Employee Spotlight: Lily Cordova
We’re pleased to introduce to you our littlest team member with the biggest personality: Lily Cordova. Lily, born on June 9, 1997 in Albuquerque, NM, joined the Palms family on June 8, 2016. She is currently a full-time student at the University... Read more
Carved Stone Fetishes and Their Meanings
Native American fetishes are hand-carved objects, believed to represent the spirits of animals or the forces of nature. For thousands of years, Native Americans have used fetishes in an effort to master the arbitrary and unpredictable forces beyond their... Read more
Mata Ortiz Pottery
Casas Grandes (Paquime/Mata Ortiz) is a prehistoric archaeological ruin in Chihuahua, Mexico, whose pottery tradition was revived by well-known ceramic artist Juan Quezada. In the early 1970’s, a Mexican railroad worker named Juan Quezada... Read more
Artist Spotlight: Myron Sarracino
It is our pleasure to introduce to you one of the most prolific contemporary potters from Laguna Pueblo, our friend, Myron Sarracino. Born January 8, 1967, Laguna Pueblo potter Myron Sarracino began creating hand-coiled, traditional pottery... Read more