Hidden Gems of Northern NM with Raffi Andonian – G25110504
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the premier draws of visitors from around the world to New Mexico. The land of enchantment is simultaneously a global destination yet also a hidden enclave from mainstream connectivity, even in today’s online environment. We all know our favorites like Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe Opera, Folk Art Market, and Taos Pueblo – now take a look at a few of the many hidden gems you commonly drive past for a rare opportunity to reveal their stories to gain insight into the often invisible texture of the rich region you love.
We will learn and reflect while at the ranch and take day trips to hidden sites in Taos, Santa Fe, and Santa Clara Pueblo to experience places across New Mexico’s influential Spanish, indigenous, and Anglo Western cultures. You will discover layers to each story that alter perspective and demand a closer look to better understand the nuances of the complex histories of this region’s cultures, stories, and interactions. With time to learn, reflect, and explore both on-property and off-site, you will walk away from this workshop contemplating the depth and embracing anew the centuries of intersecting, integrating, and conflicting experiences of the peoples of New Mexico that created its soul.
Instructor
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Raffi AndonianRaffi Andonian is TV’s “Celebrity Historian” with almost 200 guest appearances on ABC-CBS-FOX-NBC stations across the country. He is a professor at Harris Stowe State University, an HBCU in St. Louis, and he is the author of 3 history books, including Creating Space for Conflicted Histories: Remembering the Atomic Bomb, an Amazon best-seller. Raffi is producer and host of an AppleTV show, Clio The Muse, which encourages viewers to “challenge the present by inquiring the past.” He has spoken at Oxford, Cambridge, NASDAQ, humanities councils, historical societies, and universities across the country. Raffi began his career at the Gettysburg battlefield, Richmond Civil War sites, the Martin Luther King childhood home, and Los Alamos NM where the atomic bomb was created. Today, he leads “Beyond the Postcard” historical tours and he serves as President of the St. George Tucker Society, interdisciplinary academic association for study of the U.S. South.