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New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más
In the Hispanic Heritage Wing
closing January 5, 2014.
This exhibition tells the tale of the earliest cultural mestizaje (mixing) to take place in the Americas through food. The exhibition highlights foods that originated in the New World and foods that were brought over from Europe via Spain and Asia via the Spanish Manila Galleons. Several special sections in the exhibition highlight specific food items. Two of these are chocolate and maté. The exhibition traces the origins of these two popular drinks, how they rose to popularity during the colonial period, and how they were introduced into European society and culture, and how they have become a strong component of popular culture today. More than 300 objects related to food harvesting, preparation, table settings, kitchen items and utilitarian and decorative implements are highlighted in 3 kitchens to illustrate the rich culinary traditions of the Americas. Gallery activities include a scent station, world food map with magnets, gallery recipe exchange, and Facebook recipe exchange (Photo: by Kitty Leaken) Media & Press Information»

Plain Geometry Amish Quilts
In the Cotsen Gallery
Neutrogena Wing
through
Sunday September 2, 2013
The exhibition explores the aesthetics of Amish quilts by considering what the quilting tradition grew out of and how they changed in a changing world. Approximately 35 quilts from the museum and local collectors' collections illustrate religious proscriptions, westward migration, and interaction with 'English' neighbors. (Photo, right: Diamond in square, Lancaster Co. PA, c. 1925, gift of Stuart and Cindy Hodosh)

Some quilt designs on view will be Diamond in Square and Bars. These large-piece patterns are related to an even earlier form called whole cloth quilts that were not pieced but made from one-color cloth. These quilts are the most recognizably Amish with their strong contrasting colors and fine quilting. Make your own virtual quilt on an IPAD and save to share your work.

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
Long-term Exhibition, Girard Wing
This unique exhibition designed by the collector and donor, Alexander Girard». Since the opening in 1982, more than a million visitors have been delighted by the richly varied displays in numbered cases- toys, and traditional folk art from more than 100 countries. Take a tour with a Docent, or explore this text-free gallery on your own with the printed gallery guide or Ask about the NEW multimedia tour at the front desk!
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Let's Talk About This: Folk Artists Respond to HIV/AIDS
Gallery of Conscience
Exhibition Lab

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Alabama, 1965

The Gallery of Conscience is a new kind of experimental exhibition space at the Museum of International Folk Art for 2013. Everything in the gallery is a work in progress. Come in, linger, talk, share ideas and explore important issues of conscience together, drawing on the power of folk arts to “show and tell it like it is.”

So here we go with round 1 Spring 2013:
We are asking for your input on some interactive experiences in the Gallery. Answer the prompts. Ask questions, Contribute a stitch. Hang out in the dialogue lounge You will see the exhibit lab change throughout the year as we incorporate your ideas and your art.

For the coming year, the Gallery of Conscience will focus on folk artists’ responses to HIV/AIDS, both here in New Mexico, and around the world. The artists themselves will show you the way—with equal parts humor and pathos and love.

“You must not be ashamed to speak out, telling the community! When you keep quiet you sign your own death warrant.” Maria Rengane, embroideress, South Africa

So come on in. Speak out. Add your hand and your voice. Experience the power of folk art as a tool for positive social change.

 

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