Museum for the history, art, and stories of the American West. The Autry is a museum dedicated to bringing together the stories of all peoples of the American West, connecting the past with the present to inspire our shared future.
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The museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals, family events, and music, and performs scholarship, research, and educational outreach.
Operating as usual
The Autry is closed this Sunday (7/4) in observance of Independence Day. However, we'll be here during our regular hours (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) on Saturday. Come see what's on view. https://theautry.org/exhibitions
Please note the Autry will be open reduced hours (12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.) on Wednesday, June 30. General Hours & Info: TheAutry.org/Visit
Today we say congratulations and farewell to our President & CEO Rick West, who transformed the Autry and helped change the relationship between Indigenous people and museums.
Learn more about his legacy in this article by Carolina Miranda in the Los Angeles Times.
Director Rick West helped turn the Autry Museum of the American West, once known for cowboy culture, into an important site of Indigenous art and life.
"As the son/grandson of a parent and grandparent who attended federal boarding schools here in the U.S., and particularly in light of the tragic news out of Canada, I support the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative." -Rick West, Autry Pres. and CEO
Following news of Indigenous children’s remains found at residential schools in Canada, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will investigate the scope of the problem in the US
Have you had a chance to check out When I Remember I See Red in person? Currently on display at the Autry, the exhibition spans five decades and includes 70 works from artists who have used their work as a means of cultural resistance and renewal. theautry.org/wirisr
Have you had a chance to check out When I Remember I See Red in person? Currently on display at the Autry, the exhibition spans five decades and includes 70 works from artists who have used their work as a means of cultural resistance and renewal. theautry.org/wirisr
Join us for a wide-ranging conversation between Rick West (Cheyenne), Autry President and CEO, and Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as we celebrate and honor our outgoing leader’s legacy at the Autry and beyond.
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 4:00 p.m. PDT - Join for a wide-ranging conversation between Rick West, Autry President and CEO, and Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as we celebrate and honor our outgoing leader’s…
Now on view: What’s Her Story: Women in the Archives. The exhibition explores the lives and work of women in the 20 & 21st century as told through photographs, letters, and diaries. https://bit.ly/3xwGrnk #archivingwomen
At the heart of every story is an archive, and at the heart of every archive is a story. In honor of the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, What’s Her Story: Women in the…
See free plays via Native Voices at the Autry's virtual Festival of New Plays. This Tuesday, 6/22 Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) premieres ARBEKA. After a decade in Hollywood, Hokte Tiger returns to the Arbeka grounds in Oklahoma. There she must confront past tragedies, mistakes, and wounds. Does she have what it takes to be a Tiger? https://theautry.org/events/signature-programs/native-voices-at-the-autry
See free plays via Native Voices at the Autry's virtual Festival of New Plays. This Tuesday, 6/22 Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) premieres ARBEKA. After a decade in Hollywood, Hokte Tiger returns to the Arbeka grounds in Oklahoma. There she must confront past tragedies, mistakes, and wounds. Does she have what it takes to be a Tiger? https://theautry.org/events/signature-programs/native-voices-at-the-autry
Stretch your creative with the relaxing craft of crochet. Using our collections as inspiration, this video tutorial teaches you how to make your own 'star-pattern' market bag. https://bit.ly/35xe0cY
Stretch your creative with the relaxing craft of crochet. Using our collections as inspiration, this video tutorial teaches you how to make your own 'star-pattern' market bag. https://bit.ly/35xe0cY
Happy Father's Day! Take pop to the Autry and check out our new exhibitions as well as beloved core galleries. https://theautry.org/exhibitions
Happy Father's Day! Take pop to the Autry and check out our new exhibitions as well as beloved core galleries. https://theautry.org/exhibitions
African Americans have not just been a part of the American West, past, present, and future—there is no American West without Black Americans, period. The Autry celebrates the contributions of African Americans across the West and nation on this Juneteenth holiday.
Please click link for a blog post and images from last year's 11th Leimert Park Rising Juneteenth Celebration, part of our Collecting Community History Initiative: BLM Protests in the West. Photo: 11th Leimert Park Rising Juneteenth Celebration. Photo taken by Zhamari Harrison in Leimert Park, CA on June 19th, 2020
https://theautry.org/research/blog/collecting-community-history-initiative-juneteenth-leimert-park-ca
By Kyrie Blackman, Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern for The Autry's Collecting Community History Initiative In June of this year, the Autry launched its Collecting Community History…
Mark your calendars! Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, we are able to reopen the Southwest Museum to visitors once again, starting Saturday, 6/26. Visit our website for hours, protocols, and exhibitions on display. https://bit.ly/3wBwFjA
Mark your calendars! Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, we are able to reopen the Southwest Museum to visitors once again, starting Saturday, 6/26. Visit our website for hours, protocols, and exhibitions on display. https://bit.ly/3wBwFjA
We are thrilled to be nominated in the Los Angeles Times “2021 Best of the Southland” awards! Cast your vote by Monday, June 21 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. You can find us in Westside - Downtown - East Los Angeles under the ENTERTAINMENT & LIVING-Museum category.
