Calendar
Installation view of “Opimihaw: Mary Anne Barkhouse” at Wanukewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon.
The most extensive Native art events calendar available. Including festivals, fairs, markets, and exhibitions of work by Inuit, First Nations, Métis, Alaska Natives, American Indians, and fellow Indigenous peoples of the Americas, as well as symposia, conferences, and film festivals.
December 2023
December 1–TBA: Tucson, AZ
Our Song is Our Strength at the Richey Resource Center, 2209 N. 15th Avenue. Pascua Yaqui exhibition | pascuayaqui-nsn.gov
December 1–TBA: Santa Fe, NM
Stories Within at the Coe Center for the Arts, 1590 B Pacheco Street. Indigenous ceramics from Canada to Mexico, sponsored by King Galleries. Opening reception: Friday, December 1, 1:00–4:00 pm | (505) 983-6372 | coeartscenter.org
December 1–3: Anchorage, AK
Alaska Native Heritage Holiday Bazaar at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, 8800 Heritage Center Drive, Friday, December 1: 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Saturday, December 2 and Sunday December 3: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | (907) 330-8000 | alaskanative.net
December 2: Victor, NY
6th Annual Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show and Native American Winter Arts Festival at the Seneca Art & Cultural Center, 7000 County Road 41 | (585) 398-6151 | ganondagan.org
December 2: Lancaster, SC
10th Annual Native American Studies Center Winter Art & Craft Sale at the University of South Carolina, Lancaster, Center’s Galleries, 119 S. Main Street, 9:00 am–4:00 pm | (303) 313-7172 | sc.edu/lancester/NAS
December 2: Verona, NY
Oneida Indian Nation Annual American Indian Holiday Craft Fair at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Event Center Corridor, 5218 Patrick Road. 10:00 am–6:00 pm. Haudenosaunee social dance exhibitions, featuring Chris Thomas and His Smoke Dancers at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. Free | (315) 829-8338 | oneidaindiannation.com
December 2: Montrose, CO
Ute Indian Museum Holiday Arts and Crafts Festival at the Ute Indian Museum, 17253 Chipeta Road, 9:00 am–3:00 pm |(970) 249-3098 | calendar.time.ly
December 2 & 3: Washington, DC
Native Art Market at the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street & Independence Avenue SW | (202) 633-1000 | americanindian.si.edu
December 2 & 3: New York City, NY
Native Art Market at the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye, 1 Bowling Green| (212) 668-2363 | americanindian.si.edu
December 2 & 3: Oklahoma City, OK
Winter Holiday Art Market at First Americans Museum, 659 First Americans Boulevard. 11:00 am–4:00 pm. Friday evening members preview | (405) 594-2100 | famok.org/winter-holiday-art-market
December 2, 2023–TBA: Victor, NY
Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show at the Seneca Art & Cultural Center at Ganondagan, 7000 County Road 41 | (585) 398-6151 | ganondagan.org
December 3, 2023–April 7, 2023: Santa Fe, NM
Protection: Adaptation and Resistance at the Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo | (505) 476-1204 | internationalfolkart.org
December 4: Virtual
Hindman Native American Art Auction, online. Begins 10:00 am Eastern | (213) 280-2121 | hindmanauctions.com
December 5, 2023–January 13, 2024: Portland, OR
Rick Bartow & Dog Press at Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis Street | (503) 222-1142 | froelickgallery.com
December 7–9: Shakopee, MN
Waniyetu Art Market at Hoċokata Ti Cultural Center, 2300 Tiwahe Circle, 10:00 am–6:00 pm daily | (952) 233-9151 | hocokatati.org
December 8 & 9: Olympia, WA
s’gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome-Longhouse Holiday Native Art Market at Evergreen at The Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, 11:00 am–6:00 pm | evergreen.edu/longhouse
December 8–TBA: Topawa, AZ
Invisible NO MORE! at the Himdag Ki, Indian Federal Route 19 & Fresnal Canyon Road. HIa-Ced Hemajkam exhibition | himdagki.org/exhibitions
December 9: Nespelem, WA
Colville Tribal Museum’s Artisan’s Market at the Colville Tribal Museum, 21 Colville Street. 10:00 am–4:00 pm | colvilletribes.com
December 9: Santa Fe, NM
