Albuquerque Museum Member Magazine, Fall 2018

The magazine of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation — Fall 2018

Artsthrive | Visions of the Hispanic World | Casa Celebrates 20 Years

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In This Issue:

Tiffany Roach Martin

Hispanic Visions.................................................................................................................... 2

Scott Schaffer

Behind the Scenes................................................................................................................ 7

Corinne Thevenet Gerard (Roddy) Thomson, Jr. Alfred Volden Tracey Weisberg

ArtsThrive.............................................................................................................................. 8 Casa Celebrates 20 Years.................................................................................................. 10 New Faces........................................................................................................................... 12 Works on Paper.................................................................................................................. 13

ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I am Reading: Anne Hillerman......................................................................................... 14

Judith Suiter, Chair

Maria Griego-Raby, AM Foundation

I am Giving: Foundation News......................................................................................... 15

Hal Behl

Joni M. Palmer, PhD

Beverly Bendicksen

Pamela Weese

Wayne G. Chew

Alan Weitzel

V I S I T U S AT:

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VISIONS OF THE HISPANIC WORLD

Hispanic Visions

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The Hispanic Society’s unparalled collection of masterpieces comes to the Museum.

HE UPCOMING EXHIBITION

Society, and some have never been

New Mexicans to celebrate world

Visions of the Hispanic World:

exhibited at all.

cultures through exceptional artistic

Treasures from the Hispanic

“Visions of the Hispanic World

Society Museum and Library,

tells a rich story of cultures settling

masterpieces of a nation linked through history to many who live here.”

opening November 10, includes more

in Spain and bringing the best and

than 200 exceptional works spanning

most innovative elements of their

executive director at the Hispanic

3,000 years from the Hispanic Society

respective heritages to the Iberian

Society, Visions of the Hispanic World

of America collections. A significant

Peninsula and the Spanish Colonies,”

highlights works from Spain and Latin

number of these works have not been

says Andrew Connors, Albuquerque

America drawn from the Hispanic

exhibited outside of the Hispanic

Museum director. “This exhibit allows

Society’s renowned museum and library

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Curated by Mitchell A. Codding,

VISIONS OF THE HISPANIC WORLD

FAR LEFT: Sculpture in the style of Gil

de Siloe/workshop of Gil de Siloe, Effigy of Doña Mencía Enríquez de Toledo, Duchess of Alburquerque, Monasterio de San Francisco, Cuéllar, Spain, 1498, alabaster, D275/1a-b.

LEFT: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes,

The Duchess of Alba,1797, oil on canvas, 210.2 x 149.2 cm, A102.

BELOW: Diego Velázquez, Portrait

of a Little Girl, ca. 1638-42, oil on canvas, 51.5 x 41 cm, A108.

BELOW RIGHT: Fibula, Celtiberian Spain, ca. 125-100 BCE, silver, gold foil, H 3.3 x L 6.5 x W 2.5 cm, R3176.

collections. The expansive exhibition

During Huntington’s teenage trips to

includes archaeological works from the

Europe, he fell in love with Spanish

Iberian Peninsula; arts of Islamic Spain;

culture, and subsequently spent years

paintings, sculpture, decorative arts,

studying the language (as well as

and manuscripts from Medieval, Golden

Arabic), collecting items, meeting the

Age, and eighteenth-century Spain;

people, and developing relationships

Latin American colonial and nineteenth-

with artists, patrons, and royalty. When

century paintings, sculpture, decorative

his father asked him to take over the

arts, and manuscripts; and Spanish

family shipping business, he opted out,

paintings of the nineteenth and early

choosing instead to establish a free

twentieth centuries.

public museum and reference library

Visions is extraordinary for reasons beyond the exhibition’s art: It has catapulted the Hispanic Society’s significant and little known collection into the international spotlight.

Archer Milton Huntington (18701955), philanthropist and heir to a shipping empire, founded the Hispanic Society in 1904—and it’s largely thanks

for the study of the art and culture of

ON VIEW:

NOVEMBER 10, 2018– MARCH 31, 2019 PART I – November 10 through March 31.

Ancient, Islamic, Medieval, Golden Age Spain, Colonial and 19th century Latin America, including works

by El Greco, Velázquez, and Zurbaran PART II –December 22 through March 31.

Goya through the 1920s in Spain Special exhibit surcharge of $5 for Visions of the Hispanic World applies to all guests, including members.

