountains mines near Arroyo Hondo. Not only that, they are purported to have concealed a stash worth millions in a mineshaft before fleeing in 1680.

Taos is perhaps most famous for being the state’s first

art colony. Today it continues to nourish a community of artists, many of whom run their own galleries. From the beginning, promoting and selling one’s own work has been necessary for survival. At the turn of the 20th century, Ralph Meyer, a second-generation Taos artist, opened the first art gallery in Taos. He held frequent gatherings on the corner of Kit Carson in the building that is now the El Rincón Trading Post and Museum.

Among the regulars at these occasionally raucous events were artists Nicolai Fetchin, Joseph Sharp, Walter Ufer, and photographer Ansel Adams.

Since then, the allure of Taos has attracted many adventurous art dealers and artists. Many choose to settle here because they prefer to live and work in a lower profile community. There is also a tradition of private gatherings and dinner parties at which groups of artists, art dealers and clients mingle behind the scenes. If you are lucky enough to receive an invitation

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Taos Contemporary Paintings and Prints by Nancy Ortenstone Pierre Delattre and Carla O’Neal

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1 Andean Software p. 187, 286 2 El Monte Sagrado p. 268 3 Grand Bohemian Gallery p. 268 4 Graystone Furniture & The Sofa Gallery p. 156 5 The Historic Taos Inn p. 273, 285 6 John Dunn House Shops pp. 274-278 Bent Street Deli pp. 275, 278 La Tierra Mineral Gallery pp. 275, 278 Letherworks pp. 275, 277 Las Comadres Gallery pp. 275, 277 The Yarn Shop pp. 275, 277 7 Ortenstone Delattre Fine Art pp. 40, 270, 284 8 Red Arrow Emporium p. 157 9 Steppin’ Out pp. 275, 277 10 Storyteller Theatres p. 281 11 Substance p. 167 A E.L. Blumenschein Home & Museum p.

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from Jerry Warman and Clint Hulse, of Hulse/Warman Gallery, you will have a memorable experience. Their exquisite presentation of up-and-coming talent rivals some of the most sophisticated galleries in Soho. They are off the beaten path and rely on word of mouth. After selling their Napa Valley vineyard to devote themselves to collecting and selling contemporary art, they moved to Taos. They brought their favorite wines, and their frequent dinner guests often bring theirs to a gathering.

One by one the empties have been incorporated into their own work of art. Called the “wall of shame,” it has an unusual claim to fame: it is constructed entirely of wine bottles that were consumed among friends. When asked what was meant by the “wall of shame” Jerry tactfully replies, “Well, of course, it is a shame that you weren’t here!”

And it would be a shame to miss out on Taos! Stay a while and discover a place of extraordinary people, events and places... a place where art and life are integrated into an ongoing tapestry, as colorful as its unique history. 

Hulse/Warman Gallery’s “Wall of Shame,” celebrating Taos’s resurgent art scene

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The John Dunn Shops line a beautiful pedestrian walkway linking Bent Street and the historic Taos Plaza. Twenty unique, independently and locally owned shops and eateries offer something for everyone!

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Located in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, the Historic John Dunn Shops line the beautiful pedestrian walkway linking Bent Street and the Taos Plaza. The shops and the National Historic Registry John Dunn home commemorate one of Taos’ most colorful characters. John Dunn was a bronc rider, saloonkeeper, gambler, stagecoach driver, and lovable rascal and legend in Northern New Mexico. His lanky, six-foot-four frame, spicy vocabulary, brokennose twang and wideranging humor left a lasting impression on everyone he met. For more than 30 years, he owned the only bridge and the only stagecoach (and later the taxi) business into Taos, so he met nearly everyone who came to town.

Predictably, almost every Taoseno had his or her own John Dunn story.

Dunn was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1857. In 1887 he arrived in Taos. According to Dunn, “Taos was set up then just as it is now, in a little world all by itself. The nearest railroad point was Tres Piedras on the Denver and Rio Grande, and folks got mail when someone happened to be coming out to bring it.” Dunn opened gambling houses and did many other jobs to raise funds that would one day finance his transportation and hospitality business.

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built a bridge across the Rio Grande near Arroyo Hondo. He put $2500 of his own money into the road fund and raised another $2500 by passing the hat among the people of the valley. Men who couldn’t contribute money put in labor, and soon they had a road, such as it was.

Dunn’s toll bridge gave him a monopoly on road travel in and out of town. Charging $1 per person, and less for horses, cattle, and sheep, he earned enough to erect a hotel near the bridge. It is said that he timed the arrival of the stagecoach, and later taxi, so darkness would keep travelers there over night.

