Back to the Future: IFAM Invests in Sustainable Cultural Traditions
Through a wide range of media and styles, the nearly 200 artists who participated in the 16th annual International Folk Art Market (IFAM) in Santa Fe represented vastly different geographic, cultural and creative territories.
The Multi-Layered History of Acequias in the West
Acequias arrived with the legendary (or infamous, depending on one’s perspective) expeditions to New Mexico and Colorado led by the best-known conquistadors: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Juan de Oñate, and Diego de Vargas—all native-born Spaniards. Less commonly known is the fact that these conquistadors who brought acequias to the southwestern U.S. region were most often…
