Remarkable Women of Taos Exhibitions

Here are exhibitions planned throughout 2012 that support the theme of Remarkable Women. Click on the sponsoring institution's link to learn more about each exhibit. New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts is planning complementary programming throughout New Mexico, including specific Taos events.

See more Remarkable Women exhibitions:  June - August, and September - December

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Agnes Martin: Before the Grid
Harwood Museum of Art
February 25-June 17
Early works that point the path towards abstraction. An Official Project of the New Mexico Centennial.

Millicent Rogers: The Power to Create, Collect, and Inspire
Millicent Rogers Museum
Ongoing through 2012
Jewelry and sketches by Millicent plus her extensive collections.

Dora & Duane
Taos Art Museum
March 30 - June 2012
Paintings by remarkable Taos artists, Dora Kaminsky (1909 - 1977) and Duane Van Vechten (1899 - 1977).

Maria Martinez: Matriarch of San Ildefonso
Millicent Rogers Museum
Through December
The largest Martinez family collection of black on black pottery.

Millicent Rogers & Her Circle
Millicent Rogers Museum
May 12 – September 2
Objects from the collection tell stories of Millicent Rogers, Dorothy Brett, Rebecca James and Martha Reed.

Out of the Background – The Women Artists of Early Taos
E.L. Blumenschein Home
February 10 – May 18
Helen Greene Blumenschein, Elizabeth Case Harwood, Rebecca Salsbury James, Dora Kaminsky, Barbara Latham, Helen Campbell Martin, Ila McAfee, and more.

Remarkable Women Artists of Taos
Town Hall
March 6 - September 15, 2012
Over 50 artworks created by women working in Taos in 2012

Kendra Risinger, Glass Art
Starr Interiors’ Alcove Showroom
May 12-31

Taos Moderns - Postwar Modern Art
203 Fine Art Gallery, 203 Ledoux Street
May 19 - June 30
Louise Ganthiers, Janet Lippencott and Bea Mandelman as well as 20 other artists’ works will be featured

The Pottery of Mary Witkop
Two Graces Plaza Gallery, 68 Church Plaza Ranchos de Taos
May 25 - August 24

More exhibitions: June - August, and September - December

Please feel free to add your own exhibits, activities and events to those noted above. For more information and to be included in our visitor outreach, please contact Joanie Griffin at jgriffin@griffinassoc.com or call (505) 261-4444.