Studio ceramics including traditional pueblo pottery
Museum University of Arizona · Tucson
One of the oldest and largest anthropology museums in the American Southwest, holding a world-renowned collection of over 40,000 Native American pottery vessels and Southwestern cultural objects.
Museum ASU Campus · Tempe
One of the finest university art museums in the Southwest, with over 5,000 works spanning American art, craft, Latin American art, and groundbreaking contemporary installations.
Gallery Uptown Sedona · Sedona
Eclectic contemporary gallery featuring works by emerging Southwestern artists, with rotating exhibitions that span painting, ceramics, and mixed media.
Museum Central Phoenix · Phoenix
The world's foremost museum dedicated to the art and culture of Native peoples of the American Southwest, with exceptional collections spanning ancient to contemporary.
Cultural Center Historic Jerome · Jerome
Monthly gallery walk through Jerome's historic art colony, connecting visitors with the town's remarkable concentration of working artists, studios, and galleries.
Gallery Historic Jerome · Jerome
A vibrant artist-run cooperative perched in Jerome's historic mining district, showcasing original paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and sculpture by over 40 local artists.
Gallery Courthouse Plaza · Prescott
One of Arizona's oldest artist cooperatives, offering original work by over 100 member artists in a historic downtown gallery steps from the famous Prescott Courthouse Plaza.
Museum North Flagstaff · Flagstaff
The region's foremost museum of natural and cultural history, housing one of the world's most significant collections of Hopi, Diné, Zuni, and Pai art, pottery, and jewelry.
Cultural Center Midtown Phoenix · Phoenix
A community arts center offering studio classes, workshops, and gallery exhibitions across ceramics, painting, printmaking, and fiber arts for Phoenix-area artists of all levels.
Gallery Historic Jerome · Jerome
Specializing in raku and studio ceramics alongside paintings and mixed media, Raku Gallery is one of Jerome's most beloved stops on the art colony's gallery trail.
Museum South Phoenix · Phoenix
An archaeological park and museum preserving one of the largest pre-Columbian platform mounds in North America, with galleries presenting the art and culture of the ancient Hohokam people.
Museum Prescott · Prescott
A historic museum preserving and interpreting the art, culture, and material heritage of Native American peoples of the Southwest, with significant collections of pottery, weaving, and ceremonial objects.
Gallery Downtown Flagstaff · Flagstaff
A cooperative gallery in the heart of downtown Flagstaff, run by member artists who show landscape paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and photography inspired by Arizona's northern highlands.
Cultural Center Tlaquepaque · Sedona
Iconic arts village modeled after a traditional Mexican village, housing 40+ galleries, artisans, and studios amid courtyards and fountains.
Art School Downtown Tucson · Tucson
A community ceramics studio offering open studio membership, classes, and gallery exhibitions dedicated to the ceramic arts in Tucson.
Gallery Uptown Sedona · Sedona
A Sedona landmark for Native American jewelry, pottery, and fine art, curating authentic works directly from tribal artists across the Southwest.
Gallery Downtown · Durango
A museum-quality gallery devoted entirely to Native American art and material culture - presenting handcrafted jewelry, paintings, sculpture, pottery, Kachinas, baskets, drums, flutes, and textiles made exclusively by Native artists, with an emphasis on education and cultural context.
Art School Telluride · Telluride
A beloved community arts school in the San Juan Mountains offering workshops, classes, and exhibitions in a setting that attracts artists from around the world to Telluride's storied cultural landscape.
Cultural Center Snowmass Village · Aspen
A world-renowned artist residency and education center in the mountains outside Aspen, offering workshops with celebrated artists and a vibrant gallery program in a bucolic ranch setting.
Gallery Pearl Street Mall · Boulder
A cooperative gallery on Boulder's beloved Pearl Street Mall, showcasing handcrafted jewelry, ceramics, fiber, glass, and mixed-media work by Colorado artisans since 1971.
Museum Fort Lewis College Campus · Durango
The research museum and archive of Fort Lewis College, home to the Durango Collection - an extraordinary holding of Diné, Puebloan, and Hispano textiles, plus baskets, beadwork, pottery, sculpture, and paintings representing the full breadth of Southwest cultural production.
Gallery Downtown Manitou Springs · Manitou Springs
One of Colorado's oldest artist cooperatives, housed in a charming historic building in bohemian Manitou Springs and showcasing paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber work by over 30 member artists.
Gallery Ninth Street District · Durango
A beloved Durango gallery representing over 100 independent American studio artists - presenting an eclectic range of handcrafted pottery, paintings, jewelry, glass, and functional art objects sourced from small studios across the country, with a strong Southwest aesthetic.
Art School Downtown Boulder · Boulder
A community ceramics and fine arts studio offering classes, open studio time, and gallery exhibitions for artists of all levels in the heart of Boulder.