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Today @ 5 pm! Native Voices at the Autry's 27th Festival of New Plays kicks off with K'kali by June Thiele. A magical modern tale of a q***r Indigenous artist who wrestles with her culture, identity, relationships...and perhaps a real-life monster. #Pride2021 http://theautry.org/nativevoices
Virtual Event | Free Admission Native Voices knew pivoting to the virtual realm would be challenging, but we didn't know it would make Native Voices an international stage. We worked remotely…
Experience new work by two Indigenous playwrights as part of Indigenous Circles, a new program to diversify and showcase remarkable stories created by Indigenous writers. The program is a collaboration between PlayPenn and Native Voices at the Autry.
To learn more and reserve your free virtual seat visit:
https://www.playpenn.org/indigenous-circles-2021/
Experience new work by two Indigenous playwrights as part of Indigenous Circles, a new program to diversify and showcase remarkable stories created by Indigenous writers. The program is a collaboration between PlayPenn and Native Voices at the Autry.
To learn more and reserve your free virtual seat visit:
https://www.playpenn.org/indigenous-circles-2021/
Psstt...The New Adventures of Super Indian is still available. Through audio episodes, meet Hubert Logan, an ordinary boy turned superhero, as well as the other residents of the fictional Leaning Oak Reservation—where things are anything but boring. For more info & to stream: theautry.org/nativevoices
Psstt...The New Adventures of Super Indian is still available. Through audio episodes, meet Hubert Logan, an ordinary boy turned superhero, as well as the other residents of the fictional Leaning Oak Reservation—where things are anything but boring. For more info & to stream: theautry.org/nativevoices
There are many histories of the West that are hidden. In this lesson, from Autry Educators, students can search for a hidden history by analyzing two pieces of artwork; one artwork portrays the history of the Chinese community in the American West quite vividly while the other artwork hides that history.
Self-Paced Lesson Students will search for a hidden history by analyzing two pieces of artwork. One artwork includes the history of the Chinese community. The other artwork hides the history of…
Autry curator Josh Garrett-Davis interviews rodeo world champion Larry Mahan and film historians C. Courtney Joyner and Stuart Rosebrook about the realistic portrayal of twentieth-century rodeo and ranching life in movies, particularly in Roy Rogers’s final film, the newly restored Mackintosh and TJ. Stream or purchase the film today! https://linktr.ee/MackintoshAndTJ
https://theautry.org/wiaw/ranching-rodeo-roy-rogers
Autry curator Josh Garrett-Davis interviews rodeo world champion Larry Mahan and film historians C. Courtney Joyner and Stuart Rosebrook about the realistic portrayal of twentieth-century…
Today (5/16) at 10 a.m. PST: The virtual tour of two exhibitions at the historic Southwest Museum campus begins! Celebrate Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day by learning more about the site’s founder, Charles Lummis in Making a Big Noise: The Explorations of Charles Lummis. Then take a look at rare ceramics made by the Pueblo peoples of Arizona and New Mexico in Four Centuries of Pueblo Pottery. https://theautry.org/events/drop-activities/museums-arroyo-mota-day-virtual-tours
Celebrate Museum of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day, with two virtual tours from the historic Southwest Museum campus. See rare ceramics made by the Pueblo peoples of Arizona and New Mexico in Four Centuries of Pueblo Pottery. Then learn more about the site’s founder in Making a Big Noise: The Explorations of Charles Lummis. The links will be available on the Autry.org on Sunday, May 16, 10:00 a.m. PST. https://theautry.org/events/drop-activities/museums-arroyo-mota-day-virtual-tours
Listen to Native Voices at the Autry's The New Adventures of Super Indian. Through audio episodes, meet Hubert Logan, an ordinary boy turned superhero, as well as the other residents of the fictional Leaning Oak Reservation—where things are anything but boring. theautry.org/nativevoices
Listen to Native Voices at the Autry's The New Adventures of Super Indian. Through audio episodes, meet Hubert Logan, an ordinary boy turned superhero, as well as the other residents of the fictional Leaning Oak Reservation—where things are anything but boring. theautry.org/nativevoices
Follow native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio as her art is reinvigorated by her calling to protect sacred sites atop Mauna Kea in This Is the Way We Rise, part of the Sundance Indigenous Short Film Tour. Sundance Film Festival
Now streaming: http://bit.ly/3b3FDNR #AAPI #indigenousfilm
Follow native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio as her art is reinvigorated by her calling to protect sacred sites atop Mauna Kea in This Is the Way We Rise, part of the Sundance Indigenous Short Film Tour. Sundance Film Festival
Now streaming: http://bit.ly/3b3FDNR #AAPI #indigenousfilm
Celebrate Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day with two virtual tours from the historic Southwest Museum campus on Sunday, 5/16.
