Heard Museum Earth Song, April-Sept., 2017

earthsong APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2017 | INSIDE THE HEARD MUSEUM

FRIDA K AHLO AND DIEGO RIVER A FROM THE JACQUES AND NATASHA GELMAN COLLEC TION

PRESENTED BY

SUPPORTED BY

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Exhibition PRESENTING SPONSOR

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Virginia M. Ullman Foundation SIGNATURE SPONSOR

Salt River Project CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR

Arizona Public Service Additional exhibition support provided by Union Pacific Foundation MEDIA SPONSOR

Exhibition organized by: Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia The Vergel Foundation Artémios

On Media Publications

Education SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Virginia M. Ullman Foundation SIGNATURE SPONSOR S

Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Arizona Community Foundation CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR

Evelyn and Lou Grubb Charitable Fund/ Nancy Grubb Sage

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

DIRECTOR’S LETTER

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THE LOVE EMBRACE OF THE UNIVERSE

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SHOP: GOTTA HAVE IT!

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MEET THE GELMANS

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CAFÉ, READING & STAFF PROFILE

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FRIDA & DIEGO: MEXICO’S POWER COUPLE

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TRAVEL WITH THE GUILD

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PHOTOGRAPHY OF GUILLERMO KAHLO

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LEARN WITH THE GUILD

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SELECTIONS FROM MEXICO

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DONOR RECOGNITION

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PHOTOS FROM BESPOKE

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HOOP DANCE CONTEST WRAP-UP

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MEMBERSHIP

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INDIAN FAIR & MARKET PHOTOS

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IN THE NEXT ISSUE

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PUBLIC PROGRAMS

CALENDAR

NEW ON VIEW IT’S YOUR TURN: FRIDA Y DIEGO A HANDS-ON EXHIBITION Opening April 11; on display through Aug. 20, 2017

RICK BARTOW: THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN Opening April 22, 2017; on display through July 9, 2017

Cover: From the Frida Kaholo and Diego Rivera exhibition, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Monkeys, 1943. © 2017 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and the INBA Right: From the Things You Know but Cannot Explain exhibition, Crow’s Creation V, 1992 Private Collection. © Rick Bartow Back Cover: Diego Rivera, Calla Lily Vendor, 1943. © 2017 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and the INBA

The Heard Museum is a 501(c)3 charitable organization incorporated in the State of Arizona. Exhibition, event and program funding are provided in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Arizona Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.

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DIRECTOR'S LETTER The Heard Museum is honored to be

presenting Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman

Collection. The exhibition explores the

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Susan H. Navran Mark Schiavoni W. David Connell Patricia K. Hibbeler David M. Roche

Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer Director and CEO

dynamic relationship between these two iconic artists and includes masterpieces

such as Self Portrait With Monkeys (1943)

and Calla Lily Vendors (1943). In addition,

personal letters, regional costumes and 71

original photographs documenting their lives are included in the exhibition.

The mission of the Heard Museum is to be the preeminent museum in the world for the presentation, interpretation and advancement of American Indian art,

with an emphasis on its intersection with broader artistic and cultural themes.

Both Kahlo and Rivera embraced their identity and heritage, poured it into

their work and changed art history. Their story resonates deeply with the Heard

Museum’s new mission, especially as we bring programs related to the exhibit

TRUSTEES Karen Abraham Arlene K. Ben-Horin Mark B. Bonsall Gregory H. Boyce Dr. Craig Cohen Robert A. Cowie Elizabeth Murfee DeConcini Alice (A.J.) Dickey Judith M. Dworkin John Graham Carrie L. Hulburd James R. Huntwork Mary Endorf

Gov. Stephen R. Lewis Marigold Linton John F. Lomax John Melamed Robert Meyer Scott Montgomery Scott H. O’Connor Leland W. Peterson Wick Pilcher William G. Ridenour Don Smith David Wilshin Christy Vezolles Judith Dworkin

that explore the roles that these artists played in important movements such as

surrealism and feminism as well as the unique role they played in empowering the native people of Mexico.

The opportunity to present these world-class works of art was made possible

by my friend Robert Littman and the Vergel Foundation. Just one month into

my new role at the Museum, “Bob” called to say that because of a scheduling

change he could make the paintings available to the Heard; the demand for these paintings is enormous so this was a very special offer. Frida Kahlo and

Diego Rivera is not just an ambitious exhibit for the Heard but also one of the

most expensive in our history. With the outstanding support and enthusiasm of

the Board and staff, however, it was agreed that this offer was too great to refuse.

We gratefully acknowledge the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney,

Australia who organized the exhibition and in working with us extended every professional courtesy with an inspiring spirit of generosity. Bank of America provided early and vital support of the exhibition. The Marley and Ethel

LIFE TRUSTEES Kay Benedict Howard R. Berlin James T. Bialac Dr. George Blue Spruce, Jr. Herbert J. Bool Robert B. Bulla F. Wesley Clelland, III Norma Jean Coulter Robert J. Duffy Mary G. Hamilton Barbara Heard Joel P. Hoxie Mary Hudak Dr. Thomas M. Hudak Richard L. Johnes Edward F. Lowry

Frederick A. Lynn Dennis H. Lyon Carol Ann Mackay Clint J. Magnussen Robert L. Matthews Miriam J. McClennen Mary Ellen McKee James Meenaghan Louise Menk Dr. Wayne Lee Mitchell Dr. Arthur L. Pelberg David E. Reese William C. Schubert Sheryl L. Sculley Richard H. Silverman John B. Stiteler John G. Stuart

Caesar Chaves

Designer and Director of Creative

Kemper Foundation, Petsmart, The Bruce and Diane Halle Foundation, and the Arizona Community Foundation have also made this exhibition and the

educational programming in support of it possible.

David M. Roche

Director and CEO

and Marketing Deborah Paddison

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Writer, Editor

The Love Embrace of the Universe: the Radical

In-Betweenness of Frida Kahlo

By Claudia Mesch Many writers have noted that during her lifetime, Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) was best known as the wife of the famed Mexican modern artist Diego Rivera. However, by the close of the 20th century, Rivera had become better known as the husband of Frida. In this dramatic turnaround of artistic significance, Kahlo achieved a level of fame and celebrity that makes her surname superfluous, since in the art world it is understood that there is only one Frida.

Frida Kahlo, 1931. Photo: Imogen Cunningham. Š 1931-2017 Imogen Cunningham Trust.

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THE LOVE EMBR ACE OF THE UNIVERSE

Arguably the surrealists’ practice of using art to stage head-on collisions between different realities did affirm and perhaps validate the state of in-betweenness Frida already found herself in. She was an unconventional beauty who often depicted herself with a shadowy, masculine mustache; she was mestiza, of mixed race, both European and Mexican, a hybrid identity she examined in some of her greatest self-portraits, like The Two Fridas; she pursued her desires in both hetero- and homosexual affairs; and she constructed cosmic bridges to Mexican indigenous myth in her art.

In her remarkable painting of 1949, The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Diego, Me and Señor Xolotl, she fuses the Aztec earth goddess Cihuacoatl with form of the Christian pièta: Frida depicts herself in the arms of this hybrid deity, gently cradling Diego as an infant. Her dog is positioned nearby, taking the form of the dog figure Xótotl, the guardian of the underworld. We might finally understand Frida’s refusal to ascribe to Breton’s orthodox surrealism as part of her unwavering revolutionary, feminist and postcolonialist demand for absolute freedom beyond the confines of any set cultural and historical categories.

Although Frida died in 1954 at age 47, and therefore didn’t make it past middle age, we have come to understand the power and radicality of not only her art, but also of her dramatically independent personality. We now recognize Frida as a fearless artist who fully articulated modern Mexican identity, feminism and an explicit politics long before it was fashionable to do so as a woman.

Is part of this fame due to her association with surrealism, which was at first a French, and then a global, art movement?

Frida herself denied the connection, insisting, “I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” Yet after meeting the leader of the French surrealists, André Breton, in Mexico in 1938, she readily contributed artworks to her first solo exhibition at the surrealism-geared Julien Levy Gallery in New York, as well as to the fourth International Surrealist Exhibition in Mexico City in 1940.

