Blowing Bubbles and Being Tradish. Two Native sisters, Acadia and Danae (Laguna Pueblo), Laguna Pueblo, NM, 20222. By Shannon Stevens (Laguna Pueblo/Hopi).
February 21-July 20, 2024
This exhibit highlights new acquisitions of twenty works by eleven Indigenous photographers. Included are established artists Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Will Wilson (Diné), and Eugene Tapahe (Diné). Emerging artists include James Jay (Akimel O’odham/Tohono O’odham), Kyle Knox (Hopi/Akimel O’odham/Pee Posh), Charnelle Leslie (Hopi), Tomás Karmelo Amaya (A:shiwi/Rarámuri/Yoeme), Kailani Lewis (Tohono O’odham), Augustine Fernando Lopez (Yaqui), and Shannon Stevens (Laguna Pueblo/Hopi).
An introduction by Jannelle Weakly, ASM’s manager of multimedia collections, and Sam A. Minkler (Diné), Northern Arizona University associate professor of photography (and one of his prints), round out the exhibit.
Acquisition of these photographs was made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
