Taos

Southwestern painters' haven

Taos is a town in northern New Mexico known for its arts community, adobe architecture, and nearby Taos Pueblo—a centuries-old Native American settlement.

The name often evokes the area's distinctive high-desert landscape and artistic heritage: We spent a week in Taos visiting galleries.

Taos Ski Valley draws winter visitors to the surrounding mountains.

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New Mexico

Southwestern U.S. state

puebloCommunal adobe village
Santa FeNew Mexico's seat of government
desertTo leave behind completely

Southwest · plaza · adobe · Rio Grande · high desert · Carson · mesa · arroyo · gorge · valley

indigenous

pueblo

Communal adobe village

Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
ancestralOf one's forebears
tribalOf a clan

sovereignty · ceremony · kiva · sacred · elders · traditions · drums · feast day · UNESCO · oldest

art

colony

Dependent territorial settlement

paintersThose who apply pigment
galleriesSpaces for displaying art
artistsMakers of creative works

Georgia O'Keeffe · D.H. Lawrence · plein air · easel · landscape · light · creative · murals · sculptors · patrons

spirituality

vortex

Rotating fluid column

healingRestoration of health
retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
New AgeAlternative spiritual movement

commune · seekers · meditation · mystical · energy · alternative · wellness · pilgrimage · counterculture · holistic

skiing

powder

Fine dry particles

slopesAngled ground surfaces
alpineOf high elevations
liftMechanism for vertical transport

mountain · winter · resort · steep · expert · terrain · snowboard · elevation · moguls · backcountry

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