Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Native American Picture Books of Change
Native American Picture Books of Change—is an exhibition of original works by Hopi, Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo artists who illustrated children's books in the 1920's through today. Based on the book of the same title by Rebecca Benes, the exhibition focuses on illustrations in Native American children’s books of the last century. Emerging Indian artists illustrated the stories for Indian students based on Native oral traditions and narratives about everyday Indian life.
February 15, 2009 through January 2, 2010
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Native Couture
Santa Fe style represents a state of mind, it is not just jewelry and clothing but a feeling inside, a sense of place and that total belief in the Navajo saying, “Walk in beauty.”
December 16, 2007 through February 21, 2010
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
A River Apart
Two major rivers and their tributaries - the Colorado River and the Rio Grande - have shaped both the landscape and the distribution of indigenous villages. Neighboring New Mexico pueblos on the banks of the northern Rio Grande - just a river apart - the communities of Cochiti and Santo Domingo share a ceramic tradition extending back almost 1,500 years. This permanent collection - A River Apart - preserves these iconic cultural representatives.
October 19, 2008 through June 6, 2010
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
The Buchsbaum Gallery features each of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona in a selection of pieces that represent the development of a community tradition. In addition, a changing area of the gallery, entitled Traditions Today highlights the evolving contemporary traditions of the ancient art of pottery making.
on long-term display
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Here, Now and Always
Here, Now, and Always is a major exhibition based on eight years of collaboration among Native American elders, artists, scholars, teachers, writers and museum professionals. Voices of fifty Native Americans guide visitors through the Southwest's indigenous communities and their challenging landscapes. More than 1,300 artifacts from the Museum's collections are displayed accompanied by poetry, story, song and scholarly discussion.
on long-term display
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Museum of International Folk Art
Writing With Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities
Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, features a rare collection of entire ensembles of women's, men's and children's ceremonial dress, baby carriers, quilt covers, festive and religious vestments, silver jewelry, embroidered silk valences, and wax-resist dyed curtains, plus a loom, weaving tools, and embroidery cases. More than 500 objects in Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities, represent 15 ethnic groups and nearly 100 subgroups in China.
May 15, 2009 through August 16, 2009
Museum of International Folk Art
Nuevo Mexico: El Corazon de la Cultura
Nuevo México: El Corazón de la Cultura, or New Mexico: The Heart of Culture, at the Museum of International Folk Art, showcases the best of Hispano/Latino arts of New Mexico from the early colonial period until the present. This exhibition presents a unique opportunity to view these works of art up close and personal in Lloyd’s Treasure Chest while the Hispanic Heritage Wing undergoes renovations. Lloyd’s Treasure Chest offers visitors interactive displays about collections and how museums care for collections.
December 24, 2008 through December 24, 2009
Museum of International Folk Art
Lloyds Treasure Chest
Lloyd's Treasure Chest provides visitors with the opportunity to interact with works not on display in the upstairs galleries, providing a context for further appreciation and understanding of folk heritage, traditions, and aesthetics. Here, visitors have the opportunity to experience the behind-the-scenes museum activities and gain insight into aspects of preservation and conservation relating to the diverse works, and see videos about folk artists.
January 1, 2008 through January 1, 2010
Museum of International Folk Art
Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia
Wayang kulit performance of Indonesia, among the oldest and greatest story telling traditions in the world, is said to lie at the heart of Javanese culture. Wayang kulit are flat, elaborately painted and intricately carved and perforated leather shadow puppets that cast dazzling shadows through a cotton screen. Traditional performances last all night, beginning in the evening and lasting to dawn. Wayang Kulit performances are always accompanied by a gamelan orchestra—a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that includes a variety of instruments such as gongs, drums, metallaphones, xylophones, stringed instruments, and vocalists.Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia introduces the distinct form of wayang kulit found in Central Java. Various aspects of this performance art will be explored, including gamelan, artistic techniques involved in making shadow puppets, the cast of characters, and regional variations of wayang. A puppet workshop, where Visitors of all ages can make and play with shadow puppets is complemented by computer kiosks to learn more about Gamelan instruments and Shadow puppets. The Museum is open daily from Memorial Day, May 25 through Labor Day, September 7, 2009.
