Category Archives: indians
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Indigenous Artists and Contemporary Environmental Issues Part II
The despoliation of Indigenous reservations through fossil fuel extraction, pipe lines, uranium mining, and many other disastrous environmental policies, is a subject of the work of several prominent Indigenous artists. Currently on view is the work of John Feodorov in the exhibition “In Red Ink,” curated by RYAN! Feddersen at the Museum of Northwest Art, […]
This entry was posted on August 25, 2018 and is filed under ecology, indians, Indigenous activism, Indigenous Art, Uncategorized. -
The stunning Olympic Peninsula with brief visits to three Native American tribal cultural events
Oh how fortunate we are in the Northwest to have the Olympic Peninsula! It is magnificent in mid July. We just completed a wonderful trip there, two nights at a cabin on Neah Bay. We did the short walk to Cape Flattery, the furthest West point in US and two nights camping at […]
This entry was posted on July 26, 2018 and is filed under indians, Indigenous activism, Indigenous Art, Uncategorized. -
Break Free From Fossil Fuels Pacific Northwest Anacortes
Break Free From Fossil Fuels Pacific Northwest a coming together of more than a thousand people, on land and sea, to insist on working together to end the plundering the earth.
This entry was posted on May 18, 2016 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, Backbone Campaign, Contemporary Art, ecology, global justice, indians, Indigenous activism, Uncategorized. -
“Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art, 1977 – 2015”
“Not Vanishing: Contemporary Native American Art, 1977 – 2015” features 78 works of art by 49 artists from 23 tribes in the Northwest. In all media, and combining aesthetics, politics, history and urgent contemporary issues, this show at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington, is not to be missed. It closes on January 3.
This entry was posted on November 24, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, indians, Indigenous activism, Indigenous Art, Photography, teddy bears, Uncategorized. -
A valuable conversation of past and present: Three Special Exhibitions of Indigenous Art in Seattle
Three exhibitions offer a conversation about native creativity, its history, its extraordinary media, and the contemporary artists in the Northwest who continue to honor and alter it.
This entry was posted on March 20, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Indigenous Art, Culture and Human rights, indians, Indigenous Art, Lillian Pitt. -
Matika Wilbur’s Project 562 “Changing the Way we See Native America”
Matika Wilbur’s Project 562 reveals a romantic point of view.
This entry was posted on May 22, 2014 and is filed under Art and Activism, Contemporary Art, indians, Uncategorized. -
Under my Skin Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century
Under My Skin Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century at the Wing Luke Museum includes a stimulating and poetic group of worksby 26 artists in many media. IT is not to be missed and more than one visit is neciessary.
This entry was posted on June 16, 2013 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, indians, Racism, Uncategorized. -
Women Artists in Seattle Part II
Women Photographers with roots in South Asia and Afghanistan show challenging work about cultural contradictions and Tanis S’eiltin, Tlinglit installation artist challenges fixed ideas on Indigenous culture.
This entry was posted on December 20, 2012 and is filed under art criticism, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, democracy, Feminism, Feminism, Gazelle Samizay, indians, Iran, Iranian Women, Photography, Women Artists. -
Shakespeare’s The Tempest Then and Now
Ahh how perspectives change and yet trully insightful people all get it right in the first place. Shapekeare’s The Tempest, known as his “American Fable” currently being performed in Seattle by the Seattle Shakespeare Company, presents a contemporary perspective on the play as suggesting forgiveness. Yet this play only a few years ago was recognized […]
This entry was posted on June 8, 2009 and is filed under indians, Leo Marx, Shakespeare The Tempest.
