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#16 Always a favorite, the High Road TAKE THE
Artisans Art Tour will take place over 2
High Road Artisans weekends again in 2019, September 21
New Mexico Art Tour & 22 and September 28 & 29. HIGH ROAD
OPEN STUDIOS The High Road to Taos Scenic Byway is
September 21 and 22 a lovely, winding road through the San- Studio Tour
September 28 and 29 gre de Cristo Mountains between Santa September 21-22
10 am - 5 pm each day
bit.ly/HighRoadStudioTours Fe and Taos. It offers magnificent vistas September 28-29
of snow-capped peaks, alpine meadows,
or highroadnewmexico.com and charming traditional Spanish and
High Road Artisans NM Tour 2019
Pueblo villages.
On both weekends during the tour
there will be farmers’ markets set-up at A YEAR-ROUND State
Gaucho Blue in Peñasco and at ATTRACTION Roads
High Road Art Gallery in Truchas.
75 & 76
While the High Road Art Tour
Brochure is meant to be used as a
year-round guide to the studio sites
within the region, please note that not
all sites on the map are open for visitors
year-round. Please call or email the ar- 1.888.866.3643
tist(s) before you go on days other than info@highroadnewmexico.com

Artist Profiles: 3 High Road Artists the studio tour weekends. www.highroadnewmexico.com
Clodie Francois
French-born artist Clodie Francois settled in New Mexico in 2000. Clodie Francois
With a background as a journalist for the newspaper Liberation,
and working backstage and onstage in the theater as a play writer, Mesdames
director, actress and singer, Clodie migrated to the Land of Enchant- Carton
ment, drawn by the light and the raw beauty of the landscapes, the
people and their multicultural traditions. Clodie works in mixed Studio
media to create whimsical manifestations of her imagination in (505) 689-1194
the form of lamps and furniture. Her furniture is made with lay-
ers of cardboard. Today she focuses more on creating lamps with
branches, tree roots and paper. mesdamescarton.com
Lise Poulsen
Lise has been working with fibre in its various guises for nearly 30
years. She continues to experiment with new directions in felt work, clodiefrancois52@gmail.com www.mesdamescarton.com
being inspired by innovators in Europe and the US. Lise’s latest
work is a series of ‘Bosch Monsters’ - solid felted creatures emerging
from some unknown depths of her imagination! gauchoblue.com
Nick Beason
Nick was first attracted to print making while hanging out at the
Zeller 9 Gallery on the Fulham Road in Chelsea. After sessions at
Winchester Art College studying etching, he was truly hooked.
gauchoblue.com
FIND OUT MORE
Look for our new Artist Profiles page for in-depth
profiles, interviews and video perspectives
from artists across New Mexico.
arteventsnewmexico.com/artist-profiles

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