Heard Museum Members receive exclusive members-only exhibition previews before they open to the public!
Celebrate with fellow members the exhibition opening of Storyteller: The Photography of Jerry Jacka. This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Jerry Jacka through a selection from approximately 133,000 photographs gifted to the Heard Museum by his family. The exhibition highlights his renowned photography featured in Arizona Highways Magazine and his intimate portraits of American Indian artists at work. These photographs are paired with pieces of the artists’ jewelry, pottery, Katsina dolls, baskets, and paintings from the Heard Museum’s collection.
5:00 p.m. Circles of Giving Cocktail Reception in Nichols Sculpture Garden.
6:00 p.m. Members Reception in Lyon Family Crossroads Gallery.
6:30 p.m. Remarks in the Lyon Family Crossroads Gallery with Dickey Family Director and CEO David Roche, Director of Research Ann Marshall and Collections Coordinator Olivia Barney (Diné)
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Image: Jerry Jacka photographed Rainy Naha (Hopi-Tewa, b. 1949) painting one of her vessels with a yucca paintbrush in June of 1996. Naha makes her paints from ground minerals and boiled plants. Gift of the Jacka Family.
