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.
FUNCTION: The Film Premiere was held on Nov. 15, 2019
click above image to view the film We made plates together, we dined together, we broke plates together in the act of connection and learning… The Story continues… in the short film FUNCTION produced in partnership with Littleglobe Held on Friday, November 15, 6 pm at...
“How it was handed to me” The Caesar Family Legacy
The Coe Center is pleased to host an unparalleled jewelry event on December 12th. How It Was Handed to Me: The Caesar Family Legacy, organized by Kenneth Johnson (Muscogee/Seminole) gathers jewelers and jewelry from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and beyond into a complex...
FUNCTION: The Film Premiere at the La Fonda, Nov 15, 6 pm
The Story continues… Join us for the premiere of the short film FUNCTION, produced in partnership with Littleglobe on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 6 pm at the La Fonda
Marie Watt Sewing Circle was held on July 16, 2019
The Coe Center was honored to host artist Marie Watt (Seneca Nation) on July 17, 2019. Watt's focus while in Santa Fe was on the concept of “mother” and all its varied, complex connotations. This event, in collaboration with the Institute of American Indian Arts...
Marie Watt Sewing Circle
The Coe Center is honored to host artist Marie Watt (Seneca Nation) who will lead a community sewing circle on Tuesday, July 16 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm at the Coe. This event, in collaboration with the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts...
2019 Coe Center Open House
Please join us August 15, 1-4 pm for the Coe annual open house which honors the Growing Thunder Family. Joyce Growing Thunder (Assiniboine-Sioux) will be in residence with her family. Joyce, her daughter Juanita, and her granddaughters Jessa Rae and Camryn have...
FUNCTION with Cannupa Hanska Luger
The Coe has partnered with Cannupa Hanska Luger, an internationally renowned artist, and activist, to create a large scale, interactive artwork entitled FUNCTION. FUNCTION is a play on the functional aspects of clay as a tool for practical use, and of art and food as...
Summer Hours at the Coe
The Coe has extended open hours beginning Saturday, July 12, 2019. We will be open every Saturday through August 31, from 1-4 pm, with the exception of Santa Fe Indian Market—Saturday, August 17…
2019 Hands-On Curatorial Program Exhibition
Exhibition opening at the Ralph T. Coe Center Friday, May 10, 5-7 pm What is storytelling to you? Think about how many stories you've told in your life and how many you’ve heard; throughout the world many stories have been told in their own way, either by art, song,...
2019 FUNCTION
April 3, 6, 9, and 13: Plate-Making Workshops August 15: Dinner at the Coe Workshop & Dinner Reservations at Eventbrite The Coe Center has partnered with Cannupa Hanska Luger, an internationally renowned artist, and activist, to create a large scale, interactive...
2019 Hands-On Curatorial Program
Now in its fifth year working with high school students, the Hands-On Curatorial Program provides an opportunity for high school students to work hands-on with the Coe collection of over 2,000 works of indigenous art from around the world. Through museum visits and...
2018-19 IMPRINT
IMPRINT artists at the opening, August 14, 2018. From left to right: Terran Last Gun, Jacob Meders, Jason Garcia, Dakota Mace, Eliza Naranjo Morse, and Jamison Chāz Banks. A multi-layered collaborative exhibition that challenges our assumptions about how art...