Message from Mary –
As a Holiday gift to our communities, we are opening the museum this Saturday and Sunday with free admission during our Winter Art Market on December 3rd and 4th. If you haven’t been to the museum for a while, this is a wonderful opportunity to come enjoy the exhibitions, let the kids make seasonal crafts, and buy a few unique gifts from Indigenous artists.
For later this month, we’re also preparing a new exhibition – Vast Land, Inner Visions: The Art of Joella Jean Mahoney. This retrospective of a prominent regional artist is full of color and energy, and a beautiful complement to the ongoing exhibition of art by Baje Whitethorne Sr. Both will brighten the dark days of midwinter, so if you are not a member, now is a great time to become one.
Please also consider the museum in your end-of-year giving. MNA is a private non-profit that depends on the support of people like you. Your donation helps us continue engaging local, regional and global audiences with life-enriching knowledge and experiences. I hope to see you soon at the museum,
Mary Kershaw
Executive Director & CEO
Museum of Northern Arizona
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Widforss – Wilderness in Watercolor
A new article in Western Art and Architecturebrings more attention to Gunnar Widforss and the work of MNA Fine Art Curator Alan Petersen, who has been researching the painter for more than a decade and created an online catalogue of Widforss’ art. MNA cares for the largest collection of Widforss’ paintings and has held several exhibitions of Widforss’ work.
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Deadline January 18, 2023
Young Native artists from the Colorado Plateau are invited to enter the Junior Indigenous Art Exhibition and Competition. Entries into this virtual art competition will be juried in two age groups- Youth (ages 12 and under) or Young Adult (ages 13 to 18).
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Raffle to Benefit the Museum
Enter to win a two-night stay for up to four people in a villa at Las Posadas of Sedona! Proceeds benefit the museum’s educational programs and exhibits. Raffle tickets are $25 or five tickets for $100. Online ticket sales close December 15 and the winner will be drawn December 16. Need not be present to win. Buy tickets online or by or calling 928-774-5211, ext. 285 or emailing development@musnaz.org
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Winter Open House & Art Market
FREE museum entry
December 3 & 4, 10 am – 4 pm
Members preview Dec. 3, 8:30 am – 10 am
Find quality gifts by Native artists, including jewelry, textiles, art, and other unique creations. While at the museum, enjoy the exhibits for free, meet Hopi-R2, and participate in crafts for kids. This market is held in coordination with art markets at FALA and Coconino Center for the Arts, so you can plan for a fun day of local shopping, all with free parking.
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Meet Hopi-R2, and his makers
Dec. 3 & 4, 10 am – 4 pm
The world’s only Indigenous droid returns to MNA during the Winter Art Market. Come take your holiday photos with this moving, beeping example of how engineering, art, and Hopi culture work together. Hopi artist Duane Koyawena will be there along with engineer Joe Mastroianni to talk about how they created this now famous droid.
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On view starting Dec. 17
Members Preview Dec. 16
This exhibition presents key paintings by the artist, who is one of the most important female artists of the Southwest, Mahoney’s art career spanned 66 years, from her roots in the abstract expressionism of the 1950s to her role as a mentor and master artist with a distinctive style that bridges realism and abstraction.
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MNA Archaeologists in Glen Canyon
From 1957-1963, MNA archaeologists were part of a multi-year project to record the human history of Glen Canyon before a dam flooded 153,000 acres, creating Lake Powell. At the time everyone expected these archaeological sites would be destroyed forever, but recently MNA archaeologists returned on another multi-year project to reassess the sites they could reach. This new exhibition looks at both projects and the responsibility we all share to protect the past.
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Bursting with color, this retrospective exhibit presents the full spectrum of art by Baje Whitethorne Sr., a visual storyteller acclaimed for his colorful paintings full of life and energy. Born and raised on the Navajo Reservation, his art often depicts the landscape around his family home near Shonto and the harmony of the Navajo way of life. Click here to watch Baje explain the meaning behind the title of his exhition.
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Gifts of the season
When the weather turns too cold to go outside and explore, then stay inside and explore through the pages of a book. The Red Tail Tale on the Arizona Trail let’s you journey along the Arizona trail with a young explorer, and a clever red tail hawk.
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These lovely ladies by Diné potter John C. Whiterock are the perfect gift for mothers, grandmothers, and aunties. Whiterock learned to make pottery from his own mother and his figurines represent his female relatives performing daily rituals in Diné life. He makes the smaller pieces from thick, hand-rolled clay cylinders and builds the larger ones with clay coils. He carves the clay into figurines, which dry for up to two weeks before being kiln-fired, smoked with pine pitch, and painted. Find more unique items, including pottery, jewelry, baskets, and books at the Museum Giftshop, where every purchase supports MNA and the artists.
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A membership to MNA makes a great gift for family, friends, and neighbors. It’s simple to give and comes with your choice of gift card. They’ll get a year of access to all the museum exhibitions, programs, and events. And you get to support MNA!
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Select Museum of Northern Arizona to support MNA with every purchase when you buy through Amazonsmile.
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