Since its inception in 1989, as the only independent Native women’s non-profit organization, Tewa Women United provides advocacy and prevention services to women and youth in the community. In this show, Executive Director, Dr. Corrine Sanchez speaks to healing, relation in action, releasing trauma, and how we end violence against women, girls, and Mother Earth.

Since 1957, the Santa Fe Opera has drawn people from around the world to its adobe theater that overlooks the high desert landscape in northern New Mexico. This season at the Santa Fe Opera visitors can experience Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, M. Butterfly, and the apprentice scenes. We hear from Tim Hill, the Director of Marketing, about the unique apprenticeship opportunities at the Santa Fe Opera, intricacies of planning seasons, and the 2022 season.

Dr. Philip Gonzales is a doctor in sociology at the University of New Mexico. Dr Gonzales’s work explores ethnic identities and politics that were experienced by Mexican descendants after 1848. Dr. Gonzales also explores what it means to be a “cultural citizen”, and how Nuevomexicanos expressed their ethnic identity post WWI.

Roanna, or Rowie, Shebala is a Native American of the Dine (Navajo Tribe) and Shiwi (Zuni Tribe) writer, poet and performer. Shebala shares her intentionality in bringing native voices in spaces where they are not always heard. Shebala also reflects on her writing processes and the place of performance in her work.

Anakeala Trujillo is a musician. In 2021, she put together an EP of 7 songs. Isabella O’Donnell Silfverberg is also a performing artist and an active community member. She is part of True Kids One and has participated in many events, leading conversations with local political figures.

In this conversation, we reflect on places available for youth to create and gather. We interrogate the role of performing arts in developing one’s confidence and ability to meaningfully contribute to its circles.

Rupert Boyd and Laura Metcalf are partners in life and music as a dynamic guitar and cello duo. The couple arrange much of their repertoire themselves, drawing inspiration from artists across all genres. Boyd and Metcalf share their eclectic mix of musical arrangements from Debussy and Bach to Radiohead and Beyoncé in this episode recorded after a rehearsal for their recent performance in Taos.

Three artists, Sarah Parker, a printmaker and digital artist, Jack Lorang, a musician, and Jai Knight, an interdisciplinary artist, reflect on the recent creation of The Lost Sunshine Cinema Collective. They share insights on the nature of the collective and the potential for collaboration and connection through art.

Revolt Gallery’s owner and founder, Steve McFarland, shares his insights on creating a space for new artistic voices in Taos. Since 2017, Revolt Gallery has become a place where a diversity of artists present their work - a place for community that is rooted in art.

Leo Vicenti is an enrolled member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, who identifies creatively as a human, an artist, educator and visual communication designer. In this conversation, he reflects on his knowledge and work surrounding design.

David Fernandez de Taos is a writer and a participant in the spiritual, cultural, historical, and political aspects of life in Taos and beyond. As a Native Taos New Mexican, with both Spanish and Navajo family heritage, he is interested in the advancement of the spiritual and conciliation among the cultures and peoples of the Northern Rio Grande region and beyond.