Arizona Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Other online information
(above: Gunnar Widiorss, Desert
View Watchtower, 1932, watercolor on board, Museum of Northern Arizona.
Museum of Northern Arizona. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
The Amerind Museum, located in Dragoon, Arizona, says on its website: "Today, Amerind Museum exhibitions tell the story of America's first peoples from Alaska to South America and from the last Ice Age to the present. Amerind's Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features works on western themes by such artists as Carl Oscar Borg, William Leigh, Frederic Remington, and Andy Tsihnahjinnie, and one room in the Art Gallery is reserved for the presentation of contemporary Native American art." Accessed 12/18
Arizona (sampling of artists and works connected to state) from askArt. Accessed August, 2015
(above: De Lancey Gill, Street in the Pueblo of Oraibi, Tusayan, Arizona, 1888, 19.5 x 28 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
The Great Unknown: Artists at Glen Canyon and Lake Powell is a 2019 exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art which says: "Among the artists whose work is included are Byron Wolfe and Mark Klett, Peter Goin, Greg Mac Gregor, Tad Nichols, Georgia O'Keeffe, Eliot Porter, Martin Stupich, Kathleen Velo, and Todd Webb. The exhibition articulates their individual responses to this special place while also touching on the shared experience of artists who traveled together and created collaborative projects, primarily books." Accessed 12/19
The Mesa Art League was founded in Mesa, AZ in 1930. Its website says "Attracted by the peacefulness and beauty of the area, a significant number of artists began to make Mesa, Arizona their home. This core population of artists has continued to grow into the Art League that exists today. " Accessed April, 2016.
"Museum displays art from Arizona's pioneer women" by Betsey Bruner, Arizona Daily Sun, from Madison.com. Accessed July, 2015
The Navajo Blanket By Charles Fletcher Lummis from The Worker and His Work: Readings in Present-day Literature Presenting Some of the Activities by which Men and Women the World Over Make a Living, By Stella Stewart Center. Published by J.B. Lippincott company, 1920. Original from the University of California. Digitized Oct 29, 2007. 350 pages. Full view available through Google Books. Accessed July, 2015
The Navajos, By Oscar H. Lipps. Published by The Torch press, 1909. Original from the University of California. Digitized Oct 19, 2007. See chapter IX "Their Arts and Crafts, pages 81-93. 136 pages. Full view available through Google Books.
Navajo Weaving at Arizona State Museum is an online exhibit presented by the Arizona State Museum. It includes two main sections covering 19th century blankets and 20th century rugs. Each section has multiple pages describing numerous aspects of its topic. Multimedia includes two videos, the first being an "Interview with Curator Ann Lane Hedlund" (Arizona Illustrated, KUAT). The second is A Loom with a View: Modern Navajo Weaving (Sierra Ornelas and Justin Thomas). The exhibit also contains six slideshows. Accessed February, 2016.
Painters of Grand Canyon from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015
(above: George Kennedy Brandriff, Cly Butte (Navajo for 'left') Monument Valley, Arizona, 1933, oil on canvas board, 14 x 18 inches, American Eagle Fine Arts, Benicia, California. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
"Pioneer women: Arizona history through art at the Phippen Museum" by Sue Willoughby and Terry Munderloh, from December 1997 monthly archives, Sharlot Hall Museum. Accessed July, 2015
The Prescott Art Community in the 1930s from Andrew L. Christenson. Accessed July, 2015
Rainmakers from the Gods: Hopi Katsinam from Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Accessed July, 2015
Southern Arizona Folk Arts from University of Arizona (University of Arizona Library). Accessed August, 2015.
