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Exhibition
Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesBeginning with his early years working as a research photographer at the Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico, photographer Donald Woodman honed his photographic vision first through stars and clouds and then through sandy soil, majestic peaks and his own interior life. Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico explores that journey through a […]
FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY YEAR-LONG CYCLE OPENS IN MARCH WITH THREE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS AT NM MUSEUM OF ART
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesFocus on Photography is a year-long series of exhibitions opening March 7, 2014 at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Three simultaneous exhibitions kick off the series: the solo show Beneath our Feet: Photographs by Joan Myers; the group show of landscape photographs titled Grounded; and the Photo Lab, an evolving interactive space exploring photographic […]
Work in Progress: Folk Artists on Immigration — Exhibition Lab
Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesWork in Progress: Folk Artists on Immigration -- Visitors to the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) had a unique opportunity to actively participate in developing the new exhibit on the timely topic of immigration. Work in Progress: Folk Artists on Immigration, a participatory exhibit lab explored issues of home, immigration and belonging, in the […]
Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico
Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesDuring the Work Progress Administration (WPA) period of the 1930’s, the traditional arts of the region gained resurgence through federal programmed that trained and employed New Mexican folk artists, In 1936, Patrocino Barela’s expressionistic woodcarvings created under the auspices of the Federal Arts Project were a part of New Horizons in American Art at the […]
Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesTurquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning highlights the Museum’s extensive collection of Southwestern turquoise jewelry and presents all aspects of the stone, from geology, mining and history, to questions of authenticity and value. People in the Southwest have used turquoise for jewelry and ceremonial purposes and traded valuable stones both within and outside […]
Southwestern Allure: The Art of the Santa Fe Art Colony
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesSouthwestern Allure:The Art of the Santa Fe Art Colony explores the development of Santa Fe as a haven for artists beginning in the early 20th century through the late 1930s. The exhibition opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art April 25, 2014 and is on view through July 27, 2014. Southwestern Allure celebrates the […]
Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesIn an age when every cell phone can take a respectable picture, cameras as low-tech as an oatmeal box still beguile a legion of practitioners, both artistic and documentarian. With roots in the ancient discovery of the camera obscura, pinhole photography has enchanted artists from the 1880s through today. Opening April 27 through Jan. 10, […]
Toys and Games: A New Mexico Childhood
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Toys and Games: A New Mexico Childhood
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesToys bring out the best in our imaginations. From the cardboard box that becomes a spaceship to store shelves bursting with stuffed animals, board games and dolls, children’s minds rocket them beyond this world into uncharted lands. Anymore, children can play with endless apps and evolving video games. But toys and games have always been […]
Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesMarking both her seventy-fifth birthday and three decades of living and working in New Mexico, Local Color: Judy Chicago in New Mexico 1984-2014 opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art June 6, 2014 and runs through October 12, 2014. The exhibition will focus on both large-scale public projects and smaller-scale personal artworks and will […]