"The arts and cultural practices of societies are a powerful force, holding within their expression an inherent potential for change. The arts can truly liberate the impulses within existing structures and bring new patterns into the world that support connection, engagement and sustainability."
- Joe Baker, Lloyd Kiva New Curator of Fine Art, Heard Museum
Fellow Biography
Joe Baker (Delaware Tribe of Indians) joined the Heard Museum in 2003 as Lloyd Kiva New Curator of Fine Art after a one-year term as dean of the Center for Arts and Culture Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Prior to that, he worked as outreach manager at the Heard Museum for three years, and he also was director of the Art-in-Education Grants Program at the Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture.
An accomplished painter and beadworker, Mr. Baker has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa and has completed post-graduate studies at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.
Field Notes
Mr. Baker has not completed his fellowship. The following is a short summary of his sabbatical.
Mr. Baker and the Heard Museum currently are collaborating with the National Museum of the American Indian on a contemporary Native art exhibition - "Remix: New Modernities in a Post Indian World" - which will open at NMAI's George Gustav Heye Center in New York in April 2007 and will also be exhibited at the Heard Museum. During his sabbatical, Mr. Baker will spend time in both New York and Santa Fe and will write a curatorial essay for the exhibition's catalogue.
Contact Information
Joe Baker
Lloyd Kiva New Curator of Fine Art
Heard Museum
602.252.8840
jbaker@heard.org
www.heard.org