The magazine of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation — Spring 2018
Vieux Farka Touré at the Museum | American Jewelry | From Invisible to Visible
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In This Issue: American Beauty.................................................................................................................. 2 A Modern Maestro............................................................................................................... 4 A Fine Hand........................................................................................................................... 6 Coming Soon........................................................................................................................ 7 From Invisible to Visible...................................................................................................... 8 I aM Reading ...................................................................................................................... 10
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
I aM Involved....................................................................................................................... 12
Dr. Jerome Goss, Chair
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Museum Store: Mother’s Day Edition! ........................................................................... 13
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AMERICAN BEAUT Y
American Beauty
American Jewelry from New Mexico goes beyond tradition ON VIEW
JUNE 2–OCTOBER 14
jewelry is revered around the world, but
CURATOR OF ART Andrew
there are so many other artists who create
Connors has been interested
impressive jewelry that have never been
in an exhibition on jewelry,
shown as ‘New Mexican jewelers.’ We
American Jewelry from New Mexico
specifically jewelry by New Mexican
More than 300 objects of adornment from New Mexican jewelers.
has manifested into American Jewelry
reminder of the supportive tenor that
from New Mexico, coming to the Museum
reverberates throughout the state’s
this summer and fall, along with an
artistic circles: “One of the greatest
accompanying book published by the
things about working on this exhibition
Museum of New Mexico Press. The show
has been the spirit and camaraderie
includes more than 300 pieces, from the
of jewelers in supporting each other
prehistoric era to today. “The inspiration
and recommending that I look at the
was the millennia-long trajectory of
work of their colleagues,” Connors says.
ornament-making in New Mexico. I can’t
Additionally, he notes that New Mexicans
think of any other state that might have
are unusually cognizant of the designers
as continuous a flow of creativity and
they wear, with many eager to share
design from the prehistoric period to
the names of those who created their
the present… Certainly Native American
prized pieces.
JOHN L. HEALEY
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Art. History. People.
designers, for quite some time. This wish
wanted to add their visions into the mix.” Putting the exhibition together was a
AMERICAN BEAUT Y
FAR LEFT, TOP: Ronda Coryell,
Granulated Bracelet, 2003. Gold, silver, and sapphires. 2 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 1 in. Albuquerque Museum, gift of Garrett Covington, Denver, Colorado. FAR LEFT, BOTTOM: Ema Tanigaki,
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. LEFT: Richard Chavez, Cuff, ca. 1990s.
Sugilite, turquoise, and 18k gold. Collection of Silver Plume Gallery.
So what makes New Mexico a center for
beauty has also inspired New Mexican
Many people have a preconceived
celebrated jewelry design? Connors says
artists. But the great tradition of ingenuity
notion of New Mexican jewelry (think
our state is home to numerous esteemed
among Native American and Hispanic
turquoise, silver, and traditional design);
artists and art, and jewelry is just one
jewelers created an historic foundation
but the state’s designers encompass
facet of this booming creative center.
upon which today’s New Mexican artists
a vast range of styles and hail from an
Living in a landscape of such immense
can evolve and innovate their craft.
astonishing spectrum of backgrounds. The Museum is particularly excited to share this diversity, and to encourage visitors to view New Mexican art—and specifically jewelry—through a more inclusive and contemporary lens. Today’s New Mexican jewelry designers are thinking beyond the traditional scope, innovating and expanding their art through their own diverse stories and backgrounds. For Connors, this exhibition is just one part of a vast and far-reaching story on the evolution of jewelry design in New Mexico: “Unfortunately, so many masterpieces—and master artists—had to be left out, that I hope this will lead
Phillip Loretto, Bear Dreams of a Dance, 1991. Silver, gold, lapis, black coral, turquoise, black opal, powi shell, opal, coral, sugarlite, tannerlite, turquoise, chryophase, forged silver. 3 ½ x 21 x 3/8 in. Albuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1989 General Obligation Bonds.
to additional exhibitions and new books being written to flesh out the story… I hope that visitors will gain an appreciation for the diversity of jewelry coming from our state. So many of us think we know what New Mexican jewelry is, but it is so much more than that.” AlbuquerqueMuseum.org
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A MODERN MAESTRO
A Modern Maestro
T
Guitar master Vieux Farka Touré to perform at the Museum HE MEDIA LIKES TO CALL
rhythms and the scales of my ancestors
become a musician shortly before Ali
VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ the
on which I build my music. I will add
passed in 2006. Vieux studied drums
“Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara,”
other styles, like rock, like reggae, funk,
and calabash at the Institut National
but Vieux himself says there
jazz, even hip hop... but all of these are
des Arts in Mali, but secretly began
is no comparison here. “To me there
branches of the tree whose roots are
playing the guitar in 2001. Over the
is only one Jimi Hendrix and there is
the traditional music of Mali.”