No surcharge for children 12 and under when accompanied by an adult paying guest.

Surcharge applies during free days and events at the Albuquerque Museum.

Guest passes are not valid for Visions of the Hispanic World.

This exhibition is organized

by The Hispanic Society of America and is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

to his personal acquisitions that the collection is so esteemed. Quiet and studious, as a child Huntington built make-believe museums out of boxes and pictures cut from magazines, according to James F. Cooper, who wrote an essay about Huntington and the Hispanic Society in the Fall 2010 edition of American Arts Quarterly.

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VISIONS OF THE HISPANIC WORLD

LEFT: José Agustín Arriet (1803 Santa

Ana Chiautempan, Tlaxcala, Mexico – 1874 Puebla, Mexico), Young Man from the Coast/El Costeño Puebla, Mexico, ca. 1843, oil on canvas, 89 x 71 cm, LA2391.

ABOVE: Joaquín de Sorolla y Bastida (1863 Valencia, Spain –1923 Madrid, Spain), After the Bath, 1908, oil on canvas, 176 x 111.5 cm, A296.

Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and

style buildings developed in the

the Philippines. His obsession went

early twentieth century. Huntington

beyond collecting; he also sponsored

designed the buildings as “an American

expeditions and excavations, building

Parnassus,” wrote Cooper, “… a sacred

the Hispanic Society’s collection

place of learning … and the arts.”

of antiquities—some of which he

The complex housed other societies,

discovered—into one of the most

including the American Geographical

important in the world.

Society. When the city’s cultural life

The Society is located in New

moved to Midtown, the Hispanic

York City’s Washington Heights

Society became a somewhat forgotten

neighborhood, far from the midtown

and obscure institution, albeit with an

Manhattan cultural corridor, in ornate

unprecedented collection in a stunning

Beaux-Arts/American Renaissance–

campus. The collections of the Hispanic

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VISIONS OF THE HISPANIC WORLD

Society include works by El Greco,

to Spain and large Hispanic populations

that diverse heritage. One item of

Velazquez, Goya, and Sorolla, as well as

to show Visions. New Mexico is a perfect

interest is the funerary monument of

6,000 objects in the Society’s decorative

fit, given the state’s history. Spanish

the Duchess of Alburquerque, Mencía

arts collection, 15,000 prints from the

settlers brought many elements of

Enríquez de Toledo, an ancestor of the

seventeenth to early twentieth century,

Spanish culture, technology, and faith

Duke of Alburquerque, for whom, in

and photographs from 1850 to the

to this region, says Connors. “What is

1706, our city was named.

early twentieth century. Before closing

less known here, and throughout most

for renovations in 2017, the museum

of the United States, is the exceptionally

renewed energy, plus local and national

received only about 25,000 visitors a year.

diverse cultural heritage that makes up

funders, the fruits of Huntington’s

Its rejuvenation project presented an

Spain itself.” Items such as Celtiberian

obsession are available to many more

opportunity to bring more of its collection

jewelry, a 15th century Hebrew bible,

people, telling an important, complex,

out of the vaults and share it with people

and a Visigothic belt buckle highlight

and artistically rich story.

Thanks to the Hispanic Society’s

far beyond Manhattan’s north end. At the traveling exhibition’s first stop in Spain, Museo del Prado opened a museumwithin-a-museum for the collection, devoting three floors of a new wing to

SPONSORS

Visions. Two of the first visitors were

CONTRACT ASSOCIATES

Spain’s King Juan Carlos and his wife,

ELDORA CRAFT CHOCOLATE

Sofia, according to an article in The New

HOLMAN’S USA

York Times. The Prado’s director told The

LOS POBLANOS

Times that they were expecting 400,000 total visitors. After Spain, the exhibition traveled to the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Its third stop is Albuquerque.

The Hispanic Society deliberately chose places with deep historical roots

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BELOW LEFT: Juan Rodríguez Juárez, De Mestizo y de India produce Coyote Mexico, ca. 1720, oil on canvas, 103.8 x 146.4 cm, LA2122.

BELOW CENTER: Khalaf, ca. 966 Pyxis. Ivory with chased and nielloed silver-gilt mounts, H 16 x 10.1 cm, D752.

BELOW RIGHT: Spiral bracelet Celtiberian, Spain, ca. 125-100 B.C.E., silver, L 15 x D 6.65 cm, R3152.

FAR LEFT: Nancy Attaway has her mic

adjusted during her interview.

