Posted May 13, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
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.
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Posted May 5, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
The Gardens and Denver Art Museum Douglas Society present “Unconquered: The Art of Allan Houser, American Master” lecture with W. Jackson Rushing, III, Ph.D on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. A book signing will follow the lecture.
Allan Houser, "Cerillos", 1993. Bronze. Courtesy of Allan Houser, Inc. Photo by: Peter Vitale.
Dr. Rushing is professor of Art History at the University of Oklahoma, and author of Allan Houser: An American Master, the first comprehensive study of the artist’s entire career. Dr. Rushing will speak on Houser and his significant contributions to the field of sculpture and Native American arts, placing Houser’s work in the context within 20th century art.
May 11, 2011, 6:30 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens in Mitchell Hall.
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Posted May 2, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Denver Botanic Gardens proudly presents Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples and the Art of Allan Houser (May 1- November 13, 2011), a multidisciplinary appreciation of American Indian cultural and botanical heritage. Sculptures by world-renowned American Modernist Allan Houser (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) inspire a look at the Gardens’ native plant collections and their Native American ethnobotanical uses. By bringing together the work of Allan Houser and ethnobotanical plants used by American Indian tribes, Denver Botanic Gardens aims to deepen visitors’ appreciation of Native arts and the value of plants in our daily lives.
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Posted April 18, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
In support of our 2011 exhibition, Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples & the Art of Allan Houser, we are partnering 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.
Films are free to the public; a suggested donation of $5 supports public programming at IIIRM and Denver Botanic Gardens.
Showing April 19, 2011 at 7 p.m.: The Gift of Pachamama (El Regalo de la Pachamama), Director Toshifumi Matsushita. Bolivia/Japan, 2008. 102 minutes
In Quechua and Aymara with English subtitles. Family-friendly.
"Pachamama" Directed by Toshifumi Matsushita, 2008
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Posted March 31, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Denver International Airport presents Wild Harvest: Illustrating Ethnobotanicals featuring 32 botanical illustrations from the Botanical Art and Illustration Program at Denver Botanic Gardens and material culture from the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology. The installation explores ethnobotany, the relationship between people and their uses of plants.
(Populus tremuloides by Jan Boyd Haring)
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Posted March 22, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
In support of our 2011 exhibition Native Roots|Modern Form: Plants, Peoples & 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.
On Thursday, March 24, 2011, we present two films from modern-day storyteller and Director R.J. Joseph (Cree): Carriers of Culture and Peyote Man. Q&A with R.J. Joesph will follow the films.
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Posted March 14, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Karen Cleaver, Thunbergia mysorensis, watercolor on paper.
Artworks from the Gardens’ Botanical Illustration Certificate Program are being featured in an offsite exhibition at Republic Plaza in Botanica Spectaculum II, in Celebration of Earth Day. The show includes botanical-themed works from 22 local artists, curated by Andra Archer, and 17 works from students and instructors of the Botanical Illustration program, curated by Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Manager of Botanical Art & Illustration.
Join the artists at an opening reception at Republic Plaza on Friday, March 18, 2011, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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Posted March 7, 2011 by Erin Algiere, Former Exhibitions Project Associate
Melanie Yazzie, By the Pond, acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48", 2011.
Story Keeper: Works by Melanie Yazzie marks the start of an innovative, year-long look at contemporary Native arts that explores ideas and issues facing today’s American Indian communities.
At this gallery talk, local artist Melanie Yazzie (Dineh, the term Navajo use to identify themselves) shares stories of her artistic process and talks about the plants she found throughout the Gardens that inspired this new body of work.
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