The virtual exhibition, Masked Heroes: Facial Coverings by Native Artists, is organized into themes based on subject matter. This category focuses on humanity. The overwhelming concern in this classification is for honoring and fighting for justice on behalf of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW), an ongoing crisis that includes the systematic targeting and trafficking of Native women and girls. For more information, please visit the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women’s website.
Linda Lou Metoxen (Navajo), "Still Remembering Our Sisters," Fabric, elastic, and metal wire. Sewn together on a sewing machine. I made my own pattern. I want to bring awareness to the issue of MMIW (missing and murdered Indigenous Women) that receives little mainstream media coverage.
Abstraction | Four-Leggeds | From the Water | Plant World | Two-Leggeds | Winged Beings
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Would like to purchase an American Indian facial mask can you help?
Most of the masks in this virtual exhibition are sold, but the artists’ contact information is listed at the bottom of the main page. Another good place to contact Native artists making masks is the Native Artist Marketplace, a Facebook group filled with Native artists many of whom are making masks.