Above: Martin Munkacsi, Diego and Frida, 1934 © The Estate of Martin Munkácsi, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY Opposite page: Frida Kahlo, The love embrace of the universe, the Earth (Mexico), Diego, me and Señor Xólotl, 1949. 2016 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and the INBA.

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Claudia Mesch is Professor of Art History at Arizona State University. Her books include Modern Art at the Berlin Wall (2009), and Art and Politics: a Small History of Art for Social Change (2013). She is a founding editor of the Journal of Surrealism and the Americas. Currently she is working on a study of European and American surrealist artists’ engagement with ethnography and Native culture in North America in the 1930s and ’40s, and the work of Native artists who critically reexamine those interactions.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY April. 9, 2017, 6 - 9 p.m.

Hosted by PetSmart MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW DAY April. 10, 2017, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA Opening April 11, 2017 On display through Aug. 20, 2017

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MEET THE GELMANS

By Janet Cantley, Curator Jacques and Natasha Gelman assembled one of the finest collections of 20th century Mexican art in private hands. It is a rich and very personal collection, featuring artworks purchased from renowned Mexican artists who had become friends with the couple. Jacques and Natasha shared a passion for collecting art that continued for five decades.

Jacques and Natasha were both immigrants to Mexico, leaving Russia and Czechoslovakia before World War II. In 1938, Jacques traveled to Mexico City to start a film distribution company. There he met Natasha, who was traveling with her mother. They married in 1941 and soon afterward became Mexican citizens. The couple were part of the vibrant art scene in mid-20th century Mexico City.

The commissioned portrait of Natasha painted by Diego Rivera, the most celebrated painter on the national scene in Mexico, was the beginning of the Gelmans’ Mexico collection. That same year, 1943, the Gelmans commissioned Frida Kahlo to paint a portrait of Natasha. Over the years, the Gelmans commissioned Rufino Tamayo, Ángel Zárraga and other artists to paint their personal portraits. Portraiture was thematic to the work collected by the Gelmans.

The works in the collection represent a range of artistic developments from the early to mid-20th century, including cubism, surrealism and the development of a postrevolutionary Mexican aesthetic. Jacques died in 1986 and Natasha in 1998, leaving behind them a remarkable legacy that is today regarded as the finest private collection of modern Mexican art.

Above: Diego Rivera, Portrait of Natasha Gelman, 1943 Left: Ángel Zárraga. Retrato del Señor Jacques Gelman (Portrait of Mr. Jacques Gelman), 1945 © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City and the INBA Opposite page: Frida Kahlo, Self-portrait with Necklace, 1933 Frida Kahlo, Portrait of Diego Rivera, 1937 Image credits: © 2017 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and the INBA

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FRIDA AND DIEGO: MEXICO’S MID-20TH CENTURY POWER COUPLE

By Janet Cantley, Curator Following the success of Frida Kahlo–Her Photos, an exhibition at the Heard Museum in 2015, we will be presenting Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The exhibition showcases the Jacques and Natasha Gelman collection, including 33 paintings and drawings by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, four other Mexican master artists, and 72 photographs from the Gelman collection and Throckmorton Fine Art collection.

Placing Rivera and Kahlo’s works side by side allows the visitor to experience the unique vision of each artist and also reveals common themes, such as the exploration of Mexican identity, a pride in Indigenous heritage and expressions of political activism.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera invite the visitor to explore the tumultuous relationship between Kahlo and Rivera and how they were key players in the artistic, cultural and political revolution changing Mexico in the early 20th century. The book accompanying the exhibit provides an introduction to Kahlo and Rivera’s art and lives followed by an artists’ “dialogue” with an essay by Diego on Frida’s art written in 1943 and an essay by Frida on Diego’s art written in 1949 and color illustrations of their artworks.

To provide some context of mid-20th century Mexico, the exhibit displays 50 photographs from the Throckmorton Fine Art gallery in New York City, 8 photographs from the Gelman collection and 14 photographs taken by Guillermo Kahlo. The photos give us a glimpse into the lives of Frida and Diego, in their home and studio, a central place in the Mexican art scene. The photographs were made by friends Edward Weston, Nickolas Muray, Lola and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and many others. An homage to Frida’s Oaxacan heritage, the regional style of dress will be exhibited on mannequins, with long, colorful skirts and tops; the ubiquitous shawls; and braided hair entwined with ribbons and flowers.

Frida Kahlo resonates with people. They connect with her in a variety of ways: through her fashion, through photographs or through film.

Now, with this exhibition, they will explore her paintings as she takes a very personal inward look, dealing with pain and suffering that she expresses for all to see. She tells her story with directness; her paintings are a self-exploration and a plea for attention.

Diego Rivera helped define our understanding of modern Mexico, most recognized for his monumental stories on the walls of public buildings. His paintings, unlike Kahlo’s, are outward-looking, focusing on the people and social struggles in Mexico. He, along with Frida, was devoted to Mexico and the expression of a cultural identity.

Rivera painted in a tender and genuine style: a portrait of a young girl in indigenous clothing, or scenes from the market. Rivera’s largescale murals covering entire walls of government and public buildings are spatially complex narratives about the history of Mexico.

Frida and Diego were very public figures in mid-20th century Mexico, known on an international stage. They each had their battles— whether with the Communist Party, with each other, or with

personal internal struggles—made very public. With today’s scrutiny of public figures, the lives of Frida and Diego offer us a story about finding a voice, dignity and hope.

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THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GUILLERMO K AHLO

By Craig Smith, Museum Photographer As the Heard Museum’s photographer, I was asked to offer a few thoughts and observations regarding the photography of Guillermo Kahlo, Frida Kahlo’s father, some of which will be included in the Heard’s upcoming exhibition Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. On display will be a selection of 13 gelatin silver prints culled from a much larger portfolio of Guillermo Kahlo’s architectural photographs.

Before we address the photographs, I’d like to answer a question I’ve been asked more than once: “What is a gelatin silver print?”

Prior to the advent of digital photography, photographers employed multiple processes to develop and print photographs.

Kahlo worked with this technique, and it is important to understand the expertise it requires in order to gain a full appreciation of the finished product. In the simplest terms, a gelatin silver print is a light-sensitive sheet of fiber-based paper that is composed of four layers: the paper support, the baryta, the image layer and the overcoat. The printing paper is coated with a preparatory layer of barium sulfate, called baryta, which acts as a whitening agent and offers the image greater detail. Next, the paper is coated with a gelatin binder, which suspends the light-sensitive silver salts (silver halides) to create the image and forms an emulsion, which finally is sealed with a hardened-gelatin protective overcoat.

The negative is then placed directly on top of the light-sensitive paper and exposed to light (a contact print), or the negative is placed into an enlarger and light is projected through the negative onto the photographic paper. The last step of this process creates a finished positive photographic image on paper, which requires chemical development. The exposed paper is chemically transformed using a developer, a water stop bath and a fixer, which reduces the light-sensitive silver in the latent image into metallic silver.

Another component of Guillermo Kahlo’s photographic process that I believe worth mentioning are the physical aspects of photography in the early days of the medium, compared with today. We are living in the age of digital photography, where most people on the planet carry a camera with them at all times, contained in their smartphones. As a result, photography can be a spontaneous act. For Guillermo Kahlo and other photographers of his era, that would never have been the case.

To put it simply, his architectural photography involved a great deal of physical effort—he would have to carry a view camera the size of an end table, which was made of wood, leather and glass, not to mention a heavy tripod and a large case containing heavy 8-by-10-inch glass-plate negatives.

While we know biographical details about Guillermo Kahlo’s life, very little has been written about his photographic work.

Only recently has his photographic output started to receive a re-examination.

Guillermo Kahlo was born in Germany 1871 as Carl Wilhelm Kahlo Kauffmann. His father paid his way to travel to Mexico in 1891. Once living in Mexico, he changed his name from the German “Wilhelm” to the Spanish “Guillermo.” He married his first wife, María Cardena, in 1893, who would later die after giving birth to their third child. Shortly thereafter, Guillermo married Matilde Calderón, who would become Frida’s mother.

Matilde was the daughter of a photographer, and she encouraged Guillermo to pursue a career in photography.

He opened a portrait studio in 1901 and began to receive assignments from numerous magazines in Mexico City. He gained local notoriety and was awarded a governmental commission for architectural photography in 1904, three years before Frida’s birth. This four-year commission would afford Guillermo the title “First Official Photographer of Mexico’s Cultural Patrimony.” He created a body of photographic work to observe the centennial of Mexico’s independence from Spain, setting out to document the Colonial influence in Mexican architecture.

