Arts and Cultures | American Indian Magazine

Always Becoming: An artist’s unique creations are ever transforming, resculpted by nature and generations of caretakers

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Nora Naranjo Morse’s unique vision gives art a life of its own. Her family of clay sculptures in the National Museum of the American Indian’s landscape evoke the homes and vessels of her Kha’p’o Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo) people and are ever evolving, resculpted by nature.

Reflecting Joy

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In her Jemez Pueblo home studio, artist Kathleen Wall creates imaginative ceramic figures and paintings that depict a jubilant look into everyday life.

The Language of Hula

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Hawaiian students are revitalizing their Native tongue and an ancient method of storytelling through graceful dance.

Stories Unbound: Exhibition of Narrative Art Shows More than a Century of Native Life on the Plains

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This exhibition depicts more than a century of Native life on the Plains through pictorial art on a wide range of items from the NMAI collection, from paintings on tipis to drawings on ledger paper.

Built on Solid Ground: Indigenous Architects are Reinforcing Cultural Identities on Ancestral Lands and Beyond

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Indigenous architects are reinforcing Native cultures through their contemporary creations that are being built on tribal lands and beyond.

A View from the Water’s Edge: A new NMAI exhibition spotlights the woodland-inspired art of Truman Lowe

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This spectacular new NMAI exhibition offers a bounty of Truman Lowe’s creative sculptures, paintings and drawings that illuminate his Hoocąk [Ho-Chunk] culture through nature.

Sharing Living Native Heritage: An exhibition that speaks with the First Peoples of Alaska

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The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum showcases more than 600 Alaska Native items that are teaching new generations their ancestors’ expansive cultural knowledge.

Clearly Indigenous: An Innovative Exhibition Spotlights Ever-Evolving Native Glass Art

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This new exhibition at the NMAI highlights the evolution of glass art while showcasing a stunning selection of works that leading Indigenous artists have crafted during the past five decades.

Fighting Fraud: In a Vast World Market, Protecting Indigenous Art and Artists is Ever More Challenging

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Indigenous artists have long had their concepts replicated without permission, but now digital tools can recreate and alter art. Can a robot actually help protect their work?

Windows Into Native Worlds: A New Exhibition Offers Candid Glimpses Into Indigenous Lives

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A new NMAI exhibition offers candid glimpses into Indigenous lives from the beginnings of photography to today.