LEFT: Lara Dale of Footvox Studios BELOW: Ema Tanigaki, born 1968 Kanazawa, Japan; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gold Eagle Necklace, 2002-2003; crocheted gold plated stainless steel wire, glass, and amber 14 ¼ x 5 7/8 in. Albuquerque Museum, gift of Barbara Bergman, Tucson, Arizona PC2017.29.1

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VARA Wines Supports Hispanic Visions LOCATED IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NORTH VALLEY, VARA Wines’

here 140 years prior to being made

connections make it an ideal sponsor

brought vitis vinifera cuttings to the

for Visions of the Hispanic World:

new world for their sacramental

Treasures from the Hispanic Society

wines. Those mission grapes are still

Museum and Library. First, co-founder

harvested in New Mexico today. The

Xavier Zamarripa’s family is Basque,

New Mexico territory was once the

so his Spanish connections run deep.

fifth largest wine producer in America.

Second, the winery also weaves

Today it is not even in the top ten.

Spanish and New Mexico viticulture in its just-opened tasting room.

VARA has been a journey for

in California. Spanish missionaries

“We wanted to be able to tell that story, and to put New Mexico back on the wine map,” Zamarripa says.

Zamarripa and business partner Doug

“We have vineyards in New Mexico,

Diefenthaler. Zamarripa attempted

Spain, California, and all along the Rio

to open a winery in 2013, but some

Grande Valley. Everything we do is

North Valley neighbors opposed it.

Spanish centric.”

Five years later, a tasting room is finally

Zamarripa also hopes to introduce

open on Alameda, a few miles from the

young people to the importance of

original proposed location. Right now,

philanthropy and supporting the arts.

VARA sources wines from Spain and

“It is our responsibility to give time and

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money to things that are important to

own grapes and bottle their own wines.

society,” he says. “Art and history are

The support VARA offers the

what create the memories, and art is a

Museum speaks to the winery’s

constant reminder and a guardian for

deep connection to New Mexico’s

the future. We need to inspire different

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important works of art and artifacts from around the globe, according to the NEA. In 2017, Baskette took the lead on a massive domestic indemnity application to bring Visions of the Hispanic World to Albuquerque, as well as to the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Orlando Museum of Art. Applying for the grant requires institutions hosting the works to operate using best practices, from protecting the works with proper temperature and climate controls to the staff’s qualifications.

The application landed on her desk

Behind the Scenes

with a virtual thud: Baskette says she answered forty initial questions, and then another forty follow-up questions. The

Registrar Amy Baskette’s paperwork makes exhibitions possible.

final application was over 300 pages and

A MUSEUM EXHIBITION is like time

art and artifacts against theft and damage.

insurance, it will indemnify a portion of

travel. It transports the visitor into a richly

Insurance is sometimes one of the most

the exhibition, meaning that it reduces

illustrated nonfiction story. But the seamless

costly parts of developing an exhibition.

the total value each host museum must

had five separate parts. Her work paid off; the grant was awarded.

While it won’t actually pay the

creation of such a rich tale requires unending details behind the scenes.

Organizing each piece of work’s journey

An act of Congress helped museums

cover under their fine arts insurance.

minimize those costs. In 1975, the Arts and

“The value of the indemnity grant

Artifacts International Indemnity program

reduced the cost significantly. If we

into a finished exhibition falls to registrar

insured international exhibitions; it added

had needed to cover the insurance

Amy Baskette, who says her job “breeds

domestic indemnity in 2007. Since its

one hundred percent it would not have

paperwork.” The current American Jewelry

inception, the program has indemnified

been affordable to travel [Visions]

from New Mexico, for example, contains

930 exhibitions, saving organizers nearly

to Albuquerque. That’s the point of

pieces from fifty-two different lenders

$250 million in insurance premiums.

indemnity,” Baskette explains.

and institutions. “It’s my job to make sure

Some 250 museums nationwide have

they all get returned,” she says. Baskette

participated in the program—including this

Prior to starting at the Museum in 2016,

manages item records including their

institution, which was part of a domestic

Baskette was a curatorial assistant at the

provenance (where they come from),

indemnity grant the American Federation

Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait

accession number (the unique number

of Arts used to defray insurance costs

Gallery—a federal institution that didn’t

given to a museum catalogue object), and

of bringing the 2017 exhibition,

need to apply for such funding. Her new-

museum or owner of origin.

