Exhibit Celebration and Artist Talk-The Sound of Rocks and Wind

EXHIBIT CELEBRATION AND ARTIST TALK- The Sound of Rocks and Wind

Saturday, October 4, 2025

11 am – 12 pm

FREE

with Plein Air PaintOut from 8:30 – 10:30 am

Please join us as we celebrate the Sonoran Plein Air Painters exhibit The Sound of Rocks and Wind.  The artist will have a presentation and talk.

Come out and meet the artists and see the beautiful work from the Sonoran Plein Air Painters as we celebrate The Sounds of Rocks and Wind.

The Sonoran Plein Air Painters paint “en plein air,” which translates from French to “in the open air.” There is a unique challenge to painting in this way. The light is constantly shifting, the weather can present difficulties, and all materials, including easels, must be carried to and from the location. Plein air painters embrace these challenges and find joy in the experience of creating art on-site. The Sonoran Plein Air Painters seek out natural settings that offer both physical and atmospheric beauty. At times, these scenes cannot be captured by photographs in a way that conveys the full impression of being there in person. The process of studying a landscape and blending the artist’s impression with careful observation is what leads to the creation of a landscape painting. The creation becomes not only a work of art but also a memento of a fleeting moment in life.

On October 4, several of the featured artists will make a public presentation from 11 am until noon in Amerind’s Art Gallery. Before that program, the Sonoran Plein Air Painters will have a PaintOut from 8:30-10:30 am on Amerind grounds. The public is welcome to watch these talented painters at work. The Plein Air painters will be found in the picnic area and the grassy area just north of the Amerind museum main parking lot.

for more information visit: Sonoran Plein Air Painters PaintOut

*Please remember that if you want to venture out beyond the picnic area or Yucca Park, onto the trails to paint, you must check in with the front desk to fill out a waiver and pay admission.

For more information on The Sonoran Plein Air Painters 

This exhibit will be through October 31, 2025

Image above: Hollyhocks in the Desert, oil, 14 x 11, Greg Wallace

Square image: photo of plein air painter’s easel, Cienega Creek, oil, 9 x 12, Judith D. Johnson

America Meredith – Artist Talk & Exhibit Celebration

“Extremis Malis Extrema Remedia”, 2010, acrylic/canvas, America Meredith
America Meredith
Artist/Editor of First American Art Magazine
Artist Talk/Exhibit Celebration
Saturday, April 5, 11 am to noon, at Amerind
Artist, curator, art critic, and editor America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) is a celebrated contemporary artist of international stature. She is currently holding a mid-career retrospective at Amerind

Woman of Her Word: Art and Text of America Meredith. Come learn about her art and work as editor of the highly influential First American Art Magazine.

As an artist, she explores the intersections between language and image, between Native and non-Native cultures, and between humans and other living beings.

America Meredith earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and BFA from the University of Oklahoma. She has exhibited in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. She was the 2018 Sequoyah Fellow at Northeastern State University, won the 2018 Cherokee National Historical Society Contemporary Achievement Award, was a 2009 Artist Fellow of the National Museum of the American Indian, and won the Institute of American Indian Art’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Contemporary Native American Arts.

Her Amerind talk will be on Saturday, April 5, 11 am to noon
at Amerind’s Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery

This is a FREE Event

(Detail of the painting) “St. Brendan: He Came, He Saw, He Went Back Home”, 2002, acrylic/canvas, America Meredith

The Power of Pastel- Exhibit Celebration & Plein Air Paint Out

Saturday, October 5th

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Plein Air Paint Out

1-2 p.m. Exhibit Celebration

Come and join us on Saturday, October 5th, from 1-2 pm as we celebrate the exhibit The Power of Pastel. This juried show of Tucson Pastel Society artists is a snapshot of the region’s many talented pastel artists, the uniqueness of each artist, and the many styles in which they paint. Come and enjoy the art and meet the artists as we celebrate this show.

This exhibit runs through November 30, 2024.

The Tucson Pastel Society will also be having a Plein Air Paint Out on the Amerind grounds from 9-12. You are invited to bring your paints or pastels and join them in this Plein Air Paint Out. All mediums are welcome. The artists also enjoy visiting with the public as they paint. Come out and paint or just observe a painting in progress before the celebration.

For more information, visit their website: Tucson Pastel Society.

This event is included with Museum admission.

* Please note: If you want to plein air paint beyond the picnic area or Yucca Park by hiking out onto the trails, you must check in with the admissions desk before going out. Thank you.

Free Online Documentary Viewing and Q&A Panel Discussion – Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest

 

Free Online Documentary Viewing and Q&A Panel Discussion 

Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest

Saturday, May 8, 2021, 10:00 am -12:00 pm – Arizona Time

View the Documentary at 10:00 am – Arizona Time

Participate in the Q&A Panel Discussion at 11:00 am – Arizona Time

Experience the Exhibit at Amerind Now through January 16, 2022

Saturday, May 8 Amerind invites you to a free online documentary viewing and panel discussion of “Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest.” The Parched documentary tells the story of the creation of the art exhibit – “Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest” currently on display at Amerind – which explores the complexities of water in the context of climate change and increasing demands on water. Nine Arizona-based artists created works, informed by scientific and cultural inquiry, that reflect diverse perspectives and provocative insight into our intricate relationship with water in our natural, cultural, and political landscapes. After the documentary viewing, stay tuned for a Q&A panel discussion that will include Parched Curator Julie Comnick, Artist Klee Benally (Diné), Artist Glory Tacheenie-Campoy (Diné), Artist Marie Gladue (Diné), and NAU Biologist Jane Marks.

This online program is free, but space is limited. To register visit: http://bit.ly/AmerindOnline050821

Adáádáá’ Nizhónîgo Nahóółtá (Yesterday We Had a Beautiful Rain) with Artist Glory Tacheenie-Campoy (Diné)

Amerind Free Online Lecture

Adáádáá’ Nizhónîgo Nahóółtá (Yesterday We Had a Beautiful Rain) with Artist Glory Tacheenie-Campoy (Diné)

Saturday, April 17, 11:00 am – Arizona Time

Glory Tacheenie-Campoy was born on the Diné reservation to the maternal clan of Kinyáá á nii (Tall Tower Clan) and paternal clan, Bįįtoodnii (Deer Spring Water Clan). She grew up in a traditional Diné family and community near the Grand Canyon. It was within this setting she was taught to create utilitarian objects by hand during her childhood. She would then go on to learn how to paint and create art using commercial art materials while in school. With this blended arts education, Glory now produces prints, paintings, collages, and 3-D original mixed media art using a variety of materials including found objects, natural materials, and metal. During her Amerind presentation, Glory will discuss her contributions to the group exhibition, “Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest,” currently on display at the Amerind Museum. Glory will also talk about new pieces she began to develop in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To learn more about “Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest” including information about curator Julie Comnick, participating artists, partners, supporters, and the traveling exhibition schedule, visit: www.flagartscouncil.org

This online program is free, but space is limited. To register visit: http://bit.ly/AmerindOnline041721