The Red that Colored the World

FAIN: GI-50687-14

International Folk Art Foundation (Santa Fe, NM 87504-2087)
Marsha C. Bol (Project Director: January 2014 to January 2016)

Implementation of a traveling exhibition, a catalog, and public programs about the history and global significance of cochineal, an insect-based dye source whose origins date to the pre-Columbian Americas.

"The Red That Colored the World" is a museum exhibition that combines new research and original scholarship to explore the history and widespread use in art of cochineal, an insect-based dye source for the color red whose origins and use date to the pre-Columbian Americas. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from May 17 to September 6, 2015, followed by its display at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, from November 21, 2015 to March 21, 2016.

Media Coverage

Exhibit reveals how red, the color of royalty, derives from an insect, (Media Coverage)
Publication: Albuquerque Journal,
Date: 5/10/2015
URL: http://http://www.abqjournal.com/582265/entertainment/exhibit-reveals-insects-role-in-red.html

Seeing Red (Media Coverage)
Publication: Santa Fe Reporter
Date: 8/5/2015
URL: http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-10361-seeing-red.html

Critics Pick of the Week (Media Coverage)
Publication: Albuquerque Journal,
Date: 5/15/2015
URL: http://www.abqjournal.com/584988/entertainment/our-picks-for-the-week-63.html

Better Red (Review)
Publication: Santa Fe New Mexican
Date: 5/15/2015
URL: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/museum_shows/better-red-the-centuries-old-appeal-of-cochineal/article_14b91cb6-49dc-5c86-9bb2-52bc6be73c74.html

Our View: Editorial (Media Coverage)
Publication: Santa Fe New Mexican
Date: 8/5/2015
URL: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/our-view-art-outdoors-great-reasons-to-love-santa-fe/article_10d165d2-369a-5e97-9ea0-46da3591430c.html

Taste the Rainbow (Media Coverage)
Publication: Santa Fe Reporter
Date: 5/27/2015
URL: http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-10430-taste-the-rainbow.html

The Red That Colored the World Review (Review)
Author(s): Ann Landi
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Date: 8/5/2015
URL: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-red-that-colored-the-world-review-1438806704?mod=rss_Leisure_and_Arts

The Perfect Shade of Red comes from a bug you've never heard of (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kathleen McCleery
Date: 8/13/2015
URL: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/arts/

Simply Red (Review)
Author(s): Elena Phipps
Publication: HALI
Date: 8/15/2015

Review: "A Red Like No Other" (Review)
Author(s): Patrick T. Reardon
Publication: Chicago Tribune
Date: 9/17/2015
Abstract: Book Review
URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-a-red-like-no-other-carmella-padilla-barbara-anderson-20150917-story.html

Associated Products

A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World (Book)
Title: A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World
Editor: Carmella Padilla & Barbara Anderson
Abstract: Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this volume brings together essays by an international team of more than forty experts. Their wide spectrum of original research illuminates the symbolism of red, the materials significance of cochineal in art, science and trade, and the history of the artists driven to create and express the perfect red.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://www.rizzoliusa.com/search.php?title_subtitle_auth_isbn=A+Red+Like+No+Other&subSrch.x=0&subSrch.y=0
Publisher: Rikira Rizzoli
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 970-0-8478-464
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Red That Colored the World (Exhibition)
Title: The Red That Colored the World
Curator: Nicolasa Chavez, Barbara Anderson, Carmella Padilla
Abstract: From Antiquity to today, as symbol and hue, red has risen to the pinnacle of the color spectrum. Throughout art history, a broad red brushstroke has colored the finest art and expressions of daily life. Yet, while most people know red, few know of its most prolific and enduring source: American Cochineal, a tiny scaled insect that produces carminic acid. Fewer still know the story behind its explosive global spread after its first encounter by Spain in 16th century Mexico. Explore this fascinating story. Admission is FREE every Sunday Through September 13, 2015! (Photo: Sewing box with cover with cochineal dyed wool yarn -detail). Box, Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, late 18th century. Wood, paint, metal, gold leaf, 4 3/4 x 17 5/16 x 5 inches. IFAF Collection, Courtesy of the Museum of International Folk Art, Photo, Addison Doty)
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/exhibitions/red.html

Red Sweepstakes (Game/Simulation)
Title: Red Sweepstakes
Author: Shelley Thompson, David Rohr
Abstract: Web based game where contestants answer questions that are answered in the exhibition The Red that Colored the World at the Museum of International Folk Art
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/newsletters/your_morning_headlines/

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