Albuquerque Museum Summer Magazine

The magazine of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation — Summer 2016

Behind the Gallery Doors | Mabel Dodge Luhan and the Taos Moderns | Listening to Route 66 | Virgil Ortiz

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designed space. His participation on

Tom Antreasian, the curator of ex-

the Jury Committee for Miniatures is a

hibitions, will be retiring this summer.

behind-the-scenes service we will also

On behalf of the board of directors

definitely miss. His perception, aesthet-

and staff at the Foundation, I extend

ic, sense of humor, and ability to design

our best wishes to Tom for a fulfilling

and build the perfect spaces for the

Alan Weitzel, President *

Julie Gutierrez

retirement. For many, many years, Tom

work of the Museum are a great legacy.

Patricia Hancock

Deborah Good, Vice-President / President-Elect *

has been an integral part of the suc-

Pamela Hurd-Knief

cessful execution of our most important

and mission of the Foundation and the

Mark Joiner, Treasurer *

Ellen King

art sale and fundraiser, Miniatures &

Museum. See you at the Museum this

David Kleinfeld *

More. We will sorely miss his artistry

summer.

Kathleen Metzger, Secretary *

Kyle Leyendecker

in thoughtfully pulling together our

Josephine Lopez

fundraising exhibition in a beautifully

Beverly Bendicksen, Past-President * Elizabeth Allbright Hal Behl Alan Blaugrund * Tom Blueher Gail Bundy Margaret Cronin David Crum Robert Gabaldon Lorraine Goss Maria Griego-Raby *

Kim Jew

Thank you for supporting the work

Jennifer Mulliniks Joni Pierce * Barry Ramo Tiffany Roach Martin * Debra Y. Romero, Executive Director Garrett Smith David Tinker * Alfred Volden

In This Issue: Mabel Dodge Luhan: Nurturing the Taos Moderns ........................................................ 2 Behind the Scenes: Visit with Curator Tom Antreasian ................................................... 4

Dean Willingham

Listening to Route 66: Stories and music of the Mother Road ...................................... 6

Cathy Wright, Museum Director

Three Questions: Antoine Predock on drawing and travel ............................................ 9

* Executive Committee

Women and Weaving: Second Saturdays at Casa ........................................................ 10

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

In the Lobby: Live installation with Virgil Ortiz ............................................................... 11

Harold G. Behl, Chair

Louise Campbell-Tolber

Donors: Thanks to those who support the Museum Foundation ................................ 12

Dr. Jerome Goss, Vice Chair

Pamela Weese

News: Foundation happenings and special events ...................................................... 13

Pamela M. Chavez, Secretary/Treasurer

Alan Weitzel, AM Foundation

Jacobo de la Serna, Past Chair

Dr. Siu G. Wong

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TAOS MODERNS

Visiting with Mabel Dodge Luhan

ABOVE: Dorothy Brett, Turtle Dance,

1947. Oil on canvas, 28 x 47 in.

Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM.

M

ALIN WILSON-POWELL AND LOIS RUDNICK,

southwestern—modern art movement.

Mabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan

PH.D, met in 1979,

came to Taos in 1919. Enchanted with

and have been trying

New Mexico, she invited literary and art

to find a home for Mabel Dodge Luhan

luminaries, including D.H. Lawrence,

& Company: American Moderns and

Ansel Adams, Willa Cather and Georgia

the West, almost since that very first

O’Keeffe to her 12-acre estate. There,

meeting. Wilson-Powell had received a

she nurtured the development of the

NEH grant to develop an exhibit about

Taos modern art movement as a patron,

Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Rudnick had

salon hostess and writer.

just finished her first book on the woman largely responsible for the Taos—and

Mabel Dodge Luhan & Company: American Moderns and the West, currently at the Harwood Museum of

LEFT: Mabel Dodge Sterne (with dog), c. 1918,

Taos, NM. Photo courtesy Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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Art in Taos, will open in Albuquerque in October. Containing over 150 artifacts, the exhibition traces one

TAOS MODERNS

ON VIEW OCTOBER 29– JANUARY 22, 2017 Mabel Dodge Luhan & Company: American Moderns and the West

because this exhibition is so consonant with it,” Rudnick says. “Instead of [works by] Euro-American artists being by themselves, or native easel painting in its own gallery, it’s created a dialogue where you can see how people borrowed from each other.” one remembered Mabel,” Rudnick

Mabel Dodge Luhan encouraged such

says. Over the years, the two had tried

borrowing as her famous salons included

convincing many museums—from the

artists, writers, psychoanalysts, socialists,

Harwood (too small at the time) to San

and others from different backgrounds.

