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Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Honoring Native voices through art
In October 2024, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian — a 2024 grant recipient of the Native American Advised Fund at Santa Fe Community Foundation — opened the exhibition Carved Stories by Mavasta Honyouti.
Carved Stories presents all sixteen low-relief carvings from the Coming Home series. These were made in conjunction with the children’s book Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story, written and illustrated by Honyouti. The series visually recounts the harrowing story of Honyouti’s paternal grandfather Clyde Honyouti’s experience of an off-reservation federal boarding school. Honyouti’s carvings offer thought-provoking depictions of Hopi life, culture, and history.
The exhibit was an Indigenous-led project with curator Will Riding In (Pawnee/Santa Ana Pueblo, artist Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi), editor James Riding In (Pawnee), graphic designer Kevin Coochwytewa (Isleta Pueblo/Hopi), and filmmaker Jonathan Sims (Acoma Pueblo).
“Carved Stories, an exhibit that is told through the incredible carvings by Hopi artist Mavasta Honyouti. It is both powerful and beautiful” – Brian Vallo
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