May 2013

May 14–17: Helsinki, Finland
"34th American Indian Workshop: Art of Indians—Indians of Art" at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Organizer: Riku Hämäläinen. Registration deadline is May 2 | link

May 17–September 2: Ottawa, Ontario
"Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art" at the National Gallery of Canada, featuring 150 works by 75 artists | link

May 19–September 22: Denver, CO
"Red, White, & Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design" at the Denver Art Museum. 50 examples of Navajo weaving artistry 1840 to 1870 | link

May 24–November 3: Manchester, England, UK
"Warriors of the Plains: 200 Years of Native North American Ritual and Honour" at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Oxford Road. Curated by Max Carocci from the contemporary and historical collections of the British Museum. Show will travel | link

May 25—July 31: Santa Fe, NM
"Rosalie Favell: Facing the Camera" at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place

May 25—July 31: Santa Fe, NM
"Kade L. Twist: For Instance, the Land Beneath Your Feet" at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place

May 25 – July 31, 2013: Santa Fe, NM
"Stands With A Fist: Contemporary Native Women Artists Artists" at the Museum of Contemporary Native arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Featuring Gina Adams, Merritt Johnson, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Lindsay Delaronde, Melanie Yazzie, Natalie Ball. Curator: Ryan Rice

Continuing

17: Phoenix, AZ
"Red Alloy" at 1Spot Gallery, 918 N. 6th Street, Rear Entrance. Manga and anime-inspired show featuring Jeremy Arviso, Randy Boogie Barton, Aver ian, Jacquie Fragua, Dam ian, Jerrel Singer, Ryan Huna Smith, and Bahe Whitethorne Jr. Closing reception: Friday, May 17, 6-10pm | link

All Summer: Howe's Cave, NY
"Exhibition Opening and Spring Party: Indian Ink: Iroquois and the Art of Tattoos" at the Iroquois Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Road | link | map

Through May 19: Tulsa, OK
"Bending, Weaving, Dancing: The Art of Woody Crumbo" at the Gilcrease Museum, 1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road | link

Through June 16: Klein burg, Ontario, Canada
"An Exploration of Cape Dorset Art" at the McMichael Gallery | link

Through August 4: Bonn, German
"On the Trails of the Iroquois" at the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland | link

Through August 11: Salt Lake City, UT
"Bierstadt to Warhol: American Indians in the West" at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, with Shonto Begay | link

Through August 31: Missoula, MT
"For Advice Call 1-800-COYOTE" at the Missoula Museum of Art, 335 North Pattee, a show of American Indian visual art that incorporates text | link

Through September 1: Oxford, England, UK
"Visiting with the Ancestors: The Blackfoot Shirts Projects" at the Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road. Historical clothing from the museum's collection were taken back to Canada so the Blackfoot people could study and visit with them | link

Through January 5, 2014: Washington, DC
"Grand Procession: Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection" at the National Museum of the American Indian

Through February 23: Brunswick, ME
"Spirits of Land, Air, and Water: Antler Carvings from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection" at the Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center,Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station. Inuit art featuring caribou antlers | link

June 2013

June 6—July 18: Oklahoma City, OK
"The Language of Flowers" at the Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno Ave. Curated by Christine Eddington, with Heidi Bigknife, Kelly Church, Tom Farris, America Meredith, Erin Shaw, and Tony Tiger

June 7–23: Seborga, Italy
"Indigenous Brilliance 2013: Contemporary Native American Art Exhibition" at the Palazzo Vecchio, Via della Zecca 7. Curated by Elijah Vandenberg and Lyle Toledo Yazzie | Facebook

June 10–13: Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, sponsored by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) | link

June 13–August 10: Bristol, England, UK
"Sarah Sense: Weaving Water" at Rainmaker Gallery, 123 Coldharbour Road. Solo exhibition of woven photographic collages by Sarah Sense (Chitimacha–Choctaw). Curated by Joanne Prince and Dr. Max Carocci (British Museum) | link

June 13–15: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association annual meeting at the University of Saskatchewan | link

June 15–21: Tsaile, AZ
"Sheep Is Life Celebration" and "Sheep Is Life Fiber Arts Workshops" at Diné College, Tsailé Campus | link

June 21 : Santa Fe, NM
"It's in the Details," featuring the art of Orlando Dugi (Diné) and Kenneth Williams (Northern Arapaho-Seneca) at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Public opening reception is Friday, June 21, 5:00–7:00 pm.

