An Art Review of the St. Francis Murals The influence of St. Francis of Assisi upon religion, art, literature, music, discovery, science and politics is written large in history. His is the voice that ushered in the Renaissance six hundred years ago. The life of the gentle saint, his…
Maria Benitez dancer and co-founder, with her husband Cecilio, of the Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust A native New Mexican, María Benítez is best known for the company co-founded with her…
By Mary Austin The performance of Hiawatha by the young people of the Santa Fe Indian School, on Thursday the twelfth of June, was the sort of public service that one wishes could be expected oftener from the Indian Schools throughout the country. It was regrettable, of course, that Indians…
Susan Elston Wallace (1830-1907) by Joann Spragg, Montgomery County Historian Susan Arnold Elston was born on December 25, 1830, at Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana, the fourth of nine children of Major Isaac Compton and Maria Aiken Elston. Her father was a prominent businessman in Crawfordsville, and made his…
Following the conquest of the Southwest by the United States, Archbishop Lamy became the first bishop of Santa Fe. When he arrived in the early 1850s, he found only nine priests in New Mexico. He proceeded to bring a large number of priests from France and other European countries….
By Rick Hendricks 5 October 1880 3. What Shall the Harvest Be? by Philip P. Bliss…
1873 By Bettina Raphael Olive Rush was forty-seven years old and a well-established artist when she moved to Santa Fe, NM, in 1920, making it her home and source of artistic inspiration for the next forty-five years. Most people would be slowing down their professional careers at such an…
11 18 1887 “If ever there was a raging, blazing soul mounting to the skies it is that of Georgia O’Keeffe.” New Yorker Magazine, 1926 By Michael Ann Sullivan Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 18, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, eight miles north of Madison. She was the…
In 1924, renowned Santa Fe artist Will Shuster added Zozobra to the Santa Fe fiesta celebrations. Local artist William Howard Shuster, Jr. – "Will" (1893-1969) conceived and created Zozobra in 1924 as the focus of a private fiesta at his home for artists and writers in the community. His…
By William H. Wroth José Rafael Aragón (ca.1783-90 – 1862) was one of the most prolific and popular santeros in nineteenth-century New Mexico. Santeros are makers of images of saints, known in New Mexico as santos. The Spanish term santero has several meanings, the primary one being a person…
