Collecting the Contemporary
Exhibition Dates
November 14, 2023 – January 11, 2025
Location Details
Lower level gallery
Featured Image Details Below
Since its founding, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian has been dedicated to collecting the contemporary. Although the Museum was initially focused on Navajo ceremonial art and knowledge practices, it has collected the work of practicing artists since the late 1930s, with one of its earliest acquisitions by Diné painter Andy Van Tsinahjinnie (1916-2000). The Wheelwright Museum’s interest in collecting is directly linked to its capacity to represent and contribute to the field of Native American art history. Systematic collecting of the contemporary and registering artists’ and community voices allows us to record contemporary concerns and perspectives. Continuing to acquire by commission, purchase or donation is important to any museum’s relevance and future potential. This is even more so in a field as dynamic and as significant as Native American art.
Featured are works by:
- Alan C. Houser (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994)
- Bob Haozous (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache/Navajo, b. 1943
- Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo. b.1969)
- Pablita Velarde (Tse Tan, 1918-2006, Santa Clara Pueblo)
Curated by the Wheelwright Museum, with support from the Mellon Foundation
Featured Image Details
Exhibition of Paintings by Fritz Scholder 1977 in the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art (now Wheelwright Museum) Wheelwright Museum archives.
Previously On View
The multi-generational history of Native American painting as a woman’s art in the Southwest can be traced through the work of three women.
January 11, 1987 – February 21, 1987
Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage: Contemporary Art by Native American Women
The Native American Arts and Service Organization sponsored traveling exhibit, Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage-Contemporary Art by Native American Women.
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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