This was Baskette’s first indemnity grant.

When Modern was Contemporary, to

found expertise will help the Museum to

And of course, insurance: Any exhibition

Albuquerque. The indemnity grants make

bring quality international exhibitions to

budget includes a fund to protect valuable

it possible for millions of Americans to see

Albuquerque in the future.

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ARTSTHRIVE

Jewelers Come to ArtsThrive Museum-quality jewelry will be available for purchase for the first time.

I

TOP: ArtsThrive party ABOVE: Kristin

Deiner, Pollinator: The Queen’s Honey Drops: Necklace/Amulet with Handmade Chain, 2017. Sterling and fine silver, 24K gold in glass, Frank-enameled head pin, brass accents, found object, paper, mica, rainbow moonstones, Ethiopian opals, pearls, glass and shell buttons, eyeglass frame fragment, 12x3x.5 inches.

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N KEEPING WITH THE American

to participate in ArtsThrive brought her

Jewelry from New Mexico exhibition,

to tears. “As an artist who creates and

the Museum is spotlighting

comments through the art form of jewelry

wearable art for the first time in

and adornment, I feel so fortunate to be

Albuquerque Museum Foundation’s

part of a community that includes me and

fundraising exhibition, ArtsThrive. From

my creative voice. This is a rare occurrence

October 21–December 2, patrons will

for a jeweler/metalsmith to be exhibited as

be able to shop for museum-quality

an artist in an art museum,” she says.

adornments from jewelry artists Liz Sabol,

Of late, she’s been working large—really

Kathryn Bowman, Jack Boglioli, and Kristin

large. Her American Jewelry from New

Deiner, whose work will be shown among

Mexico piece, New Orleans & Alabama/

more than 120 artists selected for the 28th

Mississippi Gulf Coast Love Story: Loss and

Annual ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition & Benefit.

Lament: Fertility Reliquary II hangs forty-six

Deiner, an internationally exhibited

inches on its handmade chain. It is made

metalsmith whose work was shown in

of eyeglass lenses, antique buttons, candy

American Jewelry, says the invitation

wrappers, and myriad other items, which

ARTSTHRIVE

ON VIEW

EXHIBITION OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC: OCTOBER 21– DECEMBER 2, 2018.

LEFT: Jack Boglioli, Look Within, 2018.

Sterling and fine silver, 18K gold, Australian opal, ruby, amethyst, and white topaz, 2 3/8x 3/4 inches. RIGHT: ArtsThrive is an important event for collectors.

Look Within, a pendant with a center opal with semiprecious stone accents that complement the gem’s flash. “I’m making this piece using my techniques of binding and weaving with thin strands of silver and gold,” he says of the intricate design.

Liz Sabol’s hand-painted resin designs

typify Deiner’s assemblage aesthetic. For

and Kathryn Bowman’s colorful, beaded

ArtsThrive, she’s aiming for smaller, though

floral creations will also be available at

equally intricate, pieces. “I am working

ArtsThrive.

on amulet wearable objects with ‘tons’ of

Jen Mulliniks, owner of meeting-

silver soldering, torch work, fabrication,

space provider Gravitate and long-time

beautiful stones, handmade chain and

supporter of the arts, has purchased art

findings, . . . elaborate and every-day, all

works at ArtsThrive. She uses Gravitate’s

in one! . . . I only complete objects that I

space to show her collection and expose

feel really add something to the world, so

artists to the community. “My favorite

it can take quite a while and morphing to

thing about ArtsThrive is how surprised I

get the right combination and message,”

am in myself for having fallen in love with

she says.

a piece that is completely unlike anything

Jack Boglioli finds the artistic talent present at ArtsThrive overwhelming—in a good way. “Having my work on display alongside the work of over 100 other respected artists is an honor,” he says.

For Boglioli, the event’s cause is intensely

I own.”

The 28th Annual ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition & Benefit is a six-week invitational exhibition hosted by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation and held at the Albuquerque Museum.

Proceeds from art sales and sponsorships provide valuable funding for the Museum’s educational programs for children and families, Museum exhibition support, and acquisitions.

Participating artists receive sixty percent of their art sales.

Artwork available for purchase through the Museum Store and online.

Visit albuquerquemuseum. org/artsthrive/ for online sales beginning October 27.

Contact the Albuquerque Museum Foundation for more information about the artists and supporting ArtsThrive: 505.842.0111.

motivating, which inspired his creation

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CASA SAN YSIDRO

Casa’s 20 Years of Open Doors

The historic home opened to visitors in 1998.