The 13 photographs on display in Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are from this commissioned series and include both interiors and exteriors photographed with various largeformat view cameras and exposed onto light-sensitive glass dry plates. Upon first viewing this work, I found it interesting that, without any background, one might think the images were made in Europe. For example, it’s only after closer examination that suggestions of Mayan iconography appear to be integrated into some of the impressive sculptural handwork, as exemplified in the image “San Pablo, Mexico, D.F., Old Altar, c. 1904” (opposite page).

The scope of Guillermo Kahlo’s work brings to mind the works of numerous other European photographers, whose inventory of urban histories shares many of the same formal compositional qualities and emptiness (often due to long time exposures). Perhaps the most important quality that Guillermo Kahlo’s photographs share historically with other successful documentary photography is the ability of each image to function not only as a descriptive time capsule, but also simultaneously as a work of art.

Photo: Guillermo Kahlo

San Pablo, Mexico, D.F., old altar, c.1904

Gelatin silver print

Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc.

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Selections from Mexico

By Diana F. Pardue, Curator of Collections Mystery surrounds a gold necklace in the Heard Museum collection reported to have been owned by Empress Carlota, the wife of Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria, who at Napoleon III’s request served as emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867. A letter dated November 1927 and signed by the mayor of Mexico City describes the necklace and confirms ownership. It purports that Carlota gave the necklace to Emilio de Largo, a Mexican officer who served in the military at the time of Maximilian’s imprisonment. The necklace is embellished with a double-sided pendant containing a gold eagle and garnet on one side and an eagle and tiger eye on the opposite. Scholars who have seen it, identify it as a Victorianera watch chain, but they doubt that it was the property of Empress Carlota. Whatever its history, the watch chain is just one of many treasures from Mexico that came to the Heard in the museum’s early years.

Museum historians tell us that Maie and Dwight Heard’s enchantment with the Southwest led them to travel to Mexico to celebrate the new year upon their arrival in Arizona in 1895. Since the couple initially was not planning a museum, many items they acquired early on lack collection notes that detail history or provenance. Among the wonderful items the Heards collected are several Saltillo sarapes. Made in

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the Mexican state of Coahuila from about 1700 to 1850, these finely woven textiles with their complex designs represent a pinnacle in weaving.

Other delightful items from Mexico are held in the museum collection. A small group of 19th century fans, some made of lace and others of hand-painted paper depicting fashionable 18th century scenes, was a gift to the museum by the Fred Harvey Fine Arts Foundation. Several of the fans contain elaborately carved handles of mother of pearl and many are further adorned with semi-precious stones. The fans were most likely acquired for the Fred Harvey Company by its main buyer, Herman Schweizer, who traveled to Mexico in the early 1900s to purchase items for display and resale at the Fred Harvey shop at the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque.

These fans were made in the mid-1800s in France and other European countries and traded into Mexico.

Small treasures have also been donated by individuals. In 1966, Joseph Gest gave the museum seven whimsical ceramic banks, each in the shape of a different animal. He had acquired the bands in Lake Chapala, Mexico, in 1930. Little else was known about these until Heard Museum Guild member Jean Humlicek Meier recognized them as the creations of artisan Julian Acero from Santa

Cruz de Las Huertas in the state of Jalisco. A 1910-20 photograph of Acero with his banks helped to confirm the attribution.

In 1976, Mrs. Dewey (Angela) Menetrey donated a 19th century batea (wooden tray) from Mexico. Intricately painted, the batea depicts Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, also known as La Corregidora, heroine of the War of Independence from Spain in 1810. Menetrey wrote a letter relaying the theme of the batea and indicating that she purchased it at a market in Mexico City in the 1930s. Heard staff members sought assistance from Sonoran Art Conservation Services to clean the darkened surface of the batea and consolidate some lifting paint in time for curator Janet Cantley to include the tray in the 2015 exhibition Las Favoritas de Frida.

The Heard also has purchased items directly from Mexico. In 1979, with funding provided by the Friends of Mexican Art, the Heard bought a 435-piece pottery collection assembled by the staff of the Museo Nacional de Artes e Industrias Populares of Mexico City. The collection contains representative examples from important pottery centers throughout Mexico and includes works by noted ceramic artists such as Teodora Blanca of Oaxaca and Adrián Luis González of Metepec. Pottery of different shapes, sizes and styles was carefully packed in excelsior in hand-woven split-cane baskets and shipped to the Heard in time for the 1979 exhibition El Barro: Clay Forms of Indigenous Mexican Potters.

A selection of pottery including Julian Acero’s animal banks, Adrián Luis González’s tree of life and other artworks is on view in the Heard’s Parker Gallery in the exhibition Around the World: The Heard Museum Collection.

Opposite page: Unknown artist from Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico Batea tray, 1850 Wood, paint, lacquer Gift of Mrs. Dewey (Angela) Menetrey, NA-MX-MX-Q-14

Above: Unknown artist, Mexico Saltillo sarape, 1800-1850 Cotton, wool with cochineal and other dyes Fred Harvey Fine Arts Collection at the Heard Museum, 269BL

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BESPOKE: THE OPENING OF THE VIRGINIA G. PIPER CHARITABLE TRUST GRAND GALLERY, THE NINA MASON PULLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST CROSSWALK, AND BEAUTY SPEAKS FOR US

Top row: (Left to right) Kahara Hodges (Diné) sings the blessing Guest co-curators Janis Lyon and Carol Ann Mackay with Mi-Ai Parrish Laura Grafman, Paul Critchfield and Dr. Judy Mohraz Second row: Bob and Mary Ellen McKee Billie Jo and Judd Herberger with Linda and Jim Ballinger Carrie and Jon Hulburd, Wick Pilcher, Barbara Gallagher and Jill Pilcher Third row: David Roche, Director and CEO Melani M. Walton Elizabeth Murfee and Dino Deconcini

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Top row: (Left to right) Ellen Andres-Schneider and Ralph Andres Mary Jane Rynd, Jim Bruner and Sharon Harper Olin Tsingine, Jacob Meders and Joshua Rose Second row: Carolyn and John Stuart Randy and Carol Schilling Mary Bonsall, Molly Bonsall (center) and guests Third row: Erika Dickey, Alice J. Fleet Dickey and Russ Dickey Dana Saylor and Sue Glawe Carol Ann and Harvey Mackay

Photos: Haute Photography and C. Chaves, Heard Museum

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H O O P DA N C E

Tyrese Jensen Takes World Championship Title

By Shaliyah Ben, Education Programs and Outreach Manager

In 2005, Tyrese Jensen (Navajo/Maricopa) danced for the first time at the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest, competing in the Youth Division at the tender age of 6 years old. This year, at 18, Jensen competed in the Adult Division for the first time - and immediately chalked up his first win as Adult World Champion. Jensen, a senior at ASU Preparatory Academy shocked and amazed all who watched him grow up on the Hoop Dance circle through the years.

The 2017 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest took place on Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12.

Above: Heard Museum’s Scott Libby Amphitheater during the finals of this year’s contest.

Tyrese Jensen prepares for his shot at the World Championship.

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To the excitement and joy of the Jensen Family - it wasn’t only Tyrese who celebrated a World Championship this year! In the Youth Division, Kailayne Jensen (Navajo/Maricopa) took top honors in her division adding to mounting pride that parents LaDawn Kaye and Lane Jensen share for their children. This was the first year in Hoop history that a brother and sister took World Championships in two separate divisions.

This was also the first year the Heard “live-streamed” the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest online. On Sunday, over 5000 people watched “Hoop at the Heard” on Facebook Live. Over the entire weekend, the event generated an extended reach of over 2 million people through likes, shares, comments and clicks! Be sure to join us again next year as Tyrese Jensen defends his World Championship Hoop Dance title!

