Category: Southwestern
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The Spanish-Navajo Jewelry Connection from Aug/Sep 2015 issue of Cowboys & Indians magazine
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The kinesthetic vision of blind sculptor Michael Naranjo from Arts Perspective Magazine
Sculpting is dimensional, physical, even touchable (though we rarely get to run our hands over an object). Michael Naranjo, however, encourages viewers to touch his sculptures. To caress the smooth ebony finish of his bronze figures. To detect the bark of a tree or the wings of a bird. Feeling provides meaning and allows viewers…
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WPA-Style Posters Reflect Mesa Verde Style from Arts Perspective Magazine
It was Doug Leen who created the Square Tower image for Mesa Verde National Park in 2006, a poster done in the WPA style, but an original Leen design. Leen visited Square Tower, which has been closed to guests since about 1940. Square Tower is the tallest Ancient Puebloan structure and what the park wanted…
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Libby Lumpkin Picks Urbane and Quirky Art for New Mexorado from adobeairstream.com
This kind of juried exhibition provides the opportunity to better know some of your scattered neighbors—to learn more about all those loners, hippies, socialites, cowpokes, scientists, and retired generals living at the end of some dirt road, some of whom are developing as artists, and a couple of whom might actually be waiting for that…
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Cowgirls Rule!
Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductees for 2009 and the Heart of the West exhibition are happening now. The big gala is October 16. Leanne Goebel highlights a few of her favorites from the 42 artist being exhibited.
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Gallery Tour from the October issue of Cowboys & Indians
Gallery Tour in the October issue of Cowboys & Indians magazine features profiles of Carol Hagan, Erika Haight, and Barbara Meikle