IAIA Holiday Art Market at the Institute of American Indian Art Performing Arts and Fitness Center, 83 Avan Nu Po Road. 9:00 am–4:00 pm | iaia.edu
December 9 & 10: Phoenix, AZ
45th Annual S’edav Va’aki Museum Indian Market at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archeological Park, 4619 E Washington Street, 9:00 am–4:00 pm, $5 admission | (602) 495-0901 | pueblogrande.org
December 9 & 10: Thackerville, OK
Hushtola Art Market, hosted by the Chickasaw Nation, at Winstar World Casino, 777 Casino Avenue. Open to all US federally recognized tribes | chickasaw.net
December 10–TBA: Los Angeles, CA
Reclaiming El Camino: Native Resistance in the Missions and Beyond at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way | (323) 667-2000 | theautry.org
December 12: Los Angeles, CA
Native American Art Auction at Bonhams Los Angeles, 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard | (323) 850-7500 | bonhams.com
December 14–17: Boston, MA
Cultural Survival Bazaar at the Prudential Center, Belvidere Arcade, 800 Boylston St, free admission | (617) 441-5400 x15 | bazaar.culturalsurvival.org
December 15–TBA: Chandler, AZ
Shu:thag/Su:dagi: Rekindling Our Connection at the Huhugam Heritage Center, 21359 S. Maricopa Road. Gila River and Salt River Pima-Maricopa exhibition | (520) 796-3500 | grichhc.org
December 15 & 16: Ottawa, ON
Adàwàning: Indigenous Women’s Art Market on Elgin Street. Friday, December 16; 4:00 pm-9:30 pm & Saturday, December 17 from 10:00 am-3:30 pm | nac-cna.ca
December 15–17: Seattle, WA
United Indians Native Art Market at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, 10:00 am–4:00 pm | (208) 285-4425 | unitedindians.org
December 15, 2023–April 7, 2024: Cincinnati, OH
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass at the Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive. Curated by Letitia Chambers | (513) 721-2787 | cincinnatiartmuseum.org
December 16, 2023–May 12, 2024: Vancouver, BC
Rooted Here: Woven from the Land at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street. Group exhibition of Salish weavers | +1 (604) 662-4700 | vanartgallery.bc.ca
December 28–31: Miami, FL
Miccosukee Indian Arts & Crafts Festival at the Miccosukee Indian Village Fairgrounds, 500 US Hwy 41, 10:00 am–6:00 pm | (305) 552-8365 | miccosukee.com
Continuing
Through December 1: Tampa, FL
Native America: In Translation at the Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, 3821 USF Holly Drive. Curated by Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke) | (813) 974-2849 | usfcam.usf.edu/cam
Through December 1: Juneau, AK
Native Women’s Art: Drawn From the Spirits of Ancestors Within at Sealaska Heritage Institute, 105 S. Seward St. Suite 201. Featuring nearly 60 works by 56 artists from Alaska’s major Indigenous groups, including the Alutiiq, Athabaskan, Inupiat, Yupik, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian | (907) 321-4636 | sealaskaheritage.org
Through December 2: Arcata, CA
Tintah: Amongst The Trails at the Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery, Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst Street. Sculptures and works on paper by Robert Benson (Tsnungwe). Curated by Brittany Britton (Hupa) | (707) 826-5253 | artfilm.humboldt.edu/galleries/goudini-native-american-arts-gallery
Through December 2: Salem, OR
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. A selection of contemporary prints created by Native and non-Native artists | 503-370-6855 | willamette.edu/arts/hfma
Through December 2: Seattle, WA
Luminosity: Annual Group Glass Exhibit at Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson Street | (206) 405-4040 | stoningtongallery.com
Through December 2: Pendleton, OR
100 Horses: An Equine History in Beadwork at the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, 47106 Wildhorse Boulevard. Plateau beadwork from the Fred L. Mitchell Collection | (541) 429-7700 | tamastslikt.org
Through December 3: Cleveland, OH
Native North American Textiles at Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard | (216) 421-7350 | clevelandart.org
Through December 3: Evanston, IL
Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera at the Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive. Solo exhibition of photographic portraits by Rosalie Favell (Métis) | (847) 491-4000 | blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
