St. Francis at Chimayo Tile NM the ruins in Chaco Canyon

the ruins in Chaco Canyon look like a city to some archaeologists

the "Chaco synthesis" of the 1990s

Topeka and Santa Fe Railray in the American Southwest

forced migration

killing 401 settlers and soldiers and routing the rulers in Santa Fe

St. Francis at Chimayo Tile NM the ruins in Chaco CanyonThis handmade, heat resistant tile painted by Carolyn Barford features Saint Francis at the church in Chimayo. After graduating from Hartford Art School with a BFA as a sculpture major, Carolyn knew she wanted to move to the southwest. She found herself living in a small farmhouse and raising animals. She began drawing some little characters as if they were living her life. They seemed to be doing a good job of it and so they developed a life of their