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Harmony Hammond (b.1944) is an artist, educator, writer, and independent curator. She attended the University of Minnesota from 1963–67 before moving to New York in 1969, where she became a leading figure in the development of the feminist art movement in New York in the early 1970s. Hammond was a co-founder of A.I.R., the first women's cooperative art gallery in New York (1972) and Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics (1976). Since 1984, she has lived and worked in northern New Mexico. Hammond's earliest feminist work combined gender politics with post-minimal concerns of materials and process, frequently occupying a space between painting and sculpture. Hammond currently has an exhibition on view at SITE SANTA FE entitled FRINGE, which highlights a selection of her work from the last 10 years. 

Georgia O'Keeffe first visited the village of Abiquiú (pronounced Ah-bih-cue) in 1931, and nearly two decades later made it her permanent home. Located 60 miles northwest of Santa Fe, the home is surrounded by the scenery that inspired many of her paintings. Guests will see her gardens and the courtyards she often painted as well as the living spaces where she cooked, worked, and entertained. 

Artist Jeffrey Gibson is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent. He made history as the first indigenous artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale with a show of 11 paintings, nine sculptures, eight flags, two murals and one video installation, titled, the space in which to place me. Gibson is also a major supporter of IAIA Museum and University in Santa Fe. Gibson has provided students and mentors with a view of his career and the long trajectory to becoming the first Indigenous artist to represent the US at the Venice Biennale. Gibson's work fuses his Choctaw-Cherokee heritage and experience of living in Europe, Asia, and the USA with references that span club culture, queer theory, fashion, politics, literature, and art history. His multi-faceted practice incorporates painting, performance, sculpture, textiles, and video, characterized by vibrant color and pattern. "The artist harnesses the power of such materials and techniques to activate overlooked narratives while embracing the presence of historically marginalized identities."

SITE SANTA FE is an interdisciplinary contemporary arts institution. As a non-collecting arts institution, SITE Santa Fe, explores and responds to the current cultural moment through innovative exhibitions and programs. The 12th International takes the title Once Within a Time, after a recent film by Godfrey Reggio, the legendary experimental filmmaker who has long resided in Santa Fe. "Inspired by Reggio's circular narratives, the 12th International places storytelling at its heart, with the aim of highlighting the lived experiences of several characters connected to the history of Santa Fe and its surrounding region. Conceived as a vast family album, Once Within a Time takes cues from the lives of a vibrant collection of Santa Feans, bringing together figures both historical and current, real and imagined, whose existential adventures step into dialogue with works of contemporary art."