Antonio’s McNay Museum, to house the

TOP LEFT: Ansel Adams, A Man of Taos, Tony Lujan, Taos

Pueblo, 1930. Gelatin silver print, 17 5⁄16 x 13 in. Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. © 2015 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

TOP RIGHT: José Rafael Aragón, St. Veronica’s,

Handkerchief, c. 1820–62. Painted wood, 6 1⁄2 x 3 15⁄16 in. The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico. Gift of Mabel Dodge Luhan.

ABOVE: Victor Higgins, Winter Funeral, 1931. Oil on canvas, 46 x 60 1⁄16 in. The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico. Gift of the artist.

woman’s significant—if sometimes

For Rudnick, the Nicolai Fechin portrait

exhibition. Another obstacle was Mabel

of Mabel (cover) from the Anschutz

Dodge Luhan’s reputation. “Every male

collection in Denver, is a special piece. It

[museum] director I’d ever talked to

took two years to convince the curator to

about it said Mabel was kind of a bossy,

lend it to the exhibition. “In Denver, she’s

difficult woman,” Wilson-Powell says, and

in a room in a side gallery, and she’s

would dismiss the exhibition.

prominent. I said, ‘Mabel needs to travel,

Thanks to the Harwood’s significant

she loves traveling.’ ” The curator is now

growth, Wilson-Powell and Rudnick tried

thrilled that this portrait of Mabel with

again five years ago—both were nearing

a palette and a paintbrush has become

retirement and determined to present

emblematic of the exhibition.

the exhibition on which they spent

The exhibition includes 30 works from

more than 30 years and considerable

the Harwood, as well as objects from

intellectual energy. They made the

many museums and private collectors.

strong argument that Luhan had left an

Works from the Albuquerque Museum’s

indelible Taos—and modern art—legacy.

collection and others the Museum was

controversial—influence on modern

The exhibition provides context for

art. Mabel Dodge Luhan was a 50-

both the Harwood and the Albuquerque

included. The exhibition features those

year overnight success, Wilson-Powell

Museum’s permanent collection

artists Luhan sought to nurture, as well

says, noting that Luhan’s influence

exhibitions. “I was very excited when I

as ephemera that offers insight into

had, until now, been neglected. “At

saw Common Ground, [the Albuquerque

Luhan’s considerable spirit and influence

the time MaLin was planning this, no

Museum’s permanent art exhibition]

on 20th century American art.

instrumental in borrowing are also

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PROFILE

Tom Antreasian in front of a wall graphic in the Route 66 exhibition, which he designed. He says he will miss being behind the scenes.

BELOW: Gallery 1 cleared for construction of the exhibition Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces from the École des Beaux Arts, Paris.

FACING PAGE FROM RIGHT:

PROFILE SHOT BY DAVID NUFER

Antreasian’s model for Gods and Heroes; Carpenter Anthony Vargas painting for Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898 in Gallery 1; View of Antreasian’s completed design for Gods and Heroes.

Behind the Scenes

As curator of exhibitions, Tom Antreasian has left his mark on the Albuquerque Museum.

H

OW DOES A MUSEUM TAKE 200 PAIRS OF

the job brings to the public and its

and areas of expertise,” says Museum

understanding of the story being told.

Director Cathy Wright. “Tom’s ability

SHOES and display them

The job requires a unique ability

and willingness to look at the entire

in a way that’s engaging

to visualize, in three dimensions, the

exhibition project and work with all

to visitors? Or develop a visual, three-

educational, historical and artistic aspects

of those involved to make it happen

dimensional story about varied and

of a collection of artifacts that come from

successfully is a director’s dream.”

seemingly unconnected objects from

dozens of different places. It requires

the permanent collection? When

graphic design skills, management skills,

about each subject and determining,

Curator of Exhibitions Tom Antreasian

an understanding of carpentry and

through a combination of design, artifact

retires this fall, he’ll have spent 20 years

construction, and above all else, a hunger

placement, and color choice, how the

answering just such questions. Over that

for understanding the subject.

story will play out in the gallery.

time, he says, he’s moved from thinking about what he brings to his job to what 4

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“Exhibit projects are complicated and involve a lot of different personalities

Antreasian says he enjoys thinking

Last year’s Killer Heels exemplifies how simple design can enhance a story.

