Patrick Mohn

Patrick Allen Mohn became interested in creative writing in high school in Southern California, and his first college major was Creative Writing. After moving to Cerrillos, New Mexico, and thus into the Galisteo Basin, Patrick pursued his interests in writing and outdoor photography. Several of his articles and photographs have been published in New Mexico …

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Tedo Best

“Clay – delicate, gritty, powerful, fragile, beautiful and crude – its endless possibilities as containers and displayers of food, emotions, and ideas makes it for me, a fascinating, frustrating joy.’ -tedo “Enfoldments” describes the work of Tedo Best according to one friend and critic. Her ceramic vessels, mostly raku fired, tend to fold and wrap …

Albert and Jennifer Noyer

Albert Noyer (1927 – 2022) was born in Switzerland and raised in Detroit, Michigan. After Army service, he pursued his interest in art at Wayne State University, and then worked as a commercial artist before entering a Detroit Public Schools career teaching art at the technical/vocational high school level, and part time as an art …

Dan Shaffer

ARTIST STATEMENT I was raised in a land of wide open, dry spaces, big blue skies, wide variety of people and hot foods. That place was not New Mexico, it was East Africa. Later, after college in the US, I discovered New Mexico and have made my home here since 1972.  A taste of the Third World in …

Sina Brush

Sina grew up in ABQ in the 1950s. She studied lithograph under Garo Antreasian at UNM 1967-69. In 1969 she lived in San Miguel de Allende for several months, before returning to NM and moving to Santa Fe. She worked in the lobby of the Fine Arts Museum for several years. She met photographer Laura …

Robert Coombs

Robert Coombs was a part of the Chicago 4 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the fifties and early sixties, The four also included Diana Johnson, Mel Johnson and Tedo Best. In his lifetime he held degrees from The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 1957, MFA 1958), The University of Chicago …

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Tea Schiano

Spirit of Zuni Rattlesnake Kachina Coat was exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C New Mexico Arts and Crafts Show 1992-93. Hand painted coat inspired by the Kachinas of the Pueblo Peoples of the Southwest. The Kachinas are powerful spirit figures that bring blessings, protection, and good health. The snake is an …