Oscar Howe, Bear Dancer, 1962. Casein on watercolor paper. Gift of John N. Pratt and family.
Napatchie Pootoogook, My New Accordion, 1989. Lithograph, 1/50. Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan.
Mary Histia, Acoma Pueblo jar, 1962. Gift of Carol and Don Tallman.
Allan Houser, Untitled, 1955. Tempera paint on paper. Gift of Sky and Ed Chwekun.
The Collections Gallery
The Collections Gallery features a selection of artworks from the Gorman Museum Collections on a rotational basis. The current exhibition is a survey spanning across the collection to include artworks by Native American foundational artists such as Oscar Howe, Allan Houser, Allan Sapp, George Morrison, Kenojuak Ashevak, Bill Reid, Benjamin Haldane, Jennie Ross Cobb, and Lee Marmon.
Contemporary artworks include works by several artists including:
- Rick Bartow
- Marwin Begaye
- Robert Davidson
- Reg Davidson
- Andy Everson
- Joe Feddersen
- Shan Goshorn
- Mary Histia
- Sonya Kelliher-Combs
- Lucy Lewis
- Larry McNeil
- Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner
- Shelley Niro
- Susan Point
- Napatchie Pootoogook
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
- Wendy Red Star
- Lawrence Rosso
- C.Maxx Stevens
- Jeffrey Veregge
- Melanie Yazzie
Display cases in the Collections Gallery serve as visible storage housing the museum's ceramic and basketry collections. Moving museum collections from off-site storage and placing artworks into prominent long-term exhibits in the main public galleries, the Collections Gallery provides enhanced visibility, access, and engagement to collections for visitors while also furthering university teaching and research.
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Futures Fund
- Henry Luce Foundation, American Art Program
- UC Davis College of Letters & Science
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