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N OCTOBER 13, Casa San Ysidro celebrates an historic milestone: 20 years ago, to the day, Casa San

Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House opened to the public for tours.

When Ward Alan and Shirley Minge

purchased the property in 1954, they didn’t intend it to be a museum. They simply wanted a family home, one in which they could indulge their passions for collecting and preserving utilitarian Hispanic New Mexican artifacts and building methods.

Jesús Maria Gutiérrez of Corrales built the house in the mid-1870s, though the Gutiérrez family could have owned the land as far back as 1778. By 1875, Jesús Maria’s father, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez,

though visitors like Lalla Candelaria

was living on the site, either in Casa

Rinaldi, who was born in 1932, lingered.

or in a previously existing dwelling,

In the kitchen she recalled, “I stood at

according to his great-granddaughter

this window, opened a hinge, and fed a

Stella Gutiérrez-Sandoval Mares. It’s

horse through the window.”

unknown if its builder ever lived there,

Five or six generations of the Gutiérrez family lived there. Alan Minge remembers, “The Gutiérrez family comes back occasionally and they want to see the bedroom where they slept as kids. Then the Griegos . . . when they

FROM TOP: Postcard to Dr. Minge,

circa 1974; Corrales historic home tour map, 1988; A poem about Casa San Ysidro, circa 1969. RIGHT: Dr. Ward Allen Minge.

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visit, they love to come to [the galería] because they said as kids they used to dance in this hall. They’d come over here on Saturday nights and dance over here

CASA SAN YSIDRO

LEFT: Gran sala, 1984

DAVID NUFER

ROBERT RECK

BELOW: Dining room, 2012

with the Gutiérrezes. What Hispanos are

interested in it, including the Boston

the Minges’ more than 1,800-piece

moved by is to find all this together in a

Museum of Fine Arts, Peabody Museum

collection of furniture, religious art,

meaningful way. This was their life.”

of Archaeology and Ethnology, and the

Hispanic and Native American weavings

When the Minges decided to move,

National Museum of American History.

and pottery, household implements,

they wanted to donate the property

But the Minges wanted the collection to

and agricultural tools through voter-

to a museum that would keep the

stay in New Mexico.

approved bonds. In 1997, the Museum

collection intact. Many institutions were

The Museum acquired most of

purchased much of the Minges’ remaining collection and the Minges donated the property and structure that

20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Casa San Ysidro is celebrating its twenty-year anniversary with the Albuquerque Museum on October 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 973 Old Church Road, Corrales.

Visitors can enjoy tours of collection items; live baroque and Spanish Colonial music from Baroque ’n Arts; recorded lectures from Alan Minge; and a scavenger hunt to win a free class at Casa San Ysidro.

year. Then-Mayor Martin Chávez officially dedicated Casa on November 7, 1997.

It would be almost another year before the building was repaired, the tour guides trained, and the site opened to the public. It’s one of only four public museums in the state where items are exhibited against a regionally significant architectural backdrop.

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New Faces Q

WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS ROLE?

A

When this position came up, I was so excited. It checked all the boxes.

I’ve always had an interest in photography, so I liked the idea of getting to work with photographs. It also combined my skills in museums with my love of history. Now that I’m here, I’m seeing that the resources available are even greater than I expected, and I expected a lot.

THREE QUESTIONS FOR NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVIST JILL HARTKE Jill Hartke recently took over the

SALLY JACKSON JOINS THE MUSEUM STORE Sally Jackson joined the Albuquerque

Q

WHAT’S YOUR VISION FOR THE ARCHIVES?

A

What I would really like long term

retail sector, which includes time working

is that the archives become the first

in the garment industries in New York

Museum Store in the summer, taking over as store manager from Maureen Ryan.

Jackson draws on her long career in the

place researchers and history buffs think

and San Francisco; overseeing Lace, a

Albuquerque Museum’s archives after

of when they’re looking for photographs.

former store in Nob Hill; merchandising

Glenn Fye’s retirement. The collection

What I’ve found is that they’re led here

for a catalogue; and working in the

includes about 130,000 black-and-white

by other organizations collecting local

predecessor gallery to 516 ARTS. She

prints, glass prints, negatives, photo

history. But we’re not necessarily the first

also spent several years as director of

albums, and oral histories. Hartke grew

place they think of. I want to promote

commercial operations for Albuquerque’s

up combing census records and muster

the collection as a rich resource for local

National Museum of Nuclear Science and

rolls in the Missouri State Archives with her

history, make more people aware of it, and

History, where she also oversaw and ran

genealogy-loving father. So with graduate

make it more accessible on the internet.

the store. In that position, she frequently

Q

compared notes with Albuquerque

DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR PHOTO EXHIBITIONS IN THE FUTURE?

