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 work of the Museum are a great legacy.
Alan Weitzel, President *
Julie Gutierrez
retirement. For many, many years, Tom
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. History. People.
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.” As a former graphic designer who started working at the Museum some 20 AlbuquerqueMuseum.org
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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
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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. AlbuquerqueMuseum.org
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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
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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.
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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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have been called Ink and Rain Washes. 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
FOR MORE
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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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
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staff time as efficiently as possible. And
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we are pleased that we are able to find
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Albuquerque printers to produce these
anniversary of Miniatures & More. It was
materials for us.
so popular that it is back this year. On
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Friday evening, guests have the unique
We are also increasing email use to
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communicate with our members, so if we
opportunity to purchase art immediately.
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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
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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
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Friday Premiere, featuring an intimate
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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.