The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) is set to unveil two new art exhibitions on August 9. The exhibitions, titled "Sentient Structures: The Art of Skye Tafoya + SABA" and "Art Through Struggle Gallery, Indigenous Freeways: Southwest Wildstyle from North to South," aim to highlight the significance of Pueblo architectural designs in Pueblo art.
"Sentient Structures" will be featured in the Artists Circle Gallery and showcases works by Skye Tafoya and SABA. Tafoya, who is of Eastern Band Cherokee and Santa Clara Pueblo descent, creates paper structures through printmaking that embed knowledge. SABA, a Diné/Pueblo of Jemez artist, produces paintings and prints that portray Pueblo architecture as evolving homes.
SABA also contributes as a lead artist for the "Indigenous Freeways" mural installation by the Arrowsoul Art Collective. This series consists of four paintings that explore the past, present, and future of Indigenous pictographic arts. In the Southwest region, such pictographs are typically painted on ancestral rocks using pigment on basalt.
The Chamber has expressed its congratulations to the IPCC for these exhibitions that contribute to cultural understanding through art. 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.
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