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The American Southwest: The Power of Place - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Location Santa Fe, New Mexico, with excursions to Dixon, Chimayo and Abiquiú Dates September 23–29 (6 nights) Works Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose; Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico landscapes; background readings to be provided Program Description Discover the power landscape has on how its inhabitants live, think and see the world in Santa Fe, America’s oldest capital city: a city whose beautiful, brown adobe architecture blends with the high desert terrain and whose great art and culinary tradition are recognized world-wide. We will discuss the epic novel, Angle of Repose, in which Wallace Stegner exposed the myth of America’s West as a land of golden opportunity and fearless cowboys. The landscape becomes a character in its own right, deserving of fear and respect, and forcing its will on the people who carve their homes out of its resistant rock and soil. One morning we will visit Stan and Rosemary Crawford, founders of the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market and garlic farmers, at their home in rural Dixon. They will tell us about how their environment colours their lives, including how their neighbours conserve and share scarce water. In the afternoon, we will travel along the scenic Taos High Road to the tiny old Spanish village of Chimayo, where we will be guided by local novelist and photographer, Don Usner, through the Santuario, a legendary church thought to have healing powers, and thence to the workshop of award-winning traditional rug weavers, Irvin and Lisa Trujillo. Another day, we will pay a visit to a local pueblo and then drive on to Abiquiú where we will tour the high desert home of Georgia O’Keeffe and behold her beloved painted landscape of dramatically coloured, enormous cliffs and hills. Discussion Leaders A member of the faculty at St. John’s College, Santa Fe, the premier great books-focused college in the United States, will lead the discussions of Angle of Repose. Kay Lewis, a fourth generation New Mexican, with sixteen years’ experience as a custom guide, specializing in history, anthropology and regional art, will guide us on a walking tour of Santa Fe and talk to us about the unique co-existence of strong Native, Spanish and Anglo cultures. Ann Kirkland, the founder of Classical Pursuits, will host this trip. Accommodation The Guadalupe Inn, 6 nights. A historic Spanish manor with authentic Southwestern charm. A full award-winning Southwestern breakfast is served daily. Fees
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