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New Mexico Museum of Art ~ New Native
Photography, 2011
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(SANTA FE, NM)
New Native Photography, 2011, opens
Friday, August 12, 6 p.m. at the New
Mexico Museum of Art in collaboration
with the Southwestern Association for
Indian Arts (SWAIA). The exhibition of
contemporary Native photography is in
conjunction with the 90Th Santa Fe
Indian Market.
New Native Photography will feature more
than fifteen Native photographers
representing various United States
federally recognized tribes, pueblos,
and First Nations tribes. Distinguished
artists and educators Larry McNeil and
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, along with
the museum’s curator of photography,
Katherine Ware, selected the works.
Photographs from more than thirty
applicants were evaluated on the basis
of vision, technical execution, and
cohesiveness as a body of images, with
consideration given to images offering a
fresh expression of Native experience.
“The exhibition offers just a small
taste of the tremendous breadth of
imagination and skill characteristic of
Native artists working in photography
today,” Katherine Ware says. “It is a
great pleasure to see recent work by
established figures as well as
newcomers, and we are excited about
showing these photographs to our wide
range of visitors during the busy summer
season in Santa Fe.” |
Richard Ray Whitman - "Bloodlines" 2008
Courtesy of the artist |
The diversity of work speaks to the richness of
Native experience, with photographs ranging from
portraiture and landscape to staged,
constructed, and mixed media. Funding for New
Native Photography was generously provided by
Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser; Andrew
Smith Gallery; Michael and Jane Wilson,Wilson
Centre for Photography; Henry and Connie
Christensen III;Paul Sack; James and Linda
Ballinger; Alfred Bush; and Joan Myers.
Museum Information:
The New Mexico Museum of Art was founded in 1917
as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico.
Housed in a spectacular Pueblo Revival building
designed by I. H. and William M. Rapp, it was
based on their New Mexico building at the
Panama-California Exposition (1915). The
museum's architecture inaugurated what has come
to be known as "Santa Fe Style." For nearly 100
years, the Museum has celebrated the diversity
of the visual arts and the legacy of New Mexico
as a cultural crossroads by collecting and
exhibiting work by leading artists from New
Mexico and elsewhere. This tradition continues
today with a wide-array of exhibitions with work
from the world’s leading artists. The New Mexico
Museum of Art brings the art of New Mexico to
the world and the art of the world to New
Mexico.
The New Mexico Museum of Art is a division of
the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Location: Santa Fe’s Plaza at 107 West
Palace Avenue.
Information: 505-476-5072 or visit
www.nmartmuseum.org
Days/Times: Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m. Open Free on Fridays, 5:00-8:00
p.m. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day the
Museum is open 7 days a week, including Mondays.
Admission: Adult single-museum admission
is $6 for New Mexico residents, $9 for
nonresidents; OR $15 for one-day pass to two
museums of your choice (Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, New
Mexico Museum of Art, and Palace of the
Governors/New Mexico History Museum) OR $20
four-day pass to the four museums listed above.
Youth 16 and under, Foundation Members, and New
Mexico Veterans with 50% or more disability
always free
Sundays: New Mexico residents with ID are
admitted FREE, Students with ID receive a $1
discount.
Wednesdays: New Mexico resident seniors (60+)
with ID are free.
Field Trips There is no charge for
educational groups attending the museum with
their instructor and/or adult chaperones.
Contact the Tours office by phone at (505)
476-1140 or (505) 476-1211 to arrange
class/group visits to the Museum. |
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