March 8, 2009 through March 14, 2010
Museum of International Folk Art
The Girard Collection: Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
"I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation, but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present." - Alexander Girard
January 1, 2008 through January 1, 2012
Museum of International Folk Art
Museum of Art
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection
Sara and David Lieberman, with their passion for collecting contemporary craft and their exceptional openness to new forms and ideas, have assembled one of the best collections of contemporary baskets in the country. The more than 150 baskets in their collection were at first collected for their “function and appeal” and their grounding in ancient traditions. But their selections soon included new works of great “vitality and vigor” that were more about “expression and communication” rather than function.
April 24, 2009 through September 6, 2009
New Mexico Museum of Art
American Impressionism: Paintings From the Phillips Collection
Seeing in a New Way - Shocking and rebellious, the Impressionists painted out in the open air, and used their paints in new ways to show nuances of changing light. Explore at the Museum more than 65 Impressionist works (ca. 1880-1920) from the renowned Phillips Collection, as it tours the country. Celebrated American artists including John Henry Twatchman, J. Alden Weir, Childe Hassam, Theodore Robinson and William Lathrop, Maurice Prendergast, Gifford Beal, and Helen Turner applied the brighter palette and broken brushwork of French impressionism to the American landscape, focusing on views of parks and beaches as well as urban views and charming interiors. Reflecting the seasons, changing light and optical effects, these works also relate emotional and spiritual character of the landscape.This exhibition has been organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. The exhibition and national tour are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces program.
June 5, 2009 through September 13, 2009
New Mexico Museum of Art
O’Keeffe and Baumann
A permanent collection of works by two of New Mexico's legendary creative forces.
on long-term display
New Mexico Museum of Art
How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico
How the West Is One:The Art of New Mexico, organizes key objects from the museum’s collections so that they outline an intercultural history of New Mexico art, from the arrival of railroads in 1879 to the present.This long term exhibition presents 70 works by Native American, Hispanic, and European-American artists which illustrate the changing aesthetic ideals that have evolved within southwestern art over the last 125 years.
on long-term display
New Mexico Museum of Art
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe
The Palace of the Governors is partnering with Santa Fe Community College on the exhibition, Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe, as their contribution to Santa Fe’s celebration of its 400th anniversary.
November 21, 2008 through October 25, 2009
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
Fashioning New Mexico
"Fashioning New Mexico," the inaugural exhibition in the New Mexico History Museum's Changing Gallery, explores the clothes we wore over nearly two centuries of life's milestones -- christenings, weddings, military service, opera openings and more. A variety of interactive stations challenge visitors to tie a corset or check out a virtual image of themselves in one of the collection's outfits. The clothing and accessories have been collected for the last century. This exhibition marks the first time they have been on display.
May 24, 2009 through April 14, 2010
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
Segesser Hide Paintings
Though the source of the Segesser Hide Paintings is obscure, their significance cannot be clearer: the hides are rare examples of the earliest known depictions of colonial life in the United States. Moreover, the tanned and smoothed hides carry the very faces of men whose descendants live in New Mexico today...
on long-term display
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
Telling New Mexico
The core exhibition of the New Mexico History Museum is divided into six sections. Five represent chronological periods from the pre-colonial era to the present. The sixth offers a panorama of New Mexico today, presented primarily through the voices and stories of its people. As the section titles imply, each is set apart by time frames and contrasting views from first-person accounts of the people who lived during the different periods.
on long-term display
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción contains bultos, retablos, and crucifijos dating from the late 1700s to 1900 which illustrate the distinctive tradition of santo making in New Mexico introduced by settlers from Mexico.
on long-term display
New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors
