The Museum Shops Supporting Our Museums One Purchase at a

MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | summer 2015
The Museum Shops
Supporting Our Museums
One Purchase at a Time
Table of Contents
Cover: Members look at Native American
fetishes on display at the Colleen Cloney
Duncan Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts
and Culture. Photo by Andrew Kastner.
Below: The Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop at
the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture offers
an array of merchandise representing Native
arts and culture, including textiles, pottery
and other museum-quality items. Photo ©
Daniel Quat Photography.
Letter to Members 1
Board of Trustees
2
The Museum Shops 3
Building the Museum Brand
7
New Mexico History Museum/
Palace of the Governors
8
New Mexico Museum of Art
10
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
12
Museum of International Folk Art
14
New Mexico Historic Sites
16
Office of Archaeological Studies
18
First National Santa Fe
19
The Scoop
20
ways to give
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Our Mission
The Museum of New Mexico Foundation supports
the Museum of New Mexico system through fund
development for exhibitions and education programs,
financial management and advocacy.
The Foundation serves the following state cultural
institutions:
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/
Laboratory of Anthropology
• Museum of International Folk Art
• New Mexico History Museum/ Palace of the Governors
• New Mexico Museum of Art
• New Mexico Historic Sites
• Office of Archaeological Studies
Member News Contributors
Mariann Minana-Lovato, Director, Membership
and Communications
Shannez Dudelczyk, Membership Manager
Carmella Padilla, Writer and Editor Barbara Harrelson, Writer
Bram Meehan, Graphic Designer
Dear Members,
We are delighted to feature two stellar Museum of New Mexico
Foundation programs—the museum shops and the licensing
program—in this issue of Member News.
Under the leadership of Foundation trustee Cynthia Bolene,
chair of our Shops and Licensing Committee, and John Stafford,
vice president of retail operations, we have experienced significant growth in our shops and online sales over the past several
years — last year marking a five-year high in retail revenues.
These increased sales impact the Foundation’s ability to serve the
Museum of New Mexico system.
Our five museum shops offer a diverse array of merchandise, from
books, posters and notecards, to fine jewelry and apparel, to unique
works of art. Many of these items reflect the collections and exhibitions highlighted in our state museums in Santa Fe and greatly
enhance the museum experience for our members and visitors. We
invite you to use your ten percent member discount to patronize
our shops and further support our museums.
The Foundation’s licensing program, managed by Pamela Kelly,
represents an innovative entrepreneurial approach to showcasing
our extraordinary museum collections while generating financial
support for exhibitions and programs. Kelly works with designers,
merchandisers and home décor companies to license collections
objects that inspire the development of textiles, home furnishings
and other unique products.
Since the program’s inception in 1998, royalties from the sale
of these products have generated nearly $1 million in financial
support for the Foundation and our cultural institutions. Recently,
the Foundation made a significant investment in the licensing
program to expand its operations into Europe and Asia and to
broaden the scope of licensed merchandise.
“We have experienced significant
growth in our shops and online
sales over the past several
years — last year marking a
five-year high in retail revenues,”
says Foundation President/CEO
Jamie Clements.
As introduced in the spring issue of Member News, our new
publication format focuses on interesting activities and timely
developments underway at our four Santa Fe museums, seven
New Mexico Historic Sites and the Office of Archeological
Studies. We hope that this expanded publication will help you
better understand and appreciate the tremendous impact that
your membership support has on our institutions.
Summer is always an exciting time at our cultural institutions,
with new exhibitions and programs for all to enjoy. Please join in
our activities and events this season, and bring your visiting family
members and friends. And don’t forget to shop the shops!
Photo © Daniel Quat Photography
Sincerely,
Jamie Clements
President/CEO
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Museum of New
Mexico Foundation
Board of Trustees
2014–15
Pat Hall, Museum of New Mexico Foundation
trustee and board vice chair, is an avid supporter
of the New Mexico Museum of Art. In the coming
fiscal year, which begins July 1, Hall will co-chair
the Foundation’s Development Committee with
new trustee Dan Perry. While Hall focuses on
fund development for our downtown museums,
Perry will focus on our Museum Hill institutions.
Photo © Cheron Bayna.
TRUSTEES
ADVISORY TRUSTEES
Michael Pettit, Chair
Pat Hall, Vice Chair
Jim Goodwin, Treasurer
Rebecca Carrier, Secretary
Charmay B. Allred
M. Carlota Baca, Ph.D.
JoAnn Lynn Balzer
John Berl
Lynn Brown
Jane Buchsbaum
Rosa Ramirez Carlson
Robert L. Clarke
John P. Comstock, M.D.
Liz Crews
Sherry Davis
Joan Dayton
Clara L. Dougherty
Jim Duncan Jr.
Leroy Garcia
Barbara Hoover
Kent F. Jacobs, M.D.
Connie Thrasher Jaquith
Margot Linton
Janis Lyon
Jim Manning
Dee Ann McIntyre
Doris Meyer
Patty Newman
Bob Nurock
James T. Ortíz
Jane O’Toole
Alan Rolley
J. Edd Stepp
Marilynn Thoma
Nancy Meem Wirth
Claire Woodcock
Donald F. Wright
Victoria Addison
Catherine A. Allen
Keith K. Anderson
Tana Bidwell
Anne Bingaman
Cynthia Bolene
Dorothy H. Bracey
Jack Campbell
Rosalind Doherty
George Duncan
Charles Gaillard
J. Scott Hall
Bud Hamilton
Catherine M. Harvey
Susie Herman
Nicole A. Hixon
Stephen Hochberg
Frank H. Hogan
Peggy Hubbard
Candace Jacobson
Cathy Kalenian
Stuart Kirk
Bruce Larsen
John Lenssen
Ann Rather Livingston
David Matthews
Christine McDermott
Helene Singer Merrin
Mark Naylor
Dennis A. O’Toole, Ph.D.