He prided himself on clean beds, kept a milk cow on the premises, and hired a man to provide a constant supply of fresh trout. It’s said that Dunn invested “everything he had” in Taos County. He built a home, four saloons, a gambling hall and a livery stable.

Today, the John Dunn Shops feature more than 20 unique, independently and locally owned stores and eateries. There is something for everyone: handmade leather goods, uncommon fabrics, pet gifts, books, kitchen supplies, fossils and minerals, antique maps and manuscripts, and New Mexico arts and crafts.

There are beautiful and comfortable shoes and boots, furniture and distinctive housewares, Mexican folk art, jewelry, fine yarns and fiber crafts, and contemporary and Southwestern fashions for men and women. For the

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little ones, there are clothing, books, and paint-yourown pottery.

Lori’s Yarn and Fiber Arts Studio showcases yarns and fibers made in the USA, especially from local New Mexican alpaca and sheep ranches, and from South America. The fibers are professionally handspun by local spinners: one-of-a-kind, hand-painted and natural-dyed yarns and fibers, rovings, and batts. They are unique and cannot be commercially duplicated.

Lori’s also sells hand-knit items and offers a variety of classes.

Letherworks opened in 1969. Jon “Kristian” Moore bought it after apprenticing there for three years. He’s been selling and making some of the finest leather goods in the country ever since. Moore is known for his customization, and he says that what keeps him passionate are the calls from customers after they receive a piece they’ve ordered, telling him how much they love it.

Las Comadres Gallery opened in July 1997 in Arroyo Seco with ten artists. Its logo consists of two women with a dove, symbolizing “women friends” (the translation of the gallery name) working together in harmony. The reason: the gallery is owned and run cooperatively. Some co-op members have been artists all their working lives; others began concentrating full time on their art later in their professional lives. The gallery features a wonderful selection of painting, prints, photography, pottery, glass art, and tinwork, as well as beading, fabric art, painted gourds and wearable art.

In January 2012, Las Comadres moved to the John Dunn Shops. Now in the third evolution of their gallery, the artists continue to respect deeply one another’s works, processes, and dedication. Their enduring success and friendships are testament to the fact that they chose the perfect name for their gallery.

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While strolling and shopping, drop by the Bent Street Café and Deli, which Charlene Dulong and Tom Kennedy have owned and operated for more than 22 years. They began with TK Franks, a popular hot dog cart that was a familiar sight on the walkway. When the owner of the Historic John Dunn Shops, Polly Raye, decided to add new shops and businesses, the couple jumped at the chance to open an actual restaurant.

Ever since, Bent Street Café and Deli has been serving delicious homemade breakfasts, lunches, and Sunday brunch. The owners’ years of experience and love of cooking are evident in everything they prepare.

Customers repeatedly request their favorite “specials,” such as Charlene’s Spanikopita and the house-made soups.

The Bent Street Café and Deli food is always fresh, with ingredients sourced locally whenever possible.

The service is prompt and friendly. The outdoor dining terrace and unique indoor heated patio offer views of the John Dunn Shops and historic Bent Street.

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fashionable comfort footwear for men and women, the reason clients return year after year from all parts of the world. Steppin’ Out also carries a unique and varied selection of accessories, from handbags to scarves and jewelry, and it recently added a large selection of women’s clothing lines, such as Flax and Eileen Fisher.

Discover the wonder of nature and ancient treasures at La Tierra Mineral Gallery. Owner Holly Hoel Benson, a geologist, recently oversaw the move to a new 2600-square-feet location. La Tierra is a museumlike trove of thousands of natural, polished and carved mineral specimens from around the world. Carved forms include onyx housewares, such as bowls and lamps. There are spheres, hearts, and animal carvings, including collectable Zuni fetishes, fashioned from minerals. Browse the petrified wood pieces, fossils, and jewelry from New Mexico Pueblo artists, Taos artists, and other select Southwestern artists. There are books, meteorites, and tektites. Whether you’re a collector or are just learning about minerals and fossils, the staff is there to help. Longtime customers now bring their children and grandchildren to La Tierra.

Patricia michaels Photo by Jennifer esperanza

corina santistevan Photo by robbie steinbach

millicent rogers courtesy of the millicent rogers museum; Photographer, louise Dahl-Wolfe

Discover & Celebrate the Remarkable Women of Taos Early on, the American West and Southwest, and special places like Taos, New Mexico, were sought out by those of adventurous spirit—particularly strong, creative women. Two such iconic women who sought and found freedom in Taos were artists Agnes Martin and Beatrice Mandelman. We are celebrating the centennials of their births in 2012—along with New Mexico’s centennial of statehood. To celebrate them and dozens of other remarkable women, both historic and current, Taos will have a series of special events in 2012.

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Navajo Germantown textile, Eyedazzler, 1895, courtesy of Millicent Rogers Museum, 1956-1-47.

