Collections Spotlight with Mary Young Bear
Experience artist Mary Young Bear as she hosted COLLECTIONS SPOTLIGHT on January 25, 2022. Mary Young Bear is a beadwork artist and the outreach officer at the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum. At this event, she discusses Meskwaki art, including beadwork and...
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...
Collections Spotlight with Sean Standing Bear
Experience artist Sean Standing Bear as he hosts COLLECTIONS SPOTLIGHT on November 16, 2021. Sean Standing Bear is an oral historian and well-respected consultant on Osage history and traditions. Standing Bear is the son of George Eugene Standing Bear and a descendant...
2022 Hands-On Curatorial Program: < NO_RECORDS >
Hands-On Returns! It is a wonderful feeling to be able to bring a new group of Hands-On Curators back into the Coe building. After shifting from in-person meetings to a fully virtual format way back in 2020, we are thrilled to introduce a new crew of high...
In the news…. Nanibah (Nani) Chacon’s Mural
Did you see the Santa Fe New Mexican this Thursday, October 14? We were thrilled to see Nanibah (Nani) Chacon’s mural on the Coe Center’s project space on the front page! Nani (Diné and Xicana) has been working on this vibrant mural for the past months, filling our...
Collection Spotlight with Golga Oscar
Experience artist Golga Oscar (Yup'ik) as he hosted COLLECTIONS SPOTLIGHT on October 12, 2021. Golga Oscar, a Yup’ik artist from Southwest Alaska pursues modern textile that reflects his cultural identity. He seeks the aspects of revitalizing his ancestral work with a...
Collection Spotlight with Lisa Rutherford
Experience artist Lisa Rutherford (Cherokee Nation) as she hosts COLLECTIONS SPOTLIGHT on September 21, 2021. Lisa Rutherford discusses via Zoom Eastern Woodlands beadwork within the Coe Collection, as well as, feather capes, and reviving Cherokee and Southeastern...
Notes from a Summer Internship
This past August, I was at the Coe Center doing an internship for two weeks, during which I was tasked to think of and complete a project after spending time in the wonderful art collection the Coe has to offer. Going into the internship I had no idea what topic or...