June 28–September 15: Norman, OK
"Hopituy: Kachinas from the Permanent Collections" at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. This exhibition features six types of Hopi kachina figures from a aesthetic perspective that is uniquely Hopi or Hopituy and approved for public viewing by the Hopi. Curated by Heather Ahtone | link

June 29–September 21, 2013: Albuquerque, NM
"Octopus Dreams," a traveling exhibition of works on paper by 36 contemporary Native American artists, that has traveled throughout Russia, at 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave SW. Curated by Suzanne Fricke and Beverly Morris. Opening reception, Saturday, June 29, 6-8 pm. 4pm will be a public forum, Indigenous Arts in Global Contexts | link

June 29–September 21, 2013: Albuquerque, NM
"Air, Land, Seed" at 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave SW. Opening reception, Saturday, June 29, 6-8 pm. 4pm will be a public forum, Indigenous Arts in Global Contexts | link

July 2013

July 26–August 23: Santa Fe, NM
"Native Vanguard: Contemporary Masters" at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., featuring Anita Fields, T.C. Cannon, George Longfish, Alfred Young Man, Ramona Sakiestewa, Roxanne Swentzell, George Morrison, N. Scott Momaday, and others | link

August 2013

August 14: Santa Fe, NM
"Breaking Through the Buckskin Ceiling" at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 1-4 pm. This panel consists of exceptional women artists who have, through the face of adversity, risen to the top of their fields. Educators and artists, will speak of their shared and varied experiences dealing with challenges on their paths to becoming masters of contemporary art. Anita Fields is one of the artist panelists. This panel is co-sponsored by New Mexico Women for the Arts | link

August 14: Santa Fe, NM
“Masters of Contemporary Film” at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 3-5 pm. This panel moderated by Film Director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins, Hidaway) will consist of esteemed filmmakers, directors, and actors. Artist Frank Buffalo Hyde will be on the panel as well to discuss the influence these films have had on his paintings. Co-sponsored by the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival | link

August 16: Santa Fe, NM
Gail Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo) and Yazzie Johnson (Diné) at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 4-6pm | link

August 16–December 31: Santa Fe, NM
"Selections from Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3: Contemporary Native North American Art from the Northeast and Southeast" at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Organized by the Museum of Art and Design (MAD)

August 16–December 31: Santa Fe, NM
"Steven J. Yazzie: The Mountain" at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place

August 16–December 31: Santa Fe, NM
"Jacob Meders: Divided Lines" at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place

August 17: Santa Fe, NM
Live Performance Painting by Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee-Yakama) at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 2-3 pm | link

August 17: Santa Fe, NM
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa-Cherokee) Lecture at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 3-4 pm | link

August 18: Santa Fe, NM
Alfred Young Man, PhD (Chippewa-Cree) Lecture at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 2-3 pm. Dr. Young Man is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge and the University of Regina, and the author of The Buckskin Ceiling: A Native Perspective on Native Art Politics. He will lecture on his experiences at IAIA and his writings and teachings over five decades in contemporary Native Art | link

August 18: Santa Fe, NM
"The Contemporary Indian Painters Movement Panel" at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S. Guadalupe St., 3-5 pm. This panel moderated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika First Nation) features painters who have had a significant influence on the Contemporary Native Art world in different areas and times since the 1960s. "Native Vanguard" exhibition artists George Longfish, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis, Armand Lara, Ramona Sakiestewa and others will speak of their experiences in the Native Art and contemporary art worlds | link

September 2013

September 21–January 12, 2014: Regina, SK, Canada
"7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc." at MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert Street. A major retrospective of the Indian Group of Seven: Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, and Joseph Sanchez. Sanchez will be present at the opening | link

September 23–25: Norman, OK
"H2OK–2: Native Responses to Water Issues in Oklahoma" as part of the OU International Water Conference at the NCED Conference Center, 2801 E State Highway 9. Curated by Tony Tiger, Heather Ahtone, and America Meredith

October 2013

October 16–19: Denver, CO
Native American Art Studies Association biannual conference at the Denver Museum Art and Denver Public Library | link

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Image: Sarah Sense (Chitimacha-Choctaw), Weaving Water 11, 2013. Courtesy of Rainmaker Gallery