Through December 4: Nevada City, NV
She Sang Me a Good Luck Song: The California Indian Photographs of Dugan Aguilar at the Powell House, 203 S Pine Street | (530) 263-5156 | powellhousenevadacity.com
Through December 8: Cullowhee, NC
Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson at the Bardo Fine Arts Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, 199 Centennial Drive | (828) 227-2787 | wcu.edu/bardo-arts-center
Through December 10: Medford, MA
Véxoa: We Know (Nós sabemos) at Tufts University Art Gallereis, 40 Talbot Avenue. Group exhibition of Indigenous artists of Brazil, curated by Naine Terena (Naine Terena). Closing event and curator tour: Sunday. December 10, 2:00–4:00 pm | (617) 627-3518 | artgalleries.tufts.edu
Through December 15: Syracuse, NY
Continuity, Innovation, and Resistance: The Art of Peter B. Jones at the Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building. Under the direction of professors Sascha Scott and Scott Manning Stevens (Akwesasne Mohawk), this solo exhibition for this Onondaga ceramic sculptor was co-curated by Syracuse University students, including Charlotte Dupree (Akwesasne Mohawk), Eiza Capton (Cayuga), Anthony V. Ornelaz (Diné), Ana Borja Armas (Quechua), and Jaden N. Dagenais | (315) 443-4097 | museum.syr.edu
Through December 15: Aurora, IL
Action/Abstraction Redefined at the Schingoethe Center of Aurora University, 347 S. Gladstone Avenue. Organized by IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts | (630) 844-7843 | aurora.edu/museum
Through December TBA: St. Paul, MN
We Are Still Here: 2023 Indigenous Arts Showcase at Friedli Gallery and Studio, 943 7th Street West. Reception: Friday, November 3, 6:00–8:00 pm | (248) 660-3771 | friedliartsgallery.com/exhibitions
Through December 16: Lincoln, NE
From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains, Part II at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street | (402) 472-3082 | unl.edu/plains
Through December 16: Lincoln, NE
Supporting Indigenous Sisters: An International Print Exchange at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street | (402) 472-3082 | unl.edu/plains
Through December 23: Loveland, CO
Woven in Resilience: A Feminine Perspective of Contemporary Indigenous Art at the Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, 310 N. Railroad Avenue. Group exhibition curated by Danielle SeeWalker (Standing Rock Lakota) | (970) 663-5555 | artworkslove-land.org
Through December 28: Granger, IN
David Martin: Solo Exhibition at the Corvilla Community Art Gallery, 135 E. University Drive. Exhibition for this Pokagan Potawatomi painter | (574) 289-9779 | corvilla.org/post/community-art-gallery
Through December 31: Rock Springs, WY
Grounded: Restoring Our World Through a Sacred Harmony with the Earth and Each Other, a traveling group exhibition of Indigenous artists of the Great Plains, hosted by Caravan, at the Community Fine Arts Center, 400 C Street | (307) 362-6212 | oncaravan.org/grounded
Through December 31: Cooperstown, NY
Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest at the Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Highway 80 | (607) 547-1400 | fenimoreartmuseum.org/exhibitions
Through December 31: Pawhuska, OK
Seven Bends in the River of Life: An Installation by Wendy Ponca at the Osage Nation Museum, 819 Grandview Avenue. Opening: Friday, May 26, 5:00–7:00 pm | FAAM blog | osageculture.com
Through December 31: Port Townsend, WA
We Are One at Jefferson Museum of Art and History, 540 Water Street. Group exhibition curated by Brian Perry (Port Gamble S’Klallam) | (360) 385-1003 | jchsmuseum.org
Through December 31: Pawhuska, OK
Renaissancing the Osage at the Osage Nation Museum, 819 Grandview Avenue. Triptych installation by Alex Ponca Stock (Osage) |(918) 287-5441 | osagenation-nsn.gov
Through January 1: New York, NY
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch at the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green | (212) 514-3700 | americanindian.si.edu/explore/exhibitions
Judith Lowry (Pit River/Maidu/Washoe), “Dao Lulelek,” on view in “California Stars: Huivaniūs Pütsiv” at the Wheelwright Museum of American Indians, Santa Fe.
