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.
Eugene V. Thaw, in Memoriam
JoAnn Lynn Balzer, Honorary Board Director
JoAnn Lynn Balzer has had an extensive career in the arts, fundraising and nonprofit management.
Kenneth Bateman, Honorary Board Director
John A. Berkenfield, Honorary Board Director
Santa Fe Mayor Alan M. Webber, Honorary Board Director
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,...
Collections Spotlight with Elizabeth James-Perry
The next Collections Spotlight event, a partnership with First American Art Magazine, will be on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at 3 pm MDT with Elizabeth James-Perry. To register for free, please click here. This interactive, online discussion brings together scholars and...
Collections Spotlight with Lydia Louise Goings and Tonya E. Carroll
The next Collections Spotlight event, a partnership with First American Art Magazine, will be on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at 3 pm MDT and will feature two guests, Lydia Louise Goings and Tonya E. Carroll. This interactive, online discussion brings together scholars and...
Director, Vice Chair: Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson is a contemporary Native American designer and metalsmith with an extensive career.
Director, President: Rachel de W. Wixom
Rachel has led the development of the current center from idea to reality.