Heard Museum Features Chicano Photography Exhibit

One of the nation's leading Native American museums offers visitors a unique perspective on photography as an artistic medium during the first quarter of 2004, when the Heard Museum presents Picarte: Photography Beyond Representation. This special exhibition runs through March 14, 2004 and showcases the work of eight emerging and established Chicano/Chicana photographers. It includes work by the millennium generation (younger artists) and the movimineto generation (older artists), as they present work that parallels the sociopolitical, artistic and technological changes that have occurred during the past 10 years.

The Heard Museum is a private, non-profit museum founded in 1929 by Dwight B. and Maie Bartlett Heard to house their personal collection of cultural and fine art. Located in Phoenix, Arizona it is billed as the place to learn about the Native American cultures of the Southwest, including the Hopi, Navajo, Apache and Yapi tribes. It's well known for its extensive collection of Native American Art, unique exhibits and innovative programming.

The mission and philosophy of the Heard Museum today is to educate the public about the heritage and the living cultures and arts of Native peoples, with an emphasis on the peoples of the Southwest. With a 50,000-square-foot expansion in 1999, the Heard Museum nearly doubled its public spaces, allowing more room to display some of the more than 35,000 artifacts in its permanent collection.

Access is excellent at the Heard Museum, with plenty of accessible parking, wide doorways and ample room to maneuver a wheelchair in all of the galleries. There is barrier-free access to all floors and accessible restrooms are located throughout the building.

For more information about The Heard Museum call (602) 252-8848 or visit www.heard.org.

The Heard Museum is located in Phoenix Arizona, in close proximity to a number of other accessible Phoenix attractions. Check out the Winter 2004 issue of Emerging Horizons for a complete rundown of accessible attractions, lodgings and transportation resources in the Greater Phoenix area.