Pete Ortega Press Archive
Pete Ortega's work has been featured in many national and local publications throughout the years. Highlights of these press clippings are found on this page. Click any link to view the full articles in PDF.
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Carving Out a Legacy
Albuquerque Journal North, December 2, 2011
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A full spread newspaper article highlighting Pete Ortega and son Matthew and their participation at Winter Spanish Market.
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Master of the Southwest
Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine, March 2011
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In March 2011 Pete Ortega was named Master of the Southwest by Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine. Dubbed a "Modern-day Michaelangelo," the magazine features a six-page full-color spread about Pete Ortega's life and artistic process.
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Making Miracles Out of Wood
Hispanic Magazine, July 1988
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Hispanic Magazine profile of Ben Ortega, the patriarch of the Ortega family, and father of Pete Ortega. The article celebrates the legacy of Ben Ortega and his family's deep roots in the Hispanic Folk Art traditions of New Mexico.
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One Family's Legacy of 'Found Art'
Santa Fe Reporter, Summer 1994
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A comprehensive article telling the history of the Ortega Family's early roots in the Hispanic Santero movement in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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