The Wisdom Archive

03/16/2022

Thank you Friends of History First Wednesday Lecture series from the New Mexico History Museum for featuring The Wisdom Archive.
You can watch the interview below and see clips from three of our videos capturing New Mexico traditions including:
• Los Comanches de la Serna
• La Huerta de Don Bustos
• The Last Shepherds

03/02/2022

Thank you Friends of History First Wednesday Lecture series from the New Mexico History Museum for featuring The Wisdom Archive.
You can watch the interview below and see clips from three of our videos capturing New Mexico traditions including:
• Los Comanches de la Serna
• La Huerta de Don Bustos
• The Last Shepherds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39bO6j1DOQ0

01/04/2022

Straw applique artistry from three generations of artists: Diana Moya-Lujan from Santa Fe, New Mexico, her daughter Lenise Martinez and granddaughter Hannah Lujan y Davis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReL2AexEj-Y

12/06/2021

A new video! How to make and Paint with Natural Pigments featuring Master Santero and Teacher Juanito Jimenez"

Juanito Jimenez has been painting Santos with pigment paints he made himself from naturally occurring clays for more than forty years. In this video he teac...

10/15/2021

In honor of National Dessert Day, here is a wonderful Wisdom Archive video featuring Natividad Manzanares making biscochitos

Natividad Manzanares is known for making the best Bizcochitos in Northern New Mexico. The humble Bizcochito cookie has traditionally been made for Christmas...

08/10/2021

Don Marcos Gallego has been in the Panela (traditional Colombian sugar) business all his life. In this short film he takes us on a tour of his "trapiche", (a water driven sugar mill) now run by his son Iván.

See the entire process from cutting down the sugar canes, through the milling process till they come out of their mold as raw sugar.

Don Marcos Gallego has been in the Panela (traditional Colombian sugar) business all his life. In this short film he visits his "trapiche", (a water driven...

07/09/2021

Don Bustos and Camila Trujillo of Santa Cruz Farm & Greenhouses make the "Perfect" chile ristra while fondly remembering its importance in Northern New Mexico and their lives.

Don Bustos and Camila Trujillo of Santa Cruz Farm make the "Perfect" chile ristra while fondly remembering its importance in Northern New Mexico and their li...

05/05/2021

As John Muir said, "Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”

Wonderful to see Don Bustos bringing Santa Cruz Farm & Greenhouses to life!