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Apr. 2026, 2003Ancient Mexican Art from the Collection of the National Museum of the American IndianJuly 21, 2002–Summer 2003 George Gustav Heye Center New York, NY This exhibition features forty-four pieces from the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian to illustrate the cultural and historical continuity of Mexican art. The objects—most of which have never before been publicly displayed—include ceramic and stone sculpture, bowls, vessels, pendants, masks, and funerary urns. Most date to before the intrusions of non-Native people into Mexico in the 1500s. Several date as far back as 400 B.C. Ancient Mexican Art provides a window on the world of ancient Mexico, and its objects reveal ancient Native beliefs and traditions. Pendants, bowls, and vessels incorporate images of snakes, scorpions, and especially jaguars, revered as sacred by many indigenous peopoles. Several funerary urns reflect homage to deities, as do wooden and stone-carved objects used during the Mesoamerican ball game.
The Edge of Enchantment December 15, 2002Summer 2003 George Gustav Heye Center, New York This exhibition presents people from Native communities of the Huatulco-Huamelula region of Oaxaca, Mexico, speaking passionately about their lives, families, histories, beliefs, and dreams.
Continuum: Twelve Artists April 2003–November 2004 George Gustav Heye Center, New York This 18-month exhibition series will feature a changing selection of works from twelve contemporary Native American artists who represent the succeeding generation of art begun by George Morrison 1919-2000, Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Ojibwe) and Allan Houser (1914-94, Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache), two major figures of 20th-century Native American art. All twelve knew Morrison or Houser personally or indirectly and were influenced by their example as successful creators or through their careers as educators. Like Morrison and Houser, the artists draw from a variety of influences, both within and outside art schools and universities, and they have established reputations as groundbreakers in new directions of contemporary art and Native American art history. In April, the exhibition series will open with the work of Kay Walking Stick (Cherokee) and Rick Bartow (Yurok-Mad River Band). Other artists in the series will include Joe Feddersen, Harry Fonseca, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, George Longfish, Judith Lowry, Nora Naranjo Morse, Shelley Niro, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Marie Watt, and Richard Ray Whitman. The artists in the exhibition represent the Arapaho, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Colville, Cree, Flathead, Hamowi-Pit River, Hawaiian, Mohawk, Mountain Maidu, Nisenan Maidu, Pueblo Santa Clara, Seneca, Shoshone, Tuscarora, Yuchi, and Yurok cultures.
Storybook Readings: From the Shelves of the Resource Center Second Saturday of every month Resource Center, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York Join us for storybook readings featuring stories about the Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere. For children of all ages.
Curator Lecture: Twelve Native Artists April 24, 2003 5 p.m. Collector's Office George Gustav Heye Center, New York Kay Walking Stick (Cherokee) and Rick Bartow (Yurok-Mad River Band) are the first to be featured in Twelve Native Artists.
DAILY SCREENINGS: Native Home February 10–April 27, 2003 Programs start at 1 pm. Repeated Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Video Viewing Room, Second Floor George Gustav Heye Center, New York March 31–April 27, 2003 Part of the 2003 NMAI national touring festival Video México Indígena/Video Native Mexico. No screening at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3. Works are in Native Mexican languages and Spanish with English subtitles.
DAILY SCREENINGS: Especially for Kids March 31–August 10, 2003 Programs start at 11 am and 12 noon unless otherwise noted. Video Viewing Room @ State St. Corridor George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004 Monday, March 31–Sunday, April 27, 2003
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