Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

06/12/2026

Do you have Native art you want to consign or donate? Our next intake day is July 25- all to benefit the museum! https://wheelwright.org/event/benefitintake26/

06/10/2026

JULY 5 Enjoy FREE museum admission from Noon-5pm.
Arts Alive! Drop-in activity – overprinting your T-shirt with Jacob Meders, from Noon-3pm
>>>Bring an old T-Shirt to print on!
For the fourth year running, join Mechoopda-Maidu artist Jacob Meders who will help you transform your old t-shirt or other shirt into a new work of art through silk screening. An ever popular drop-in activity where you transform your t-shirt into a new work of art. Meders is member of the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California, and currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an Associate Professor in New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at Arizona State University, Glendale, and owner of WarBird Press, a fine art printmaking studio that he operates as the Master Printmaker.
Arts Alive! will be held downstairs in the Museum Classroom. See Intimate Landscapes Part II and shop the Case Trading Post during your visit.

06/09/2026

LAST CHANCE to see Emmi Whitehorse: Intimate Landscapes PART I! This show closes soon- we hope you can visit soon.
https://wheelwright.org/exhibitions/

“My paintings tell the story of knowing land over time—of being completely, microcosmically within a place,” says Whitehorse of her enigmatic compositions. For over 40 years, the unique landscape of the Southwest has been a prevailing source of inspiration for the artist. Her works on paper and canvas often situate abstract, gestural marks amidst vaporous fields of color. The intimate and intuitive nature of the artist’s organic forms are tethered to complex and constantly changing geographies and environments. Deliberately meditative and slow, these paintings register fleeting sensory perceptions and subtle shifts in light, space, and color—the central axes around which the artist’s work has evolved. Throughout her career, Whitehorse’s longstanding commitment to beauty and peace has its origins in the Navajo philosophy Hózhó, which seeks to achieve a harmonious balance of life, mind, and body with nature.

06/04/2026

Don't miss it. Part I of Emmi Whitehorse: Intimate Landscapes closes soon. Enjoy this short film about Emmi's life and process to prepare for your visit!

In this interview with the artist, filmed at Emmi Whitehorse Studio in October 2025 and produced and edited by Kelso Meyer (Diné), you'll hear directly from ...

06/01/2026

Low ticket alert! We sure to get your spot today!
https://shop.wheelwright.org/products/whitehorserippard

05/30/2026

No RSVP needed but don’t miss this CURATOR'S TOUR before EMMI WHITEHORSE: INTIMATE LANDSCAPES PART I closes!
Led by Hadley Jensen, curator of collections and research, this tour will offer an exciting glimpse into the development of Emmi Whitehorse: Intimate Landscapes and the Wheelwright Museum’s collaboration with the artist.

Meet at the Admissions desk; tour will be held in the Slater and Klah galleries.

It will be an opportunity to hear directly from the curator about key works and learn more about the artist’s process.

05/27/2026

Have you seen it? The short film on by is not to be missed. It gives an intriguing and intimate view into Emmi’s life, studio and work. Visit “Intimate Landscapes” today before Part I ends next month! Able to visit Friday, June 5? Catch our curator’s tour of Part I with Hadley Jensen! Details online.

05/26/2026

One of the early important exhibitions for Whitehorse’s work happened at Santa Fe’s Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in the 1990s. And now, the museum has just opened Part One of a two-part retrospective of Whitehorse’s paintings titled Intimate Landscapes. Part One is titled Light and Space and Part Two, opening in June is titled Line and Form. Together, the exhibition looks at forty-five years of her career through forty paintings.

We were lucky enough to visit Emmi in her studio, which is full of Japanese anime collectibles — and quite a few bunnies. When we asked about the bunnies, she explained I just like them.
READ: https://santafemagazine.co/article/not-another-blanket/

05/26/2026

June is almost here and we’re ready to have you join us for amazing art and events! Drop in art, tours and discussions await!

05/25/2026

Emmi Whitehorse makes this list….and you have the opportunity to see much of her earlier work NOW in her solo exhibition: Intimate Landscapes Part I.

This Women’s History Month, we delve into art from 15 Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women

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