Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

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Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

Under an Indigo Sky: West African Textile Art

April 12, 2018 to August 23, 2018

Second Thursday Reception: April 12, May 10, 6 to 9pm

Special Event – Trunk show with Yoruba, Nigeria, Master indigo dyer Gasali Adeyemo: Saturday, May 19th, 5 to 8pm.

Calaveras: Peruvian Retablos for Los Dias de los Muertos

October 11, 2017 to November 4, 2017

In Calaveras, Indigo Arts brings back a seasonal selection of Peruvian retablos by master artist Claudio Jimenez Quispé. The traditional Peruvian retablo is a portable shrine or nicho that holds figures sculpted of pasta (a mi

Closing the Circle: A Selection of African Baskets

October 8, 2017 to April 7, 2018

Closing the Circle celebrates the range of contemporary African basketry with examples from several different African traditions:

Andes/Amazon: Two Worlds in Peruvian Folk Art

March 9, 2017 to September 30, 2017

Retablos from Ayacucho and Shipibo/Conibo Textiles from the Amazon Basin

MEXICANISMO: Expressions of Identity

October 13, 2016 to February 28, 2017

Indigo Arts’ 30th anniversary show - including work by Enrique Flores, Nicolas de Jesus, Eddie Martinez,
Felipe Morales, Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Carlomagno Pedro, Mario Romero, Shinzaburo Takeda & others.

Africa Modern

May 18, 2016 to October 8, 2016

Africa Modern celebrates thirty years of showing the arts of Africa at Indigo Arts. The exhibit samples the staggering range of artwork from the fifty years following Africa's independence from colonial rule - roughly from 1960 to 2010.

Hearts on Fire!

February 6, 2016 to March 6, 2016

A World of Masks: Masks from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific

October 8, 2015 to February 9, 2016

This is the season of transition and transformation. In the spirit of Halloween and Los Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, Indigo Arts presents a collection of masks from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific. They are masks that conceal, but may also reveal the wearer behind them.

Tinga Tinga Today: Tanzanian Popular Art in Transition

April 9, 2015 to September 30, 2015

In Tinga Tinga Today, Indigo Arts considers the unique genre of popular painting that has flourished in Tanzania since the late 1960's.

Escenas Fantasticas: José Garcia Montebravo (1953-2010)

October 9, 2014 to January 31, 2015

José Garcia Montebravo was one of Cuba's leading naif artists, with an international following. While he was self-taught as an artist, he was hardly naive in the English sense of the word. ‘Monte’ was a witty and sophisticated man with a sure, fluid line in pen or brush.