How has Española Valley Fiber Arts benefited from the Fiber Arts Trail?
BOWMAN: I think it’s gotten us a lot of exposure. We were involved as it developed, so we got to meet artists all over the state. . .and out of that came [New Mexico Fiber Artisans], a statewide organization for people involved in fiber arts—organizations, businesses, growers, producers, farms, yarn shops, etc. I’ve been looking at the statistics, and we certainly have had more visitors, and I think the composition has changed a little bit. We’ve got more people from other parts of the country and more people from foreign countries. So it’s been effective in bringing other people to our center that never would’ve gotten here. It’s not like Santa Fe in which you get walk-in traffic. Someone has to know we’re here to come. [The Fiber Arts Trail guide] was such a beautifully done book and so professional, I think it’s given the fiber arts some respect as an art form. NEA: What’s the value of the Fiber Arts Trail to New Mexico? BOWMAN: I think that the arts, especially in New Mexico, are o