Tucson Desert Art Museum says: "Our mission is to display art and artifacts of the Desert Southwest and surrounding regions, and educate our guests about the history, cultures, and art of the region." Accessed 11/20
Weaving in the Margins: Navajo Men as Weavers from the Museum of New Mexico/Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Accessed July, 2015
Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West, a Smithsonian affiliate museum located in the arts district of Scottsdale, AZ, opened in 2015. The museum offers changing exhibits, including exhibits of contemporary and historic Western art. Accessed February, 2016
Women in the Arts and Architecture, a theme of Arizona Women's Heritage Trail. Accessed July, 2015
Hearing the Century: Voices of Arizona's Arts Past and Present, from KBAQ 89.5FM - Phoenix,
includes stories about historic Arizona artists. In one segment "Scholar
Betsy Fahlman shares the story of Lon Megargee's Statehood Murals."
In another segment, "Ann-Mary Lutzick, Scholar and Director of the
Winslow Old Trails Museum, shares insights on the vision of one of the southwest's
greatest architects, Mary Colter."
(above: Gunnar Widiorss, Cheops Pyramid, Grand Canyon, watercolor, 12.5 x 9.5 in. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Arizona Highways Television
is a series of programs devoted to exploring the highways and byways of
Arizona. The television programs were created in the spirit of Arizona
Highways magazine, a division of the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Arizona Highways Television was created in partnership with The
Arizona Republic. Programs include:
Accessed May, 2015
Arizona Public Media offers
-- a June 3, 2008 video (05:04) to compliment the exhibit Lee Friedlander: American Monuments May 17, 2008 - August 3, 2008 at the Center for Creative Photography. The exhibit examines national identity as seen by a keen observer. Renowned photographer Lee Friedlander's work on American Monuments explores how we define ourselves. Accessed July, 2015
-- a May 27, 2008 video (05:04) on The Pottery Project. Explore the art of the potter and the science of the archaeologist as Arizona State Museum celebrates 2,000 years of Native pottery-making traditions in the Southwest. At over 20,000 whole vessels, ASM's collection of Southwest Indian pottery is the world's largest and most comprehensive. Eight years in the making, The Pottery Project features the Arnold and Doris Roland Wall of Pots, the Agnese and Emil Haury Southwest Native Nations Pottery Vault, a state-of-the-art conservation laboratory, and a brand new interpretive gallery. The exhibition, in the new gallery, includes a fully interactive, multi-media Virtual Vault; video interviews with archaeologists and Native potters, and hands-on experiences. Accessed July, 2015
-- a April 22, 2008 video (05:39) on Allan Mardon, who left a successful career in commercial illustration to pursue a career in fine art in Arizona. Mardon became inspired by the graphic beauty and history of his new surroundings and began to approach his canvas in an entirely different way. Arts producer Sooyeon Lee has the story. Accessed July, 2015
-- a April 8, 2008 video (05:14) on Neil Bernstein's controversial memorial works (paintings, sculpture and architectural structures) which are exhibited and acquired by museums and collectors throughout the world. The works are historically grounded in world events using an eclectic collision of disparate elements which range from the sacred to the profane. Accessed July, 2015
-- a February 5, 2008 video (05:14) on Louis David Valenzuela. Sculptor Louis David Valenzuela is doing everyting he can do to keep the Yaqui culture alive through his art. Valenzuela's Pascola masks are in the collection of the Arizona State Museum. In this story, you will see how and why he creates those sacred masks. Accessed July, 2015
-- a November 29, 2007 video (03:05) on Cristina Cardenas. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, painter Cristina Cardenas explores the disruption of stereotypes of gender, religion and culture through her art work. Accessed July, 2015
NAU-TV's Inside NAU Season 7 Episode 9 features a 3 minute,
46 second video featuring commentary by Fran Elliott and others related
to the exhibition Arizona's
Pioneering Women Artists. Accessed
May 2015.
(above: Phil Smith, Shooting Stars, Photo Collage, 19 x 19 inches. Private Collection)
12/10/18: TFAO wishes to thank Jim Murphy of Tucson, AZ for suggesting new content for this page.
(above: Fred Grayson Sayre, Untitled
(Arizona Canyon), 1923, screenprint, 443 x 327 mm. National Gallery
of Art. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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