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Events in September 2019–February 2020

  • - DART Talks: Q&A with Humane Borders
    DART Talks: Q&A with Humane Borders

    Category: General DART Talks: Q&A with Humane Borders

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    November 16, 2019

    We invite you to join us for this special event.

    Join humanitarian experts from Humane Borders for an engaging conversation on immigration and the border crisis.

    In response to our current exhibition by Delilah Montoya, SED: Trail of Thirst, it is our aim to educate and inform the public on why people leave their home and embark on such a treacherous journey through the desert.

    Please feel free to come earlier to view the compelling images from the SED exhibition for a full-sensory and moving afternoon.

    Cost: Free
    Please note: there is a fee to visit the museum collection

    RSVP here

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  • - Mata Ortiz Trunk Show
    Mata Ortiz Trunk Show

    Category: General Mata Ortiz Trunk Show

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    December 8, 2019

    Come see the amazing Mata Ortiz pottery, and make your holiday purchases easy! Mata Ortiz pottery beautifully recreates Mogollon pottery found in and around the archeological site of Casas Grandes (in Chihuahua Mexico).

  • - ART IS THE SEED: Contemporary Female Native American Art Inspired by Traditional Crafts
    ART IS THE SEED: Contemporary Female Native American Art Inspired by Traditional Crafts

    Category: General ART IS THE SEED: Contemporary Female Native American Art Inspired by Traditional Crafts

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    January 10, 2020

    In this panel, Marla Allison (Laguna Pueblo painter), Dr. Barbara Mills (U of A Regents' Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology), and Reid Gómez (writer, scholar, and U of A assistant professor of Women’s and Gender Studies), team up to discuss indigenous female-dominated arts and crafts of the American Southwest and how makers of the past and present have drawn inspiration and power from the creativity of the matriarchs who came before them. The panel will explore the evolution of crafts from a historic perspective and how artists today build on the past legacies of others and how one generation has often built off the last to create new and contemporary artforms.

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  • - The REDress Project Opening Ceremony
    The REDress Project Opening Ceremony

    Category: General The REDress Project Opening Ceremony

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    January 11, 2020

    See renowned métis artist Jaime Black’s compelling exhibition The REDress Project. In this work, the artist addresses the pressing crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW). The exhibition opening will feature an opening ceremony, a topical documentary presented by the Global Indigenous Council, entitled "Somebody's Daughter", and a lecture from the artist Jaime Black herself. Please join us for a day of intellectual stimulation, and poignant reflection.

    Admission to the event is free with a suggested donation payable here or in person.

    If you are interested in becoming a member and gaining free access to all of our exhibitions and special programming please visit us at: https://tucsondart.org/support/

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  • - Christina Holland Designs Pop Up Opening Reception
    Christina Holland Designs Pop Up Opening Reception

    Category: General Christina Holland Designs Pop Up Opening Reception

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    February 1, 2020

    Local Tucson jeweler Christina Holland will be a Gem Show feature in the Four Corners Gallery & Gift Shop at the Tucson Desert Art Museum.

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  • - Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry Regiment Told Through the Art of David Laughlin
    Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry Regiment Told Through the Art of David Laughlin

    Category: General Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry Regiment Told Through the Art of David Laughlin

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    February 7, 2020

    Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry Regiment Told Through the Art of David Laughlin paints a picture of daily life for African American soldiers serving in the post-Civil War American West.Through his paintings, pen and ink drawings and block prints, artist David Laughlin depicts the 10th Cavalry Regiment’s daily activities while stationed in Arizona from 1885 to 1896. With the United States Government pushing for western expansion, the Buffalo Soldiers’ tasks ranged from building frontier outposts and laying telegraph lines to protecting settlers, stagecoaches and railroad crews and fighting Native Americans, outlaws and rustlers. Their days were full and difficult, but, to most, their military service offered them a chance to obtain equal rights as citizens in the recently liberated United States.

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