Itinerary
January Interim
This is a sampling of items, activities, and
places on the itinerary for the time in New Mexico.
»» Orientation
»» Albuquerque, NM
»» Laguna Pueblo
»» Taos, NM
»» Holy Trinity Catholic Church
»» Reading Day(s)
»» Santa Fe Museums
»» Taos Artists’ Studios
»» Bandelier National Monument
»» Taos Pueblo
»» Rio Grande Gorge Hike
»» Christian Family Assembly of God
»» Taos High Road, Sanctuario de Chimayo
»» Carson, NM
»» Santa Fe Galleries & Museums
»» Church Services
»» Class Choice Activity/Visit
»» Free Time
»» Journals & Sketchbooks
»» Presentations
»» CCE Reflection Paper
Readings from...
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Bless Me Última by Rudolfo Anaya
"Little Miracles, Kept Promises" by Sandra Cisneros
"Yo Soy Joaquín" by Rodolfo Gonzáles
...and more.
This course meets during January Interim
in and around Taos, New Mexico.
The course fee is approximately $2,200.
Cross-cultural engagement credit.
Contact
Linda Naranjo-Huebl
Professor, Department of English
ln22@calvin.edu
616-526-8682
http://www.calvin.edu/off-campus
Arts & Literature Interim
Experience Art and Literature Like Never Before
ART Literature
S
ome historians estimate that people have been living
in the Taos area since 3000 B.C. Taos Pueblo is the
oldest continuously inhabited dwelling in the U.S., and the
Taos Indians have preserved their culture, language, and
spirituality over the centuries.
In the late sixteenth century, Europeans came into the area
as part of the Spanish conquests, meeting resistance by the
Pueblo Indians.
Anglos came into the area with U.S. westward expansion
in the nineteenth century, and in the early twentieth
century, some Anglo artists found Taos an ideal place to
pursue their art, encouraging others to join them. Their art
tradition grew alongside the established art traditions of the
Native Americans and Latinos/as. The art of these cultures
History
CULTURE LANDSCAPES
has combined to make Taos an international art center.
As Taos grew as an artist colony, writers such as Willa
Cather and D.H. Lawrence found the area an excellent
environment to pursue their work. Their voices joined the
long established storytelling traditions of the Pueblos and
the Latinos/as.
With the breathtaking Sangre de Cristo mountain range
on one side and the beauty of the Rio Grande gorge on the
other, Taos is a place of extraordinary natural and artistic
beauty.
The literature and art of the American southwest are
inextricably tied to the history, culture, and landscape of
the area. Come learn of the richness and diversity of the
arts in and around Taos, New Mexico, by visiting the places
that form the basis of the literature and art developed here,
by attending local churches and community activities,
by hearing the stories told by expert storytellers, and
by interacting with people from each of these cultures.
Native American, Spanish Colonial, Mexican American,
and Western art and stories of the past and present will be
explored.
We will visit various archaeological, historical, religious,
and geographical sites, Pueblo Indian reservations,
historic churches and haciendas, artists’ and writers’
studios and homes, museums (including the Millicent
Rogers, Georgia O’Keeffe, Harwood, and Van Vechten
museums), and local events, such as art shows and
presentations of the local literary society.