Museum Store staff. “I’ve always loved

A

the Museum Store and always loved

degrees in museum studies and library science in hand, she started her career in those same archives. She relocated to the Duke City to take a job with the Public Library of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County as a children’s librarian. Despite never having worked in that role before,

the Albuquerque Museum in general,” she says. “I had a lot of interchange with

I definitely have plans for an

it. It’s only improved over time. It’s a

exhibition on the beer brewing

pleasure to be here.”

industry. There are also a couple of really

Maureen Ryan will continue as

Valley working with the kids and getting to

interesting local photographers that I’m

the store’s buyer, and the two have

know the community.

trying to get more background on. I’m

been working closely together on the

learning so much. Since I’m not a native

development of the online store, what at

New Mexican or Albuquerquean, I’m trying

press time was planned to open during

to figure all this out as I go.

the 2018 holiday shopping season.

she enjoyed her three years in the South

Jackson says members can expect more Museum logo-emblazoned items, such as hats and mugs, in the shop soon.

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LEFT: Judy Chicago, 1985,

Earth Birth, serigraph on paper, Albuquerque Museum, gift of Mary Ross Taylor.

BELOW: Lynn Chadwick, Teddy Boy and Girl, 1956, lithograph on paper, Albuquerque Museum, gift of Georgia Will and Charles K. Purcell

Works on Paper Gallery Spotlights Sculptors DRAWINGS AND PRINTS

BY SCULPTORS are often viewed as a secondary sort of

a truism that sculptors make

The late New Mexico-based

great drawings and prints.”

Chicano Pop artist Luis

Featured in the Angelique

Jiménez (1940-2006) often

activity, or just a preparatory

& Jim Lowry Works on Paper

evoked the Italian Baroque

process leading to finished

Gallery, the exhibition will

with his roiling forms and

works in steel, stone, bronze,

include approximately

rigorous realistic drawing

and clay. In From Calder

eighteen important

style. Pushing the envelope,

to Chicago: Sculptors on

works from the Museum’s

the exhibition will feature

fragility, works on paper

Paper (through Spring 2019),

permanent collection. These

two standouts from Taos-

cannot remain on permanent

drawing and printmaking

include a lithograph by

based Larry Bell, who uses

display, making the Lowry

are revealed as vital works

modern master Alexander

light, chemistry, and cutting-

Gallery an important means

in themselves. Exhibition

Calder (1898-1976), whose

edge technology to create

to rotate such works into

curator Titus O’Brien observes,

exuberant, child-like animals,

works in numerous media.

public view. Many works in

“Whether it’s Michelangelo,

circus performers, and

O’Brien says, “Neither piece

From Calder to Chicago are

Rodin, Giacometti, or Kiki

abstract doodles were often

is a conventional illustrative

being shown at the Museum

Smith, for some reason three-

turned into monumental

drawing. One was produced

for the first time, including

dimensional artists tend to

steel constructions. In

using chemical vapors, and

a masterful sculptural study

be great on paper. Maybe it

contrast, quintessential post-

the other is mainly composed

by the legendary British

has something to do with the

modernist Judy Chicago’s

of plastic seemingly melted

artist Henry Moore, and two

object-ness of paper itself, or

more politicized humanism

on paper. Demonstrating

wordless artist books by

the technical, physical labor

is evident in two included

his range, around the corner

renowned multi-media artist

of printmaking processes.

works. (Born in Chicago in

visitors can see one of

Richard Tuttle, who splits his

There are probably countless

1939, the influential artist

Jiménez’s light sculptures on

time between New York City

reasons for it, but it’s almost

now lives and works in Belen.)

display in Common Ground.”

and Abiquiu, New Mexico.

Due to their relative

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Ten Minutes with Anne Hillerman Meet the award winning writer at the aM Author Festival.

