Passage - Dan  Namingha - Capitol Building - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dan Namingha
"Passage" 1999
Bronze
Capitol Art Collection
Capitol Art Foundation

"In dedication to the memory of my grandpartents Emerson and Rachael Namingha."
...Dan Namingha

"In 1993, Namingha was asked by the Zimbabwe National Gallery to be one of only five artists from around the world to judge an exhibition, Zimbabwe Heritiage: Contemporary Visual Arts. NASA brought him in twice to witness a space shuttle launch and landing and commissioned him to create several works for the NASA art collection. In 1999, the New Mexico State Capitol Art Foundation commissioned him to create a sculpture now found in front of the capitol. He also has received many prestigious awards, including the Harvard Foundation Award for his contribution to American art, and the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts, and has been the subject of an Emmy-winning PBS documentary and a "CBS Sunday Morning" program."

-from Native Peoples Magazine