Oscar Howe, Bear Dancer, 1962. Casein on watercolor paper. Gift of John N. Pratt and family.

Textile with 6 blocks of blue and red with a white background.

D.Y. Begay, Arapaho Style, 2014. Gift of Patrick V. and Mary Beth Musick.

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.

The Collections Gallery

September 18, 2024 - September 01, 2025

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.

Just added in Fall 2024 is a selection of Diné (Navajo) tapestries that will be on display for a limited time. Featured works in this area of the exhibition are by:

D.Y. Begay
Ursula Begay
Mary Ann King
Mary Lee
Bessie Littleben
Rena Mountain
Cindy Nez
Rosita Segaye
Louise Sheppard
Shirley Tsinnie

Works by Native American foundational artists are featured, including Oscar Howe, Allan Houser, George Morrison, Kenojuak Ashevak, Bill Reid, Benjamin Haldane, Jennie Ross Cobb, and Lee Marmon. Contemporary and modern artworks featured are by:

Artist Hopid
Birdell Bourdon
Caroline Carpio
Melissa Concho Antonio
Reg Davidson
Robert Davidson
Andy Everson
Bertha Gachupin
Theresa May Gardner
Alvina Garcia
Bill Glass, Jr.
Carl Gorman
Shan Goshorn
Nellie Griffin
Mary Histia
Terrol Dew Johnson
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Kathryn Kooyahoema
Frank LaPena
Emma Lewis Mitchell
Lucy Lewis
Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner
Helen Naha
Adelle Nampeyo
Fannie Nampeyo
Joy Navasie
Lucy Parker
Becky Pasquale
Anderson and Avelia Peynetsa
Susan Point
Napatchie Pootoogook
Pudlo Pudlat
Lawrence Rosso
Jacqueline Shutiva
Michael Toya, Jr.
Simon Vallo
Yellowman
Don Yeomans
Bessie Yepa
Marcella Yepa
Ethel Youvella

Display cases in the Collections Gallery serve as visible storage, housing much of the museum's ceramic and basketry collection. By moving museum collections from storage 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.