Harwood Museum of Art

A new exhibit rooted in a part of New Mexico’s culture is on its way to the Harwood Museum in Taos. The upcoming display will use lowriders and saints to tell a unique story about religion and artistic expression.

A lowrider is much more than just a car, it’s part of a culture. “The idea of going low and slow has always had a lot of meaning,” said Nicole Dial-Kay, the curator of the upcoming Santo Lowride: Norteno Car Culture and Santo Tradition Exhibit. That meaning, Dial-Kay mentions, will be explained at the upcoming exhibition at the Harwood Museum of Art.

Dial-Kay worked with three advisers giving her insight into the lowriding community of northern New Mexico. Thirty local artists including Arthur “Low-Low” Medina and his wife Joan, are featured in the exhibit.

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