Sharlot Hall Museum
Prescott, Arizona
Smithsonian affiliated museum

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PAINT! Breaking the Buckskin Ceiling
American Indian Art Exhibit at Sharlot Hall Museum, 415 W. Gurley St., Prescott, AZ 86301
May 29, 2009 through November 15, 2010

The exhibit is an 18-month, largely two-dimensional installation, compelling audiences to see that ethnographic value is not at odds with aesthetic quality. The exhibition features four prominent Arizona artists in a series of one-person, four-month exhibits, starting with Jesse T. Hummingbird (Cherokee) and followed by Judith Durr (Choctaw), Baje Whitethorne, Sr. (Navajo) and Michael Kabotie (Hopi).
Individually and collectively these artists challenge and expand the meaning of the term “Indian art.” New York Times journalist Ken Shulman coined the term “buckskin ceiling,” defining it as an “invisible barrier,” an “art world bias that makes space for traditional beadwork, buckskins and trading-post blankets, and ignores almost anything else.” This exhibit provides a new venue to increase knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of contemporary Native American art.
Admission, which includes visits to all Museum buildings and galleries, is $5 for adults; children under 18 and Museum members are free.

Judith Durr exhibition date is October 16 through February 16,  2010.

Judith Durr - Exhibit to begin in September - December 2009

Judith Durr - Arizona Choctaw

Considered one of the foremost artists in the southwest, Judith Durr is a native of Arizona, lives in the beautiful hill country of Cave Creek with her husband and artist, Roger Kull.  Her oil paintings are internationlly recognized. Her distinctive trademark, a painted, rug background behind each still life oil painting, creates the incredible realism her collectors highly prize in her fine art oil paintings. With the illusion of fine beadwork, delicate rug backgrounds, bold pottery, the use of corn and jewelry have become signatures of Judith's fine art oil paintings.  Her art work is in the museum of History and Anthopology in Mexico City, Mexico, public and private collections throughout the United States. The Enviormental Protecion Agency recognized her incredible art work by selecting her for their posters brochures for the Native American  Hertiage Month in 2007. She has been recognized by Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, Arizona as their poster artist for 2010. Sharlot Hall Museum, a Smithsonian affliliated museum, has recognized her with the exhibit for 2009-2010, "Breaking the Buckskin Ceiling". Her work has appeared in Western Art Collector, Art of the West, Southwest Art, Phoenix Home and Garden and other national publications. 

Contact Judith Durr - PO Box 12, Cave Creek, AZ 85327  -  480-595-2443  - judithdurr@yahoo.com

Visit Judith's studio Mountain Studio, by appointment only,                                             480-595-2443.