Special Guest Lecturer: Mateo RomeroCochiti Pottery In The Coe CollectionUPDATE: February 23, 2023February 3rd was the Coe Center’s first First Friday of the year and a huge success! It quickly became standing-room only with the most attendees ever for this event! The...
2023 Hands-On Curatorial Program: “in the woods, is perpetual youth”
"in the woods, is perpetual youth" 05/12/2023 | Exhibition opens... We couldn't have asked for a more incredible start to our student-curated exhibition, "in the woods, is perpetual youth". The support and enthusiasm from our community, parents, volunteers, schools,...
Giving Growth
“I can personally identify with the loneliness that the COVID epoch has bestowed upon us all. It is my hope that through this project, our outreach and art can begin to help restore and serve as another example of how vital community and cooperation are.”—Jamison Chās...
Jazmin Novak in Residence at the Coe
Please welcome, Jazmin Novak, our new Artist in Residence at the Project Space! Jazmin is a Navajo sculptor born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2021 she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts and a minor in Performing Arts at the Institute of...
Layli Long Soldier in Residence at the Coe
The Coe is thrilled to announce that the poet Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota) will be writer-in-residence at the Coe from February through March 2022.In this case, her residency is taking place in the Coe's Collection Building, which neighbors the Project...
Project Space as Artist Work Space Activated!
Since Nani Chacon (Diné and Xicana) completed her stunning mural in 2021, You can’t take it with you… so give it all away on the exterior of the Coe’s new Project Space, we have been quietly sharing our wealth of space with members of our creative community. We feel...
PROJECT SPACE as Artist Space
If you are interested in proposing a project for the Coe Center’s Project Space, please submit a project description either via snail mail or email bmurphy@coeartscenter.org. Your submission description should be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 600 words: A...
Collections Spotlight with Larson Goldtooth and Colleen Lucero
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and through the reopening afterward, the Coe Center partnered with First American Art Magazine to present an interactive Zoom series in which Native artists discussed artworks in the Coe Collections. Collections Spotlight brought deep...
Collections Spotlight with Mary Young Bear
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and through the reopening afterward, the Coe Center partnered with First American Art Magazine to present an interactive Zoom series in which Native artists discussed artworks in the Coe Collections. Collections Spotlight brought deep...
You can’t take it with you…so give it all away… Mural by Nani Chacon 2021
Nani Chacon (Diné and Xicana), You can’t take it with you…so give it all away, mural, 2021 Nanibah (Nani) Chacon (Diné and Xicana) just completed her stunning, monumental mural You can’t take it with you…so give it all away on the exterior of the Coe Center for...
Conversations of Ourselves: An Indigenous survey of James Kivetoruk Moses
James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq), Cape Espenberg Wedding, mixed media on card stock, nd. 13 x 18 in. Private Collection The Coe Center for the Arts presents an intimate selection of works by mid-century artist James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq). The works are a selection...
Notes from a Fall Internship
Basket selection from the Coe Center, 2021 These past few months I've had the wonderful opportunity to hold an Internship at the Coe Center for the Arts. As someone who’s been trying to make decisions about my education, I came to appreciate my time here. I...












