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Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain

Where: Autry Museum of the American West - Los Angeles, CA When: Closed January 6, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain represents the artist’s first major retrospective and a contribution to the substantial growing body of scholarship on contemporary Native artists. Bartow (Mad River Band Wiyot) established … Continue reading Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain →

Meeting the Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch

Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: August 16 - December 30, 2018. *No longer on view. What: "Meeting the Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch is a collaboration between Tohono O’odham basket weaver Terrol Dew Johnson and architects Aranda\Lasch (Ben Aranda and Chris Lasch) from Tucson and New York. … Continue reading Meeting the Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch →

Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray

Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: August 16 - February 16, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray highlights new abstract landscapes by Darren Vigil Gray (Jicarilla Apache/Kiowa Apache). The works reflect Gray’s personal approach to the subject “landscape,” and his spontaneous painting method inspired by … Continue reading Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray →

Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back

Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: August 16 - January 27, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "Holly Wilson (Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma/Cherokee) presents her new narrative works created in a variety of media including bronze, wood, and encaustic. Her figures serve as her storytellers to the world. They … Continue reading Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back →

CineDOOM: Narratives of Native Film and Beyond

Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Art - Santa Fe, NM When: June 4 - October 29, 2018. *No longer on view. What: "The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is pleased to present six innovative films made by Southwestern based Native American directors and their teams of writers, producers, editors, and actors. Presented works … Continue reading CineDOOM: Narratives of Native Film and Beyond →

Rolande Souliere: Form and Content

Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: January 9, 2018 -  January 27, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "Through the use of Ojibway, Cree, and Inuit syllabics, Souliere utilizes aspects of this writing system to engage in ideas about space, color, form, symbolism, surface movement, and language. Her new mural … Continue reading Rolande Souliere: Form and Content →

Memory Weaving: Works by Melanie Yazzie

Where: The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe, NM When: May 13 - October 7, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "Spanning multiple galleries at the Wheelwright Museum, Memory Weaving: Works by Melanie Yazzie will run from May 13, 2018 through October 7, 2018. Melanie Yazzie is an extremely prolific artist and … Continue reading Memory Weaving: Works by Melanie Yazzie →

Maria Samora: Master of Elegance

Where: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture - Santa Fe, NM When: April 8, 2018 -  March 3, 2019. *No longer on view. What: "MIAC is happy to announce Maria Samora: Master of Elegance, an exhibition that showcases this year’s Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Living Treasure and Native Treasurers Featured Artist. Samora (Taos … Continue reading Maria Samora: Master of Elegance →

Awa Tsireh: Pueblo Painter and Metalsmith

Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: No longer on view. What: "This exhibit explores the paintings and metalworks of San Ildefonso artist Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal). Born at San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1898, Awa Tsireh began his painting career in 1917 and by the early 1920s his work was exhibited nationally. Although he received … Continue reading Awa Tsireh: Pueblo Painter and Metalsmith →