Bill Ford was part of Santa Fe’s intelligentsia during the 1940s and 1950s. He used to hang out with Alfred Morang who had an open
In 2008 Angelina Delgado was honored by the National New Deal Preservation Association. The late Santa Fe native took part in the 75th anniversary of
In 1929 Georgia O’Keeffe began a lifelong love affair with New Mexico. In 1934 Arthur and Phoebe Pack were the owners of Ghost Ranch in
Eliseo (1915–2009) and Paula (1919–2008) Rodriguez were awarded a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship in 2004. The couple received this prestigious honor
The calavera has become synonymous with Mexico’s Day of the Dead tradition. The English translation of calavera means skull. In Mexico the term has come
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were referred to as “the elephant and the dove.” His robust figure coupled with her petite size were only outmatched
Diego Rivera depicted the trials, tribulations and struggles of the people of Mexico. He is especially well known for his art surrounding the Mexican Revolution.
In Santa Fe we’re all familiar with the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. In fact, her museum is the most widely visited cultural institution in New
During the Great Depression one of the programs instituted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that had a lasting effect in the state was the Works
Gunther Aron was born in 1923 in Jastrow, a small town 150 miles northeast of Berlin. He died in Santa Fe, N.M. in 2014. The
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