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Lampert recounted the story of a painting a couple brought to their gallery. They had run across it in an antiques shop in a small southern New Mexico town.

Although it was dusty and in an out of the way corner, the couple thought it had a “great frame.” They offered $80 of the $125 asking price.

After an anxious night—they had become convinced they had stumbled across something important—the shop owner called to say the consigner had accepted their offer. The couple researched the painting, and then headed to Santa Fe to have Lampert and Zaplin evaluate it. It was, in fact, a painting by a founding member of The Taos Society of Artists.

The painting brought enough for the couple to purchase the home of their dreams and send their children to college. Zaplin and Lampert were as thrilled as the couple. Lampert says, experiences such as that “don’t come along often, but when they do, they make our day!” photo: Ben Sandoval

Twenty-five years ago, lifelong friends Mark Zaplin and Richard Lampert opened Zaplin Lampert Gallery on Santa Fe’s historic Canyon Road. The gallery quickly gained recognition as a premiere source for works of the early artists of the Taos Society and the Santa Fe art colony, and for 19th and early-20th century American paintings.

It also established itself as a primary resource for collectors of the celebrated New Mexico printmakers Gustave Baumann and Gene Kloss. Today, it also features a superior collection of traditional New Mexican furniture, southwestern weavings, and work by contemporary painters and sculptors. A recently added sculpture garden has made the gallery’s grounds a “must-see” stop on Canyon Road. The Zaplin Lampert Gallery is considered one of the city’s top galleries and has earned a stellar reputation for expertise and quality in the field of classic art of the American West.

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25 the essential guide silver anniversary 1988 – 2013 In 2013 The Essential Guide: Santa Fe & Taos will turn 25 years old!

To celebrate our upcoming 25th anniversary, we are doing two things: expanding our award-winning EG brand and publications into new markets, such as Charleston, Savannah, Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, and Walla Walla, and recognizing and honoring clients who, like us, have been in business for a quarter century or more. In this edition and the next, we take pleasure in shining the spotlight on others who over the decades have persevered, prospered and contributed to their communities. Here's to their next 25 years and ours!

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more control over their own livelihood. They see their gallery as enabling them to continue evolving as artists so that through their work, they “are able to offer more love and beauty to the world.”

Along these lines, Ortenstone told us, “We never know to whom our art will speak. When a collector saw a painting I did honoring a dear friend who had recently passed away, she wanted to leave with it. She didn’t know the story behind the painting, but she felt it. Both of her parents had passed away the previous year, and the artwork offered her solace.”

Delattre concludes, “Beauty, love and happiness are the qualities I most want in my own life; hence, I would like to generate the same in the lives of my collectors. I believe that the divine is in the ordinary, the sacred in the commonplace.”

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Christopher Smith, Taos Inn General Manager, shared some of the iconic landmark’s history. In 1936 Helen Martin opened what was then called Hotel Martin after the death of her husband, the much loved town doctor. The story goes that much of the labor and construction materials came from his former patients.

“Over the years, there have been four or five owners, most of whom changed or renovated parts of the property,” Smith says. “Our task over the last 15 years has been to improve the integrity of the building throughout and to upgrade the ambiance and amenities of our guest rooms and public spaces. We have tried to grow and adapt, while still maintaining the hospitable, historic, warm and artsy environment our guests have come to expect and enjoy.” The hotel is home to the award-winning Doc Martin’s Restaurant. Its Adobe Bar, which features live musical entertainment

nightly, is known as “the living room of Taos.”

Smith’s parents, who moved from Florida, became involved with the Inn because of their love of Taos. His mother was raised in New Mexico, and his father was an avid skier and outdoorsman. “Both of my parents were foodies and excellent cooks in the home,” he says.

“Their passions aligned with an opportunity to become a part of this unique property.”

With regard to the future, Smith says they are looking at greener business practices. They also want to attract younger adventure travellers while maintaining their base. “We continue to see our role more as stewards than owners (or general managers) in terms of preserving the ‘Taos Inn Experience.’ It’s an old building with a lot of history that requires a lot of love and attention.” In their hands, that’s exactly what the Taos Inn and its guests receive. photo: Wanderlust

Nancy Ortenstone has been an artist for 30 years.

She and her husband, Pierre Delattre, have had their own gallery for the past eleven years. First Delattre had a studio gallery in Truchas, but for the past five years, they have shared a gallery space in Taos.

Ortenstone is an abstract painter whose paintings are in private and corporate collections worldwide. Delattre creates acrylic paintings on canvas, incorporating elements such as adobe earth, pine needles and anthill pebbles into some of his acrylic mediums.

