2017 Meghann O’Brien
February 17, 2017 IAIA Artist-in-Residence Meghann O'Brien (Haida-Kwakwaka'wakw, Irish) spent time exploring the Coe Center's extensive collection of global indigenous arts to find points of connection and inspiration for her own artistic practice. Working hands-on...
2016 Nakkita Trimble
November 1, 2016 IAIA Artists-in-Residence, Nakkita Trimble spent time exploring the Coe Center's extensive collection of global indigenous arts and by doing so she found points of connection and inspiration for her own artistic practice. Working hands-on with the...
2016 Jason Garcia, Luke Parnell, and Gerry Quotskuyva
October 3, 2016 For our first event, IAIA Artists-in-Residence Jason Garcia, Gerry Quotskuyva, and Luke Parnell spent time exploring the Coe Center's extensive collection of global indigenous arts; finding points of connection and inspiration for their own artistic...
2016 Hands-On Curatorial Program exhibition
Culture Exchange: The Unspoken Truth Each object has a story to be told and each object holds the worth of gold in its own culture. —Heaven Talachy A group of diverse high school students from Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) and the Academy for Technology and the...
2016 Slip-Cast Seed Bombs with Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, Austrian, Norwegian)
September 24 and 25, 2016 Cannupa Hanska's "Slip-Cast Seed Bombs" introduced participants to clay as a medium for social activism as he guided them through the technical process of creating slip cast objects. Seed Bombs, a form of guerrilla gardening that incorporates...
2016 Kelly Church’s Black Ash Basket Make and Take Workshop
March 19 and April 9, 2016 Kelly Church (Gun Lake Band in Michigan, and a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Ojibwe descendant) is an award-winning black ash basket weaver, Woodlands style painter, birch bark biter, and educator. For her "Black Ash Basket Make and Take...
2016 IARC Speaker Series: Forging New Landscapes in Cultural Stewardship and Repatriation
A Partnership between Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts and the School for Advanced Research2016 marks twenty-six years since the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was enacted. Since its passage in 1990, it has opened the doors to...
2016-Cheyenne Ledger Book online!
As of 2016, the fragile Ralph T. Coe Center Collection ledger drawing book can be viewed online at Plains Ledger Art (PILA). Created in the 1880's, the ledger book features striking images of courting scenes, soldiers, and Cheyenne warriors - many who are identified...
2016 Phillip Haozous and Hyda Maria concert
On Friday July 1, 2016, and in collaboration with the New Mexico Performing Arts Society (NMPAS), the Ralph T. Coe Center presented Native American flutist and flute maker Phillip Haozous and Native flutist and Baroque recorder player Hyda Maria in concert at the Coe...
2016-17 A View from Here: Northwest Coast Native Arts
The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts presented A View from Here: Northwest Coast Native Arts opening August 12, 2016, through April 2017. On exhibit were exquisite carvings and prints from the collection of Richard and Joan Chodosh. Including works from some of the...