Gallery Downtown · Pagosa Springs
A Pagosa Springs gallery specializing in contemporary Southwestern jewelry and Native American craft - offering handmade one-of-a-kind pieces by Diné, Hopi, Zuni, and Apache artists alongside local artisan jewelry, pottery, Kachinas, painting, and sculpture in historic downtown.
Cultural Center Manitou Springs · Manitou Springs
A thriving community arts hub in the quirky mountain resort town of Manitou Springs, with studio spaces, gallery exhibitions, and public programs connecting artists and the community.
Artist Studio Downtown · Ouray
A working studio in the heart of Ouray where visitors can watch skilled artisans create handblown glass and handcrafted pottery on-site - combining live demonstrations with a gallery of finished works that make distinctive keepsakes from the Switzerland of America.
Gallery Downtown Durango · Durango
A destination gallery for authentic Native American art in Durango since 1957, with one of the finest collections of Diné rugs, Pueblo pottery, Hopi kachinas, and Southwest jewelry in the region.
Cultural Center Historic District · Carson City
Housed in a restored 1864 brewery, this beloved Northern Nevada arts center runs galleries, a theater, studio art classes, and a vibrant calendar of exhibitions celebrating regional artists and craftspeople.
Gallery UNLV Campus · Las Vegas
A student and faculty exhibition space at UNLV's Department of Art presenting cutting-edge contemporary work by emerging artists and national invitees in an intimate university gallery setting.
Gallery University of Nevada Reno · Reno
The primary exhibition space for the University of Nevada Reno's Department of Art, presenting work by students, faculty, and invited national artists across all media in a purpose-built gallery on campus.
Museum Uptown Albuquerque · Albuquerque
Owned and operated by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, this museum and cultural center celebrates Pueblo art, history, and living culture with permanent and rotating exhibitions.
Gallery Downtown Santa Fe · Santa Fe
A leading gallery for contemporary art in Santa Fe, representing nationally significant artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and ceramics.
Gallery Nob Hill · Albuquerque
One of Albuquerque's most beloved galleries, celebrating fine American craft and art jewelry with an emphasis on contemporary ceramics, glass, and fiber.
Museum Museum Road · Taos
A world-class collection of Native American and Hispanic art and artifacts from the Southwest, including one of the finest collections of Pueblo jewelry ever assembled.
Gallery Historic Downtown Silver City · Silver City
The main gallery arm of the Mimbres Region Arts Council, showcasing works by local and regional artists in a welcoming downtown space and hosting Silver City's vibrant First Friday ArtWalk events.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
One of the world's premier museums dedicated to the living arts and cultures of Native peoples of the Southwest, with extraordinary collections of pottery, textiles, jewelry, and contemporary art.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
Home to the world's largest collection of international folk art - over 135,000 objects from more than 100 countries - on a scenic hill above Santa Fe.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
The only museum in the country dedicated to the Spanish Colonial art tradition of the Americas, housing an exceptional collection of santos, retablos, furniture, and textiles spanning 500 years.
Gallery Nob Hill · Albuquerque
A cooperative fine art gallery on Albuquerque's Central Avenue presenting paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and mixed media works by a rotating collective of New Mexico artists.
Gallery Raton
The Raton Arts & Humanities Council's gallery in a landmark 1910 Wells Fargo building, showing work by 200+ local and regional New Mexico artists across every medium.
Art School Guadalupe District · Santa Fe
A nationally recognized ceramics school and gallery hosting workshops with leading clay artists, with a gallery program dedicated to contemporary ceramics.
Gallery Taos Plaza · Taos
A premier destination for authentic Native American jewelry, pottery, and art, sourcing directly from pueblo artisans and tribal communities of the Southwest.
Museum WNMU Campus · Silver City
Home to the world's largest permanent display of Mimbres pottery, this university museum in the Gila Wilderness foothills offers an unparalleled window into the art of the ancient Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico.
Museum Museum Hill · Santa Fe
Dedicated to Native American art and culture, with a particular focus on Diné ceremonial arts and contemporary Native American artists.
Museum Arts District · Dallas
A free-admission museum presenting one of the finest collections of Asian art in the Southwest, spanning 5,000 years across South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and Korea - a serene refuge of beauty in the heart of downtown Dallas.
Museum Midtown · Houston
A museum and residency program dedicated to the art of craft - fiber, glass, metal, ceramics, and wood - with working resident artists visible throughout the building and a commitment to elevating craft to its rightful place in the fine art conversation.
Museum Museum Reach · San Antonio
An encyclopedic art museum in a magnificent converted 19th-century brewery complex, with a world-class collection of Latin American art - the largest of any US museum - alongside strong holdings in ancient Mediterranean, Asian, and American art.
Cultural Center Downtown · San Antonio
A historic arts institution offering studio arts education alongside gallery exhibitions in a beautifully preserved 19th-century French Quarter convent complex - combining fine craft education with a public art program in the heart of downtown San Antonio.
Recommended Reading
The definitive guide to Pueblo pottery traditions: fourteen New Mexico families and the ceramic lineages that have shaped Southwest art for generations.
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