Taos Society of Artists’ Home + Studios | Couse-Sharp Historic Site

The Couse Home, Studio, and Garden from the south
E.I. Couse in his studio at work on San Juan Pottery, 1911. Couse first came to Taos in 1902, at the suggestion of Ernest Blumenschein.
The Couse studio, virtually intact, as he left it in 1936.
J.H. Sharp and his wife Louise with E. I. Couse’s grandchildren, Virginia and Irving.
J.H. Sharp in his studio, 1946. Sharp was the first to come to Taos, in 1893, and eventually built this studio.
Sharp’s 1915 Studio was restored in 2017 and hosts a permanent rotation exhibition of his work, collections, and ephemera
Kibbey Whitman Couse, the only child of E.I. Couse and his wife Virginia, was a noted inventor.
Kibbey Couse’s machine shop on the Couse–Sharp Historic Site.
E.I. Couse with his grandchildren, Virginia and Irving. Virginia Couse Leavitt became a guiding force of the Couse Foundation.
Virginia Couse Leavitt, E.I.’s granddaughter, and her late husband, Ernest Leavitt. Visionary custodians of a unique legacy.

See where the Taos Society of Artists began: Couse-Sharp Historic Site

The 2+ acre campus in the heart of Taos’ central historic district features the former homes and studios of E. I. Couse and J. H. Sharp, two of the American-born, European-trained artists who formed the TSA in 1915. Visitors are astonished that such a well-preserved—and charming—complex of period buildings, gardens, furnishings, and associated art collections still exists. We invite you to peruse our website to get a feel for the amazing range of history, culture, architecture, science, and art at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site.

News and Information

A handful of tickets to La Luz de Taos, our seventh biennial Gala and Art Sale, are still available in our online Shop. FYI, the May 21 morning lecture by Michael Grauer has reached maximum capacity. The Harwood Museum of Art is generously facilitating a Zoom broadcast of the lecture if you can't get in--see details here.
If you can't attend the May 20-22 Gala Weekend, you can participate in the sale as an absentee buyer.
The Lunder Research Center is open for our exhibition La Luz de Taos 1-4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays until May 19. The exhibition can be viewed online at LaLuzdeTaos.org. Our archive and library facilities are not yet available.
We are currently taking appointments for site tours. Note that we are closed to tours May 15 through May 31 due to our biennial gala and the installation of our new exhibition, Jivan Lee's The Infinite Landscape. Find out all the details of booking a tour on our Tours page.
We are fully complying with public health guidelines. Currently, we strongly suggest masks indoors and are limiting the number of people at indoor events. We continue to monitor regulations and official guidance and will amend our protocols as warranted. Thank you for your cooperation in New Mexico's public health efforts.