Sunday, May 16, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - Celebrate the art, architecture, and history of the Arroyo Seco area! This event is at the historic Southwest Museum Mt. Washington campus.
On Sunday May 9 at 7pm, join Metro Art Los Angeles, Metro Los Angeles and The Autry for a special Mother’s Day mariachi performance by all-women’s ensemble Las Colibrí which reimagines living archives and women’s history linking poetry, place and sound.
Inspired by archival materials of composer and singer Manuela C. Garcia (1867-1931) who was born and raised downtown near what is now Union Station Los Angeles, the performance features much-loved classic songs of the genre alongside a recovered song and original poetry by Amy Shimshon-Santo.
5/23: Zoom into this online discussion as we speak with legendary mural artists Barbara Carrasco, Yreina D. Cervántez, and Audrey Chan, whose murals elevate community stories helping to change dominant narratives and make a more inclusive history. https://theautry.org/events/lectures-and-workshops/her-mural-story-taking-action-preserve-culture
Sunday, May 23, 2021, 11:00 a.m. - “We can only work with the images that have survived.” Alice Procter, The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it Panelists: Yreina D.…
Music, poetry, and history converge in Versos y Besos. This special performance is streaming for free on Mother's Day, right here on Facebook!
Las Colibrí x Metro Los Angeles Metro Art Los Angeles
Did Mother's Day sneak up on you and you're finding yourself gift-less? We have you covered. All jewelry from the Autry Store is 20% off! Including these multi-stoned inlay earrings by artist Charlene Reano. https://shop.theautry.org/collections/jewelry
Did Mother's Day sneak up on you and you're finding yourself gift-less? We have you covered. All jewelry from the Autry Store is 20% off! Including these multi-stoned inlay earrings by artist Charlene Reano. https://shop.theautry.org/collections/jewelry
Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People, a day to honor and bring awareness to Indigenous women and girls who are murdered and go missing at disproportionate rates compared to the national average. To learn more about this crisis and how you can become an advocate follow: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and Sovereign Bodies Institute #MMIWG #MMIW
‘Native women and men still struggle from the effects of colonization, marginalization and assimilation and our shared trauma’ #MMIWG
Could The Mandalorian, a show set in the outer reaches of the galaxy, be considered a Western?
Find out this #Maythe4th, w/ the help of our experts, if this bounty hunter gets a bolo. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou
Free streaming: http://ow.ly/UPZu50zuKAf
Could The Mandalorian, a show set in the outer reaches of the galaxy, be considered a Western?
Find out this #Maythe4th, w/ the help of our experts, if this bounty hunter gets a bolo. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou
Free streaming: http://ow.ly/UPZu50zuKAf
In this painting, Judith Lowry uses traditional stories to blend environmental and feminist messages, demonstrating the continuing relevance of these narratives to Native peoples today. Her painting depicts the story of Welgatim (Frog-Woman) and her husband Weh-pom (Coyote). After falling in love with Suh-mim (Deer Woman), Weh-pom plots to kill Welgatim. Weh-pom’s disloyalty incites Welgatim to summon rain, flooding the Earth. Welgatim’s power is so great that only fire from Mount Tehama (seen erupting in the background), could stop the flood.
You can see this piece and more as part of When I Remember I See Red. Now on view at the Autry. https://theautry.org/exhibitions/when-i-remember-i-see-red
Image: Judith Lowry (Maidu/Pit River), Welgatim’s Song, 2001, acrylic on canvas. Gift of the Artist, Crocker Art Museum, 2009.113 (Photograph by Jesse A. Bravo)
In this painting, Judith Lowry uses traditional stories to blend environmental and feminist messages, demonstrating the continuing relevance of these narratives to Native peoples today. Her painting depicts the story of Welgatim (Frog-Woman) and her husband Weh-pom (Coyote). After falling in love with Suh-mim (Deer Woman), Weh-pom plots to kill Welgatim. Weh-pom’s disloyalty incites Welgatim to summon rain, flooding the Earth. Welgatim’s power is so great that only fire from Mount Tehama (seen erupting in the background), could stop the flood.
