Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
In office July 1985 – July 1987
Governor
Toney Anaya Garrey Carruthers
Preceded by
Jill Cooper Udall
Succeeded by
Helmuth Naumer
First Lady of New Mexico
In office January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979
Governor
Jerry Apodaca
Preceded by
Alice King
Succeeded by
Alice King
Personal details
Born
Clara R. Melendres
1934 Doña Ana, New Mexico
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Jerry Apodaca
(m. 1956, divorced)
Children
Five
Clara R. Apodaca (born 1934 in Doña Ana, New Mexico) is an American patron of the arts, nonprofit executive, and politician. Apodaca served as the First Lady of New Mexico from 1975 to 1979 during the tenure of her then-husband, Governor Jerry Apodaca. In April 1975, First Lady Apodaca founded and opened the Governor's Gallery in the New Mexico State Capitol, featuring the works of Georgia O'Keeffe in the inaugural exhibition.[1][2][3][4]
Apodaca also served as Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, then known as the Office of Cultural Affairs, under both Governor Toney Anaya and Governor Garrey Carruthers from 1985 to 1987, where she oversaw the opening of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.[2][3][4] She then moved to Washington D.C., serving in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1993 to 2001, as well as the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the White House Millennium Commission.[3]
^"The Governor's Gallery". New Mexico Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ ab"Recognizing Clara R. Apodaca and Requesting the Governor to Place a Plaque in her Honor in the Governor's Art Gallery" (PDF). New Mexico House of Representatives. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ abcEckles, Jim (January 2019). "Clara Melendres Apodaca: From Miss Nike To New Mexico First Lady" (PDF). Southern New Mexico Historical Review. Doña Ana County Historical Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ abGomez, Adrian (2017-02-02). "Champion For The Arts". Albuquerque Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-30 – via PressReader.
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Durango, Mexico), the youngest of seven children born to James ("Jim") and Clara Wright (née Martin). Wright's maternal grandfather, Caleb Baines Martin...
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