Dan Perry
Jerry Richardson
Keith Roth
Marshall Sale
Nan Schwanfelder
Judy Sherman
Marian Silver
Charles M. Smith
Suzanne Sugg
Courtney Finch Taylor
Patty Terrell
Carol Warren
John Young
Robert Zone, M.D.
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Lloyd E. Cotsen
Anne and John Marion
Edwina and Charles Milner
Binnie Postelnek
J. Paul Taylor
Eileen A. Wells
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Thomas B. Catron III
Saul Cohen
Phyllis Gladden
James Snead
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The Museum
Shops
Enhancing Visitor Experiences,
Supporting Our Museums
VISIT THE
MUSEUM SHOPS
Members Receive 10% Off
Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop
Museum of Indian Arts
and Culture
710 Camino Lejo
Santa Fe, NM 87504 505.982.5057
Museum of International Folk
Art Shop
706 Camino Lejo
Santa Fe, NM 87504 505.982.5186
New Mexico Museum of
Art Shop
107 West Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.982.1131
Spiegelberg Shop
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.982.9543
Palace of the Governors Shop
100 Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.988.3454
Some 350,000 visitors explore our four
state museums in Santa Fe each year.
Last year, many stopped in at one of our
five museum shops to purchase gifts and
souvenirs as reminders of their exhibition
experiences.
“In fiscal year 2013–14, the museum shops and two online stores
generated more than $2.73 million in sales, marking a five-year
high,” says Museum of New Mexico Foundation President/CEO
Jamie Clements. “Our shops enhance the visitor experience with
beautiful selections of exhibition-inspired items. The evidence of
their success is last year’s strong sales report.”
Engaging the Customer
“Net income doubled last year,” says John Stafford, Foundation vice
president of retail operations. This is thanks to increased visitor
traffic tied to popular exhibitions and merchandising shifts to
more exhibition-oriented products.
Stafford’s approach follows a trend noted by the Museum Store
Association: museum visitors with informed tastes want to engage
with authentic arts and crafts, trademarked designs of proprietary
products, and one-of-a-kind gift items inspired by exhibitions and
artists at a range of costs. Collectively, Stafford says, the shops
hold an inventory of $1.4 million—or some 16,421 items from 2,000
vendors. These include home furnishings, textiles, apparel and
accessories; jewelry, folk art, books, posters, note cards and calendars; and framed prints of art and vintage photography.
“More than 67 percent of our total business is in arts and craft
products,” Stafford says. “This percentage has continued to grow,
counter to the traditional museum store model.”
Stafford explains this trend as a result of the strong relationships
that the shops have cultivated with area artists who maintain
vibrant local arts and crafts traditions. No doubt, this is also due
to consumer relationships with loyal Foundation members who,
Hours
All locations are open 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily through Labor Day.
More than 2,000 unique items are
featured at these online shops:
•Shopmuseum.org
•Worldfolkart.org
10% member discount applies
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photos © Daniel Quat Photography
MUSEUM SHOPS ONLINE
Exhibition-related merchandise is a popular favorite at our five museum shops, including turquoise jewelry (Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture), Gustave Baumann note cards (New Mexico Museum of Art), Harvey Girl books and coffee mugs (New Mexico History Museum),
and more. Photos © Daniel Quat Photography.
as a benefit of membership, receive a ten percent
discount in the shops and online at shopmuseum.
org and worldfolkart.org. Members contribute by
promoting the shops in the community as a quality
shopping venue.
Growing the Shops
The shops have come a long way since the Foundation’s first retail venue, the “Artes Shop,” opened
in 1965 in a corner of the basement of today’s New
Mexico Museum of Art. A $5,000 advance from the
Foundation was used to purchase inventory while an
all-volunteer staff and manager handled operations.
In addition to Stafford, who has managed the Foundation’s retail operations since 2002, 20 full-time
and part-time employees and 30 volunteers oversee
more than 65,000 customer transactions annually.
Staff members receive an average 27,500 items a
month in the shops warehouse, and also process
and ship about 400 orders per month. Many of
these transactions are online sales, which Stafford
predicts will exceed $75,000 this year.
Perhaps more than anything, Stafford says, exhibition-inspired products are driving customer
sales and satisfaction. For example, the exhibition
Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and its Meaning at
the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture has significantly influenced shop sales.
“Sales of turquoise jewelry have increased since
the turquoise exhibition opened last year,” Stafford
says, not only at the exhibition venue, but at all the
museum shops and online.
At the New Mexico Museum of Art, note cards,
calendars and framed prints inspired by the artist
Gustave Baumann, whose works are part of the
museum’s permanent collection, are “perennial
best-sellers,” Stafford says. And a new children’s
area devoted to books, games and toys attract new
visitors to the Spiegelberg Shop at the New Mexico
History Museum.
Red adorns the Museum of International Folk Art
shop, where items related to the exhibition The Red
That Colored the World are displayed. These include
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Navajo Rug
Auction Marks
25 Years
More than 150 contemporary,
museum-quality rugs by fifty of
the region’s finest Navajo weavers
will be auctioned on Saturday,
August 1, at the 25th Annual
Navajo Rug Auction.
Bidding starts at 11 a.m.,
following a preview from
9–11 a.m., in the courtyard of the
Palace of the Governors. Admission is free; bid cards $5.
Sponsored by the Museum of
New Mexico Foundation, the
annual Navajo Rug Auction is
known among collectors for great
values in rugs in wide-ranging
styles, including Two Grey Hills,
Ganado, Teec Nos Pos, Yeis,
Pictorials and Wide Ruins.
