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 History  Mission Board Museum Staff |
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society certificate of incorporation was signed on October 15, 1929, the same day El Santuario at Chimayo was purchased and entrusted to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Official incorporation marked the end of a half decade's preservation and revival work by a small group of predominantly Anglo and mostly newcomer Santa Feans led by writer Mary Austin and artist Frank Applegate. The society lanquished following Austin's death in 1934, and it was virtually dormant until the early 1950s, when artist E. Boyd began successful revitalization efforts. Impetus for the reactivation was provided by artist and collector Cady Wells, who donated his santo collection to the Museum of New Mexico as a nucleus for a new Spanish colonial arts department. Wells stipulated that Boyd be named its curator, a position she held for the remainder of her life. After E. Boyd's death in 1974 the organization continued to grow and fulfilled the basic tenets of its 1929 incorporation: the encouragement and promotion of Spanish colonial arts, their collection, exhibition and preservation, and publications and public education related to them. |
             
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