Where We Meet: Conversations from New Mexico and Beyond

Cipriano Vigil is a renowned Northern New Mexico musician, whose work has been acknowledged in many ways, including being recognized as a Living Treasure in New Mexico for his work with folk art. This conversation is edited in two segment - this the second one. In this segment, he performs live music and shares the tale of La Llorona.  This radio program is supported by the Northern Rio Grande Nat...

Cipriano Vigil is a renowned Northern New Mexico musician, whose work has been acknowledged in many ways, including being recognized as a Living Treasure in New Mexico for his work with folk art.  In this conversation with Alice Morillon, he looks back on his life’s work and its fascinating, diverse aspects, through a lens focused on the music itself. This conversation is edited into two episodes....

Lara Manzanares is a bilingual musician and weaver, deeply grounded in New Mexico. In this conversation with Alice Morillon, Manzanares reflects on community, art, and the land of rounded corners , as she comes to call New Mexico.  This radio program is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.

The four members of Lone Piñon, Jordan Wax, Santiago Romero, Tanya Nuñez and Karina Wilson share their work in uncovering, learning and performing traditional Northern New Mexico music. They also perform two live songs and give context to the « how » and « why » of the music they play. This radio program is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.

The four members of Lone Piñon, Jordan Wax, Santiago Romero, Tanya Nuñez and Karina Wilson share their work in uncovering, learning and performing traditional Northern New Mexico music. In this conversation with Alice Morillon, they reflect on the place of this music in our communities and their own relationship to this unique cultural element. This radio program is supported by the Northern Rio G...

David Fernandez de Taos is deeply grounded in Northern New Mexico. He is an active member of Taos’ life, in various aspects, with, to only name a few, his participation on the board of the Taos Historic Museums and the board of the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.  In this conversation with Alice Morillon, he focuses on the work of the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. Nationa...

Miguel Santistevan is a teacher, farmer and researcher. In this live conversation with Alice Morillon, he reflects on his own path to farming and the central role of maize (corn) in the Americas, at once cultural and for subsistence. Santistevan earned a Master degree in Ecology from UC Davis and has led, taught and managed many projects and groups in learning about farming in Northern New Mexico....

Corilia Ortega , a funding member of the Talpa Community Market and a core member of the 100% Community Initiative in Taos County, shares her perspective and insights on community organizing. In this conversation with Alice Morillon, she reflects on her role in connecting her community members to one another and to opportunities. This show is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage...

In this live conversation, Doc the High Hawk and JuanIsidro Concha talk about their relationship to art. They touch on the Leaf Festival that they performed at in October 2023, and talk of the community work they are leading. Both Doc the High Hawk & Tha Poet have been performing their respective genres since their youth. Doc has been a part of the Taos Pueblo drum group Hail Creek and the Hip...

Aleya Hoerlein is a painter based in Taos, New Mexico. She was raised in Fairfield, Iowa by a creative family in a spiritual community that practiced transcendence. In college at The School of Visual Arts in New York City, she painted both figure and landscape but her attention kept going to the shadows behind the figure or the sky beyond the landscape. She shifted her focus to abstract painting t...

Aspen Mirabal is a full spectrum doula from Taos Pueblo. In this live conversation, Mirabal talks of the importance of education around birth and motherhood. She also addresses Northern New Mexico communities' specificities and the conversation that needs to be had to respect individuals' choices around their parenting choices. This show is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Her...

Enriqueta Vasquez  is a Chicana activist, journalist, writer, and artist. She began her work in Denver, CO, and later re-located to San Cristobal, NM. Vasquez was a close collaborator and friend of political leader Corky Gonzales and civil rights activist Craig Vincent. She was involved in the creation of the Chicano school Escuela Tlateloco in Denver, which led her and her husband to move to San...

Enriqueta Vasquez is a Chicana activist, journalist, writer, and artist. She began her work in Denver, CO, and later re-located to San Cristobal, NM. Vasquez was a close collaborator and friend of political leader Corky Gonzales and civil rights activist Craig Vincent. She was involved in the creation of the Chicano school Escuela Tlateloco in Denver, which led her and her husband to move to San C...

Roberto Lavadie and Ignacio Peralta are woodworkers in Taos, NM. They both have studied the history and meaning of Santos. In this live interview with David Silva, recorded in April 2023, they discuss the importance of the religious art form. This show is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.

Juanita Lavadie is an educator, artist, and historian. Lavadie’s work spans time and space, with a focus on life in Northern New Mexico. Her work incorporates cultural and creative understandings of the traditional Hispano and Indigenous cultures. Lavadie's work is one of imagination and education, illuminating the history of this land. This show is the recording of a live interview that David...

Native Bound Unbound, Archive of Indigenous Slavery is a research project with the goal of creating a centralized digital repository centered on the lives of the enslaved Indigenous people across the Americas. Estevan Rael-Gálvez is a Doctor in American Cultures, has worked as Senior Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Executive Director of the Nationa...

Native Bound Unbound, Archive of Indigenous Slavery is a research project with the goal of creating a centralized digital repository centered on the lives of the enslaved Indigenous people across the Americas. Estevan Rael-Gálvez is a Doctor in American Cultures, has worked as Senior Vice President of Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Executive Director of the Nationa...

After the screening of Acequias: The Legacy Lives On, Aracely "Arcie" Chapa (film director),  Vicente Fernandez, Miguel Santistevan, and Sylvia Rodriguez, discuss the importance of acequias to water and land use and the preservation of Northern New Mexican culture.  This radio program is supported by the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area.

Founded in Northern New Mexico in 1969, La Academia de la Nueva Raza (The Academy of the New Humanity) grew out of conversations between various scholars, community members and activists. La Academia developed its own educational model based on the concept that learning is derived from life and historical experiences - from El Oro del Barrio - and from the analysis of the history and external forc...

Founded in Northern New Mexico in 1969, La Academia de la Nueva Raza (The Academy of the New Humanity) grew out of conversations between various scholars, community members and activists. La Academia developed its own educational model based on the concept that learning is derived from life and historical experiences - from El Oro del Barrio - and from the analysis of the history and external forc...

AJ , “LifeTracks” , is a founding member of Po.10.Cee, a Native American hip hop group based here in Taos. We hear about how he came to love hip-hop, his relationship to art, and hope.

Dante Biss-Grayson is a Native American Veteran from the Osage Nation, clan Eagle. He is an artist, poet and fashion designer.  After learning about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic , Biss-Grayson sought to inspire others, give them strength, pride, hope, empowerment, and resilience through his work on his fashion house, Sky-Eagle Collection.

Daniel Barela is the president of the Taos Historic Museums and a third generation Spanish Colonial woodcarver. David Fernandez de Taos is on the board of the Taos Historic Museums. He is a writer and speaker involved in Taos' spiritual and artistic life. The two discuss what it’s like to oversee two historic properties in Taos and the upcoming Old Taos Trade Fair.

Tamra Carraher is a writer, editor and artist. In 2014, she started an independent press, Alexandria Quarterly Press, which would publish collections of written and visual art. In recent years, the  format shifted to the publication of books, supporting specific artists’ projects, including collections of poems or short stories. Carraher’s own poetry has been featured in Toe Good Poetry and i...

Tom Frouge is the founder and director of ¡Globalquerque!, “New Mexico's Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture”. ¡Globalquerque! takes place each September and includes educational workshops, a global dance party, an International Cinema Series with free film screenings, panels, food demos, and performances by local and international musicians.