Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Through March 10, 2019 What: "Verma Nequatewa (Hopi, b. 1949) began an apprenticeship with her uncle Charles Loloma around 1966. Nequatewa has signed her distinctive work with the Hopi feminine word for beauty, Sonwai, since 1989. It complements her uncle’s name, which was the masculine word with the … Continue reading Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verna Nequatewa
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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
Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: No longer on view. What: "Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit explores the surprising and little-known story of how Inuit people and culture inspired one of the 20th century’s most influential artists, Henri Matisse. Included in the exhibition are works by Matisse that have not been publicly … Continue reading Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 