Art. History. People., Spring 2020

The Magazine of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation — Spring 2020

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Reverberations of a Detonation......................................................................................... 2 Recognizing History............................................................................................................. 4 Visiting Artist Program Grant.............................................................................................. 5

Corinne Thevenet

Beyond the Basement......................................................................................................... 6

Gerald (Roddy) Thomson, Jr.

Eyes on Young Artists........................................................................................................... 8

Alfred Volden

Time Travel at the Presidio.................................................................................................. 9

Tracey Weisberg

Coming Soon...................................................................................................................... 10

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pamela Weese Powell, Chair

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Marney Hupper, Albuquerque Museum Foundation Joni M. Palmer, Ph.D.

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Reverberations of a Detonation

Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb explores the cultural shifts and artistic responses to these world-changing explosions.

T

HE WORLD’S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB was

detonated approximately 60 miles north of White

Sands National Monument on July 16, 1945. “Gadget,” as the nuclear device was called, caused a brilliant flash, an intense shock wave, and a giant, ballshaped cloud. It left a half-mile-wide and eight-foot deep crater in the earth.

Less than a month later, “Little Boy” exploded over Hiroshima, and three days after that, “Fat Man” leveled the city of Nagasaki.

The impact of these nuclear events reverberates 75 years after the detonation at the Trinity site. To acknowledge that fateful event, the Albuquerque Museum presents Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb. The exhibition presents 75 years of artistic responses to radioactivity, Trinity, and its continuing effects.

Additionally, the Museum will offer educational programming to expand the content of the exhibition. More than 50 artists will be represented, including Emil Bisttram, Karsten Creightney, Leigh Anne Langwell, Raymond Jonson, Bea Mandelman, Patrick Nagatani, Bruce Nauman, Anne Noggle, Tony Price, Meridel Rubenstein, Hideo Sakata, Yukiyo Kawano, Will Wilson, Tom Joyce, and Eve Laramée.

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ON VIEW MAY 23 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb

well as the downwinders perspective— those who lived nearby but whose plight has been largely ignored. They are still fighting for compensation and recognition of detrimental health impacts.

Traugott says he likes to show objects that may not be thought of as “works of art.”

These objects provide historical context.

For example, Trinity features an ashtray made with a uranium oxide glaze to make it orange. The viewer of the object can see it from multiple perspectives—is it just an ashtray, with its inherent link to cigarettes, or is it representative of something more?

DAVID GREBER

Similarly, the exhibition includes four covers

Left: Hideo Sakata, Untitled (Memory of Nagasaki August 9, 1945), oil on canvas, Private collection. Above: Yukiyo Kawano, Fat Man Folded (The 1945 Oregonian), 2019, newspaper, kakisibu-dye, adhesive, bamboo grass, wire, fabric (polyester), Polyethylene rod, nylon rope, 10 x 5 x 5 feet, lent by the artist.

of Life magazine from August 1945. That was the month the bomb was detonated, but the iconic images of the mushroom cloud did not make the cover.

Artist Hideo Sakata was just ten years old when the bomb exploded over Nagasaki. Both his father and sister were

While New Mexico museums

of art and science. “I’ve been working

killed. His undated abstract painting

frequently touch on nuclear science

with this material for a long time,” he says.

alludes to the destruction of multistory

and technology topics, this exhibition

“This is a case of responding to the other

buildings, painted in orange and red

looks at the ushering in of the nuclear

museums in the region that display work

hues representing the explosion. Anoth-

age, and the resulting cultural shifts,

on nuclear issues but from a military or

er Japanese artist, Yukiyo Kawano, cre-

from artists’ perspectives.

science perspective. ... What we’ve tried to

ated replicas of Fat Man and Little Boy,

do here is focus on the way artists respond

constructed with pages from Hiroshima

to science and technology and history.”

newspapers from August 1945, and piec-

Joseph Traugott, retired curator of twentieth-century art from the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, curated the

Trinity takes a more complex and

es of her grandmother’s kimono.

exhibition. Traugott’s long been fascinated

broader view, Traugott says, by including

Traugott has many favorites in this

with nuclear issues and the intersection

Japanese and Native American artists as

exhibition, but the items that stand out

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Recognizing History Citizens see family members in Let the Sunshine In. BY JILL HARTKE, DIGITAL ARCHIVIST

ROBERT RECK

THE EXHIBIT, LET THE SUNSHINE

Meridel Rubenstein, Oppenheimer’s Chair, 1993, steel, glass with photographic images, chair, video screen, 10 x 7 x 9 feet, courtesy the Tia Foundation

and raised four children. Sotela’s

IN, features street photography

grandson called me from California

from 1969. Unidentified people are

to say that selling items on Central

captured in unguarded moments

Avenue was her social outlet and

because they didn’t know they

she didn’t like to stay away for long.

were being photographed. In

Responding to a social media post

choosing images to showcase,

discussing downtown in the late

I harbored hopes of someone

1960s, people fondly remembered

claiming the

a woman who

subject of one

sold gum and

photograph,

piñon. Sotela

for him are those demanding that visitors

in particular.

loved sitting in

question the events of the time. Meridel

In one of the

the bustle of

Rubinstein’s Oppenheimer’s Chair asks

images curated

Central Avenue

viewers to imagine the decisions that

for the project,

sidewalks, and

Los Alamos National Laboratory director

an older woman

people loved

Robert J. Oppenheimer had to make. “It’s

sits on a stool

visiting with her.

a mythic piece ... that carries the weight

wearing a

She died in 1980

of being responsible for the detonation

brown dress

and is buried

of the bomb over Japan.”

and a black

in San José

The exhibition covers a lot of ground,

scarf over her

Cemetery in

artistically and from a global socio-po-

eyes. A sign

Albuquerque.

litical standpoint. But perhaps its most

around her

significant accomplishment is challenging

neck reads, “I

preconceptions about radiation and the

am blind and

atomic age–and looking at them through

sell piñon and

the humanist lens of artistic creation.

gum.” With the

“From 14,0000-year-old stone tools to

When the exhibition Walter McDonald, Sotela Garcia Jaramillo selling gum and piñon, 1969, 35mm slide, Albuquerque Museum

opportunity

opened, the label beside her photograph read: Blind

the invention of the atomic bomb, tech-

to publicize the exhibition, we

woman selling gum and piñon. It

nological invention and social interaction

encouraged people to come

was an honor to update that label

represent a unique, unbroken history in

forward if they recognize anyone

to: Sotela Garcia Jaramillo selling

New Mexico,” Traugott says. “The art of

in the photographs. To my delight,

gum and piñon. She was our first

New Mexico is clearly a reflection, and a

a man showed up at the Museum

identification for this exhibition,

by-product, of those technological and

saying he was sent by his uncle to

but not our last. Others have

cultural experiences. We have not always

tell us about his great-aunt Sotela.

come forward to identify friends

treated each other kindly, and art is one

She was our piñon and gum seller.

and share stories. We continue to

of the vehicles that allows us to treat our

Sotela Garcia Jaramillo was born

welcome information allowing us to

fellow humans in a civilized manner. Art is

in Albuquerque in 1895. She lost her

change more labels and make our

a very important healing medium.”

eyesight in her twenties. She married

collection stronger.

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Visiting Artist Program Receives Grant Funding THIS JUNE, artist Nicola López will install Haunted in the Albuquerque Museum lobby as part of the annual Visiting Artist program.

López’s works reflect how nature has been marked by human actions: López writes, “Haunted is a site-responsive installation created for the lobby of the Albuquerque Museum that reflects on how all landscapes are now and forever haunted by our inescapable, human presence.” The collaged, printed, and hand-drawn elements will be installed directly on the walls to create a hybrid landscape connecting geologic and human built features.

López will be the first visiting artist to receive funds from a grant the Museum received from the Frederick Hammersley Foundation, to help pay for materials, to support installation costs, to cover lodging costs and to pay the artists a per diem. All visiting artists receive a moderate stipend, housing if necessary, and installation support.

With this funding, the Visiting Artist program also offers more interaction with the artists, docent training, and Third Thursday programming.

Above: Nicola López, Parasites, Prosthetics, Parallels, and Partners, No. 8, 2017, lithography on mylar and collage, 65”x45”, published by Tamarind Institute.

