Where: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe, NM When: November 3, 2019 - October 4, 2020 What: "Humor and Satire in Native American Arts, 1930 to the Present will include paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other items from the 1880s to the present, in which Native artists have parodied non-Native individuals, appropriated non-Native … Continue reading Humour and Satire in Native Arts
Tag: New Mexico
Old Man Looking Backward: Bob Haozous
Where: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe, NM When: Through October 6, 2019 What: "Bob Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache) is best known for monumental sculpture, but he works in other media as well. A group of monoprints, illustrations, and human-sized steel cutouts represent his private collection—pieces that have not been for … Continue reading Old Man Looking Backward: Bob Haozous
Dwayne Wilcox: Visual/Language
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
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
LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson
Where: The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe, NM When: Through October 6, 2019 What: "LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson will be the first major solo exhibition to highlight the artistic career of mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson (born 1983), who is descended from the pueblo of Santa Clara. The exhibition … Continue reading LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson
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
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian – Santa Fe, NM
"Founded in 1937, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is New Mexico’s oldest non-profit, independent museum. The Wheelwright offers unique exhibitions of contemporary and historic Native American art. We’re famous for our focus on little-known genres and for solo shows by living Native American artists. We are the home of the Jim and Lauris … Continue reading Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian – Santa Fe, NM
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture – Santa Fe, NM
"As the major repository for anthropological and archaeological research materials for New Mexico and the greater Southwest, the Laboratory is charged with preservation, conservation, and curation of invaluable collections which are a central part of the cultural heritage of the region and its indigenous communities. The museum has extensive holding of various types, these include: … Continue reading Museum of Indian Arts and Culture – 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
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 