Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: Through May 12, 2019 What: "The exhibition examines Dwayne Wilcox’s (Oglala Lakota) own lived experience as an artist creating work that is linked to historic forms of narrative communication of his Lakota people and post-modernism in its powerfully ironic stance. Wilcox’s recent series of … Continue reading Dwayne Wilcox: Visual/Language
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Heidi K. Brandow: Unit of Measure
Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: Through January 26, 2020 What: "Heidi K. Brandow (Native Hawaiian/Diné) created the mural painting Unit of Measure in IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts’ (MoCNA) first floor Hallway and Honors Galleries. Brandow is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is filled with whimsical characters that … Continue reading Heidi K. Brandow: Unit of Measure
Art for a New Understanding: Native Perspectives, 1950’s to Now
Where: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - Santa Fe, NM When: Through July 19, 2019 What: "Art for a New Understanding: Native Perspectives, 1950s to Now seeks to expand and reposition art in the U.S. and Canada since 1950. It is the first exhibition to chart the development of contemporary Indigenous art from the United … Continue reading Art for a New Understanding: Native Perspectives, 1950’s to Now
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts – Santa Fe, NM
"The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) holds the premier collection of contemporary Native American art in the world from Native American, First Nations and other Indigenous peoples. This unique collection, known as the “National Collection of Contemporary Native American Art,” documents the art movements of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and … Continue reading Museum of Contemporary Native Arts – Santa Fe, NM
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
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
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 