Through January 2: Phoenix, AZ
Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue | (602) 252-8840 | heard.org/exhibits
Through January 4: Santa Fe, NM
California Stars: Huivaniūs Pütsiv at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo | (505) 982-4636 | wheelwright.org
Through January 5: Austin, TX
Native American: In Translation at the Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Curated by Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke) | (512) 471-7324 | blantonmuseum.org
Through January 6: Brantford, ON
Doug Maracle: Come Walk With Me at the Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk Street. Solo exhibition for Mohawk artist | +1 (519) 759-2650 | woodlandculturalcentre.ca
Through January 6: Great Falls, MT
WITHIN: Louis Still Smoking & John Isaiah Pepion at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, 1400 First Avenue North | (406) 727-8255 | the-square.org/within
Through January 6: Saginaw, MI
Vitality and Continuity: Art in the Experiences of Anishinaabe, Inuit, and Pueblo Women at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road. Organized through the Detroit Institute of Arts and Art Bridges | (989) 964-7125 | marshallfredericks.org
Through January 7: Albuquerque, NM
Colors that Speak Words at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Collaboration of writers and artists Anthony Fleg, Mallery Quetawki (Zuni), Blythe Mariano (Diné), and Chilán Mustain | (505) 843-7270 | indianpueblo.org
Through January 7: Amherst, MA
Boundless at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, 220 S. Pleasant Street. An exhibition of Native American writers and artists with a northeast emphasis. Reception: Thursday, September 14 | (413) 542-2000 | amherst.edu/museums/mead
Through January 7: Austin, TX
Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at the Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | (512) 471-7324| blantonmuseum.org
Through January 7: Winnipeg, MB
Inuit Sanaugangit: Art Across Time at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Boulevard. Curated by Dr. Darlene Coward Wight and Jocelyn Piirainen (Inuk) | +1 (204) 786-6641 | wag.ca
Through January 7: Amherst, MA
Seeping In: Elizabeth James Perry at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, 220 S. Pleasant Street. Solo exhibition for this Aquinnah Wampanoag: Thursday, September 14 | (413) 542-2000 | amherst.edu/museums/mead
Through January 7: Santa Fe, NM
The Art of Jean LaMarr at IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place | (505) 983-1666 | iaia.edu/museum
Through January 13: Minneapolis, MN
Aabijijiwan / Ukeyat yanalleh at All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E. Franklin Avenue | (612) 235-4970 | allmyrelationsarts.com
Through January 14: Richmond, VA
Athena LaTocha: The Past Never Sleeps at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Three monumental mixed-media works on paper by this artist of Hunkpapa Lakota/Ojibwe ancestry | (804) 340-1400 | vmfa.museum
Through January 14: Minneapolis, MN
In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Avenue South. Curated by Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD | (612) 870-3000 | new.artsmia.org
Through January 14: Doylestown, PA
Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories at Michener Art Museum, 138 S. Pine Street, Curated by Joe Baker (Delaware Tribe) | (215) 340-9800 | michenerartmuseum.org
Through January 15: Washington, DC
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans at the National Gallery of Art, East Building, 4th Street NW at Madison Drive NW. Curated by Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (Salish/Métis/Shoshone) | (202) 737-4215 | nga.gov
Through January 21: Fort Worth, TX
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map at the Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell Street | (817) 738-9215 | themodern.org
Through January 21: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Av. Paulista, 1578, Bela Vista | +55 11 3149-5959 | masp.org.br
Through January 25: São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Indigenous Histories at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Av. Paulista, 1578, Bela Vista | +55 11 3149-5959 | masp.org.br
Through January 25: Saskatoon, SK
Blanche at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, RR#4 Penner Road. Exhibition based on Holly Tennant (Métis) artist residency | +1 (306) 931-6767 | wanuskewin.com
Through January 26: Davis, CA
Contemporary California Native Art at the Gorman Museum of Native American Art, University of California, Davis, 181 Old Davis Road | (530) 752-6567 | gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu
Through January 27: Brookings, SD
Succession: Arts and Their Students from the Museum Collection at the South Dakota Art Museum, 1036 Medary Avenue | (605) 688-5423 | southdakotaartmuseum.com
