A writer, social activist, and art aficionado, Mabel Dodge Luhan was a Taos institution. She is celebrated for her key role in building artistic communities, supporting artists, and generating interest in modern art forms, in addition to her own artistic accomplishments. She was responsible for enticing many of the most prominent artists and thinkers to Taos, including D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, Willa Cather, Martha Graham, Ansel Adams, Carl Jung, Georgia O’Keeffe, and many others. For these artists and many others, her Taos home was both a spiritual oasis and retreat.