Since 2011, the program has featured contemporary artists—both well established and emerging—with

Left: Nicola López, Parasites, Prosthetics, Parallels, and Partners, No. 7 2017, lithography on mylar and collage, 65”x45”, published by Tamarind Institute.

a connection to New Mexico. Among those featured have been Gronk, Virgil Ortiz, Ernest Doty, Paul Sarkisian, Karl Hofmann, and others. The annual

some create works specifically for

The program aims to provide a bridge

program provides an invited artist

the space. The program includes the

between the artistic practice of the

the opportunity to reimagine and

display of the artist’s work for one year,

visiting artist and the public experience

activate the Museum’s lobby, and

public engagement, and artist talks.

of contemporary art.

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COLLECTIONS ON TOUR Ernest L. Blumenschein, Star Road and White Sun, ca. 1920, oil on canvas, Albuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1985 General Obligation Bonds, Albuquerque High School Collection gift of classes 1943, 1944, and 1945

SOUTHWEST TO MIDWEST TO SCANDINAVIA In May 2020, the Milwaukee Art Museum opens the exhibition Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980. Organized by Milwaukee and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this major international exhibition presents the extensive exchange of design ideas between the United States and the Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—between 1890

Beyond the Basement

T

Loaning pieces from the collection helps raise the Museum’s renown.

and 1980. Among the artworks that will travel with the exhibition is an experimental textile work by Alice Kagawa Parrott titled Birdcage.

Parrott was a member of the University of New Mexico Art Department where she taught weaving and ceramics.

Now her work, which has not been on view recently at the Albuquerque Museum, will be seen in Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Stockholm, and Oslo

HE LOWER

LEVEL OF THE

ALBUQUERQUE

materials for the Museum’s cu-

launched eMuseum online

before returning to Albuquer-

rators, who constantly research

collections catalogue, curators

que in 2022.

potential exhibitions. The

and scholars from around the

MUSEUM contains

permanent collection isn’t just

country and the world view

over 30,000 art and history ob-

for the enjoyment and educa-

items in the Albuquerque

AN AMERICAN TOUR TO ANOTHER WORLD

jects, carefully catalogued and

tion of Albuquerque Museum

Museum permanent collection

The travelling exhibition

held in state-of-the-art archival

visitors. It’s a national—and in-

and request to borrow them

Another World: The Transcen-

storage units. The Museum’s

ternational—resource. Through

for scholaraly exhibitions they

dental Painting Group features

collections serve as invaluable

networking and the recently

are developing.

approximately 75 works,

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COLLECTIONS ON TOUR Alice Kagawa Parrott, Birdcage, ca. 1968, linen, wool, nylon, wood.

Albuquerque Museum purchase, Trustees Acquisition Fund

Lawren Harris, Florence Miller

go: The Birth Project from New

Pierce, Horace Pierce, Robert

Mexico Collections. In May,

Gribbroek, William Lumpkins,

another Chicago textile will go

Dane Rudhyar, Stuart Walker,

to the de Young Museum in

and Ed Garman issued a man-

San Francisco for its exhibition,

ifesto stating their purpose:

Judy Chicago, A Retrospective.

“To carry painting beyond the

The exhibition is organized on

appearance of the physical

the heels of the 40th anniver-

world, through new concepts

sary of Chicago’s landmark

of space, color, light and de-

work, The Dinner Party, as well

sign, to imaginative realms that

as part of the 100th anniver-

are idealistic and spiritual.”

sary of the passing of the 19th

“We are extremely pleased to be able to borrow the paint-

amendment, granting women the right to vote.

ings from the Albuquerque The Transcendental Painting

RAISING ALBUQUERQUE

Group, 1938–1945,” says Scott

Lending works to other muse-

Shields, Ph.D., associate direc-

ums returns multiple benefits to

tor and chief curator for the

Albuquerque. The objects gain

Crocker Art Museum in Sacra-

a larger and wider audience

mento. “The Albuquerque Mu-

and some works that the Albu-

seum has excellent holdings by

querque Museum has lent for

these important artists, who are

traveling exhibitions have been

fast becoming better known on

seen by millions of people.

a national level both individual-

Museum curators from around

ly and collectively.”