PROFILE

cautious about it not trying to become an entertainment venue at the expense of losing the traditional Museum values of discovery and learning in a quiet, comfortable environment.”

Antreasian admits he didn’t start his 20-year career feeling especially passionate about museum The traveling exhibition

years ago, he’s lived through a complete

work. Nonetheless, he’s fallen in love

came with over 200 pairs of

turnover in Museum staff. He’s also

with the job—and the individual talents

shoes. The challenge was to

seen his own job and the philosophy

of his colleagues. “I work with some

let the shoes’ individuality

behind museum exhibitions evolve. “As

really wonderful people here!

shine, without the feeling of

an example, the exhibits we put on 15

redundancy: shoes, shoes,

years ago didn’t have as much audio

to enjoying this place as any outside

shoes. A neutral wall color

visual installation challenges. In today’s

visitors do. I care more about this

and varied groups of shoes

environment, everyone at the Museum

Museum than I can convey, but I’ll

organized thematically by

has broader job responsibilities.

like it even more when I don’t have to

Brooklyn Museum curator Lisa Small, showcased a

“In the future, I hope this Museum

After I retire, I’m looking forward

worry about the deadlines and details

will continue to try new things and

of putting on the shows! Finally, I am

narrative about the rich and varied history

offer the public new opportunities for

sincerely grateful for having had the

of high heels. “That, to me, was a good

enjoyment, learning, and engagement

opportunity to contribute to such an

solution. . . .We placed all the shoes in a

of our collections. But, I am also very

important institution.”

room on a soft white mat board surface.

In the end the public was so interested in the individual shoes, the space was not intrusive to the experience.”

Antreasian points to wall color as a deceptively complicated design choice.

“Color enhances the visitor experience.

I can dramatize something, I can play it down. It’s really challenging, but I love the risks and rewards of choosing color.”

This self-described “digital dinosaur” still drafts exhibit plans by hand. “I still think with a pencil and a piece of paper.

When I get to the point of finalizing the design, I’ll build a scale model out of foam core as well as drafting a floor plan for the team to review.”

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ROUTE 66

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Listening to Route 66 ISTENING TO master

on the highway, its most important

Even then, Wallis was looking for the

storyteller Michael Wallis

ingredient.”

stories.

is to become passionate

Through stories of its non-generic

Yet nostalgia is not central to Wallis’s

about his passions. When

characters, Wallis moves the listener,

love and continued work for the highway.

the 70-year-old Wallis talks

becoming a veritable Route 66 himself in

“I’m not so much an advocate of the

about Route 66, he does so with the

terms of the sights, sounds and feelings

good old days,” he says. Contrasting his

excitement a 10-year-old who just rode a

he transmits. His focus is on what he calls

own family trips as a youngster, he points

bicycle with playing cards in the spokes.

traveling versus tourism. “Usually tourists

out, “People need to remember that if I

Wallis, quite literally, “revs up”

like the familiar, but travelers like the

were an 8-year-old black boy how much

his audience.

unpredictable, for they are willing to walk

different that trip would have been.”

His energetic and captivating

into a greasy spoon, a pie palace, and go

Wallis’s infectious love for Route 66 is

storytelling has led to 18 books (with

in not knowing if the visit will lead to bad

not seen through rose-colored glasses as

two more on the way), including his

food or the greatest meal in their lives.”

a dreamy past. Instead, it’s centered on

oft-reprinted opus Route 66: The Mother

Having lived for years near Route 66

Road, a work that has gone beyond best-

in Tulsa, Wallis points out the highway

and future. One of many lovers of Mother

seller to become a cultural touchstone

has connected the dots in many lives,

Road is movie director John Lasseter.

for those looking for and defending

including his own. “I grew up just off 66

Inspired, as happens quite often to those

what Wallis calls “a metaphor for a non-

in St. Louis,” he says. “I hitchhiked as a

reading/listening to Wallis, Lasseter

generic America.”

marine from California. I covered the

enlisted the storyteller to serve as personal

good, the bad and the ugly of 66 as a

guide in an extended Route 66 journey for

is not just the story of asphalt and

newspaper reporter.” He remembers

himself and others in his film crew.

billboards. As Wallis eloquently puts it,

family trips on the Mother Road, often

the book is “unabashedly meant to be

centered on convincing his father to stop

film Cars, released in 2006, an animated

a love letter to the highway and people

at some roadside eatery or attraction.

homage to the “non-generic” world

Mother Road, first published in 1990,

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stories of people and places, past, present

Those travels directly led to Lasseter’s

ROUTE 66

a Music Lover

I

LEFT: Route 66: The Mother Road has

gone beyond bestseller status to become a cultural touchstone.

