
	Flagstaff	• Museum of Northern Arizona
		• Northern Arizona University Art Museum

	Phoenix	• Heard Museum
		• Phoenix Art Museum

	Prescott	• Phippen Art Museum

	Scottsdale	• Fleischer Museum of American and Russian Impressionism
		• Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

	Surprise	• West Valley Art Museum

	Tempe	• Arizona State University Art Museum

	Tucson	• Tucson Museum of Art
		• University of Arizona Museum of Art

	Tuscon	• Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona

	Wickenburg	• Desert Caballeros Western Museum

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century

Through September 27, 2015

In this exhibit, the people of Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico tell their own story — their history and the lasting effects of 19^th century changes on their lives today. Using many historic photographs and a variety of media, the story unfolds in three parts:

First, the people describe the cycle of the traditional year as it was observed in the mid-19^th century.
Next, they describe the arrival of the Americans, the ways the influx disrupted the Isleta way of life, how the people fought changes and “learned to become members of America on our own terms.”
The final part examines the historic photographs as products of white culture, exploring the underlying ideas and values of the photos and asks “what kind of record they truly represent of our people and our ways.”

Image, above: Ambrosio Abeita (hand tinted). A.Z. Shindler – photographer. 1868 Courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, 02387200