the country visit Albuquer-

Museum for Another World:

que looking for objects in the

CHICAGO ON TOUR

collection that might be useful

The Albuquerque Museum

for their projects, connecting

also owns a number of works

the Albuquerque Museum as a

seven from the Albuquerque

Group, formed in Taos in 1938,

by feminist pioneer Judy Chi-

potential location for those trav-

Museum collection. Curated

transformed the dramatic natu-

cago, who lives in Belen. Her

eling exhibitions. In the recent

by the Crocker Art Museum in

ral surroundings of the South-

textile work, Birth Garment 1:

past, curators from the Denver

Sacramento, this major exhibi-

west into luminous reflections

Pregnant Amazon, traveled to

Art Museum, Boston Museum

tion will travel to Los Angeles,

of the human spirit. Under the

the Harwood Museum in Taos,

of Fine Arts, Whitney Muse-

Albuquerque, Tulsa, New York,

guidance of New Mexico paint-

along with its companion, Birth

um of American Art in New

and Sacramento.

ers Raymond Jonson and Emil

Garment 2: Flowering Shrub,

York, and the National Portrait

Bisttram, artists Agnes Pelton,

for the Harwood’s Judy Chica-

Gallery have visited. It raises the

The Transcendental Painting

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COLLECTIONS ON TOUR

Judy Chicago, collaborators: Penny Davidson Harris, Helen Courvoisie, Sally Babson, Birth Garment 1: Pregnant Amazon,1984, acrylic and pencil on cotton fabric, stitched to raw canvas, Albuquerque Museum, gift of “Through The Flower”

reputation of the Museum, its

the Museum’s reputation, and

curators, and the city as an art

allows those works to be seen

destination.

by many more people.

Sometimes curators have

Requests for loans go

Mari Gray (Grade 10, Next Gen Academy High School), Reflection, 2019

Eyes on Young Artists

mixed feelings about lending

through a process. Curators

pieces out. The Albuquerque

working on projects will send

Museum’s two most important

a letter requesting a work. The

EACH SPRING, ALBUQUERQUE-AREA HIGH SCHOOL

works of art are frequently

collections team will assess

STUDENTS studying photography have the opportunity to

requested: Ernest L. Blumen-

the condition of a requested

display their works in the Museum. It is a community effort

scehein’s Star Road and White

object to ensure it is safe to

and one that is a cornerstone of the Museum’s effort to

Sun and Georgia O’Keeffe’s

travel without being dam-

support young artists. The Focus on Youth juried exhibition

Gray Cross with Blue, both of

aged. Then the director has to

features 100 photographs and films.

which are prominently dis-

approve the loan. “We consid-

played in Common Ground.

er the importance of the work

opportunity to receive merit awards donated by community

Curator of Art Josie Lopez

to the Albuquerque Museum’s

members and businesses.

says that, on the one hand,

exhibition and education

these two masterpieces are a

program, and compare that

students mat and frame the show, individuals, businesses and

reason that some people visit

to the importance of its role in

organizations donate the awards, and museum staff in the

the Albuquerque Museum;

the proposed temporary exhi-

graphics, exhibits, and collections department provide the

on the other, having those

bition,” says Andrew Connors,

students with a museum-

pieces out on loan is great for

museum director.

quality exhibition.

Students juried into the exhibition also have the

Jurors select the photographs, photography teachers and

Focus on Youth is the result of a long

View selections from the Albuquerque Museum’s collection online using eMuseum. Search by artist name, by category or by collection. albuquerque.emuseum.com/collections

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partnership between the Albuquerque Public Schools Fine Arts department and the Albuquerque Museum.

ON VIEW MAY 2-JUNE 7, 2020 Focus on Youth

Time Travel at the Presidio FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A

traveled from Acapulco to

an organization whose stated

clothing and enact scenarios

ROW, Casa San Ysidro: Gutiér-

Santa Fe via the Camino

goal is “to promote learning,

that are as historically accurate

rez Minge House will present

Real, bringing food, clothing,

social cohesion and contrib-

as possible from the era of the

a unique program to intro-

fabrics, and munitions for the

ute to community building.”

presidio.

duce the public to a slice of

Spanish soldiers, which they

Time Travel involves creating

New Mexico history. The living

bought with their pay from

characters and a story based

history event will focus on the

the Spanish government. This

on a historic period in time,

Santa Fe presidio, and it will

money was raised by taxing

in order to spark discussions

be the first time the program

each of New Mexico’s fami-

about contemporary issues.

