Queens to Comadres: Maya Women Then and Now Exhibition Planning

FAIN: GE-300581-24

Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO 80204-2788)
Victoria I. Lyall (Project Director: January 2024 to present)

Planning for a traveling exhibition exploring the role of women in Maya visual culture, past and present, including a catalog and public programs.

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) seeks support for the development of a traveling exhibition, Queens to Comadres: Maya Women Then and Now (working title) co-curated by Dr. Victoria Lyall, Frederick and Jan Mayer Curator of the Art of the Americas at DAM, and Dr. Michelle Rich, the Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Associate Curator of Indigenous American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). Queens to Comadres will focus on past and present visual culture featuring Maya women to offer an innovative exploration of their contributions to Maya societies and of their wider influence on Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Queens to Comadres is planned to open in Fall 2026 at the DMA, and then travel to the DAM in early 2027. A full-color illustrated catalog, scholarly symposium resulting in an edited digital volume, and series of public engagement programs will accompany the exhibition.