Rio Grande National Heritage Area New Mexico

I make hula hoops from scratch, HDPE tubing and a variety of iridescent, glitter, holographic and neon grip tape. Hoops are made for all ages and skill levels, and provide a wonderful outlet for physical creativity and exercise!

Born in Germany, at the age of 23 enrolled in the Art Academy of Konstanz, Germany where after 7 years of study receiving his Masters Degree in Fine Art while working for Messerschmidt Boelko Blohm Air Industries as a technical plan-drafter for aircraft engines & general air dynamics & concepts. During this time, many study trips were made to Paris, Rome and Venice where Manfred visited the famous art museums and began his study of the Great Masters. Being greatly inspired by the French Impressionists and many years of experimentation Manfred has combined his own artistic visions in developing his unique style of oil painting. His representational rural, urban, landscapes and figurative subject maters are crated by combining Impressionism with glazing techniques of the Old Masters. Museum exhibition of his work have been held nationally and internationally. Manfred has also been represented in many fine art galleries throughout the US and Europe. Also specializing in mural work.

The ancient, primal image of Serpent has been expressed across cultures in a multitude of mediums. Diving into its energy of birth, enlightenment, death, fertility, oneness, protection, re-birth and transformation is a journey into a relationship with timeless, expansive source energy.

Serpent is a primary, recurring theme in my artistic expression. I am heavily influenced by my relationship with the land of Galisteo, as well as interactions with Serpent Mound in my home state of Ohio and the kundalini energy of the yoga I teach.

Ojo Sarco Pottery the gallery and studio of contemporary potters Kathy Riggs and Jake Willson. In our gallery we also show the work of several nationally famous clay artists, painters and glass artists. Stop in our gardens, enjoy the high road and feel free to watch us working.

Acrylic Artist. Painting in a realist style.

James Roybal, the multi-talented native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, became a professional artist at the age of 12. He had his first Juried Show and Gallery Representation in 1971, and his work appears in the book “Contemporary Western Artist”, in many publications, and in numerous collections throughout the world.

He has also won many professional awards, and has participated five times in the prestigious Albuquerque Museum’s Invitational Miniature Show which showcases America’s Finest Artists.He has sold over 1200 Bronzes and is finding great success with his Pastels.

“I am always looking for new challenges. I am not looking for a particular style. I think that can be very limiting. There is always more to learn about structure, form, the use of color, lost and found edges, and light and shadow.
Each painting or sculpture brings new challenges and new ways of seeing, opening new horizons.

Gary and Kirsten Oakley share this studio space and create abstract landscape paintings and mixed media jewelry.

I am from Espanola. I got into willow work by learning to make chairs. My teacher, Michael Emmons from Big Sur. CA taught in early 2000 at a school in Rockland, ME. A couple years later I apprenticed with Lorenzo Armijo from Pena Blanca, a small community near Cochiti, south of Santa Fe. He taught me the more Spanish style of basketry known as Madeira. Later on I met Bob Allalunis of Taos. He showed me another style of basketry called Moises. I have also studied the styles of various pueblo basket makers from San Juan, Santa Clara and Hopi who really emphasize more beauty and perfection. My work leans more on the practical rustic style. It all started after tiring of tossing broken plastic laundry baskets away.

Chimayo and Rio Grande textiles with wool fibers.

Lapidary and silver metal artist Priscilla Walsen creates silver and stone inlay jewelry, unique fine silver hollow forms, handmade “confetti” chains and other three-dimensional pieces. She uses both traditional and modern metal working and lapidary techniques to create handmade jewelry, often in one-of-a-kind designs.
Priscilla is best known for her bold colorful stone inlay designs. Each unique inlay piece is inspired by the colors and patterns in the stones. Her designs include the use of lapis, sugilite, chrysocolla, turquoise and many other semi-precious gems. She uses geometric shapes to create clean lines that complement the colors and patterns in the stone. A true lapidary artist, Priscilla starts with rough gemstone material, and then saws, grinds, sands and polishes each piece of stone.
In addition to working with sterling silver materials using traditional silversmithing methods; Priscilla also works with fine silver metal clay. Fine silver metal clay is a malleable form of fine silver made from recycled silver. Priscilla’s work with fused fine silver metal clay includes unique hollow forms and highly textured three dimensional designs.
Priscilla took her first silversmithing and metal shop classes while in high school and began studying lapidary arts in the 1990s. She founded SilverWear in 1997 after learning stone inlay techniques at Ghost Ranch in Abiqui, NM. Her stone inlay work was featured in Lapidary Journal (Jewelry Artist) magazine. Priscilla is a certified Precious Metal Clay (PMC®) Artisan by the Precious Metal Clay Guild. She creates her jewelry in her studio in Ojo Sarco on the famous High Road in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Her studio is open for the annual High Road Art Tour in September and by appointment.

We are a family owned weaving business producing and selling Rio Grande and Chimayó style blankets, rugs, vests and handbags. We also carry a selection of Native American pottery, jewelry, woodcarvings and other crafts of northern New Mexico.

Ann Weisman is a published poet with two chapbooks, OPEN AIR and PLAYING THE MESSAGES TWICE, as well as a full length book, eye imagine: performances on paper. DOUBLE LEO, ARIES MOON is a CD of her collaborations with musicians. She has exhibited her visual art at El Museo Cultural, Individual Arts of Oklahoma, and Living Arts of Tulsa. Performances include the SOMOS Writers Series and the Flickinger Center for the Otero Arts Council.

Mark grew up in Centralia, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Southern Illinois University. His graduate work includes studies in sociology and art. During his post graduate work, Mark was able to study under sculptors Lincoln Fox and Valentin Okorokov; master patineur, Patrick Kipper; and painter, Albert Handel.

In addition to the meditative and mesmerizing kinetic wind sculptures for which he is so well-known, Mark White is a prodigious painter. He works in many mediums, including engravings on metal, oil on panel, and oil on metal. His metal pieces, on copper, aluminum and stainless steel, are engraved on the surface to reflect light like a three-dimensional object. Clouds appear to be sculpted rather than just painted, and the patterns of light change as the viewer moves.

including: Glass.

Jay has been a large-format black and white landscape photographer for over 20 years. He also works in color.
Known for stunning compositions and an uncanny ability to be in "the right place at the right time". Jay also teaches black and white photography.

Hannah S. Wiseheart is a prize-winning poet, author of fiction and creative non-fiction, and a singer and musician. She has participated in writing groups in the United States and England, and won First Prize in Poetry in the Southwest Writers' Association in 2005, and second prize in Poetry in the 2015 Pasatiempo Writing Contest. She reads regularly at Teatro Paraguas. A singer of traditional transatlantic and mountain music, she is also a songwriter and singer of contemporary folk music. She has also been an artist working in pen and ink and watercolor most of her life.