He is also an award-winning fiction writer and for the last seven years, the contributing editor and leading essayist on art for THE, Santa Fe’s monthly magazine for the arts.

Ortenstone and Delattre’s gallery was born out of their desire to have a personal connection with their viewers and collectors. In addition, they wanted

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Andrea Heckman writes, “In 1984, I started Andean Software in Taos Ski Valley. Late one night while talking to friends I came up with the name. In 1984, it was the only kind of “software” Peru had. The name stuck, and I now have two stores, one in Taos Ski Valley and one in Taos.”

Her wonderful staff shares her enthusiasm for those who create the clothing, textiles, folk art and wide variety of creations they sell.

Heckman continues to collect textiles from her many journeys.

Her travels include trips to Bali, Nepal, Tibet, Turkey, India and “all the other great places I have been lucky to explore.”

Prior to opening Andean Software, Heckman was a fiber artist and weaver who was showing her work in California, Santa Fe, and Taos. Peru’s fine textile heritage and the continually exceptional textiles drew her to that country in 1979.

Says Heckman, “I fell in love with Cuzco on my first trip, and I decided I had to return for the rest of my life.

I became a trekking and cultural guide for Wilderness Travel in 1981. My annual trips into high remote areas gave me the background for textile research. In 1997 I completed my Ph.D. in Latin American Studies after living in Peru on a Fulbright Research Fellowship the year before.” As her great passions Heckman cites learning more about the textiles, her friendships with artisans in Peru, her many godchildren there, and collecting for Andean “software.”

With regard to the future, she plans to continue trekking, traveling, and collecting. She says she “will always return to the Andes so that her businesses will continue to have newfound treasures, clothing, and jewelry for years to come.”

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Thirty years ago Ventana Gallery owner Connie Axton bought a small print gallery in the Inn of Loretto.

She expanded the space three times, as she added artists and gradually increased the range of inventory to include originals, limited-edition prints and posters.

The gallery business was a logical choice: she knew the importance of fine art in New Mexico, was married to a talented artist, had an evergrowing appreciation for art, and enough experience to operate a business of her own.

When the distinctive redbrick schoolhouse at the corner of Canyon Road and Garcia became available 17 years ago, Axton jumped at the opportunity. She wanted to show large sculptures and large-format paintings, and the spacious rooms and grounds at 400 Canyon Road offered an ideal setting. Almost every year, she has made improvements both inside and out that include inviting sculpture gardens on three sides of

the building and elegant, but comfortable display spaces inside.

Axton, who is “by nature an optimist,” writes, “In the early years of Ventana, I had a lofty goal of a $50,000 per month. At some point the hard work and long hours paid off, and we attained that goal. Imagine my surprise and delight when sometime later I had my first $50,000 day! Everyone in the gallery business knows the ups and downs of the field, and in today’s climate, I think we’d all welcome the return of days like that!”

With an eye to the future, Axton says, “Ventana represents wonderful artists in a great location on a famous gallery street in a city known the world over for the high quality of its artists, galleries and art. I believe there will always be a thirst for excellent original art, and I intend to remain a trustworthy source for quenching it.”

Ventana Gallery now occupies Canyon Road’s historic red brick schoolhouse.

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contemporary Native American artwork.”

Learning to have confidence in her instincts came by way of an early, important lesson shortly before she bought her second gallery. She writes, “My husband and I walked into the Fenn Galleries, and one of the largest, most important, and stunning Walter Ufer paintings was hanging on the wall. It was priced over $300,000, more than I had ever considered for a single investment purchase in art. We took the leap and bought it. Before I could take it home, another collector came in wanting to buy it from me, and I sold it within a week. It now hangs in the Smithsonian.”

Matteucci and her experienced staff are intent on helping clients make wise decisions in a challenging economy and market.

Building relationships with artists, collectors and others in the art world has been very rewarding, she says, and it has enabled her and her staff to acquire the expertise to do just that. photo: Dan Barsoti

According to Nedra Matteucci, “The idea of collecting, discovering and working with artists and collectors seemed an absolutely natural inspiration for launching my own art gallery.” She and her husband, Richard, were inspired by their own interest and enthusiasm for art. She has been in the art business for more than 30 years, and launched her own gallery, Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, in 1986. Her second gallery, Nedra Matteucci Galleries, included the purchase of the Fenn Galleries. She elaborates, “I expanded the client base by increasing the offerings by top contemporary and traditional artists, along with a broader range of historical American art. Our renowned sculpture garden was also an important physical expansion. In addition, I purchased Morning Star Gallery, and while working on maintaining its unique role selling museum-quality Native American antiquities, I have also encouraged new, younger collectors with a select offering of

Nedra Matteucci with a Georgia O’Keeffe painting and a Buccellati sculpture of her former pet pig, Hamilton.

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