Through January 28: Nuuk, Greenland
Isle Hesser: Aallaaseqarneq at the Nuuk Museum of Art, Nuuk Museum of Art, Kissarneqqortuunnguaq 5 | +299 32 77 33 | nuukkunstmuseum.com
Through February 2: Carson, NV
Creating Stories: Artwork of the Stewart Alumni at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum, 1 Jacobsen Way | (775) 687-7608 | stewartindianschool.com
Through February 5: Phoenix, AZ
Brenda Mallory: The North Star Changes at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue| (602) 252-8840 | heard.org/exhibits
Through February 5: Santa Fe, NM
Interference Patterns at SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta. Solo exhibition for Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), curated by Brandee Caoba. Opening: Friday, October 6, 5:00–9:00 pm | (505) 989-1199 | sitesantafe.org
Through February 14, 2024: Buffalo, NY
Terran Last Gun at K Art, 808 Main Street. Solo exhibition for this Blackfeet artist | (716) 216-2941 | thek.art
Through Mid-February 2024: Warm Springs, OR
30th Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member Art Exhibit at the Museum at Warm Springs, 2189 US 26 | (541) 553-3331 | museum.warmsprings-nsn.gov
Through February TBA: Philadelphia, PA
El Origen de la Noche (The Origin of Night) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Sound installation with Indigenous communities of Colombia | (215) 763-8100 | philamuseum.org
Through February 18: Ann Arbor, MI
You’re Welcome at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S State Street.
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota) collaborates with Monument Lab. | (734) 764-0395 | umma.umich.edu
Through February 25: Indianapolis, IN
Unsettle/Converge at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Avenue | (317) 636-9378 | eiteljorg.org
Through February 29: Bristol, UK
Winter Trees at Rainmaker Gallery, 140 Whiteladies Road. Solo exhibition for Richard Geoffrey Grimster (Muscogee). Reception: Tuesday, November 28, 4:00–7:00 pm | +44 117 973 0398 | rainmakerart.co.uk
Through March 1: Cullowhee, NC
A Century of Cherokee Mask Making at the Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University, 176 Central Drive | (828) 227-7129 | wcu.edu/engage/mountain-heritage-center
Through March 3: Calgary, AB
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios at the Glenbow at the Edison, 150 9 Avenue SW, 2nd floor | +1 (403) 268-4100 | glenbow.org
Through March 4: Lewiston, ME
Exploding Native Inevitable at Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street. Curated by Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills | (207) 786-6158 | bates.edu/museum
Through March 10: Fargo, ND
Oscar Howe: Ikíćiksapa at the Plains Art Museum, 704 First Avenue N (701) 551-6100 | plainsart.org
Through March 10: Montreal, QC
Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy at the McCord Stewart Museum, 690 Sherbrooke Street West. Organized with the musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac | +1 (514) 861-6701 | musee-mccord-stewart.ca
Through March TBA: Albuquerque, NM
Connected: A Collaborative Dreaming at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Art by the Three Sisters Collective including Autumn Dawn Gomez (Taos/Comanche) | (505) 843-7270 | indianpueblo.org
Through March 17: Boston, MA
Marking Resilience: Indigenous North American Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue. Organized in collaboration with artist and professor Duane Slick (Meskwaki/Ho-Chunk) | (617) 267-9300 | mfa.org
Through March 17: Winnipeg, MB
Tarralik Duffy: Gasoline Rainbows at the Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq, 300 Memorial Boulevard | +1 (204) 786-6641 | wag.ca
Through March 22: Toronto, ON
ᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home at the Architecture and Design Gallery, University of Toronto, Daniels Building, 1 Spadina Crescent. Indigenous-led exhibition and publication project that explores how Inuit, Sámi, and other communities across the Arctic are creating self-determined spaces | +1 (416) 978-5038 | cca.qc.ca
Through March 23: Tucson, AZ
Pulse: Weavings and Paintings by Marlowe Katoney at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, 1031 N. Olive Road. Solo exhibition for this Navajo painter and textile artist | (520) 621-7567 | artmuseum.arizona.edu
Through March 24: Minneapolis, MN
The Lyrical Artwork of Jim Denomie at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Avenue South | (612) 870-3000 | new.artsmia.org
Through March 30: Calera, OK
Bok Abaiya: Practiced Hands and the Arts of Choctaw Basketry at the Choctaw Cultural Center, 1919 Hina Hanta Way | (833) 708-9582 | choctawculturalcenter.com
“To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka” at the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe. Photo: Addison Doty.
