Cheri Falkenstien-Doyle

Lecture: Monday, September 26

Cheri Falkenstein-Doyle will lecture on Charles Loloma, arguably the most influential Native American jeweler of the twentieth century, who drew inspiration from a variety of sources, including the world of high fashion and the wearable art movement, as well as traditional Hopi culture. These influences, together with his conviction that native arts should evolve to reflect contemporary realities and personal experience, led to the development of his unique style.

Falkenstein-Doyle’s lecture is in conjunction with the exhibit, Loloma, at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Featuring nearly 500 examples of pottery and jewelry, the Wheelwright’s exhibition covers the breadth of Loloma’s artistic production from the 1940s to the closing of his studio in 1988. The exhibition, curated by Martha Hopkins Struever, is on view in the Klah and Slater Galleries through October 30, 2005. (740 Camino Lejo, Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM 87505, www.wheelwright.org)