Events & Exhibitions
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11
MIAC Sunday Lecture Series
"All The Names: Locating Self and Culture in Pueblo Pottery"
2:00 pm
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Curator of Anthropology for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Followed by a book signing of A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos , in conjuction with our newest exhibit 'A River Apart'
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Opening reception for Native American Picture Books of Change
The Art of Historic Picture Book Editions
1:00 pm
Lecture at 2pm in the Theater by Rebecca Benes, author and co-curator of Native American Picture Books of Change Followed by a book signing of Native American Picture Books of Change
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
MIAC Sunday Lecture Series
“The Painted Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos”
2:00 pm
J. J. Brody, Professor Emeritus UNM and renowned Art Historian Followed by a book signing of A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos, in conjuction with our Exhibit 'A River Apart'
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
MIAC Sunday Lecture Series
A River Apart
2:00 pm
Bruce Bernstein, Director of SWAIA Followed by a book signing of A River Apart: The Pottery of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos, in conjuction with our Exhibit 'A River Apart'
Current Exhibitions
A River Apart
October 19, 2008 through June 6, 2010
Two major rivers and their tributaries - the Colorado River and the Rio Grande - have shaped both the landscape and the distribution of indigenous villages. Neighboring New Mexico pueblos on the banks of the northern Rio Grande - just a river apart - the communities of Cochiti and Santo Domingo share a ceramic tradition extending back almost 1,500 years. This permanent collection - A River Apart - preserves these iconic cultural representatives.
Native Couture
December 16, 2007 through February 21, 2010
Santa Fe style represents a state of mind, it is not just jewelry and clothing but a feeling inside, a sense of place and that total belief in the Navajo saying, “Walk in beauty.”
The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
on long-term display
The Buchsbaum Gallery features each of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona in a selection of pieces that represent the development of a community tradition. In addition, a changing area of the gallery, entitled Traditions Today highlights the evolving contemporary traditions of the ancient art of pottery making.
Here, Now and Always
on long-term display
Here, Now, and Always is a major exhibition based on eight years of collaboration among Native American elders, artists, scholars, teachers, writers and museum professionals. Voices of fifty Native Americans guide visitors through the Southwest's indigenous communities and their challenging landscapes. More than 1,300 artifacts from the Museum's collections are displayed accompanied by poetry, story, song and scholarly discussion.