Through March 31: Indianapolis, IN
Native Art History Is Made Here at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Street. Exhibition of work by the 1999 and 2001 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellows | (317) 636-9378 | eiteljorg.org
Through March 31: Washington, DC
Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Joe Feddersen (Okanagan/Sinixt), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabascan/Iñupiaq), Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy), and Maggie Thompson (Fond Du Lac Ojibwe). Curated by Lara M. Evans (Cherokee Nation) | americanart.si.edu/exhibitions
Through April 7: Santa Fe, NM
To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka at the Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo | (505) 476-1269 | miaclab.org
Through April 14, 2024: New York, NY
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School at the New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West. Curated by Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto (Native Hawaiian). History Makers Gala honoring Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation): Thursday, October 19 | (212) 873-3400 | nyhistory.org
Through April TBA: Albuquerque, NM
Birds and Feathers: Their Beauty within Our Traditions at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW | (505) 843-7270 | indianpueblo.org
Through April 28, 2024: Oklahoma City, OK
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive | (405) 236-3100 | okcmoa.com
Through May 5: Oklahoma City, OK
Nations at War! Field Sketches of a Pawnee Warrior at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd Street. Solo exhibition for drawings by Sergeant Brummett Echohawk (Pawnee, 1922–2006) | (405) 478-2250 | nationalcowboymuseum.org
Through May 26, 2024: Winnipeg, MB
ᓯᑯ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ / Dark Ice at the Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq, 300 Memorial Boulevard | +1 (204) 786-6641 | wag.ca
Through June 2: Reno, NV
Speechless at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty Street. Solo exhibition, part of Future Ancestral Technologies (FAT) by Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota) | (775) 329-3333 | nevadaart.org
Through June 4: New York, NY
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 5th Avenue | (212) 535-7710 | metmuseum.org
Through June 25: Windsor, ON
Nii Ndahlohke / I Work at Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Drive West. The show explores the forced labour of students at Mount Elgin Industrial School (1851-1946) | +1 (519) 977-0013 | agw.ca
Through July 1, 2024: Lincoln, ME
PLATFORM 32: Andrea Carlson, Last Out at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road. Solo exhibition for this painter of Grand Portage Ojibwe descent | (617) 542-7696 | thetrustees.org
Through July 16, 2024: Santa Fe, NM
Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo. A group exhibition showcasing over 30 textiles from MIAC’s collection | (505) 476-1269 | indianartsandculture.org
Through July 28, 2024: Waterville, ME
Painted: Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village at Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill. Curated by Juan Lucero (Isleta Pueblo) and Jill Ahlberg Yohe with Siera Hyte | (207) 859-5600 | museum-exhibitions.colby.edu
Through August 30, 2024: West Sacramento, CA
My Friend, Harry Fonseca at the West Sacramento Community Center Historical Gallery, 1075 W. Capitol Avenue. From the collection of Louisa R. Vessel | (916) 374-1849 | cityofwestsacramento.org
Through September 9, 2024: Minneapolis, MN
Inde Wiisagendam (My Heart Hurts) at All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E. Franklin Avenue. A solo exhibit by Laura Youngbird (Minnesota Chippewa, Grand Portage Band) | (612) 235-4970 | allmyrelationsarts.com
Through September 15, 2024: San Francisco, CA
Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival at the de Young Legion of Honor, 100 34th Avenue | (888) 901-6645 | famsf.org
Through Fall 2024: Salamanca, NY
Beadwork Exhibition at the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, 82 W. Hetzel Street | (716) 945-1760 | senecamuseum.org
Through October 14, 2024: Ottawa, ON
