When the Sun Rests Early: Winter Traditions in the Pueblos

About this event

Virtual Event with the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico

When the Sun Rests Early: Winter Traditions in the Pueblos

with Tony Chavarria

Venue: Zoom

This virtual event will examine winter cultural traditions found among the Pueblos of New Mexico. Dances, feast days, solstices, and more will be shared from the in-depth perspective of Tony Chavarria of Santa Clara Pueblo. Tony will lead an offbeat virtual exploration of Pueblo winter activities, sharing stories, memories, and strange tangents. Join for seasonal cheer and good tidings.

Tony Chavarria (Santa Clara Pueblo) has over 30 years of experience collaborating with tribes and curating Native material culture. He recently retired as curator of ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe, where he curated many exhibitions of historic and contemporary Native Art including Comic Art Indigène, and Diego Romero vs. the End of Art. He served as the community liaison and co-curator for the inaugural Pueblo exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian) and co-curator for the first Native art exhibition at Epcot Center. He has co-curated exhibitions at the Barnes Foundation, the Field Museum, and is part of the Pueblo Pottery Collective which curated the SAR/Vilcek Foundation traveling exhibition, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. Thirty years ago, Tony was the inaugural SAR Harvey W. Branigar, Jr intern. He has now returned to work with SAR on an exciting new project.