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| Nicolasa Chávez
Curator of Spanish Colonial & Contemporary Hispano/Latino Collections
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| Nicolasa
Chávez received two B.A.s in History and Spanish Language
as well as her M.A. in History/Iberian Studies from
the University of New Mexico. She is the most recent
addition to the curatorial staff at Museum of International
Folk Art. Her previous experiences include working as
a graduate assistant transcribing 17th c. Spanish documents
for the Vargas Project, an editorial project dedicated
to publishing the historic documents and letters of
Don Diego de Vargas, Assistant Curator at the Museum
of Spanish Colonial Art, where she curated El Mantón
de Manila/The Spanish Silk Shawl, and was most recently
Curator/Site Manager of Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge
House of the Albuquerque Museum. Her main passion/area
of interest is the study of the history of Flamenco
and authentic Argentine Tango. She has presented many
lecture/demonstrations on the history of each as well
as the socio-cultural symbolism and meanings behind
the songs for various public, private and professional
organizations. Ms. Chávez has also lectured on New Mexico's
rich artistic and historical background including a
history of wine in New Mexico, Spanish silk shawls,
trade items from the Manila galleons, Holy Week in Spain
and New Mexico, metalwork, jewelry and utilitarian artifacts
in New Mexico. Her collecting emphasis will be to continue
growing both the Spanish Colonial and Contemporary Latino
Collections especially in regards to ironwork, furniture,
utilitarian artifacts. She is also interested in recording
the histories and collecting artifacts of the first
generation of native New Mexican Flamenco artists. |
Bulto
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Rafael Aragon
New Mexico
1820-1862
Bequest of Cady Wells |
Felicia Katz Harris
Curator of Asian & Middle Eastern Folk Art
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Felicia Katz-Harris received her Master's
Degree in Cultural Anthropology and a Certificate
in Museum Studies from Arizona State University where
she focused on South and Southeast Asia, Museum Anthropology,
material culture, and Bahasa Indonesia. She also studied
Bahasa Indonesia at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta,
Java, Indonesia. Following graduate school, she completed
a bridge course in Art and Art History at Visva Bharati
University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, where
her research focused on Bengali folk arts and the
arts of South Asia. Current research and collecting
interests include religious art, life cycle events,
and traditions in Israel and Palestine; objects of
power and protection; and beadwork and body adornment.
Exhibitions at the Museum of International Folk Art
include Variations: Selections from the Diane and
Sandy Besser Collection, collaboration on Village
of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal, and
Dancing
Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia»,
which won an Award for Overall Excellence in Exhibitions
from the American Association of Museums. Katz-Harris
authored the related book, Inside
the Puppet Box: A performance collection of wayang
kulit at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA/University
of Washington Press, 2010).
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Wayang kulit (shadow puppet)
Sinta
Ki Enthus Susmono (Designer & Performer) and Rasimin
(Carver & Painter)
Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
2005
International Folk Art Foundation
FA.2007.38.6.3
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Barbara
Mauldin, Ph.D.
Curator of Latin American Folk Art
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| Barbara
Mauldin received her Ph.D. from the University of New
Mexico and has served as curator at the museum for over
twelve years. Her interests are varied, ranging from
ceramics, to dance masks, to folk Catholic devotional
objects. Some of her recent published work includes
an article on Corpus Christi festival costumes in highland
Ecuador in Recycled
Re-Seen: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap
(Abrams, 1996), an article on Latin American folk art
in the Neutrogena collection in Extraordinary in
the Ordinary (Abrams, 1998), a book on MOIFA's collection
of Mexican masks entitled Masks of Mexico (MNM
Press, 1999), and an article on 20th century mayolica
production in Puebla, Mexico in Ceramica
y Cultura (UNM Press,
2003). She has recently completed coordinating traveling
¡CARNAVAL!,
an exhibition that illuminates this festival in eight
communities throughout Europe and the Americas. Most
recently, Barbara opened the ground breaking exhibition
Folk Art of the Andes. |
Charro Masquerader for Carnival
Nahau People,
Papalota, Tlaxacala, Mexico
c. 1987
International Folk art Foundation |
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Bobbie Sumberg, Ph.D.
Curator of Textiles & Costume
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 Bobbie
Sumberg received her Master's and Doctorate degrees from the
University of Minnesota, Department of Design, Housing, and
Apparel. Her research in Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire emphasized
the production and use of textiles in cultural context. African
textiles and household objects are a collecting priority for
the museum. Southeast Asian textiles and dress as well as
ritual textiles, jewelry, and amulets are also priorities.
Recent publications include an article in Hali, "Panther
Skins and Loaves of Bread: Tie-dyed Textiles of Oumé."
Dr. Sumberg served as curator for the exhibition,
Needles
+ Pins: Textiles and Tools»; and coordinated
the traveling exhibition Power
Dressing: Men's Fashion & Prestige in Africa».
Man's Robe
Yoruba People, Nigeria
19th Century
Gift of Lloyd Cotsen
and Neutrogena Corp.
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