will be open to families on

lies ten pesos of silver (some

Aaron Gardner, Casa San

Second Saturdays in June and

of that money also went to

Ysidro manager, aided by

April 11: 2nd Saturday

July. In the past, it was open

support the American Rev-

Linda Tigges, a New Mexico

only to school groups.

olution against England, an

historian, will train ten docents

April 25: Heritage Spinning and Weaving

There were over a dozen

established rival of Spain).

in this method. All docents

colonial-era presidios along

With this money, the soldiers

wear late-eighteenth-century

what has come to be the

would buy supplies. The store

U.S.-Mexico border, but the

also served the public, and

Santa Fe presidio was the only

allowed the Spanish military

one north of the Rio Grande.

to trade with and develop al-

It served as a military reserva-

liances with otherwise hostile

tion and fort for the Spanish

native tribes.

colonial soldiers, and had a

The program uses an

store that became an inter-

educational method called

national trading post. Traders

“Time Travel” developed by

from Europe and elsewhere

Bridging Ages International,

UPCOMING CASA SAN YSIDRO EVENTS

May 16: Heritage Day May 23: Heritage Spinning and Weaving

EVENTS The program will run June 13 and July 11 from 1-4 p.m It is free and families are welcome.

June 13: 2nd Saturday June 27: Heritage Spinning and Weaving For more information see calendar

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WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ENTRÉE OF AN ENTREE

M AY FREE CUP OF SOUP Thomas Hart Benton, Self-Portrait with Rita, c. 1924, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Mooney

Coming Soon: Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM

Artworks to be included span from

PRESENTS Eye to I: Self-Portraits from

1901 to today.

the National Portrait Gallery. At a time

Featured in Eye to I are self-portraits

when countless “selfies” are being

by prominent figures in the history of

posted on social media channels and

portraiture, including Robert Arneson,

identity is proving to be more and more

Thomas Hart Benton, Alexander Calder,

fluid, the exhibition presents a sampling

Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Deborah

of how artists have approached the

Kass, Elaine de Kooning, Jacob

exploration of representation and

Lawrence, Louise Nevelson, Irving Penn,

self-depiction through portraiture. With

Robert Rauschenberg, Fritz Scholder,

each self-portrait, artists either reaffirm

Roger Shimomura, Edward Steichen,

or rebel against a sense of identity

and many more.

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that links the eye to “I.” Drawing from the National Portrait Gallery’s vast collection, Eye to I examines how artists have chosen to portray themselves.

Eye to I features 60 works in a variety of styles and media ranging from caricatures to photographs, from colorful watercolors to dramatic paintings and time-based media.

ON VIEW JULY 11–OCTOBER 4, 2020 Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery

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ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION NEWS

Ten Years of Shaken, Not Stirred Destinations

Diamonds Are Forever Shaken, Not Stirred shakes it up for its tenth anniversary.

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED has been a

Other highlights include music by

must-attend event on the social calen-

saxophonist Gary King, former New

dar for a decade. As part of the event’s

Mexico Attorney General and son of

diamond anniversary, the organizing

the late governor. The saxophone, Kurz

committee is—ahem—shaking things up.

points out, was invented in Belgium by

Perhaps the most significant change,

Adolphe Sax. And, also new this year,

says Patricia Kurz, a member of the Al-

participants in the scavenger hunt will

buquerque Museum Foundation Board

be eligible to win a diamond ring.

of Directors and chair of the commit-

Proceeds from Shaken Not Stirred

tee, the date of the event changed to

support the Albuquerque Museum’s

May 30, allowing organizers to make

educational programming.

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED 10th Anniversary Cocktail Party Benefit & Passport to Belgium Raffle Saturday, May 30, 2020 | 7-11 p.m.

Trip for two to Brussels includes round trip airfare, luxury hotel, daily breakfast, and more! All proceeds support educational programs at the Albuquerque Museum.

Shaken Not Stirred is presented

by New Mexico Bank & Trust and the Albuquerque Museum Foundation.

Passport to Belgium Raffle is sponsored by All World Travel.

use of the Museum’s outdoor spaces.

The Foundation will host a VIP reception on the roof deck, and the amphitheater will be available for live music.

