The Journal

The Museum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will open the exhibit “Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings” on Wednesday, April 4, with a free reception from 5-7 p.m.

“Having emerged from the 1970s and ’80s as a significant contemporary artist, Helen Hardin, who signed her work in her Tewa name, Tsa-sah-wee-eh, paved the way for other Native woman artists breaking out of Indian traditionalism,” Julie Tapley-Booth, of the center, said in a news release.

The exhibit features 23 copper plate etchings spanning Hardin’s work from 1980-1984, translating her mixed ethnicities’ traditional symbology while using modern techniques and interpretation.

The Center of Southwest Studies will display this exhibit through 2018.

For more information, contact the center’s business office at 970-247-7456 or visit swcenter.fortlewis.edu.