Bill Mendoza (Oglala Lakota/Sicangu Lakota), dentalium and quilled mask, 2020, quillwork, dentalium, braintanned leather. Courtesy/MOIFA

Pilar Agoyo (Ohkay Owingeh/Cochiti/Kewa Pueblos), Bread is Life, 2020, blue bird cotton flour sack, swarovski crystals, rayon and grosgrain ribbons. Courtesy/MOIFA

MOIFA News:

If you want to be one of the first people to view a new exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA), here is your chance to see it for free! 

“#Mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic” will be open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, May 30, and MOIFA is waiving admission fees.

With approximately 30 face masks on display, the exhibition contains examples from around the world, such as Iceland, Canada’s First Nations, Indonesia, Turkey, South Sudan, Pakistan and the United States, including masks by local artists Gasali Adeyemo and Lisa Trujillo. 

The exhibit also includes an altar and sculpture by local artist Arthur Lopez, textile panels, prints, and paintings that depict face masks and issues related to the pandemic.

There also will be two slide shows. One is a selection of masks entered into the Office of the Governor’s Mask Madness challenge, and the other features masks by Native American artists, organized by America Meredith.