The book explores aspects of the artist's work in the Santa Fe and in Taos colonies as well as his friendship with dance choreographer Martha Graham and his important collection of Hispanic religious folk art.

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Across the road from the Old Church in the Village of Corrales, New Mexico, stands Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House built circa 1875. Listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Interpretive Trail, it is named for the original owners and the couple who purchased the property, then restored and expanded it to evoke New Mexico’s past. Inside the adobe walls of Casa San Ysidro are the artifacts and furnishings used when New Mexico was a remote frontier.

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A photographer and writer that documents the lives of Oaxaca woodcarvers over a generation.

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This book tells the story of the thousands of “health seekers” who journeyed to New Mexico from 1870 to 1940 seeking a cure for tuberculosis (TB), the leading killer in the United States at the time. By 1920 such health seekers represented an estimated 10 percent of New Mexico’s population.

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Photographer Andrea Portago saw her first kachina in the early seventies in the studio of George Terasaki, from whom her friend and collaborator Andy Warhol was buying Native American art. When Alan Kessler’s collection of kachinas was auctioned at Sotheby’s in 1997, an extraordinary collection of classic kachina figures was unveiled that served as the impetus for Portago’s exploration of the carvings. Presented here are classic-era (1880s-1940s) Hopi and Zuni carved dolls that have rarely been displayed. Portago gracefully photographed these rare figures using available light so as not to distort their colors, and to reveal their drama and passion.

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Around 1880 potters of Cochiti Pueblo began making large standing figures of circus performers, cowboys, merchants, and other outsiders who, with the coming of the railroad, encroached increasingly on the Pueblo world. Made by the traditional coil-and-scrape method, these expressive and frankly satirical figures were masterpieces of design and execution, standing as tall as thirty inches without support.

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Whether reinterpreting traditional iconography or expressing current issues, Native glass artists have created a rich body of work. These artists have melded the aesthetics and properties inherent in glass art with their respective cultural knowledge. The result is the stunning collection of artwork presented here.

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A lavish art book that presents the finest traditional Hispanic and religious arts in New Mexico from the Spanish Colonial period.

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This lushly illustrated book examines the cross-cultural influences and unique artistic dialogue between Hispano and Native American arts in the Southwest over the past four hundred years since Spanish colonisation. Insightful essays by historians, artists, and scholars including Estevan Rael-Galvez, Lane Coulter, Enrique R Lamadrid, Marc Simmons, and others explore the impact of cultural interaction on various art forms including painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles, architecture, furniture, and performance and ceremonial arts. Over 150 art works and photographs gathered from museums across the country are testimony to the unique Southwestern aesthetic that developed from this dynamic cultural exchange.

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Cultural Convergence in New Mexico is a volume in honor of William Wroth (1938–2019), whose career as a cultural historian and curator contributed greatly to our understanding of Spanish Colonial art in the Americas.

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