Heard Museum

Since 1929, the Heard has educated visitors from around the world about the art and cultures of Native peoples, particularly people of the Southwest. With more than 40,000 artifacts in its permanent collection, an education center and award-winning Shop and café, the Heard remains committed to being a place of learning, discovery and unforgettable experiences.

The museum is located at 2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004. For hours and admission fees please see the museum's website.

(museum information updated 12/12/11)

Google Book Searches conducted in 2008 and 2013 by Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) located the following brochures, catalogues and gallery guides published on paper in connection with the Museum and with a topic of American representational art. The list may not include all relevant publications. Titles are listed by date of publication, with most recent listed first. Information on publications may be in error or incomplete. Titles may be followed by links to related essays published by Resource Library. See Definitions for more information on finding brochures, catalogues and gallery guides using TFAO's website.

Breaking the Surface: Carved Pottery Techniques & Designs, By Diana F Pardue, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 2004. Google Books says: "Catalog of an exhibition curated by Diana F. Padue and held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 2004-Nov. 2005"

Masterworks from the Heard Museum, By Heard Museum, Heard Museum, Jody Folwell, Anne E. Marshall, Gail Bird, Kay Walkingstick. Published by Heard Museum, 2002. ISBN 0934351678, 9780934351676. 226 pages. Google Books says: "Series of 3 catalogs published to accompany a series of 3 exhibitions organized by and held at the Heard Museum in 2001-2003, and tour internationally under the title Masterworks from the Heard Museum." (left: front cover Masterworks from the Heard Museum. Image courtesy of Google Books)

Be Dazzled!: Masterworks of Jewelry and Beadwork from the Heard Museum, By Gail Bird, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 2002. ISBN 0934351651, 9780934351652. 80 pages. Google Books says: "Series of 3 catalogs published to accompany a series of 3 exhibitions organized by and held at the Heard Museum in 2001-2003, and tour internationally under the title Masterworks from the Heard Museum."

Hold Everything!: Masterworks of Basketry and Pottery from the Heard Museum Collection, By Heard Museum, Jody Folwell. Published by Distributed by Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001. ISBN 0934351678, 9780934351676. 72 pages. Google Books says: "Catalog of a travelling exhibition which was first displayed at the Heard Museum between Nov. 3, 2001 and Mar. 10, 2002."

Drawn from Memory: The James T. Bialac Collection of Native American Art, By Heard Museum, Jeanne Snodgrass King, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 1996. ISBN 0934351538, 9780934351539. 22 pages

Watchful Eyes: Native American Women Artists, By Theresa Harlan, Anne Gully, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 1994. ISBN 0934351473, 9780934351478. 45 pages.

Selections from the Read Mullan Navajo textile collection at the Heard Museum, By Gina Cavallo Collins, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 1992

Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, By Margaret Archuleta, Rennard Strickland, Joy L. Gritton, W. Jackson Rushing, Heard Museum. Published by Heard Museum, 1991. ISBN 093435121X, 9780934351218. 110 pages. Google Books says: "Exhibition ... held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona from April 9 to July --, 1991 ... organized by Margaret Archuleta, curator of Fine Art, the Heard Museum and Dr. Rennard Strickland, director, the Indian Law Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma"

Kachinas: a Hopi artist's documentary, By Barton Wright. Illustrated by Cliff Bahnimptewa. Published by Heard Museum, 1983

White Metal Universe: Navajo Silver from the Fred Harvey Collection, By Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, E. W. Jernigan, Gary Witherspoon. Published by Heard Museum, 1981. ISBN 0934351201, 9780934351201. 53 pages

Kachinas: An Evolving Hopi Art Form? : The Heard Museum, December 17, 1977-February 3, 1978, the Art Gallery, California State Fullerton, November 10, 1978-December 14, 1978, By Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, Jon T. Erickson, California State University, Fullerton Art Gallery. Published by Heard Museum, 1977. 112 pages

The Story of Navajo Weaving, By Kate Peck Kent. Edition: 9. Published by Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Arts sic, 1974

Pima Indian Basketry: Illustrated with Photographs from the Collection of the Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, Phoenix, Arizona, By Harvey Thomas Cain, Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art. Published by Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, 1972. 40 pages

The Goldwater Kachina Doll Collection: Presented to the Heard Museum by Barry M. Goldwater, By Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, Barry Morris Goldwater, Byron Harvey, Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art. Published by Published for the Heard Museum by the Arizona Historical Foundation, 1969. 27 pages

American Indian jewelry, By Harvey Thomas Cain, Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art. Published by Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, 1966. 18 pages

The Story of Navaho Weaving: Illustrated with Photos of Blankets in the Collection of the Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, By Kate Peck Kent. Published by Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Arts, 1963. 48 pages

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