Denver Artists Embrace the Spiritual in New CHAC Show
In the 1700s, artists in northern New Mexico began carving wooden saints or santos, along with a wide variety of other subjects from their Catholic faith. These icons represent the oldest non-Indigenous folk-art tradition in America: By the time the United States formed, artisans within the Spanish Empire had been creating santos in the Southwest for decades…
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In the 1700s, artists in northern New Mexico began carving wooden saints or santos, along with a wide variety of other subjects from their Catholic faith. These icons represent the oldest non-Indigenous folk-art tradition in America: By the time the United States formed, artisans within the Spanish Empire had been creating santos in the Southwest for decades… 
