March 31: Roxanne Swentzell's Tower Gallery

Contemporary Pueblo art that speaks to the heart

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Roxanne Swentzell’s Tower Gallery, located in Pojoaque (about 15 minutes north of Santa Fe) needs to go on your must-see list!

Swentzell is an artist and visionary based in Kha’p’o Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo). Her Tower Gallery features her work, and occasionally that of other artists as well. The building itself is gorgeous—it can be seen as you’re driving by on Highway 285, the main road between Santa Fe and Española. Swentzell and her family hand-built the tower in the 1990s, and it was finished and ready to open in 2006.

As a child, Swentzell had a speech impediment that affected her ability to communicate with words. So she found another way to convey her emotions: clay. You’ll feel the rich emotional content that comes through her work when you view her sculptures, which are overflowing with heart, with wisdom, with sorrow, with humor. If you visit, make sure to head down to the basement and watch the video that documents Roxanne’s life and journey as an artist.

Wish you were here!

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