Opening on May 17, 2009, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian presents Through Their Eyes: Paintings from the Santa Fe Indian School.

This exhibition focuses on paintings from the Charlotte G. Mittler collection created by students who attended the Santa Fe Indian School between 1918 and 1945. Featured artists include Fred Kabotie, Velino Shije Herrera, Allan Houser, Andrew Tsihnahjinnie, Pablita Velarde, and Sybil Yazzie.

The Santa Fe Indian School has long been considered the birthplace of contemporary Native American easel painting. What has been written about the Santa Fe Indian School Studio and its place within the development of contemporary Native American painting concentrates largely on the patronage and the uniqueness of Santa Fe’s non-Native artistic and intellectual communities.

The purpose of this exhibition is to give voice to a Native American perspective and to reveal how these paintings reflect Native American thought and life as seen through the eyes of the youth during the years between the two world wars. 

This exhibit will run through April 18, 2010.

Opening on November 14, 2009, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian presents Continuum: Recent Works by Frank Buffalo Hyde.

This exhibition showcases contemporary paintings by the artist that convey the reality of the Native American condition. A visual poet, Hyde calls his paintings a reaction against the Southwest's tradition of serene Indian portraits. He states, "As an artist I am the product of all that have come before me. ... I feel that it is my responsibility to take the art to places it has never been in hopes that it may be seen in a different way."

This exhibit will run through April 4, 2010.