The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) will open two new art exhibitions on August 9. The first, “Sentient Structures: The Art of Skye Tafoya + SABA,” will be displayed in the Artists Circle Gallery. The second, “Art Through Struggle Gallery, Indigenous Freeways: Southwest Wildstyle from North to South,” is a mural installation by the Arrowsoul Art Collective.
According to the IPCC, both exhibitions highlight new perspectives on how Pueblo architectural designs are central to Pueblo art.
“Sentient Structures: The Art of Skye Tafoya + SABA” features works by two artists who use materials and methods inspired by architecture. Skye Tafoya (Eastern Band Cherokee/Santa Clara Pueblo) creates woven paper structures that include elements of knowledge through printmaking techniques. SABA (Diné/Pueblo of Jemez) produces paintings and prints that reflect the role of Pueblo architecture as evolving spaces for home.
SABA also serves as a lead artist for “Indigenous Freeways: Southwest Wildstyle from North to South,” a mural project created by the Arrowsoul Art Collective. This series includes four paintings that connect themes from the past, present, and future of Indigenous pictographic arts. In the Southwest, pictographs are visual forms painted on ancestral rocks using pigment on basalt.
A joint reception for both exhibitions is scheduled for September 6 from 4-8 p.m. in the IPCC courtyard. The event is free and open to families.
“The Chamber congratulates the IPCC on the two exhibits that help define culture through art.”
