The presentation will address authenticity and its importance in today’s marketplace, the opportunities to preserve the art, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, the NM Indian Crafts and Sales Act and the federal And State’s enforcement activities. Nina will discuss her outreach and work with Native American artists, tribes, Pueblos and Nations as well as businesses […]
Foundation members at the Patron, Benefactor and Ambassador levels are invited to be first to see The Red That Colored the World, a spectacular exhibition that explores the history of cochineal and the seductive visual nature of red Saturday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m. at the Museum of International Folk Art. Following the cochineal bug […]
From Antiquity to today, as symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Throughout art history, a broad red brushstroke has colored the finest art and expressions of daily life. Yet, while most people know red, few know of its source: American Cochineal, a tiny scaled insect that produces carminic […]
From Antiquity to today, as symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Throughout art history, a broad red brushstroke has colored the finest art and expressions of daily life. Yet, while most people know red, few know of its most prolific and enduring source: American Cochineal, a tiny scaled […]
From Antiquity to today, as symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Throughout art history, a broad red brushstroke has colored the finest art and expressions of daily life. Yet, while most people know red, few know of its most prolific and enduring source: American Cochineal, a tiny scaled […]
From Antiquity to today, as symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Throughout art history, a broad red brushstroke has colored the finest art and expressions of daily life. Yet, while most people know red, few know of its source: American Cochineal, a tiny scaled insect that produces carminic […]
Drop by to see "The Art of Oreland Joe," a 30 min. documentary about the life of this extraordinary Native artist. Then, watch as he works in clay with a model.
For more than 100 years, the pleasant, classic visage of a Navajo Indian woman has gazed out at the American public from postcards, playing cards and the pages of books. Travelers who journeyed to the West over the Santa Fe Railway between 1903 and 1923 could enjoy a personal encounter with Elle of Ganado as […]
Book launch for Jerry West: The Alchemy of Memory published by the Museum of New Mexico Press. Following an introduction by Joseph Traugot, West and essayist MaLin Wilson-Powell will engage in a conversation about his work. Jerry West is an accomplished artist with a strong personal connection to the west, to New Mexico and to […]
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 treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. The event is always FREE and open to the public. Federal […]
Join Friends of Indian Art (FIA) for an afternoon with internationally known Native American artist George Rivera. We will start the afternoon with Rivera giving us a private tour of the art collection at Buffalo Thunder. We will then proceed to the Pueblo of Pojoaque for a tour of the Pueblo and his studio where […]
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FRIENDS OF INDIAN ART EVENT AND MEMBERSHIP IN FIA IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND. CALL 505-982-6366 OR VISIT THE FIA SITE FOR MORE INFO. Spend an afternoon with the FIA and interntionally known Native American artist George Rivera. The afternoon begins with a private tour of the art collection at Buffalo Thunder, followed […]
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