New Mexico’s First Art Colony & the Taos Moderns

The scourge of tuberculosis during the latter part of the 19th century brought many creative people chasing the cure to Santa Fe. Further north a flat tire resulted in the first art colony in Taos, New Mexico in 1898. Years later this art movement became the Taos modernists which helped to define abstract art in this country.

Join Ana Pacheco, the former Santa Fe City Historian (2015 to 2017), for her monthly presentations as she delves into four centuries of Santa Fe history. Through her thirty-three years as a writer and historian Pacheco has created books, articles, blogs, videos, and five-star walking tours of her beloved hometown. In the last three decades she has pieced together the puzzle that makes Santa Fe the most historically significant city in the U. S. Learn more about Ana Pacheco and History in Santa Fe at historyinsantafe.com.

This program is made possible by the support from Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library. Visit santafelibraryfriends.org to learn more.

For disabilities or translation accommodations please email library@santafenm.gov or call 505-955-6781.