LINDA CONNOR:
SACRED PRESENCE

ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 8

Linda Connor has traveled extensively to photograph remote landscapes, sacred places, and individuals present within these spiritual spaces.  This exhibition includes images from the American Southwest, Hawaii, India, Peru, Nepal, Egypt, China, Australia, Ethiopia, Tibet, and Cambodia, among other locations.  Connor is the recipient of many awards including a 1988 & 1976 NEA and a 1979 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work is part of numerous collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art (NYC), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  Drawn from AMoA’s permanent collection, this exhibition includes 35 photographs that are recent gifts to the museum’s collection from Dr. Phillip Periman.

LAYERED LIVES: THE ART OF NINE CONTEMPORARY CUBAN WOMEN

FROM THE DISCOVERIES IN ART • CERTILMAN FAMILY COLLECTION

ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 23

Cuba has a rich history of women artists who have made significant contributions to the country’s vibrant and diverse art scene.  The artworks on view in this exhibition were created during the past 30 years and feature a selection of nine contemporary artists: Ariamna Contino, Aimée García Marrero, Rocío García de la Nuez, Alejandra Glez, Elsa Mora, Mabel Poblet Pujol, Sandra Ramos, Adislen Reyes, and Linet Sánchez Gutiérrez.  These women have explored various artistic mediums, styles, and themes, often breaking boundaries and challenging societal and political norms.  Through different strategies and symbolism, they convey their anxieties, dreams, and visions, often quite literally weaving together histories about themselves and their homeland.

THE COLLECTION OF DR. & MRS. WILLIAM T. PRICE

ONGOING

The Amarillo Museum of Art’s Asian art collection has grown dramatically over the past 10 years through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price of Amarillo. Their donations of art objects have and will spark a variety of significant exhibitions, introducing Asian art and culture to the Texas Panhandle community and to visitors near and far.

Over the past 50 years, Dr. and Mrs. Price have collected sculpture, prints, paintings, textiles and decorative arts from South/Southeast Asia, Japan and the Middle East. They have donated over 300 works to the Permanent Collection, including nearly 150 Edo Period (1615-1868) Japanese Woodblock Prints, and over 15 significant Hindu and Buddhist sculptures dating from the 2nd– 19th centuries. The origins of these sculptures include India, Cambodia, Nepal and Indonesia (including works from Java’s monumental Buddhist temple complex, Borobudur). Textiles are also one of the Price’s passions, and they have generously donated over 75 Islamic prayer rugs and secular rugs, saddle blankets and bags from such countries as Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Spain and Tibet.

In February 2005, the Museum and its Board of Trustees honored Dr. and Mrs. Price with the naming of a Museum gallery in their honor; it is now called the Price Gallery of Asian Art.