Indigenous Film at the Gardens May 14 | Allan Houser Haozous: The Lifetime Work of an American Master

In support of our 2011 exhibition, Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples and the Art of Allan Houser, we have partnered with the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management (IIIRM) to present a year-long film series highlighting indigenous voices and issues from around the world. Showing on Saturday, May 14 at 2:30 p.m.:

Allan Houser Haozous: The Lifetime Work of an American Master (1998) 54 min. Presented by Allan Houser Inc., Directed by Phil Lucas

Curator of Allan Houser, Inc., David Rettig will be available for a Q & A after the film.

Allan Houser working on "Breaking Camp During Wartime", a mural for the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington D.C., c.1938. Photo courtesy of Allan Houser Foundation Archives.

This documentary explores the life and work of sculpture artist Allan Houser (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994), one of the most renowned modern Native artists of the 20th century. By blending Native realism with abstract modernism, Houser achieved a lyrical and expressive style influenced by the stories of his tribe and the landscape of the southwest. Houser broke boundaries and set the stage for his successors, thus pioneering a new standard and style for American Indian arts.

Location: Denver Botanic Gardens,  Mitchell Hall

When: May 14, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. | Doors open at 2 p.m. | Q&A with curator David Rettig 3:30 -4 p.m.

Cost: FREE – suggested donation of $5 will help support public programming at IIIRM and the Gardens.

Allan sculpting in his studio, c.1992. copyright Allan Houser, Inc. Photo courtesy of Allan Houser Inc. Photo by Lee Marmon.