For more information on the 25th
Annual Navajo Rug Auction, call
505.982.3016 ext. 21, or email
[email protected].
Supporting Our Cultural Institutions
While the national average for sales per visitor in U.S. museum
shops is $4.42, Stafford points out that sales in our museum
shops currently average $10.96 per visit. Proceeds from these
purchases flow through the Foundation to support the four Santa
Fe museums, seven statewide historic sites and the Office of
Archaeological Studies.
“Shop sales further the Foundation’s mission to provide critical
support for the Museum of New Mexico system through fund
development for exhibitions and education programs, financial
management and advocacy,” Clements says. “It’s a win-win situation for our museum visitors to be able to see great exhibitions,
shop and support our cultural institutions at the same time.”
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Auction proceeds benefit
education, acquisitions and
other programs throughout the
Museum of New Mexico system.
The auction has generated more
than $875,000 in net revenue
since 1991.
textiles, handbags, apparel and other unique products that highlight the local and global use of cochineal, the red insect dye that is
the subject of the show.
Building the Museum Brand
Licensing Program Cultivates Collections-Inspired Designs
Since 1998, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Licensing Program has forged creative relationships
with manufacturers who develop products inspired
by Museum of New Mexico collections—contributing
nearly $1 million to our cultural institutions since the
program’s inception.
In fiscal year 2013-14, the licensing program received
$199,000 in royalties and earned $75,821 in net
revenue. The newest creations from the program
continue to build the museum brand through design
adaptations of historic and contemporary museum
holdings.
“The amazing depth and breadth of the collections
surprises many who assume that New Mexico’s past
is all about cowboys and Indians, covered wagons
and conquistadors,” says program director Pamela
Kelly. “New Mexico has also been about explorers,
artists and traders who brought cultural and design
influences from throughout Europe and Asia, as
well as Mexico and Latin America. Our international
collections reflect that.”
Contemporary Designs, Timeless Collections
The licensing program has a solid record of successfully developing and launching unique product lines.
Among the recent highlights:
In October 2014, the program launched Traditions
Made Modern,® a rug and pillow collection from
Atlanta-based Jaipur
Rugs. Inspired by textiles
from the Museum of
International Folk Art,
the collection reached
retail showrooms this
spring. The collection
has been well-received,
Kelly says, and work on
a follow-up collection of
hand-knotted rugs by
Jaipur is underway.
This fall, Kravet Fabrics introduces its fourth
museum-inspired textile collection, which will be
available at Linson’s Design Resources in Santa Fe.
Coming in April 2016 is a new furniture and accessory collection produced by Hickory Chair and its
sister company, Maitland-Smith. The collaboration
adapts pieces from the collections of the Museum of
International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts
and Culture and renews a relationship with Hickory
Chair, the program’s first furniture licensee in 2000.
Coinciding with the furniture launch is the spring
2016 release of a new lighting collection from longtime licensee Wildwood Lamps. This takes inspiration from collections items from the Museum of
International Folk Art, Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture and New Mexico History Museum.
For more information about licensing, contact Pamela Kelly at 505.982.3016 ext. 27 or [email protected].
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New Mexico History Museum/
Palace of the Governors
Restoring the Palace
Support the Museum
Exhibitions that Tell Our
Stories
Visitors to the Palace of the Governors often remark about never
learning the vital role New Mexico
played in U.S. History.
The original seat of Spanish government in New Mexico, the Palace has
been home to Spanish, Mexican
and Territorial governors and their
families. Following the Pueblo
Revolt, it served as the residence
for Pueblo Indian peoples. Visitors
from around the globe have also
walked its earthen rooms.
New History Museum Director Promotes
Collaboration and Creativity
After a national search, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of
the Governors named Andrew J. Wulf executive director in January.
Wulf began his career at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
Boston, then worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London,
the Skirball Museum and Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and
the University of Southern California’s Fisher Museum of Art and
Special Collections. Wulf earned his doctorate in museum studies
in 2013 at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He
most recently served as chief curator of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
Wulf’s first day on the job was April 14. Member News corresponded
with Wulf in late March as he was packing up his household to
move to Santa Fe.
m e m be r n e w s : In a recent interview, you stated your management
style is collaboration and sharing credit. You also suggested going
beyond the “official” stories at the museum and finding more ways
to look at history. Please elaborate.
a n dr e w w u l f :
I am always looking for new models of collaboration. Each of us at the museum is important to our mission. A
statesman I appreciate once said, “There is no limit to what a man
can do or where he can go as long as he does not mind who gets the
credit.” I think that says it all.
In Santa Fe, we do not just have a history. We make history. The
museum itself is a dynamic object that must revisit the histories
of this region. Our job is to fill in the gaps as we all work toward
that mission.
Your gift will help preserve the
Palace and ensure that the important American story of New Mexico
is not lost. To make a donation,
please contact Yvonne Montoya at
505.982.6366 ext. 102 or yvonne@
museumfoundation.org.
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Photos courtesy New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
The Palace building requires
critical structural repairs. The
Palace needs your support in order
to continue to share more than 400
years of New Mexico history with
generations to come.
Responding to the
Culturally Curious
Andrew Wulf is the new executive director of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors. Photo by Hannah Abelbeck.
m n : Cultural diplomacy is the subject of your
recently published book U.S. International Exhibitions During the Cold War: Winning Hearts and Minds
through Cultural Diplomacy. How does this connect
to the mix of cultures today?
aw : Cultural diplomacy is truly an unspoken raison
d’etre for all museums today. That is why these
objects are there and what stories they tell. Our visitors have high expectations and put their trust in us
to tell their stories. But the truth is we work for them.
m n : Your career reflects experience in most aspects
of museum management. How did your participation in the 2014 Getty Leadership Institute affect your
views of museums and their leaders?
aw : As part of a 39-strong cohort of museum professionals from around the world, it was gratifying to
discover that most museum leaders, regardless of
location or orientation, deal with similar realities
and challenges. The first is how are we relevant to the
community we serve? I learned a lot about leadership
from examples of success and failure we all shared.