FAR LEFT: The author, Michael Wallis, will sign his book and speak in July.

Wallis helped reveal. The storyteller himself voiced the character of Sheriff, a role he reprised in the second of what will soon become three iterations of the movie franchise.

Wallis has published another sixteen books since Mother Road, and he’s currently wrapping up two separate book projects, one on the infamous Donner Party and another chronicling the story of the 19th century northern New Mexican ranch, Los Luceros. On top of all that, he’s found time to cofound the Route 66 Alliance, a non-profit

Chatter wind and bowed piano musicians playing Fourteen by John Cage at the Museum last year.

On the Road with Chatter Concerts of American music linked to Route 66 exhibit

seeking to preserve the road’s sites and attractions while also building its tourism and economic development possibilities.

Meanwhile in Tulsa, Wallis is

Director James Shields, consists of

interactive setting incorporating the art

QUICK, WHAT MUSIC DO YOU HEAR WHEN YOU THINK OF ROUTE 66? If it’s the Nelson Riddle

deco 11th Street bridge, construction

theme song for the iconic 60s TV show,

piano, string trios, and wind quintets to

of which was overseen by businessman,

you’ll want to catch the concerts being

a 12-piece ensemble.

highway commissioner and “Father of

presented by Chatter as a musical

Route 66” Cyrus Avery back in 1915.

companion to the exhibit Route 66:

states and specific locations along the

spearheading creation of a $19.5 million Route 66 Experience, a walkable

an all-American musical lineup with chamber music ranging from solo

Some pieces have titles connected to

Radiance, Rust, and Revival on the

Mother Road. Others have subtler links,

makes time to tell stories. His

Mother Road. The music will broaden

and were chosen for the way they speak

enthusiasm, for example, in relating that

your horizons with compositions that

about the mood, feelings, and colors

Mother Road is now frequently used in

call forth the freedom of travel and the

found traveling across America, from the

college-level American Studies classes

open road.

industrial hub of Chicago to the glitz,

Fortunately, Wallis still somehow

makes one dearly wish they had signed

Chatter, which annually presents

glamor and gridlock of Los Angeles.

up for the class. That Route 66 and

over 60 unique concerts of new and

Wallis’s efforts engender teachers to

traditional classical music at a variety

for this series by Albuquerque-based

assign students to get their literary kicks

of intimate settings in New Mexico,

composers, will be presented. Each

on 66 is perhaps the best illustration

is partnering with the Albuquerque

will reflect in some way the composers’

of the compelling power of both the

Museum for the seventh year.

takes on how the road speaks to their

Mother Road and Wallis’s ability to take

The four-concert series this August,

listeners/readers into its gloriously

curated by Chatter Artistic Director

unpredictable and non-generic heart.

David Felberg and Associate Artistic

Three new works, written especially

artistic sensibilities.

Continued on the next page.

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a Music Lover

I Continued from the previous page.

wide-open place.”

the Southwest. I hope to capture a

Composer and clarinetist James Violinist David Felberg has written a

specific experience­­—namely, the sense

Shields says about his new quartet for

of wonder that one can find in taking in

solo piece. It features virtuosic playing

flute and string trio, “I have always been

gradually changing views, and the sense

interspersed with a narrator reciting

captivated by the sense of flow that one

of excitement found in approaching the

selected quotes from On the Road by

is able to achieve while driving across

next bend in the road.”

Jack Kerouac. “The open-ended things he wrote, such as ‘…we gotta go and never stop going ‘till we get there,’ evoke the feeling of being on travel and endless possibilities,” Felberg says.

