Events & Exhibitions
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
12:00 pm
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
Breakfast with the Curators
Native American Picture Books of Change
8:30 am
*8:30-10am *Breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe *Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Call 476-1272 or 476-1258 for information and required reservations; seating is limited. Native American Picture Books of Change : Breakfast with Rebecca Benes, author and co-curator of Native American Picture Books of Change, followed by a tour of the exhibit with Shelby Tisdale as co-curator and Director
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
12:00 pm
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
Breakfast with the Curators
Santa Fe Indian Market
8:30 am
*8:30-10am *Breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe *Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Call 476-1272 or 476-1258 for information and required reservations; seating is limited. Breakfast with Bruce Bernstein, Director of SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, followed by a talk entitled Indian Market: 88 Years Old and Getting Younger All The Time
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
Breakfast with the Curators
Behind the Scenes at MIAC
8:30 am
*8:30-10am *Breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe *Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Call 476-1272 or 476-1258 for information and required reservations; seating is limited. Weaving Behind the Scenes at MIAC : Breakfast with Joyce Begay-Foss, Director of Education and well-known weaver, followed by a behind the scenes collection tour of MIAC’s Navajo Weavings
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
Breakfast with the Curators
Native Couture II
8:30 am
*8:30-10am *Breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe *Cost $25 per person, or $20 per person for MNMF members. Museum admission included. Call 476-1272 or 476-1258 for information and required reservations; seating is limited. New Exhibits: Native Couture II : Breakfast with the artist Cody Sanderson, award-winning metalsmith and jeweler, followed by a tour of the exhibit Native Couture II with the artist and co-curator and Director Shelby Tisdale
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
12:00 pm
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3
Sun Mountain Gathering
10:00 am
Sun Mountain Gathering , a unique cultural celebration for all ages, returns to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. . Geared to families and free to the public, this annual favorite is filled with activities such as pump drills, arrow making, spear throwing, and pottery making. Admission to Sun Mountain is Free. There is an admission fee to enter the museum. For more information about Sun Mountain Gathering the public may call 505-476-1250. For press images, go to: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1014692@N24/?added=4
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
12:00 pm
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Let’s Take A Look with MIAC curators
12:00 pm
During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your unidentified treasures.
Current Exhibitions
Native American Picture Books of Change
February 15, 2009 through January 2, 2010
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.
A River Apart
October 19, 2008 through June 6, 2010
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.
Native Couture
December 16, 2007 through February 21, 2010
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.”
The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
on long-term display
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.
Here, Now and Always
on long-term display
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.