Lidded baskets with knob handles made by Elizabeth Hickox (Karuk/Wiyot), circa 1913. Stacked wood design; plain twined; 3-strand twine; beargrass; maidenhair fern. The Caroline Boeing Poole Collection part of The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition exhibition, on view November 7, 2009 to May 30, 2010.
Book, art display shows people who helped shape LA by Dana Bartholomew, Daily News From its immigrants to its billionaires, Los Angeles has always drawn people with vision, including many who shaped the San Fernando Valley - William Mulholland, George Barris and Walt Disney.
Vibrant, creative, and with unyielding drive, each reinvented themselves. And in so doing, each helped turn a former dusty California pueblo into a dream city that transformed the world.
NBC4's Cary Berglund interview about Dreamers.
Granite Frontiers featured on KTLA Channel 5 News with Gayle Anderson, Live from the Autry Voices of old California, preserved in wax by Larry Harnish, LA Times, L.A. Then and Now, California section.
A new exhibit at the Southwest Museum gives a sample of the hundreds of Spanish-language folk songs recorded a century ago.
Forgotten Voices and Songs of Old Los Angeles by Larry Harnish, LA Times, The Daily Mirror.
The forgotten voices and neglected songs of old California live at the Southwest Museum in several hundred small, round containers that look like nothing more than miniature oatmeal boxes.
Autry highlights rhinestone cowboys by Jeff Favre, Ventura County Star.
“In fact, the first piece in the show is a tapestry that is my tribute to Lankershim Boulevard,” said Stuart, referring to the street where tailor Nudie Cohn and the designers he mentored became the biggest influence on country music fashion in the 20th century
Autry museum getting $100 million makeover by Dana Bartholomew
Los Angeles Daily News
It'll look as red as a Sedona sunrise, as gray as a Death Valley divide and as clear as a Sierra stream.
Plans for a $100 million makeover of the National Autry Center call for a bold new museum rooted in the landscape of the West, topped with a glowing tower of translucent glass. Read the full article at the Daily News
Become a member today and enjoy yearlong free admission as well as invitations to our exclusive exhibition preview receptions. Be among the first to see our newest traveling exhibitions where you can enjoy a special evening filled with entertainment and meet and mingle with the Autry National Center staff and your fellow members. Click here for details.
The Autry National Center is an intercultural history center formed from the merger of three important museums: the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of the American West (formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage), and the Women of the West Museum.
The Autry National Center presents a wide variety of programs and events throughout the year for our visitors and members on diverse arts and cultures of the American West.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of the American West, and the Institute for the Study of the American West are the three public entities that enable the Autry National Center to use different lenses, curatorial specialization, and distinctive lines of intellectual inquiry to delve into the multifaceted study of the American West.
Autry National Center Exhibit Schedule
Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale
February 7 to March 7, 2010
Recognized as the country’s most important Western art show, this prestigious exhibition challenges nationally recognized artists to exhibit their very best work.
The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition
November 7, 2009 to May 30, 2010
Baskets from more than 100 cultures, arranged in eleven geographic regions, will be revealed in this selection of artworks from the world's largest collection of Native American baskets.
Dreamers in Dream City
September 25, 2009, through January 3, 2010
From unknown hopefuls to international celebrities, surfers to scientists, quacks to entrepreneurs, Southern California has produced an unrivaled potpourri of dreamers unique in their unbridled optimism and world-class accomplishments. This exhibition seeks to celebrate some of these rare and inspirational individuals.
Charting the Canyon: Photographs by Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe
September 25, 2009, through January 3, 2010
Explores the Grand Canyon as a celebrated place of dramatic beauty with large-scale, sweeping panoramas that marry twenty-first-century color photographs with historic drawings and images.
Home Lands: How Women Made the West
Opens April 2010
Bringing together women's history, Western history, and environmental history to show how women have been at the heart of the Western enterprise across cultures and over time.
2010 and beyond:
Home Lands: How Women Made the West
First Californians, Their History and Culture
Jews and the Making of Los Angeles (See the Los Angeles Jewish History myspace profile for more details on this exhibition.)
Katsinas in Hopi Life
Native American Diaspora
Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing
June 12 to October 4, 2009
Meet the people who pioneered modern rock climbing and those who are taking it in incredible new directions: the determined free spirits, vagabonds, and visionaries who take part in one of the West’s last truly wild experiences. Granite Frontiers: A Century of Yosemite Climbing brings visitors to the edge of infinity to experience the exhilarating rush and harrowing perils of this most extreme of Western adventures.
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Now Offering Autry Audio Guides
The Autry National Center is offering adults and children a whole new way to explore our galleries with audio tours. Visitors can choose the artifacts or works of art you want to learn more about and hear brief presentations, with quotes, music and sound effects to inspire a closer look. Families will find specially created scripts to help them talk about what they see, think about key moments in time and learn about the history of the American West.
Have a portable MP3 player? Download the Autry audio guides here as podcasts.
Each guide is categorized by initiative: Western Resources,
West as Crossroads, Native Voices, Violence & Justice, and
Museum Highlights.
Saving the Collection
Follow the preservation of a pair of moccasins at the Southwest Museum
Western History Workshops
Please join us for this series of stimulating scholarly seminars. Papers are distributed by e-mail two weeks prior to each seminar. To RSVP and receive a copy of the monthly paper, please e-mail saron@autrynationalcenter.org. Click here for a pdf file of upcoming Western History Workshop events.
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