Volunteer Vista: Martha and Jim Meehan in their own words

Jim Meehan

We, Marsha and Jim Meehan, have been volunteering at Las Golondrinas since 2018. Retired IT professionals from Wethersfield Connecticut, we first became interested in history through our involvement with the local Historical Society where Marsha was a member of the Collections and Exhibits Committees, and an event volunteer. Jim served on the Governing Board, edited…

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Curator’s Corner: Spindle Whorls

by Amanda Mather, Curator of Collections Here is a little insight on an overlooked object, but one that helped keep us clothed for a very long time. Spindles are long sticks used to spin yarn, and the Spindle Whorl is the weighted piece at the end that helps maintain the spindles speed and spin. Spindle…

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Volunteering is Fun!

Volunteer Linda Dunning

This month’s volunteer profile features Linda Dunning. In 2007, Linda’s husband, Napoleón Garcia, told her about El Rancho de las Golondrinas. He knew that she was interested in local history and he had participated occasionally with the Penitentes from Abiquiu during the Spring and Fall Festivals since the Morada at the Ranch was a replica…

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Meet Annette Gutierrez Turk

Annette Guttierez Turk

“I volunteer with the Weaving Group,” says Annette Gutierrez Turk. “I came to El Rancho de las Golondrinas in 2009 as a visitor and was enticed into volunteering by then-coordinator, Beatrice Maestas Sandoval. Under her tutelage, I learned to spin with the malacate and spinning wheel, learned how to dye wool with native plant materials…

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2017 International Folk Culture and Tourism Products Expo

2017 International Folk Culture and Tourism Products Expo

Julia R. Gomez, right, and Annette Gutierrez Turk, left, are members of Sandia Mountains Chapter – EGA. As fiber artists, they were pleased to accept an invitation to represent the United States in a cultural exchange at the 2017 Cultural Expo in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China on November 10–12, 2017. This fair invited 287 enterprises…

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