# @virgilortiz on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPpBMDlko2h
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61701102-virgilortiz-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-10T19:53:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Virgil Ortiz (@virgilortiz) — https://gondola.cc/virgilortiz

## Caption

💥 🎈 Rising Together: Virgil Ortiz Collaborates on Hot-Air Balloon for Heritage Hotels’ Anniversary.
Sage Vogel for Pasatiempo.  LET’S GO HERITAGE HOTELS! Thank you Sage & Pasatiempo!

At sunrise in Albuquerque beginning on Saturday, October 4, the sky will be transformed into a floating gallery: hot air balloons of every shape and color drifting upward, carrying with them the gaze of thousands of spectators gathered below.

Each of those vessels carries with it an artist’s vision, an element spectators don’t always think about as they watch the International Balloon Fiesta’s floating flock each fall. And they don’t always think about the work and time — and collaboration — that goes into each balloon. One such artist is a new one to the ballooning realm: Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), who collaborated with Heritage Hotels and Resorts on the creation of a new balloon, which folks might get a glimpse of at this year’s Balloon Fiesta but most likely will have to wait to see at the 2026 event.

The project is part of Heritage’s year-long celebration of the company’s 20th anniversary. And the yet-to-be-unveiled balloon, named Revolt Rising, showcases character designs from Ortiz’s Revolt 1680/2180, his decades-long, multidisciplinary project that honors Pueblo history and culture through a futuristic lens. The balloon’s creation marks both a milestone for the New Mexico-based hotel group and a new way of bringing contemporary Native storytelling to a global stage. Read the entire article, link in bio.

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hotelchaco, hotairballoon, virgilortiz, artist, reels, indigenous, balloonfiesta, newmexico, madeinnativeamerica, abq, heritagehotels, galleryhozho, albuquerqueballoonfiesta

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