Art - History - Culture

Taos has Culture!

If you are looking for culture: 
 
Look in the Tempo at ( www.taosnews.com ) for arts, entertainment, nightlife and cultural events. 
 
Look to the EarthShips ( www.earthship.com ) for our environmental architecture. 
 
Look to our Historic Churches for catholic culture.
 
Look to the Hanuman Temple for hindu culture.
 
There are also various repositories of Spanish and Taos Pueblo Indian Culture 
 
Hippy Culture at Lama Foundation (www.lamafoundation.com) , New Buffalo ( 575-776-2015 ) for more about Taos Hippy Culture visit www.pahedragreenwood.com. 
 
For Theater, checkout the Taos Community Auditorium ( taoscenterforthearts.org ) , and Wise Fool at the Penasco Theater.

Taos has Art:  Fine Art , Folk Art , Commercial Art!

Fine Art at the Harwood Museum (www.harwoodmuseum.org) and Fechin Museum (www.taosartmuseum.org ), For website with all the Museums click go to http://taosmuseums.org/.
 
 
Folk Art the Millecent Rogers Museum ( www.millicentrogers.org)
 
Commercial Art and Crafts around the Downtown Plaza and in the Downtown Galleries.
 
 
 For more information on these topics you can visit the Taos News Visitor Guide  http://www.taosnews.com/taos_area_guides/
 
Note: It is well worth looking at both the winter and summer guide regardless of the season.

 

Taos has History

If you enjoy discovering the local  History  ( click History )     there is the Taos Pueblo, Spanish History, Art History, Hippy History.
 
 
A First Nation People, Taos Pueblo village was established almost 1,000 years ago .  Four hundred years of spanish influence, as seen in adobe building and acequias system, to name two of the host influences presented to the public.  Also are the anglo influences, especially the artistic influences charactaristic of the newcomers in the 1920's and 1950's and the hippy influences charactaristic of the newcomers in the 1960's and 1970's  -  for more click here History
 
 For more information on these topics you can visit the Taos News Visitor Guide  http://www.taosnews.com/taos_area_guides/
 

Note: It is well worth looking at both the winter and summer guide regardless of the season.

 

 

 

 

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