years, Vieux’s music has evolved (his
only one Vieux Farka Touré. What he
The guitarist’s name might be familiar
father’s influence is still strong), melding
did, I can never do. What I do, no one
to some—he is heir to the musical legacy
tradition with contemporary musical
else can do. Music is a very personal
of his father, Ali Farka Touré. The elder
forms.
expression.”
Farka Touré didn’t want his son to be a
Fluid, inventive, technically dazzling,
Farka Touré’s most recent album,
musician—the family had traditionally
Samba, employs instruments such as the
playful, Farka Touré’s music evokes Mali
been soldiers and his father knew
ngoni (a stringed instrument made of
at its roots, paying homage to tradition
how difficult it was to make a living as
wood or calabash), while also amped up
while also clearly contemporary. His
a musician. It was a family friend, the
by Farka Touré’s masterful electric guitar.
blazing guitar technique is what leads to
kora maestro Toumani Diabaté (who
“Samba is a reflection of modern Mali, or
the Hendrix comparison.
would later become a collaborator)
you could say—of course—by extension,
who smoothed the path for Vieux. He
of modern Africa, because Mali is at
eventually received Ali’s blessing to
the heart of West Africa, geographically
“Everything I play has its foundation in traditional music,” Vieux says. “It is the 4
SPRING 2018
Art. History. People.
A MODERN MAESTRO
ON VIEW
APRIL 20, 7:30 P.M. Vieux Farka Touré in Concert
ZIGA KORITNIK
Tickets www.ampconcerts.org/ event/301682/vieux-farka-tour
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Vieux (which means “old” in French) explains: “In Mali it is very common to be named after a grandparent. I was named after my father’s father, Boureima. When this happens, it is often the case that the child will get the nickname of ‘Vieux,’ as this is a sign of respect for the elder after whom he was named. This was the case for me. People began to call me Vieux when I was very young, and that name has stayed with me.”
and also in terms of culture,” Farka
may not be regular visitors. “This
Touré says. “Mali today is a big mix of
exhibition was the perfect match,
the modern and the traditional, and our
and beautifully complemented
music is no different.”
our interest in, and connection to,
Longtime New Mexico concert
contemporary African music,” says
promoter Neal Copperman says
Copperman. Also, he says he loves
that bringing Vieux Farka Touré to
concerts in alternative spaces: “AMP
perform in conjunction with the current
originated with house and art gallery
exhibition, Making Africa: A Continent
concerts. We like to stay connected
of Contemporary Design, brings a
to our past, while forging new
new audience into the Museum who
relationships.”
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show (including all service charges). Tickets for kids 12 and under are only $5 (including all service charges). They are also available through Hold My Ticket (112 2nd St SW), 505-886-1251, Monday to Friday 9 A.M. –6 P.M., Saturday & Sunday 11 A.M. –6 P.M.
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A Fine Hand IT IS COINCIDENCE THAT the Museum’s most recent acquisition would be equally
Santa Fe to Shanghai. Macina still travels to Mali to mine gold
at home in either the upcoming American
and silver. These aren’t giant corporate
Jewelry exhibition, or as part of Making Africa:
mines run by foreign companies, but rather
A Continent of Contemporary Design.
local family holdings. Each step of the
Ousmane Macina, a gold and silversmith
process is done by hand—from mining to
from Mali, now lives in Albuquerque. His
smelting to shaping. Although Macina has
stunning wire necklace (cover image),
learned to use modern equipment, he is
with earrings, bracelet, and ring joined the
deeply rooted in traditional methods.
