ONLINE
On February 17 at 4 PM EST, The Barnes Foundation is inviting its members, supporters, and closest friends to a special online curatorial presentation on Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in Community—just days before its premiere on February 20. The show’s co-curators, Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), curator of ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, and Lucy Fowler Williams, associate curator-in-charge and Jeremy A. Sabloff Senior Keeper of American Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, will be joined by Barnes associate curator Cindy Kang. They are offering an in-depth look at the works and artists featured in this major exhibition, which examines and advances the understanding and experience of Native American visual arts.
Register online or by phone or email:
215.278.7110 | circles@barnesfoundation.org
215.278.7120 | corporatecouncil@barnesfoundation.org
ONSITE
Attend the curators’ presentation onsite at the Barnes (details above) followed by the Exhibition Preview and Reception ahead of its premiere and the public opening. Reservation is required. Proof of vaccination will be verified upon entry for all guests.
Exhibition Preview and Reception – February 17
4 pm Curators Presentation
5-8 pm Exhibition Preview and Reception
Register here to attend onsite programs
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
“Water, Wind, Breath is the first exhibition of Barnes’s centennial year and the first devoted to Native American art. The show explores Pueblo and Navajo pottery, textiles, and jewelry as living traditions that promote individual and community well-being through their making and use.”
“Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in Community is co-curated by Lucy Fowler Williams, associate curator-in-charge and Jeremy A. Sabloff Senior Keeper of American Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, and Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo), curator of ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe.”
