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Take Another Look:
"Route 66 Remixed"
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Join us for the first episode in a three-part series focused on the 100 year celebration of Route 66 in Albuquerque, focused on art/public art, history, and culture.
In this episode, host joni palmer is joined by Deputy Director for the City's Department of Arts & Culture, Diego Lucero, and multi-media artist Lynnette Haozous in a discussion about Albuquerque's Route 66 Centennial Celebration and the Route 66 Remixed projects led by Arts & Culture.
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Diego Lucero is the Deputy Director for the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture.
Diego has a background in journalism and news with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications from New Mexico State University and Master of Arts in Chicana and Chicano Studies from the University of New Mexico.
His career as a public employee with the City of Albuquerque began in the Media division, where he utilized storytelling to showcase all of the work that the City does throughout Albuquerque across all departments.
Diego brings more than 20 years of experience to his role as the Deputy Director, with a deep understanding of the City's operations and community needs to help connect creative vision to reality. He works with various divisions, including Public Art, the Albuquerque community, and artists to realize arts and cultural projects - including Route 66 Remixed.
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The City of Albuquerque's Department of Arts & Culture is one of the largest departments, overseeing arts and cultural divisions including:
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Lynnette Haozous is an enrolled member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Chiricahua Apache), and is part Diné, and Taos Pueblo. Haozous is a multi-media artist, and artist educator, currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She works in large scale paintings, murals, installations, and digital art illustrations.
Since receiving her Bachelors degree in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University in 2016, Haozous has worked as a Youth Artist Educator with programs such as Working Classroom Inc., The Identity Project, and OffCenter Community Arts Project, in Albuquerque, NM. Haozous has received notable artist residencies through SWAIA/Nativo Lodge, Harwood Art Center Social Justice Residency, and Santa Fe Art Institute, and an apprenticeship through the Native Arts and Culture Foundation 2020-2021 Mentorship program. In 2023, Haozous was selected as Southwest Contemporary’s “12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now”, and was featured in a videos series, “Only In: Albuquerque ”, made by Square, highlighting her art business.
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Haozous has recently received notable commissions, including Google to create a Google Doodle honoring artist, Allan Houser-Haozous, by Kellogg’s Foundation for their Caring with Courage project, and by Harper Collin’s publishing to create cover art for the upcoming “Shards of Silence” book to be released in May 2026.
As part of the Library of Congress, Teaching with Primary Sources project, Haozous has been working with Escuela del Sol Montessori students to create a new work inspired by archival photographs from the Harwood's Girl School. The final mural will be installed as part of Harwood's Encompass event on April 11th.
| | Image of Haozous' cover art for Brian Lee Young's Shards of Silence. | | Learn More About the People, Places, and Projects Discussed in Episode 27 | | |
This year - 2026 - marks 100 years of Route 66, a highway beginning in Chicago, Illinois and ending in Santa Monica, California that opened on November 11, 1926.
Though Route 66 as a historic, paved highway is 100 years old, it largely follows Indigenous trade routes that connected Native communities across North America for centuries. More than half of the total 2,400-mile highway traverses through the traditional lands of over 25 different Tribal Nations.
Albuquerque has the longest, continuous urban stretch of the original Route 66, spanning 18 miles and is the only location where historic Route 66 crosses itself. From 1926 to 1937, the highway followed 4th Street in Albuquerque before the realignment to Central Avenue from 1937 to 1985, when the highway was legally decommissioned.
Learn more about Route 66 and Albuquerque's Route 66 Centennial celebrations at Route66ABQ.com.
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18 Miles of Route 66
19 Art Installations
20 Artists
1 Poet
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Route 66 Remixed is Albuquerque's signature project for the Route 66 Centennial celebration. It's a citywide art experience led by the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture in partnership with Meow Wolf and Refract Studio, with support from Visit Albuquerque and the New Mexico Tourism Department, Blake's Lotaburger, community partners, and Albuquerque artists.
Route 66 Remixed transforms the city's 18-mile stretch of Route 66 into an open gallery that celebrates culture, community, and contemporary creativity along America's Mother Road with large-scale murals, sculptures, and augmented reality activations.
Visitors can experience each site on its own or explore all the curated stops via a web interface with Hakim Bellamy, Albuquerque's inaugural Poet Laureate, as the roadtrip narrator and storyteller.
Learn more and follow the tour at www.Route66Remixed.com.
Route 66 Remixed Projects and Artists include:
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- Singing Arrow Park AR experience by Deb Jojola
- East Central Open Sky sign installations by Nazario Sandoval (aka Wemfer)
- Talin Market AR experience by Helen Atkins
- Guild Theater AR experience by Dale Deforest
- M'tucci's Bar Roma sculpture by Nazario Sandoval (aka Wemfer)
- University of New Mexico Arts Lab mural by Noé Barnett and Travis Bruce Black
- Special Collections Library AR experience by Jessica Helen Lopez
- Historic Crossroads (4th and Central) AR experience by Carmen Montes and mural by Gael Luna
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- 505 Central Food Hall mural by Lynnette Haozous
- Historic El Rey Theater mural by Jesse Littlebird and Thomas Christopher Haag
- Albuquerque Museum Sculpture Garden AR experience by Lea Anderson
- Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus wrap traveling installation by Dante Betsch
- Historic Unser Garage Route 66 shield by Rob Vanderslice
- Route 66 Visitor Center AR experience by Akilah Martinez and mural by PAZ/Mapitzmitl
- Nine Mile Hill AR experience by Karl Orozco
| | Lynnette Haozous "Cultural Crossroads" Mural | | Lynnette is one of the 20 artists commissioned by the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture to create a project for the Route 66 Remixed project. | | Located within the patio at 505 Central Food Hall, Lynnette's mural "Cultural Crossroads" is a celebration of the intersection of cultures, traditions, and histories that make the Southwest region of Route 66 so unique. The design weaves together Diné rug inspired designs, ancestral Pueblo landscapes, and vibrant depictions of contemporary life, creating a portal designed of Native heritage, New Mexico colors, and Route 66 themes. | | More Route 66 Resources and Maps | | | | |
