Co-curated by Marlon Magdalena (Jemez Pueblo) and Elisabeth Stone, Makowa takes an expansive view of the worlds above: constellations, birds, eclipses, clouds, astronauts, and more, over day and night and throughout the seasons and eras. The exhibit interweaves artistic renderings of celestial events with cutting-edge telescopic imaging. It will draw together stories about how stars came to be where they are and how stars help people know where they are. The exhibit asks us to participate in a long lineage of observers who have made sense of the worlds above us.

Night photography, pottery, jewelry, textiles, interviews, and maps are among the exhibit components. Interviews highlight a range of Indigenous astrophysicists, educators, skywatchers, and artists.

Throughout the exhibition, we ask the questions: What do you see? What are the stories? What are the sciences? Through these lenses, traditional ecological knowledge, storytelling, art, physics, and meaning come into conversation. Join us to find your own answers in the worlds above us.

Press Links

New Mexico magazine (forthcoming

• El Palacio Magazine: https://elpalacio.org/2025/06/symphonies-in-the-skies/

• ABQ Journal: https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/article_4be5e83c-35b9-497e-b42e-fcf4cebeb40b.html

• Encounter Culture podcast: https://podcast.nmculture.org/2025/07/03/connecting-people-through-time-makowa-the-worlds-above-us-with-misha-pipe-and-kaela-waldstein/