The Autry Museum’s newly renovated gallery for temporary exhibitions was dedicated to their first-ever solo exhibition of the work of a Native American woman: Mabel McKay (1907–1993), a Long Valley Cache Creek Pomo woman from Northern California. McKay is celebrated not only as a master basket weaver, but also for her many roles as traditional healer, advocate for her community and the environment, and teacher who shared her knowledge of Pomo traditions worldwide.
Date: 2016 - 2017
Client: Autry Museum of the American West
Role: Design Consultant
Funders: 2006 Clean Water Bond Act, Cindy and Alan Horn, Bank of America, and Paloheimo Foundation and Seven Post Investment Office
Footprint: 10,000 square feet
Museum Collaborators: Paige Bardolph, Alan Konishi