The raffle location honors the event’s 10th anniversary—Passport to Belgium,

TICKETS Shaken, Not Stirred $75 each Passport to Belgium Raffle 1 for $50 or 3 for $100

the diamond capital of the world. “The trip includes a wonderful Antwerp visit, and our theme is appropriate because we can to sustain the museum’s pro-

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grams forever,’” says Kurz.

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ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION NEWS

EVENT APRIL 19, 1–3 P.M.

LECTURE: LANDSCAPE PAINTER WILSON HURLEY The Albuquerque Museum Foundation

The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley

presents a lecture and discussion based on the book The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley, by Rosalyn Roembke Hurley.

American landscape artist Wilson

aM SOCIETY Since aM Society began in 2018,

Hurley (1924–2008) painted natu-

more than ten couples and individuals

ral wonders and was committed to

have chosen to include the Albuquer-

expressing his love of the richness of

que Museum in their estate plans,

reality. His journey is brought to life in

pledging approximately $3 million.

this intimate biography.

Giving from generation to generation

The author will speak about her hus-

is one of the most meaningful and

band’s journey from his youth in New

significant ways to leave a lasting

Mexico through his careers as both a

legacy. It is important to specifically

pilot and a lawyer and his commitment

list the Albuquerque Museum

to painting at age forty. Albuquerque

Foundation in your will so that your

Museum Curator of Art Josie Lopez

gift may be properly managed and

will moderate, followed by a book

acknowledged, and your wishes

signing. The book will be for sale at

honored. If you are interested in

the Museum Store.

joining the aM Society or want infor-

The event will be held at Albuquer-

mation about estate giving, please

que Museum. For more information,

call or email Emily Blaugrund Fox at

call the Foundation at 505.842.0111

505.338.8738 or ebfox@albuquerque

or email info@albuquerquemuseum

museumfoundation.org.

foundation.org.

Per current IRS policy, distributions made from Donor-Advised Funds or Family Foundations may not be used to fulfill a pledge or Patrons’ Circle Membership that would result in a personal benefit to a donor or a member of donor’s family (e.g. tickets to events, dinners, tables for events etc.) Please call if you have additional questions or need clarification.

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MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES IN HONOR OF NANCY AND CLIFF BLAUGRUND’S 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY from Margaret & Hugh Bell IN MEMORY OF ROSE RUTH AND ART ELLISON from Jordan Ellison IN MEMORY OF MILDRED TAYLOR from Sandra and Mitch Taylor IN MEMORY OF BETH MOISE from Mary Kay and Jim Foley from Catherine and Joseph Goldberg IN MEMORY OF MARGARET ELAINE MARCHIONDO from Nedra and Richard Matteucci IN MEMORY OF KENT ROBERTS from Kay and Steve Maize IN MEMORY OF JULIAN DE MAESENEER from Catherine and Joseph Goldberg IN HONOR OF BRONNIE BLAUGRUND’S BIRTHDAY from Susan Lipsitch The Albuquerque Museum Foundation makes every effort to record and acknowledge our donors accurately and appropriately. Please contact the AMF offices at 505.842.0111 if you notice incorrect information.

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IZIPIZI

(Paris) — everyday glasses that put a smile on your face.

Colorful collections, no limit to your taste! Classics reinvented, designed to fit, for reading and for the screens, for the sun and just for fun. All made easy, for you, me, everybody, it’s IZIPIZI! $44.95–$49.95

MUSEUM STORE 505-242-0434

The Pappwatch

Printed on strong and water-resistant Tyvek.

LR 41 battery included and replaceable.

Handmade in Berlin.

Styles vary. $29.95

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KeySmart

Organize your keys with the world's smartest key holder. The compact KeySmart organizer fits up to 14 keys. Crafted out of a durable plastic with stainless steel hardware. $21.95–$59.95

Molcajete with Tortilla Basket

Made of volcanic stone, a molcajete is ideal for grinding and releasing flavorful oils from vegetables and spices. Perfect for salsa, guacamole, queso, mole, and more. $66.95

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Front Cover Naomi Bebo, Beaded Mask, 2015, seed beads, deer hide, ermine and ribbons on Iraqi gas mask, lent by the Tweed Museum, photo by David Young-Wolff

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LEARN ABOUT THE FOUNDATION’S DEVELOPMENTS AND PROJECTS OF THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.

Albuquerque Museum June 29, 2020 9:30 a.m.

Ventana Salon No reservation necessary