Inspired by the winds of New Mexico, performer and composer Luke Gullickson’s new work is for wind quintet and Rhodes piano. “I love the remote places that are so quiet you can hear multiple layers of wind at once, blowing in different directions. This piece offers a rich palette of wind colors that might, in sum, resemble such a quiet moment in a

CHATTER ON THE ROAD AT THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM AUGUST 4

AUGUST 18

Arches: Music for Flute and String Trio

3rd Thursday

Music in the Shape of a Square for flute/violin....Philip Glass

Hallelujah Junction: Music for Two Pianos and More

Arches................................................................Kevin Puts

Ellis Island.........................................................Meredith Monk

Death Valley Junction for quartet........................Missy Mazzioli

Hallelujah Junction ..........................................John Adams

Quartet for Flute and String Trio.........................James Shields Light Screens for flute/string trio .......................Andrew Norman

Selections from Shy and Mighty..........................Timo Andres

Christian Zeal and Activity .................................John Adams

AUGUST 11

AUGUST 25

Breathless: Music for Wind Quintet

Road Movies: Music for Violin, Horn, and Piano

Just Time for wind quintet.................................Martin Bresnick

Twilight Music for horn, piano, violin..................John Harbison

Desert Rhodes for wind quintet

Piece for Violin and Narrator from

Quintet for Winds ..............................................Elliot Carter

and Rhodes piano...............................................Luke Gullickson One Hot Minute for English horn, clarinet,

bassoon, and French horn...................................James Shields Breathless for wind quintet ................................David Lang 8

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Road Movies for violin and piano .......................John Adams

On the Road.......................................................David Felberg Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m.

For more information about Chatter concerts contact www.chatterabq.org

Antoine Predock at Desert Highlands site, Phoenix, Arizona, 1983.

COURTESY ANTOINE PREDOCK

Three Questions for Antoine Predock DRAWING INTO ARCHITECTURE: Sketches and Models by Antoine Predock features more than 300 of the Albuquerque architect’s expressive drawings, paintings, and models. His portfolio of buildings includes the Albuquerque Museum itself, as well as commissioned buildings from Canada to China.

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a really important media for me, because l could mix the colors right on the page with my thumb.

Some of the travel drawings have stains on them from a rainstorm so the ink is washed with rain. In Guilin, China, we were on a boat on a river going through a massive storm, passing this fairytale landscape. That series should

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AM: Do any of your drawings have a memorable creation story?

Every drawing I do has memoires

AM: What should we know about Drawing Into Architecture?

attached to it. You’re carrying the

I’m so honored to be showing my work at

experience and contact with a place with

the Museum. It was one of my first larger

you because you’ve drawn it. Drawing is

projects. And working with the fantastic

a way to have a deeper connection to the

[curatorial] team of Christopher Mead

smells, the sounds, how the breeze might

and Mira Woodson. Mira knows the

have been, how the light was changing. It

archive top to bottom and also designed

is immediate and visceral.

the [accompanying] book. The central

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message is that drawing is gestural, like AM: Tell us about the process of

your signature. It’s experiential. It’s not

creating your drawings.

some esoteric thing that you learn in

I sketch predominantly on location. I

school. So just draw.

used to have a Lambretta motor scooter.

It allowed me to see the world through a new kind of mobility and that led very quickly to big motorcycles. I’m still drawing as I travel. I used to just carry a bottle of black India ink and a pad. I would find a twig or a bird feather and use that to draw. Later, oil pastel became

ON VIEW JUNE 25 – OCTOBER 2 Drawing Into Architecture: Sketches and Models by Antoine Predock

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Loom, c. 1775 and spinning wheel, 19th century Gift of Ward Alan and Shirley Jolly Minge; Museum purchase, 1995 General Obligation Bonds.

RIGHT: Snow’s talk will take place in the Casa San Ysidro sala.

Women and Weaving at Casa San Ysidro WELL-KNOWN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGIST CORDELIA THOMAS SNOW presents a tale of

life of early New Mexico. Besides multiple

Museum purchased the Ward Alan and

pieces of fine clothing, Señora Baca also

Shirley Jolly Minge collection. Together,

bequeathed “two ploughshares; seven

these collections provide visitors with

the economic impact of the Camino

sickles; 20 plates, 12 glasses; 12 cups;

a full range of classic and transitional

Real and the Santa Fe Trail. Snow’s talk,

four fine chocolate mugs; one conserve

period styles produced between 1820

“A Dress of Tarlatan . . . and Two Flint

jar; [and] two coffee pots.” Dr. Snow, who

and 1900, representing a complete

Plates,” uses the items in the 1831 will and

is affiliated with the New Mexico Historic

range of Hispano weaving techniques

inventory of Maria Micaela Baca and the

Preservation Office, is also recognized

including plain and twill-woven fabrics,

1836 inventory of her son-in-law, Manuel

for her 1974-1975 work excavating much

weft-faced and tapestry-woven blankets,

Sanchez, to paint a picture of the daily

of the west end of the Palace of the

and colcha embroidery.

