Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the Northern Frontier opens  as the winter exhibition at Couse-Sharp Historic Site. Installed in both the modern Dean Porter Gallery space and the 1830s Luna Chapel, Weaving the New World demonstrates the unique, rich, and colorful textile traditions that developed in New Mexico, Mexico, and elsewhere in what is now the American Southwest.

An opening reception is open free to the public 5–7 p.m. December 6.

In addition to textiles from the Couse collection, most of the historic textiles on view will be from the unparalleled lifetime collections of Mark and Linda Winter, modern-day traders to the Diné people at their Historic Toadlena Trading Post on the Navajo Nation, and James H. Collins, an astute collector based in Colorado. Mark Winter is guest curator for the exhibition. A selection of contemporary works that evolved out of the Southwest traditions will also be included.

“We’re thrilled and grateful to have such amazing examples from unparalleled collections,” said Davison Koenig, executive director and curator at Couse-Sharp Historic Site. “It’s a rare opportunity to see beautiful and colorful textiles that are usually hidden deep in the storage vaults of institutions.”

Weaving the New World: Hispanic Textiles and Their Influence on the Northern Frontier
On view December 6, 2025, through March 31, 2026
Dean Porter Gallery and Luna Family Chapel, Couse-Sharp Historic Site
146 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM, USA
Open Tuesday–Saturday 1–5 p.m. except major holidays
(see homepage for details)
Free admission (donations welcomed)