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Santa Fe / New Mexico History Blog

Category: Artists

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The Art of Touch

Sculptor Eugenie Shonnard was born in 1886 in Yonkers, New York. At the age of 27 she had gone completely deaf. Because of this disability

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WPA & One Santa Fe Artist

The Works Progress Administration began in 1935 as part of an initiative by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The WPA provided an economic stimulus to America

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A Vision for New Mexico

Allan Houser is considered to be one of the most important Native American artists of the 20th century. His work is displayed in collections in

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Visionary Artist

The artist Andrea “Drew” Bacigalupa and his wife Ellen moved to Santa Fe in 1954 because of its European ambiance. They remodeled an old adobe

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