Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grant to Fund New Exhibition on Native American Art in the Wake of the Vietnam War at the Wheelwright Museum
The Museum is the only NM recipient of this grant this cycle; new major exhibit to open in 2026.
Raven Halfmoon’s (b. 1991, Caddo) monumental ceramic female figures installed outside greet visitors to the Museum. One, Soku & Nash (Caddo – Sun & Moon) (2022), faces Sun and Moon Mountain. Museum Hill offers some of the best views in Santa Fe.
Inside, paintings from Emmi Whitehorse (b. 1957, Navajo), a video from 2022 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient Sky Hopinka (b. 1984; Ho-Chunk/ Luiseño), delicate needlework textiles by Cristina Flores Pescorán (b. 1986, Lima, Peru) resembling her organs, and a room-filling Nora Naranjo Morse (b. 1953, Kha’P’o Owenge (Santa Clara Pueblo)) fabric sculpture composed of discarded items sourced in the Jornada del Muerto (Dead Man’s Journey) region of Southern New Mexico are in service to John Chee Arviso (1910–2005, Navajo), the Wheelwright’s “person of interest.”
A day in the vault of the Wheelwright Museum yielded glimpses of stunning Indigenous creativity. The sculptures, paintings, drawings, beadwork, and more, had us holding our breath with astonishment.
Charlotte Mittler and the Mittler Family Foundation have donated their treasured collection of Cochiti Storytellers and Mono figurines to the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian and have generously two-million-dollar gift to help the museum reconfigure its lower-level gallery.
The threads that bind: Wheelwright looks at the fashion and family of a Native American art dynasty
Carving out a history: Mavasta Honyouti tells a story of resistance through his art
Hopi carver Mavasta Honyouti at Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe
Tony Jojola studied the basics of glass at Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts before working alongside the legendary Dale Chihuly.
It is our privilege to invite you to take a small peek at Western and Native American artwork that resides in five significant museum collections around the United States.
When Ruth Schultz moved to Albuquerque from Louisiana with her husband Sidney, it was with considerable trepidation.
Works by the Abeyta family of artists encourage thinking beyond activism and legislation as a means for political progress.
Upon invitation from the Wheelwright Museum, Nathan Young has created an installation of bridles, bow guards, belt buckles, and cigarette holders ranging from the 19th century to the present.
“Art saves lives.” -Shonto Begay. For Diné (Navajo) artist Shonto Begay (b. 1954), that’s more than a figure of speech. It’s autobiographical.
The Wheelwright Museum highlights 40 years of artwork by celebrated Navajo impressionist Shonto Begay.
Like many young Natives from New Mexico, Manuel Naranjo learned the silversmithing trade through employment at curio shops in the 1920s and ’30s.
Admission: $10.00
Free for Museum Members, Native Americans, children under 12, students with a valid ID, veterans and active military.
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