Meet Up Location: Rio Verde Community Center*
Sign-Up Required (see below)
The most popular excursion to the Heard museum is back again this year. We are honored to have Linda Hefter, as our guide.
We will tour a major new exhibit in the Grand Gallery: Maria & Modernism. And additional works, time permitting.
Maria Martinez (1887-1980), the San Ildefonso Pueblo ceramicist who became one of the most widely celebrated artists of her time and whose work continues to influence new generations of artists, has been conspicuously excluded from the discourse on American Modernism. The hallmark of Maria Martinez’s career was discovery and innovation. In partnership with her husband Julian, Maria not only reinvented, reinvigorated, and disrupted Pueblo pottery-making, but boldly transformed the art form – a tenet of American Modernism.
Despite her artistic contributions and the decades of research, exhibitions, and scholarship focused on a career that spanned more than seven decades, Maria has yet to be recognized as a prominent American Modernist. To correct this omission, Maria & Modernism will present examples of her pottery that substantiate the aesthetic and conceptual affinities of her work with major artistic and creative movements of her time, including decorative and industrial design, and examine her ongoing influence on 21st-century artists.
Lunch: To follow the tour at the museum cafe. We will be preordering our lunch as we get closer to the event.
Cost:
Admission to the Heard, special friend pricing: $13
Members of the Heard Museum: $0. Entrance fee to be paid by you at the Museum.
Lunch will be an additional cost.
This VAL Field Trip is lead by VAL Artists Mary Kuhr and Diane Kizewski.
Questions? Contact either Mary by email or phone or Diane by email of phone.
Diane Kizewski (click to send email)
715-498-9958
Mary Kuhr (click to send email)
602-430-5898
About the Heard Museum:
Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world-class exhibitions, educational programming and its unmatched festivals. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions that showcase the beauty and vitality of traditional and contemporary art.
The Heard Museum sets the standard for collaborating with American Indian artists and tribal communities to provide visitors with a distinctive perspective about the art of Native people, especially those from the Southwest.
About our guide, Linda Hefter:
Long time Rio Verde resident Linda Hefter is a senior docent at the Heard Museum where in addition to giving tours she serves as the Volunteer Education Coordinator and New Exhibit Training Chair.
In Rio Verde Linda is RVCA Communications Chair, Roadrunner Editor and a member of the community’s Health & Wellness team.
