Santeros, Sculptors & Friends

San Luis residents, Santero, Carlos Atencio and Sculptor, Huberto Maestas with Ruben and an Eppie Archuleta weaving at the San Luis Museum and Cultural Center in San Luis, Colorado during Archuleta's Photo and sculpture exhibit in 2003.   Huberto is known for his life-size bronze sculptures of The Stations of The Cross leading to the San  Luis Chapel at the top of the hill.

Santera, Catherine Robles-Shaw works on a retablo while Ruben sculpts a San Jose during the"Treasures of the San Luis Valley" exhibit at the Great Soutwest Gallery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2005

Archuleta's sculpture work and books at the Denver Botanic Gardens.  Eppie Archuleta and her weavings are in the background.  Both artists were featured as special guests to the 2005 Chile Harvest Festival sponsored by the Denver Botanic Gardens and the Chicano Humanities and Art Council of Denver, Colorado.

Several noted Santeros and Santeras from Colorado and New Mexico participated in the "Santeros Y Santeras Expanding Traditions" exhibit at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado, Spring 2005.  Some of the participants included Ruben Archuleta, Charlie Carrillo, Marie Romero-Cash, Jose Raul Esquibel, Martha Ewing, Nicholas Herrera, Sylvia Martinez-Joh nson, Nicholas Otero, Carlos Santistevan, Catherine Robles-Shaw, Roxanne Shaw, Jerry Vigil and Agustin Randy Vigil.

Santera, Clare Villa and Ruben with his St. Francis and Our Lady of Guadalupe that Clare had on display at the gallery located at the El Convento de Espanola, Espanola, New Mexico.  Clare's artwork, which can be seen in the background, is on display throughout New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, including the permanent collection at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

Charlie Carrillo, renowned New Mexico artist and scholar and Paul Rhetts, author and publisher of Tradicion Revista with Archuleta during the 2005 New Mexico Book Co-op at the Albuquerque Cottonwood Mall.

World renowned weaver, Eppie Archuleta with Chris Jones, proprieter of the Great Southwest Callery in Colorado Springs, Colorado stand between Ruben Archuleta's Carreta de la Muerte and St. Francis of Assisi.

Ruben and Roger Willie at Fort Lewis College.   The Center for Southwest Studies and El Centro of Ft. Lewis sponsored a Penitente presentation and book signing by Ruben in Durango, Colorado on November 2, 2005.  The Center has Archuleta's Penitente photos on permanent exhibit and is available to other institutions for exhibition. Roger Willie starred in "Wind Talkers" with Nicholas Cage, Adam Beach and Christian Slater.  He received his Master's Degree from  The University of Arizona and is an advocate for youth, his Navajo culture and language.

Ruben with a crucifix he sculpted and donated to the Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico Morada (Penitente place of worship), summer of 2005. Hermanos (Brothers) Leo and Ralph are pictured here with Archuleta.

Noted author and scholar Thomas Chavez speaking with Archuleta during the national Genealogical Society of Hispanic America conference in Albuquerque, 2006.  Dr. Chavez is the nephew of renowned author Fray Angelico Chavez who is the namesake of the Fray Angelico Chavez Chapter of the genealogical society in Pueblo, Colorado. (photo by Chuck Lobato-Draper, Utah)

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