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By Anya Sebastian
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ord on the street is that this is going to be a bumper summer season for Santa Fe. The Indian Market is celebrating its 100th birthday, the International Folk Art Market and the Opera are back in full swing, and the inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival, featuring prominent literary figures like John Grisham and George R R Martin, was also launched this year.
LONGWORTH GALLERY
People who have been confined to their homes for far too long are itching to get out and travel, and Santa Fe, with its unique environment and notable artistic and culinary attractions, is a popular destination. Canyon Road is, of course, high on everyone’s list and the two galleries featured in this section, with their lush, colorful outdoor settings, are especially attractive places to visit at this time of year. The Tierra Mar Gallery welcomes visitors with a prominent display of distinctive, super-size sculptures by ceramic artist Jarrett West, in and around the grounds in front of the entrance. These unique works, inspired by the natural world, are all molded, put together, glazed and finished by hand, by the artist himself, and are intended to live outdoors. They both reflect and complement the environment, their personality shifting and changing with the different seasons, weather patterns, or time of day. West is a well-established local artist and any one of his pieces (there are also smaller ones for inside the home) would be a genuine and enduring Santa Fe treasure. A little further up Canyon Road is the Longworth Gallery, a fine art gallery specializing in metaphorical realism. There are actually two galleries, set inside a beautifully landscaped garden area, and in addition to wonderful paintings, they also offer a limited selection of jewelry, lamps, vases and unusual artefacts. Something you are certain to see nowhere else is a stunning set of kaleidoscopes, each one attached to a base of healing stones, such as quartz or malachite. These kaleidoscopes/sculptures are fully operational, at the same time as being exceptional works of art and would make wonderful family heirlooms.
TIERRA MAR GALLERY
All in all, Santa Fe offers a complete package, able to satisfy a wide range of different tastes—wonderful arts and crafts, great restaurants, live music, cross-cultural history, a range of outdoor pursuits and world-renowned spas. No wonder tourists flock here in droves. How fortunate we are to live here.
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