Events for August 20, 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 […]

10:00 am - 5:00 pm* IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native American Art  Mon & Tue – Sat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm/Sun 11:00 am-4:00 pm Exposure:  Native Art and Political Ecology, including the works of 32 international indigenous artists, documents their responses to the impacts of nuclear testing, nuclear accidents, and uranium mining on Native peoples […]

10:00 am - 6:00 pm* Blue Rain Gallery Singletary grew up hearing his culture's traditional stories from his family (both of his great-grandparents were full-blooded Tlingit Indians) and many of those stories provide inspiration for his work. The formline design skills evident in so many of his pieces were acquired through study and collaboration with […]

11:00 am - 3:00 pm Each Day Blue Rain Gallery “Glass brings another dimension to Native American art. It's luminous quality and shadow effect are like a spirit that appears when this lighting is right.”    Preston Singletary Daniel Friday has lived in the Northwest his whole life, a shining product of the studio glass […]

Rachel Sahmie (1956- ) is a Hopi master potter at First Mesa. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Nampeyo, America's first Modernist artist and the matriarch of Hopi pottery. Rachel is known for her Sikyatki Revival designs, continuing the art movement started by her great-great-grandmother in the late 1800s. Please note that masks are required and […]

10:00 am - 5:00 pm Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery Richard Zane Smith is a Wyandot sculptor who grew up in St. Louis Missouri and learned the art of pottery at the Kansas City Art institute. Smith's works draw from his ancient Wyandotte heritage as well as Pueblo inspired designs that incorporate coils and layers within […]

12:30 - 6:30 PM 99th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market ONLINE AT https://swaia.org/ NEW in 2021: The Best of Show Silent Auction This year SWAIA is adding a new auction opportunity for artists and visitors. Artists may choose to enter work submitted for the Best of Show judging into an online silent auction. Bidding starts […]

5:00 - 7:00 pm IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native American Art Opening celebration in the Allan Houser Art Park of the Museum, including light refreshments.  The show, including the works of 32 international indigenous artists, documents their responses to the impacts of nuclear testing, nuclear accidents, and uranium mining on Native peoples and the environment. […]

5:00 - 7:00 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 (Meskwaki) and Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo).   The Gallery is open […]