Upcoming Events

Blue Rain Gallery Celebrates Indian Market Week

August 20 - 24

Our participation in this year's Indian Market is broader than ever before, with artist receptions and demonstrations taking place from Wednesday through Saturday. A number of notable new artists will join perennial stars like potter-sculptor Tammy Garcia, glass artist Preston Singletary, and painter Tony Abeyta to offer an expanded vision of fine contemporary Native American art.

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Tony Abeyta: New Abstracts in Charcoal and Acrylics

August 1 - 15

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Featured Artist

Tammy Garcia: Redefining Native Traditions

Drawing on the ancient storytelling tradition of her Santa Clara Pueblo forebears, Tammy Garcia honors her ancestral roots while crafting new visual narratives that attest to her culture's continuing viability in an ever-changing world. She adopts symbols and motifs from a variety of Native peoples past and present - Mimbres, Anasazi, Northwest Coast, Hopi - and updates her storylines with objects and observations from the present. Garcia's new work for the Market includes nine coil-built clay pots, five new bronze sculptures, and her first new line of jewelry in several years. "The pots are a mix of classical and contemporary, with a few designs I've never done before," she says. "I pair elegant shapes with symbols like moths, beetles, quails, eagles, and dancers."

Indian Market 2008

Artists' Reception:
Wednesday, August 20, 5pm
Felix Vigil
Norma Howard
David Bradley
Yellowbird Samora
Sarah Sense

Artists' Reception:
Friday, August 22, 10am
(preview 8am - 10am)
Tammy Garcia (pottery)
Les Namingha
Richard Zane Smith

Artists' Reception:
Thursday, August 21, 5pm
Tammy Garcia (sculpture)
Hyrum Joe
Mateo Romero
Al Qöyawayma
Jamie Okuma
Sandra Okuma
Maria Samora

Artists' Reception:
Friday, August 22, 5pm
Preston Singletary
Tony Abeyta
Larry Vasquez

Demonstrations will be held:
Friday, August 22 and Saturday, August 23
11am - 4pm
Glass blowing demonstration with Preston Singletary
Patina demonstration with Bronzesmith Foundry