A young woman, wearing a lei hīpuʻu and head lei and dressed in a white top and skirt, is underwater with her eyes open staring at the camera and her hands are covering her mouth. It is a black and white image. — OPENING SOON! We look forward to seeing you on January 17, at 5:00 pm, at the public opening reception for "Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)."

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Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)

Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)

Opening Soon!

January 18 – August 10, 2025

Cara Romero Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)

Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) explores the narrative artistic practice of Chemehuevi photographer Cara Romero. Spanning the past decade of her work, this exhibition presents a thematic examination of Romero's complex and layered images, which celebrate the multiplicity, beauty, and resilience of Native American and Indigenous experiences. Accompanied by a catalogue of the same title and debuting at the Hood Museum in January 2025, this is Romero's first major solo exhibition.

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