Profiles: Art

Meet some of the remarkable Taos  women working in the arts today

Of Lakota and Eastern Cherokee descent, Erin deals with issues of multi-cultural identity in her poetry.

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Kathleen's body of work includes portraits, portrait montages and photo essays as well as two documentary videos.

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Jina credits her experience as the daughter of Mennonite missionaries with her appreciation of multi-cultural perspectives. Nigeria, Costa...

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Award-winning children’s book illustrator, Amy draws her inspiration from the changing moods of the high desert of Taos.

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For Erin, the message is in the medium. She uses paint – and trash – to create passionate statements about human rights and individual...

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Silversmith and award-winning jewelry designer, Jacqueline began her career first as a painter, then a photographer.

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Lydia adapts her Catholic upbringing to her art. She draws on her New Mexico Hispanic heritage, which includes a personal “familial”...

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Natalie's book, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (1986), revolutionized the practice of writing for beginning and seasoned...

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Painting, printmaking and an exploration of jewelry design flow out of Claire's studio and find an audience locally and nationally.

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Nancy's vision and dedication have helped to put Taos on the musical map of the world.

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Growing up surrounded by colorful tapestries created by her mother and grandmothers, Teresa learned to weave as soon as her feet could reach...

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Delinda first visited Taos in 1984. She encountered a force "beyond her own knowing." Founding director of the Taos Institute for Glass Arts...

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Kimberly’s grandmother gifted her with her first paints at the age of 3. She went on to study art formally, exhibiting work as a teenager

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