H O O P DA N C E 27TH ANNUAL HEARD MUSEUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HOOP DANCE CONTEST RESULTS

ADULT DIVISION

HOW WE HONOR THOSE THROUGH HOOP DANCE

World Adult Champion — Tyrese Jensen (Navajo/Maricopa), Dilkon, Arizona, 237 points, $3,500

Indigenous communities across North America have used and incorporated aspects of hoop dance in cultural and spiritual dance expression for generations now. What many of these expressions have in common is that hoop dance is emblematic of nature, restoring balance and healing. This year hoop dance had an extra special role to play in healing the hoop dance community that lost three important individuals who impacted Hoop Dance at the Heard in positive and beautiful ways.

Second Place — Tony Duncan (San Carlos Apache, Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Mesa, Arizona, 236 points, $2,500 Third Place — Dallas Arcand (Cree, Nakota Souix, Metis), of Morinville, Alberta, Canada, 231 points, $2,000 Fourth Place — Talon Duncan (San Carlos Apache, Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Mesa, Arizona, 224 points, $1,500 Fifth Place — James Jones (Cree), Tall Cree, Alberta, Canada, 223 points, $1,000 Sixth Place — Michael Goedel (Yakama/ Tulalip/ Lumbee), Rancho Cucamonga, California, 219 points, $750

SENIOR DIVISION World Senior Champion — Terry L. Goedel (Yakama/Tulalip) Rancho Cucamonga, California, 221 points, $2,500

Valentino Rivera, an enthusiastic youth dancer, was a member of the Pojoaque Pueblo Hoop Dance Troupe in New Mexico.

Also honored was former Heard Museum Board President, Teen Division Sponsor, and Hoop Dance enthusiast, Jeffrey H. Kahn. Finally, Glen Ahhaitty was honored for his contributions to the Heard Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. Ahhaitty was a singer at the very first Hoop Dance Contest at the Heard Museum and was wellknown as one of the best singers on the pow-wow trail.

Second Place — Moontee Sinquah (Hopi/Tewa/Choctaw), Second Mesa, Arizona, 220 points, $2,000 Third Place — Celina Cada-Matasawagon (Ojibway), Sheshegwaning First Nations, Manitoulin Island, Canada, 218 points, $1,500

TEEN DIVISION World Teen Champion — Nanabah Kadenehii (Dineh), Big Mountain, Arizona, 211 points, $750 Second Place — Josiah Enriquez (Pueblo of Pojoaque), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 207 points, $500 Third Place — Nathaniel Lakota Bears Heart, (Standing Rock/ Santee Sioux), Monument, Colorado, 205 points, $350

YOUTH DIVISION World Youth Champion — Kailayne Jensen (Navajo/Maricopa), Mesa, Arizona, 216 points, $350 Second Place — Delano Paddock, (Navajo), Holbrook, Arizona, 200 points, $200 Third Place — RJ Lopez (Pima, San Carlos Apache/ Arikara/ Hidatsa/ Mandan), Salt River, Arizona, 186 points, $150

Former Heard Museum Director Frank Goodyear, the late Jeffery Kahn’s wife Maurine Kahn and David M. Roche, Heard Museum Director and CEO.

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THE HEARD MUSEUM WOULD LIKE TO THANK BANK OF AMERICA FOR ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRESENTATION OF THIS EXHIBITION.

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INDIAN FAIR & MARKET BEST OF SHOW The 59th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market kicked off the weekend with its signature event, the “Best of Show.”

Artists, museum members, friends and family gathered once again for a beautiful and festive evening. Below is a sampling of what our roving photographers, Jewel Clark and Caesar Chaves, captured.

Top row: Best of Show, Don Johnston’s (Qagan Tayagungin) “Qagaxtag (Love)” Best of Show evening in the Freeport McMoRan Plaza Second row: Susan Totty, Doug Hyde and others judge carvings Norman Sanfield, Ken Williams (Arapaho/Seneca) and Janis Lyon Right: Jewelry designer Kristen Dorsey (Chickasaw Nation) and artist Tony Abeyta (Navajo) Artists Ira Lujan (Taos Pueblo) and Warren Montoya (Santa Ana Pueblo/ Santa Clara Pueblo) Gov. & Mrs. Stephen R. Lewis (Gila River) Model wearing a blanket by Kevin Aspaas (Diné) for the Fashion Show

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Public Programs FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA EXHIBITION CONVERSATIONS Dive deeper into the lives of these incomparable artists and the cultural and political forces that shaped their work, and hear from some of Phoenix’s leading local experts and personalities in these special workshops. Included with museum admission.

LA ESCENA DEL DESIERTO: LATINO ART IN PHOENIX AND BEYOND

By Dan Hagerty, Director of Strategic Development & Programming

FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA IN-GALLERY ART TALKS Enjoy a private tour of the exhibition in an intimate and exclusive setting with notable locals who will share their insights and personal perspectives on these two artists and the works on view. This is a special ticketed event and limited in size. Members $15; non-members $30.

GALLERY TALK WITH ARTIST GENNARO GARCIA

Sunday, April 2 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Steele Auditorium

Saturday, May 6 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

Join us for this lively conversation about Phoenix’s thriving Latino arts scene. Moderated by Julio Morales, curator at the Arizona State University Art Museum, this conversation will offer insights from local experts and artists about what makes the Phoenix art scene unique and vibrant.

GALLERY ART TALK WITH THE CRAFTY CHICA KATHY CANO-MURILLO

Saturday, June 3 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

LA REVOLUCIÓN: THE LEGACY OF MEXICAN MURAL ART

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

Sunday, April 23 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Steele Auditorium

RICK BARTOW: THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN EXHIBITION CONVERSATION

The influence of Mexican mural art is far-reaching in the borderlands and beyond. Here in Phoenix, the mural-art and street-art communities are burgeoning. Moderator Thomas “Breeze” Marcus, artist and founder of Paint Phx, a city-wide mural and street arts festival, will engage the panel to share new insights about our community and discuss the continuing influence of Diego Rivera and Mexican mural artists.

LENTE CONTEMPORÁNEA: A LOOK AT FRIDA & DIEGO

Sunday, May 21 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Steele Auditorium

Saturday, April 22 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Jacobson Gallery Join Charles Froelick, owner/director of Froelick Gallery in Portland, Ore., for a special engagement and in-depth look into the life, work and career of Rick Bartow. Included with museum admission.

OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Kahlo and Rivera helped to create movements of greater social awareness and artistic innovation that continue to influence artists and audiences today. Join us for a lively discussion moderated by Claudia Mesch, professor of art history at ASU School of Art, to explore the contemporary influences these two legendary figures continue to have on artists and communities today.

Thomas “Breeze” Marcus To moderate on Sunday, April 23

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Things You Did Not Know About Rick Bartow: A Gallerist’s Conversation

OUR CREATION STORIES: NATIVE WOMEN AND THE CHANGING HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF BIRTH

Saturday, May 13 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Steele Auditorium In commemoration of Mother’s Day, the Heard is pleased to partner with Creative Push, a multimedia visual art and oral history project that focuses on the most formative of human experiences: birth. Forrest Solis, associate director and associate professor at the ASU School of Art, will share a new multimedia film-in-progress featuring Native women from across the Southwest sharing their experiences of the changing history, culture, and traditions of birth.

A moderated panel discussion will follow, with Nicolle Gonzales

(Diné) of the Changing Woman Initiative, artist Renee Dennison (Diné) and more. Free and open to the general public.

Speaker Series Supported by Drs. Kathleen L. and William G. Howard

FIRST FRIDAYS & SUMMER SUNDAYS FIRST FRIDAYS First Fridays have returned! Bring your family and friends to the Heard every first Friday evening this spring and summer for fresh events, great food and drink, and to experience the cultural pulse of Phoenix and the Southwest—with free admission to the museum’s galleries*. Enjoy the Heard’s acclaimed Café and Cantina for dining, drinks and snacks, and don’t forget to visit the Heard Museum Shop, the Collector’s Room, and Books & More, all open until 8 p.m.!

Friday, April 7 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Courtyard Night The Heard’s Central Courtyard is the spot to hang out and enjoy the outdoors (while we can) with activities, good food, and tunes spun by DJ Beat Betty and FullStop DJ Beat Betty and FullStop.

Also get a preview of the Katsina Doll Marketplace with on-site carving demonstrations. Event supported by Signature Sponsor SRP. Friday, May 5 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Fiesta de Familia Enjoy our family-friendly celebration of Latino art and culture with great food, great music and fun for kids of all ages! Event supported by Signature Sponsor SRP.

