The FRIENDS is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting the museum. FRIENDS membership is $35 a year for individuals and $60 for families. (Please note: You must first be a museum member to join.) FRIENDS can attend special lectures and other events, trips to artists' homes, museums, Indian dances, and more.

FRIENDS actively help the museum in a wide variety of ways:

• Greeting guests as gallery hosts
• Making sales in the Case Trading Post
• Giving gallery tours as docents
• Helping with the annual benefit auction
• Being involved in special fund-raising events
• Working with exhibitions and curatorial department projects
• Providing hospitality at FRIENDS and museum events
• And more!

Please email info@wheelwright.org if you are interested in becoming a FRIEND of the Wheelwright Museum.

2010–2011 FRIENDS of the Wheelwright Book Club Selections

Please join us in September for another exciting year of book reviews especially selected to reflect the history and events of the Southwest. The Wheelwright Book Club meets the third Wednesday of each month starting in September at 1:30 p.m. in the Mary Cabot Wheelwright Library, unless otherwise noted. Following is a listing of upcoming book titles and authors. For additional information on the FRIENDS book club, please contact Valerie Baugh at 505-982-8444 or valeriebaugh@hotmail.com

September 15, 2010
The World We Used to Live in: Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men by Vine DeLoria, Jr. Reviewer: Joanne Yaeger.

October 20, 2010
The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday. Reviewer: Margaret Neal.

November 17, 2010
Tales from Wide Ruins. Jean and Bill Cousins, Traders. edited by Mary Tate Engels. Reviewer: Paulette Yonker.

January 19, 2011
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis. Reviewer: Chris Kemper.

February 16, 2011
Wolfkiller, Wisdom from 19c Navajao Shepherd by Louisa Wade Weatherill and Harvey Leake. Reviewer: Mary Pat Beach.

March 16, 2011
Tracks: A Novel by Louise Erdrich. Reviewer: Carol Elwood.

April 20, 2011
From Sand Creek by Simon J. Ortiz. Reviewer: Virginia Hall-Smith.

For more information on FRIENDS events, please contact President Phyllis Lehmberg at 505-986-5074.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
FRIENDS Annual Meeting: Spring Fling
The FRIENDS close out their 2009-10 season with a visit to the stunning Allan Houser Compound from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. There will be a brief annual meeting followed by a talk given by the director about Houser and the creation of the sculpture garden. The compound is 25 minutes south of Santa Fe.

This is a FRIENDS-only event. $12 per person. Reservations required. Please call Phyllis Lehmberg at 505-986-5074 for reservations and carpooling information.

Saturday, June 12, 2010
FRIENDS Annual Fundraiser: Quick Draw
Join us from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as seventeen renowned Native American artists participate in an extraordinary live art auction to benefit the Wheelwright Musuem of the American Indian. Featured artists include Jeanette Katoney, Shonto Begay, Sheridan MacKnight, Ben Harjo, Chessney Sevier, Sallyann Paschall, Marla Allison, America Meredith, Linda Lomahaftewa, Norma Howard, Marcus Amerman, Anthony Chee Emerson, Jason Garcia, Michael Roanhorse, Stephen Wood, David Bradley, and Ricardo Caté.

For more information, please contact Mary Dale Gordon at 505-982-9667.

Lectures and Trips for 2010–2011 with the FRIENDS of the Wheelwright

Coming soon!

FRIENDS-only events are exclusive to FRIENDS members. To become a FRIENDS member, please visit our members page.