Santa Fe Reporter
A Family Affair: Wheelwright goes deep with the iconic Abeyta family
Most shows at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian are fairly personal for Chief Curator Andrea Hanley, but in the case of the recently opened Abeyta | To’Hajiilee K’é,dedicated to the illustrious Abeyta family of Navajo artists, it’s a little bit more intense. Hanley previously worked with Pablita Abeyta at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and not only did she get a front-row seat to the celebrated artist’s creativity and personal life, she learned a lot about how the institutional art world works. For this and countless other reasons, Hanley is proud—and should be—of the new show, which runs through early January next year.
