The materials interconnect and tell a story: There is cloth dyed by hand with cochineal, sumac, and Osage orange trees. There are beads — there must be beads, for beads are the beating heart of this art — made of wood and glass, of bronze,...
Cody Sanderson’s jewelry is anything but ordinary. An expert in innovation, the award-winning Diné (Navajo) artist fuses traditional silversmithing techniques with bold, contemporary designs. Known for his signature five-point stars, striking spikes, and sculptural forms, Sanderson’s jewelry has captivated collectors across the globe. With pieces...
Painter Dave Santillanes is an expert in muted colors, edgy quietness, and ethereal light. His landscape and figurative paintings beckon. Although his plein air pieces are too dignified to shout, they nevertheless have a magnetism that has brought admiring collectors. “Everywhere I look, there is...
ARCHITECTURE | Land+Shelter CONSTRUCTION | Terralink Structures After decades of living in Aspen and Snowmass, Colorado, Jocelyn and Dave Durrance migrated to Carbondale’s River Valley Ranch in 2017 to build their forever home on the 15th fairway of the 520-acre community on the Crystal River. For Dave,...
San Francisco artist Ruth Asawa [1926–2013] was one of approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans held in relocation camps during World War II. Initially detained at the Santa Anita racetrack in Southern California, she passed the time by learning how to draw from Walt Disney animators and...
The spot where the Big and Little Arkansas rivers meet is a special place. Since time immemorial, Indigenous people have gathered at this confluence. In the 1800s, Scotch-Cherokee fur trader Jesse Chisholm set up a post in the area where Native Americans, trappers, and cowboys...
Kickin’ the Frost Fireplace Screen by Anne Beard Artist Anne Beard was raised on a ranch in Washington and has lived in Oregon’s High Desert for the past 20 years. Both experiences deeply influence her work. With a background in fashion, she blends functional craft with...
Arizona may have its fair share of Taliesin educated or inspired architects, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any more dedicated to the design philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright than founder Ron Brissette and partner Jeff Kamtz of Phoenix, Arizona-based Brissette Architects. That’s not to imply...
Among the vast collection of artwork and personal papers that artist Eugenie Frederica Shonnard bequeathed to the Museum of New Mexico system following her death in 1978 is a pair of ceramic candlesticks she created in the form of little squirrels. In old photographs, the...
When Georgia Rowswell’s landscape Thunderhead Off Happy Jack Road won Best of Show during last spring’s Cowgirl Up! exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, the judges described it as “mind-blowing.” That’s a term not often used in museum-speak. Yet, it sums...