Hopi carver Mavasta Honyouti at Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe
Hopi carver Mavasta Honyouti at Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe
UTF-8
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.