Friday, Aug. 4 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Beat the Heat It’s hot outside, so what could be better than cool beats with a DJ spinning tunes inside the museum, along with some sweet treats, artist demonstrations and more!

Friday, Sept. 1 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Let’s Innovate!

With school back in session, this First Friday will celebrate the fun of learning through technology with 3-D printing demonstrations and activities, great food and music to get the creative energy flowing.

SUMMER SUNDAYS Escape the heat of summer and join us again for this annual series to enjoy free performances, artist demonstrations and more, every fourth Sunday of the summer. Admission to the museum’s galleries is free all day*, so gather the whole family and come to the Heard Museum for cool fun that kids of all ages will enjoy.

Summer Sundays May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 27 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. *Note: Admission to First Fridays and Summer Sundays does not include gate fees for the exhibition Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera.

Event attendees who wish to visit this special exhibition will be charged the gate fee of $7.

Cut + Paste with your frieds and family!

Friday, June 2 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Summer Lovin’ Bring the whole family for a free night at the museum and enjoy tactile fun and social activities led by the renowned local collage group CUT + PASTE PHX. Explore your creativity while enjoying food, art, tunes spun by local DJs and more!

Friday, July 7 6 to 10 p.m.

First Friday: Fiesta de Frida Join the Phoenix Fridas, an award-winning collective of Phoenixbased Latina artists, as we pay tribute to legendary artist Frida Kahlo with music, food and artful activities.

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P U B LI C P RO G R A M S

Días de las Familias With Frida & Diego!

By Dan Hagerty, Director of Strategic Development & Programming

Families and children of all ages have many options for fun and learning at the Heard Museum. In addition to free admission events and programs like First Fridays and Summer Sundays, the Heard is planning special opportunities for the young and young-at-heart during its presentation of Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera. Join in on one or all of these special “Frida & Diego” events and opportunities!

FRIDA’S COMMUNITY GARDEN: A HANDS-ON INSTALLATION

EL DÍA DE LOS NIÑOS – AN HONORING OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN!

April 11 through Aug. 20 Lyon Family Crossroads Gallery

Sunday, April 30 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Share your love of these two great artists! Leave some inspiration from your visit behind by taking part in a limited-time participatory installation created by museum visitors. Inspired by Diego Rivera’s masterpiece “Sunflowers” and by the couple’s famous garden at Casa Azul, we invite you to make your own flower in our hands-on gallery to be added to an ever-growing “garden” in the museum’s Lyon Gallery.

The Heard will celebrate Children’s Day with a community fiesta! Bring the entire family out for a day of fun, arts, storytelling, music, dance, games and activities for kids of all ages! Enjoy free samplings of food and agua fresca provided

by Paletas Betty and the Heard’s Courtyard Café. Best of all, admission to the museum and Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera is free for children 12 and under as well as up to two parents or guardians who accompany them.

IT’S YOUR TURN: FRIDA Y DIEGO April 11 through Aug. 20 Sandra Day O’Connor Gallery The Heard Museum’s gallery for family activities and learning will receive a special makeover during our presentation of Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera. Visit It’s Your Turn: Frida y Diego, where you can make your flower for Frida’s Garden, enjoy an artistic cucina, create your own paper dolls and animal masks, or write a letter to Frida and Diego!

Schedule of Events For Sunday, April 30 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Music, family activities, and tasty treats in the Freeport McMoRan Plaza and Scott Libby Amphitheater Also, take part in creating a chalk art mural with 2017 Heard Museum Mercado Signature Artist Martin Moreno.

12 noon & 2:30 p.m.

Michael Heralda’s Aztec Stories An interactive presentation for all ages! Through music, stories, narratives and poetry, Heralda illuminates the sophistication of the Mexica/Aztec people from the Indigenous perspective.

1 p.m.

Mariachi Performance by Harmony Project Phoenix Harmony Project Phoenix is an after-school mentoring program that uses music as a means for positive youth development and social inclusion. We are thrilled to welcome their acclaimed mariachi!

1:30 & 3:30 p.m.

Mask-Making with the Cultural Coalition

Education Programs Presented by PetSmart The Heard Museum would like to thank its generous sponsors, listed on page 2, of the Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera educational programs.

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Masks have been used for thousands of years by many Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Create your own mask with performance artist Zarco Guerrero as he reveals the awesome power of the mask to transform.

H E A R D M U S EU M S H O P

Gotta Have It!

Take a bit of Frida and Diego home with you.

By Megan Richmond, E-Commerce Administrator

Clown Kachina Doll (one piece carving) by Anthony Briones (Hopi), $1950

“Frida within Frida” Painting on canvas by Craig George (Navajo), $3000

Matta Ortiz pottery (Hispanic), $100 each

“Around the Block” Painting on canvas by Craig George (Navajo), $3000

Pictorial Rug by Marlowe Katoney (Navajo), $8500 “Frida” Painting on wood by Julius Badoni (Navajo), $250

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DINING

READING

COURTYARD CAFÉ FEATURING ENTRÉES FROM FRIDA’S FIESTAS

YOUR SUMMER READING LIST FEATURING FRIDA & DIEGO

BY IRENE RUTIGLIANO, HEARD MUSEUM RESTAURANT

AND BETTY MURPHY | LIBRARIAN (MARCH 14, 2017)

BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPILED BY JANET CANTLEY | CURATOR LYNN BULLOCK | BOOKS AND MORE MANAGER

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Titles in bold are available for purchase from Heard Museum Books and More ARQUIN, FLORENCE

Diego Rivera, the shaping of an artist, 1889-1921 Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1971] CHAMBERS, NICHOL AS, EDITOR

Frida & Diego Rivera : from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection Sydney : Art Gallery of NSW, 2016 H E R R E R A , H AY D E N

Phto: Craig Smith

The Courtyard Café celebrates the return of Frida Kahlo to the Heard Museum, this time accompanied by Diego Rivera. In what has become a Courtyard Café tradition for several years, the Café creates a special recipe to complement the museum’s featured exhibition on display. The recipe, which always receives a Courtyard Café twist, takes center stage on one of our two seasonal menus.

Starting April 10, the Courtyard Café will feature a different recipe for each of the five months that Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be on display. We have chosen five entrées from Frida’s Fiestas, a book written by Frida’s step-daughter, Guadalupe Rivera. The book is a collection of recipes and stories, giving some insight into the private lifestyle of Frida and Diego. The recipes we will be re-creating from the book include Shrimp Escabeche Tostadas, Pork and Nopales, Chilaquiles in Green Sauce, and Meatballs in Chipotle Sauce.

When you visit the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibition at the Heard Museum, make sure you make time to visit the Courtyard Café so we can share one of Guadalupe’s Frida’s Fiestas creations with you!

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Frida Kahlo : a biography of Frida Kahlo New York : Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002, ©1983 K A H L O, F R I DA

Frida Kahlo : 1907-2007 México, D.F. : Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes : [2007] T R U J I L L O, H I L DA , C O O R D I N AT O R

Frida Kahlo : her photos Colonia , Cuauhtémoc, Mexico : Editorial RM, 2010 RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO

Canto a la tierra : los murals de Diego Rivera en la capilla de Chapingo [Chapingo, Mexico] : Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, 1986 ROSENZWEIG, DENISE AND M AG DA L E N A R O S E N Z W E I G , E D I T O R S

Self portrait in a velvet dress : Frida’s wardrobe : fashion from the Museo Frida Kahlo San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 2008

PEOPLE

MEMBERS MEETING

STAFF PROFILE: ROBIN KLUNG

The Heard Museum will hold its annual members meeting on Monday, April 10th in the Heard Museum’s Monte Vista Room from 3:30-4:00pm. The meeting is open to all members of the Heard Museum.

BY DEBORAH PADDISON, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Great things lie ahead for the Heard Museum …

The Heard Museum welcomed Robin Klung as chief financial officer in January. She brings with her more than 17 years of accounting leadership and expertise working for companies in both the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors.

Klung has served as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington, D.C., and as vice Phto: Craig Smith president of business services at a Phoenix-based charter school consulting company. Most recently she served as vice president of accounting and finance at the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in Alexandria, Va., a national not-for-profit organization with a vibrant and active Arizona presence.

