Exhibitions 2005

<< back

Continuing Traditions: Native American Art of the Southwest from the Hanson Collection, Sept. 25, 2004 - Jan 2, 2005

In conjunction with the Lowe exhibition, the Telfair presented Continuing Traditions, an exhibition of Native American art from the American Southwest collected over the past five decades by Stanley and Mary Frances Hanson of Statesboro, Georgia. Dr. Hanson, professor emeritus at Georgia Southern University, and his wife have traveled throughout the Southwest collecting fine Native American jewelry, textiles, baskets, paintings, and pottery, resulting in a strong local collection of largely contemporary Native American art.

The exhibition was curated by Savannah College of Art and Design professor Denise Smith. Dr. Smith earned a Ph.D. in art history from the University of New Mexico and has been a professor at SCAD since 1994. She worked closely with Dr. and Mrs. Hanson to organize this first large-scale public exhibition of their extensive collection. Smith selected over 100 of the finest works from the Hanson collection for display at the Telfair. The exhibition included notable Pueblo and Navajo pottery dating from the 1920s to the present; traditional and contemporary Navajo weavings; Pueblo paintings; outstanding pieces of hand-worked Pueblo and Navajo jewelry; and Apache, Hopi, Navajo, and Sioux baskets.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Exhibitions

Now on view
2005 / 2006 / 2007