Governors in Santa Fe. These excavations

As is common with weavings from this

revealed a wide range of both luxurious

period, their makers are largely unknown.

and utilitarian items

Through this project, the

used by palace

Museum worked with

residents over the centuries.

WONDERS OF THE WEAVERS Albuquerque Museum Curator of History Deb Slaney tells the remarkable story of 19th century Rio Grande weavings, including those on exhibit at Casa San Ysidro. In

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document provenance

“A Dress of Tarlatan . . . and

and technical data. Their

archaeologist Dede Snow.

to better understand

AUGUST 13, 1:30 P.M.

of this art form to the

Two Flint Plates,” a talk by

“Wonders of the Weavers,”

a talk by Curator of History Deborah Slaney.

For information visit cabq. gov/casasanysidro

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observations help us the historic importance people of New Mexico.

Slaney will share an overview of the weaving collection and sign copies of the Museum’s catalogue, Wonders of the Weavers/Maravillas

Museum purchased

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and collectors to

JULY 9, 1:30 P.M.

1984, Albuquerque

Blanket with ikat wefts, 1840-1850. Churro, indigo.

Museum purchase, 1983 General Obligation Bonds.

contemporary weavers

de los tejedores:

a large collection of Río Grande blankets

Nineteenth-Century Río Grande Weavings

from collector Larry Frank. The collection

from the Collection of The Albuquerque

was greatly enhanced in 1996 when the

Museum.

Virgil Ortiz, Face Off. Tahu 2180 and Castilian. Installation image of Revolt 1680/2180. © Virgil Ortiz.

In the Lobby with Virgil Ortiz ONCE A YEAR, the atrium of the

DAM featured many of those pieces,

Albuquerque Museum transforms into

but he has also branched out into

a working laboratory for artists to create

fashion design, graphic art, and is now

installations and interact with the public.

experimenting with glass. The DAM

This July, famed native American artist

show included large wall wraps and

Virgil Ortiz will bring a futuristic world

he’s planning something similar at the

with deep roots in New Mexico’s past.

Albuquerque Museum.

For the last 15 years, Ortiz, of Cochiti

His fashions for the Aeronauts, who

ON VIEW JULY 19-31 See Virgil Ortiz at work in

the lobby. His work will be on view through June 2017.

people to see artists at work and engage with them directly. It fosters new

Pueblo, has focused on the Pueblo Revolt

fight the futuristic invaders in 2180,

understanding and appreciation for

of 1680. “It’s the first American Revolution

adorned mannequins at the Killer Heels:

the work. “It’s very important the public

—and it’s not told in classrooms,” he says.

The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe show

understand that art-making is hard work,”

“I felt it was important to tell that story

here last year. They’ll likely return for this

he says.

because no one else is.”

project.

But he does it in a way that he feels

Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at

young people will relate to by envisioning

the Albuquerque Museum, says he’s

a futuristic revolt set in 2180. His

confident Ortiz will deliver something

characters are a mix of actual historical

extraordinary. “If you ask an artist of his

figures, such as Po�pay, the leader of

caliber to do something, it will be great,”

the 1680 revolt, and new characters,

Connors says.

including Tahu, leader of the blind

The Los Angeles artist Gronk kicked off

archers, and the Translator, who leads the

the lobby art program in 2011. Since then

army of the spirit world.

artists Catalina Delgado Trunk, Larry Bob

The Denver Art Museum recently showcased most of Ortiz’s work around this theme. Ortiz began as a potter and

Phillips, Ernest Doty and Lea Anderson have adorned the space.

Connors says this process allows

Virgil Ortiz, Cuda | Commander of the Aeronauts™.

Revolt 1680/2180. © Virgil Ortiz

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MAGIC BUS DONORS

Susan and James Carson

Anne Gonzales

Each year over 9,500 students and teachers have the opportunity to visit our Museums on The Magic Bus for free. Thank you to our Magic Bus Donors during the 2015-16 Fiscal Year:

Virginia Cavalluzzo Teresa Chanatry

Deborah Good and Andrew Schultz

Elaine and William Chapman

M.M. Goodman

Angelique and Jim Lowry

The Cherry Picker Foundation

Marti and Robert Goodman

Elaine and Wayne Chew in Memory of “Vangie” Hernandez

Robert Gorham in Memory of “Vangie” Hernandez John Gorsuch

Carol and Richard Chilson Katherine and Lance Chilton

Karen Abraham in Memory of “Vangie” Hernandez Fay Abrams in Memory of Jonathan Abrams Kay and Richard Adam Mary Adkins The Albuquerque Historical Society

