The Contemporary Arts Collection


The Millicent Rogers Museum has been recognized by Hispanic artists as the first major cultural institution in New Mexico to recognize the significance of the Hispanic art movement in northern New Mexico in the early 1980s.

The Millicent Rogers Museum also collects and displays contemporary arts and designs from all cultures in northern New Mexico, with an extensive collection of two-dimensional works by 20th century Native American and Hispanic artists. 

 

Selected Pieces

Watercolor – MRM 1981.028.001
Watercolor – MRM 1984.067.001
Sculpture – MRM 1982.067.032
 

Watercolor – MRM 1981.028.001

Koshares Eating Watermelon. Shows 3 "Chifonete" clowns seated on 3 small benches. 2 clowns eating watermelon and basket of bread in the middle. All facing center, left and right profile and one full-face forward.

JD Roybal, ca. 1960-1970.  San Ildefonse Pueblo, NM. H: 19.6 cm, W:  30.4 cm.

 

Watercolor – MRM 1984.067.001

Yellow, orange, & green stylized fish.

Tony Da, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM.  H: 27.9 cm, W: 37.7 cm.

 
 

Sculpture – MRM 1982.067.032

"Navajo Shepherdess" - Purchased with funds from the Metropolitan Life Foundation.  On permanent display in the MRM courtyard.  Indiana Limestone

John Suazo, ca. 1985. H 162.5 cm, W: 30.5 D: 60.9 cm. 

 
 

Contemporary Arts

Millicent's mother, Mary B. Rogers, donated the core of the Pueblo Indian works. These watercolor paintings from the well-known Santa Fe School illustrate the history of Southwest Indian painting that began in Santa Fe in 1917.