Where: University of Alaska Museum of the North - Fairbanks, AK When: Ongoing What: "Explore 2,000 years of Alaskan art, from ancient ivory carvings to contemporary sculptures. The works in this gallery -- made by men and by women, Native and non-native Alaskans, visitors and residents -- are all expressions of the Alaskan experience. Examine ancient … Continue reading Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery
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Native American Art: Art from the Collection
Where; Mobile Museum of Art - Mobile, AL When: Ongoing What: "This exhibition of Native American art and artifacts drawn from the Museum’s collection features early 20thcentury photographs and hand-colored lithographs of Native American peoples, as well as textiles, baskets, fetish and utilitarian beaded crafts and a single contemporary metal relief made by various Native … Continue reading Native American Art: Art from the Collection
Lines in the Sand
Where: Palm Springs Art Museum - Palm Springs, CA When: Through August 11, 2019 What: "Lines in the Sand explores the history of the desert through our relationship to the land, environment, and community. Drawn from the permanent collection, this exhibition highlights the museum’s founding collections of historical Indigenous art, depictions of the California desert, and … Continue reading Lines in the Sand
CCNA: Not Fragile
Where: Portland Art Museum - Portland, OR When: Through June 9, 2019 What: "Though often associated with delicacy, glass is forged through intense and violent forces—a meteorite impacting the earth, a nuclear bomb detonating, or a 2,000 °F crucible. Not Fragile features artists from across the Pacific Northwest who use glass in innovative ways to impart … Continue reading CCNA: Not Fragile
LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson
Where: The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - Santa Fe, NM When: Through October 6, 2019 What: "LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson will be the first major solo exhibition to highlight the artistic career of mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson (born 1983), who is descended from the pueblo of Santa Clara. The exhibition … Continue reading LIT: The Work of Rose B. Simpson
Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verna Nequatewa
Where: Heard Museum - Phoenix, AZ When: Through March 10, 2019 What: "Verma Nequatewa (Hopi, b. 1949) began an apprenticeship with her uncle Charles Loloma around 1966. Nequatewa has signed her distinctive work with the Hopi feminine word for beauty, Sonwai, since 1989. It complements her uncle’s name, which was the masculine word with the … Continue reading Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verna Nequatewa
Ancestral Dialogues: Conversations in Native American Art
Where: Hallie Ford Museum of Art - Salem, OR When: Ongoing What: "Featuring works from the museum’s permanent collection of American Indian art, this exhibition is organized around the concept of dialogue. The focus is on native art history as a dynamic, rich legacy from which contemporary arts grow today. Art works are placed in … Continue reading Ancestral Dialogues: Conversations in Native American Art
Native Artists of North America
Where: Newark Museum - Newark, NJ When: Ongoing What: "The Newark Museum recently unveiled its newly redesigned and reinterpreted Native American galleries. Featuring more than 100 rarely exhibited objects from throughout the United States and Canada, Native Artists of North America showcases an exciting selection of works from the permanent collection, dating from the early … Continue reading Native Artists of North America
Undaunted Spirit: Art of Native North America
Where: Montclair Art Museum - Montclair, NJ When: Ongoing What: "Undaunted Spirit: Art of Native North America is the final phase in MAM’s major reinstallation of the Rand Gallery of Native American Art. The new installation’s overarching theme is the stylistic development of Native American art traditions and the historical contexts in which these changes … Continue reading Undaunted Spirit: Art of Native North America
Jeffrey Gibson: This is the Day
Where: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art - Clinton, NY When: Through December 9, 2019 What: "Jeffrey Gibson’s multidisciplinary practice encompasses a wide range of mediums and draws on a variety of influences and visual languages to comment on race, sexuality, religion, and gender, among other topical issues. Combining popular and queer culture with … Continue reading Jeffrey Gibson: This is the Day
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 