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The museum’s annual Native Art Market features award-winning and innovative Indigenous artists from across the Western Hemisphere. This weekend event invites lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Indigenous artists and learn about traditional arts and contemporary Indigenous creativity. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks, including beadwork, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and sculpture. Visit the museum’s exhibitions and enjoy lunch at the Mitsitam Cafe.Saturday, December 5 | Schedule of Events
Level 1, Potomac Atrium
10 AM-5 PM | Native Art Market
Visitors can meet Indigenous artists from across the Western Hemisphere to learn about traditional and contemporary arts and purchase handcrafted artworks such as beadwork, paintings, photography, and more.
Level 4
1-2 PM | Closer Look: Stretching the Canvas
Join curator Rebecca Head Trautmann and artist Athena LaTocha (Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]/Anishinaabe [Chippewa/Ojibwa]) for an in-gallery conversation about select works in Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting, including LaTocha's own Thirteen Days (2017-2019, 27/853). The exhibition explores how American Indian art expanded after World War I and how Native painters began to advocate for themselves in a world that often ignored their talent.
2-5 PM | Inspired to Create: Stretching the Canvas
Embrace your creativity! Following the “Closer Look” program in Stretching the Canvas take an art break to make a small artwork of your own inspired by the exhibition. Join a museum arts educator for a hands-on art experience inspired by Athena LaTocha's use of the environment in her art practice. Participants will use various materials on hand to make an abstract artwork to take home. Drop by the tables on the Level 4 Overlook near Windows on Collections to spend some time creating after your gallery visit.
Sunday, December 6 | Schedule of Events
Level 1, Potomac Atrium
10 AM-5 PM | Native Art Market
Visitors can meet Indigenous artists from across the Western Hemisphere to learn about traditional and contemporary arts and purchase handcrafted artworks such as beadwork, paintings, photography, and more.
Level 3
11 AM-1 PM, 2-4 PM | Inspired to Create: Water's Edge
Embrace your creativity! Take an art break to make a small artwork of your own inspired by the exhibition Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe. Join a museum arts educator for a hands-on art experience inspired by Truman Lowe’s use of willow branches and light. Participants will play with shadows using willow branches and light to trace the shadows they create. Drop by the tables on the Level 3 Overlook near Windows on Collections to spend some time creating after your gallery visit.
Leading support for this project provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Generous support for this project provided by Daniela Power in memory of Charles Power and the Walker Youngbird Foundation.
Image: A:shiwi (Zuni) necklace, ca. 1990. Silver, turquoise, jet/lignite, shells, 33.9 x 3.4 x .5 in. 26/5340
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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater - American Indian, Maryland Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States
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