Leadership is not necessarily won in grand gestures.
It is won and lost in the small things we do every day.
m n:
How do you see the future of museums?
aw : What stands out for me is the fundamental question of what makes all museums alike. The answer is
that we continue to exist for the culturally curious.
Museums serve human needs in what has become a
more diverse and complex world; indeed, museums
have become more necessary. The pressure is on us
to respond to this call. We have a remarkable interdisciplinarity right here in the New Mexico History
Museum. This propels us as we offer opportunities
for people to think about creativity and history, and
how to embrace these in the future we will create.
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New Mexico
Museum of Art
Art on the
Edge 2015
Advancing the Art
of the West
Works by seven artists from New
Mexico and bordering states are
featured in Art on the Edge 2015, a
juried exhibition presented by the
Friends of Contemporary Art and
Photography (FOCA+P) and the
New Mexico Museum of Art.
The show drew 288 submissions.
From these, guest juror Nora
Burnett Abrams, curator at the
Museum of Contemporary Art
Denver, selected seven finalists.
Chris Oatey, a Colorado-based
multimedia artist was awarded
a $5,000 first-place cash prize.
Oatey’s works include paper sculpture, abstract paintings, organic
forms and carbon paper drawings.
Chris Oatey, Goldfish, 2010, carbon on paper.
Photo courtesy CB1 Gallery.
“These regional artists are
advancing the long-held notion of
the West as a place of continual
creative expansion and exploration,” Abrams says. “Art on the
Edge celebrates the myriad ways
artists are working today.”
Art on the Edge 2015 continues
through August 16 at the New
Mexico Museum of Art.
Material Matters:
Selections from the Joann
and Gifford Phillips Gift
Exhibition Honors Couple’s Legacy of Collecting
Experimental Art
An impressive gift of 16 paintings made to the New Mexico
Museum of Art by Joann and Gifford Phillips forms the nucleus of
Material Matters: Selections from the Joann and Gifford Phillips Gift.
The exhibition continues at the museum through August 16.
Material Matters showcases works by California and New Mexico
artists who take an experimental approach to abstraction through
materials and process. The paintings by California-based artists
were produced between the 1950s and the 1970s, while those
painted by artists working in New Mexico were created in the 1980s.
“This exhibition illuminates two evolutionary eras that took place
in two western states—and the prescient collecting interests of the
Phillips of the avant-garde in American art,” says Museum of Art
Director Mary Kershaw. “It has provided us the opportunity to revisit
the extraordinary generosity of Joann and Gifford Phillips by sharing
some significant artworks, while conserving important works that
used experimental materials and production techniques.”
Gifford Phillips, the nephew of the founder of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C, died in April 2013 after a lifetime devoted
to art and activism. Together, he and Joann developed a collection
of twentieth-century art emphasizing
American Abstract Expressionism. The
couple also contributed to the building
and shaping of art institutions in
California, New Mexico, New York and
Washington, D.C.
Jay McCafferty, Nothing,
1975, Solar burns and metallic
stains on weathered vellum.
Collection of the New Mexico
Museum of Art, gift of Gifford
and Joann Phillips, 1982
(1982.55.2). Photograph by
Blair Clark © Jay McCafferty.
The Phillips began spending summers
in Santa Fe in 1968 and moved to the
city permanently in 1987. They gifted
the painting series to the museum over
a period of 35 years.
Museum of Art Curator Merry Scully
says the shared affinity of artists living
and working in California and New
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Left: Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley #15, 1954, oil on canvas. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art, gift of Gifford and Joann
Phillips, 1980 (4565.23P). Photograph by Blair Clark © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.
Right: Emerson Woelffer, Yellow Room, 1961, oil on canvas. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art, gift of Gifford and Joann
Phillips, 1982 (1982.55.1). Photograph by Blair Clark © Otis College of Art and Design.
Mexico during the periods represented in the collection is striking. “The works illustrate time periods
when the artists in these regions were creating
hybrid works that resisted regional preconceptions as
they reinvigorated and expanded their respective art
scenes,” she says.
The California-based artists helped to redefine
painting on the West Coast, and across the country,
while raising California’s profile within the national
and international art scene. For example, artists such
as Richard Diebenkorn, Allan McCollum and John
McLaughlin set new parameters for abstract painting.
In New Mexico, the 1980s saw seismic shifts in the
arts, including a trend toward experimental abstraction with less dominance of the more traditional art
of the Southwest. Among the New Mexico artists
whose works are represented in the exhibition
are Garo Antreasian, Ron Cooper, Allan Graham,
Richard Hogan and Eugene Newmann.
“Hybridization and experimentation with material
and process are at the core of production for many
of the works in this exhibition,” Scully says. “The
stereotype of the West as uninhibited and experimental rings true as artists in both states forged new
ground, influenced by different forces than their East
Coast counterparts.”
Material Matters continues the museum’s focus on
exhibitions that highlight its permanent collections.
“The curators here have spent the last few years
focused on the museum’s collection—mining materials for exhibition, addressing conservation issues,
and setting priorities for additions to the collection,”
Scully says. “This exhibition reaffirms the wealth of
materials in the collection.”
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Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture/
Laboratory of Anthropology
Family-Friendly
Summer Programs
Highlight Native Arts
A community mural project led
by renowned Native artist Kathy
Whitman Elk Woman is a highlight of family-friendly, hands-on
projects at the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture this summer.
Part of the artist’s residency at the
museum, the weeklong project
takes place on Milner Plaza on
August 9 to 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission is free.
