Gorman Museum of Native American Art is a museum focused on Native American and Indigenous artists, founded in 1973 at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in Davis, California. It was formerly known as the Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, and the C.N. Gorman Museum.
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Former name | Carl Nelson Gorman Museum, C.N. Gorman Museum |
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| Established | 1973 |
| Location | University of California, Davis, 181 Old Davis Road, Davis, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°32′26″N 121°45′03″W / 38.54058°N 121.75075°W |
| Type | art museum |
| Collections | Native American |
| Collection size | 2,000+ |
| Director | Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie |
| Curator | Veronica Passalacqua |
| Website | gormanmuseum |
History
editThe Gorman Museum of Native American Art was founded in 1973 by the Department of Native American Studies at UC Davis. The name of the museum is in honor of Carl Nelson Gorman, the Navajo code talker, artist, and a former faculty member at UC Davis.[1][2]
Collection
editAs of 2015, the museum holds a collect of 860 objects by 250 artists.[3] By 2018, the museum collection had grown to over 2,000 works, with one third of the collection coming directly from artist donations.[4] Artists in the museum collection include Frank LaPena, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Melanie Yazzie, Rick Bartow, Benjamin Haldane, James Schoppert, Dana Claxton, Frank Tuttle, Garnet Pavatea, and many others.
Leadership
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Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie presently serves as director of the museum, which started in 2004.[5][6]
George Longfish served as the museum founding director and curator, from 1974 to 1996.[7] Following Longfish, Theresa Harlan succeeded as director and curator, from 1996 to 2000.[8]
Building
editThe museum lived at 1316 Hart Hall, from 1992 until 2020.[9] In 2020–2021, the museum was in the process of expanding and relocating to the former Richard L. Nelson Gallery (which closed in 2015) in Nelson Hall on campus.[4][10]
In September 2023, the building is scheduled to reopened at 181 Old Davis Road.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "C.N. Gorman Museum - Davis CA". AAA.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ Thomas, Jr., Robert (1998-02-01). "Carl Gorman, Code Talker In World War II, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "'A Decade Later: Recent Acquisitions of the C.N. Gorman Museum' now showing". Davis Enterprise. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ a b "Recent donations give a boost to Gorman Museum Collection". issuu. UC Davis College of Letters and Science Magazine. Fall 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie". ArtsWA. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "LGBTQ+ Women Who Made History". Smithsonian American Women's History. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Native American Artist to Lecture on Tuesday". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ Champagne, Duane; Stauss, Joseph H.; Stauss, Jay (2002). Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration Between Universities and Indigenous Nations. Rowman Altamira. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-7591-0125-8.
- ^ Holder, Kathleen (2009). "Namesakes: Carl N. Gorman". UC Davis Centennial. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (2021-09-08). "Works by Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, and Jacob Lawrence From Estate of African American Collector Dr. Sarah Gray Will Be Auctioned at Bonhams Print & Multiples Sale". Culture Type. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "C.N. Gorman Museum Expected Open in Fall". UC Davis. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-06-19.