Statehood: New Mexican Art 1912-2012 from the Permanent Collection
In Lloyd’s Treasure Chest, Neutrogena Wing
through March 31, 2013.
Centennial exhibition featuring objects from the permanent collection highlighting New Mexican Art and artists in the 20th and 21st Centuries, The exhibition illustrates traditional folk traditions as well as innovative expressions (Photo Collage by Paul Smutko)
A major exhibition featuring over 850 works of art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This diverse group of Andean folk arts includes weaving, embroidery, woodcarving, ceramics, painting, and metalwork, reflecting the interweaving of indigenous craft traditions with European art forms and techniques. (Photo, above: Woman’s Sidesaddle Stirrups, Argentina, early 19th century, Silver, 5″ x 8.75″. Photo by Blair Clark) The exhibition provides a window into the rich spirit and culture shared by the peoples of this highland region of South America through works ranging from costumes, jewelry, utilitarian items, and toys to those used in religious practices and festivals. The exhibit will be accompanied by a richly illustrated 300 page catalog». In addition, public programming related to the Andes will take place throughout the year. The exhibition closed in the Hispanic Heritage Wing September 9, 2012, and in the Bartlett Gallery on March 10, 2013. Funding for this exhibition was generously provided by the International Folk Art Foundation, the Friends of Folk Art of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Connie Thrasher Jaquith, and the Museum of International Folk Art Development Team.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Sunday March 10, 2013
10am to 5pm
Final day to see the Folk Art of the Andes exhibition.
Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder and the physics of its construction.
Loretto Chapel staircaseWhen the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel.
Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters’ prayers.
The stairway’s carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today.
The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway’s construction.
Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase. The staircase has been the subject of many articles, TV specials, and movies including “Unsolved Mysteries” and the television movie titled “The Staircase.”
Bruce Krasnow | The New Mexican
Posted: Monday, January 07, 2013 – 1/7/13
Santa Fe has landed on Travel + Leisure magazine’s list for “America’s Best Girlfriend Getaways.”
It joins Austin, Texas; Maui, Hawaii; Charleston, S.C.; Scottsdale, Ariz., and other cities where BFFs can walk, stroll and spend time without the guys. “Girls’ getaways, while focused on fun and celebration, don’t have to be one big drinking fest like guys’ trips often are,” writes Terry Ward.
Of Santa Fe, Ward writes, “In this town that has drawn artists and healers to the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for decades, you can head out on the artisanal chocolate trail, stopping at Kakawa Chocolate House for Mesoamerican chocolate elixirs and at ChocolateSmith, where dark chocolate is the specialty. You can get pampered at the Ten Thousand Waves Mountain Spa, inspired by traditional Japanese hot springs resorts; the communal soaking tub is women only and clothing optional.”
The annual report from Atlas, the giant moving and transportation company, that tracks who goes and comes from each state shows immigration to New Mexico has slowed but that the state still has more people coming here than leaving. In 2012, there were 746 inbound trips, compared with 646 exits, and there have been more inbound trips to New Mexico every year in the past decade. But the largest difference was in 2004, when the state saw 536 more inbound trips than exits.
The top-five inbound states of 2012 were:
1. District of Columbia
2. Oregon
3. Nevada
4. North Carolina
5. South Carolina
To see the information, visit www.atlasvanlines.com/migration-patterns/pdf/2012_Migration_Patterns.pdf.
Ashley Leach, an economist with the state Department of Workforce Solutions, has put together an analysis of the top occupational growth areas by education level expected in New Mexico between now and 2020.
“As students and job seekers assess the types of work they are interested in, they can begin to match their interests with occupations. There are also times, however, when a job seeker is not currently expanding his/her educational level, and is looking for work. Knowing which occupations provide the greatest employment opportunities for their specific skill level can help in guiding them to some positions that may be a best bet for employment,” she writes.
For those with less than a high-school degree, the job of health care aide will see the most growth as the demand will swell more than 50 percent as baby boomers age. The average wage is about $20,000 a year. For those with a high-school degree, jobs related to heavy machinery and truck drivers will see 20 percent growth with wages reaching $39,000.
For those with more education, the teaching fields will remain a stable source of jobs as well as physical therapy, where salaries can reach $70,000 a year, according to the analysis.
The report is available at the DWS website, http://164.64.37.28/Portals/0/DM/LMI/lmrnov12.pdf. Contact Bruce Krasnow at brucek@sfnewmexican.com.
by Ruth Mantel
(MCT)—Sales of existing homes ticked down in December from the month before, while the total for 2012 hit the highest level in five years, according to data released Tuesday by the National Association of REALTORS®.
The pace of sales fell 1 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million, according to NAR. For all of 2012, existing-home sales hit 4.65 million, the highest level since 2007 and up 9.2 percent from 2011.
