Events for August 19, 2021

10:am - 4:00 pm* Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian Indigenous Women: Border Matters features a timely look at four Indigenous women artists who speak to issues on both sides of the U.S. border. Their practice is guided by contemporary issues of identity, self-determination, human rights, and the impacts on the human experience. The works explore […]

10:am - 4:00 pm* Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian Shonto Begay: Eyes of the World features the work of Navajo Neo-Impressionist artist Shonto Begay. Autobiographical in nature, his paintings visually narrate his connection to the Navajo landscape, personal histories, and cosmology. Shonto’s voice resonates throughout the exhibition, poetically complimenting individual artworks with in-depth storytelling […]

IAIA 2020/2021 BFA Exhibition: Manifesting Our Destinies 10:00 am - 5:00 pm* IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native American Art Co-curated by Joseph Maldonado (Tlingit and Ottawa) and Ethan Swearengin (Cherokee Nation), Manifesting Our Destinies highlights artwork that reflects the diverse backgrounds of this year’s IAIA graduating BFA students. The juried show presents the unique voices of emerging […]

10:00 am - 5:00 pm* Museum of Indian Arts and Culture A Place in Clay, seamlessly moves between clay sculptures and acrylic paintings, in which Wall engages with and explores her high desert surroundings. Finding inspiration in both her family’s artistic practices and the environment of Jemez Pueblo, Wall ask questions surrounding food sovereignty, language, […]

10:00 am - 5:00 pm* Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, is a groundbreaking exhibit of works in glass by 33 Indigenous artists, plus leading glass artist Dale Chihuly who introduced glass art to Indian Country. On view from May 2021 to June 2022 at The Museum of […]

Museum of International Folk Art From small beads and mirrors to sculpted works, people work with glass all over the world. The Museum of International Folk Art presents a selection of glass works and works with glass from the collection. The display will be on view in Lloyd’s Treasure Chest this summer. http://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibition/4748/glass-selections-from-the-collection The Museum is open […]

10:00 am - 5:00 pm* Museum of Indian Arts and Culture The exhibit consists of jewelry collected by Dr. Harry P. Mera during a trip to the Navajo Nation in the fall of 1932.  Funded primarily by John D. Rockefeller, Mera visited 80 trading posts and covered more than 2,500 miles to gather a collection […]

Doug Coffin and Doug Black Ellsworth Gallery (Open Thursday - Saturday) 10:00 am - 6:00 pm* At the core of D1 & D2... rests the personal and creative bond between both artists. It is no coincidence the two have the same first name, as Doug Black is named after Doug Coffin, his godfather. Both originating […]

Tuesday – Monday Every Week the Month of August – Free Admission at MoCNA MoCNA is offering free admission during August, a month when Santa Fe celebrates Native American art and culture. Museum visitors will be able to explore new exhibitions, like Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, and participate in engaging public programming—all free of […]

15th Annual Contemporary Native Art Exhibition: Native Visions 10:00 am - 5:00 pm* Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art Gallery 2021 marks Chiaroscuro's Fifteenth Annual Contemporary Native Show featuring works new to the gallery from gallery artists Neal Ambrose-Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Jeff Kahm (Plains Cree), Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara), Duane Slick […]

10:am - 4:00 pm* Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian Charlie Willeto was a Navajo artist born in 1897. In the Navajo clan system, his maternal clan was Tódich’ii’ni (Bitter Water) born for his paternal clan, Hashtłishnii (Mud People). Willeto’s father was a medicine man or as Navajos call them “hatałii”, which translates as “singer.” […]

5:00 - 7:00 pm Gerald Peters Contemporary Patrick Dean Hubbell: A New Day brings together a selection of the artist’s most recent works. The work, a continuation of a series developed by the artist over the last two years explores methods of painting and display, reflecting ideas of identity and categorization, and question issues of […]

5:00 - 8:00 pm Each Evening Faust Gallery The works of Glass Artist Ira Lujan (Taos/Onkay Owingeh Pueblo) and Jewelers Ric Charlie (Navajo). Darryl Dean Begay and Don Supplee (Hopi) will be featured at this show which runs through Aug 22nd.  Normal business hours at the Gallery are Mon-Sat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm but […]

5:00 - 8:00 pm Each Evening Manitou Gallery Five Indigenous Artists Explore Traditional Arts in Modern Times featuring works by painter Nocona Burgess (Comanche), sculptors Upton Greyshoes Ethelbah (Santa Clara Pueblo & White Mountain Apache) and Ed Natiya (Diné), painter and sculptor George Rivera (Pojoaque Pueblo) and painter and printmaker William Rogers (Diné). Normal Gallery […]

  Ken Williams Jr. (Arapaho/Seneca) will be featured with his beadwork at the gallery from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.  Ken began his career at an early age, experimenting as a self taught artist who learned by observing family and friends. He completed his BA in museum studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts, […]

5:00 - 8:00 pm Blue Rain Gallery Participating artists include Dan Friday, Helen K. Tindel, Shelley Muzylowski Allen and Angela Swedberg collaborations, Jody Naranjo, Chris Pappan, Starr Hardridge, Maria Samora, Hyrum Joe, Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano, Thomas Breeze Marcus and more. In the Santa Fe RAILYARD, 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 […]