UNM Harwood Museum of Art’s new exhibit explores the intersection of ancestry and the future through adobe art
The Harwood Museum of Art and Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center are presenting "Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros," a major exhibition exploring adobe as a living practice that connects art, architecture, and ancestral knowledge across the Americas. Running from June 27, 2026, to February 28, 2027, the show features artists Gabriel Chaile, Rafa Esparza, Santino Gonzales, Joanna Keane Lopez, Ronald Rael, and Christine Howard Sandoval, with site-responsive installations that transform the museum's galleries through monumental adobe structures. The exhibition extends beyond the museum through partnerships with historic sites across New Mexico and southern Colorado, forming a region-wide constellation of projects that trace adobe's cultural and generational pathways.