You can see this piece and more as part of When I Remember I See Red. Now on view at the Autry. https://theautry.org/exhibitions/when-i-remember-i-see-red
Image: Judith Lowry (Maidu/Pit River), Welgatim’s Song, 2001, acrylic on canvas. Gift of the Artist, Crocker Art Museum, 2009.113 (Photograph by Jesse A. Bravo)
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Have questions you’ve always wanted to ask a museum curator? Well tomorrow is your day! Join our curators for #AskaCurator where they will answer all the things you have pondered. Drop them a comment here or tweet at them (@theautry).
The Autry’s new music series debuts today! Watch Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes perform an intimate acoustic set at the museum. TheAutry.org/bestofLA.
Hosted by @NativeCurator, the show takes objects from our collection and asks kids, "what is this?!" Watch their responses and try to guess before the big reveal.
What Is This Object? is back! @NativeCurator takes objects from the Autry's collections and asks kids what they think it could be. He is joined by Autry archaeologist Karimah Richardson for the big reveal. Test yourself and see if you can figure it out!
What Is This Object? is back! @NativeCurator takes objects from the Autry's collections and asks kids what they think it could be. He is joined by Autry archaeologist Karimah Richardson for the big reveal. Test yourself and see if you can figure it out!
Part "Kids Say the Darndest Things," part history lesson. We take objects from the Autry's Collections and ask kids to answer, "what is this?!" Hosted by the Autry’s Joe Horse Capture (@nativecurator) ft. curator Josh Garrett-Davis (@joshisawestern).
Can Josh spin three different film-festival laurels into tumbleweeds? Pour some Pinot, watch the video, and see if you agree.
Join chief conservator Richard Moll (on a quick break from his essential-staff-duty of ensuring the continued safety and preservation of the collection!) as he discusses one of his favorite parts about the saloon, the Edison Multiphone.
In the recent episode of Is This a Western? Curator Josh Garrett-Davis takes on The Mandalorian with the help of colleague Karina Richardson. Find out if this bounty hunter gets a bolo. @joshisawestern #maythe4thbewithyou #HATM
Get your tix for LYING WITH BADGERS—a new play featuring both people and puppets! At the Autry through 3/15.
THIS WEEKEND: American Indian Arts Marketplace is back! Enjoy art, food, performances, and more. #AutryMarket http://TheAutry.org/Marketplace
Join the #AutryCampaign to support the Autry’s efforts to challenge the past, discover the present, and celebrate the future with public programming and educational initiatives engaging multigenerational audiences. Visit TheAutry.org/Campaign to learn more!
We’re live with Conjunto Oye! Our Sizzling Summer Nights series continues Thursdays through August 22, here at the Autry in Griffith Park.
Autry After Hours is back Wednesday, June 19! Join local poets, DJs, and visual artists + see the museum’s latest exhibitions. Autry Members get in for free. $5 admission for non-members.
A (very) quick look at our new exhibition, Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley. Now on view!
Sneak peek of PURE NATIVE—a new stage comedy by Vickie Ramirez. Performances March 8-24! Tickets: TheAutry.org/NativeVoices
Getting the Autry stage ready for PURE NATIVE, a new comedy by Vickie Ramirez (Tuscarora). Performances March 8-24! Tickets available at TheAutry.org/NativeVoices #NativeVoices
Opening day is tomorrow, 2/9! #AutryMasters TheAutry.org/Masters
Masters of the American West—the nation’s premier Western art show and sale. Opening day tickets now available. #AutryMasters TheAutry.org/Masters
THIS WEEKEND (Nov. 10-11): American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry in Griffith Park! Enjoy art, food, performances, and more. #AutryMarket http://TheAutry.org/Marketplace
KCET’s next episode of #Artbound examines the beauty and artistry of Native American basketry, and how California is leading the effort to revitalize the tradition. The Art of Basket Weaving was made in partnership with KCET, California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA), and the Autry. Catch the episode on KCET tonight, April 24, at 9:00 p.m.
Watch the debut of KCET's next #Artbound episode on La Raza, the bilingual newspaper/magazine that provided a voice to the Chicano Rights Movement in the late '60s and '70s. Features #AutryLARAZA co-curators Amy Scott and Luis C. Garza. Premieres tonight (4/3), 6:00 PM PT, on Link TV. http://bit.ly/2E2IuTW
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