The Heard Museum Calendar

A comprehensive calendar of events at the Heard Museum, including the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market.

Entrance to the Heard Museum.

Ongoing
Grand Procession: Contemporary Plains Indian Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
This exhibition celebrates an exceptional collection of dolls, also known as soft sculptures, created by Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock), Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Sioux and Lakota) and three generations of Growing Thunder family members; Joyce Growing Thunder, Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty and Jessa Rae Growing Thunder (Assiniboine and Sioux)
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Ongoing
Between the Lines: Ledger Art from the Heard Museum Collection
Plains Indian ledger art by Howling Wolf and the ledger book of Cheyenne/Arapaho artist No Horse will be shown along with historic photographs from the Heard Museum’s Trustrim Connell Collection. Ledger book artists recorded scenes of bravery in warfare and daring action on horseback as well as social customs, while still fresh in their memories in the 1870s. Ledger art is considered a predecessor of the Native American Fine Art Movement.
Heard Museum
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Getting ready to perform.

Performances

ALL APACHE PROGRAM
Doreen Duncan

FLUTE & ACCOMPANYING MUSIC
RC Nakai Trio

TRADITIONAL ZUNI DANCERS
Fernando Cellicion

HOOP DANCING
Tony Duncan & Family

March 4 & 5, 2023 11 a.m.
DRUM GROUP OPENING CEREMONIES
Lamon Barehand

March 4 & 5, 2023 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
COLOR GUARD
Marcus Sekayouma & Michael Smith
NATIONAL ANTHEM TRUMPET SOLO
Ivan Makil
PRAYER & BLESSING
Debbie Nez Manuel

March 4 & 5, 2023 3:50 p.m.
CLOSING CEREMONIES

Heard Market Schedule

Best of Show Reception
March 3, 5:30-8 p.m.

Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Members Only Hours: 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Heard Museum Shop Featured Artists
Denise Wallace
Ray Tracey
Anderson Kee
Boyd Tsosie
Tim Blueflint Ramel
Doug Hyde

Heard Museum
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Ongoing
He’e Nalu: The Art and History of Hawaiian Surfing
He’e Nalu will tell the story of the Indigenous origins of a sport whose influence now spans the globe, featuring historic and contemporary work by Indigenous Hawaiian artists that reflect themes of environmental and cultural preservation.
Heard Museum
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Grand Gallery interior at the Heard Museum.

February 3
February First Friday at the Heard
Experience all the thrilling exhibitions and permanent displays at the Heard Museum during February’s First Friday event. Enjoy free admission from 4 to 8 p.m.
Heard Museum
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February 8, 6-8:30 p.m.
Kalani Pe‘a in Concert at the Heard Museum
Three-time Grammy Award Winner (2017, 2019, 2022) and Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner, singer/songwriter Kalani Pe’a, brings his amazing talent to the Heard Museum during one of the biggest weeks in the Valley of the Sun. This concert is part of the celebration of the new Heard Museum exhibition, He’e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing, which explores the Indigenous origins of surfing through the presentation and interpretation of historic material made by notable cultural practitioners as well as new contemporary artwork and site-specific installations created by leading Indigenous Hawaiian artists.
Heard Museum
www.heard.org/event/kalani-pea/

Substance of Stars exhibition display.

Ongoing
Substance of Stars
The Heard Museum presents this new, permanent exhibition on view now. The project is the culmination of a three-year collaboration with four Indigenous communities, thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., which fosters the study of world religions. The exhibition examines the collection of the Heard Museum from Indigenous perspectives, across a wide variety of media and time periods. It incorporates Indigenous languages, sky knowledge and spiritual values, and includes elements of the origin stories that form Native identities.
Heard Museum
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March 4-5
65th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market
The 2023 event continues the traditions of past events by providing one of the best and largest American Indian art purchasing markets in the nation. Attendees can meet and purchase art directly from multiple generations of artists working in all forms of the visual arts.
Heard Museum
www.heard.org/event/fair-and-market/

Through March 5
Southwest Silverwork, 1850-1940
Exploring rarely seen works from the Heard Museum’s collection, this exhibition documents nearly a century of the evolution of Native silverwork from its earliest years through the decades prior to World War II. A number of unique pieces of Navajo and pueblo jewelry and other silver items from the museum are on view, tracing stylistic and technical developmental advances and the effect those changes had on silverwork produced in the Southwest.
Heard Museum
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Hoop dancer at a past Heard Museum contest.

February 18-19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
World Championship Hoop Dance Contest
The art of hoop dance honors cultural traditions shared by multiple Indigenous communities. With roots in healing ceremonies, traditions and practices, today hoop dance is shared as an artistic expression to celebrate and honor Indigenous traditions throughout the United States and Canada. Over the years, as the hoop dance community has grown, dancers have incorporated new and creative designs and intricate footwork while still respecting the fundamentals of the form. Each dancer presents his or her own choreography, weaving in aspects of tradition and culture. For the 2023 event, dancers will be judged on a slate of five skills: precision, timing/rhythm, showmanship, creativity and speed. Contestants compete in one of five divisions: Tiny Tots (age 5 and younger), Youth (6-12), Teen (13-17), Adult (18-39) and Senior (40 and older). Cash prizes totaling $25,000 are awarded to winners in each division, and victors in each division will hold the honor of World Champion.
Heard Museum
www.heard.org/event/hoop/

Through March 5
Elegant Vessels: A Century of Southwest Silver Boxes
Indigenous silverwork has long been highly sought after, dating back to as early as the 1850s. By the late 1800s, silver jewelry predominated, but other silver forms included functional items such as tobacco canteens and powder chargers. Silver boxes were a later addition, with the earliest known box created around 1908. Over the past century, Indigenous artists brought silver boxes to a new level of expertise. While maintaining their utilitarian aspect as a secondary function, boxes have become a venue for social commentary and personal expression through sculptural and artistic excellence. The exhibition features more than 75 boxes, from early works dating from around 1914 through commissioned works made in 2022.
Heard Museum
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March 23, 6 p.m.
Outdoor Family Movie Night
The popular movie Moana will be featured for outdoor family movie night, and will be presented in the Native Hawaiian language. Please visit the Heard Museum website for additional information.
Heard Museum
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