The Wells Fargo Gallery features a variety of exhibits, many of which draw upon the rich cultural expressions represented in the Park’s permanent collection.

Gallery Hours: 9:00am – 5pm, Monday through Saturday.

The Art and Culture of the Tarahumara

summer 2011 – spring 2012

The Tarahumara, who call themselves Rarámuri, live in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico in a portion of the Sierra Madre Occidental. They sustain themselves by utilizing more than 300 different plant species that grow near their home. These plants not only provide food, fiber, and medicine but are used by Tarahumara craftsmen to construct storage vessels, cultural carvings and tools.

This exhibit features artwork loaned to the Park by Dr. Barney Burns and Mahina Drees, co-founders of Native Seeds SEARCH and owners of the trading company Unknown Mexico. This exhibit also features the dynamic photography of Dr. John Schaefer, who traveled to Tarahumara lands in the late 1970s with author Bernard Fontana to photograph the people for the book Tarahumara: Where Night is the Day of the Moon. Both Dr. Schaefer and the Burns’ have been generous enough to share works from their personal collection for this exhibit.