[nativestudies-l] 4/17: NEW MEXICAN SANTOS: CHARLES M. CARRILLO

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

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New Mexican Santos: The Devotions of the Colonial Frontier of New Spain
 
**Charles M. Carrillo
 
April 17, 5PM
102 Linsly-Chittenden Hall
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*On Thursday, April 17, the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of 
Frontiers and Borders will present a talk by Charles M. Carrillo, 
award-winning artist and scholar of the history and cultural heritage of 
New Mexico. The lecture will take place at 5:00 pm in 102 
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (63 High Street).
 
Carrillo is a santero, a carver and painter of sacred images. His work 
is in the permanent collections of many museums, including the 
Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., the Museum 
of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, and the Denver Museum of Art. The 
National Endowment for the Arts named him as a National Heritage Fellow 
in 2006 and noted that he is recognized not only as the primary 
authority on this subject but also as the most accomplished artist 
practicing in this regional tradition. His honors include the Lifetime 
Achievement Award at the Spanish Market and the Museum of International 
Folk Art Hispanic Heritage Award.  Carrillo, who earned his Ph.D. in 
anthropology from the University of New Mexico, has also lectured widely 
and is currently an adjunct professor in that university?s Religious 
Studies Program. Carrillo is the author of /Hispanic New Mexican 
Pottery/ (1996), /A Tapestry of Kinship/ (co-authored with José Antonio 
Esquibel in 2004), and /Saints of the Pueblos/ (2004).
 
**The talk, entitled ?New Mexican Santos: The Devotions of the Colonial 
Frontier of New Spain.? is the first Kinney/Tesoro Lecture in the 
History and Culture of the American West, a new series presented by the 
Lamar Center and supported by the generosity of Jeremy Kinney, Yale 
Class of 1968, and his wife, Holly Arnold Kinney, daughter of the late 
Samuel Arnold (Yale ?49) and Executive Director of the Tesoro Foundation 
in Denver, Colorado.
 
In addition to lecturing on this New Mexican artistic tradition, 
Carrillo will present some examples of his santos. The talk is free and 
open to the public. For more information,  please call 432-2328 or by 
email at lamar.center at yale.edu.
 
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