Speakers/Chautauqua Catalog

Name Ms. Deborah Blanche
Email deb@palomitaproductions.org
Phone 505/425-5004
Fax 505/425-5004
Address Palomita Productions
Post Office Box 61
Montezuma, NM  87731
US
Biographical Info Deborah Blanche -- actor, writer and storyteller -- has been creating Chautauqua programs for NMHC since 1985. Deb has toured coast-to-coast with her ever-expanding repertoire of Western women. *Please read the booking guidelines before applying for funds. Speaker must be contacted by host to arrange presentation date*
Program Title LAURA GILPIN, PHOTOGRAPHER
Character Name Laura Gilpin
Program Description
She packed in on horseback to photograph the source of the Rio Grande, made studio portraits for society matrons, directed pilots to “fly low” over Shiprock to capture its shadows from every angle. Laura Gilpin experimented with every subject and extant photographic technique for over fifty-five years before receiving widespread national recognition when in her 80’s and a resident of Santa Fe. You will meet her in 1952 narrating a retrospective slide show with images ranging from her first Lumiere color prints to others from her best known book The Enduring Navajo. Miss Gilpin answers questions and shares intriguing behind-the-camera stories. Her experiences offer parallels to many now -- an influenza pandemic, economic stress, recognition and remuneration for women in the arts, living conditions in Indian country, depictions of Native Americans and rights to one's own image.
Series Art, Music and Dance
Chautauqua Program Application (Booking) Click here to fill out a funding
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Program Title LA NINA: Nina Otero-Warren
Character Name Nina Otero-Warren
Program Description
Educator, feminist, public welfare director, politician, businesswoman—she was all of these and more. Honored by her depiction on the US quarters series of 2022, she is best remembered for her role in securing passage of the women's suffrage amendment by the New Mexico legislature. Afterward Nina wasted no time before tossing her chapeau into the ring and becoming the first woman in New Mexico to run for Congress. Born into two of the most influential families of the state—Los Luna and Los Otero—Nina moved to Santa Fe as a teenager and made it her home for a lifetime. Never timid about taking charge, she was superintendent of schools; an organizer of Santa Fe Fiesta, Indian Market, Spanish Colonial Arts Society; matriarch of her large family and hostess to her extensive social circle of artists, writers, historians, priests and politicians. Nina reminisces and confides, answers and disclaims, takes you back on the campaign trail of 1922, shares some of her post pandemic experiences, even tells stories from her book Old Spain in Our Southwest. Ever provocative she also raises questions about why women have not yet been written into the US Constitution; the inequities in health, labor and education for Native Americans and Hispanics; and the role of the arts. language and culture in education.
Series New Mexico History and Cultures
Chautauqua Program Application (Booking) Click here to fill out a funding
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Program Title Emma Tenayuca: La Pasionara de San Antonio
Character Name Emma Tenayuca
Program Description
Meet Ms. Tenayuca in 1973 when she was nominated to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. As she remembers her days as a young activist and leader in the Workers’ Alliance, you will be taken back to 1934-1939 when she was organizing picket lines for the “Mexican” women who worked as pecan shellers, giving interviews to reporters, speaking from the steps of City Hall and commenting on her so-called “commie” activities and subsequent arrests. Emma became the best known labor organizer of San Antonio’s Spanish speaking community and was dubbed by newspapers “La pasionara” for her impassioned speaking style. Emma's story resounds with topics of contemporary concern: Borderlands immigration; labor and economic justice; the right to dissent vs. mob and police violence.
Series Conversations With the World
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