NEW MEXICO AUTHOR ANNE HILLERMAN continues the mystery series her father, best-selling author Tony Hillerman, created beginning in 1970. Anne’s debut novel, “Spider Woman’s Daughter,” follows the further adventures of the characters Tony Hillerman made famous: Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, and Bernadette Manuelito.

Released by HarperCollins, the book received the Spur Award from Western Writers of America for Best First Novel.

Her second mystery in the series, “Rock with Wings,” was released in May 2015, and quickly became a New York Times best-seller. The third novel in the reinvigorated series, “Song of the Lion,” debuted on The New York Times list in April 2017.

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In collaboration with St. Martin’s Press, she established The Tony Hillerman Prize for best first mystery novel set in the Southwest. She lives and works in Santa Fe and takes frequent trips to the Navajo Nation to research her novels.

Anne belongs to many writers’ organizations and is an emeritus board member of Western Writers of America. She is a frequent presenter at the Tucson Festival of the Book and represented New Mexico at the National Book Festival hosted by the Library of Congress.

Q

TELL US ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE AUTHOR FESTIVAL.

A

I was involved in the first one. I really love the way that it has grown.

This year, on Saturday, David Morrell and I are doing a conversation called “Writing What Floats Your Boat,” which is funny since I write about the desert. For example, the book I just finished has to do with Navajo Long Walk and the Navajo imprisonment at Fort Sumner. That period fascinates me. Following your passion [in your writing] gives you permission to do

Art. History. People.

research on all kinds of things, and helps your character develop into something other than what you and your mother want to read!

The writing workshops on Friday provide a lot of great information in a condensed structure, and the subject matter appeals to people writing fiction, nonfiction, and all different genres.

And on Saturday, at the end of the day, the writing contest award winners will be introduced to the greater community of New Mexico authors and readers. There is really something for every one.

City and all over the state. And, New Mexico needs to celebrate some of the things we do well. Our state really nourishes authors of so many ages and genres. For the general public, it’s a great opportunity to introduce themselves to the writers they love and maybe explore new genres that they haven’t tried before.

For authors, the chance to talk one-on-one with readers is great. Readers have so many good ideas.

For example, they may say, “I really liked this character. Why don’t you bring him back?”

Sometimes people are shy about coming up to authors and talking to them during signings, but authors love it!

Q

WHAT’S THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN AUTHOR FESTIVAL IN NEW MEXICO?

A

Well, for one thing, having it in Albuquerque is a good central spot. I was pleased to see that there were writers from Grants and Silver

AM AUTHOR FESTIVAL:

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2–3, 2018 For detailed schedule, visit http://albuquerquemuseum.org/ author-festival-2018

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Giving

FOUNDATION LAUNCHES PLANNED GIVING SOCIETY

exhibits and exhibits from

The aM Society is a new

gift will allow the museum

formalized legacy program

to continue to strengthen

of the Albuquerque Museum

its collection and its

Foundation. It honors

educational outreach for

those who have chosen to

many years to come.”

the permanent collection.

We hope that our future

commit to the future of the Albuquerque Museum by

WE THANK OUR aM

including the Albuquerque

SOCIETY MEMBERS

Museum Foundation in their

FOR THEIR VISION AND

estate plans. Giving from

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generation to generation is one of the most meaningful and significant ways people can leave a lasting legacy.

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MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES June 1, 2018, through September 5, 2018 IN MEMORY OF JAMES S. CARSON Ann Carson IN MEMORY OF TENA AND RUSSELL HOLLIS R. Harold Hollis IN HONOR OF JORDAN HUNT Maureen Ryan IN MEMORY OF FORMER DOCENT ESTELLE KRAMER Myra Blottner, Kathie Linn, Amy Parkman, Carolyn Tedford and Anne Watters IN MEMORY OF FRANK LOVE Judy Love IN MEMORY OF JENNIFER RIORDAN Judith Suiter IN MEMORY OF KEITH ROTH Mike Godwin

Joni Pierce and Brian DeBruine

IN HONOR OF JULIA SELIGMAN Nancy and Cliff Blaugrund

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Albuquerque Museum

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505.338.8738 or ebfox@

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Deborah Good and Andrew Schultz Marcus Amerman Portrait Cuff R. Harold Hollis Alan Kee Necktie Bolo BJ Jones and Orlando Lucero Goldie Garcia Where’s Oz? Ellen and Jim King Carrie Adell Sediments: No Deposit, No Return

JOHN . HEALY

Ema Tanigaki, Gold Eagle Necklace, crocheted gold plated stainless steel wire, glass, and amber. 14 ¼ x 5 7/8 in.

