Label Type
Artist CommentaryLabel
Glory Tacheenie-Campoy
Diné (Navajo), b. 1952
To’ (Water), 2015
Solar Intaglio (etching)
Collection of the C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis. Gift of the artist.
“Water is a precious and powerful natural resource. It is an essential element of life...Without water, life is not sustainable; and yet too much water (typhoons, hurricanes, floods) can drown humans and life forms, and destroy communities.
Drought, climate change, and increased population have created a higher demand for water. Both state and federal laws now allocate and limit water usage in many parts of our country. Throughout the country, many Indigenous tribal communities pray for rain at ceremonies asking the forces of nature, deities, gods, and goddesses for rain to sustain life on Earth as they have since time immemorial.”
– Glory Tacheenie-Campoy