ANN LANE HEDLUND

Cultural anthropologist, writer, retired curator & professor                                                                

Education

PhD  1982       University of Colorado, Boulder. Anthropology.

MA   1976       Texas Tech University, Lubbock. Museum Science.

BA   1974       University of Colorado, Boulder. Anthropology; with distinction.

    1970-73       Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Geology, anthropology. (1972 winter/summer terms–Blackburn’s Farm of Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving, Canada; 1973 spring quarter–Guanajuato & Oaxaca, Mexico.)

Employment

The Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies, Tucson, AZ. November 1997-July 2013. Executive director. Retired July 2013.

Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Retired July 2013. July 1999-June 30, 2013: Joint appointment: Curator of ethnology and Professor of anthropology, School of Anthropology.

Arizona State University, Tempe. August 1992-1999: Associate professor, anthropology. August 1986-1992: Assistant professor, anthropology. August 1986-1998: Director, museum studies.

Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM. April 1984-July 1986: Museum curator.

University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO. 1984 to present: Research associate. 1982-84: Curator of anthropology/assistant professor. 1981-82: Acting curator. Academic years 1978-81: Research Assistant.

Navajo Tribal Museum, Window Rock, AZ. June-August 1979 (full-time) and September 1979-August 1980 (part time): Guest curator. (Institute of Museum Services grant G007804721).

Arizona State Museum, Tucson. Feb. 1977-Aug. 1978: Research assistant. (NEA R70-20-99).

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Jan.-July 1976: Textile conservation aide.

The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. August-December 1975 (3 days/week): Graduate intern.

National Park Service Museum Services, Harper’s Ferry, WV. Aug.-Dec. 1975: Museum aide.

The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock. 1974-75; Sept.-Dec. 1975: Graduate assistant. Lubbock Lake Site, Lubbock. May-July 1975: Archaeological crew member.

Littleton Area Historical Museum, Littleton, CO. May-August 1974: Living history instructor.

Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, MA. June-August 1973: Summer research fellow.

PUBLICATIONS–see separate web page listing.

Selected exhibitions (principal and shared responsibilities)

The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ/Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE. A Turning Point: Navajo Weaving in the Late 20^th Century. October–November 2010/February–May 2011. Curator.

Arizona State Museum, Tucson, AZ. Navajo Weaving at Arizona State Museum: 19^th Century Blankets/20^th Century Rugs/21^st Century Views. October 2004–May 2005. Curator, with Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda Teller Pete, Sierra Teller Ornelas and Michael Ornelas.

The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Navajo Blankets of the 19^th Century: Selections from the Textile Museum Collections. September 2003–March 2004. Guest Curator.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Contemporary Navajo Textiles. March–July 2001. Guest Curator.

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. Kenneth Noland: The Navajo Tapestries.January 14–February 25, 2001. Co-curated with graduate student Darden Bradshaw.

Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO. Navajo Weavings from the Andy Williams Collection. October 1997-January 1998. Guest Curator.

National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City. Navajo Weaving from the Santa Fe Collection, 1971-1996. September – December 1997. Guest Curator.

Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ Hanoolchaadi: Historic Textiles Selected by Four Navajo Weavers, October 1994-May 1995. Curator, with Grace Henderson Nez, Mary Lee Henderson Begay, Gloria Begay and Lenah Begay.

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. Contemporary Navajo Weaving: The Gloria F. Ross Collection. Denver, 1992. Venues: Heard Museum, Phoenix, 1994; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1994; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, 1994; National Museum of the American Indian, NYC, 1996.

Selected consultations & public lectures (since “retirement,” others upon request)

Southwest Art History Conference, Taos, NM

2024 “Rediscovering Mac Schweitzer and One Woman’s Southwest.” 

2018  “Romance or Reality? Navajo Indian Weavers as Seen Through Vintage Postcards, 1880-1980.” (Also presented at WILL, Silver City, NM).

2009 “Native Weaving : Kenneth Noland : Modern Tapestry.”

Western Institute of Lifelong Learning (WILL), Silver City, NM

2021 “Southwestern Textile Analysis.” 

2020  “Mac Schweitzer: One Woman’s Southwest.”

The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. 2017  “Ties that Bind—Navajo Weavers & Their Creativity.”

Mesilla Valley Weavers, Las Cruces, NM. 2017  “Tapestries Made From Paintings: From the Dovecot to Ganado, From Brennan to Begay.”

Gila Natural History Symposium, Silver City, NM. 2016  “Creative Coloring: Dye Plants that Grow in the Greater Gila Region,” with Hosana Eilert, Wild West Weaving Gallery. (Presented to the Gila Native Plant Society, 2015).

American Indian Art Magazine editorial board—1986-2016

DeYoung Museum, San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, CA

  2013  “Navajo Classic Blankets: A Study in Chronology and Creativity.”

  2014  “Navajo Weaving in the 19^th Century.”

Southwest Festival of the Written Word, Silver City, NM

  2019  “Publishing with Arcadia Press.”

  2014  “Creative Non-Fiction: Waiting for Coyote’s Crossing.”