Fiscal Sponorships

ALABADO • THE HISTORY OF CANYON ROAD

The Historic Santa Fe Foundation is serving as fiscal sponsor for two film projects ALABADO and The History of Canyon Road. Read more about both projects and donate to them below.

The Historic Santa Fe Foundation had the pleasure of meeting filmmaker Brian Paccione in 2022 and immediately took interest in his work documenting the spiritual lives of Las Trampas' Hispano community. Initial funding for the project has been granted to Brian Paccione by the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust with the Historic Santa Fe Foundation serving as fiscal sponsor for this grant. Additional funding is welcome. We all eagerly await the completion of ALABADO.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:
For the past five years, Brian Paccione has been working intimately and diligently with the Hispano community of Las Trampas in Northern New Mexico on a film that captures the spirit and resilience of this community through the bond these villagers have with the San Jose de Gracia church. Through penetrating interviews and illuminating footage of Hispano ceremony, ALABADO asks if a spiritual life can prevail when ancestral rituals compete with the social complexities and pressures of a contemporary society. Brian's film is not only a movie — it is a community empowerment initiative that mobilizes a rural, economically disadvantaged population to participate in the story of their culture.

ABOUT BRIAN (DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER):
Brian Paccione's films have enjoyed international recognition for their spiritual, sensitive, and passionate accounts of love, loss, and faith. He holds a BA in both film and biology from Vassar College as well as an MFA from the Columbia University Graduate Film program. In addition to writing and directing his own work, Brian currently teaches film production at SUNY Purchase College and Brooklyn College.  For more information on Brian's work visit his website.

ABOUT JON VIGIL (PRODUCER, CINEMATOGRAPHER):
Jon Vigil has spent more than a decade as a freelance videographer and photographer in his native state of New Mexico. Inspired by all that is unique to the region, Jon found his voice in the same adobe home where his great grandfather Juan Lopez once lived. Jon's personal projects serve to celebrate and preserve the culture of his family and his village in Northern New Mexico.

SUPPORT THE PROJECT:
ALABADO is currently seeking critical funding to complete production. Your support provides travel expenses, equipment fees, crew rates, editing services, and screening costs. Any amount helps– and ensures that a community of talented artists have adequate resources to work ethically and professionally.

FORMER FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

Kyle Maier has assisted HSFF over the past several years with video projects that expand our reach from the normal, face to face events and lectures. Kyle’s company, Kamio Media, LLC, has been working on a film project, History of Canyon Road, and has kept us advised of progress and scope. Let me quote from the synopsis of this film project: The documentary will be constructed with on-camera interviews and voice-over narration. The cast is subject to change, with the intention being to invite as many New Mexican voices as possible, creating a collaborative texture that demonstrates the diverse nature of our art scene. It is a pleasure to announce that initial funding for the project has been granted to Kamio Media by the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust. The Historic Santa Fe Foundation will serve as fiscal sponsor for this grant as Kyle begins the project. Additional funding is certainly welcome. The first chapter of the project was released publicly in August 2023. We all look forward to the finished product.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Steeped in ancient myth and home to some of New Mexico's original Spanish families, Camino Cañon was a welcoming place when the Anglo artists began arriving in Santa Fe at the end of the 1800s. The street was witness to the original art colony of the 20s and pivotal American history in the 40s. When the hippies descended upon Santa Fe in the 60s, Canyon Road was still unpaved and cheap. It was rowdy and vibrant. Things reached a fever pitch in the 80s when Ralph Lauren started promoting his "Santa Fe Style" and the movie stars came to town for a new film festival. By the 90s the road had reached a tipping point, and Santa Fe as a whole would never be the same again. But how did it all happen? This new documentary series will provide a first-hand account by diving deep into the relatively unknown archives at the Acequia Madre House and shining a light into the personal collection of Doug Magnus. Mid-century excitement will be revealed by the story of Hal West, and the whole thing will be narrated by people who come from here. This is not a Texan story, nor is it a Californian story. Canyon Road as we know it today could only have happened in New Mexico, and we intend to find out why. - Kyle Maier

Follow along with the film's progress on instagram at @canyonroadhistory

Image Credit: Canyon Road, 1971 © Douglas Magnus

Chapter one A Brief History of Canyon Road is now publicly available online. View chapter one by clicking on the video embedded on this page.