Museum’s permanent collection in February
Macina made the necklace by weaving
and will be shown in the American Jewelry
thin strands of wire that he crafted from
exhibition. Although originally on loan, the
fine silver; he braided the collar portion
work spoke so powerfully about tradition and
around a wooden dowel which he then
innovation in New Mexico jewelry-making that
burned to ash to remove it. The granulated
the Museum purchased it.
gold portion of the necklace, which trails
For at least 10 generations, Macina’s family
down the wearer’s back, includes diamonds,
has been making jewelry—from mining the
New Mexican turquoise, tourmaline, and
gold and silver, gathering the clay and dung
amethyst. This style of ceremonial necklace
used to create the crucibles (vessels for
is often worn to celebrate births and
melting the metal) to forging, shaping, and
baptisms, among other special occasions.
creating the pieces. “I used to go with my
“It’s a combination of tradition and my own
father to his shop. He gave me some milk, and
creativity, a combination of Africa and here.”
then I would take a nap and wake up and see
“Because we are not a museum of
what he [was doing]. At a certain point, you
one culture, we get to celebrate all
are obligated to help. You pump the bellows
cultures,” says Curator of Art Andrew
[at the forge]. … That’s how you learn.”
Connors. “I feel that because Ousmane
Macina made his first precious object when
has made this [piece] here in New Mexico
he was just seven years old. He came to New
and incorporated local turquoise, it’s a
Mexico 15 years ago to work for a jeweler
wonderful combination of West African
in Santa Fe, and his work has been regularly
and New Mexican jewelry. This would work
shown in galleries and the International Folk
anywhere in the world as a prime aesthetic
Art Market. He travels the world, selling his
object. But it’s the fact that it also has so
intricate jewelry at traditional markets from
much heritage [that makes it so special].”
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ABOVE LEFT: Ousmane Macina makes all his pieces by hand. ABOVE RIGHT: The Museum
acquired this work, a modern take on a ceremonial necklace, as well as matching earrings, ring, and bracelet. The collar is fashioned by weaving wire around a dowel that is then burned away to ash.
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June 21, 2018
Each spring, Albuquerque-area high
Join us for an evening of hands-on crafts
school students studying photography
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have the opportunity to display their
and traveling exhibitions. Family-friendly
works in the Museum, a cornerstone
jazz group Simple Truth will perform.
May 6–June 4, 2018
of our efforts to support young artists. Photographic luminaries, including Leigh
EXCAVATIONS
Anne Langwell, David and Jo Antreasian,
June–September, 2018
Mary Zaremba, and Cindy Dominguez-
Renowned art photographer Patrick
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Nagatani’s series, Excavations,
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documents the discoveries of a fictional
3 THURSDAYS RD
Japanese archaeologist named Ryoichi; Nagatani imagined himself as the field photographer, recording his excavations
MAY 3RD THURSDAY
and discoveries. Nagatani, who passed
Mansions, Motoring, and Millennials:
away last October, has been an important
A Celebration of EDo
presence at Albuquerque Museum, which
May 17, 2018
owns 100 of his photographs. Born in
An evening highlighting the
Chicago just days after the nuclear bomb
Albuquerque neighborhood of East
fell on Hiroshima, Nagatani’s work often
Downtown includes a pop-up shop and
covered topics related to World War II
make-and-take art activity from local
and the Japanese experience, including
handmade gift shop The Octopus and
internment camps and the aftermath of
the Fox. Discover Albuquerque Public
nuclear war.
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FROM INVISIBLE TO VISIBLE
Sanborn maps were originally created to assess fire insurance underwriting and included detailed information about the building composition and ownership. This Sanborn map from 1898 shows an area of downtown Albuquerque where many Chinese immigrants lived and worked.
From Invisible to Visible
The Chinese American Experience in Albuquerque
D
The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1882. It prohibted the permanent immigration of Chinese laborers.
ID YOU KNOW THAT AT
THE end of the 19th century,
city’s community. The newest exhibition
the area around 2nd Street
in the William A. + Loretta Barrett
and Silver Avenue was the
Keleher Gallery, From Invisible to Visible:
center of Chinese American business in
The Chinese American Experience in
Albuquerque? Or this interesting tidbit:
Albuquerque, explores how our city’s
Joe Kee, a Chinese immigrant, worked
Chinese American community formed
for Albuquerque’s famous Lizzie McGrath
and grew, as well as its venerable
(a.k.a. the Lily of Copper Avenue), who
and important history in civil rights,
operated a brothel in the red light
commerce, and education.
district near today’s downtown; Kee was McGrath’s cook and handyman. Today, Albuquerque’s Chinese
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Art. History. People.
