John Garrett
Visual Artist
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators.

Diana Ingalls Leyba
Major Contributor to the Arts
Born in Georgetown Guyana and raised in Philadelphia PA, Ingalls Leyba relocated to Silver City, NM in 1996 where she opened Leyba & Ingalls Arts Supplies & Gallery, providing an artistic hub for the community.

Arlo Namingha (Tewa/Hopi)
Visual Artist
Arlo Namingha is from the Tewa/Hopi tribe, and the eldest son of internationally known artist Dan Namingha. He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico.

Pamela Shirinne Smith
Book Arts
Pamela Shirinne Smith is a longtime resident of Abiquiu, New Mexico, where she has actively dedicated herself to the arts of the handmade book and earned an international reputation as an artisan of the ancient craft of marbling paper decoration and desig

Jock Soto (Navajo)
Dancer
Jock Soto was born on the Navajo Indian reservation in 1965, to a Navajo mother and a Puerto Rican father, and raised in a time and place where ballet dancing for boys was virtually unheard of.

Ellen & Robert Vladem
Major Contributors to the Arts
Robert "Bob" Vladem is a private investor. Ellen Vladem is a retired Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse.