Carmella Padilla

CARMELLA PADILLA is a journalist, author, and editor who explores intersections in art, culture, and history. She has published extensively, including in The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Latina, and American Craft. Recent books include A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World, The Work of Art: Folk Artists in the 21st Century, El Rancho de las Golondrinas: Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley, and The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest. A nineteenth-generation native Santa Fean, she is a recipient of the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

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El Rancho de las Golondrinas:  Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley: Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley By Carmella Padilla, Parsons Jack (By (photographer)), Jack Parsons (By (photographer)) Cover Image
By Carmella Padilla, Parsons Jack (By (photographer)), Jack Parsons (By (photographer))
$39.95
ISBN: 9780890135532
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Published: Museum of New Mexico Press - May 16th, 2009

The Chile Chronicles:  Tales of a New Mexico Harvest: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest By Carmella Padilla, Parsons Jack (By (photographer)), Jack Parsons (By (photographer)) Cover Image
By Carmella Padilla, Parsons Jack (By (photographer)), Jack Parsons (By (photographer))
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ISBN: 9780890133507
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Museum of New Mexico Press - August 1st, 1997

Conexiones: Connections in Spanish Colonial Art By Carmella Padilla, Pierce Donna, Donna Pierce Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9780971910300
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Published: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art - July 17th, 2002