Our Land, Our Art at the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street. Emerging Nunavik artists, organized by the Avataq Cultural Institute | +1 (800) 263-4433 | nature.ca
Through October 2024: Bar Harbor, ME
Wabanaki Modern: The Artistic Legacy of the 1960s “Micmac Indian Craftsmen” at the Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street. Curated by Emma Hassencahl-Perley (Tobique Wolastoqiyik), and John Leroux | (207) 288-3519 | abbemuseum.org
Through December 1, 2024: Hanover, NH
Gather, Move, Resonate: Nick Cave & Jeffrey Gibson at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 6 E. Wheelock Street | (603) 646-2808 | hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
Through September 29, 2025: Santa Fe, NM
The Stories We Carry at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Survey of Indigenous jewelry, curated by Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke) | (505) 983-1666 | iaia.edu/museum
Through January 3, 2027: Salem, MA
Native American and American Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street | (978) 745-9500 | pem.org
Through July 2, 2028: Santa Fe, NM
Here, Now and Always at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo | (505) 476-1269 | indianartsandculture.org
January 2024
January 12–14: Denver, CO
42nd Annual Colorado Indian Market and Southwest Art Fest at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street | (972) 398-0052 | dashevents.com
January 13 & 14: Litchfield Park, AZ
Litchfield Park Native American Fine Arts Festival at Litchfield Park Recreation Center, 100 S. Old Litchfield Road | (623) 258-5578 | litchfieldpark.gov/1466/Litchfield-Park-Gathering
January 16–March 16: Minneapolis, MN
Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge Keepers at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 405 21st Avenue South | (612) 624-7530 | cla.umn.edu/art
January 19–February 17: Stillwater, OK
Hattie Lee Mendoza at the Gardiner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts #107. Solo exhibition for Cherokee Nation mixed-media artist | (405) 744-6016 | cas.okstate.edu/department_of_art
January 19–March 3: South Bend, IN
David Martin: Solo Exhibition at the South Bend Museum of Art, 120 Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Exhibition for this Pokagan Potawatomi painter | (574) 235-9102 |southbendart.org
January 22–March 30: Plymouth, NH
Of Borers And Baskets: The Past, Present, And Future Of Indigenous Basketry In The White Mountains at the Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth State University, 34 Highland Street | (603) 535-3210 | plymouth.edu/mwm/exhibition
February 2024
February 2–March 23: Lubbock, TX
Belonging: Contemporary Native Ceramics from the Southern Plains at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, 511 Avenue K | (806) 762-8606 | depts.ttu.edu/art
“Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman” at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, February 10, 2024–January 11, 2025
February 9–September 29: Boise, ID
RYAN! Feddersen: Coyote Now at the Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive | (208) 345-8330 | boiseartmuseum.org
February 10, 2024–January 11, 2025: Santa Fe, NM
Pathfinder: 40 Years of Marcus Amerman at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo | (505) 982-4636 | wheelwright.org
February 10–June 9: Santa Fe, NM
Masterglass: The Collaborative Spirit of Tony Jojola at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo | (505) 982-4636 | wheelwright.org
February 10–May 21: Hamilton, NY
Imagining Indigeneity in a Global Future at the Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive. Opening reception: Thursday, February 9, 5:00 pm | (315) 228-7000 | colgate.edu
February 16–April 28: Oklahoma City, OK
Lighting Pathways: Matriarchs of Native American Art at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd Street. Co-curated by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) and Tahnee Ahtone (Kiowa/Seminole/Mvskoki) | (405) 478-2250 | nationalcowboymuseum.org
February 23–July 14: St. Louis, MO
Native American Art of the 20th Century: The William P. Healey Collection at the Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive | (314) 721-0072 | slam.org/exhibitions
February 29–May 12: Seattle, WA
