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april Reese is a freelance writer and disc jockey based in santa Fe. her stories and essays on environmental issues, science, music, and travel have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Land Letter, Greenwire, High Country News, New Mexico Business Weekly, and Backpacker. When the sun goes down, she segues into disc jockey mode, spinning tunes on kBac 98.1 radio Free santa Fe. reese holds a master’s degree in environmental studies from yale university and undergraduate degrees in english and geography from Frostburg state university in Maryland.
Wes pulkka, Phd, is an arts writer and sculptor who moved from Boulder to the east Mountains in 1992 to restore an old cabin. since 1993 he’s written columns, features, profiles, and reviews for the Albuquerque Journal, Architectural Digest, Altitude Magazine, Ministry & Liturgy Magazine, The Collector’s Guide, and other publications. his art has shown at the uNM art Museum, albuquerque Museum of art and history, Baltimore art Museum, corcoran Gallery of art, harwood art center, harwood Museum of art—Taos, seattle art Museum, american institute of architects Gallery, other art institutions, and private sector galleries.
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Gabriella Marks is a californian expat-musicphotographer-turned-farmer-groupie. she arrived in New Mexico on pure intuition, but knows why she stays: the spectacular high desert light, the lenticular clouds, the ancient pueblo pottery shards in the garden, and the humbling experience of nurturing a single squash plant from its dry clay soil. her respect for, and relationships with, the farmers and chefs in the region grows daily.
Lyn bleiler is a freelance writer and symposium coordinator whose art and architecture background includes work with Michael Graves architect, Frank o. Gehry & associates, uNM’s harwood Museum of art, Tulane university’s Newcomb art Gallery, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. she is author of two Images of America books by arcadia Publishing: Taos (2010) and Santa Fe Art and Architecture (2012). she is the recipient of two emily harvey Foundation residencies in Venice, italy, and a PenTales hemingway room residency in Berlin.
kelly koepke, a graduate of santa Fe’s st. John’s college Great Books Program, exemplifies New Mexico’s tongue-in-cheek sobriquet: land of entrapment. a decade later, the light, culture, and lifestyle drew her back to albuquerque, husband in tow. after a dozen more years, she’s joyfully returned to santa Fe, husband still in tow. a freelance writer, koepke contributes to various publications, and helps businesses and solo-preneurs tell their stories through social media, websites, newsletters, press releases, and ghostwritten articles.
Rachel prinz is an architectural designer, historian, and advocate for bioregional design based in Taos and albuquerque. her firm, archinia, is an architectural co-operative with a particular interest in defining aspects of place, achieving a deeper understanding of history, and reclaiming ancient naturebased technologies to design better modern architecture. she finds the best of what is old and makes it new, either through physical restoration or through building architectural languages that transcend architectural styles. rachel writes and lectures frequently, sharing ideas, research, and observations about New Mexico’s architectural legacy. R