Margaret Lopez and Christopher Frechette

Lisa and David Roeber

Judy and Frank Love Anonymous

Estelle Rosenblum in Memory of “Vangie” and Ambassador BC Hernandez

Maureen and Robert Luna

Beth Rosenstein

Myra and Richard Lynch

Barbara and Heinz Schmitt

Audrey and Neal Macdonald

Marian and H.L. Schreyer

Lorraine and Jerome Goss

Nancy and Peter Mattern

Ruth and Sidney Schultz

Janice and Stephen Matthews

Judy and Stephen Chreist

The Great Southwestern Antique Show

Nancy Herring and Matthew Segura

Kathleen and Hugh Church

Mae Green

Hilma and Jim Chynoweth

Leonard Greenspan

Diana Elliott and Thomas McEnnerney JoAnn Mercer

Josephine and David McClurg

Anonymous

Marilyn and Norman Grossblatt

Maureen and David Anderson

Martha and Lance Cone

Suzanne and Richard Guilford

Mary and Bernard Metzgar

The Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Charitable Foundation

Cosmopolitan Woman’s Club

Alice Haddix

Marie-Claire and David Coulie

Karen Halderson

Dianne Cress and Jon McCorkell

Sara and Chuck Hall

Celeste Meyer-Greeley in Memory of ‘Vangie’ Hernandez

Lorraine Roff

Barb Seigal Julia Seligman in Memory of “Vangie” Hernandez Suzanne and Frank Shaffer Janet Simon and Mark Weber in honor of Gerard Kerbleski Diane and Matthew Sloves

Eleanor D. Miller

Mike Smock

Jennie and Michael Crews

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Kay Miller

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James Culpepper

Harder Custom Builders, Ltd.

Ward Alan Minge

Barbara Spears

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Anita and Jerry Harper

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Jean and Joseph Harris

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Sunbelt Properties, Inc.

Linda L. Davis

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Mark Hartman

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Vicki and Sam Dazzo

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Cissy Henig

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Jennie Negin and Harold Folley

Mary Hershberger and Chris Taylor

Frances DiMarco

Evelyn Neil

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Dion’s Pizza

Herrera School Buses & Coaches, Inc.

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Mary Herring

Mary Nunez

Bronnie and Alan Blaugrund

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Robert Osborne

Barbara and Richard Van Dongen

Gay and Dusty Blech

Gale Williams Doyel and Gary K. Moore in Memory of “Vangie” Hernandez

Joyce and John Hren

Anonymous

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Shannon and Patrick Hurley

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Rose Warzinski

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Karen and James Phippard

Iris Weinstein and Steven Margulin

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Carol Kaemper

Arleta Pickett

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Mark Rainosek and the Rainosek Family

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Anne Fuller

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M.D. Bustamante

Harriet Gerding in Honor of Bob Gerding

Mary Lee and Paul Anthony Patricia Berry and John Arnold in Memory of Ruby Berry and Grace Ardelle Arnold Janice Arrott Lori and Emil Ashe Betty Bailey Hal Behl in Memory of Reggie Behl Beth and Mark Berger Clinton Bergum Peggy Blackburn Ben Blackwell in Memory of Betty Blackwell

Genelia Boenig Mary Anna and Stanley Booker

Anonymous Alice Brasfield Marilyn and Sheldon Bromberg James Culpepper Gail Brooks, Charles Dibrell Chapter, DAR

Suzanne Redfern-Campbell and Charles Campbell

Monika and Robert Ghattas

Barbara Taylor

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Lynn Reed

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Judith and Henry Lackner Kathleen and Alan Lebeck

Stephen Ridlon

Marion Woodham

Gerald Lee

Anonymous

Dean Yannias

Dana Asbury and Richard Levy

Nancy Robinson

Anonymous

Charles Wood

Joyce Ann Carden

Sandy Gold

Thank you to our Corporate Donors and Grantors during the 2015-16 Fiscal Year:

Garcia Automotive Group

American Home

$2500 - $5000

$1000 - $2499

Taste Boutique Catering by Zinc, Seasons & Savoy

Artichoke Cafe

City of Albuquerque Clear Channel Outdoor

Anderson School of Management

$10000 - $15000

Bank of America

Wells Fargo Bank New Mexico, N.A.

