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September 2019
Book Club: “The Seven Daughters of Eve”
Join the Friends of the Wheelwright Museum as they discuss Bryan Sykes book, The Seven Daughters of Eve. Discussion starts at 1:30 P.M. Discussion Leader: Jacqueline Lovell
Find out more »Museum Hill Community Day @ Wheelwright Museum
SCHEDULE OF EVENT 10:00 AM - Jemez Pueblo Seasonal Dance Group (Terrace) 10:30 AM - Caring for Your Art at Home Workshop (Classroom) 12:00 PM - Jemez Pueblo Seasonal Dance Group (Terrace) 12:30 PM - Caring for Your Art at Home Workshop (Classroom) 1:00 PM - Storytelling with Emmett Shkeme Garcia, Santa Ana Pueblo (In Library) 2:30 PM - Caring for Your Art at Home Workshop (Classroom) 3:00 PM - Storytelling with Emmett Shkeme Garcia, Santa Ana Pueblo (In Library)…
Find out more »October 2019
Friends: Artists Spotlight (2:30PM)
Featuring upcoming Native Artists Artist Panel: AJ Nequatewa (Hopi/Navajo), Varied Media Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose (Diné, Southern Ute), Digital Fabrication, Graphic Design Elias Jade Not Afraid (Crow Nation), Bead Artist Tol-pi-yine Simbola (Picuris), Jeweler DOORS OPEN 2:00 PM | DISCUSSION START 2:30 PM | Free for Friends Members • Non-members/Public $10 AJ Nequatewa is a contemporary Indigenous artist whose work explores the relationship between modern native/Indigenous culture and a respect for Indigenous traditions. The pieces she makes are the…
Find out more »Friends Trading Post Trip
Friends of the Wheelwright trading post and studio tour (Gallup, NM) Price: $250 per person • Limit 30 (Friends Member's Only - Become a museum member + Friends member to join!) Fee include gallery tours, wine and hors d’oeuvres plus dinner at Tanner Gallery; weaving demonstration and lunch at Toadlena plus dinner in Gallup; breakfast and tour of trading post in Gallup on Oct. 18. Not included in fee: Transportation, single or double room at host hotel (Springhill Suites by…
Find out more »November 2019
Friends: Studio Tour (Norma Naranjo)
“Let the Feast Begin—Pueblo Holiday Cooking with Norma Naranjo” Friends fundraiser for the Wheelwright $75/Person • Limit 20 (Friends Members Only) Join the Friends of the Wheelwright and Norma Naranjo (Santa Clara) as she teaches us about Native food and cooking. We will learn to prepare for the Feast Days to come—Thanksgiving and Christmas. Share cultural backgrounds during an intimate and informative 3-hour class, while experiencing a traditional Pueblo Meal. Enjoy learning cooking techniques and take home a cooking…
Find out more »Friends Lecture: The Importance of Chaco Canyon and How It Inspires a Native Artist (2:30 PM)
The Importance of Chaco Canyon and How it Inspires a Native Artist Presented by Franklin Allen Carrillo (Laguna/Choctaw), Jeweler DOORS OPEN 2:00 PM | LECTURE STARTS 2:30 PM | Free for Friends Members • Non-members/Public $10 Franklin Allen Carrillo has been creating art for many years (stone carvings, silver and gold jewelry with or without stone inlay), however, the main focus of his work is on the metal aspect. Using traditional and contemporary fabrication techniques the pieces reflect both the…
Find out more »Book Club: There There
Join the Friends of the Wheelwright Museum as they discuss Tommy Orange book, There There. Discussion starts at 1:30 P.M. Discussion Leader: Heather Weir
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