“Record-low mortgage interest rates clearly are helping many home buyers, but tight inventory and restrictive mortgage underwriting standards are limiting sales,” says Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist.
The rate in November was revised to 4.99 million from an earlier estimate of 5.04 million, which was the highest rate since November 2009. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a rate of 5.1 million for December, with buyers eager to take advantage of relatively high affordability in a housing market that is gaining steam.
Buyers’ concerns about the “fiscal cliff” may be at least partially behind December’s sales decline, wrote Millan Mulraine, macro strategist at TD Securities, in a research note.
“Given this, we anticipate that sales activity could rebound in January following the tax deal, given the very supportive buying conditions and the increasing incentive for first-time buyers (who are currently sitting on the fence) to slowly move into the market as prices begin to firm,” Mulraine wrote.
By region, it was a mixed bag. December’s existing-home sales fell by 5.9 percent in the Midwest and by 3 percent in the South, compared with the prior month; sales rose by 5.1 percent in the West and by 3.2 percent in the Northeast.
Sales in each of the four regions were up from same period in the prior year.
Despite the decline in December, existing-home sales are up 12.8 percent from the same period in the prior year. The median existing-home price rose 11.5 percent from the prior year to $180,800.
Inventories fell 8.5 percent to 1.82 million units in December, representing at the current sales rate a 4.4-month supply, the lowest supply ratio since 2005. It’s typical for inventories to decline in winter. But Yun warns that persistently low inventory could lead to too much price growth in 2013.
“We don’t want to see a rapid appreciation in prices,” he says.
Meanwhile, the median price reached $176,600 in 2012, up 6.3 percent from the prior year for the highest annual growth since 2005.
Other recent housing data have also shown a market gaining strength but still has far to go.
A report on home-builder sentiment showed that confidence is holding at a more-than-six-year peak. Separately, a report showed that new home construction jumped 12 percent in December to the highest rate in more than four years, rushing past Wall Street’s expectations.
©2013 MarketWatch
Distributed by MCT Information Services [2]
by Ruth Mantel
(MCT)—Sales of existing homes ticked down in December from the month before, while the total for 2012 hit the highest level in five years, according to data released Tuesday by the National Association of REALTORS®.
The pace of sales fell 1 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million, according to NAR. For all of 2012, existing-home sales hit 4.65 million, the highest level since 2007 and up 9.2 percent from 2011.
“Record-low mortgage interest rates clearly are helping many home buyers, but tight inventory and restrictive mortgage underwriting standards are limiting sales,” says Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist.
The rate in November was revised to 4.99 million from an earlier estimate of 5.04 million, which was the highest rate since November 2009. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a rate of 5.1 million for December, with buyers eager to take advantage of relatively high affordability in a housing market that is gaining steam.
Buyers’ concerns about the “fiscal cliff” may be at least partially behind December’s sales decline, wrote Millan Mulraine, macro strategist at TD Securities, in a research note.
“Given this, we anticipate that sales activity could rebound in January following the tax deal, given the very supportive buying conditions and the increasing incentive for first-time buyers (who are currently sitting on the fence) to slowly move into the market as prices begin to firm,” Mulraine wrote.
By region, it was a mixed bag. December’s existing-home sales fell by 5.9 percent in the Midwest and by 3 percent in the South, compared with the prior month; sales rose by 5.1 percent in the West and by 3.2 percent in the Northeast.
Sales in each of the four regions were up from same period in the prior year.
Despite the decline in December, existing-home sales are up 12.8 percent from the same period in the prior year. The median existing-home price rose 11.5 percent from the prior year to $180,800.
Inventories fell 8.5 percent to 1.82 million units in December, representing at the current sales rate a 4.4-month supply, the lowest supply ratio since 2005. It’s typical for inventories to decline in winter. But Yun warns that persistently low inventory could lead to too much price growth in 2013.
“We don’t want to see a rapid appreciation in prices,” he says.
Meanwhile, the median price reached $176,600 in 2012, up 6.3 percent from the prior year for the highest annual growth since 2005.
Other recent housing data have also shown a market gaining strength but still has far to go.
A report on home-builder sentiment showed that confidence is holding at a more-than-six-year peak. Separately, a report showed that new home construction jumped 12 percent in December to the highest rate in more than four years, rushing past Wall Street’s expectations.
©2013 MarketWatch
Distributed by MCT Information Services [2]
Two mysteries surround the spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel: the identity of its builder and the physics of its construction.
When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel.
Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters’ prayers.
The stairway’s carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today.
The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway’s construction.
Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase. The staircase has been the subject of many articles, TV specials, and movies including “Unsolved Mysteries” and the television movie titled “The Staircase.”