As chief financial officer for the Heard, Klung is responsible for managing museum accounting and finance activities. This includes ensuring integrity of financial statements; managing cash flow, investments, and restricted and operating funds; leading the budget development process; audit oversight; and serving as a staff liaison to the Finance, Investment and Audit committees of the Heard Museum Board of Trustees.

Although Klung has spent the majority of her professional career in the region around the nation’s capital, her prior experience in Phoenix left a positive impression on her.

Arizona’s natural beauty and variety of climates were a natural draw. She was captivated not only by the beauty of the surrounding landscape, but also by the friendly, independent spirit of the people who call Arizona home.

She says she was thrilled to be able to return to Phoenix and join the Heard Museum concurrent with the opening of the new Grand Gallery. “Great things lie ahead for the Heard Museum, and I am excited about making a contribution to its long-term success,” Klung says.

Contact Allison Lester for more details: 602.251.0262 | alester@heard.org

Above: Allan Houser, Chiricahua (Warm Springs) Apache, 19141994. Earth Song, 1978. Gift of Gallery Wall, Inc. (Glenn and Sandy Green). In honor of the Museum’s Golden Anniversary.

Photo: Craig Smith

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Travel With the Guild: JOIN US FOR AN UNCOMMON ADVENTURE

By Diane Leonte, Guild Communication Chair , Guild Travel Chair

The Heard Museum Guild not only provides its members a wide variety of volunteering options at the museum, but Guild members also join together on regional journeys designed to better acquaint them with Native culture, art and history.

BEYOND THE LOOM – NAVAJO WEAVING TOUR: MAY 3-7, 2017

Join the Heard Guild for another introspective experience into the world of the Navajo weavers in a trip led by secondgeneration and lifelong trader Mark Bahti with logistics and driving by Stephen Bernier. Those on the tour will spend five wonderful days visiting artists and traders throughout the Navajo Nation, absorbing not simply their knowledge, but the knowledge and stories of their ancestors. Through a wide range of activities, you’ll experience and participate in the various steps required to complete weaving process. Sometimes this may be at an off-the-beaten-path trading post or under a grove of cottonwoods in a beautiful sandstone valley. The tour ends with participation in the May Native American Art Auction in Ganado.

This opportunity is very limited.

MEXICO CITY: SEPT. 5-11, 2017

Join Stephen Bernier of South of the Border Tours and Richard Ellis, longtime resident of Mexico, for a fabulous weeklong adventure to one of the most fascinating cities in the world…

Mexico City!

Your time spent in Mexico City will be filled with the very best that the city has to offer. We’ve chosen to stay at two of the finest hotels in the historic center of the city which offer the most advantageous locations. The Grand Hotel of Mexico City is just steps away from the largest Zocalo in the world.

Our second property is just steps away from the acclaimed Chapultapec Park.

This tour offers fabulous hotels and culinary experiences, incredible museums, fun and knowledgeable guides to assure you’ll never forget this wonderfully paced tour of this most amazing city. Viva Mexico!!!

SANTA FE: NOV. 11-16, 2017

Join the Heard Guild Nov. 11-16, 2017 as we return to Santa Fe, NM. Our tour begins with a visit to the Thanksgiving Feast day of Jemez Pueblo. We’ll then spend four nights at the Inn of Loretto, passing the days visiting the finest pueblo artists as well as Spanish artists; Ron Rodriquez (contemporary), retablo artist, Juanito Jimenez, and silver artist Lawrence Baca. As always we’ll be treated to special gallery receptions, amazing culinary experience and the finest accommodations.

Limited participation.

THE MAYA CULTURE: DEC. 1-8, 2017

For the first time, the Guild is visiting the amazing Mayan culture. This busy eight-day tour will take us to the incredible archeological treasures of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. You’ll experience the cosmopolitan city of Merída, staying in the beautiful historic district. Expert guide Jorge Marín will share with us all the special places and hidden treasures along the route. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience—and this is your opportunity.

Must be a Heard Museum member to participate. For more information and to register for any of these trips, contact Shelley Mowry at travel@heardguild.org.

Highlights of the tour include a special walking tour of the Zocalo with Brad McBride, longtime resident of CDMX and economics professor at ITAM. We’ll spend an afternoon exploring the quaint neighborhood of Coyoacán and the home and museum of Freida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Mayan architecture at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán State, Mexico.

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Learn With the Guild: TAKE A SHORT COURSE!

By Diane Leonte, Guild Communication Chair , Guild Travel Chair

In April, the Guild presents a Short Course in conjunction with the spring exhibition Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

FRIDA AND DIEGO: 20TH-CENTURY MEXICAN ART

• Session One, April 6: Influences on Frida and Diego’s Work Presenters: Sarah Santana and Professor Angelica Afanador Pujol, ASU. The first Session will look at three of the most important influences on the work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera:

1) Their large Pre-Columbian Art Collection 2) The 1910 Mexican Revolution 3) Local and International Politics during their lifetimes

• Session Two, April 13: The Mexican Muralists/ Revolutionary Art Presenters: Sarah Santana and artist Thomas Breeze Marcus.

The second session will feature a discussion and analysis of the work of José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera, “the big three” painters of Mexican Muralism starting in the 1920s.

• Session Three, April 20: Frida Kahlo, Surrealism and Feminism Presenters: Dr. Claudia Mesch, Janet Cantley and Anita Leach.

The third session will explore the growing body of feminist and scholarly literature that deals with the interrelationship between surrealism and feminism in the work of Frida Kahlo and will use textiles and clothing as identity expressions. During her lifetime Frida rejected the label of surrealist saying, “They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”

Days/Times: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to noon Place: Monte Vista Room Coordinators: Sheila Mehlem and Sarah Santana.

Facilitator: Connie Thornton. Registration fee: $45.

To register visit: heardguild.org/american-indian-studies/#KAHLO. For general information, visit heardguild.org.

PURSUE YOUR INTERESTS

If you are interested in American Indian cultures and are curious about their history; if you are fascinated with Indian jewelry, pottery, baskets or carvings and would like to know the traditions they represent; and if you are interested in helping others discover those interests, you should consider becoming a docent at the Heard Museum!

Upon graduation, new docents become members of Las Guias (Spanish for “The Guides”). Las Guias members conduct tours at the museum and shape visitors’ perceptions of the Heard and American Indian cultures.

INTRODUCTION TO DOCENT TRAINING

Sessions are being held in August and September (dates TBA) Guild members, if you are interested in learning more about our training program, you only need to attend one of the sessions.

Contact Jim Szabo, Las Guias Docent Class Facilitator, at lasguiasfacilitator@heardguild.org for complete information.

Above: Detail of Diego Rivera’s, Sunflowers, 1943. © 2016 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and the INBA.

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Donor Recognition The Heard Museum continues to achieve and serve its educational mission through the generosity of its members and supporters. We recognize these and all of our loyal donors for their gifts during the museum’s fiscal year 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015 through Sept. 30, 2016) 1,000,000 + Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

250,000 - 500,000 Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Estate of Mareen Nichols

100,000 – 249,999 Heard Museum Guild

50,000 – 99,999 Arizona Public Service

Drs. Kathleen L. and William G. Howard National Endowment for the Humanities Salt River Project

Virginia M. Ullman Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McKee

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rosskam

Mr. and Mrs. James Navran

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Silverman

Mrs. Louise C. Solheim

Mr. and Mrs. Joachim W. Staackmann

The William S. and Ellen N. Taubman Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. David Wilshin

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Meenaghan Estate of Patricia Pfister

Rob and Melani Walton Foundation

5,000 – 9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jett Anderson

Salmon Lewis and Weldon Snell & Wilmer LLP

Mrs. Betty Van Denburgh

2,500 – 4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Abraham

Arch W. Shaw Foundation

Accenture

Ballard Spahr LLP

Arizona Humanities Council

Dr. and Mrs. Ron Boster

Mr. James T. Bialac

Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. Giora Ben-Horin Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Brandt

Mrs. Howard Aidem

Mr. and Mrs. Judson Ball

Mr. and Mrs. John Boppart

25,000 – 49,999

Burrow Family Foundation

Rebecca Bowman

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Cramer-Krasselt

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Clark

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowie

Evelyn and Lou Grubb Charitable Fund Flinn Foundation

Ms. Mary G. Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mackay

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Melamed

Mr. and Mrs. Leland W. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Wick Pilcher

Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community

Mr. Norman L. Sandfield

Target Foundation

Wells Fargo

10,000 – 24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Anderson

Bank of America

Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Berlin Mr. and Mrs. Greg Boyce Mr. Robert Bulla

Mr. and Mrs. F. Wesley Clelland III Cox Communications

Marianne and David Gates

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Craig Cohen

David Wright House Foundation

Mrs. Saul Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Davis

Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church

DMB Associates, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. James Drake

Ms. Joette Schmidt and Mr. Kent Derdivanis

Fennemore Craig, P.C.