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith: Memory Map at the Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Avenue | (206) 654-3100 | seattleartmuseum.org
March 2024
March 2–July 28: Raleigh, NC
To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road. Works by more than 70 Indigenous artists, curated by Nancy Strickland Fields, PhD (Lumbee) | (919) 839-6262 | ncartmuseum.org
Early March: Anchorage, AK—tentative
Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market at the Dimond Center, 800 E. Dimond Boulevard, featuring more than 150 Alaska Native artists, Wednesday–Saturday: 10:00 am–6:00 pm, Sunday: 12:00–5:00 pm | furrondy.net
Heard Fair, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
March 1–3: Phoenix, AZ
65th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue. Best of Show Reception and Dinner Friday, March 1. Fair: Saturday & Sunday, March 2 & 3 | (602) 252-8840 | heardguild.org
April 2024
April 18–September 15: New Britain, CT
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans at New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington Street. Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish-Kootenai/Métis/Shoshone) | (860) 229-0257 | nbmaa.org
April 20 & 21: Tulsa, OK
3rd annual Mvskoke Art Market at River Spirit Casino, 8320 Riverside Parkway. Award reception: Friday, April 22, 6:30 pm | (918) 549-2434 | muscogeenation.com/mvskokeartmarket
May 2024
May 4–June 15, 2024: Montreal, QC
Creation Stories, La Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone (BACA), 7th edition at the Art Mûr, 5826 Rue St-Hubert | +1 (514) 933-0711 | baca.ca
May 5: Washington, DC
Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed], performance by Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo/Muscogee) with singing by George C. Tsouhlarakis (Navajo/Muscogee), at the National Portrait Gallery, Kogod Courtyard, 8th and G Streets NW, start: 1:00 pm | (202) 633-8300 | npg.si.edu
May 18–TBA: Washington, DC
Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plains at the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street & Independence Avenue SW. Curated by Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota) | (202) 633-1000 | americanindian.si.edu
June 2024
June 24–September 1: Thunder Bay, ON
Piitwewetam: Making is Medicine at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1080 Keewatin Street. Co-Curated by Jean and Leanna Marshall (both Oji-Cree), presents artwork by the Gustafson family: Shannon, Ryan, Justine, and Jade (all Whitesand Ojibwa) | +1 (807) 577 6427 | theag.ca/piitwewetam
Late June 2024: Whitehorse, YT—tentative
Fourth Arctic Arts Summit in various locations and online. Representatives of the eight Arctic countries and the Indigenous Nations of the Circumpolar region strengthen arts and culture in the North and develop circumpolar cooperation to stimulate collaboration in arts and creative industries | arcticartssummit.ca
August 2024
August 11–17: Baraboo, WI
24th Annual National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) Conference at the Ho-Chunk Gaming Resort Wisconsin Dells, S3214 County Hwy BD | (202) 628-8476 | nathpo.org
August 17 & 18: Santa Fe, NM
102nd Annual SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market in downtown Santa Fe | (505) 983-5220 | swaia.org
September 2024
September 15, 2024–June 2026: Los Angeles, CA
Indigenous Futures at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Co-curated by Suzanne Newman Fricke, Amy Scott, Kristen Dorsey (Chickasaw), and Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika) | (323) 667-2000 | theautry.org
January 2025
January 24–July 1, 2025: Evanston, IL
Woven Being: Indigenous Art Histories of Chicagoland at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive | (847) 491-4000 | blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
Event Submission
To submit an Indigenous American art event, use the form below or send an email with the title, dates, venue name, address, participants, and your contact information.
If your art event is a mix of Indigenous American and non-Native art, we include events with a majority of Indigenous American artists. We post art exhibitions, fairs, markets, symposia, and conferences but generally not programming (talks, workshops, etc.).