The State Museum of Pennsylvania honored some of the best artists from across the commonwealth, with artists both seasoned and emerging joining forces to create a tour de force. The power of art is such that it can transform a mere viewer to a full in participant. There is art that speaks in a whisper, art that leaves us thunderstruck, and art that bowls us over with a feather.
James Evangelista's "The Laws Must Change" is a close up of a child's face peering through a wire fence. No work is more charged politically or fraught emotionally as one imagines a child separated from their family and their freedom. This photo speaks a thousand words without uttering a sound.
by Bob MacGinnes - Greater Harrisburg Community Magazine
Taos Pueblo has been inhabited for at least a thousand years. The adobe architecture seems to spring, organic, from the earth at the foot of Taos Mountain. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site, but a living community, not a museum.
A small stream runs through the heart of the Pueblo, known as Red Willow Creek or Rio Pueblo de Taos. The stream begins high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, at the tribe’s sacred lake, Blue Lake. A traditional belief among the Taos Pueblo people is that their ancestors originated from the waters of this lake and they refer to themselves as the Red Willow People. The creek flows gently through the Pueblo. It provides the water essential for life here: drinking, cooking, bathing and for religious activities. Even in the depths of winter, which is harsh at this height above sea level, it never completely freezes.
We set out on Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Annual "Art of the State"
A feast for the eyes and the emotions; winners announced.