Mr. Robert Fippinger and Ms. Ann Kaplan

First Strategic Communications and Public Affairs

Ms. Denise Dowers

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foutz

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Getz

Gila River Gaming Enterprises, Inc.

Mrs. Jeanie M. Harlan

Mrs. Jean Grossman

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudak

Highground Inc.

Dr. Norma Kafer and Mr. James Gordon

Mrs. Barbara Heard

Mr. and Mrs. Joel P. Hoxie

HP Enterprise Services

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Hulburd

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Huntwork Jennings Strouss PLC

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of

Potawatomi Indians

Native American Art Magazine Northern Trust Bank

Phoenix Children’s Hospital

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Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Douglas

Hensley Beverage Company

Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Inc.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lyon

Mr. Jerry Cowdrey

Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Mr. and Mrs. Scott O’Connor

Mrs. Theresa Hawgood III

Clifton Larson Allen LLP

Dino J. and Elizabeth Murfee DeConcini

Alice J. Fleet Dickey

Forest County Potawatomi Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carr

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Paper

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Reese Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rogers

Ms. Alexis Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jones III

Richard Kraemer

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lehmann Joseph S. and Mary Trigg Lentz

Dr. Marigold Linton and Dr. Robert Barnhill Mr. Ronald E. Lowe

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Lynn

Dr. and Mrs. M.S. MacCollum Mr. and Mrs. Vance Marshall Ms. Miriam J. McClennen

Dr. B. Robert Meyer and

Dr. Terri Gallen Edersheim

Mortenson Construction

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Papp

Estate of Mr. Jack S. Parker

Ms. Nancy G. Sage

Mrs. Joel Harnett

Ernst & Young

Mr. and Mrs. William Schubert

Mr. Brian Kenney

Roger and Barbara Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schiavoni

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hornaday

Ms. Cindy Ewing

Mr. and Mrs. W. Ford Schumann

Dr. Mari Koerner and Mr. Frank Koerner

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Song

Mrs. Bonnie Kraft

Dr. Janet Maurer and Mr. Marty Davis

Mrs. Betty Lou Summers

Mr. and Mrs. John Lomax

Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Neil

Scottsdale League for the Arts

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stuart Mr. James Swanson

G M and Barbara Korn

Mrs. Jean Lester and Mr. Christian Lester Mr. and Mrs. James Lowman

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tait, Sr.

Dr. and Mrs. Donald Miles

Mr. Gilbert Waldman and Ms. Christy Vezolles

Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Morgan

Union Pacific Foundation Gary and Diane West

1,500 – 2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Allender Mrs. Ginger Allingham Ms. Caralee Allsworth

Mr. Arjay Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Beals

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Benedict Mr. Neil Berman

Ms. Catherine Meschter

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ottosen Ms. Jody Pelusi

Dr. and Mrs. Deane Penn Ms. Margaret Ranck

Ms. Barbara Slater

Ms. B. J. Shortridge

Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. John Stiteler Mrs. Gay Thomas

Mr. David Van Denburgh

Ms. Judith Dobbs

Waddell Trading Company

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duffek

Mr. and Ms. Daniel I. Wilhelm

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dunn Mary and Verlane Endorf Ms. Lynne Fenderson

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fine

Mrs. Jane Wallace Thorne Ms. Diana Wykes

1,000 – 1,499 Mrs. Patricia AtLee

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley J. Getch

Donna Blackman

Ms. Bernice Groves

Drs. Frances and Paul Dickman

Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. Dr. Sam Gualtieri

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Zeitlin

Science and Culture Connection

Harry M. Conger and Mary F. Sailors

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Douglass

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Willman

Carol and Randy Schilling

Drs. Connie and Leslie Seldin

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Desmond

Mrs. Diane Willian

Mr. Jack Salisbury and Mrs. Leslie Dashew

Mrs. Marilyn Brooks

Mrs. Norma Jean Coulter

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Weaver

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothschild

Mary and Stanley Seidler

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cosner

Ms. Patty Urone

Mr. David M. Roche

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey B. Bream

Mr. W. David Connell and Mrs. Becky Sawyer

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Spangler

Mrs. Pam Rentschler

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Scholsohn

Ms. Sue Bunch

Mrs. Nancy Russell

Ms. Elizabeth Raspolic

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bidstrup Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bool

Ms. Marian Reichert

USI Insurance Services

Ms. Jane Sidney Oliver and

Mr. and Mrs. Don Randolph

Mrs. Nadine Basha

Mrs. Sandra Raffealli

Mrs. Shirley Avery

Bank of Arizona

Mrs. Donald F. McCann

Thunderbirds Charities

Phoenix Suns Charities

Mrs. Delores Bachmann

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Magnussen

Ms. Karen Natapoff

Mr. Joseph Anderson and Ms. Mary Dewane

Dr. Christopher Appleton and Dr. Marcia Ko

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Jacka

Mr. and Mrs. Irby Cain

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eckstein

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THE HEARD MUSEUM WOULD LIKE TO THANK PETSMART FOR ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA AND THE EXHIBITION’S PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Programming & Events Calendar April 6

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THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. TO NOON

SHORT COURSE SESSION ONE: “FRIDA AND DIEGO: 20TH-CENTURY MEXICAN ART” See page 27

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MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW DAY: FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

TUESDAY 9:30 A.M. – 5 P.M.

PUBLIC OPENINGS: FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: COURTYARD NIGHT Central Courtyard

FRIDA’S COMMUNITY GARDEN: A HANDS-ON INSTALLATION Lyon Family Crossroads Gallery

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SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

KATSINA DOLL MARKETPLACE

IT’S YOUR TURN: FRIDA AND DIEGO: A HANDS-ON EXHIBITION Sandra Day O’Connor Gallery

SATURDAY 11 A.M.

RICK BARTOW: THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN CIRCLES LUNCH Monte Vista Room

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SATURDAY 1:30 TO 2:30 P.M..

THINGS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT RICK BARTOW: A GALLERIST’S CONVERSATION Jacobson Gallery See page 20

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SUNDAY 1:30 TO 2:30 P.M.

FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA EXHIBITION CONVERSATIONS: “LA REVOLUCIÓN: THE LEGACY OF MEXICAN MURAL ART” Steele Auditorium See page 20

Central Courtyard

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THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. TO NOON.

SHORT COURSE SESSION TWO: “THE MEXICAN MURALISTS/ REVOLUTIONARY ART” Presenters: Sarah Santana and artist Thomas Breeze Marcus.

Monte Vista Room See page 27

Winged Messengers

by Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi)

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Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

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Monte Vista Room

MONDAY 9:30 A.M. – 5 P.M.

SUNDAY 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY: FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection Ticketed Event Sponsored by PetSmart Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

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THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. TO NOON

SHORT COURSE SESSION THREE: “FRIDA KAHLO, SURREALISM AND FEMINISM”

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WEDNESDAY 2 P.M.

CIRCLES EXCLUSIVE EVENT Vi at Silverstone North Scottsdale Circles of Giving members are invited to an exclusive open-house event at Vi at Silverstone. Live performances by the Yellowhouse Dancers and artist demonstrations by cutting edge jewelry designer, Nanibaa Beck and katsina carver Ryon Polequaptewa will be featured.

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WEDNESDAY 5:30 P.M.

Presenters: Dr. Claudia Mesch, Janet Cantley and Anita Leach.

GUILD APPRECIATION DINNER

Monte Vista Room

Steel Auditorium

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SATURDAY 9 A.M.

RICK BARTOW: THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN MEMBERS BREAKFAST Monte Vista Room

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

EL DÍA DE LOS NIÑOS! – AN HONORING OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN! The Heard will celebrate Children’s Day with a community fiesta!

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Programming & Events Calendar May 2

TUESDAY 8 A.M.