The museum also hosts its annual
Arts Alive! workshops between
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays during June. Hands-on
activities include:
• June 9—Pottery
• June 11—Drawing and Painting
• June 16—Native Foods
• June 18—Shell Jewelry
Native Youth Film Camp 2015
Museum Inspires Young Native Filmmakers
The 2015 film camps held at the Museum of Indian Arts and
Culture in May and July offer Native students, ages 14 to 18, handson learning experiences with leading Native filmmakers. Among
them are award-winning Native director Chris Eyre, chair of the
film school at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
Each camp session will produce at least six short films, to be
screened at the museum, and some may also be entered in independent film festivals. The film camp is supported by the HutsonWiley and Echevarria Foundation, the New York-based Surdna
Foundation, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA)
and the Navajo Nation Enterprise.
Workshops begin on the hour at the
outdoor classroom on Milner Plaza
or inside the museum depending
on the weather. Children age 16
and under are admitted free but
must be accompanied by an adult.
Museum admission may apply.
For more information or to
schedule groups, contact Joyce
Begay-Foss at 505.476.1272 or
[email protected].
For information on all museum
education programs and events,
visit indianartsandculture.org.
Students explore the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture to draw inspiration for their
film. Photo courtesy Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
“This filmmaking initiative is a great opportunity,” says Museum of
Indian Arts and Culture Director Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria).
“It helps our young people continue the important oral history
tradition of Native people. They learn to tell their stories in new
ways through film and new media.”
Ten local Native youth, representing 20 tribes, were the stars
of the inaugural 10-day intensive film camp in 2014. Students
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explored the museum and selected an exhibition or
collections object to feature in their films. Mentored
by Eyre and his film production team, students
wrote a film treatment or storyline, and developed
production schedules, casting notes, prop master
sheets and shooting outlines.
The camp ended with a screening of the seven short
films produced by the students, ranging from narrative and documentary to experimental, some with
animation. “We were blessed to have a great group of first
students,” says Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet),
who developed and manages the film camp for the
museum. “They came from artistic backgrounds and
were extremely motivated to learn more about film.”
Among the successful outcomes from the 2014 camp
is recognition of two New Mexico students, Forrest
Goodluck and Peshawn Rae Bread, by the Sundance
Institute. The institute’s new Full Circle initiative,
supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, selected
Goodluck and Bread as Full Circle fellows. They
attended the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah,
where they viewed screenings, participated in film
discussions and connected with leaders of the indigenous film community.
“The recognition by the Sundance Institute of two of
our students is a great honor and will also encourage
additional support for the program,” Myers says.
“Our future plan is to take the film camps to Nativepopulated areas to involve more Native people with
the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.”
The Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe
University of Art and Design and Santa Fe Independent School District’s Native American Education
Program partner with the museum on the film camp
project, providing valuable equipment and/or editing
space, along with leadership and expertise. In 2015,
these partners were joined by the Santa Fe Indian
School, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts,
First Nations Experience and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.
For information on the Native Youth Film Camp,
contact Jhane Myers at [email protected] or
323.371.4275.
Peshawn Rae Bread (Comanche /Kiowa/ Blackfeet), top, and
Forrest Goodluck (Hidatsa/Arikira/Dine) participated in the 2014
Native Youth Film Camp. Both were also selected as Full Circle
fellows by the Sundance Institute. Photos courtesy Museum of
Indian Arts and Culture.
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Museum of
International Folk Art
Arts Alive!
Arts Alive! workshops this summer
focus on how to use cochineal as a
dye and pigment:
Dyeing with Cochineal
Tuesday, July 21, and
Thursday, July 23
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Colorado artist Deborah Martinez
Martinez will teach participants
how to create their own cochinealdyed and -painted fabrics.
Painting with Cochineal
Tuesday, July 28, and
Thursday, July 30
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
New Mexico santero (saint maker)
Charlie Carrillo will demonstrate how to mix pigments with
cochineal.
Arts Alive! workshops are held
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays during July
and August. Workshops are held at
the outdoor classroom on Milner
Plaza or inside the museum and
are open to all ages. Children age
16 and under are admitted free but
must be accompanied by an adult.
Museum admission may apply.
Cochineal Colors
Museum Hill
Museum’s Red Theme Inspires Education,
Special Events
The historical, global impact of the color red and its fascinating
dye source—cochineal—inspires engaging summer programs and
events at the Museum of International Folk Art.
Coinciding with the exhibition The Red That Colored the World,
programs will incorporate activities related to cochineal, an insectbased red from the Americas that has colored textiles, manuscripts,
paintings, sculpture, furniture and more from the second century
to today. Demonstrations by artists using cochineal in painting
and weaving will highlight International Folk Arts Week in July and
the annual Arts Alive! workshops on Museum Hill. Red education
programs are supported by a grant from the Brown Foundation,
Inc. of Houston.
“The curators worked with the museum’s education and events
staff to plan Red programs and activities to engage visitors of all
ages,” says museum deputy director Aurelia Gomez. “The programs
will encourage visitors to explore their own experiences with and
preferences about the color red, and to make connections with
their own culture and the history of cochineal.”
Among the highlights, Gomez says, is a three-part lecture series by
international scholars who will explore the cultural significance of
cochineal and the color red.
Elena Phipps, distinguished Andean textile scholar, art historian and former Metropolitan Museum of Art senior conservator,
For more information or to
schedule groups, contact
Patricia Sigala at 505.476.1212 or
[email protected].
Free hands-on art-making activities are a summer highlight of the Arts Alive! program
at the Museum of International Folk Art. Photo © Daniel Quat Photography.
