How Santa Fe Went from a Sleepy Town to a Fine Art Destination in a Single Generation By Michael Ettema, Santa Fe Director of the Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery The numbers are impressive. Santa Fe is home to more than 250 galleries and hundreds of artists, architects and craftspeople. It is the second or […]
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The Albuquerque resident who built an artistic legacy painting the landscape of Northern New Mexico By Michael Ettema, Santa Fe Director of Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery Growing up in Bremen, Germany, Carl von Hassler always knew he wanted to be an artist. But parents often have different ideas, and at age 14, Carl found
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These three artists set the Stage for the Santa Fe Art Colony by Michael Ettema, Santa Fe Director, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery The careers of the first three “members” of the Santa Fe Art Colony demonstrate how the intricate relationships between the Museum of New Mexico, the artists, the town, and its tourists helped
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The beauty of New Mexico seen through the eyes of the Western master by Dr. Mark Sublette Maynard Dixon arrived in New Mexico with Charles Lummis for the first time in September of 1900. He stayed for two and a half months documenting everything he saw and experienced. New Mexico’s architecture, ethnic mix, and old
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