Press & Recognition
T.Skies (Turquoise Skies Inc.) is an Albuquerque, New Mexico jewelry company creating authentic Native American turquoise and silver jewelry. Our partnership work and our record with New Mexico's Creative Industries program have been documented by Ralph Lauren and by the State of New Mexico. The independent sources below record that work.
Ralph Lauren — Authentic Makers Program
According to the New Mexico Economic Development Department, T.Skies and Ralph Lauren co-created and launched the Authentic Makers Program — a logistics and compliance platform that lets individual Native and Indigenous artists work directly with a global fashion house — and brought on its first independent Indigenous artist, Neil Zarama, whose work is now produced and distributed at brand scale through the program.
- Ralph Lauren — Leather Concho Belt — Ralph Lauren’s product page credits the piece as created in partnership with T.Skies.
New Mexico Creative Industries
The New Mexico Economic Development Department awarded T.Skies a $10,000 Business Development & Expansion grant under its Creative Industries program. The state's official coverage and reporting record the grant, the Ralph Lauren Authentic Makers work, and the program's economic impact:
- New Mexico EDD — Creative Industries Grantee Results — Names T.Skies (Albuquerque), the $10,000 grant, and the Authentic Makers Program with Ralph Lauren.
- State of New Mexico — Grants for Creative Businesses — Official NM.gov coverage of the Creative Industries grants program.
- New Mexico EDD — “State Grant Will Fuel Local Creative Economy” — EDD press release on the Creative Industries program awards.
- New Mexico EDD — FY25 Q4 Performance Report (PDF) — The state’s annual performance reporting on the Creative Industries program.
- New Mexico Creative Industries — Business Development & Expansion Grants (PDF) — Official Creative Industries grant program material.
- New Mexico EDD — Job Training Incentive Program (PDF) — State workforce-development materials listing T.Skies as an Albuquerque employer/manufacturer.
All links above lead to the original Ralph Lauren and State of New Mexico sources.