Discover the wealth of imagination invested in New Mexico by women of Timeless Talent. Travel the New Mexico Women’s Cultural Corridor through Belen, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Abiquiu and Taos in search of Judy Chicago, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Agnes Martin, Maria Martinez, Georgia O’Keeffe and Millicent Rogers.

The New Mexico Women’s Cultural Corridor is presented by Through the Flower. Through the Flower is dedicated to fostering the understanding of feminist art. We do this by documenting, preserving, exhibiting and sharing the studio teaching methods of pioneer feminist artist Judy Chicago and the art archive of her work owned by Through the Flower. We stand for the values expressed in her art: cooperation, recognition, creativity, empathy and diversity.



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Women's Cultural Corridor Brochure (PDF 87K)

BELEN

Through the Flower
Through the Flower is located in the historic railyard district of Belen. Researchers can view works drawn from Judy Chicago’s participatory art projects: The Dinner Party, Birth Project, Holocaust Project, Resolutions: A Stitch in Time, and the International Quilting Bee. Videos and DVDs about the projects and Chicago’s teaching methods may be viewed. Call for details on these and other Belen research opportunities by Through the Flower.

Open to researchers Monday through Thursday, call for appointment.
107 Becker Avenue, Belen, NM 87002
(505) 864-4080
www.throughtheflower.org

TOME / LOS LUNAS

University of New Mexico Valencia Campus Library
Through the Flower’s library of over 1000 books by and about women and women’s achievements was presented in 1996 to the UNM/Valencia Campus Library where it is housed in its own area. Contributions to the collection are ongoing.

Open Monday through Friday, or based on academic calendar, please call first.
280 La Entrada Road, Los Lunas, NM 87031
(505) 925-8990
www.unm.edu/~unmvclib

ALBUQUERQUE

Judy Chicago’s Birth Project at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
Visitors can make an appointment to see the largest and most representative collection of Birth Project works held by any institution. These twelve exhibition units are a gift by Through the Flower and are made available by advance arrangement.

The museum is closed Mondays and city holidays. Admission fee.
2000 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 243-7255
www.cabq.gov/museum

SANTA FE

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the most important artists of the 20th Century. She dismissed the idea that her work possessed a feminine sensibility, but women artists have found her imagery a source of both affirmation and inspiration. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum collection of over 930 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings and sculpture is the largest in the world.

Please check the museum website or call for operating hours and admission prices.
217 Johnson Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 946-1000
www.okeeffemuseum.org

ABIQUIU

Georgia O’Keeffe Home and Studio
Tours of Georgia O’Keeffe’s home and studio in Abiquiu are conducted on a limited basis by the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation.

Please check the website for information. Admission fee.
P.O. Box 40, Abiquiu, NM 87510
(505) 685-4539
www.abiquiuinn.com/areaattractions.htm

TAOS

Mabel Dodge Luhan House
Mabel Ganson Dodge (1879 – 1962), a married heiress from Buffalo, NY, held a salon for important left-wing intellectuals and activists in her Manhattan home. She went to Taos in 1916 and later married Native American Tony Luhan. They built a 22-room house as an artist colony and salon to attract visitors such as Georgia O’Keefe, D.H. Lawrence, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin, Willa Cather, Mary Austin and Jean Toomer. Dodge Luhan’s four-volume autobiography details her life as a cultural activist. Now a bed and breakfast, the house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

240 Morada Lane, Taos, NM 87571
(505) 751-9686
www.mabeldodgeluhan.com

Millicent Rogers Museum including the Maria Martinez Family Collection
Millicent Rogers (1902 - 1953) was the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist. She moved to Taos in 1947 and used her social standing to lobby for the protection of Native American cultural heritage. A great beauty and talented jewelry designer, she was also an art patron and collector. The Millicent Rogers Museum, in a renovated historic residence, exhibits Native American jewelry, ceramics, painting and weaving; Hispanic textiles, metalwork and sculpture; and contemporary Southwestern art.

In 1984, the museum acquired the most important public collection in the United States of pottery by Maria Martinez. The Martinez - Da Family contributed many photographs, documents and memorabilia as well.

Open daily April – October; closed on Mondays, November - March. Closed major holidays. Admission fee.
1504 Millicent Rogers Road in Taos, NM 87571
(505) 758-2462
www.millicentrogers.org

Agnes Martin Gallery
The University of New Mexico Harwood Foundation Museum
Agnes Martin (1912 – 2004) was born in Canada and became a US citizen in 1950. She moved to New Mexico in 1954, leaving in 1957 to establish herself as an artist in New York. In 1967, she returned to New Mexico and continued to paint her distinctive and internationally recognized minimalist canvases. The University of New Mexico Harwood Museum of Art has a gallery housing a permanent collection of seven Agnes Martin paintings.

Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission fee.
238 Ledoux Street, Taos, NM 87571
(505) 758-9826
www.harwoodmuseum.org