Past Artists
Roxanne Swentzell - Honorary Artist 2008
Let's Make ArtWinner of numerous awards, Swentzell (born 1962) was the subject of the 2002 book Roxanne Swentzell: Extra-Ordinary People. She is a sculptor of the joys and sorrows of the human condition, often using her own experiences as a child and mature woman living and working in Santa Clara Pueblo.
Tom Joyce - Honorary Artist 2007
Berg XIII (2006), forged iron, 26.5 x 30 x 29, courtesy James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NMRecipient of the 2003 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Grant, Joyce (born 1956) began his career as an award-winning blacksmith, forging architectural accessories.
Richard Tuttle - Honorary Artist 2006
There’s No Reason a Good Man is Hard to Find III (1988), chicken wire, wire, wood, plaster, fabric, spray paint, plastic bucket and enamel, 53 ¼ x 45 x 30, courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York, NYLauded as an iconoclast, Tuttle (born 1941) bucked the mainstream in the mid-1960s when he challenged the preeminent Abstract Expressionists. Instead of their large scale, declarative statements, Tuttle asked viewers to slow down and consider the minutest details expressed in fragile, everyday materials and ephemera.
Agnes Martin - Honorary Artist 2005
Untitled (1994), acrylic, 60 x 60, Gift of the Artist, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NMCanadian born Agnes Martin (1912-2004) is best known for her minimalist paintings which are monochromatic and comprise simplified grids and lines in a square format. She visited Taos in 1929, returning in 1953 for five years, before moving to New York where she became a major player in the international art world.