Truitt – Ignoring Borders
Ignoring Borders Penny Truitt Created : 2004 Donated : 2004 Medium : Clay Dimensions: 24 1/2 inx2 3/4 in Located: Annex Walkway Penny Truitt is a contemporary ceramic artist whose work blends…
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Martinez – Black-on-Black Bowl
Maria Martinez (1887–1980) and Julian Martinez (1879–1943) Black-on-Black Bowl (c. 1917–1921)ClayGift of the William H. and Lalla D. Landess Trust Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez of San Ildefonso Pueblo are among the…
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Miller – Formation
Formation Don Miller Created : 1998 Donated : Medium : Mixed media/two-dimensional Dimensions: 63 in x 39 in Located: Annex Walkway Don Miller is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the interrelationship…
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Barlow – Copper Crystal
Bonita Barlow Copper Crystal (2005)Oil and Crushed Glass on CanvasGift of the Artist Bonita Barlow is a visual artist whose work fuses painting with texture, light, and material alchemy. Through innovative surface…
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Howell – Blue Crossing
Blue Crossing Anthony Howell Created : Donated : 2001 Medium : Photography Dimensions: 40 inx48 1/2 in Located: Annex Walkway Anthony Howell is a photographer whose work captures the subtle drama of…
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Slentz – Ancient Tower
Ancient Tower Jack Slentz Created : 2002 Donated : 2004 Medium : Sculpture/wood Dimensions: 31 in x 11 in Located: Annex Walkway Jack Slentz is a New Mexico–based sculptor whose work explores…
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Hansen – Mental Floss
Mental Floss Stepehn Hansen Created : 1993 Donated : 2003 Medium : Sculpture Dimensions: 24 inx13 in Located: Annex Walkway Steven Hansen is a multimedia artist known for his sharp wit, satirical…
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Metcalf – Arched Separation
Arched Separation Michael Metcalf Created : 1999 Donated : 2001 Medium : Sculpture Dimensions: 23 inx44 in Located: Annex Walkway Michael Metcalf is a contemporary sculptor whose work investigates the intersections of…
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Gilbert – Spilt Milk
Spilt Milk Bill Gilbert Created : Donated : 2005 Medium : Clay Dimensions: 13 inx15 3/4 in Located: Annex Walkway Bill Gilbert is a leading figure in the field of environmental and…
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Anderson – Untitled
Untitled Liz Anderson Created : c. 1983 Donated : 2008 Medium : Pottery Dimensions: 12 inx12 in Located: Annex Walkway Liz Anderson was a ceramic artist known for her tactile, sculptural forms…
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Leap – Ripples IV
Ripples IV Ken Leap Created : 2004 Donated : 2005 Medium : Sculpture/glass Dimensions: 14 inx13 in Located: Annex Walkway Ken Leap was a glass artist whose work embraced light, motion, and…
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Sticks and Stones
Rebecca Davis and Roger Asay Sticks and Stones (n.d.)Mixed MediaGift of Jonathan and Fay Abrams Artists Rebecca Davis and Roger Asay are known for their long-standing collaborative practice centered on natural materials…
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Leippe – Refuge Near Chaco Canyon
Refuge Near Chaco Canyon (2015)Bronze SculptureGift of the Artist in Honor of Minerva Castro Harry Leippe is a New Mexico–based artist whose sculptural work reflects a lifelong engagement with landscape, memory, and…
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Fritzsche – Gratitude
Artist: Elizabeth Fritzsche Title: Gratitude Year: 2009 Medium: Cast iron sculpture Gift: Donated by the artist Collection: Capitol Art Collection, Capitol Art Foundation Location: Annex Walkway Elizabeth Fritzsche is a contemporary American…
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Graham – Bound Pot
Title: Bound Pot Artist: Gloria Graham Year: 1977 Medium: Mixed media and clay Donor: Gift of Jonathan and Fay Abrams Location: Annex Walkway Gloria Graham (b. 1940) is a multidisciplinary artist based…
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Groundwork: Voices of the Santa Fe Art Scene (1970s–1990s), by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
The Santa Fe we know today—recognized globally as a contemporary art destination—wasn’t born fully formed. It was built piece by piece by individuals who took risks, showed up, and stayed. In the…
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Voices from the Ground: Santa Fe’s Contemporary Art Scene (1970s–1990s), by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
Collected Interviews Megan Hill Founder, Hills Gallery On starting out: “In spring of 1970, Hills Gallery opened on Lincoln Avenue with a major exhibit of Raymond Jonson’s work—organized through UNM. That was…
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Performance, Protest, and the Rubber Lady, by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
Few symbols capture the rebellious spirit of Santa Fe’s art scene like the Rubber Lady. In 1979, controversy erupted when the Museum of Fine Arts removed a sculpture by Brad Smith—a rubber…
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The Dadaists and the Age of Redefinition, by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
The Dadaists were the first organized artistic movement to mount a full-scale rebellion against the sanctity of art. Emerging amid the chaos of post–World War I Europe, they rejected beauty, order, and…
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Art, Place, and Presence: The Capitol Art Collection in a Digital Age, by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
In the heart of New Mexico’s State Capitol, art lives not behind velvet ropes, but in the hallways of governance and the rhythm of everyday civic life. The Capitol Art Collection is…
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Becoming a Place: From Hills to SITE
Cynthia Sanchez, Curator, Capitol Art Collection Introduction: The Shape of a Story Many people couldn’t care less what happened in Santa Fe’s art world thirty years ago. Their attention lies with the…
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Curation as Listening, by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
In a world where curating often means “choosing what’s best,” the Capitol Art Collection offers a different model. Here, curation is not about hierarchy. It’s not about prestige. It’s about presence. To…
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Art and Democracy: The Roundhouse as a Living Conversation, by Cynthia Sanchez, Ph.D., Curator, Capitol Art Collection
At first glance, a state capitol may not seem like the natural home for a contemporary art collection. We expect marble floors, legislative chambers, and the bustle of governance—not sculpture, pastel, and…
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Hyde – Buffalo Dancer
Buffalo Dancer 1990 Located: Southwest Corner Grounds, Paseo and Don Gaspar MarbleDoug Hyde (b. 1946)Santa FeGift of the Family of Adrienne and Jerome Harold KayCapitol Art Collection, Capitol Art Foundation Doug Hyde…
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Lopez Reredo – Altar Screen
Reredo/Altar Screen (1991) Watercolor on PineRamon Jose Lopez (b. 1951)Santa FeCapitol Art Selection Committee PurchaseCapitol Art Collection, Capitol Art Foundation Ramon Jose Lopez, a santero, metalsmith, and furniture maker based in Santa…
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