American population is integral to the
Dr. Siu Wong, a former member of the Albuquerque Museum Board of Trustees and the Keleher Gallery Review Panel,
FROM INVISIBLE TO VISIBLE
conceptualized the exhibition a couple
“The transcontinental railroad connected
of years ago. Wong was already involved
the East and West Coasts. The majority of
in the Chinese American Citizens
the workers were Chinese, and it was very
Alliance, but also tapped into the
dangerous,” she says.
Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA and
Wong also points out a piece
the New Mexico Chinese Association for
that represents the backlash and
their input and involvement.
discrimination against Chinese American
The exhibition committee that
citizens and the subsequent civil rights
subsequently formed organized From
movement: a reproduction of the
Invisible to Visible into four themes:
Chinese Exclusion Act, signed in 1882
making a living, civil rights, education,
by President Chester Alan Arthur, which
and community. Nearly all of the artifacts
prohibited the permanent immigration
in the show came from the homes of
of Chinese laborers. It was not repealed
committee members. “We have a proud
until 1943, when China became a US
history and a proud legacy,” Wong
ally during World War II. A second
says. Pieces in the exhibition that Wong
discriminatory law, the Alien Land Law
finds particularly interesting include a
circa 1921, forbid “aliens ineligible for
Sanborn map, created by the Sanborn
citizenship” from purchasing property.
Fire Insurance Company starting in 1867,
Although targeted at Japanese
to identify buildings and ownership.
immigrants, it had a broad impact on
Sanborn maps were designed to assist
Chinese Americans, as well. It wasn’t
fire insurance agents in determining
revoked until 2006, when State Senator
hazards associated with properties. This
Cisco McSorley championed its repeal in
particular map identifies the area around
the New Mexico legislature.
2nd and Silver as a neighborhood with
FROM LEFT: Poster commemorating the induction of Chinese railroad workers into the Department of Labor’s US Labor Hall of Honor on May 9, 2014.
Edward Gaw, the founder of Fremont’s Fine Foods, left his town of Hoi Ping, China, in 1904, when he was 15 years old. He opened his grocery store in Albuquerque in 1918, and the business remained in operation until 2012. Anti-Chinese discrimination in the United States was rampant in the late 19th century. This racist ad for laundry detergent plays on stereotypes about Chinese immigrants during this period, when many owned laundry businesses.
ON VIEW
OPENING DAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1:00–4:00 P.M. JUNE 9, 2018– JANUARY 6, 2019 On view at the Albuquerque Museum in the William A. + Loretta Barrett Keleher Gallery
The exhibition features many more
Chinese businesses. Wong says there
artifacts, including antiques from family
descent with ties to Albuquerque. From
was also possibly a congregation in the
tea sets, a Chinese wedding dress, a
Invisible to Visible uncovers the deep
area. This neighborhood was close to the
silk scroll from the Yuan Dynasty, and
and compelling history of the Chinese
railroad, where many Chinese worked.
photos of prominent people of Chinese
American experience in our city. AlbuquerqueMuseum.org
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Reading
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Author Joe Badal has strong ties to the Museum. His hope is that the Author Festival grows into an important annual event for authors and the public.
Creating a New Tradition: aM Author Festival Returns for Year Three IN THE FALL, ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM will once again be hosting the aM Author Festival. The festival debuted two years ago, and in 2017, about 500 people attended to hear panel discusssions, meet authors face-to-face, and purchase and have books signed by their favorite local writers. Joseph Badal, an Amazon #1 best-selling author and winner of NM/AZ Book Awards Best Fiction-Mystery/Suspense for The Lone Wolf Agenda and The Tony Hillerman Prize for Best Fiction Book for Ultimate Betrayal, has been an organizing force for the festival. We talked with Badal about book festivals and the future of the aM Author Festival:
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YOU TALK ABOUT Q CAN THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AUTHOR FESTIVAL, AND HOW IT CAME TO BE?
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We had a meeting of the Rotary Club and [former Museum director] Cathy Wright spoke. I was feeling this void in New Mexico. There’s the Tucson Festival of Books, the LA Times Festival of Books—these are big events where people sign books and meet authors and so forth. We have seminaroriented literary events in New Mexico, but we didn’t really have an author’s festival. And what we needed was a partner with a facility to host it. The first year, 2016, we had a couple of dozen New Mexico authors. We wanted to highlight and raise money for the Museum, but we were
Art. History. People.
hoping it would turn into something much bigger. Then we moved into offering workshops. Last year, more members of the public attended than authors and it really [became] oriented toward the general public. YOU SEE A NEED Q DO FOR MORE WRITING-
FOCUSED PROGRAMMING IN GREATER ABQ?