HB Construction

Frechette Properties LLC

Aspen Printing Company

The Albert I. Pierce Foundation

$5000 - $7500

New Mexico Humanities Council

Bradbury Stamm Construction

The Cherry Picker Foundation

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Frontier/Golden Pride Restaurants

100.3 The Peak

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SUMMER 2016

All World Travel Inc.

Art. History. People.

Susan and George Lind

Los Alamos National Bank New Mexico Bank & Trust

Contract Associates Inc. The Great Southwestern Antique Show

a Member

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MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES February 8, 2016 through April 30, 2016 IN HONOR OF GAY BETZER Bonnie Jennings

MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM REVAMP

IN MEMORY OF EVANGELINE “VANGIE” HERNANDEZ

The Albuquerque Museum Foundation is committed to using donations received through membership dues responsibly.

Daly Gedanic Shuster and

If you have renewed your membership

Jeffrey Shuster

recently you may have noticed changes

IN MEMORY OF ELEANOR DASCH MILLER

in your renewal form and thank-you letter.

These changes are designed to reduce printing and postage costs, as well as use

Lauren and George John

staff time as efficiently as possible. And

Frances Tuthill

we are pleased that we are able to find

IN MEMORY OF DON J. NEIL

Albuquerque printers to produce these

anniversary of Miniatures & More. It was

materials for us.

so popular that it is back this year. On

Evelyn Neil

Friday evening, guests have the unique

We are also increasing email use to

IN MEMORY OF JEAN PEDERSON Julia Seligman

communicate with our members, so if we

opportunity to purchase art immediately.

do not already have your email address

Tickets are $150.00 and are very limited

on file, please contact our office. Email

in number, to allow for a personal art

communications are more cost-effective

experience.

Miniatures & More will continue

and for many, more convenient.

IN MEMORY OF

The Foundation’s popular Miniatures & More curated art sale begins Oct. 21, with the Friday Premiere.

on Saturday, October 22, with a gala

We are grateful to all our members

JENNIFER STONE

for their generous support of the

opening celebration. For the past nine

Catherine and Joseph

Albuquerque Museum, and we pledge

years, this sold-out evening has been a

to you that we will continue to be cost-

success for artists and art lovers alike.

conscious so that we can provide the

Tickets are $85.00 and are limited to the

Museum with more support for programs,

first 500 buyers. For a total Miniatures &

exhibitions and education.

More immersion weekend, get the best

Goldberg

The Albuquerque Museum Foundation makes every effort to record and acknowledge our donors accurately and

of both evenings with a ticket bundle at

MINIATURES & MORE 2016

$200.00 per person. Tickets will go on

The Miniatures & More weekend begins

sale in August.

appropriately. Please contact

Friday, October 21, with our exclusive

the AMF offices at 505.842.0111

Friday Premiere, featuring an intimate

if you notice incorrect

& More 2016 sponsors: Los Alamos

showing of the artworks available in this

National Bank, American Home, HB

information. Thank you.

year’s exhibition. Last year, we offered

Construction, Artichoke Café—Pat and Terry

Buy it Now—a special feature for the 25th

Keene, and Taste Boutique Catering.

Special thanks to our Miniatures

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Century Bank

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Herrera School Buses & Coaches, Inc.

Santa Fe Opera

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Front Cover Nicolai Fechin, Mabel Dodge Luhan (detail), 1927. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. Courtesy of American Museum for Western Art, The Anschutz Collection, Denver, Colorado. Photograph by William J. O’Connor.

COMING SOON TO THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM THE JEWS OF ALBUQUERQUE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: BUILDING COMMUNITY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE William A. + Loretta Barrett Keleher Gallery Opening November 19 The organized Jewish community of Albuquerque has roots that go back over one hundred years.

Though the community is one percent of the total population of the city, Jews have been leaders in business, law, medicine, as well as in the arts and inter-group relations. This exhibit will present highlights of the growth and development of the Albuquerque Jewish community in the context of events in our city and in the world during the twentieth century. The presentation will look at contributions made by many as well as present artifacts of Jewish life in home and synagogue.

Pete Domenici (foreground) with Frieda and E. Mannie Blaugrund, and Henry and Ruth Blaugrund, at the 1968 ribbon cutting of American Furniture, at the intersection of Menaul and Carlisle in Albuquerque.