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Left: Man’s camisa (tunic), Chile, Arica (?), 16th–17th century. Camelid hair, feathers; discontinuous warp and warp patterning.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of John B. Elliott through the Mercer Trust, 2000 (2000.160.25). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. Right: The Betrothal of the Virgin, Mexico, ca.1676–1725. Oil and mother-of-pearl on wood. Museo de
América, Madrid (00172). Photo courtesy Museo de América.
launched the series at the May 17 Red exhibition
opening with “Cochineal Red: The Global History of
a Color.” Phipps, past president of the Textile Society
of America, initiated groundbreaking research on
cochineal and curated significant textile exhibitions
during her years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On June 21 at 2 p.m., Diana Magaloni Kerpel, the
director of Art of the Americas program at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art and the former
director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología in
Mexico City, discusses cochineal and the Florentine
Codex, a sixteenth-century illustrated manuscript
of New World history and culture. A page from the
prized manuscript, on display in the exhibition,
highlights the importance and use of cochineal in
Aztec culture.
On August 9 at 2 p.m., Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg,
director of the Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca and
curator of the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, discusses the
history of cochineal in indigenous Oaxacan textiles
and the cultural identity of cochineal in contemporary Oaxacan life. This talk is supported by the
Patricia Arscott La Farge Foundation for Folk Art and
Connie Thrasher Jaquith.
Finally, on September 13, the Red Poetry Slam
features members of New Mexico’s community
of poets and spoken word artists. Poets will be
invited to create and perform works that express the
cultural, spiritual and personal significance of the
color red.
International Folk Arts Week
The Museum of International Folk Art’s partnership
with Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market during
the July 5-12 International Folk Arts Week provides
an opportunity to highlight the multicultural use of
cochineal by both global and local artists.
The week’s Red-related events kick off at the museum
on July 6 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. with artist demonstrations, exhibition tours, and hands-on painting and
weaving activities working with pigments derived
from cochineal.
The museum and the International Folk Art Alliance, which sponsors the market, will transport
students from northern New Mexico to the museum
throughout the week to tour the Red exhibition. The
students will watch international artists demonstrate
techniques in using cochineal and participate in
related hands-on activities.
During the Red exhibition, admission is free for
everyone every Sunday. For more information on Red
summertime education events, visit internationalfolkart.org/exhibitions/red.html.
For more information on International Folk Arts
Week events at the museum, visit internationalfolkart.org/eventsedu/jul.html.
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New Mexico
Historic Sites
Summer at New
Mexico Historic Sites
Hop in your car and get to know
your New Mexico Historic Sites
this summer. An exciting season
of events—all free for Museum
of New Mexico Foundation
members—include the following
highlights:
Coronado Historic Site
Sunday, June 21, 2 p.m.
Join Ron Fields, anthropologist
and archaeologist, for a program
about ancient weaponry made and
used by early indigenous people of
the Southwest. Call 505.771.9493
or visit kuaua.com for more
information.
Stories Connect Young Visitors
to Historic Sites
Summer Program Highlights Place-Based Learning
The New Mexico Historic Sites target young visitors again this
summer with Stories from the Land, a program featuring placebased learning and hands-on activities.
A collaboration with regional libraries and the New Mexico
History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Stories from the Land
debuts at Coronado Historic Site and is in its third year at Jemez
Historic Site, where the program was launched in 2013. The
project is supported by Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s
Fund for Museum Education.
Jemez Historic Site
Sunday, August 9, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Commemorate the 12th annual
Pueblo Independence Day. Activities include a half-marathon
pilgrimage run from Walatowa
Plaza in Jemez Pueblo to Giusewa
Pueblo kiva at Jemez Historic Site.
Guest speakers, traditional dances,
Native flute music, arts and crafts,
and Native foods round out the
day’s events.
Lincoln Historic Site
Saturday, June 13 , Noon
Dust off your cowboy boots and
enjoy a concert of traditional
western music at the Lincoln
amphitheater followed by a talk
about the town’s colorful history.
Food vendors will be on site.
For a complete calendar of summer
events, visit nmhistoricsites.org.
Tom Leech, director of the Palace Press, demonstrates traditional printing press
techniques for student participants in the Stories from the Land project. Photo
courtesy New Mexico Historic Sites.
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While the program format has evolved since 2013, its
essential elements remain: daily hands-on activities,
creative play, and time for participants to reflect and
write about their experiences. Teachers and artists
lead the program, demonstrate skills and share
knowledge about culture and place.
“The Stories from the Land initiative gives us an
opportunity to build community partnerships and
enhance the quality of the educational experience
provided at state historic sites,” says New Mexico
Historic Sites Director Richard Sims.
Last year at Jemez Historic Site, 20 students from Jemez
Pueblo, ages 6 to 12, spent a week exploring their
ancestral roots and traditional knowledge and culture
while connecting with Pueblo elders and artists. Daily
hands-on activities included learning about flintknapping, throwing an atlatl, a geology hike, pottery
production and re-plastering an horno (beehive oven).
Activities were followed by quiet reflection and
writing to develop participants’ reading and writing
skills. Renowned Native American children’s author
Emmett “Shkeme” Garcia shared music and storytelling to teach the youngsters how to adapt traditional stories to their own writing voice. By the end of
the program, each child had authored and illustrated
a book inspired by personal experiences.
This year’s Jemez program, which partners with the
Jemez Pueblo Community Library, again ends with a
field trip to Santa Fe for museum tours. Participants
will visit the Palace Press at the New Mexico History
Museum, where their stories will be bound into
books on an historic nineteenth-century press.
“Their stories, when combined with what they learn
about the past, connect them not with an abandoned
ruin, but with a thriving community,” says Matthew
Barbour, Jemez Historic Site manager.
