Under the Palace Portal

Native American Artists in Santa Fe

Karl A. Hoeig

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University of New Mexico Press
30 September 2003

Folk art; Indigenous peoples

The daily Native American art market at the Palace of the Governors is Santa Fe, New Mexico's most popular tourist attraction. Known as the Portal Program for its location under the front portal, or porch, of the Palace, the program is descended from informal markets held in the same location since the mid-nineteenth century. Officially recognised as an educational program by the Museum of New Mexico, the Portal is reserved for Native artists who display and sell work they and members of their families have made. It is more than just a good place to sell authentic indigenous art. The Portal is a Native American-controlled workplace that supports hundreds of families throughout New Mexico. As a museum program, it is an instructive example of how Native people and state institutions can work together to promote understanding and to support indigenous cultures. The Portal is also a place of dynamic interaction among a diverse group of Native American artists and visitors from around the world.

Karl Hoerig has worked collaboratively with the program's participants since 1995. Utilising extensive interview extracts, this history and ethnography explores the Portal from the inside out.

By: Karl A. Hoeig
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 588g
ISBN: 9780826329103
ISBN 10: 0826329101
Pages: 263
Publication Date: 30 September 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karl A. Hoerig holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Arizona. He is the director of Nohwike' Bagowa, the White Mountain Apache Cultural Center and Museum at Fort Apache, Arizona.

Reviews for Under the Palace Portal: Native American Artists in Santa Fe

Refreshingly readable, insightfully argued, and well-researched, Karl Hoerig's Under the Palace Portal: Native American Artists in Santa Fe offers an in-depth look at one of Santa Fe's most important tourist attractions, the Portal Program. . . . Hoerig has provided more than just a fine history of a local phenomenon; he has described a program that could serve as a model for Native artists across the country. This book is notably important in that it chronicles the artists' memories. Hoerig does this in a manner that honors the participants as multidimensional human beings, whose struggles are made evident to the reader. [Hoerig] dispels any sterotypical notion of the artist as a traditionalistic creator. . . . Ultimately, we gain an understanding of the complex human life and artistic talent that is testament to the dynamic energy of the Portal Program. Under the Palace Portal approaches the widely studied subject of tourism in the Southwest from a different perspective by giving voice to native artists. Hoerig's study shows that the view is quite different looking out from the palace portal.