The Innovative Jewelry of Yazzie Johnson & Gail Bird
Trim: 11" x 9"
Pages: 184
Illustrations: 203 color and 41 black-and-white illustrations
© 2007
A retrospective of their careers in jewelry, spanning the early 1970s to the present.
Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art
Trim: 9.5" x 10.5"
Pages: 160
© 2020
Sharing Code tells the story of Art1—a computer program developed in 1968 at the University of New Mexico—and its role in early digital creativity. The program, designed by electrical engineer Richard Williams with the encouragement of art department chair and renowned kinetic artist Charles Mattox, enabled artists who knew nothing about computers to create artworks on a large mainframe machine by sending output to a line printer.
Nancy Abruzzo, balloon enthusiast and a pilot herself, presents the magic of Special Shape balloons in this children's picture book for young readers beautifully illustrated by Nöel Dora Chilton.
Cowboy Boots and Art
Trim: 9" x 10"
Pages: 124
Illustrations: 96 color and 70 black-and-white photographs
© 2010
Cowboy boots are examined as markers of western life, as works of art, and subjects of works of art.
A Northern New Mexico Novel
Trim: 9" x 7"
Pages: 228
© 2018
This posthumously published bilingual novel by Jim Sagel (1947–1998), whose unique genre of writing about Nuevomexicano culture and mastery of New Mexican Spanish was dubbed “Chicanesque,” reenacts the traditional Christmas play, Los pastores, as the backdrop for a parallel story set in the fictional New Mexican village of San Buenaventura. Ultimately, Sagel spins a tale intended to make us laugh even as we cry—much as life does. San Buenaventura’s people suffer brutal blows that sometimes (or often) knock them senseless, struggling to regain their footing, and seeing stars. They do so even as they live under a guiding star.
Adela Amador's Tales from the Kitchen
Trim: 9" x 6"
Pages: 128
Illustrations: color illustrations
This keepsake New Mexico cookbook takes its name from Adela Amador's much-loved column in New Mexico Magazine. Adela's recollections of meals prepared for family and friends over the years, many for New Mexico holidays, are accompanied by dozens of recipes. The volume is organized seasonally and includes charming illustrations and a glossary of Spanish names and terms.
Trim: 11" x 8.5"
Pages: 160
Illustrations: 58 color photographs, 51 black-and-white photographs, charts, line drawings, index
© 2002
The inspiration for tens of thousands of gardeners facing the challenging winds, soils, and droughts of low- and high-desert gardens.
Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles
Trim: 10.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 96
Illustrations: 65 color plates
© 2011
In Diné oral history, Spider Rock at Canyon de Chelly is the sacred place where Spider Woman makes her home. Her gift of weaving has provided the Diné with a constant means of sustenance.
Native Pottery of the Southwest—The Eric S. Dobkin Collection
Trim: 14" x 11.5"
Pages: 352
Illustrations: 320 color plates, 40 artist portraits, 4 gatefolds
© 2017
Spoken Through Clay includes nearly three hundred pottery vessels covering a wide range of contemporary artists and a few important historic pieces. This book includes portraits and voices of renowned Native artists—the majority of whom are Pueblo—speaking about their artistry and technique, families, culture, and traditions. Dynamic color photography captures the depth and dimension of the pieces, while the artists provide an illuminating perspective through narrative captions.
Stories of the foreboding beings and presences that exist just outside our consciousness.