Author: FAAM Staff

We loved looking back at this year, reflecting on all of the truly exciting exhibitions and art events that featured Indigenous arts. Native artist representation was apparent more than ever, from international art shows to the red carpet. And while we’d want to include everything, there were too many to name. These are some of the amazing events the FAAM team selected through anonymous voting. As always, we’d love to hear what your favorites for the year were in the comments. 1. Indigenous Inclusion at the Venice Biennale The 60th Venice Biennale, whose central exhibition was titled Foreigners Everywhere, was…

Denver, CO — How have the Indigenous people of North America been sustained by beauty, connections, and spirituality? An exhibition organized by the Denver Art Museum (DAM) aims to answer that question. Opening December 22, 2024, and guided by the themes of fashion, family, ancestors, and the reasons Native people gather (like dances or ceremonies), SUSTAINED! The Persistent Genius of Indigenous Art, is a celebration of Indigenous contributions to the arts and to the museum over the past 100 years. SUSTAINED! draws from both historical and current objects in the DAM’s permanent collection to show the ongoing relevance and continuity…

taca:kira:kʔickskwa:wa:stic / We had dreams: Art by Wichitas and Descendants Venue: Tribes Gallery, 512 W Main St, Norman, OK 73069 | Leslie Pate, owner: (405) 329-4442 | tribesgalleryok.com Co-curators: Robin Williams (Wichita/Caddo), email, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), email Dates: January 4–February 3, 2025 Opening reception: Saturday, January 11, 2:00–4:00 pm Oklahoma City Indian Art Club, Sunday, January 21, 2:00–4:00 pm Eligibility: Visual artists, enrolled citizens of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie) and direct descendants (parent, grandparent) Two-dimensional works should be framed, let America know if you need assistance with framing. Works can include beadwork,…

Holly Wilson and Zachary Miller in Conversation with Denise Neil, PhD Where: Charles M. Russell Center, 409 W. Boyd, Norman, OK | website | map When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 5:00–7:00 pm Dinner provided by Junebug Catering Two nationally known Native American artists discuss how their art practices deal with issues of land, community, and their representative cultures with a museum director and Native art historian. Holly Wilson, an enrolled citizen of the Delaware Nation and descendant of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, lives in Mustang, Oklahoma, where she maintains studios including her own foundry. She focuses on storytelling through…

Issue No. 43, Summer 2024 Click here to purchase a digital copy for $7 from Issuu. To purchase a print copy for $9.99, click below: Features Foreigners Everywhere: Indigeneity at the 60th Venice Biennale by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 24–33 Katsina Carving in the Art World: Reflecting on a Century of Evolving Styles and Techniques by Mark Bahti, 34–41 Wild Horses: Ron Toahani Jackson and the Indigenous Horse Nation Protector Alliance by Ruthanne Johnson, 42–47 From the Skin of the Tree: New Directions in Birchbark Etching by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 48–55 Artist Profiles Shonto Begay: Diné Painter by…

Spokane, WA — Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky is a career retrospective of nationally renowned artist Joe Feddersen. Feddersen is Okanagan/Sinixt and a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. This exhibition at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane gathers four decades of the prolific artist’s prints, glass, weaving, and ceramics in the largest and most comprehensive showing of his career to date. From miniatures to wall-sized installations, the exhibition features more than 120 works. The collective richness of this body of work is a testament to Feddersen’s love for the land, water, and sky that…

Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowships available at Vermont Studio Center Deadline: October 15, 2024 Johnston, VT – Vermont Studio Center (VSC) is pleased to invite applications for the Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowships. Since 2011, VSC has partnered with the Harpo Foundation to support Native American creatives with fully funded residency fellowships. This year the Harpo Fellowship will support two U.S.-based Native Americans — one visual artist and one writer — with a full fellowship and $500 travel stipend. All eligible Native American visual artists and writers, living in the U.S., are invited to apply. Applications will be evaluated based…

Renowned Fellowship featuring contemporary Native art exhibition opens in November 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – Five Indigenous artists have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will exhibit their work in beginning November 2025. This show will feature innovative paintings, prints, installations, sculptures, and assemblages. Each fellow receives $50,000. The museum will purchase more than $100,000 of their artworks. These join the Eiteljorg’s collection of contemporary Native art, considered one of the best such collections anywhere. Every other year since 1999, the Eiteljorg Fellowship has helped bring Native contemporary art…

Best of Show for the 102nd annual Santa Fe Indian Market went to Daniel Vallo (Acoma) for his mixed-media sculpture, Pueblo Revolt. Vallo said his work is “dedicated to the 1680 warriors of the Pueblo Revolt with a depth of handcraft for protecting and honoring Pueblo communities of past, present, and future.” It incorporates an obsidian blade, turkey feathers, and yucca fiber cordage with knots to represent the knotted cord carried by Popé to mark the days when the Pueblos would rise up against the Spanish invaders. Click on thumbnails to see larger image. Best of Show Winner Pueblo Revolt,…

Join us for an illuminated conversation about sanctioned and unsanctioned public art interventions. Free and open to the public! When: Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 10:00–11:00 am Where: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Event Center 1590 B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe, NM | Map What: Roundtable discussion about public art interventions Who: Bob Haozous, Joseph M. Sánchez, Rachelle B. Pablo, and America Meredith Current issues of FAAM will be available. Photo: Nani Chacon (Diné/Xicana), You can’t take it with you … so give it all away, 2021, mural. Image courtesy of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the…