After launching a short session of Stories from the
Land at Coronado Historic Site earlier this year, in
partnership with Martha Liebert Public Library in
Bernalillo, the site hosts a full week of the project in
June. The summer program is in partnership with
the Santa Ana Pueblo Community Library and the
tribal recreation program.
A Stories from the Land participant proudly displays a handmade
book about her tribal history created during a visit to the Palace
Press. Photo courtesy New Mexico Historic Sites.
“Some 60 youngsters from the pueblo will learn
about their own ancient history, and the historic site
and its legacy, while gaining a new understanding
of archaeology and architecture,” says New Mexico
History Museum educator Melanie LaBorwit, who
has been involved with Stories from the Land since its
beginning.
LaBorwit, who works with the historic sites and
several state museums in Santa Fe, says that she
hopes to grow the program to other historic sites in
the future. Director Sims agrees, noting that most
of the state’s historic sites have begun new exhibits
and place-based learning programs for youngsters,
especially aimed at summer experiences.
Jemez manager Barbour praises the generosity of
public and private donors that make these programs
possible. “Innovative educational programming
relies on Foundation support from individual donors,
along with grants and support from public and
private organizations,” he says.
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Office of
Archaeological Studies
Dating the Southwest
Preserving the Legacy of Robert DuBois
The Archaeomagnetic Dating Laboratory at the
Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) is one of
three laboratories in the Americas dedicated to
the practices and techniques of archaeomagnetic
dating. Established in 1988 by Daniel Wolfman, the
lab is now headed by OAS Director Eric Blinman and
Jeffrey Cox, one of three archeomagnetic dating technicians in the nation.
DuBois from making
arrangements to transfer
his scientific knowledge
during his lifetime.
In 2013, OAS stepped in to
preserve DuBois’s legacy
as “a journey into the
history of archaeology, a
remarkable application
of science and a tragedy
averted,” Blinman says.
That year, OAS officials learned that DuBois’s scientific papers and equipment were headed to the
landfill after languishing in his garage and at the
University of Oklahoma.
“His heirs agreed to give us some time to figure out
how to salvage what we could, and an anonymous
donor responded to our need for support,” Blinman
recalls.
OAS volunteer Gary Hein, along with Blinman and
Cox, located and retrieved an estimated six tons of
records, samples and equipment related to DuBois’s
work in the field. Today, it is all safely preserved at
the Center for New Mexico Archaeology.
Above: The late Dr. Robert DuBois (without hat) instructs
archaeologists in archaeomagnetic field sampling. Top: Dr. Robert
DuBois measures samples with a spinner magnetometer. Photos
courtesy Office of Archaeological Studies.
Wolfman, who died in 1994, was known for his
early work in the field with the late geophysicist and
University of Oklahoma professor Robert DuBois. In
the 1960s, Dubois proved that the wandering of the
earth’s magnetic pole could be used as an archaeological dating technique in the Southwest. After his
retirement, however, the onset of dementia prevented
OAS staff and volunteers have started the slow
process of organizing a formal archive of DuBois’s
nearly 2,000 samples, many of which are only
partially analyzed. Retired Los Alamos National
Laboratory scientists are being recruited to try to
“reverse engineer” some of his equipment, bringing it
from the era of vacuum tubes to the world of integrated circuits. In addition, a graduate student in
geophysics from the University of California, San
Diego, is working on the project this summer.
With only two other archaeomagnetic dating labs
in the U.S.—at the Illinois State Museum and Yale
University—the OAS lab continues to pioneer the
field in the West. Thanks to “timely support from a
Museum of New Mexico Foundation donor,” Blinman
says that DuBois’s important legacy will influence
future research for generations to come.
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First National Santa Fe
Southwest’s Oldest Bank, First Woman
President, Give Back
In May 2013, Michelle Coons was named president
of First National Santa Fe, becoming the first woman
president of the first bank founded in the Southwest
in 1870.
After 32 years of banking experience at New Mexico
financial institutions, Coons has an impressive record
of community service, including serving on the
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Board of Trustees
from 1999 to 2006.
First National Santa Fe has generously supported the
Foundation since 1992, donating to many museum
programs, events and special campaigns. The bank
joined the Business Council in 1996 and has since
increased its support as $10,000 Lead Sponsors. The
bank sponsored the Foundation’s 2014 Holiday Party.
In May, it sponsored the First Look member preview
of The Red That Colored the World exhibition.
“The Museum of New Mexico represents one of our
state’s most important cultural treasures, preserving
our history and culture for our children,” says Coons.
“First National Santa Fe has been proud to support
the Foundation in many ways because we believe in
the educational programming and wonderful exhibits
that need funding beyond what the state can provide.”
A New Mexico resident since fourth grade, Coons
received a degree in finance from the University of
New Mexico. She says that both her and the bank’s
support of the Museum of New Mexico demonstrates
a belief in “giving back” and taking their community
commitments seriously.
The bank itself is part of the historic fabric of downtown Santa Fe, with its headquarters located on
the west side of the Plaza since 1954 in a building
designed by acclaimed Santa Fe architect John
Gaw Meem. After a multimillion-dollar renovation,
the downtown building reopened in March 2012. The
bank honored Meem’s legacy by restoring many of his
original design elements.
The bank is also known for its popular annual
Christmas model train display in the bank lobby, and
for participating in such local traditions as Pancakes
on the Plaza and Fiestas de Santa Fe.
photos ©
Top: Michelle Coons, president, First National Santa Fe.
Photo courtesy First National Santa Fe. Bottom: A group of
volunteers dressed as Harvey girls attended the Foundation’s
2014 Holiday Party, sponsored by First National Santa Fe.
Photos © Ward Russell.
