Nampeyo (1859-1942) was a widely influential potter who lived and worked at Hopi. She is regarded today as one of the finest Hopi potters and one of the most important figures whose work is displayed in museums and collections around the world. The Coe Center is...
Collections Spotlight with Ian Kuali’i
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...
Spotlight on Spotlight
Spotlight on SPOTLIGHTBess Murphy, curator It has been almost a year since America Meredith of First American Art Magazine reached out to us to create a virtual program in response to the COVID-19 shutdowns across the country. The Coe prides itself on providing...
Collections Spotlight with Karen Ann Hoffman
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...
Sallyann Paschall
Enrolled in the Cherokee Nation and raised in Oklahoma, Sallyann Milam Paschall is a Santa Fe, New Mexico painter, and printmaker. She has shown her work extensively and has won numerous awards, particularly at the Heard Museum Indian Market in Phoenix and Santa Fe...
How is the Coe?
When talking with friends, colleagues, and supporters, these days I often get the question, How is the Coe? and What are you doing at the Coe? Not surprising questions provided the times we are living through, particularly for a small organization like the Coe...
Collections Spotlight with Jordan Poorman Cocker and Teri Greeves
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...
Cara Romero at the Coe
This series I’m working on is highly imaginative and evokes a familiar feeling for me. I keep thinking. “I feel like I’ve been here before.” Often while creating, I just have to really lean into my daydreaming space, my subconscious, and trust where that takes me...
Collections Spotlight with Evelyn Vanderhoop
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 Kelly Church
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 Melissa Shaginoff
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...
IMPRINT 2020
Above image is from the 2018 IMPRINT opening at the Coe Center. In the summer of 2018, the Coe partnered with an incredible group of artists and thinkers to create the exhibition IMPRINT. One goal of IMPRINT was to send art out into the community in different...











