Some of the oldest art in the American southwest depicts the culture and religion of Hispanos, Spanish settlers who moved hundreds of years ago into what is now New Mexico and Colorado.
At a gallery in Denver, the largest collection of these art pieces is on display and preserved for study in a library at Regis University.
“History hasn’t always been written or documented. But people do have memories, and then there are artifacts that still survive,” said Tony Ortega, an artist and professor at Regis University…