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
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
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
The Third Dimension: Sculptural Stories in Stone and Bronze
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Ongoing What: "Some of the most exciting and moving American Indian fine art of the 20th and 21st centuries has been created by sculptors. The Heard Museum is fortunate recently to have been given works by leading American Indian sculptors such as Allan Houser and John Hoover Gifts … Continue reading The Third Dimension: Sculptural Stories in Stone and Bronze
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
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 