16 May 2022
Monday was a busy day for us in spite of places not being open on Monday. Dan got to see a lot of cool things and I got to revisit places that impressed in the past.
Georgia O’Keefe Museum
Our first stop of the day was at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum. This small museum has shown a different selection of O’Keefe’s works each of the three times I’ve visited.
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I took this picture just because it was fun to see script in O’Keefe’s own hand.
This was a letter to the woman who became her long-time conservator. |
Wandering around Santa Fe
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| I was lucky enough to buy a pair of plain earrings made by Velma, shown here. Native people line up with their wares displayed as shown, along the front of the Governor’s Palace, built in 1610 and still in use today. Santa Fe is the second oldest city in the US. |
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| I could have easily spent our boys’ inheritance in Santa Fe. |
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| Seen outside of a gallery. |
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| I really enjoyed talking to this 78 year old Navajo artisan. She told me about learning to be a silversmith and how she would go to shows for over 35 years until her daughter died and it was too much to do on her own. She is a beautiful face of America. |
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| We had lunch at the Plaza Cafe, a place Janet enjoys and that I had enjoyed with April and Debbie when we had a girls’ weekend here a few years back. |
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| Jean and Janet |
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| Ristras (chili ropes) decorate the lampposts around the Square. |
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| The Governor’s Palace |
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| Museum of Contemporary Native Arts |
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| Museum of Contemporary Native Arts |
Loreto Chapel
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| The Miraculous Staircase built with only a carpenter’s square, hammer and saw. The sisters of the Loreto Chapel needed a way to get to the choir loft but didn’t have room for a traditional staircase. They prayed for guidance and a carpenter mysteriously appeared with his few tools and proceeded to build the staircase and then he mysteriously disappeared. Later the balustrade was added. There are no external supports on the staircase; it’s completely self-supporting. |
Cathedral of St. Francis
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| The Cathedral of St Francis was closed but his statue was in the open. |
The Roundhouse
The Statehouse of New Mexico in Santa Fe is called The Roundhouse due to it’s round shape. The most enjoyable statehouse visit I’ve ever had because it’s basically a gallery of New Mexico art of all kinds but the work of government happens here as well.
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| I tried my best but was unable to find information on this statue at one of the four entrances to the Roundhouse. I thought she was beautiful. |
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| The seal of the great state of New Mexico with the rotunda ceiling reflected in the tile floor. |
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| Janet is in the special temporary exhibit ALL TERRAIN in the lobby as you enter. It runs through August 22. Very interesting pieces; lots of weaving, 3-D stuff, quilting (including three dimensional quilting!). |
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| This triptych was one of the more colorful paintings in the Roundhouse. |
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| Vigas line the ceiling of all the hallways in the Roundhouse. Vigas are traditional wooden beams seen in New Mexico structures. These were fancy ones, finished, not rough, and with inlays. This was a beautiful capitol building. |
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| In the rotunda |
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Dan and Janet admire a landscape
Looking forward to exploring the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum and then the town of Chimayo today. Stay tuned! |
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