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Cruising low and slow: The ‘Lowrider Capital of the World’ is seeing a rolling revival—thanks to local pride, pageantry, and hydraulics
“Car culture is central to life in many American small towns: Rituals like weekend cruises and fixing up a first beater become rites of passage where distances are long, gas is cheap, and public transportation nonexistent. But even among the most car-crazy of small towns, Española, New Mexico stands out. It has long been the…
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Artist: Jerome Rocha
2019 Southwest Choppers Softail – Not Off The Shelf Jerome Rocha is no stranger to custom cars and bikes, he has building cool rides for over 35 years. He owns a small shop in Albuquerque New Mexico called Southwest Choppers. https://www.motortrend.com/features/2019-southwest-choppers-softail-not-off-the-shelf/
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Artist: Kate Russell
“Kate Russell’s only salaried job was when she worked for a circus, and then Meow Wolf happened. Prefers not to eat vegetables that start with the letter A. Can be compensated with fresh raspberries. Loves a good handstand. Grew up in a town of 2000, with only 2 paved roads. That town; Calais, Vermont, now…
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Artist: Richard Maddox
CardoMadd Photography https://www.cardomaddphotography.com/ Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/cardomaddphotography/?fbclid=IwAR15TkQ2eCsDiHyOKDdZWI6IWtxJ8OB6AURpaWC__0UM8_3CVPeEIw63g80
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Artist: Orlando Martinez
Articles: Betting Big On This 1983 Monte Carlo That’s Remained In A Constant State Of Change Introduced in 1970 and touted as the “personal luxury car,” this custom 1983 Chevy Monte Carlo is the epitome of that label. The car derived its name from the famous city in Monaco and has since become a piece…
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Artist: Pam Jaramillo
Lowriders: Riding High The coolest cars in the Southwest take it low and slow. Two museum exhibits and a new book fuel a native son’s journey of discovery into their blue-collar roots and metal-flake future. https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/articles/post/lowriders-usner/
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Artist: Arthur LowLow Medina
Articles: Lowrider scene’s got girl power For the Medina sisters, lowriders have always been a part of life. https://www.abqjournal.com/1340121/lowrider-scenes-got-girl-power.html Lowriders Are the Beating Heart of Chicano Culture in the Southwest Outside El Santuario De Chimayo, 20 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Arthur “Lowlow” Medina leans forward on his wooden staff. The local artist…
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Artist: Rose B. Simpson
Rose B. Simpson is a mixed-media artist from Santa Clara Pueblo, NM. Her work engages ceramic sculpture, metals, fashion, performance, music, installation, writing, and custom cars. She received an MFA in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018, is…
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Video: Lowriders Are a Perfect Mesh of Engineering and Craftsmanship
On any single car, you could easily have any, or even all of the following: https://makezine.com/2016/07/01/lowriders-are-a-perfect-mesh-of-engineering-and-craftsmanship/
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Sketchpad: Hannah’s Lowrider
Cranky Contraptions are wood and wire kinetic sculptures that animate a character or scene when the handle is turned. One thing that I enjoy, is that this activity is an open-ended platform for expression. Recently an Explainer seized this opportunity to make a personally meaningful artifact through a cultural lens. As a facilitator, I want…