Albuquerque Museum, gift of Barbara Bergman, Tucson, Arizona.

THANK YOU TO OUR MASTERWORKS SPONSORS FOR THE EXHIBITION AMERICAN JEWELRY FROM NEW MEXICO Anonymous Harold O’Connor Conference Time and Horse Pin Brooch Bead Society of New Mexico Nance Lopez Treasure Necklace Barry K. Berkson Rémy Rotenier Anguille Brooch/Pendent Margaret and Hugh Bell G. Phil Poirier Locket Nancy and Cliff Blaugrund Virgil and Loretta White Blue Glass Bead Bracelet

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Lori King Edward Lee Morgan Nekhbet Necklace

Olinda Luna Chavez Abeitia Jewelers, Socorro Gold Filigree Necklace Marc Coan Designs, Kitchen and Bath Cabinets Kathleen Brennan Boat Series Jennie and Mike Crews Maria Samora Square Cuff Fran Dever and Dale Belcher Clarence Lee Pickup Truck Bracelet Debi Dodge Isaiah Ortiz Heavy Silver Bracelet Janet Long Ford and Robert Ford Kewa Thunderbird Necklace and Navajo Guild Pin The Girls: Patricia Hancock, Maria Griego-Raby and Karen Alarid Cody Sanderson Asymmetrical Bracelet

Art. History. People.

Jeanette Kinker Julia M. Barello Five Hydrangea Brooches Nancy Lindas Brian Yatsattie Bat Bolo Tie Kris and Terry Linton John Trujillo Angelica Mariposa Gallery Founders / Fay Abrams and Peg Cronin Kristin Diener Loss and Lament: Fertility Reliquary II C. McKee-Freese Kabana Octopus Bracelet and Rigney Boone Hummingbird Fetish Necklace Mary and Joseph Mucci Tony Malmed Treasure Bracelet Laurel Nash-Jarecki Nancy and Stephen Attaway Aqua Royale Pendant

The Nash-Jarecki Family Butterfly Pin/Brooch Maureen Ryan Luis Mojica Square Topped Ring Silver Owl, Inc. / Sandra James and Paula Brentan Gregory Burgard Wave Steve Tolber and Louise Campbell-Tolber Ema Tanigaki Gold Eagle Necklace Richard Van Dongen Dale Edaakie Turkey Brooch Pamela Weese Maria Goler Baca Car Heart Pendant Elizabeth Wertheim Colin Coonsis Shattered Cuff Linda Wolcott Paula Crevoshay Pink Lady Beverly and John Young Robin Waynee Rolling Pearl Bracelet

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MUSEUM STORE OH WHAT FUN! WOODEN DRAWING BOARD For hours of creative play, from Petit Collage, which created bold, thoughtful toys to inspire little ones.

LET YOUR IMAGINATION BLOOM with these eye-catching paper vases. Just slip one over a bottle or glass and you are transported to the sunny Mediterranean. Water resistant paper, handmade in Barcelona.

WATER BOTTLE REINVENTED Que bottles are collapsible, colorful, lightweight, food grade silicone that match your AlbuquerQUE style.

FLATYZ are a contemporary take on traditional candles.

Talented artisans in Lithuania not only pour each candle by hand but also decorate them with high quality paints. Each smokeless, dripless candle comes with an easy-to-assemble aluminum base.

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ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 7006 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87194

Front Cover Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746 – 1828), The Duchess of Alba,1797.

Oil on canvas. 210.2 x 149.2 cm. A102.

COMING SOON TO THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM PESOS AND PATRIOTS: NEW MEXICO’S ROLE IN THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE January 26 to May 19, 2019 As loyal citizens to the crown of Spain, residents of New Mexico donated to the American cause in the fight for freedom from the British. Spain provided supplies, arms, and other aid needed to fight the British, which played a key role in battles like the one fought at Pensacola.

Arms, armor, artifacts, photos, maps, and histories of the men and women who responded to an edict from the King of Spain tell a story that has only recently begun to come to light.

The exploits of ten Albuquerque soldiers who enlisted in the Light Soldier Dragoon stationed at the Presidio of Santa Fe live on in their direct descendants who still live in New Mexico.

This Community History exhibition is curated by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Charles Dibrell Chapter.

A soldier from the Province of New Spain, by Ramón de Murillo. Courtesy of the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Spain.