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Appropriately sited in front of the building which houses both Albuquerque's major performing arts hall and the University Art Museum, Fiesta Dancers provides a colorful and dramatic introduction to the campus. Jimenez, who has major public art pieces all across the country, executed this piece under the State of New Mexico's 1% for the Arts Program. (from: The University of New Mexico Art in Public Places Self-Guided Tour)
http://libguides.unm.edu/content.php?pid=13889&sid=544597
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New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics at 45% (2008 estimate), being descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the third-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska and Oklahoma, and the fifth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Texas. The tribes represented in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. At a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_mexico]
