Skip to content
Home » News » Talking to the Rain: Rock Art and the Rio Grande Tradition in the Lower Chihuahuan Desert

Talking to the Rain: Rock Art and the Rio Grande Tradition in the Lower Chihuahuan Desert

November 18, 2026, Noon to 1PM – a WILL “Lunch & Learn” presentation. Polly Schaafsma, Santa Fe archaeologist, and leading authority on pre-Hispanic Indian rock imagery and kiva murals, speaks about her latest book, Talking to the Rain: Paintings and Carvings on Stone in Chihuahuan Desert Landscapes. In the ABC Room of the WNMU Besse-Forward Global Resource Center ABC Room (the corner of 12th and Kentucky, Silver City NM). Zoom link available at the WILL website: https://will.community/lunchlearn