SOUTHWEST SEMINARS PRESENTS
MAY VOICES 2025

ADORATION BEAR BY BRYSON BOBELU: COURTESY KESHI: THE ZUNI CONECTION

 MONDAY NIGHTS AT 6 PM AT HOTEL SANTA FE
LECTURES 50 MONDAYS A YEAR

A PUBLIC PROGRAM GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED BY HOTEL SANTA FE, A PICURIS PUEBLO ENTERPRISE

May 5 Dr. Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
Forest Archaeologist, Coconino National Forest, U.S. Forest Service; formerly, Pueblo Grande Museum and Museum of Northern Arizona. Specialty: Sinagua culture, central and northern Arizona prehistory, rock art, ceramics, and public archaeology; Co-author, (w/K.Zoll), The Crane Site and V-Bar-V Ranch; and (w/Jeanne Sevens), The Legacy of New Deal Programs to the Archaeology of Northern Arizona, authored 50 publications and presented 70+ papers. Advisor,
National Park Service, State of Arizona and Brazilian Institute for Cultural Heritage. Instructor in archaeology for Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, rock art conservation for American Rock Art Research Association and J. Paul Getty Conservation Institute; Member, Board of Trustees, Museum of Northern Arizona.
People at the Foot of the Red Rocks: Kinyuriki of the Wiupukpaia

May 12 Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo)
Two-Dimensional and Native Comics Artist; 2007 Ronald and Susan Dubin Fellow, School for Advanced Research (SAR); Exhibitions: Comic Art Indigene, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); Native Pop!, New Mexico Museum of Art; Native Art Now, Nordamerika Native Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; Artist’s Choice and Best of Classification Award, Southwestern  Association of American Indian Arts (SWAIA) Santa Fe Indian Market.
Tewa and the Arts

May 19 Dr. Thomas E. Chavez
Independent researcher, consultant, and historian; Research Associate, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico; Former Executive Director, National Hispanic Culture Center; Former Director, Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico; Honorary Member, Spanish Royal Academy of History; Author, nine books, numerous book reviews, articles, and columnist for The Santa Fe New Mexican. Assisted New Mexico Museum of Spanish Colonial Art in beginning an endowment fund; Consultant, University of New Mexico Press and New Mexico Women’s Forum. Current research, Benjamin Franklin and Spain.                          American Revolutionary Diplomacy

May 26 Deborah C. Slaney
Curator of History, Albuquerque Museum; recipient Albuquerque History Accolade, Albuquerque Historical Society for outstanding service and lifelong contributions to research and better understanding of Albuquerque history; Author, Wonders of the Weavers; Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerque’s Alvarado Hotel, and Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque. Curator of numerous museum exhibits, including ‘Zuni Fetish Carvers: The Mid-Century Masters, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Leekyuse: Zuni Family of Fetish Carvers

$20 AT THE DOOR – OR – $75 FOR THE SERIES OF 4 LECTURES