"The Same Place at the Same Time: Pueblo Foodways" Opening Celebration

Please join us to celebrate and enjoy food from community collaborators for The Same Place at the Same Time: Pueblo Foodways, which traces collective practices within Taos Pueblo foodways, from seed to ceremony, past and present. Rather than serving as an exhaustive overview of Pueblo food and farming traditions, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the diverse activities and relationships that define food culture and sovereignty. Co-curator and dedicated Indigenous food sovereignty advocate Tiana Suazo reminds us that food sovereignty is defined not only as peoples’ control over their food sources and agriculture systems, but also as the preservation of the many social, cultural, and religious traditions that surround food production and consumption.

The Same Place at the Same Time is a series of three exhibition rotations that trace how art lives within, emerges from, and connects Taos’s creative communities. By gathering a varied array of arts—wood-fired ceramics, volunteer radio, and Pueblo foodways—into the rotating gallery space, the exhibition highlights the many interconnected maker groups within our larger Taos community. The inclusion of visual art, music, and food emphasizes the diversity of creativity that constructs thriving cultures and communities.

The exhibition is process-focused and collectively developed, documenting how these groups operate and co-curated by the groups themselves. It explores the wide-ranging organizational structures of these collectives, in turn allowing us to consider how these frameworks influence art making, relationships, and the rich culture of Taos. It asks how we might further nurture this expansive web of connections, both inside and outside of the gallery space.

Harwood Museum of Art is honored to collaborate with local artists, makers, and cultural leaders who shape and define Taos’s remarkable artistic landscape.

Curated by Kate Miller, Curatorial Assistant, Harwood Museum of Art. Image: Johnny Ortiz-Concha bean pot, photo by Elena Wolfe.