A
Groups like Southwest Writers are very active. But their focus is on helping authors become better writers. They are not focused on introducing authors to the public and helping them sell their books. That’s part of what we’re doing.
PLANNED Q WHAT’S FOR THE UPCOMING
FESTIVAL?
A
We’re expanding the program to include workshops for writers. As I mentioned, we’ll have 50 authors there, twice as many as last year, and the Museum has made more space available. We’ll also have the writing contest again. Last year we had well over 100 submissions, and some really good stuff.
AM AUTHOR FESTIVAL:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2-3, 2018
New and Noteworthy Books of Zuni Pueblo is the first comprehensive book of Leekya’s collective body of work.
NOTEWORTHY The Carved Line: Block Printing in New Mexico, by Josie Lopez, received the Border Regional Library Association’s Southwest Book Award. The Carved Line is about printmaking and printmakers in New Mexico over a significant period of time—from 1890 to the present—and includes 120 beautifully reproduced prints by internationally known New Mexico artists.
NEWLY PUBLISHED The Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the Museum’s rich history collection, drawing examples from 35,000 artifacts. The
LEEKYA
DEBORAH C. SLANEY
Marketed by regional traders, Zuni carver Leekya Deyuse (known as Leekya) emerged in the early 1900s as the preeminent maker of stone figural sculptures, fetishes, mosaic work, and figural jewelry in the 20th century. Leekya: Master Carver
December 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018 IN HONOR OF MARGARET & HUGH BELL’S 50th ANNIVERSARY Nancy and Cliff Blaugrund IN HONOR OF BRONNIE BLAUGRUND Susan and Ian Lipsitch
objects range from Hispanic religious art to Native American textiles and jewelry, toys, early computers, and railroad and Route 66 memorabilia.
Master Carver of Zuni Pueblo
MEMORIALS AND TRIBUTES
IN MEMORY OF JIM CRAMER Peg and Dick Cronin Mary Kay and James Foley IN HONOR OF DEBBIE AND JAY GREENHOOD Hannah and Adam Greenhood The Race, by renowned photographer Patrick Nagatani, is a novel about the discovery of 15 Supermarine Spitfire airplanes buried in Burma at the end of World War II, and their subsequent excavation and acquisition. Beyond the personal reflections each character experiences is a larger dialogue about culture and gender issues, the moral and ecological state of our planet, the human condition, and the universal need for compassion.
MAGIC BUS IN MEMORY OF FRANK LOVE Judy Love IN MEMORY OF ROBERT F. OSBORNE Mary Ellen Burch Susan Ryan IN HONOR OF JANICE AND THE HONORABLE JAMES A. PARKER Jonelle Weaver IN MEMORY OF DEBRA ROMERO Joyce and Alan Weitzel The Albuquerque Museum Foundation makes every effort to record and acknowledge our donors accurately and appropriately. Please contact the AMF offices at 505.842.0111 if you notice incorrect information. Thank you.
BOOKS MENTIONED HERE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE MUSEUM STORE.
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Art. History. People.
in kind
MUSEUM STORE NEED A MOTHER’S DAY GIFT THIS SPRING? The Museum Store has you covered. In keeping with our American Jewelry exhibition, we have a variety of unique pieces for mom from some of the most celebrated jewelry designers in New Mexico.
VICKIE DEAN
Shop at the Museum Store for the special mom in your life this Mother’s Day!
Vickie Dean creates a chic, floral world in sterling silver, gold, and gemstones. Each magical piece is hand-wrought with exquisite attention to detail.
OROPOPO
ANA EUGENIA Inspired by her Norse great-grandmother and the traditional folk art that surrounded her during her New Mexico childhood, Annie Hinkes’s jewelry is urban, modern, and everyday wearable.
OROPOPO is designed by a husband-and-wife duo in their Albuquerque studio, where they combine new techniques with traditional materials to create objects inspired by Native American, classic Western, and New Mexican cultures.
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Front Cover Ousmane Macina born 1962 Nioro du Sahel, Mali; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mali New Mexico Massiri Necklace, 2017. Woven and forged fine silver, 22k gold, Sleeping Beauty turquoise, diamond, tourmaline, and amethyst. 11 ½ x 6 ¼ x 2 in. Albuquerque Museum, Museum purchase, 2017 General Obligation Bonds.
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