Encounter Culture Podcast | New Mexico Dept of Cultural Affairs

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Button Box Dreams & Repair-Shop Flair: Mastering the Art of Accordions with Tony Tomei and Antonio Maestas

Accordions are woven into New Mexico’s soundscape—at fiestas, on plazas, and in the musical storytelling traditions that travel across generations. In this episode of Encounter Culture, host Emily Withnall talks with Tony Tomei and Antonio Maestas, a master-and-apprentice duo who completed the New Mexico Arts Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program in 2024, focusing on accordion restoration…Read more

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Boosterism, Broken Narratives, and What the Camera Sells: The Mullarky Collection, New Mexico History Museum Photo Archives

Photos can obscure as much as they reveal. When we encounter historic photographs, it can feel like we’ve entered the past through a portal. But like contemporary photographs, what is left out of the frame is as interesting and puzzling as what we can observe. Still, the donation of historic photos to any archive can…Read more

Excavating New Mexico’s Land Grant Legacy at Cañón de Carnué with Archaeologist Kelly Jenks

How land grant heirs and archaeologists are rebuilding history—together. Historically, archaeological excavation has often been done by people unfamiliar with the places and sites they are researching. And all too often, this excavation resulted in looting and approaches that were not respectful of the cultures and peoples who had once resided at a particular site. …Read more

Chisme at the Museum: Rebuilding Community and Nurturing Tradition with Elena Baca and Jana Gottshalk

Button Box Dreams & Repair-Shop Flair: Mastering the Art of Accordions with Tony Tomei and Antonio Maestas

Boosterism, Broken Narratives, and What the Camera Sells: The Mullarky Collection, New Mexico History Museum Photo Archives

Excavating New Mexico’s Land Grant Legacy at Cañón de Carnué with Archaeologist Kelly Jenks