I Didn’t Cross the Border, the Border
Crossed Me
Exhibit Explores Arbitrary Boundaries Drawn in Native
Communities
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Santa Fe, NM
(2010)–
When the United States was founded hundreds of
years ago, Indigenous communities were presented
with new and arbitrarily drawn borders within
their ancestral homelands. A group exhibit, I
Didn’t Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Me,
at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts’
Museum Store and Lloyd Kiva New Gallery will
investigate the impact these borders have had on
Native people. The exhibit opens Saturday, April
17 from 12 noon – 2:00 p.m. at the Museum of
Contemporary Native Arts in downtown Santa Fe
(108 Cathedral Place) and will continue until
May 23. As with all Museum Store exhibits, art
work is for sale, and proceeds go to the artists
and the Museum.
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The physical and cognitive constructions of the United
States/Canada and United States/Mexico border have
created multidimensional divisions in society associated
with nationality, physical borders, family, identity,
sovereignty, regional attitudes, human rights,
documentation and more. Gallery Associate, Institute of
American Indian Arts’ alumnus and show organizer Bradley
Pecore says the show will investigate these “…varied
perspectives regarding traditional lands and current
national boundaries in the modern day Indigenous
reality.”
Participating artists include Kimberly Hargrove, Hector
Ruiz, Mike Zillioux, Irvin Morazan, Fausto Fernandez,
Keary Rosen, David Sloan, Luis Gutierrez and Bob Haozous.
Terry and Autumn Gomez are creating a special
performance art piece for the exhibit’s opening on April
17 from 12 noon – 2:00 p.m.
For more information about the Museum of Contemporary
Native Arts, a center of the Institute of American
Indian Arts, please visit www.iaiamuseum.org. For more
information about this exhibit, please call
505.428.5912.
The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts’ Mission
A leader in the acquisition and presentation of
contemporary Native arts, the Museum of Contemporary
Native Arts advances scholarship, discourse and
understanding through its innovative exhibitions,
programs and dialog.
About the Museum
A center of the Institute of American Indian Arts, the
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts is home to the
largest collection of contemporary Native art in the
world. A premier shopping destination, the Museum’s
store offers the finest selection of contemporary Native
arts and gifts from both emerging and established
artists. The Museum is a center of the Institute of
American Indian Arts.
Museum hours are Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m. Admission has been waived
while the main galleries are closed through July 2010.
IAIA’s Mission
To empower creativity and leadership in Native arts and
cultures through higher education, lifelong learning and
outreach
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