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The 2016 New Mexico
Legislature
A Letter from Advocacy Committee Chair Scott Hall
Dear Members,
The 2014 New Mexico legislative
session was a disappointment for
our cultural institutions because
the Legislature failed to approve
Senate Bill 159, a capital outlay
package worth $264 million.
As originally drafted, Senate
Bill 159 included $15.3 million
in individual and statewide capital outlay requests
for our state museums, historic sites and Office of
Archaeological Studies. However, the Senate Finance
Committee reduced that amount in a substitute bill
for approximately $5 million. This bill was approved
by the Senate and referred to the House Ways and
Means Committee, which further amended it to
$2.1 million. The amended bill was passed by the
House and referred back to the Senate with a request
for concurrence. Unfortunately, a filibuster of
another bill prevented the Senate from acting on the
request before the session expired.
Great Grants
• William and Salomé Scanlan Family Foundation granted $10,000 to the Museum of Indian
Arts and Culture for the exhibition Oblique Views:
Measuring Time in Southwestern Landscapes.
• Newman’s Own Foundation granted $20,000 to
the Museum of International Folk Art for education programs and the exhibition The Red That
Colored the World. The foundation also granted
$5,000 for education programs at the New Mexico
Museum of Art.
• The Patricia Arscott La Farge Foundation for
Folk Art granted $5,000 for the 2016 After School
Program at the Museum of International Folk
Art and $2,500 for educational programming in
conjunction with the exhibition The Red That
Colored the World.
Thanks to each of you for your efforts to promote the
Museum of New Mexico Foundation’s capital outlay
requests with our state legislators. In the next several
months our legislators will be returning for interim
committee hearings. This would be a good time to
send the senators and representatives we contacted
a note of thanks for their efforts and support for our
cultural institutions.
Scott Hall
Chair, Museum of New Mexico Foundation
Advocacy Committee
Above: Arlene Cisneros Sena, Altar Screen Triptych, ca. late 1990s,
Museum of International Folk Art (FA.2005.44.11), currently on view
in The Red That Colored the World exhibition at the Museum of
International Folk Art. Photo courtesy Museum of International Folk Art.
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Top photo courtesy Scott Hall
While our efforts were unsuccessful this year, we
have laid the groundwork and developed the relationships that will move us forward in 2016.
Ways to Give
A contribution to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation provides critical support for our cultural institutions. However you choose to give, your generosity will be properly recognized and appreciated by all who
treasure art, history and culture.
Membership
Director’s Leadership Fund
Provides revenues that support the Foundation’s
ability to deliver essential services to our cultural
institutions while offering members a number of
enjoyable benefits.
Provides support for special projects that fulfill the
long-term vision of a museum or division director.
The Circles
Leadership-level membership that gives you access
to a series of exclusive events.
Provides a lasting impact on our cultural institutions through an estate gift, bequest or gift of art to
commemorate your commitment to your favorite
museum or division or the Foundation.
Business Council
Endowment
Aligns your business as a supporter of the museums,
provides community recognition and awards benefits to you, your business, clients and employees.
Establishes a new fund, or adds to the principal of an
existing fund, to provide a reliable source of annual
income that sustains a variety of cultural programs
and purposes.
Fund for Museum Education
Directly funds museum education and outreach
programs, including hands-on activities, field trips and
related activities for 325,000 youth and adults annually.
Exhibitions Development Fund
Legacy Gift
Charitable Gift Annuity
Provides fixed annual payments to yourself or your
loved ones while making a significant contribution to
a museum, division or the Foundation.
Allows you to support exhibitions and related
programing at the museum of your choice.
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Staff
Executive Office
Jamie Clements
President/CEO
Lindsay Jaeger
Executive Assistant
505.982.6366 ext. 103
Development
Laura Waller
Director, Leadership Giving
Museum of Indian Arts
and Culture, Museum of
International Folk Art, Office
of Archaeological Studies
505.982.6366 ext. 116
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Yvonne Montoya
Director, Leadership Giving
New Mexico History Museum,
New Mexico Museum of Art,
New Mexico Historic Sites
505.982.6366 ext. 102
Robin Jones
Director of Grants and
Institutional Funding
505.982.6366 ext. 108
Cara O’Brien
Director, The Circles and
Corporate Sponsorship
505.982.6366 ext. 118
Connie Tooker Nuñez
Senior Development
Associate
505.982.6366 ext. 106
Shannez Dudelczyk
Membership and
Communications Manager
505.982.6366 ext. 107
Karen Kelly
Development Associate
505.982.6366 ext. 109
Membership
Mariann Minana-Lovato
Director, Membership and
Communications
505.982.6366 ext. 117
Operations
Marylee McInnes
Director, Information
Technology
505.982.6366 ext. 111
Finance
Jeanne Peters
Gifts and Grants
Administrator
505.982.6366 ext. 115
Patrick Ranker
Vice President, Finance
505.982.6366 ext. 101
Lisa Silva
Gifts and Records
Administrator
505.982.6366 ext. 104
Georgine Flores
Accountant
505.982.6366 ext. 114
Paul Stuart
Finance Administrator
505.982.6366 ext. 112
Shops and Licensing
John Stafford
Vice President, Retail
Operations
505.982.3016 ext. 25
Pamela Kelly
Director of Licensing
505.982.3016 ext. 27
Handcrafted, Colorful, Unique Jewelry
from South America!
Peru
Recycled textile cascading
necklace $94.00
Ecuador
Faceted, polished, graduated tagua
nut necklace $64.00
Colombia
Multi layer tagua nut slices handwoven
together with matching earrings $68.00
Colombia
Open links of sliced tagua
nuts strung together with
matching earrings $62.00
Ecuador
Architecturally striking tagua nut slices
woven together for a dramatic necklace
$66.00
The merchandise is available at the
Museum of International Folk Art Shop
505.982.5186 www.worldfolkart.org