On View
Conversaciones: Latin American Indigenous Art
April 3rd – December 5th, 2025
This exhibition invites visitors to explore the dialogue between ancient and contemporary Latin American art. Conversaciones: Latin American Indigenous Art features newly acquired works by Ana De Orbegoso, a New York-based Peruvian-American interdisciplinary artist, and Nadín Ospina, an acclaimed Colombian painter and sculptor. Their innovative pieces are presented alongside rarely exhibited treasures from FSU’s collections, including Maya textiles, ancient Andean ceramics, metalwork, and other artifacts.
Drawing on FSU faculty expertise in ancient Latin American art history and archaeology, the exhibition offers enriched discussions of the contexts in which ancient Moche and Nasca objects were deployed, enriching the conversations about their meanings across time. Through this interplay, the exhibition explores Indigenous concepts of animacy, materiality, and sacrality, the connections between bodies and landscapes, and evolving notions of identity.
By bridging the ancient and the contemporary, Conversaciones celebrates the enduring vitality of Latin American Indigenous art and thought. Additional featured artists include Christian Bendayán, Lastenia Canayo García (Pecón Quena), Hoesy Corona, Francisca Rojas Pohlhammer, Rufino Tamayo, the De La Torre Brothers, and Kukuli Velarde.
Women Among Us: Portraits of Strength
May 29th - July 26th, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts is proud to present the opening reception for Women Among Us: Portraits of Strength, on view from Thursday, May 29 to Saturday, July 26.
Featuring 37 portraits of accomplished women in the Big Bend area aged 65 or older, Women Among Us is a celebration of what it means to age as a woman, a vastly underrepresented demographic in photography. Over the course of a lifetime, each of the women featured in this portfolio has had an impact on their community through education, activism, or artistic achievement. Supplemented with an accompanying poem, each portrait is a collaboration between photographer, author, and sitter, in which the women’s individuality and personalities shine through.
Every woman featured in this series has dedicated themselves to bettering the Big Bend area, and continues to do so to this day. Celebrate and commemorate the achievements and lifetimes of these women on May 29th from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m at our opening reception. This event is free and open to the public, with parking available in the Call Street parking garage during the event. Refreshments will also be included. We hope to see you there!
