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Marie Watt's work is included in Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, curated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, May 23, 2025 – September 21, 2025.

"Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 is the first large-scale exhibition of its kind to centre performance and theatre as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists, beginning with the role that Indigenous artists have played in the self-determination era, sparked by the Occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes in 1969. Native artists then and now are at the vanguard of performance art practices and discourse. As part of Indian Theater, their work uses humour as a strategy for cultural critique and reflection, parses the inherent relationships between objecthood and agency, and frequently complicates representations of the Native body through signalling the body’s absence and presence via clothing, blanketing, and adornment. In the exhibition, song, dance, and music are also posited as a basis for collectivity and resistance and a means to speak back to a time when Native traditional ceremony and public gatherings were illegal in both the United States and Canada. In addition to artworks, the exhibition includes important archival material documenting the emergence of the New Native Theater movement in Santa Fe in 1969 as well as materials directly related to the early self-determination era."

For more information: https://mackenzie.art/exhibition/indian-theater-native-performance-art-and-self-determination-since-1969/

Matt Watt's work Sky Dances Light (Forest) IV, Sky Dances Light (Forest) V, and Sky Dances Light (Forest) VI will be included in  “Making a Noise: Indigenous Sound Art” at the Shelburne Museum (Shelburne, VT) opening Saturday, June 21st - October 26th. This group show merges sound and textile design to explore connections between humans and the nonhuman world. Indigenous artists explore this connection through interactive, multisensory works that honor artistic histories and speak to contemporary issues.

"Although they are often treated as separate artistic mediums, sound and textiles are inextricably linked: the swish of silk, rustle of cotton, or scratch of tulle all bring to mind memories of textiles that have spoken their presence. Today, prominent Indigenous artists are making art at the intersection of sound and textile design. They draw on historic forms to create complex, culturally pressing work. Many of these works are interactive, allowing visitors to both feel and hear the layered meanings."

Making a Noise: Indigenous Sound Art
Shelburne Museum
June 21 - October 26, 2025

For more information: https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/making-a-noise/

Ellen George and Adam Sorensen both have work featured in Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art, curated by Chloe Dye Sherpe, at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner Washington.

"The Pacific Northwest is often synonymous with nature, but what is it about the landscape that inspires such an emotional, intuitive, and often immediate response? The artists included in Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art all view nature through a unique lens tied to various elements found in our world: light, water, earth, and energy. Organized by the phases of light that drew artists to the Skagit Valley, the exhibition is rooted in the idea that nature can be felt and so often stirs a deep response that resonates and connects."

Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art

Museum of Northwest Art

June 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025
 

For more information: https://www.monamuseum.org/through-the-light

James Lavadour’s paintings are included in Oregon Origins Project VI: The Birth of Cascadia. Oregon Origins Project is an innovative arts and culture initiative which explores the ancient origins of the state of Oregon through creative expression. The project provides a platform for Indigenous artists and culture bearers to share their living traditions and artistic work, and an opportunity for artists of all disciplines to create new work inspired by the state’s origins

“Oregon Origins Project in partnership with Stelo presents an epic new musical work and art exhibition depicting the dramatic events of Oregon’s geologic history. Join us for an artistic exploration of the state’s geologic origin stories, including Columbia River basalt flows, Basin and Range earthquakes, Cascade volcanoes, Missoula floods, and much more.”

Dates and times for the musical work at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

June 21, 2025, 7:30pm

June 22, 2025, 2:00pm

Tickets: https://thereser.org/event/oregon-origins-project-vi-the-birth-of-cascadia-2/

The accompany exhibition at Stelo Arts will run June 5-July 12, 2025, Thursday-Sunday, 12:00-5:00pm

For more information: https://www.oregonorigins.org/

Susan Seubert’s photograph Monet's Garden at Giverny, France is included in the exhibition Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland’s Waterlilies Resurfaces on view now at the Portland Art Museum.

“The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum’s collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended—without varnish. The detailed process of conservation resulted in new color harmonies and brightness. To celebrate the restoration of the painting and the campus transformation project, this beloved icon will be presented in its historical context…Visitors will experience a recreation of Monet’s collection with prints from the Museum’s Asian Art collection in a section called Monet’s Japanese Prints; followed by a section on the Impressionist and European response to Japanese artists, with works by Henri Rivière, Édouard Vuillard, Jules Chéret, and others. Lastly, the newly conserved painting will be presented alongside the story of the research and restoration project. Waterlilies will be joined by contemporary photographs of Giverny and Portland’s Japanese gardens by Susan Seubert and Stu Levy.”

More information: https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/monets-floating-worlds-at-giverny/

Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland’s Waterlilies Resurfaces

Portland Art Museum

March 1, 2025 - August 10, 2025

Congratulations to Heather Watkins and Brenda Mallory for receiving the 2025 Bonnie Bronson Award!

The public reception will be Wednesday, May 28th at 5pm Vollum lounge, at Reed College.


Brenda Mallory & Heather Watkins
2025 Bonnie Bronson Fellows
Award Celebration

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
5:00 to 6:30 pm, remarks at 5:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Vollum lounge, Vollum Center on Eliot circle

Bean Finneran's exhibition Bean Finneran: Curves, Cones, and Rings opens at the Boise Art Museum May 10 – December 28, 2025.

"Bean Finneran: Curves, Cones, and Rings presents site-specific sculptures, each constructed with the artist’s established technique of easing and entwining together thousands of thin, ceramic forms she calls curves.

In her California studio, Finneran handmakes hundreds-of-thousands of curves by rolling clay coils, then shaping, smoothing, firing, glazing, and firing them again. When gently positioned and layered directly on the floor, they create large, nest-like structures the artist terms floor cones and floral rings. The cones and rings gain structural integrity from each small curve’s relationship to its neighbor, suggesting the interconnectedness of nature, Finneran’s ultimate inspiration. Each curve is unique unto itself — like snowflakes and blades of grass — no two are the same. The sculptures emphasize the power of our natural world.  While each tiny part appears delicate and fragile on its own, the communal whole is durable and strong."

For more infomration: https://boiseartmuseum.org/exhibition/bean-finneran-curves-cones-and-rings/

The gallery will be closed this Saturday, April 19th.
If you would like to visit the gallery Saturday, please let us know by Friday and we will set up an appointment for you.

Wishing everyone a beautiful and joyful spring season!