Conversing With The Land: Native North American Baskets of the Maxwell Museum Collection

November 11, 2022 – January 31, 2024 @ All Day – Co-curated by Curator of Exhibitions Devorah Romanek, Curator of Ethnology Lea McChesney, and artist Cael Chappell, the exhibit features more than 170 baskets made by Indigenous artists from across North America between 1000+ years ago and 2021. The museum is  profoundly grateful to the many basket makers and cultural knowledge holders who shared their insights […]

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We Were Basket Makers Before We Were Pueblo People: Pueblo Baskets in Context

November 11, 2022 – January 31, 2024 @ All Day – This exhibition features nine Pueblo baskets and the words of Pueblo artists and knowledge holders Christopher Lewis (Zuni), Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro), Paul Tosa (Jemez), Madeline Tosa (Jemez Pueblo), Jilli Oyenque (Ohkay Owingeh), and Brian Vallo (Acoma), facilitated by anthropologist and guest-curator Dr. Bruce Bernstein. Information at Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

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