A full-time artist since childhood, Kathleen Wall was raised in a family of potters. Over the years, she has become known for transforming familiar storyteller figures into expressive, individualized sculptures. Her lighthearted and lovable koshare figures bring joy and humor, and for many, provide an entry point into her work. Kathleen is MIAC’s 2020--2021 Living […]
About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/ Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. The museum holds the world’s largest international folk art collection of more than 150,000 objects from six […]
Monica Obniski is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art, where she is responsible for collecting, exhibiting, and programming a global collection of design, which includes a yearly architectural piazza commission. Her curatorial practice engages social issues and is rooted in architecture and design history. She has held curatorial […]
Terran Last Gun (b. 1989) is a Piikani (Blackfeet) visual artist and printmaker. Sah’kwiinaamah’kaa (Last Gun) was born and raised in Browning, Montana, where the Rocky Mountains greet the Great Plains. As a citizen of the Piikani Nation in Montana— who are members of the Blackfoot Confederacy that includes Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani nations of […]
In this global pandemic, face masks do more than protect health; they represent self-expression, politics, fashion, and humanity’s hope and care for one another. The exhibition is an ode to the mask, and to the artists and everyday citizens forging their way through the COVID-19 crisis. Photo credit: Mask Cover, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (Ýrúrarí), 2020, […]
This talk will discuss the way in which Pueblo Indians have fought to preserve tribal sovereignty as it related to issues of land and water from the Spanish Colonial Period to the present day. Case studies of five pueblos will be examined, four in New Mexico and one in Texas: Pojoaque, Nambe, Tesuque, Isleta, and […]
“Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces” is currently on view. This new traveling exhibition highlights the generations of Native Americans who have served in the United States military. Native people have served for the same reasons as anyone else: to demonstrate patriotism or pursue employment, education, or adventure. Many were drafted, but tribal […]
Aaron Cajero is a member of the Fire Clan from Jemez Pueblo. He began working with clay art in 1993. He learned the traditional way of hand coiling pottery using ancient methods by the members of his family. They taught him all the fundamentals of working with clay artforms. Aaron was quoted as saying “I […]
Dr. Shimazaki’s areas of research include early modern Japanese theater and popular literature; the modern history of kabuki; gender representation on the kabuki stage; sound and visual media; and the interaction of performance, print, and text. Dr. Shimazaki was a contributor to the Museum of International Folk Art’s publication, Yokai: Ghosts, Demons, & Monsters of […]
Photo credit: Modern Hyakki yagyo ("Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") book by Sakyu. Kyoto, Japan, 2018. International Folk Art Foundation, Museum of International Folk Art Orihon are accordion-style books, composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper enclosed between two covers, which were used for Buddhist texts, journaling, poetry, and even yokai illustrations. Yokai […]
Photo credit: Modern Hyakki yagyo ("Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") book by Sakyu. Kyoto, Japan, 2018. International Folk Art Foundation, Museum of International Folk Art Orihon are accordion-style books, composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper enclosed between two covers. In comparison to scrolls these accordion books were more practical and allow enough […]
Reflecting current archaeological and historical perspectives, Palace Seen and Unseendraws from historic documents, photographs, and archaeological and architectural studies produced by its former residents, visitors, stewards, and scholars. When the dynamic expertise of historians and archaeologists converges, a richer story and better understanding emerges. It is this integrative approach to what is seen and unseen that […]
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