Where: Eiteljorg Museum - Indianapolis IN When: Through April 19, 2019 What: "This exhibit remembers and shares the talent, perspective and legacy of the late Harry Fonseca (Maidu/Nisenan, Portuguese, Hawaiian, 1946–2006). One of the most beloved and revered contemporary Native artists of our time, Fonseca is known for the versatility and experimentation of his work. … Continue reading Harry Fonseca: The Art of Living
Category: Currently Exhibiting
Action/Abstraction Redefined
Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: Through July 7, 2019 What: "Action/Abstraction Redefined features paintings and works on paper from the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) permanent collection created in the 1960s and 1970s. The artists in this exhibition challenged stereotypical expectations of Indian art by experimenting with … Continue reading Action/Abstraction Redefined
Wiyopiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West
Where: Peabody Museum - Cambridge, MA When: Ongoing What: "After the famed Little Big Horn fight, in which George Armstrong Custer was defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne in 1876, the U.S. Army recovered a Lakota Sioux ledger book from the battlefield. It was filled with drawings by Plains Indian warriors. The exhibit presents colored … Continue reading Wiyopiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West
The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwest Pottery
Where: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - Santa Fe, NM When: Ongoing What: "The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery exhibits nearly 300 vessels created by outstanding ceramic artists of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, from the inception of pottery-making in the Southwest up to the present. A study center for serious scholars, … Continue reading The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwest Pottery
What’s New in New: Selections from the Carol Warren Collection
Where: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - Santa Fe, NM When: Through August 4, 2019 What: "The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) periodically features art recently acquired through gifts or purchases. What’s New in New: Selections from the Carol Warren Collection, highlights the collection donated to the Museum by Carol Warren, who … Continue reading What’s New in New: Selections from the Carol Warren Collection
Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead
Where: Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO When: Through April 21, 2019 What: "Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead features new work by the Minnesota-based artist, who is a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma. Buffalohead uses metaphors, iconography, and storytelling narratives in her artwork to describe emotional and subversive American Indian cultural experiences, and often analyzes … Continue reading Eyes On: Julie Buffalohead
Stampede: Animals in Art
Where: Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO When: Through May 19, 2019 What: "See how animals have captivated artists throughout history in Stampede: Animals in Art. This cross-departmental exhibition brings together more than 300 objects from the Denver Art Museum’s collection to explore the presence of animals in art throughout centuries and across cultures. Stampede … Continue reading Stampede: Animals in Art
Around the World: The Heard Museum Collection
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Ongoing What: "Dwight and Maie Bartlett Heard were world travelers, and they collected art made in the countries they visited. In 1892, Maie Bartlett’s family and her fiancé Dwight Heard traveled to Egypt voyaging up the Nile as far as Aswan with one of Thomas Cook’s tours. The … Continue reading Around the World: The Heard Museum Collection
Creative Casting
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Ongoing What: "Copper and tin come together to make bronze, a medium that offers wonderful creativity for artists in the choices of texture and patinas. Sculptor John Hoover, for example, whose earlier work was carved from cedar, found in bronze a medium that could express the qualities of … Continue reading Creative Casting
Pablita Velarde’s Studio
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Ongoing What: "One of the leading painters of the 20th century Pablita Velarde/Tse Tsan "Golden Dawn" (Santa Clara Pueblo) (1918-2006) was a pioneer as a woman artist in an era and a community where painting was a male art form. Her painting began in a traditional manner but … Continue reading Pablita Velarde’s Studio
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