New Mexico Art
The Collector's Guide—guide for collectors to artists and galleries throughout Northern New Mexico (not just in Santa Fe)
Santos and Santeros
Santos of New Mexico: A Four-Hundred-Year Tradition by Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts for The Collector's Guide
Visit the Woodcarvers: Artisans along the High Road to Taos Keep Spanish Traditions Alive—article for Sunset magazine
The Art of the Image Maker in New Mexico, text and images from The Wood Carvers of Córdova, New Mexico by Charles L. Briggs, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press
General
High-Road-Artist.com - An artists' blog, a source of inspiration for artists, art lovers, and anyone seeking to find spiritual, personal, or artistic growth in their life.
Northern New Mexico Archive of Mountain Village Culture—information on folk arts & people of the High Road
Tewa Women United—an organization that promotes native culture and works to end violence.
Agriculture and Acequias
New Mexico Acequia Association has lots of information and even radio programs on the role of acequias (historic irrigation ditches) and water in the culture and history of Northern New Mexico
Native Hispanic Institute—home of the Chimayó Chile Project
Penitentes
Penitentes (New Mexico)—from Wikipedia
Books & other Reading
Gaucho Blue Gallery’s list:
“Along the High Road (A Guide to New Mexico’s High Road to Taos)” - Margaret Nava – Sunstone Press
“High Road to Taos” - Mike Butler – Arcadia Publishing
“The High Road to Taos” – Frantz Laurie – New Mexico Tourism
“Historic New Mexico Churches” – Annie Lux, photos by Daniel Nadelbach - Gibbs Smith
“A Sense of Mission: Historic Churches of the Southwest” – Thomas A. Drain photos David Wakely – Chronicle Books
“Built Of Earth & Sky: Churches of Northern New Mexico” – Marie Romero, photos Jack Parsons – Red Crane Books
“We Fed Them Cactus” – Fabiola Cabeza de Baca –University of New Mexico (UNM) Press
“Mayordomo (Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico) - Stanley Crawford - UNM Press
“Garlic Testament: Season On A Small New Mexico Farm” - Stanley Crawford - UNM Press
“Song of the Flute Player (Seasons of Life in the Southwest)”- Sharman Apt Russell – Addison Wesley
“Acequia Culture (Water, Land, & Community in the Southwest)” - Jose A. Rivera - UNM Press
“Acequia: Water Sharing, Sanctity, and Place” – Sylvia Rodriguez – A School for Advanced Research Press
“Enchantment and Exploitation (The Life & Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range)” – William de Buys - UNM Press
“A River of Traps (A Village Life)” – William de Buys & Alex Harris – In association with the Centre for Documentary Studies at Duke University
“Maxwell Land Grant" (Facsimile of 1942 Edition) – William A. Kelcher – Sunstone Press
“Spanish & Mexican Land Grants & The Law" – Edited by Malcolm Ebright – Sunflower University Press
“Cidermaster of Rio Oscuro” – Harvey Frauenglass – University of Utah Press
“Old Spanish Trail North Branch and its Travellers” – Ron Kessler – Sunstone Press
“Roots of Resistance (A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico)" – Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz University of Oklahoma Press
“Talking Ground” – Douglas Preston – UNM Press
“Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America" - Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca - UNM Press
“The Preservation of the Village: New Mexico’s Hispanics and the New Deal" – Suzanne Forrest – UNM Press
“The Contested Homeland (A Chicano History of New Mexico)” – edited by Gonzales-Berry & Maciel – UNM Press
“Mornings In New Mexico” – D.H. Lawrence – Freedonia Books
A New Mexico Trilogy: “Milagro Beanfield War”, “The Magic Journey”, “The Nirvana Blues” – John Nichols - Ballantine Books
A New Mexico Memoir Series: “If Mountains Die”, “The Last Beautiful Days of Autumn”, “On The Mesa” – John Nichols -?
“The Great Southwest: The Story of a Land and Its People” – Elna S Bakker, Richard G Lillard – Literary Licensing
“New Mexico Genetic Genealogy” (validating and comparing New Mexico genealogical lineages with DNA via the NM DNA Project) – Miguel A. Torrez - nmgeneticgenealogy.wordpress.com
"New Mexico Place Names - A Geographical Description" – Edited by T.M. Pearce, Published by New Mexico Paperbacks
"Historical Atlas of New Mexico" – Warren A. Beck - University of Oklahoma Press
"Captives & Cousins" – James F Brooks - The University of North Carolina Press
"Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County" compiled and edited by Robert J. Torrez & Robert Trapp - Rio Grande Books
"The Comanche Empire" – Pekka Hamalainen - Published by Yale University Press
Frank Waters: Book of The Hopi, The Man Who Killed The Deer, Masked Gods, Brave Are My People, and more…
“The Plaza del Cerro in Chimayo: Settlement and Function”
“Ancient Traditions Keep Desert Waters Flowing”
"The Place Names of New Mexico" – Robert Julyan - University of New Mexico Press
Music
Michael Hearne composer of song on the "High Road to Taos."
Food
Introduction to New Mexican Cuisine from Wikipedia, with definitions of all the New Mexico food words
Chimayó Chile Project—a project to encourage farmers to grown heirloom Chimayó chile
HRA in the Media
Art for the Heart (A4TH)
The name says it all. A wonderful community resource, Art for the Heart is much more than your typical art space.
Art For The Heart began in 1996 as part of the health initiatives of the non-profit MAS Comunidad (MAS), formerly Mountain Ambulance Service founded in 1982. After Taos County took over 911 services, MAS evolved, bringing other health initiatives to the community. In 1986 The Laugh Staff (“humor for the health of it”) started as a stress relief tool for emergency medical staff and went on to hold clown clinics and pro-jests around issues of peace and justice. In 1988, La Comunidad was formed as an environmental project, working with the Forest Service to shift from big logging contracts to local firewood sales. It then ran a recycling pilot project and in 1998 built a ReUse Center at our local transfer station for sharing reusable household goods, toys, books and clothing. In 2015-2016 MAS put on Celebracion de Cultura: Estamos Aqui Familia y Tradiciones, a multi-cultural celebration of Peñasco and the surrounding communities designed to showcase the area’s rich history and traditions and to support community pride.
Art for the Heart’s mission is “to foster health through creativity.” From 1996 to 2017 it had a gallery in the heart of Peñasco, downstairs from Walking Woman Gallery, offering free creativity sessions for the public, a weekly HersDay women’s art and support group, monthly workshops, and summer youth programs. In 2001 A4TH created the Glam Trash Fashion show which has become a popular annual Town of Taos event. In 2008 A4TH started UpCycledFashion.com in response to the financial downturn, creating new fashions, quilts etc. out of clothing collected at the ReUse Center. A4TH is often called on to help with creative endeavors such as school programs, murals, etc. and often donates art supplies to worthwhile projects.
In 2017 Art for the Heart moved to the MAS Comunidad property (The SPOT for Community Wellness) at 14156 State Road 75 and continues to offer creativity sessions, classes, and a weekly HersDay group. While the gallery space is more limited, it still offers many innovative crafts and arts created by the membership. A4TH also participates in the annual High Road Art Tour at the Peñasco Community Center. Art for the Heart is a cooperative with memberships. For information, to schedule a visit, and/or to join, contact Gloria Maestas at rodartemaestas92@gmail.com or 575-770-8522.