Encounter Culture Podcast | New Mexico Dept of Cultural Affairs

Listen to the Land: Art at Bosque Redondo with Dakota Mace, Daisy Trudell-Mills, and Kéyah Keenan Henry

Indigo, cochineal, red earth, and corn pollen: these are among some of the traditional materials used in the art of Dakota Mace (Diné), Kéyah Keenan Henry (Diné), and Daisy Trudell-Mills (Santee Dakota, Mexican, and Jewish) in the Naaldeeh exhibition at the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Dakota Mace is a nationally renowned artist and instructor at the…Read more

Dusty Mesas & Accessible Art: Introducing Our New Host, Emily Withnall

Meet Emily Withnall, the new editor of El Palacio Magazine and your new podcast host of Encounter Culture. As a journalist and writer—and New Mexican, first of all—Emily is acquainted with all facets of the magazine publishing process. In conversation with Andrea Klunder, producer and lead editor for Encounter Culture, Emily talks about her love of audio storytelling that goes all the way back to growing up on radio. With Encounter Culture, she strives for captivating storytelling with just the right amount of wandering.Read more

Democracy is Indigenous: The Power of the Vote with Laura Harris

When Indigenous people vote, they honor their past and forge a better tomorrow for their communities. The act itself, however, remains a complicated exercise. Indigenous voters must contend with a history of colonial rule, the goal of which was to eradicate their way of life, as well as present-day attempts by self-styled “poll watchers” to…Read more

Look Up! Leo Villareal’s Astral Array at New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary

Listen to the Land: Art at Bosque Redondo with Dakota Mace, Daisy Trudell-Mills, and Kéyah Keenan Henry

Dusty Mesas & Accessible Art: Introducing Our New Host, Emily Withnall

Democracy is Indigenous: The Power of the Vote with Laura Harris