Through Big Ideas, Engage People
The Coe offers unique, hands-on programs and exhibitions to engage and support communities, artists, and students of all ages. This enables deeper appreciation of the value of cultures all over the world…because the more we know about one other, the more we can work together for the common good.

“The Giant Eskimo” by James Kivetoruk Moses
James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq, Seward Peninsula, Nome Region, Alaska), The Eskimo Giant, c. 1970. Pen and Ink on cardboard. Private Collection James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1981) was a self-taught Inupiaq painter who created profoundly perceptive narrative works...
Eugene V. Thaw, in Memoriam
Ralph T. Coe, in Memoriam
Santa Fe Mayor Alan M. Webber, Honorary Board Director
John A. Berkenfield, Honorary Board Director
Kenneth Bateman, Honorary Board Director
Patricia M. Newman, Coe Advisory Board Director
Patricia M. Newman is currently serving on Boards of both the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and the New Mexico Governors Mansion Foundation.
Teri Greeves, Advisory Board Director
Teri Greeves was born on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming and is of Italian-American and Comanche descent.
JoAnn Lynn Balzer, Honorary Board Director
JoAnn Lynn Balzer has had an extensive career in the arts, fundraising and nonprofit management.
Story Telling through Will Wilson —Special Offer
With little doubt, you know that art museums and institutions across the nation have been dealt a particularly hard blow; many are struggling with budgetary concerns, closed doors, and staff lay-offs. Being creative and making oneself accessible in a virtual world has...
Collection Spotlight with Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder
Photo by Jason S. Ordaz Collections Spotlight, a program developed in partnership with First American Art Magazine, is a free interactive, online discussion that brings together the public, scholars, and Native artists who select artworks from the Coe’s...
James Kivetoruk Moses: Master Artist, opens 2021
James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1981) was a self-taught Inupiaq painter who created profoundly perceptive narrative works about the Seward Peninsula region of northern Alaska and its Indigenous peoples, histories, and environment. His paintings are direct and optimistic,...