Fifty Years of Collecting Southwestern Native American Art

The Heart of Collecting

Sustaining Art, Culture, and Families

A one-hour speaking and visual presentation

Art, People, and Life in the Southwest
1913 to Today

Judith Kennedy Lavender

Large pottery jar painted with bold black, cream, and red-orange designs and fine-line hatching above a red-orange base
Acoma Barbara and Joe Cerno

“What began as simple moments of connection across trading counters, in shared conversations, and through years of friendship grew into something larger: a reflection of how art, culture, and family sustain one another.”

Judith Kennedy Lavender

A century of change in the Southwest

1913
Today
ArtPeopleLife

Every piece has a story.

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