MEMBERSHIP TRIP TO TUCSON Cost: $100

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Steele Auditorium

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TRAVEL WITH THE GUILD: BEYOND THE LOOM – NAVAJO WEAVING TOUR This opportunity is very limited.

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FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: FIESTA DE FAMILIA Enjoy our family-friendly celebration of Latino art and culture with great food, great music and fun for kids of all ages! Event supported

by Signature Sponsor SRP. See page 21

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FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA IN-GALLERY TALK WITH ARTIST GENNARO GARCIA Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery See page 20

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SUMMER SUNDAYS Escape the heat of summer and join us again for this annual series to enjoy free performances, artist demonstrations and more, every fourth Sunday of the summer.

Admission to the museum’s galleries is free all day*, so gather the whole family and come to the Heard Museum for cool fun that kids of all ages will enjoy.

June 2

FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: SUMMER LOVIN’

SATURDAY 9:30 TO 10:30 A.M.

SATURDAY 11:30 A.M TO 12:30 P.M.

OUR CREATION STORIES: NATIVE WOMEN AND THE CHANGING HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF BIRTH

Bring the whole family for a free night at the museum and enjoy tactile fun and social activities led by the renowned local collage group CUT + PASTE PHX. Explore your creativity while enjoying food, art, tunes spun by local DJs and more!

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SATURDAY 9:30 TO 10:30 A.M.

FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA IN-GALLERY TALK WITH THE CRAFTY CHICA KATHY CANO-MURILLO

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SHOP SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE Specially priced items up to 60% off

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FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M.

FIRST FRIDAY: FIESTA DE FRIDA Join the Phoenix Fridas, an award-winning collective of Phoenix-based Latina artists, as we pay tribute to legendary artist Frida Kahlo with music, food and artful activities.

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SUMMER SUNDAYS

August 4

FRIDAY

FIRST FRIDAY: BEAT THE HEAT!

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WEDNESDAY

SHOP CLOSED FOR INVENTORY

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SUMMER SUNDAYS

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SUNDAY 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SUMMER SUNDAYS See page 21

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SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. – 5 P.M.

Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

Steele Auditorium See page 20

July

FRIDA KAHLO & DIEGO RIVERA EXHIBITION CONVERSATIONS: “LENTE CONTEMPORÁNEA: A LOOK AT FRIDA & DIEGO”

See page 34

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SUNDAY 1:30 TO 10:30 A.M.

HEARD MUSEUM, HEARD MUSEUM SHOP 2301 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004

September 1

FRIDAY

FIRST FRIDAY: LET’S INNOVATE!

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TUESDAY TO MONDAY

TRAVEL WITH THE GUILD: MEXICO CITY Join Stephen Bernier of South of the Border Tours and Richard Ellis, longtime resident of Mexico, for a fabulous weeklong adventure to one of the most fascinating cities in the world…Mexico City!

November 3

FRIDAY THROUGH JULY 15, 2018

FIRST FIRDAY & PUBLIC OPENING: AWA TSIREH: PUEBLO PAINTER AND METALSMITH

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SATURDAY TO THURSDAY

TRAVEL WITH THE GUILD: SANTA FE Our tour begins with a visit to the Thanksgiving Feast day of Jemez Pueblo.

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October 6

FRIDAY 6 TO 10 P.M.

SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. – 5 P.M.

PUBLIC OPENING: OF GOD AND MORTAL MEN: MASTERWORKS BY T.C. CANNON FROM THE NANCY AND RICHARD BLOCH COLLECTION Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery

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SATURDAY 6 P.M.

Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day & Christmas.

Events Hotline: 602.252.8848 Shop: 602.252.8344 1.800.252.8344

THE COURTYARD CAFÉ Open Every Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

602.251.0204

COFFEE CANTINA

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Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

AMERICAN INDIAN VETERAN’S NATIONAL MEMORIAL SUNSET TRIBUTE

FIRST FRIDAY

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9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Main: 602.252.8840

Limited participation.

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Monday to Saturday,

Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

We appreciate the support of these sponsors:

December 1-8

FRIDAY TO FRIDAY

THE MAYA CULTURE For the first time, the Guild is visiting the amazing Mayan culture. This busy eightday tour will take us to the incredible archeological treasures of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal.

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Increase your support through our community partners:

MOONDANCE Save the date for our annual evening fundraiser. Ticket information to be announced.

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M EM B ER S H I P

TRIP TO TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS

By Allison Lester, Membership Manager Enhance your experience of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by joining us on May 2, 2017 for a limited members-only trip to Tucson to view Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.

Prepare to transport yourself to Frida and Diego’s garden at la Casa Azul in Mexico City with this unique horticultural installation. Created, and originally exhibited by the New York Botanical Garden, Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life is the first to ever focus on Kahlo’s engagement with nature, revealing her intense interest, aesthetic appreciation and deep knowledge of the natural world, especially Mexico’s plant life.

Lunch will be generously hosted by Dino and Elizabeth Murfee DeConcini, a Heard Museum trustee. Nestled in the BlenmanElm neighborhood, you will be treated to a tour of their historic adobe home and a modest collection of American Indian art, textiles and baskets.

You will conclude the day with a tour of the Arizona State Museum’s new permanent exhibition, Woven Through Time: American Treasures of Native Basketry and Fiber Art and stateof-the-art conservation lab. Established in 1893, the Arizona State Museum is the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the region focusing on the indigenous cultures of the US Southwest and northern Mexico.

Please meet at the Heard Museum no later than 7:30 a.m.

Our bus will leave at 8 a.m. Ample rest stops will be made throughout the day. We will then return to the museum no later than 7 p.m. Lunch, snacks refreshments and travel accommodations are included in the registration fee.

Cost: $100 Date: May 2, 2017 Space is limited to the first 30 participants so please call Allison Lester, Membership Manager to reserve you seat.

602.251.0262 | alester@heard.org

Above: from the Tucson Botanical Garden’s website. Installation detail of Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life.

Right: Garden at the Casa Azul during the Circles trip to Mexico City.

Photo: John Bulla

WELCOME We’d like to welcome several new members to the Circles of Giving program: Judith M. Dworkin, Heard Museum Trustee and Kalman D. Pijawka, Ph.D. Turquoise Circle Laura and Michael Levenberg Turquoise Circle Ellen and William Taubman Turquoise Circle

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OF GOD AND MORTAL MEN: MASTERWORKS

BY T.C. CANNON FROM THE NANCY AND RICHARD BLOCH COLLECTION OPENING OCT. 14, 2017 ON DISPLAY THROUGH APRIL 15, 2018 The paintings by T.C. Cannon that comprise the Bloch Collection represent the finest examples by a multifaceted artist whose voice and talent resonate and inspire nearly forty years after his passing. The major canvases in the Collection speak to multiple themes—his early mastery of color in Man I’d Like to Have that Pinto Pony; his compelling and ironic twist on the Plains warrior motif and Kiowa history in Washington Landscape with Peace Medal Indian; his regard for family heritage in Grandmother Gestating Father and the Washita River Runs Ribbon-Like; and his tribute to the power of music in A Remembered Muse. Each work of art has a palpable power to engage, foster ideas and be truly memorable. It is the finest group of T.C. Cannon’s paintings known to exist in either private or public collections.

Above: T.C. Cannon photo by Herb Lotz. Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), HP.2008.25.17

AWA TSIREH: PUEBLO PAINTER AND METALSMITH OPENING NOV. 3, 2017 (FIRST FRIDAY) ON DISPLAY THROUGH JULY 15, 2018 This exhibit explores the paintings and metalworks of San Ildefonso artist Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal). Born at San Ildefonso Pueblo in 1898, Awa Tsireh began his painting career in 1917 and by the early 1920s his work was exhibited nationally. Although he received accolades for his paintings throughout his lifetime, less is known about Awa Tsireh’s work in silver and copper. As early as 1930, the artist was spending summers at the Garden of the Gods Trading Post in Colorado Springs where he made whimsical silver brooches and large copper and silver trays decorated with intricate stampwork. This exhibit will chronical Awa Tsireh’s painting and metalwork career drawing from collections of the Heard Museum, art museums across the U. S., and the collection of Norman L. Sandfield. The exhibit is accompanied by a 140-page catalogue.

Above: Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), San Ildefonso Pueblo, silver brooch, 1930s-1940s. Norman L. Sandfield Collection

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