In the 1920s and ’30s, many Anglos believed that the United States government would wipe out all traces of Indian culture within a generation or two. Some well-intentioned, often wealthy individuals ...
When legendary artist Pablita Velarde attended prestigious events, she dressed for the part. Velarde’s clothing, along with that of her daughter Helen Hardin and granddaughter Margarete Bagshaw, are ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The film, Following Enchantment's Line, is directed by acclaimed filmmaker and ...
Founded in 1937, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is New Mexico’s oldest non-profit, independent museum. The Wheelwright offers unique exhibitions of contemporary and historic Native ...
Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/ Mountain Maidu/ Washoe/ Scottish/ Irish/Australian), "Dao Lulelek" (2012), acrylic on canvas; loan from the artist (all photos Erin Joyce/Hyperallergic unless ...
A new exhibition about the arts of the Jicarilla Apache people opens on Sunday, June 12, at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, with a free day of art demonstrations and a storytelling ...
WHERE: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, Santa Fe HOW MUCH: $10 at 505-982-4636; 800-607-4636; wheelwright.org; Free for museum members, Native Americans, ...
Young created Activation/Transformation upon invitation from Andrea Hanley (Navajo), chief curator of the Wheelwright, to create an interpretation of the museum’s collection using the objects that ...
Jul. 25—The way Joe Hayes tells the story, you might really believe a rattlesnake could chew gum. It's a fantastic tale, to be sure, involving Hayes' childhood love of bubble gum and an encounter with ...
"The book is based on more than fifteen years of oral history and archival research by author Leatrice A. Armstrong, formerly the assistant to the director at the Wheelwright Museum. On a trip to New ...